rattagen.

Brit.

/ˈratɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈrædɪdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rat n.¹, rat v.⁵, -age suffix; rat n.¹, -age suffix.

Etymology: Originally (in quot. 1807) < either rat n.¹ (compare rat n.¹ 4d) or rat v.⁵ (although the verb is first attested slightly later in this sense: see rat v.⁵ 1) + -age suffix. In later use < rat n.¹ + -age suffix.

Now rare.

(a) The percentage of people who ‘rat’ (rat v.⁵ 1) on a party or principle. (b) Loss or damage caused by rats. U.S. regional. (c) Rats collectively; quantity or proportion of rats.Sense (a) apparently represents an isolated use.

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1807 Spirit Public Jrnls. 11 229 The tests which he gives for discovering the right time of Ratting, are very simple... A Rat should move over slow enough to turn back if things should change in the mean time... In the Scots Peers we find a Rattage of no less than ninety per cent.

1878 Palouse (Washington) Gaz. 7 May How much can there be left after..storage, wharfage, ‘rattage’ and waste, to pay the up-river freights?

1890 F. Stevenson Jrnl. 30 May in Cruise Janet Nichol (2004) 130 Our three cats seem to be getting the ‘rattage’ well under; at least there are no more rats on deck.

1905 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 15 July There is an unavoidable loss connected with holding farm produce after it is ready for market—shrinkage, rattage, deterioration of quality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rattage
释义	rattagen. Brit. /ˈratɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈrædɪdʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rat n.¹, rat v.⁵, -age suffix; rat n.¹, -age suffix. Etymology: Originally (in quot. 1807) < either rat n.¹ (compare rat n.¹ 4d) or rat v.⁵ (although the verb is first attested slightly later in this sense: see rat v.⁵ 1) + -age suffix. In later use < rat n.¹ + -age suffix. Now rare. (a) The percentage of people who ‘rat’ (rat v.⁵ 1) on a party or principle. (b) Loss or damage caused by rats. U.S. regional. (c) Rats collectively; quantity or proportion of rats.Sense (a) apparently represents an isolated use. ΚΠ 1807 Spirit Public Jrnls. 11 229 The tests which he gives for discovering the right time of Ratting, are very simple... A Rat should move over slow enough to turn back if things should change in the mean time... In the Scots Peers we find a Rattage of no less than ninety per cent. 1878 Palouse (Washington) Gaz. 7 May How much can there be left after..storage, wharfage, ‘rattage’ and waste, to pay the up-river freights? 1890 F. Stevenson Jrnl. 30 May in Cruise Janet Nichol (2004) 130 Our three cats seem to be getting the ‘rattage’ well under; at least there are no more rats on deck. 1905 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 15 July There is an unavoidable loss connected with holding farm produce after it is ready for market—shrinkage, rattage, deterioration of quality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807
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