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  1. 1. v. t. To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike. Source: opted
  2. 2. To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike. [Trades-union Cant] J. McCarthy. Source: webster
  3. 3. To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment(as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as,to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike. [Trades-union Cant]J. McCarthy. Source: adambom
  4. 4. v. t. To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike. Source: ecdict

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