If instead of rattan is was made of cardboard my cat would go nuts for it. From Wordnik.com. [S Table] Reference
This is supposed to yield the walking-canes known as rattan, which is doubted. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
The fastenings of the entire work were of rattan, which is found in plenty. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
The mallet sticks are of rattan cane, and from 4 to. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainments for Home, Church and School] Reference
The framework can be of light willow or strong rattan. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
At home, might this involve an expertly wielded rattan cane?. From Wordnik.com. [Raising Cain On Values] Reference
Don't you yet instantly run inside and fetch some rattan slings and. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Mr.D. had promised to give his wife a beautiful rattan rocking-chair as. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, No. 109, January, 1876, Vol. XIX. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers] Reference
If his hut is about to fall, he makes it fast with bamboo and rattan-cane. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Lila dropped into a rattan chair and idly tossed the corks from hand to hand. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
The Paymaster took his rattan and knocked noisily on the table for the landlord. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
The Paymaster's rattan sounded on the stair, and "Here's John," said his sister. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
In these shirrings she run rattan -- a good heavy piece so it would stand out well. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
The world press went to Singapore and all the CW got was this lousy moistened rattan. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign Country Edition] Reference
In one hand he carries a short rattan stick, which he twirls in his fingers carelessly. From Wordnik.com. [Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life] Reference
He has the pots carried to one corner of the market, where he buys a long piece of rattan. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
These are made out of rattan and bamboo and are fastened by pegs driven into the limestone walls. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
If the furniture is of wicker, bamboo or rattan, the curtains should be of Japanese or any kind of. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
After the last dog-watch, I threw myself into my cot all standing, with my rattan alongside of me. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The flooring of the rest of the house is made of split palm or bamboo tied down with rattan or cane. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
The bamboo and rattan will rule supreme, and, like the banyan tree, will form an impenetrable jungle. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
The ring through a buffalo's nose is made of whole rattan, to which is often attached a split strip for. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
A frame can be made of bamboo, rattan, willow or light strong pieces of pliant wood such as spruce or hickory. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
The grain is placed on a large square sieve of rattan or cane, fixed between four posts in the verandah of the. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
In Lahore the police charged a gathering of some 2,500 lawyers, firing tear gas and beating many with rattan canes. From Wordnik.com. [Crackdown] Reference
The fibre is then spread out to dry, and afterwards tightly packed in bales with iron or rattan hoops for shipment. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Poo sits back in the big rattan chair that Zeb always sits in, but he gracefully gives it up. From Wordnik.com. [Key West with Poo and Company] Reference
Found some bundles of pigs 'heads, tied with cane, laid together in heaps, and stones suspended from the trees by rattan. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck on the Andamans] Reference
After having received on board a quantity of rattan, as private trade for the captain, we made sail and arrived at Macao, on. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales] Reference
The fresh heads were ornamented with fowl's feathers, and suspended rather conspicuously in separate rattan frames of open work. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
He sharpens one end of the rattan and passes it through the bottoms of all the pots, so that they are now very easy to be carried. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
"Do you think we could make a soldier of him?" broke in the Paymaster, carrying his rattan like a sword and throwing back his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
They were actually beating themselves with flails, some of which were made of iron chain, and others of rope with thongs of rattan-cane. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
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