tetter

Example Sentences

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Mrs. Bains put a hand on the taller boy’s hair and fingered it lightly, absently searching with her nails for tetter spots.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

This is a pitiful letter For want of a better; But plagued with a tetter, My fancy does fetter.

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan

Four years later, Bouley is found holding the opinion that canker was closely allied to tetter, thus recognising for it a local specific cause.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

Those also who tetter up and down when they walk, rising an inch or two every step, will have many corresponding ups and downs in life, because of their irregularity of character and feeling.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.

This has been highly recommended to me, as a remedy for tetter on the hands, but I have never seen it tried.

From Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Lea, Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott)