Blatter \Blat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blattered}.] [L.
blaterare to babble: cf. F. blat['e]rer to bleat.]
To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to
patter. [Archaic] "The rain blattered." --Jeffrey.
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They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, .
. . so that they had place and time to belie me
shamefully. --Latimer.
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