Blăt'ter, v. i.

v. i. [Ger. blattern, bladern, blodern, plaudern, Lat. blaterare, to babble, prate.] To patter; hence, to make a senseless noise; to rail. “The rain blattered.” Jeffrey. They procured, also, certain preachers to blatter against me, ... so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. Latimer.