The Collaborative International Dictionary
To put the comether on
Comether \Co*meth"er\, n. [Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc.] [Dial. or Colloq., Brit.]
Matter; affair.
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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.