† chowterv.
Obsolete.
‘To grumble or mutter like a froward child’ (Johnson).
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1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum To Chowter, to mutter and mumble, as froward Children are apt to do. [Hence in Bailey, Johnson, and later Dicts.].
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