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   Pother (?), 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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   Potter (?), 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 larvæ, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.
   
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   Potter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pottered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pottering.] [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to search one thoroughly, Sw. påta, 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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   Potter, v. t. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.]  Halliwell.
   
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   Terrapin (?), 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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   ☞ 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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