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‖ ruttee|ˈrʌtiː|
Also 7 rotti, 7, 9 rati.
[ad. Hindī rattī, the seed of a leguminous creeper, Abrus precatorius.]
A small Indian weight (about 1.75 grs. Troy) used for weighing gems.
1625Purchas Pilgrims I. iii. 223 Yet could he find neuer any one [diamond] for his purpose, but one of fiue Rotties, which was not very foule neither. 1678J. Phillips Tavernier's Trav. ii. 140 At the Mine of Soumelpour in Bengala, they weigh by Rati's, and the Rati is seven eighths of a Carat, or three Grains and a half. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 206, 8 Ruttees is 7 Carracks. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Caract, Eighty eight caracts make an hundred ruttees. 1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Abrus, These seeds..are employed in India as a standard of weight under the name of Rati. 1901Kipling Kim ix, There is one ruby of Burma, of two ruttees without a flaw. |