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To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. Dryden.

A tattler; a telltale.

ly concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person. And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 1 Tim. v. 13.

One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.

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Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments. [Colloq.]

where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. Wharton.

A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.

To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; - -used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.] Talkers and futile persons. Bacon.

Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler.

One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden.

Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close. [Colloq.]

sed; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Left, v. i. To let on, to tell; to tattle; to divulge something. [Low] -- To let up, to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets up. [Colloq.]

To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop. [R.] "Peace your tattlings." Shak. When the thunder would not peace at my bidding. Shak.

tention to it; -- with at. Now must the world point at poor Katharine. Shak. Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe. Dryden.

Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble. Mere prattle, without practice. Shak.

sphere. The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection. Tattler.

A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment. Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, And fluttered into rags. Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. Fuller.

Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.