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Definition of Tetters
1. tetter [n] - See also: tetter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetters
Literary usage of Tetters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"after the death of the deceased, the statute begins to run only from the time of
proving the will, or taking out tetters.1 Where the plaintiff relies on an ..."
2. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1878)
"Several of our most valuable improvement« have been secured to us by tetters
patent, no other maker being at liberty to uee tkem ..."
3. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G.: Preserved at Melbourne Hall by John Coke, Thomas Coke, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper Cowper, William Dashwood Fane (1888)
"I forget not your mot ion for 300/. in your last two tetters, but until his coming
you can have no certain answer. I came from Geneva the 2nd of September. ..."
4. The Chronic Diseases; Their Specific Nature and Homoeopathic Treatment by Samuel Hahnemann (1846)
"Humid tetters in the face.—Miliaria when supervening in dangerous diseases.—Acne,
in young people.—Moles —Cutaneous scrofula, with hardening of the skin. ..."
5. Curiosities of Literature: And The Literary Character Illustrated by Isaac Disraeli, Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1851)
"... particularly those at the restoration of tetters, when the prevailed a mania
for burying spurious antiquities, they might afterwards be brought to light ..."
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