ratpit

A pit or inclosure into which a number of rats are put to be killed by dogs. rat-poison, s. [RATSBANE.] IMG:content-0225.png:[blocks in formation] a rat. rat-tailed, a. Having a long tapering tail like Rat - tailed kangaroo - rat : Zool .: Hypsiprymnus murinus. IMG:content-0226.png:[blocks in formation] ra-tą, s. [Maori.] Bot. & Comm.: Metros i deros robusta , a tree with hard wood growing in New Zealand. rāt-a-bil-I-ty, s. [English ratable; -ity.] The quality or state of being ratable. rāt-a-ble, rate-a-ble, a. [Eng. rate (1), v.; -able.] 1. Capable of being rated or set down at a certain value. "Twenty Oræ were ratable to two markes of siluer." Camden: Remaines ; Money. 2. Liable by law to be rated or a e ed to taxa tion. 3. Reckoned according to a certain rate; proportioned. "A ratable payment of all the debts of the deceased in equal degree." -Black stone : Commentaries.