A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1501, 1693
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Tatterit, Tattryt, Tottred, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. tatird (Rolle), tatered (c1394), tottered (1570), tatter'd (Spenser); Tatter n.] a. Having ragged or pointed projections; jagged. b. Tattered, torn. —a. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 350.
Dragouns [etc.] … With mouthis gapand, forkit taillis tatterit [L. tattryt] —b. 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii xvii.
The ragged and tottred equipage of her person
