rattleboxn.

Brit.

/ˈratlbɒks/, U.S.

/ˈrædlˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rattle n.¹, rattle v.¹, box n.²

Etymology: < rattle n.¹ (or perhaps rattle v.¹) + box n.² Compare rattle-bag n., rattle-bladder n., rattle-gourd n. at rattle n.¹ Compounds.

1. A rattle consisting of a box containing pellets or other small objects.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rattling > that which

rattle1519

rattle-bladder1548

rattler1558

rattle-bag1583

crackle1591

rattlebox1696

cherry-clapper1763

cherry-clack1824

1696 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 173 One with a closse waggon goes through your streets dayly to carrye off your ashes with a rattle box in his hand to give them notice.

1774 T. Falkner Descr. Patagonia 116 He begins the ceremony, by making a strange noise with his drum and rattle-box.

1793 N. Chipman Sketches Princ. Governm. iii. 66 The infant..seems, before he is capable of consequential reasoning, as clearly to discern his right to his rattle-box, as the adult to his horse.

1848 New Englander Jan. 127/1 Sin against God, when all the objects in the universe, whose existence they recognize, may be, a doll, a rattle-box, a hammer, their nurse or their mother!

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 218 What for, pussy? Are you going to use him for a rattle-box, or a rocking-horse, or what?

1884 F. D. Y. Carpenter Round about Rio iii. 33 A kind of a rattle-box produced by the clashing of a pint of beans within a dry gourd.

1900 Star of Hope 21 Apr. 27/2 Now he clasps his rattle box tight in his chubby hand, And laughs to hear the noise it makes (it is the Baby's band).

1924 Jrnl. Mammalogy 5 126 Baby Jerry was cutting teeth and we bought him a rattle box with a rubber ring attached.

2007 Sunday Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Jan. e10 Sega dancers sway and shuffle to songs of love and hardship accompanied..by the traditional goatskin-covered drums, metal triangles and rattle-boxes full of stones.

2. Chiefly North American.

a. Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), having inflated pods in which the seeds rattle when ripe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants

peaseOE

vetchc1400

hatchet vetch1548

mock liquorice1548

scorpion's tail1548

ax-fitch1562

ax-seed1562

axwort1562

treacle clover1562

lady's finger1575

bird's-foot1578

goat's rue1578

horseshoe1578

caterpillar1597

kidney-vetch1597

horseshoe-vetch1640

goat rue1657

kidney-fetch1671

galega1685

stanch1726

scorpion senna1731

Dolichos1753

Sophora1753

partridge pea1787

bauhinia1790

coronilla1793

swamp pea-tree1796

Mysore thorn1814

devil's shoestring1817

pencil flower1817

rattlebox1817

Canavalia1828

milk plant1830

joint-vetch1836

milk pea1843

prairie clover1857

oxytrope1858

rattleweed1864

wart-herb1864

snail-flower1866

poison pea1884

masu1900

money bush1924

Townsville stylo1970

orange bird's-foot2007

1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 80 Crotolaria..sagittalis, (rattle-box) leaves lance-oblong.

1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 1148 Experiments..prove that Crotalaria sagittalis, the Rattle-box, is a ‘loco-plant’.

1910 C. M. Weed Farm Friends & Farm Foes ii. 27 Another weed that has been very troublesome in poisoning stock is the Rattlebox... It is dangerous to horses and cattle, both in the pastures and in hay.

1943 R. Holt George Washington Carver 199 He would caution stockmen against the rattlebox (Crotalaria).

1972 G. Beine Land of Coyote 90 These are rattleboxes, and there, some rabbitsfoot clover.

1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. ii. 6/1 The rattlebox plant, a weed in some pastures, contains a poison potent enough to kill a cow.

b. Any of various other plants with similar seed pods.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > cock's-comb

yellow rattleOE

coxcomba1500

penny-grassa1500

cockcomb1687

rattlebox1866

fiddle-cases1878

lousewort1901

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 961/1 Rattle-box, Rhinanthus Crista galli; also an American name for Crotalaria.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Rattle-box, sb. same as Cockscomb, q.v...Ellesmere.

