Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A palm of one among numerous species, mostly of the genus Calamus, a few of the genus Rhapis; a ratan-palm.
- noun The stems of the ratan collectively as an economic material.
- noun A switch or stick of ratan, especially a walking-stick.
- To use ratan in making; cover or form with interlaced lengths of ratan.
- To use a ratan upon; beat with or as with a ratan-cane.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
rattan .
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- noun Alternative form of
rattan .
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- noun a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms
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Examples
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It is a model of a bridge over the Boitang Toro, and one expects to find it of the ratan which is of general use and grows two hundred and fifty feet long; but no: it is of telegraph wire!
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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When the magic hour of ten arrived we would both run to the kitchen to brew our tea and then out to the little patio with the two ratan loungers.
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Mere bhaiya mere chanda mere anamol ratan tere badale main zamaane ki koi cheez na lu 2
Archive 2009-08-01 photographerno1 2009
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When the magic hour of ten arrived we would both run to the kitchen to brew our tea and then out to the little patio with the two ratan loungers.
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True, no touch screen, that is a big minus. tks reply ratan
New Blackberry 9000 in iPhone Black? Erick Schonfeld 2005
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Mr. Charles Sandford, meanwhile, who was cultivating the sublime art of indifference, the distinguishing feature and the ideal of his tribe, only tapped his boot with his slender ratan, and then smoothed his silky moustaches.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various
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Each should be furnished with a garland of flowers fastened to ratan three feet long; these must be held in the hands of the ladies, making a complete network of flowers.
Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head
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It is covered first with bass and then with sacking, made of Indian grass tied around with ratan.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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From the centre of each room over the fire-place, hangs a square ratan sort of tray, from which they hang their meat or any thing requiring smoke; their cooking utensils are, I believe, confined to one square stone vessel, which appears to answer its purpose remarkably well.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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With the assistance of some of our native followers, the ratan-lashings which secured the heads of the stakes were soon cut through; and I was not sorry when I found the Dido's first cutter on the same side with myself.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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