TATTER

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who makes tatting. Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).

2.
n.

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

3.
v.

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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