Comether /(?)/

Co·meth·er

Comether

n.
  1. Matter; affair. [Dial. or Colloq., Brit.]
  2. Friendly communication or association.
    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.

Phrases & Compounds
To put the comether on
to exercise persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile; to wheedle.