Comether \Co*meth"er\, n. [Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc.]

[Dial. or Colloq., Brit.]

1. Matter; affair.

2. Friendly communication or association.

To put the, or 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)