n. 1. One who puts or plates. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Golf) (a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting. (b) One who putts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Puttered p. pr. & vb. n. Puttering. ] [ See Potter. ] To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter; as, to putter around in the garden. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n. An instigator. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]