Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tatter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tatter \Tat"ter\, n.
One who makes tatting. --Caulfield & S. (Doct. of
Needlework).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tatter
n : a small piece of cloth [syn: {rag}, {shred}, {tag}, {tag end}]
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