·adj Giddy; rattle-headed.
·noun Noisy, rapid talk. II. Rattle ·noun A scolding; a sharp rebuke. III. Rattle ·noun A noisy, s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A dice-box. To rattle; to talk without consideration, also to move off or go away. To rattle one off...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·p.a. Supplied with brains. II. Brained ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Brain>>. ...
·adj Noisy; giddy; unsteady. ...
·adj Rattle-headed. ...
·- ·Alt. of Water rattler. ...
A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman. ...
A contemptuous name for any curious portable piece of machinery, or philosophical apparatus. ...
·adj ·Alt. of Addle-pated. ...
·adj <<Stupid>>. ...
·adj Giddy; rash. ...
·adj Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. ...
·adj Stupid; doltish. ...
·adj Dull of apprehension. ...
·adj Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. ...
·adj Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. ...
·adj Giddy; thoughtless. ...
·adj Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. ...
·adj ·Alt. of Shatter-pated. ...
·adj Disordered in the brain. ...
Light-headed, foolish. ...
or, to rattle the shrouds. To fix the ratlines in a line parallel to the vessel's set on the water...
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