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Restrained ability of human process reversal
The ratchet effect is a concept in sociology and economics illustrating the difficulty with reversing a course of action once a specific thing has occurred
Ratchet_effect
Accumulation of harmful mutations
evolutionary genetics, Muller's ratchet (named after American geneticist Hermann Joseph Muller, by analogy with a ratchet effect) is a process which, in the
Muller's_ratchet
1987 study of U.S. state growth by Robert Higgs
the Independent Institute and a 2025 symposium on extensions of the ratchet effect reflect ongoing relevance of Higgs's argument. Higgs structures the
Crisis_and_Leviathan
Something that motivates individuals to perform
collectivist ones. Incentives can sometimes reduce productivity through the ratchet effect. Firms may use an employee's initial output as a benchmark for future
Incentive
American economic historian (born 1944)
research on the growth of the United States government, especially the ratchet effect, the idea that state power expands during wars and other crises and
Robert_Higgs
Perpetual motion device
philosophy of thermal and statistical physics, the Brownian ratchet or Feynman–Smoluchowski ratchet is an apparent perpetual motion machine of the second kind
Brownian_ratchet
Series of platform video games
Ratchet & Clank is a series of action-adventure platform and third-person shooter video games created and developed by Insomniac Games and published by
Ratchet_&_Clank
Topics referred to by the same term
direction Ratchet effect in sociology and economics Ratchet, metonymic name for a socket wrench incorporating a ratcheting device Ratchet (instrument)
Ratchet
Range of ideas tolerated in public discourse
Political spectrum – Visual analogy for political or ideological positions Ratchet effect – Restrained ability of human process reversal Sanewashing – Downplaying
Overton_window
2021 video game
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a 2021 third-person shooter platform video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment
Ratchet_&_Clank:_Rift_Apart
Dependence of the state of a system on its history
without causing increased inflation. That is, it is possible that a ratchet effect in unemployment rates exists, so a short-term rise in unemployment rates
Hysteresis
2005 video game
Ratchet: Deadlocked (known as Ratchet: Gladiator in Europe and Australia) is a 2005 third-person shooter platform video game developed by Insomniac Games
Ratchet:_Deadlocked
2007 video game
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (known as Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction in most PAL countries and Ratchet & Clank Future in Japan)
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet_&_Clank_Future:_Tools_of_Destruction
Species of hominid in the genus Homo
preservation and advancement of knowledge across generations is known as the ratchet effect. Humans are omnivorous, capable of consuming a wide variety of plant
Human
Expansion of a project beyond its initial goals
intervention, project or mission, beyond its original scope, focus or goals, a ratchet effect spawned by initial success. Mission creep is usually considered undesirable
Mission_creep
Centralized investment and economic input decision-making model under Leninist states
Soviet managers to understate productive capacity in fear of the ratchet effect. This effect resulted from an enterprise overproducing in a given plan cycle
Economic planning systems of communist states
Economic_planning_systems_of_communist_states
Behavior in continuum mechanics
been proposed to simulate ratcheting, such as Chaboche, Ohno-Wang, Armstrong–Frederick, etc. Ratcheting is a significant effect to be considered to check
Ratcheting
Actions in the present are dependent on previous decisions or experiences
(organizational theory) Innovation butterfly Historicism Network effect Opportunity cost Ratchet effect Technological determinism Tyranny of small decisions Mahoney
Path_dependence
Rashomon effect (psychology) Ratchet effect (game theory) Rear projection effect (special effects) Rebound effect (medical sign) Rebound effect (conservation)
List_of_effects
Safety management principle
principle. Bureaucratic drift Conflict of interest Principal–agent problem Ratchet effect Safety integrity level "Risk management: Expert guidance". HSE. 31 July
As low as reasonably practicable
As_low_as_reasonably_practicable
Type of hand drill
prohibits the ratcheting effect. The brace has other names. Bit brace is the most often used name, but carpenter's brace, ratchet brace (if a ratchet mechanism
Brace_(tool)
Eurasian intergovernmental organisation
policy, payments, customs cooperation, taxes, science, provides for a ratchet effect prohibiting the imposition of new tariffs and restrictions, provides
Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth_of_Independent_States
results of humans pooling cognitive resources. This is called "the ratchet effect:" innovations spread and are shared by a group, and mastered "by youngsters
American_anthropology
Superconducting quantum material diode
Weiss, S.; Koelle, D.; Müller, J.; Gross, R.; Barthel, K. (2000). "Ratchet effect in dc SQUIDs". Europhysics Letters. 51 (5): 499–505. arXiv:cond-mat/0004061
Josephson_diode
Informal fallacy that the truth is always a compromise
debate Overton window – Range of ideas tolerated in public discourse Ratchet effect – Restrained ability of human process reversal Straw man – Form of incorrect
Argument_to_moderation
Metaphor for resource distribution proposed by Garrett Hardin
Balloon debate Carrying capacity Food for Peace Population control Ratchet effect Repugnant conclusion Survival of the fittest The Winnowing Triage Trolley
Lifeboat_ethics
Using money to obtain an item for use
to reduce that level of consumption. This phenomenon is called the ratchet effect. The model of intertemporal consumption was first thought of by John
Consumption_(economics)
Application of economic techniques to real estate markets
and house ownership converges upwards to what they labeled the “dual ratchet effect.” Huber and Stephens argued that the political costs of stopping social
Real_estate_economics
to cultural refinement across generations via the so-called cultural ratchet effect. As cultural animals, we regularly invent new tools based on our acquired
Tool_use_in_primates
Type of loan in which the borrower uses a home as collateral
2022-09-22. E., Khandani, Amir (2009). Systemic risk and the refinancing ratchet effect. National Bureau of Economic Research. OCLC 476699518.{{cite book}}:
Home_equity_line_of_credit
Private college in Easton, Pennsylvania, US
Donald L. Miller 1978–Present Author Robert Higgs 1983–1989 Developer of Ratchet effect theory Guy Consolmagno 1985–1989 Astronomer Bruce Allen Murphy 1998–Present
Lafayette_College
Type of nanoparticle or microparticle
phenomenon, ratchet effect. Ratcheting of Janus particles can be orders of magnitude stronger than for ordinary thermal potential ratchets and thus easily
Janus_particles
Philosophical and political rights
Need – Thing that is necessary for an organism to live a healthy life Ratchet effect – Restrained ability of human process reversal Rule according to higher
Natural rights and legal rights
Natural_rights_and_legal_rights
Economic theory by Adolph Wagner
incompatibility (help) Jaén-García, Manuel (January 2021). "Displacement Effect and Ratchet Effect: Testing of Two Alternative Hypotheses". SAGE Open. 11 21582440211003577
Wagner's_law
Paradox of combining strategies
arguing with people like that. Brazil nut effect Brownian ratchet Game theory List of paradoxes Ratchet effect Statistical mechanics Harmer, G. P.; Abbott
Parrondo's_paradox
Political-economic metaphor
“ratchet effect”, where any new liberalisation measures would be “locked in” so they could not be rescinded or nullified over time. Ratchet effect Austerity
Rollback_(legislation)
knowledge and make collective advancements, also known as the "ratchet effect". The ratchet effect simply refers to the way in which humans continuously add
Culture_and_social_cognition
Theory of human behavior
Tomasello argues that cumulative cultural evolution results from a ratchet effect that began when humans developed the cognitive architecture to understand
Dual_inheritance_theory
American actor (born 1949)
Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001–2007), Doctor Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank video-game series, and Andrew Ryan in the BioShock video-game series
Armin_Shimerman
American developmental psychologist (born 1950)
expectations); and cumulative culture, which he referred to as "the ratchet effect". Critics of Tomasello — including Frans de Waal, Christoph Boesch,
Michael_Tomasello
Charge transfer due to contact or sliding
; Mizzi, Christopher A.; Marks, Laurence D. (2022). "Band Bending and Ratcheting Explain Triboelectricity in a Flexoelectric Contact Diode". Nano Letters
Triboelectric_effect
Belgian-Russian physicist
equilateral triangles and squares and multiple sign reversals of the vortex ratchet effect. In superconductor/ferromagnet hybrids, the domain wall superconductivity
Victor_V._Moshchalkov
American ecologist (1915–2003)
costs–privatize profits game Earth system science Ecofascism Multiculturalism Ratchet effect Taboo Hardin, G (1968). "The Tragedy of the Commons". Science. 162 (3859):
Garrett_Hardin
Proposed international trade treaty
so as to avoid the domestic courts. European Services Forum – lobby Ratchet effect § Trade legislation Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trans-Atlantic Trade
Trade_in_Services_Agreement
Political ideology
cause more harm to minority groups than good. "A phenomenon called the "ratchet effect" means that preferences at a handful of top schools, including state
Libertarian perspectives on affirmative action
Libertarian_perspectives_on_affirmative_action
produce. While reducing the extent of the ratchet effect, the incentive scheme was still unable to eliminate the effect due to the multi-round nature of the
Counterplan_(Soviet_planning)
Psychological effect which occurs in groups
Ringelmann effect is the tendency for individual members of a group to become increasingly less productive as the size of their group increases. This effect, discovered
Ringelmann_effect
American actress (born 1978)
She is best known for her video game work as Dr. Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII series, and Palutena in Kid
