Definition of rattle

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Rattle (n.) The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le..

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Scrophulariaceous :: Scrophulariaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
Crotaline :: Crotaline (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family..
Rattleweed :: Rattleweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.
Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To talk; to speak; to prattle.
Clack :: Clack (n.) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click..
Rattle-pated :: Rattle-pated (a.) Rattle-headed.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain..
Prattlement :: Prattlement (n.) Prattle.
Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle..
Viperoides :: Viperoides (n. pl.) A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also Viperina.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken..
Crotalaria :: Crotalaria (n.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper..
Rattlepate :: Rattlepate (n.) A rattlehead.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..
Water Rattler :: Water rattler () The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
Prattle :: Prattle (v. t.) To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason..
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