\Blat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blattered}.] [L.
blaterare to babble: cf. F. blat['e]rer to bleat.]
To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to
patter. [Archaic] ``The rain blattered.'' --Jeffrey.
      They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, .
      . . so that they had place and time to belie me
      shamefully.                              --Latimer.