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.
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Poth"er, v. i.
To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
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Poth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pothering.]
To harass and perplex; to worry.
"
Pothers and wearies himself."
Locke.
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