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. [1913 Webster]

They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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.

They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. --Latimer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)