Ali_Hillis
policy, payments, customs cooperation, taxes, science, provides for a ratchet effect prohibiting the imposition of new tariffs and restrictions, provides
Commonwealth of Independent States Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area
Commonwealth_of_Independent_States_Agreement_on_the_Establishment_of_a_Free_Trade_Area
2014 film directed by Jonathan Winfrey
begins to progressively flash freeze, and the effect spreads outward at an alarming rate. Charlie Ratchet, a local father, teams up with Alex Novak, a
Christmas_Icetastrophe
1995 World Trade Organization treaty
over a given period of time. Members' commitments are governed by a ratchet effect: commitments are one-way and are not to be wound back once entered into
General Agreement on Trade in Services
General_Agreement_on_Trade_in_Services
national legislation and undertake not to tighten them for each other (ratchet effect). Then the countries participating in the agreement will gradually remove
Commonwealth_of_Independent_States_Agreement_on_Free_Trade_in_Services,_Establishment,_Operations_and_Investment
Hand tool used for turning screws
handle that contains various types and sizes of tips, and a reversible ratchet action that allows multiple full turns without repositioning the tip or
Screwdriver
ISSN 0295-5075. S2CID 250894889. Song, A.M. (2002-08-01). "Electron ratchet effect in semiconductor devices and artificial materials with broken centrosymmetry"
Geometric_diode
Proposed OECD agreement
must proceed forward with no ability to be wound back — the so-called ratchet effect. This would be enforced by so-called rollback and standstill provisions
Multilateral Agreement on Investment
Multilateral_Agreement_on_Investment
Line deployed by scuba divers for navigation
1000+ ft (300 m). Reels for distance lines may have a locking mechanism, ratchet or adjustable drag to control deployment of the line and a winding handle
Distance_line
Tripartite protein complex secreted by virulent strains of Bacillus anthracis
between the phenylalanine clamp and the protonation state cause a ratcheting effect that drives the protein though until enough has crossed into the cytoplasm
Anthrax_toxin
Canadian voice actress
Character" at the 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, for her performance as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Hale was born in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Her mother
Jennifer_Hale
Stress characteristics of materials
ISBN 978-0-521-32853-1. Jiang, Y.; Sehitoglu, H. (1996). "Modeling of Cyclic Ratchetting Plasticity, Part I: Development of Constitutive Relation". Journal of
Bauschinger_effect
American actor (born 1954)
known as the voice of Question on Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006) and Ratchet on Transformers: Prime (2010–2013). Combs was born in Oxnard, California
Jeffrey_Combs
Automatically changing parameters, scenarios, and behaviors in video games in real-time
game for the better players". Both Insomniac Games, Spyro the Dragon and Ratchet & Clank series make use of dynamic difficulty with a system termed Automatic
Dynamic game difficulty balancing
Dynamic_game_difficulty_balancing
Pedal on many musical instruments
piano to fortissimo. Historically, the palettes were manipulated by a ratchet swell, a lever operated by the foot to the side of the console. The lever
Expression_pedal
Work being continuously done without an external input of energy
allowed through the demon's trap door. In a Brownian ratchet, forces tending to turn the ratchet one way are able to do so while forces in the other direction
Perpetual_motion
Line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear
branding. Two screwdrivers A full polish ratchet A roundhead ratchet A thin profile ratchet A fine-tooth "premium" ratchet Companion combination wrenches Raised
Craftsman_(tools)
Type of knot
of working in both directions. Most mechanical rope-grabs work like a ratchet, moving freely up the rope, but grabbing when a load is placed down on
Prusik
Subgenre of hip hop music that contains heavy explicit lyrics
(also known as porno rap, porn rap, dirty hip hop, sex rap, booty rap, ratchet rap or pornocore) is a subgenre of hip hop music that contains lyrical
Dirty_rap
British musical artist
music videos, including videos for Bonobo's "Cirrus" and Bloc Party's "Ratchet" in 2013, Flying Lotus's "Putty Boy Strut" in 2014, Run the Jewels’s "Meowpurrdy"
Cyriak
ACP Publishing. pp. 34–37. Parijat, Shubhankar (December 19, 2023). "Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart Sold 2.2 Million Units, Incurred an $8 Million Loss"
List of most expensive video games to develop
List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop
Automotive transmission technology
external device to provide a reverse gear. A ratcheting CVT uses a series of one-way clutches or ratchets that rectify and sum only "forward" motion. The
Continuously variable transmission
Continuously_variable_transmission
Sound made by striking together two flat body parts
talking points: Raiders fans got nuts for 'Viking Clap' and the Josh Hodgson effect". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 8 April 2018. "NRL 2016 video: Canberra
Clapping
German cipher machine during World War II
