2. Noun. (plural of rattle) ¹
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Definition of Rattles
1. rattle [v] - See also: rattle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattles
Literary usage of Rattles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"In most notices I have seen of the rattles of the rattlesnake, they have been
mentioned as though they were of no advantage to the possessor, ..."
2. A Clinical Introduction to the Practice of Auscultation, and Other Modes of by Henry Marshall Hughes (1854)
"When they are somewhat smaller, as in the bronchial tubes of first or second
size, they are called mucous or bronchial rattles. When they are still smaller, ..."
3. A clinical introduction to the practice of auscultation, and other modes of by Henry Marshall Hughes (1845)
"When they are somewhat smaller, as in the bronchial tubes of first or second
size, they are called mucous, or bronchial rattles. When they are still smaller ..."
4. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"The smaller rattles are ... made of kampt grass woven with rattles inside.
Games also come under the head of ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Ye might as well be dumb, For the drum — Oh, the drum — it rattles so loud!
Oh, the drum — it rattles so loud! At the corner of the street, Where so oft we ..."
6. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1904)
"STARR — MORE NOTCHED BONE rattles. l8l MORE NOTCHED BONE rattles. ... Lately, I
have chanced upon the use of similar notched rattles 111 l\vo quite ..."
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