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rat⋅teen

  [ra-teen]
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–noun Obsolete.
ratiné.
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rat·teen   (rā-tēn')   
n.   Archaic
A thick, twilled woolen cloth.

[French ratine, from Old French rastin, from *raster, to scrape, ultimately from Latin rādere; see rash2.]
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