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A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.

A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.

Unutterable; inexpressible. Milton.

To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complains or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl. Wizards that peep, and that mutter. Is. viii. 19. Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. Dryden.

One who mutters.

With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner.

A gatherer of nuts.

thing; outward manner; superficial remark, etc. [Obs.] Not to bear cold forms, nor men's outterms. B. Jonson.

To flutter over.

A paste made by mixing ground fresh roasted peanuts with a small quantity of water or oil, and used chiefly as a relish on sandwiches, etc.

used in making biscuits and crackers, for mixing with cocoa, etc. A mixture of this with butter, water, and salt is called Plasmon butter, and resembles clotted cream in appearance.

One who puts or plates.

An instigator. Shak.

The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

A horseman or trooper. [Obs.] Such a regiment of rutters Never defied men braver. Beau. & Fl.

An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [Prov. Eng.]

A pteropod.

One who shuts or closes.

Furnished with shutters.