MATTED, MATTING
ADJECTIVES
1721 ► of hair, wool, etc.: matted, entangled, rough, shaggy, unkempt → TATTED → Sc.
1757 ► of hair or wool: hanging in matted locks → TAGGED
1786 ► matted, esp. of the hair; shaggy; ragged → TAUTED → Sc.
1790 ► shaggy, matted, tangled, unkempt; of persons or animals: having a rough, shaggy head or coat → TAUTIE → TAUTY → TAWTIE → Sc.
1817 ► tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged → TATTY → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 ► tangled, clogged, matted together → BALTERED → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► matted, twisted, interwoven → MATTY → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1886 ► anything growing in a thick, matted state → HASSOCK → Eng. dial.
1887 ► a tangled matted tuft or lock of wool, hair, etc. → TAUT → Sc.
1905 ► a tuft of hair, wool, etc.; a matted mass → TAT → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1550 ► to clot, to make matted → BERK → obs.
1887 ► to make matted or tangled → TAUT → Sc. & Eng. dial.