1893 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 6 138 Silene cucubalus, rattlebox.

1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 382 Rhinanthus crista-galli (yellow rattle-box) is bright yellow with the lower-lip purple spotted.

1944 Amer. Midl. Naturalist 31 744 Some of the unusual characteristics and uses of the plant [sc. Nelumbo lutea] are reflected in the..common names... Among the more revealing are..rattle-nut, rattle-box, yonkapin..[etc.].

2005 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. (Features section) 4 Common names for Scarlet Wisteria include rattlebox, red sesbania, coffee weed..[etc.].

3. A rickety old vehicle or vessel.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > rattling

rattlebox1835

rattler1871

1835 J. E. Alexander Sketches in Portugal viii. 179 In May, the fleet of her Most Faithful Majesty consisted of the following ships:—..18, Audax,..Fine, stout brig, but very ugly. 16. Providenza,..Ditto, a perfect rattle-box.

1896 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 6 May 5/1 It is all a mistake to suppose a woman can ride any thrown-together rattle-box merely because she just rides a few miles a day.

1914 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 13 Oct. 3/5 My auto 'tis of thee..I chant... To thee, old rattlebox, Came many bumps and knocks; For thee I grieve. Frayed are thy seats and worn.

1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder vii. 87 He was crowding ninety and so was his rattlebox.

2003 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 608 A quaint bus (quaint in this case denotes smelly, turtle-slow rattlebox prone to slipping out of gear at frequent intervals).

4. U.S. Criminals' slang. A machine gun. rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun

machine gun1867

woodpecker1898

put-put1905

M.G.1915

typewriter1915

chopper1929

rattlebox1929

Chicago typewriter1940

1929 M. A. Gill Underworld Slang 10/1 Rattle box, machine gun.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §77/8 Machine gun..rattlebox.

