Definition of "paltering" [paltering]

• Present participle of palter. (verb)
• Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling. (noun)

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• "The word "paltering" I reject, as vague; as to "tentative," he must show that I was tentative in my sermons; and he has eight volumes to look through."
• "But we have 'paltering' and 'palterly'.p. 232 _Hoggerds."
• "Byron was not above "paltering" with his readers "in"