tatter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tatter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for tatter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tatter n a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, 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[94]tur, t[94]ttur, pl. t[94]trar, [?][94]ttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. [fb]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.