v. t. To flatter excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blattered ] [ L. blaterare to babble: cf. F. blatérer to bleat. ] To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter. [ Archaic ] “The rain blattered.” Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. blateratio a babbling. ] Blattering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Senseless babble or boasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. blatero, -onis. ] A senseless babbler or boaster. [ Obs. ] “I hate such blatteroons.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of espresso coffee topped with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug; also called latte. [ PJC ]

v. t. To make a rattling noise with. [ 1913 Webster ]

You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Clattered p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering. ] [ AS. cla&unr_;rung a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf. Clack. ] 1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clattering loud with iron clank. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The goose let fall a golden egg
With cackle and with clatter. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Commotion; disturbance. “Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. “Hold still thy clatter.” Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

Throw by your clatter
And handle the matter. B. Jonson [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who clatters. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With clattering. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flattened p. pr. & vb. n. Flattening. ] [ From Flat, a. ] 1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly fore-and-aft of the vessel. --
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become or grow flat, even, depressed, dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. shaped like a thin sheet.
Syn. -- planate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. (Biol) flattened laterally along the whole length e.g. certain leafstalks or flatfishes.
Syn. -- compressed, flat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metal Working) (a) A flat-faced fulling hammer. (b) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flattered p. pr. & vb. n. Flattering. ] [ OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. flaðra to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery. ] 1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov. xxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others he flattered by asking their advice. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use flattery or insincere praise. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it may stand him more in stead to lie,
Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who flatters. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A flattering painter, who made it his care,
To draw men as they ought be, not as they are. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With flattery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Flatteries [ OE. flaterie, OF. flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of uncertain origin. See Flatter, v. t. ] The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Burke.

Syn. -- Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as cafe latte; a type of espresso coffee served with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton, prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. latte is of German origin. See Lath a thin board. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had a cross of latoun full of stones. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Black latten, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire. --
Roll latten, latten polished on both sides ready for use. --
Shaven latten, a thinner kind than black latten. --
White latten, a mixture of brass and tin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. later, lætter, compar. of lat late. See Late, and cf. Later. ] 1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of two things, the one mentioned second. [ 1913 Webster ]

The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Recent; modern. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania? Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Last; latest; final. [ R. ] “My latter gasp.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest. --
Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to present times or those recent by comparison. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

pos>n. A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period. [ 1913 Webster ]

Latterly Milton was short and thick. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Aftermath. ] The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in flattering. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Plat, a. ] (Glass Making) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Plat to braid. ] One who plats or braids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably fr. OF. platel, F. plateau. See Plateau. ] A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large, smoking platters, filled with huge pieces of beef. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a broad, flat face. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ E. slat to throw or dash about. ] To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. “The slattern air.” Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away. [ R. ] Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. -- adv. In a slatternly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise. [ Obs. ] Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. & t. To spatter; to splash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Uproar. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]