Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TAT'TER
TAT'TER, v.t. [Qu. Sax. totæran; compounded of tæran, to tear, and the prefix to, or D. tod, Scot. dud, a rag.]
To rend or tear into rags. [Not used except in the participle.]
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