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tatter


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tatter  \Tat"ter\,  n. 
  One  who  makes  tatting.  --Caulfield  &  S.  (Doct.  of 
  Needlework). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tatter  \Tat"ter\,  n.  [Icel.  t["o]tur,  t["o]ttur,  pl  t["o]trar, 
  ?["o]ttrar;  cf  Norw.  totra,  pl  totror  LG  taltern  tatters. 
  [root]240.] 
  A  rag,  or  a  part  torn  and  hanging;  --  chiefly  used  in  the 
  plural. 
 
  Tear  a  passion  to  tatters,  to  very  rags.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tatter  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tatter 
  n  :  a  small  piece  of  cloth  [syn:  {rag},  {shred},  {tag},  {tag  end}] 




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