tatt

‖n. [ Hind. &tsdot_;a&tsdot_;&tsdot_;ī, tātī. ] A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes tatting. Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. tötur, töttur, pl. tötrar, &unr_;öttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. √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 ]

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 ]

n. [ Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See Tatter, and Mail armor. ] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tatting shuttle, the shuttle on which the thread used in tatting is wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tattled p. pr. & vb. n. Tattling ] [ Akin to OE. tateren, LG. tateln, D. tateren to stammer, and perhaps to E. titter. ] 1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl. [ 1913 Webster ]