v. i.
Romans, that have spoke the word,
And will not palter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with eternal God for power. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [ Obs. ] “Palter out your time in the penal statutes.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who palters. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & adv. Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] “In palterly clothes.” Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]