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pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote. [Obs.] Chaucer. A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. Piers Plowman.

Covered with a hat.

To tire or worry; -- out. [Obs.] Dryden.

A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera.

Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects.

The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

emble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth.

The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]

A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

aking inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.

dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning. A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects. Locke.

Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.

Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.

abuse, and no such thing Shak. Abuse of distress (Law), a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer.

g; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

iece of buffoonery; a caper. And fraught with antics as the Indian bird That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth.

e worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.

To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.