turnover by the British. This was achieved by a ratchet and pawl mechanism. Each rotor had a ratchet with 26 teeth and every time a key was pressed, the
Enigma_machine
Asia excluding Japan) PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Ratchet & Clank Collection Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault Sleeping Dogs (Published by
List of Sony Interactive Entertainment video games
List_of_Sony_Interactive_Entertainment_video_games
American actor
Jess Harnell. In 2021, he also became the new voice of Captain Qwark in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, replacing Jim Ward. Whyte has been married to Australian
Scott_Whyte
Stereotype of anti-social youth dressed in sportswear
Soviet Union, Dizelaši in Serbia and Dresiarz in Poland Harry in Norway Ratchet in the southern U.S. Talahons in Germany Tokkie in the Netherlands, and
Chav
French physicist (1845–1921)
movement. In 1900, Lippmann proposed what is later called the Brownian ratchet, as a purely mechanical version of Maxwell's demon, purportedly showing
Gabriel_Lippmann
Video games notable for positive reception
Patriots: Valkyria Chronicles: Assassin's Creed II: Demon's Souls: Flower: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves: God of War
Video games listed among the best of the PlayStation 3
Video_games_listed_among_the_best_of_the_PlayStation_3
Alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a genome
L (April 2006). "Quantifying the genomic decay paradox due to Muller's ratchet in human mitochondrial DNA". Genetical Research. 87 (2): 133–59. doi:10
Mutation
Phenomenon inducing a loss of genetic diversity
to zero, producing one click of the ratchet. Charlesworth, B., M. T. Morgan, and D. Charlesworth. 1993. The effect of deleterious mutations on neutral
Background_selection
Scottish actor and real estate broker
Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Final Fantasy XIV, Mass Effect, Infinity Blade II, Infinity Blade III, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and
Alastair Duncan (Scottish actor)
Alastair_Duncan_(Scottish_actor)
Topics referred to by the same term
1996 Pay to Play MMORPG Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, a platform game developed by Insomniac Games, also known as Ratchet & Clank: Nexus Nexus, a digital
Nexus
that accumulate as a ratchet. Each mutation that arises in asexually reproducing organisms turns the ratchet once. The ratchet is unable to be rotated
Evolution of sexual reproduction
Evolution_of_sexual_reproduction
2007 British film
hyper-articulate, over-educated, effervescently British character types, ratchet up the cringe factor accordingly. The film's antic disposition, or rather
Death at a Funeral (2007 film)
Death_at_a_Funeral_(2007_film)
Fatal accident in 2011
the structure still would have failed, because the synthetic webbing ratchet straps and wire rope used as guy lines would have been loaded beyond their
Indiana State Fair stage collapse
Indiana_State_Fair_stage_collapse
Pitched percussion instrument
three types of pedal mechanisms in common use today: The ratchet clutch system uses a ratchet and pawl to hold the pedal in place. The timpanist must first
Timpani
2007 film by Michael Bay
they rendezvous with the arriving Autobots — Optimus, Jazz, Ironhide, and Ratchet — who also take on forms of Earth vehicles. Sam, Mikaela, and the Autobots
Transformers_(film)
Quality of a system having two stable equilibrium states
refers to the ratchet being stable and "locked" in a given position until clicked forward again; it has nothing to do with the ratchet being unable to
Bistability
Radar Scope 1979 ARC Nintendo Ratchet & Clank 2016 PS4 Insomniac Games Ratchet & Clank 2002 PS2 Insomniac Games Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
List_of_third-person_shooters
American voice actor
"8" in the Tim Burton-produced film 9. He has also voiced Neftin Prog in Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, Nikolai Belinski in the Call of Duty franchise
Fred_Tatasciore
Proposed US state referendums
level. This was known as the "ratchet-down effect", and it occurred in FY2001–02 and FY2002–03. The ratchet-down effect was desirable to those who believed
Taxpayer_Bill_of_Rights
American actress
actress. She is best known for her video game voice roles as Jack in the Mass Effect series, Ada Wong in the Resident Evil series, the female sole Survivor in
Courtenay_Taylor
helicopter, Kevin says it's time the world learns how funny Kevin Hart is. Ratchet & Clank The injured Doctor Nefarious is found by his robots and converted
List of films with post-credits scenes
List_of_films_with_post-credits_scenes
Thought experiment of 1867
posthumously. Brownian ratchet Catalysis Chance and Necessity Dispersive mass transfer Evaporation Gibbs paradox Hall effect Heisenberg's uncertainty
Maxwell's_demon
Tendency of matter to change volume in response to a change in temperature
expansion generally decreases with increasing bond energy, which also has an effect on the melting point of solids, so high melting point materials are more
Thermal_expansion
She is inspired by the DC Comics villain Black Bison. David "Big Sir" Ratchet (portrayed by Bill Goldberg) – An inmate at Iron Heights Prison who Sylbert
List_of_The_Flash_characters
