Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAT'TER
PAT'TER, v.i. [from pat, to strike gently; or Fr. patte, the foot.]
To strike, as falling drops of water or hail, with a quick succession of small sounds; as, pattering hail. – Dryden. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. – Thomson.
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