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- noun Plural form of
ratch .
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Examples
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"The pope and bishops hunt the wild deer, the fox, and the hare, in their closed parks, with great cries, and horns blowing, with hounds and _ratches_ running."
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It may be understood that the machine is to have two treadles and two ratches, which move forward alternately: and that twenty or more arbors, pulleys, strings and keys are arranged in series, although only one of each is represented in the engraving.
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As solid as an opener it is though, the album ratches up several notches with recent single 'Call Out' which takes all of the elements of before and adds a ferociously fast tempo just for good measure.
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Those stas may all tally out to be fairly similar, but considering that Colaiacovo leads the team in points from the blueline ratches up the importance of his 30 points.
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But sadly, instead of affirmative action being taken in this direction, the Bush Administration ratches up the drumbeat for war,
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But sadly, instead of affirmative action being taken in this direction, the Bush Administration ratches up the drumbeat for war, Republican Party operatives busily remove duly-registered voters from the voter rolls, and our elected leaders in the Congress go home to campaign while leaving all of us to fend for ourselves.
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But sadly, instead of affirmative action being taken in this direction, the Bush Administration ratches up the drumbeat for war,
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: omfort which is Bt, and the fowls ratches over the
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