Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pudder"
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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