dial. [?] Cross, peevish, testy.
1579. Twyne, Phisicke agst. Fort., I. xv. 17 b. His two wiues, most tatter and testie olde women. Ibid., cx. 139. When a man maketh hym selfe seruiceable and subiect to a tatter olde foole.
1736. Lewis, Isle of Thanet, Gloss., Tatter, ragged, cross, peevish, ‘he is a very tatter man.’
1887. Kentish Gloss., s.v., The old ’ooman’s middlin’ tatter to-day, I can tell ye.
