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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pother \Poth"er\, n. [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf {Potter}, {Pudder}.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also {potter}, and {pudder}.] ``What a pother and stir!'' --Oldham. ``Coming on with a terrible pother.'' --Wordsworth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Potter \Pot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pottered}; p. pr & vb n. {Pottering}.] [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD poteren to search one thoroughly, Sw p[*a]ta, peta, to pick E. pother, put.] 1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.] 1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. --Ps. ii 9. The potter heard, and stopped his wheel. --Longfellow. 2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey. 3. One who pots meats or other eatables. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The red-bellied terrapin. See {Terrapin}. {Potter's asthma} (Med.), emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters. --Parkers. {Potter's clay}. See under {Clay}. {Potter's field}, a public burial place especially in a city, for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so named from the field south of Jerusalem, mentioned in --Matt. xxvii. 7. {Potter's ore}. See {Alquifou}. {Potter's wheel}, a horizontal revolving disk on which the clay is molded into form with the hands or tools. ``My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel.'' --Shak. {Potter wasp} (Zo["o]l.), a small solitary wasp ({Eumenes fraternal}) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larv[ae], such as cankerworms, as food for its young. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Potter \Pot"ter\, v. t. To poke; to push also to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also {potter}, {slider}, and {redfender}), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris}), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Alligator terrapin}, the snapping turtle. {Mud terrapin}, any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus {Cinosternon}. {Painted terrapin}, the painted turtle. See under {Painted}. {Speckled terrapin}, a small fresh-water American terrapin ({Chelopus guttatus}) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also {spotted turtle}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: potter n : a craftsman who makes pottery [syn: {ceramicist}, {ceramist}] v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities [syn: {putter}, {mess around}, {tinker}, {monkey}, {monkey around}, {muck around}] 2: work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" [syn: {putter}] 3: move around aimlessly [syn: {putter}, {potter around}, {putter around}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Potter, NE (village, FIPS 39870) Location: 41.21891 N, 103.31429 W Population (1990): 388 (174 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69156 Potter, WI (village, FIPS 64675) Location: 44.11961 N, 88.09774 W Population (1990): 252 (93 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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