Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ratch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ratch \Ratch\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Rotche}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ratch \Ratch\, n. [See {Rack} the instrument, {Ratchet}.]
A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or chick
works.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ratch
n : mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack
engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one
direction [syn: {ratchet}, {rachet}]
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