Meaning of tetter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various pustular skin conditions.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. Potato, or sweet potato root.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“heal this tetter of pedagogism that bespreads him”

“Angelus Politianus had a tetter in his nose continually running, fulsome in company, yet no man so eloquent and pleasing in his works.”

“A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick⟳”

“She works at St. Veronica’s hospital, lives nearby at the home of a Mrs. Quoad, a lady widowed long ago and since suffering a series of antiquated diseases—greensickness, tetter, kibes, purples, imposthumes and almonds in the ears, most recently a touch⟳ of scurvy.”

“Buh Sparruh biggin fur brag, an eh say⟳: "Me tetter, him heap bigger den any me see⟳. Me farruh befo me blan plant⟳ tetter, an him tetter bigger ner de calf er me leg. Me kin beat⟳ me farruh raise⟳ tetter”

“But mebbe you ax, is tetter wine("vine") a bad ting? No, I say⟳, tetter wine is a good ting. You cant hab tetter widout de tetter wine. Dat wha' tetter wine fur? To mek tetter. But dat tetter wine dat ent mek tetter, dats a bad tetter wine kase e barren tetter wine.”

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