Definition of Rattans
1. rattan [n] - See also: rattan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattans
Literary usage of Rattans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"... of semirigid dirigibles, as stiffening members for preserving the shape of
the gas bag. rattans of the kinds commonly employed in wicker and basket work ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"Chair cone, or reeds wrought or manufactured from rattans or reeds, and whether
round, square, or in any other shape, ten per centum ad valorem. ..."
3. North Borneo: Explorations and Adventures on the Equator by Frank Hatton, Joseph Hatton (1886)
"Tropical forests—A mysterious chief—Native ideas of gold— —Discovery of a hill
of pure talc—Leeches and rattans—Sin- Dyaks—A river accident—Head-hunters on ..."
4. Management of Secondary and Logged-over Forests in Indonesia: Selected by Plinio Sist, C. Sabogal, Yvonne Byron (1999)
"This system was adopted because a number of large trees that could support the
rattans without suffering damage were still present in the forest, ..."
5. The Federal Reporter: With Key-number Annotations by District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States Commerce Court, Courts of Appeals (1890)
"That the articles in question were "rattans manufactured," and not "reeds,"
according to the meaning of that word in the English language, viz., ..."
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