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Ratch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In clock work, a sort of wheel having twelve fangs, which serve to lift the detents every hour and thereby cause the clock to strike.

Ratch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Same as Rotche.

2. A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.

Ratchel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gravelly stone.

Ratchet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a watch, a small tooth at the bottom of the fusee or barrel, which stops it in winding up.

Ratchet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

2. A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.

Ratchil [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Among miners, fragments of stone.