From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 putter; to
pother.
Syn: putter; pother.
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Pottering about the Mile End cottages. --Mrs.
Humphry Ward.
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2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.]
1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. --Ps. ii.
9.
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The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
--Longfellow.
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2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] --De
Quincey.
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3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
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4. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
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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 (Zool.), 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Potter \Pot"ter\, v. t.
To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
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.
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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.
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