Definition of Ratteries

1. rattery [n] - See also: rattery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratteries

rattails
rattan
rattan cane
rattan palm
rattans
ratted
ratteen
ratteens
ratten
rattened
rattener
ratteners
rattening
rattens
ratter
ratteries (current term)
ratters
rattery
ratticide
ratticides
rattier
rattiest
rattily
rattiness
rattinet
rattinets
ratting
rattings
rattish
rattle

Literary usage of Ratteries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909 by Benson John Lossing, Woodrow Wilson (1905)
"... wearing out the garrison by excessive watch- FARRAGUT PASSING THR ratteries AT PORT HUDSON. water, preparatory to a general assault, ing and fatigue. ..."

2. The Electric Furnace in Iron and Steel Production by John Baker Cannington Kershaw (1907)
"(—} 3. Ohm's Law 5. Curves and their Uses «. Primary ratteries 4. ... Arrangement of ratteries 9. Secondary Batteries .. 8. Electrolysis 10. ..."

3. The Rural Life of England by William Howitt (1838)
"And then, who shall tell all their implements for hay-binding, rope-twisting, furze-pounding for cattle; their novel churns, their ratteries, ..."

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