Ratten

[rætn]

Definition

(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.

Typed by Elroy

Definition

v.t. to break or take away a workman's tools &c. for disobeying the trades-union—the loss being ironically attributed to rats.

Typed by Harrison