English Dictionary: Comether | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Comether \Co*meth"er\, n. [Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc.] [Dial. or Colloq., Brit.] 1. Matter; affair. 2. Friendly communication or association. {To put} {the, [or] one's}, {comether on}, to exercise persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile; to wheedle. How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put ut on another? --Kipling. |