rattonn.

Brit.

/ˈrat(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈræt(ə)n/, Scottish English

/ˈrat(ə)n/, Irish English

/ˈræt(ə)n/

Forms:

α. Middle English raten, Middle English ratome (transmission error), Middle English ratun, Middle English 1600s ratoun, Middle English–1500s (1800s– English regional) raton; Scottish pre-1700 ratine, pre-1700 ratone, pre-1700 ratoune, pre-1700 1700s raton.

β. Now chiefly English regional (northern) 1500s– ratten, 1500s– ratton, 1600s rattin, 1700s– rattan; Scottish pre-1700 rattone, pre-1700 rattoun, pre-1700 rattoune, pre-1700 rattown, pre-1700 1700s– ratton, 1700s– rattan, 1800s– ratten, 1900s– rattin (Orkney); Irish English (northern) 1900s– ratton.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ratoun, raton.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ratoun and Old French, Middle French raton rat, small rat (13th cent.) < rat rat n.¹ + -on -oon suffix. Compare post-classical Latin raton- , rato (frequently from c1250 in British sources), Old Occitan raton , Spanish raton (13th cent). Compare rottan n.Apparently attested earlier as a surname (e.g. Radulphus Ratun (1275)), although this may show the Anglo-Norman word.

Now Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern).

A rat. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Rattus (rat)

ratOE

rattona1325

rottan1573

a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 808 (MED) E plus vaudreit un beleth Pur feir ma graunge des raz [glossed] ratonz neth.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 119 (MED) Meny moȝtes he clepede and ratouns of þe paleys.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. Prol. 146 Wiþ þat ran þere a route of ratones..And smale mys with hem.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 64 (MED) Ratouns and myesse.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. ci^v The fleshe of a kydde..and especiall Ratonys flesh.

a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 43 (MED) I comawnde alle þe ratons þat are here abowte, þat non dwelle in þis place.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 3985 in Wks. (1931) I Necessitie gart thame eit perforsse Dog, Catt and Rattone.

a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 288 Reavens rugand at that ratton [sc. a child].

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xxxvi. 216 At the first, they [sc. bear-whelps] seeme to be a lumpe of white flesh without all forme, little bigger than rattons.

1617 R. Brathwait tr. ‘B. Multibibus’ Solemne Ioviall Disputation 32 When I'm drunke as any Rattin, Then I rap out nought but Lattin.

1661 Sir A. Haslerig's Last Will Suppl. 6 The inraged Tygre no sooner furrowed his Front, then this feverish Ratoun let fall his Crest.

1664 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1908) 3rd Ser. I. 549 Rattones and other vermin.

1702 R. Wodrow Analecta (M.C.) I. 12 In the midle of the sermon, a ratton came and sat doun on his Bible.

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 294 It maintains it self principally on Snakes, Rattones, and Lizards, which it takes.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 I..heard the restless rattons squeak About the riggin.

1816 A. Boswell Woo-Creel 11 Lowrie grew calm, the wife was pleas'd, For ilka imp, about the house, Slank aff like ratten, or like mouse.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. iii. 67 As much better..as a bull's bellow than a ratton's squeak.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 59 A ratton's bite's poisonous.

1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 80 The beaten holes the ratten makes.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 181 Now that we ken some o' the Coven, the four o' us can keep our een open, and watch them as a dowg watches a ratton.

1939 St. Andrews Cit. 25 Jan. 5 Rattans scramblin' ower the ruif.

1980 P. Wright Yorkshireman's Dict. at Rattan Thoosans o' rattans.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 271/2 Ratton, a rat.

Compounds

C1.

† ratton bane n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > rat-poison

ratton-bread1394

ratsbane1488

ratton bane?1543

ratton poison1590

rat poison1674

raticide1847

rodenticide1903

ANTU1945

?1543 T. Phaer tr. N. de Houssemaine Treat. Pestilence f. v, in tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe Apte to..burnynge and corosion, as..quicke lyme or ratten bane, and other suche lyke kyndes of venymes.

1574 E. Hake Touchestone for Time Present sig. C5 That breade can neuer be wholsome and good breade which hath once bene spreade ouer with ratten bane or other poyson.

ratton poison n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > rat-poison

ratton-bread1394

ratsbane1488

ratton bane?1543

ratton poison1590

rat poison1674

raticide1847

rodenticide1903

ANTU1945

1590 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (Bannatyne) I. iii. 195 To pas to Elgyne for bying rattoun poysoune.

1635 in A. Duncan Glasgow Physic. & Surg. 220 That nane sell ratine poyseing, arsenick, or sublimate, under the paine of ane hundreth merkes.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Ratton-puzzom, ratsbane; poison for rats.

C2.

ratton-bread n. a poisoned paste for killing rats.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > rat-poison

ratton-bread1394

ratsbane1488

ratton bane?1543

ratton poison1590

rat poison1674

raticide1847

rodenticide1903

ANTU1945

1394–6 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1881) II. 623 (MED) Item, pro sperstane et ratonbrede emptis, ii s. ii d.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Ratton-breead, a poisoned paste for destroying rats.

† ratton fell n. Obsolete a rat skin.

ΚΠ

a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) 150 (MED) Þayr baners were ful bryȝt, Of an old raton fell.

† ratton man n. Obsolete a rat-catcher.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of rats

ratter1225

rattoner1327

ratton man1480

rat-taker?1518

rat killer1527

rat-catcher1565

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > extermination of rats > one who

ratter1225

rattoner1327

ratton man1480

rat-taker?1518

rat killer1527

rat-catcher1565

1480 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 51 The xx. day of April, I..toke the raten man iij. s. iiij. d.