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

单词	rattlebox
释义	rattleboxn. Brit. /ˈratlbɒks/, U.S. /ˈrædlˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rattle n.¹, rattle v.¹, box n.² Etymology: < rattle n.¹ (or perhaps rattle v.¹) + box n.² Compare rattle-bag n., rattle-bladder n., rattle-gourd n. at rattle n.¹ Compounds. 1. A rattle consisting of a box containing pellets or other small objects. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rattling > that which rattle1519 rattle-bladder1548 rattler1558 rattle-bag1583 crackle1591 rattlebox1696 cherry-clapper1763 cherry-clack1824 1696 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 173 One with a closse waggon goes through your streets dayly to carrye off your ashes with a rattle box in his hand to give them notice. 1774 T. Falkner Descr. Patagonia 116 He begins the ceremony, by making a strange noise with his drum and rattle-box. 1793 N. Chipman Sketches Princ. Governm. iii. 66 The infant..seems, before he is capable of consequential reasoning, as clearly to discern his right to his rattle-box, as the adult to his horse. 1848 New Englander Jan. 127/1 Sin against God, when all the objects in the universe, whose existence they recognize, may be, a doll, a rattle-box, a hammer, their nurse or their mother! 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 218 What for, pussy? Are you going to use him for a rattle-box, or a rocking-horse, or what? 1884 F. D. Y. Carpenter Round about Rio iii. 33 A kind of a rattle-box produced by the clashing of a pint of beans within a dry gourd. 1900 Star of Hope 21 Apr. 27/2 Now he clasps his rattle box tight in his chubby hand, And laughs to hear the noise it makes (it is the Baby's band). 1924 Jrnl. Mammalogy 5 126 Baby Jerry was cutting teeth and we bought him a rattle box with a rubber ring attached. 2007 Sunday Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Jan. e10 Sega dancers sway and shuffle to songs of love and hardship accompanied..by the traditional goatskin-covered drums, metal triangles and rattle-boxes full of stones. 2. Chiefly North American. a. Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), having inflated pods in which the seeds rattle when ripe. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants peaseOE vetchc1400 hatchet vetch1548 mock liquorice1548 scorpion's tail1548 ax-fitch1562 ax-seed1562 axwort1562 treacle clover1562 lady's finger1575 bird's-foot1578 goat's rue1578 horseshoe1578 caterpillar1597 kidney-vetch1597 horseshoe-vetch1640 goat rue1657 kidney-fetch1671 galega1685 stanch1726 scorpion senna1731 Dolichos1753 Sophora1753 partridge pea1787 bauhinia1790 coronilla1793 swamp pea-tree1796 Mysore thorn1814 devil's shoestring1817 pencil flower1817 rattlebox1817 Canavalia1828 milk plant1830 joint-vetch1836 milk pea1843 prairie clover1857 oxytrope1858 rattleweed1864 wart-herb1864 snail-flower1866 poison pea1884 masu1900 money bush1924 Townsville stylo1970 orange bird's-foot2007 1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 80 Crotolaria..sagittalis, (rattle-box) leaves lance-oblong. 1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 1148 Experiments..prove that Crotalaria sagittalis, the Rattle-box, is a ‘loco-plant’. 1910 C. M. Weed Farm Friends & Farm Foes ii. 27 Another weed that has been very troublesome in poisoning stock is the Rattlebox... It is dangerous to horses and cattle, both in the pastures and in hay. 1943 R. Holt George Washington Carver 199 He would caution stockmen against the rattlebox (Crotalaria). 1972 G. Beine Land of Coyote 90 These are rattleboxes, and there, some rabbitsfoot clover. 1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. ii. 6/1 The rattlebox plant, a weed in some pastures, contains a poison potent enough to kill a cow. b. Any of various other plants with similar seed pods. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > cock's-comb yellow rattleOE coxcomba1500 penny-grassa1500 cockcomb1687 rattlebox1866 fiddle-cases1878 lousewort1901 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 961/1 Rattle-box, Rhinanthus Crista galli; also an American name for Crotalaria. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Rattle-box, sb. same as Cockscomb, q.v...Ellesmere. 1893 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 6 138 Silene cucubalus, rattlebox. 1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 382 Rhinanthus crista-galli (yellow rattle-box) is bright yellow with the lower-lip purple spotted. 1944 Amer. Midl. Naturalist 31 744 Some of the unusual characteristics and uses of the plant [sc. Nelumbo lutea] are reflected in the..common names... Among the more revealing are..rattle-nut, rattle-box, yonkapin..[etc.]. 2005 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. (Features section) 4 Common names for Scarlet Wisteria include rattlebox, red sesbania, coffee weed..[etc.]. 3. A rickety old vehicle or vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > rattling rattlebox1835 rattler1871 1835 J. E. Alexander Sketches in Portugal viii. 179 In May, the fleet of her Most Faithful Majesty consisted of the following ships:—..18, Audax,..Fine, stout brig, but very ugly. 16. Providenza,..Ditto, a perfect rattle-box. 1896 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 6 May 5/1 It is all a mistake to suppose a woman can ride any thrown-together rattle-box merely because she just rides a few miles a day. 1914 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 13 Oct. 3/5 My auto 'tis of thee..I chant... To thee, old rattlebox, Came many bumps and knocks; For thee I grieve. Frayed are thy seats and worn. 1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder vii. 87 He was crowding ninety and so was his rattlebox. 2003 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 608 A quaint bus (quaint in this case denotes smelly, turtle-slow rattlebox prone to slipping out of gear at frequent intervals). 4. U.S. Criminals' slang. A machine gun. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun machine gun1867 woodpecker1898 put-put1905 M.G.1915 typewriter1915 chopper1929 rattlebox1929 Chicago typewriter1940 1929 M. A. Gill Underworld Slang 10/1 Rattle box, machine gun. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §77/8 Machine gun..rattlebox. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1696
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