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Webster 1913 Edition
Pother
Poth′er
,Verb.
I.
To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
Poth′er
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pothered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pothering
.] To harass and perplex; to worry.
“Pothers and wearies himself.” Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pother
POTH'ER
,Noun.
1.
Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter. [Low.]2.
A suffocating cloud.POTH'ER
,Verb.
I.
POTH'ER
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
pother
pother
English
Noun
pother (plural pothers)
- A commotion, a tempest.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear III.ii:
- Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now.
- 1941, Lewiston Morning Tribune, 14th of May:
- (name of the article) Flight Of Hess Causes Pother Among Germans
- 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, 1998, Chapter 5,
- After some years there came a time when the Queen seemed to be ill and there was a great deal of bustle and pother about her in the castle and doctors came and the courtiers whispered.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear III.ii:
Translations
a commotion, a tempest
Verb
pother (third-person singular simple present pothers, present participle pothering, simple past and past participle pothered)
- (intransitive) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.