Tat"ter (?), n.
One who makes tatting.
Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).
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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.
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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.
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