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2. Rateable Ratel Several species are known in Africa and India. The Cape ratel (M. Capensis) and the Indian ratel (M. Indica) are the best known. The back is gray; the lower parts, face, and tail are black. They are fond of honey, and rob the nests of wild bees. Ratepayer Rater Rater Ratfish Rath Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies.Milton. Rath Why rise ye up so rathe?Chaucer. Too rathe cut off by practice criminal.Spenser. Rather Now no man dwelleth at the rather town.Sir J. Mandeville. Rather Thou shalt, quod he, be rather false than I.Chaucer. A good mean to come the rather to grace.Foxe. My soul chooseth . . . death rather than my life.Job vii. 15. Was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.Mark v. 26. |
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