paulter

Verb

palter (third-person singular simple present palters, present participle paltering, simple past and past participle paltered)

1. To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
   • Romans, that have spoke the word,
     And will not palter.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
   1. To give a false impression by selective use of true but misleading statements.
2. (archaic) To trifle.
   • Palter out your time in the penal statutes.1625, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please...
3. To haggle.
   • Herceler. Voyez to haggle, to dodge. N.b. Cotgrave defines herceler/harceler by example: "to haggle, hucke, hedge, or paulter long in the buying of commodity".1611, Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, page 738
4. To babble; to chatter.