\Tat"ter\, n.
One who makes tatting. --Caulfield & S. (Doct. of
Needlework).

\Tat"ter\, n. [Icel. t["o]tur, t["o]ttur, pl. t["o]trar,
?["o]ttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters.
[root]240.]
A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the
plural.
      Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. --Shak.

\Tat"ter\, v. t. [p. p. {Tattered}.]
To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past
participle as an adjective.
      Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope.