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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHATTER, v.2 Variant of Chatter, v.2, (2), to fray, tatter, phs. influenced by Eng. shatter, to break in pieces.Per. c.1753 A. G. Reid Auchterarder (1899) 273:
Copied from a Shatter'd Paper of D. Robertson, late of Strowan.
