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.
Plout′er, n. [Also plowter.] Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing. [Scot. & Dial.Eng.]