tatter

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

a small piece of cloth or paperSynonyms: rag shred tag tag end

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tatter \Tat"ter\, n. One who makes tatting. --Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework). [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Tatter \Tat"ter\, v. t. [p. p. Tattered.] To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective. [1913 Webster]

Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope. [1913 Webster]