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tattered, a., ppl. a.|ˈtætəd|
Forms: α. 4 tatered, tatrid, tatird, 5 tatyrd, tatterid, 5–7 tatterd, 6– tattered, -r'd. β. See tottered.
[app. orig. f. tatter n.1 + -ed2: cf. ragged a.; subseq. treated as pa. pple. implying a vb.: see tatter v.1]
†1. Having ‘tatters’, jags, or long pointed projections; denticulated, jagged; slashed or laciniated, as a garment. Obs.
c1394P. Pl. Crede 753 His syre a soutere.., His teeþ wiþ toylinge of leþer tatered as a sawe. 1470–85Malory Arthur v. iv. 165 His [a dragon's] taylle whiche is al to tatterd sygnefyeth the noble knyghtes of the round table. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. xxv, Dragouns,..With mouthis gapand, forkit taillis tatterit.
2. Torn or rent so as to hang in tatters; ragged. (See also tottered ppl. a. 1.)
1596Spenser F.Q. v. xii. 28 Their garments yet, Being all rag'd and tatter'd. 1600Holland Livy ii. xxiii. 58 His apparrell was all to tattered, foule and loathsome. 1709Addison Tatler No. 100 ⁋3 Crowds of People in tattered Garments. 1791Cowper Odyss. ix. 80 Our tatter'd sail-cloth crackled in the wind. 1905R. Garnett Shaks. 26 The last year's tattered foliage That long ago has rustled to the earth.
3. transf.
†a. Clad in jagged or slashed garments (obs.).
b. Having tattered or ragged garments.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1537 Som has þair clethyng hyngand als stoles Som gas tatird als tatird foles. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 148 In here gaye pellure & precious cloþis & wast festis & tatrid squeyeres & oþere meyne. 1596[see tottered ppl. a. 1]. 1623Massinger Dk. Milan iii. i, To see the tattered'st rascals of my troop Drag them out of their closets. a1750Nursery Rime, House that Jack Built viii, This is the man all tattered and torn. 1883Century Mag. July 419/2 An aged and tattered negro was the mule's ring-master.
†4. Having unkempt dishevelled hair, of irregular length; shaggy. Cf. tatty a.1 Obs.
1340[see 3]. c1460Towneley Myst. i. 137 Now ar we waxen blak as any coylle, And vgly, tatyrd as a foylle. 1709Steele & Swift Tatler No. 70 ⁋10 A..French Mongrel, that was..in a tatter'd Condition, but has now got new Hair.
†5. Of a ship, building, or other solid structure: Dilapidated, battered, shattered. Obs. (See also tottered ppl. a. 2.)
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe Wks. (Grosart) V. 277 Nothing of that Castle saue tattered ragged walles nowe remaines. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. cxxxiv, [He] warns his tattered fleet to follow home. 1700S. L. tr. Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 30 To mend our tattered ships. 1797–8Jane Austen Sense & Sens. xviii, I do not like ruined, tattered cottages.
†b. Of troops: Routed and broken up, shattered, disintegrated. Obs.
1675Otway Alcibiades iii. i, Their tatter'd troops are scatter'd o'er the plain. 1728Morgan Algiers I. iii. 40 Where he continued till he had recruited his tattered army.
Hence ˈtatteredly adv.
1673E. Brown Trav. Germ., etc. (1677) 126 The Windows..being of Glass, looked not so tatterdly as the ragged Paper Windows of Florence. |