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“Hilloa!” exclaimed the skipper with a sudden start, next morning, as he saw Eric’s recumbent figure on the ratlin stuff, “who be this young varmint?”

From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

He was in the act of placing a foot on the ratlin below him, to descend to the deck, when he half-unconsciously turned to take a last glance at this distant and seemingly immovable object.

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore

There's great vartue in ratlin stuff, among boys.

From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by Cooper, James Fenimore

The handkerchiefs were used to relieve the pressure in places, and rope-yarns from the ratlin stuff furnished the means of securing everything in its place.

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore

Now Clinkumbell, wi’ ratlin tow, Begins to jow an’ croon; Some swagger hame, the best they dow, Some wait the afternoon.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert