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Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain..

Rattle :: Rattle (n.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.

Sistrum :: Sistrum () An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia..

Prittle-prattle :: Prittle-prattle (n.) Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; -- used in contempt or ridicule.

Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) To scold; to rail at.

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..

Pittle-pattle :: Pittle-pattle (v. i.) To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle.

Massasauga :: Massasauga (n.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley..

Prattle :: Prattle (n.) Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.

Crotalus :: Crotalus (n.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes..

Rattlewort :: Rattlewort (n.) Same as Rattlebox.

Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod..

Clack :: Clack (v. t.) Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.

Twaddle :: Twaddle (v. i. & t.) To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle..

Rattlewings :: Rattlewings (n.) The golden-eye.

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.

Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle..

Tittle-tattle :: Tittle-tattle (n.) Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle..

Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game..

Babble :: Babble (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

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