Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pottering"
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.
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