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ˈrat-rime Sc. and north.
Also 6 ratt-.
[f. rat, prob. onomatopœic (cf. rattle vb.) + rime.]
A piece of doggerel verse; a rigmarole.
1553Douglas' æneis viii. Prol. 147 The royetest ane ragment with mony ratt rime. a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 146 Thy roustie ratrimes, made but mater. 1636Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 404 What will a rat-ryme of words work upon an hard unrenewed heart? 1728Ramsay Last Sp. Miser xix, With a lang rat-rhime of cant. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. viii, ‘I cannot use a prayer like a rat-rhyme’, answered the honest clergyman. 1894in Northumbld. Gloss. |