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    ratlins
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ratlins, n. pl. [Of uncertain origin.]. 
                                            
                                         The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.                                         Totten.                                         [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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