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

单词	ratton
释义	rattonn. Brit. /ˈrat(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈræt(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈrat(ə)n/, Irish English /ˈræt(ə)n/ Forms: α. Middle English raten, Middle English ratome (transmission error), Middle English ratun, Middle English 1600s ratoun, Middle English–1500s (1800s– English regional) raton; Scottish pre-1700 ratine, pre-1700 ratone, pre-1700 ratoune, pre-1700 1700s raton. β. Now chiefly English regional (northern) 1500s– ratten, 1500s– ratton, 1600s rattin, 1700s– rattan; Scottish pre-1700 rattone, pre-1700 rattoun, pre-1700 rattoune, pre-1700 rattown, pre-1700 1700s– ratton, 1700s– rattan, 1800s– ratten, 1900s– rattin (Orkney); Irish English (northern) 1900s– ratton. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ratoun, raton. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ratoun and Old French, Middle French raton rat, small rat (13th cent.) < rat rat n.¹ + -on -oon suffix. Compare post-classical Latin raton- , rato (frequently from c1250 in British sources), Old Occitan raton , Spanish raton (13th cent). Compare rottan n.Apparently attested earlier as a surname (e.g. Radulphus Ratun (1275)), although this may show the Anglo-Norman word. Now Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). A rat. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Rattus (rat) ratOE rattona1325 rottan1573 a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 808 (MED) E plus vaudreit un beleth Pur feir ma graunge des raz [glossed] ratonz neth. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 119 (MED) Meny moȝtes he clepede and ratouns of þe paleys. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. Prol. 146 Wiþ þat ran þere a route of ratones..And smale mys with hem. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 64 (MED) Ratouns and myesse. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. ci^v The fleshe of a kydde..and especiall Ratonys flesh. a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 43 (MED) I comawnde alle þe ratons þat are here abowte, þat non dwelle in þis place. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 3985 in Wks. (1931) I Necessitie gart thame eit perforsse Dog, Catt and Rattone. a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 288 Reavens rugand at that ratton [sc. a child]. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xxxvi. 216 At the first, they [sc. bear-whelps] seeme to be a lumpe of white flesh without all forme, little bigger than rattons. 1617 R. Brathwait tr. ‘B. Multibibus’ Solemne Ioviall Disputation 32 When I'm drunke as any Rattin, Then I rap out nought but Lattin. 1661 Sir A. Haslerig's Last Will Suppl. 6 The inraged Tygre no sooner furrowed his Front, then this feverish Ratoun let fall his Crest. 1664 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1908) 3rd Ser. I. 549 Rattones and other vermin. 1702 R. Wodrow Analecta (M.C.) I. 12 In the midle of the sermon, a ratton came and sat doun on his Bible. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 294 It maintains it self principally on Snakes, Rattones, and Lizards, which it takes. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 I..heard the restless rattons squeak About the riggin. 1816 A. Boswell Woo-Creel 11 Lowrie grew calm, the wife was pleas'd, For ilka imp, about the house, Slank aff like ratten, or like mouse. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. iii. 67 As much better..as a bull's bellow than a ratton's squeak. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 59 A ratton's bite's poisonous. 1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 80 The beaten holes the ratten makes. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 181 Now that we ken some o' the Coven, the four o' us can keep our een open, and watch them as a dowg watches a ratton. 1939 St. Andrews Cit. 25 Jan. 5 Rattans scramblin' ower the ruif. 1980 P. Wright Yorkshireman's Dict. at Rattan Thoosans o' rattans. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 271/2 Ratton, a rat. Compounds C1. † ratton bane n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > rat-poison ratton-bread1394 ratsbane1488 ratton bane?1543 ratton poison1590 rat poison1674 raticide1847 rodenticide1903 ANTU1945 ?1543 T. Phaer tr. N. de Houssemaine Treat. Pestilence f. v, in tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe Apte to..burnynge and corosion, as..quicke lyme or ratten bane, and other suche lyke kyndes of venymes. 1574 E. Hake Touchestone for Time Present sig. C5 That breade can neuer be wholsome and good breade which hath once bene spreade ouer with ratten bane or other poyson. ratton poison n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > rat-poison ratton-bread1394 ratsbane1488 ratton bane?1543 ratton poison1590 rat poison1674 raticide1847 rodenticide1903 ANTU1945 1590 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (Bannatyne) I. iii. 195 To pas to Elgyne for bying rattoun poysoune. 1635 in A. Duncan Glasgow Physic. & Surg. 220 That nane sell ratine poyseing, arsenick, or sublimate, under the paine of ane hundreth merkes. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Ratton-puzzom, ratsbane; poison for rats. C2. ratton-bread n. a poisoned paste for killing rats. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > rat-poison ratton-bread1394 ratsbane1488 ratton bane?1543 ratton poison1590 rat poison1674 raticide1847 rodenticide1903 ANTU1945 1394–6 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1881) II. 623 (MED) Item, pro sperstane et ratonbrede emptis, ii s. ii d. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Ratton-breead, a poisoned paste for destroying rats. † ratton fell n. Obsolete a rat skin. ΚΠ a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) 150 (MED) Þayr baners were ful bryȝt, Of an old raton fell. † ratton man n. Obsolete a rat-catcher. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of rats ratter1225 rattoner1327 ratton man1480 rat-taker?1518 rat killer1527 rat-catcher1565 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > extermination of rats > one who ratter1225 rattoner1327 ratton man1480 rat-taker?1518 rat killer1527 rat-catcher1565 1480 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 51 The xx. day of April, I..toke the raten man iij. s. iiij. d. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1325
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