palterer, paltrer

[Eng. palter; -er.] One who palters; an insincere, shifty, or equivocating dealer; a shifter. pâl-těr-lý, a. [Eng. palter; -ly.] Paltry, mean. (Pepys: Diary, Feb. 22, 1669.) *pâl-tock, s . [Fr. pale to que .] A kind of jacket or doublet, which descended to the middle of the thigh. pâl-tri-lý, adv . [Eng. paltry ; -ly .] In a paltry, mean, or despicable manner; meanly, despicably. pâl-tri-ne , s . [English paltry; -ne .] The quality or state of being paltry; meanne , despicablene . pâl-tring, subst. [PALTRY.] A worthle trifle. (Prov.) [From an English