ratter2 (rater)

[ The E ay on Faction is no le frank in its recognition of self-interest as a natural and prevailing motive, and almost cynical in its suppre ion of resentment against rat ters and traitors. E. A. Abbott , Bacon, p. 84. rat-terrier (rat'ter"i-ėr), n. A small active dog used to kill rats. rattery (rat'ėr-i), n. [ Such a spectacle refreshes me in the rattery and scoundrel is in of public life. Sydney Smith , Letters, 1822. ( Davies .) rattinet (rat-i-net'), n. [F. ratine , a kind of cloth (see ratteen ), + dim. -et.] A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.