Tetter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Chiefly Southern U.S. Any of various skin diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, or herpes, characterized by eruptions and itching.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various pustular skin conditions.
  • v. To affect with tetter.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See herpes.
  • v. To affect with tetter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A vague name of several cutaneous diseases, as herpes, eczema, and impetigo.
  • n. A cutaneous disease of animals, which spreads on the body in different directions, and occasions a troublesome itching. It may be communicated to man.
  • To affect with or as with the disease called tetter.
  • Word Usage
    "Things NASA Ground Operation designers need to work on is not only technical, like weight, sizes and transportation, but WHEN do humans leave a tetter and how much to they plan on accomplishing when they do."
    Variant
    herpes   
    Form
    tettered    tettering   
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