v. Obs. [ME. toclater, f. TO-2 + CLATTER v.] trans. To knock to pieces with a noise; to shatter.

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c. 1350.  Will. Palerne, 2858. Þe komli kerneles were to clatered wiþ engines.

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c. 1380.  Sir Ferumb., 897. Ys scheld … Sone þay had hit al to-clatrid; þe peeces leye on þe grounde.

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c. 1440.  Partonope, 1078. Alle to clateryd and broken.

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a. 1450.  Tourn. Tottenham, 160, in Hazl., E. P. P., III. 89. Ther were scheldis al to claterde, Bolles and disshis al to baterde.

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