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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tatter \Tat"ter\, noun One who makes tatting. --Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tatter \Tat"ter\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tatter \Tat"ter\, verb (used with an object) [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) 2.0 [wn]:
tatter
noun: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: {rag}, {shred}, {tag}, {tag end}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "tatter": ablate, abrade, barrel, beeline, bit, bits, bullet, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, crumb, cut, cutting, destroyed, dollop, end, erode, fly, fragment, fray, frazzle, fret, gob, gobbet, haste, hasten, highball, hunk, in disarray, in ruins, in shreds, in tatters, lump, modicum, moiety, morceau, morsel, nip, paring, particle, patch, piece, pieces, rags, rasher, rocket, rub off, ruined, scoop, scrap, scraps, shard, shattered, shaving, shiver, shred, shreds, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, splinter, stitch, stump, tag, tatters, wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged, weather
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