† berattlev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To rattle away upon; to fill with rattling noise or din; also, to rattle away at, assail with din.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (transitive)] > rattle
to shake upc1430
clitter1530
berattle1553
rattle1560
rail1770
to spring one's rattle1787
to tirl the sneck1800
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 180 (R.) He did all berattle him.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. ii. 343 An ayrie of Children, little Yases, that crye out on the top of question; and are most tyrannically clap't for't: these..so be-ratled the common Stages..that many wearing Rapiers, are affraide of Goose-quils.
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