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Definition of Rattier
1. ratty [adj] - See also: ratty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattier
Literary usage of Rattier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1876)
"... by the Catholics were perpetually in circulation, and rattier unworthily
encouraged by the chiefs of the Commons. More substantial motives for alarm ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... wliich orders were rattier pettishly communicated by hei majesty through tlie
faithful secretary, in this utile billet:— ..."
3. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: In 1852 [-1859 by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Richard Torin Kindersley (1860)
"... may assume that 200/. at least would be a fair price, though I cannot help
thinking that their real value rattier exceeded than fell short of that sum. ..."
4. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1901)
"In addition to the dressing on the back and at the apex, where the outline is
rattier flat, it is chipped all along one edge, and for about the upper third ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1841)
"rattier long account ; an early insertion of which in your valuable journal will
greatly oblige, sir, Your obedient ..."
6. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1838)
"By M. rattier. THE most simple method for this mode of investigation consists in
separating, if possible, the part on which the experiment is to be made, ..."
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