malter

Gretchen could hear the malter stirring above; the log cracked and burst into flame.

The Goose Girl Harold MacGrath 1901

At present the two stories were occupied; the second by a malter and his brood of children, the third by a woman who was partially bedridden.

The Goose Girl Harold MacGrath 1901

“Ye be a very old aged person, malter,” attested Jan

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

"You must be a very aged man, malter, to have sons growed mild and ancient," he remarked.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

“Ye be a very rare old spectacle, malter, and we all admire ye for that gift.”

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

“You must be a very aged man, malter, to have sons growed mild and ancient” he remarked.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

"Danged if ye bain't altered now, malter," said a voice with the vigour natural to the enunciation of a remarkably evident truism.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

If 'twasn't for your place here, malter, I don't know what I should do! this keen weather.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

"True, true; ye must, malter, wonderful;" said the meeting unanimously.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

"Ye be a very old aged person, malter," attested Jan Coggan, also soothingly.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874