lout

(lout), v. ¢ [Origin obseure.] To milk, as acow. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng. ] loutert,v.%. [Early mod. E. lowter; freq. of lout; ef. loiter, another form of the same word.] To loiter or lounge about. Lowtryng and wandryng. Hye Way to the Spyttell Hous, p. 11. (Hatlliwell.) louteringly}, adv. In a loitering or idle manner. Whosoever wandreth about idely and louteringly is a rogue or vagabond, although he beggeth not. a M. Dalton, Country Justice (1620). (Nares.)