He who first acts as striker asks the other how many blows of the rattan he will bear on his forearm without crying out.
...the rattan is still a valued instrument of discipline...
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Rattan — Daemonorops draco Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
Rattan — Rattan, OK U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 241 Housing Units (2000): 127 Land area (2000): 3.978293 sq. miles (10.303732 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.978293 sq. miles (10.303732 sq … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Rattan, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 241 Housing Units (2000): 127 Land area (2000): 3.978293 sq. miles (10.303732 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.978293 sq. miles (10.303732 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Rattan — Rat*tan (r[a^]t*t[a^]n ), n. [Malay r[=o]tan.] [Written also {ratan}.] (Bot.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus {Calamus}, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rattan [1] — Rattan, Insel, so v.w. Roatan … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Rattan [2] — Rattan, kleines spanisches Rohr, womit die Türken bei geringen Strafen die Streiche auf die Fußsohlen ertheilen; vgl. Falak … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
rattan — 1650s, from Malay rotan, from raut to trim, strip … Etymology dictionary
rattan — /ratˈtan, ingl. ræˈtæn,/ [vc. ingl., dal suo nome malese, rōtan] s. m. inv. midollino, giunco, canna d India … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
rattan — ► NOUN ▪ a tropical climbing palm which yields thin, jointed stems used to make furniture. ORIGIN Malay … English terms dictionary
rattan — [ra tan′, rətan′] n. [Malay rotan < ? rautan, a thing that has been cleaned by stripping off the outside] 1. a tall palm tree (genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with long, slender, tough stems 2. a stem of any of these trees, used in making… … English World dictionary
Rattan — Im Querschnitt eines Rattan Stabs erkennt man die poröse Struktur des Holzes, die Rattan seine geringe Dichte und seine besondere Elastizität verleiht. Rattan und Peddigrohr sind Produkte aus dem Stamm von Rattanpalmen der Gattung Calamus oder… … Deutsch Wikipedia
