2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
PATTERER
Pat"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler. [Cant, Eng.]
PATTERN
Pat"tern, n. Etym: [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern.
See Patron.]
1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. I will be the pattern of all patience. Shak.
2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance. He compares the pattern with the whole piece. Swift.
3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
5. Something made after a model; a copy. Shak. The patterns of things in the heavens. Heb. ix. 23.