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pudder |
4 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]: Pudder \Pud"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puddered}; p. pr & vb n. {Puddering}.] [Cf. {Pother}.] To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle. Puddering in the designs or doings of others --Barrow. Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. --Holland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pudder \Pud"der\, v. t. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as to pudder a man. --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pudder \Pud"der\, n. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. ``All in a pudder.'' --Milton.
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