powter

Verb

powter (third-person singular simple present powters, present participle powtering, simple past and past participle powtered)

1. To poke in an exploratory manner.
   • I dare say, Mr Wauverley, ye never kend that a' the eggs that were sae weel roasted at supper in the Ha'-house were aye turned by our Davie; — there's no the like o' him ony gate for powtering wi' his fingers amang the het peat-ashes, and roasting eggs.1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since
   • Having worked and powtered away for a minute or two, the operator suddenly dropped the outlandish instrument, and uplifting his two hands, like the minister when pronouncing the dismissal, he exclaimed, " My stars and garters, what a mighty development!1852, The Anglo-American Magazine - Volume 1, page 486