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tettering

tettering is the present participle and gerund of tetter.

Meaning of tetter

Verb

tetter (third-person singular simple present tetters, present participle tettering, simple past and past participle tettered)

  1. To affect with tetter.
    • […] And all my smooth body, barked and tettered over.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Questions about tettering

What is tettering the present participle and gerund of?
Tettering is the present participle and gerund of tetter.

Words near tettering in the dictionary

  1. Tettehs
  2. Tettenhall
  3. tetter
  4. tetterberry
  5. tettered
  6. tettering
  7. tetterish
  8. tetterous
  9. tetters
  10. Tetterton
  11. Tettertons

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