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RAT'TLE, v.i. 1. To make a quick sharp noise rapidly repeated, by the collision ...
RATTINET', n. A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.
RATTEEN', n. A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
RATS'BANED, a. Poisoned by ratsbane. RAT'-TAIL , n. In farriery, an excrescence ...
RATS'BANE, n. [rat and bane.] Poison for rats; arsenic.
RATOON', n. A sprout from the root of the sugar cane, which has been cut.
RAT'LIN, RAT'LINE, n. A small line traversing the shrouds of a ship, making the ...
RA'TIONALNESS, n. The state of being rational or consistent with reason.
RA'TIONALLY, adv. In consistency with reason; reasonably. We rationally expect e...
RATIONAL'ITY, n. 1. The power of reasoning. God has made rationality the common ...
RA'TIONALIST, n. One who proceeds in his disquisitions and practice wholly upon ...
RATIONA'LE, n. 1. A detail with reasons; a series of reasons assigned; as Dr. Sp...
RA'TIONAL, a. [L. rationalis.] 1. Having reason or the faculty of reasoning; end...
RA'TION, n. [L. ratio, proportion.] A portion or fixed allowance of provisions, ...
RATIOC'INATIVE, a. Argumentative; consisting in the comparison of propositions o...
RATIOCINA'TION, n. [L. ratiocinatio.] The act or process of reasoning, or of ded...