2. [See {Patter}, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers.
[1913 Webster]
[The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers.
--Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
{To patter flash}, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
patter flash — To talk the jargon of thieves • • • Main Entry: ↑patter … Useful english dictionary
Patter — Pat ter, v. t. 1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] And patter the water about the boat. J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster] 2. [See {Patter}, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers. [1913 Webster] [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. Longfellow.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Auditing (Scientology) — Auditing was developed by L. Ron Hubbard, and is described by the Church of Scientology as spiritual counseling which is the central practice of Dianetics and Scientology . [http://faq.scientology.org/page02b.htm What is auditing? The President… … Wikipedia
Glossary of conjuring terms — This is a Glossary of conjuring terms used by magicians.AlphanumericTOC align=center numbers= seealso=|A*Angles the lines of vision of people sitting at certain position in the audience which enable a secret to be spotted* usually extreme left or … Wikipedia
George Weller — ‘otheruses4|the writer|the elderly motorist in a fatal car accident|George Russell WellerGeorge Anthony Weller (1907 ndash;2002) was an American novelist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for The New York Times and Chicago Daily… … Wikipedia
List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters: D-G — This is an alphabetical list of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters whose code names start with the letters D G. Contents 1 Dart 2 Dee Jay 3 Deep Six … Wikipedia
We Didn't Start the Fire — Infobox Single Name = We Didn t Start the Fire Artist = Billy Joel from Album = Storm Front A side = B side = Released = November 10 1989 Format = 7 single, 12 single, CD Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = 4:49 Label = Columbia Records Writer =… … Wikipedia
Impulse — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impulse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impulse impulse impulsion impetus Sgm: N 1 momentum momentum Sgm: N 1 push push pulsion thrust shove jog jolt … English dictionary for students
Major-General's Song — Henry Lytton as the Major General (1919). I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General (often referred to as the Major General s Song or Modern Major General s Song) is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan s 1879 comic opera The Pirates of… … Wikipedia
Phonestheme — The term phonestheme (or phonaestheme in British English) was coined in 1930 by British linguist J. R. Firth (from the Greek phone , sound , and aisthanomai , perceive ) to label the systematic pairing of form and meaning in a language.A… … Wikipedia
