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Webster 1913 Edition


Tatter

Tat′ter

,
Noun.
One who makes tatting.
Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).

Tat′ter

,
Noun.
[Icel.
tötur
,
töttur
, pl.
tötrar
,
[GREEK]öttrar
; cf. Norw.
totra
, pl.
totror
, LG.
taltern
tatters. √240.]
A rag, or a part torn and hanging; – chiefly used in the plural.
Tear a passion to
tatters
, to very rags.
Shakespeare

Tat′ter

,
Verb.
T.
[
p. p.
Tattered
.]
To rend or tear into rags; – used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
Where waved the
tattered
ensigns of Ragfair.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tatter

TAT'TER

,
Verb.
T.
To rend or tear into rags. [Not used except in the participle.]

TAT'TER

,
Noun.
A rag, or a part torn and hanging to the thing; chiefly used in the plural, tatters.