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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:42:02

Tat"ter (?), n.

One who makes tatting.

Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).

 

© Webster 1913.


Tat"ter (?), n. [Icel. totur, tottur, pl. totrar, ottrar; 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. Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.


Tat"ter, v. 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 1913.


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