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Webster 1913 Edition
Ratten
Rat′ten
(răt′t’n)
, Verb.
T.
[Prov. E.
ratten
a rat, hence the verb literally means, to do mischief like a rat.] To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one’s employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying;
as, to
. ratten
a mechanic who works during a strike[Trades-union Cant]
J. McCarthy.