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† ˈkatted, ppl. a. Obs.
[For catted, f. dial. cat, a lump of clay mixed with straw. See Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v.]
Plastered with clay.
1684I. Mather Remark. Provid. (1856) 5 b, A violent flash..of lightning, which brake and shivered one of the needles of the katted or wooden chimney. [1885Century Mag. XXIX. 874/1 The chimneys were usually built of sticks of wood and well plastered on the inside with clay. These ‘Katted’ chimneys, as they were called in New England, often took fire.] |