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tat⋅ting
[tat-ing] 
–noun
| 1. | the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle. |
| 2. | such lace. |
Origin:
1835–45; orig. uncert.
1835–45; orig. uncert.
tat
[tat] ,–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), tat⋅ted, tat⋅ting.
| to do, or make by, tatting. |
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| tat 1 (tāt) intr. & tr.v. tat·ted, tat·ting, tats To do tatting or produce (something) by tatting. [Probably back-formation from tatting.] |
| tat·ting (tāt'ĭng) n.
[Origin unknown.] |
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Tatting
Tat"ting\, n. A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch. Tatting shuttle, the shuttle on which the thread used in tatting is wound.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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tatting
"making of knotted lace," 1842, of uncertain origin. In Fr., frivolité.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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tatting
process by which a fabric akin to lace is made of thread with a small hand shuttle and the fingers. It was once a widely practiced craft, known in Italy as occhi and in France as la frivolite. The resulting product appears to be quite fragile but is indeed both strong and durable
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