tatter
Speech parts
1. tatter - Noun
2. tatter - Verb
Meaning
One who makes tatting.
A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
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Examples
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.