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Definition of Plouter
1. v. i. To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle.
2. n. Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing.
Definition of Plouter
1. to potter [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: potter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plouter
Literary usage of Plouter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"Fln.ih, q. т., is certainly from the same common stock. This observation applies
perhaps to £. splutter. plouter ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Plout, plouter, to wade with difficulty through mire or water; akin to the English
plod, ... Many a weary plouter she cost him Through gutters and gh,ur. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"plouter, t. The act of floundering through water or mire, S. Popular Soil* PLUCK,
t, The pogge, a fish, ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... to make a noise among water, to be engaged in any wet or dirty work; plouter,
sb., the act of floundering through water or mire ; Plotch, to dabble, ..."
5. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"... in cocoa-plouter phraseology. greatest enemy of the natives the slug, by oth
cats into the heart of the extent until the tree is d upwards, ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"Fln.ih, q. т., is certainly from the same common stock. This observation applies
perhaps to £. splutter. plouter ..."
7. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Plout, plouter, to wade with difficulty through mire or water; akin to the English
plod, ... Many a weary plouter she cost him Through gutters and gh,ur. ..."
8. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"plouter, t. The act of floundering through water or mire, S. Popular Soil* PLUCK,
t, The pogge, a fish, ..."
9. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... to make a noise among water, to be engaged in any wet or dirty work; plouter,
sb., the act of floundering through water or mire ; Plotch, to dabble, ..."
10. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"... in cocoa-plouter phraseology. greatest enemy of the natives the slug, by oth
cats into the heart of the extent until the tree is d upwards, ..."
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