Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Plouter \Plout"er\, v. i. [Also {plowter}, {plotter}.] [Perh.
   imitative.]
   To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to
   potter; trifle; idle. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]

         I did not want to plowter about any more. --Kipling.