Tat
[tæt]
Definition
(n.) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.
(n.) A pony.
Inputed by Armand
Definition
n. a native-bred pony.
n. East Indian matting gunny-cloth.
v.t. to make by hand as an edging with a shuttle by knotting and looping thread.—v.i. to make tatting.—n. Tat′ting a kind of lace edging woven or knit from common sewing-thread.
Typed by Dominic
Examples
- Again and much louder came the rat-tat-tat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is just possible that-- His words were interrupted by a sharp rat-tat from the direction of the inner door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She went on with her tatting all the while. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- On her left were two matrons, with massive foreheads and bonnets to match, discussing Women's Rights and making tatting. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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