Canadian actor and improvisor
from BioWare Corp. He later appeared in several roles in Bioware's Mass Effect. In 2003, he co-starred in the independent film Purple Gas, and in 2006
Josh_Dean_(actor)
2022 video game award ceremony
the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas on February 24, 2022 (2022-02-24). Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart received the most nominations, and won the most awards
25th_Annual_D.I.C.E._Awards
Population structure of viruses with a large number of variant genomes
This design served to verify experimentally the operation of Müller's ratchet, or fitness decrease by the irreversible incorporation of mutations in
Viral_quasispecies
Voice actress filmography
actress known for her work in video game series including Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid, Spider-Man, BioShock Infinite, and Star Wars: Knights
Jennifer_Hale_filmography
Cheat code, originally for Konami games
gives the player 25% health, and can be used an unlimited number of times. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (PlayStation 2) Entering the code in the pause
Konami_Code
Home video game console by Sony
new devices to experience what these developers want you to experience." Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was highlighted as a next-generation game that is not
PlayStation_5
RATCHET EFFECT
RATCHET EFFECT
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Varun, Wise
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Compare Hatchell.
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire, Dorset)
English (Hampshire, Dorset) : occupational name for a cowherd, from Old French vachier.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hatcher.
Female
Hebrew
(רָחֵל) Hebrew name RACHEL means "ewe." In the bible, this is the name of Jacob's favorite wife, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Compare with other forms of Rachel.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Remembering the Lord
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French hachet ‘small axe’, ‘hatchet’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such implements, or perhaps a nickname of anecdotal origin.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Love for the lords elixir, Drinking the elixir of courage
Female
English
 Compare with another form of Rachel. Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Raghnaid, RACHEL means "battle counsel." Anglicized form of Greek Rhachel, meaning "ewe." In the bible, this is the name of Jacob's wife.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Tells the truth
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Brach 2, the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.Probably a partly Americanized form of Swiss German Bretscher, an occupational name for a sawyer, from Brett ‘plank’, ‘board’ + scher, a reduced form of Scherer ‘cutter’, a derivative of scheren ‘to cut’, ‘sever’.
Girl/Female
German
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Meditating in Truth; Truthful; God
Boy/Male
Sikh
Love for the lords elixir, Drinking the elixir of courage
Girl/Female
Australian, Hebrew
Ewe; Female Sheep; Rachel was the Second and Favored Wife of Jacob in the Old Testament
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Remembering the Real
Surname or Lastname
English (Sussex)
English (Sussex) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Patch (see Pack).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Patch (see Pack).
RATCHET EFFECT
RATCHET EFFECT
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
To be Proud of; Feels Proud
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bending
Boy/Male
Hindu
Vasa Spring season, Happy
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, Muslim
Content; Satisfied
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Slave of the Excellence
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Parsi
Young; Grown Up
Girl/Female
Hindu
Freedom
Girl/Female
Arabic
Pure; Innocent; Clear
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Written
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n.
A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.
v. i.
To make a confused noise or racket.
n.
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
n.
One who patches or botches.
n.
One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.
a.
Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
n.
A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.
n.
To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.
n.
A ratchet movement in a loom.
a.
Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
n.
A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
n.
The European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
v. t.
To strike with, or as with, a racket.
n. pl.
A tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of the city of Natchez, Mississippi. In 1729 they were subdued by the French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy.
n.
One who, or that which, catches.
n.
One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d Match.
a.
In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.
n.
One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
n.
Same as Rotche.