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Ratt, n.3 Also: rate. [Sc. var. of Rot(t n.2 Also in the later dial.] A file (of soldiers). — 1646 Baillie II 421*.
Five ratt musqueteers 1649 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII 195.
Major Weir to send doun twa ratt of men under the command of a serjand c1650 Spalding I 312.
Rate 1653 Baillie III 225.
Cotterall besett the church with some rattes of musqueteirs and a troup of horse 1677 Wodrow Hist. (1828) II 363.
A sergeant and four rate of musketeers
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