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▪ I. rotan, n.1|rəʊˈtæŋ|
Also 7 rottang, 7–9 rotang.
[ad. Malay rōtan: see rattan. So F. and G. rotang, F. rotin, Du. rotting.]
One of the rattan palms. Also attrib. with cane, palm, and of objects made of rotan.[1598W. Phillip tr. Linschoten i. xvi. 28 There is another sorte of the same reeds which they call Rota: these are thinne like twigges of Willow for baskets.] 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 134 From their Neighbours they fetch Timber to build withall, Rottang, that is, cordage of Cocoe. 1697Phil. Trans. XIX. 590 Anchors of Iron and Wood, Cables of Rotang Canes. 1771Encycl. Brit. II. 8/1 There is but one species [of calamus], viz. the rotang, a native of India. 1821J. Leyden tr. Malay Annals 124 The whole Siamese army retreated; and, as they took their departure, they threw down large quantities of their baggage rotans in the district of Moar, where they took root. 1846Lindley Veget. Kingd. 135 The Calami, or Rotangs, and the siliceous secretions of their leaves, indicate an affinity with Grasses. 1884Longman's Mag. June 191 Spindle-trees grew side by side with prickly Rotang palms. 1927H. M. Tomlinson Gallions Reach xxxi. 242 The climbing palms, the rotans, flourished about it. 1939Geogr. Jrnl. XCIV. 419 It [sc. the nutmeg fruit] falls to the ground with a heavy ‘plop’, or is gathered in a rotan cage at the end of a long stick. 1954R. H. Holttum Plant Life in Malaya xiii. 186 The most important group of climbing monocotyledons are the Rotans or Rattan canes. 1959New Biol. XXX. 51 The rotan lashings and ladders are renewed annually. 1963J. Kirkup Tropic Temper 23 The..hall of the hotel was full of bamboo and rotan furniture. 1972Straits Times (Singapore) 28 Nov. 1/2 The Government is bringing in the rotan as a new weapon to fight the drug menace in Singapore.
▪ II. † rotan n.2 slang. Obs.—0
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1725New Cant. Dict., Rotan, a Coach, or Waggon, any thing that runs upon Wheels; but principally a Cart. |