PATTER  , properly a See also:

• SLANG

slang word for the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret or " cant " See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language used by beggars, thieves, See also:

• GIPSIES, or GYPSIES

gipsies, &c., hence the fluent plausible talk that a cheap-See also:

• JACK

jack employs to pass off his goods, or a conjuror to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover up his tricks . It is thus used of any rapid manner of talking, and of a " patter-See also:

• SONG

song," in which a very large number of words have to be sung at high See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed to See also:

• FIT

fit them to the See also:

• MUSIC

music . The word, though in some of its senses affected by patter," to make a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of rapid strokes or pats, as of See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain-drops, is derived from the See also:

• QUICK

quick, See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical repetition of the Paternoster, or See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord's See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

Prayer .