Palter
Palter , intransitive verb
[See Paltry.]
1.
To haggle. [Obsolete] — Cotgrave
2.
To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
Romans, that have spoke the word,
And will not palter.
Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with eternal God for power.
3.
To babble; to chatter. [Obsolete]
Palter , transitive verb
To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [Obsolete]
Palter out your time in the penal statutes.