chowter

English

Etymology

Compare Old English chowre, and English dialect chow (“to grumble”).

Verb

chowter (third-person singular simple present chowters, present participle chowtering, simple past and past participle chowtered)

1. (obsolete) To grumble or mutter sulkily.
   • 1850, Sylvester Judd, Richard Edney and the Governor's Family:

     Chuk poured out the coffee , and handed him the sugar and milk ; and while Richard was eating , the boy tended his master , and chowtered about the room . “ There is not a boom on the river like that , ” he said , " and there'll never be […] "

References

“chowter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• croweth, wotcher