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Rattle
·noun Noisy, rapid talk.
II. Rattle ·noun A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
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rattle
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
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Pated
·adj Having a pate;
— used only in composition; as, long-pated; shallow-pated.
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Rattle-brained
·adj Giddy; rattle-headed.
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Rattle-headed
·adj Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
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Water rattle
·- ·Alt. of Water rattler.
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rattle-pate
A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman.
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rattle-traps
A contemptuous name for any curious portable piece of machinery, or philosophical apparatus.
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Addle-pated
·adj Dull-witted; stupid.
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Feather-pated
·adj Feather-headed; frivolous.
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Idle-pated
·adj Idle-headed; stupid.
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Not-pated
·adj ·Alt. of Nott-pated.
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Nott-pated
·adj ·same·as Nott-headed.
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Shallow-pated
·adj Shallow-brained.
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Shatter-pated
·adj Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild.
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carrotty-pated
Ginger-hackled, red-haired.
See ginger-hackled.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ginger-pated
Red haired: a term borrowed from the cockpit, where red cocks are called gingers,
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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turnip-pated
White or fair-haired.
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rattle down rigging, to
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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