TATTER (2)

Tat″ter (?), n. [[Icel. tötur, töttur, pl. tötrar, �öttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. √240.]] A rag, or a part torn and hanging; — chiefly used in the plural. Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. Shak.