putter on

An inciter, an instigator. "You are abused, and by some putter -on, That will be damn'd for 't." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, ii. 1. putter-out, *putter-forth, s . One who deposited money, when going abroad, on condition of receiving a larger sum on returning, the amount deposited being forfeited in the event of non 1. To make putrid; to cause to rot or decay with return. On dangerous expeditions the premium an offensive odor. 2. To make carious or gangrenous. 3. To make foul or corrupt; to corrupt. "They would but stink, and putrefy the air." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., iv. 7. *4. To make corrupt; to spoil, to ruin. "Many ill projects are undertaken, and private suits putrefy the public good."- Bacon . B. In trans.: To become putrid; to rot, to decay with an offensive odor. ( Isaiah i. 6.)