Category:Pother

Poth"er, n. Etym: [cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter, Pudder.]

Defn: bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [written also Potter, and pudder.] "what a pother and stir!" Oldham. "coming on With a terrible pother." Wordsworth.

Pother Poth"er, v. i.

Defn: to make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

Pother Poth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pothering.]

Defn: to harass and perplex; to worry. "pothers and wearies himself." Locke.