Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pother"
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)
Pother \Poth"er\, v. i.
To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pother \Poth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pothered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pothering}.]
To harass and perplex; to worry. ``Pothers and wearies
himself.'' --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pother
n : an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: {dither}, {fuss},
{tizzy}, {flap}]
v 1: make upset or troubled
2: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: {dither}, {flap}]
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