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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAT'TER, v.t. To rend or tear into rags. [Not used except in the participle.]
TAT'TER, n. A rag, or a part torn and hanging to the thing; chiefly used in the plural, tatters.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter]

Merriam Webster's

I. Date: 14th century transitive verb to make ragged intransitive verb to become ragged II. noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse t?turr tatter; akin to Old English tętteca rag, Old High German zotta matted hair, tuft Date: 15th century 1. a part torn and left hanging ; shred 2. plural tattered clothing ; rags

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (usu. in pl.) a rag; an irregularly torn piece of cloth or paper etc. Phrases and idioms: in tatters colloq. (of a negotiation, argument, etc.) ruined, demolished. Derivatives: tattery adj. Etymology: ME f. ON tötrar rags: cf. Icel. töturr

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

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