Category:Tatter

Tat"ter, n.

Defn: one who makes tatting. Caulfield & s. (doct. of needlework).

Tatter Tat"ter, n. Etym: [icel. tötur, töttur, pl. tötrar, ; cf. Norw. Totra, pl. totror, lg. taltern tatters. *240.]

Defn: a rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the Plural. Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. Shak.

Tatter Tat"ter, v. t. [p. p. Tattered.]

Defn: to rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past Participle as an adjective. Where waved the tattered ensigns of ragfair. Pope.