'To put the comether on' definitions:
Definition of 'To put the comether on'
From: GCIDE
- Comether \Co*meth"er\, n. [Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc.] [Dial. or Colloq., Brit.]
- 1. Matter; affair. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Friendly communication or association.
- To put the comether on or To put one's comether on, to exercise persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile; to wheedle.
- How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put ut on another? --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]