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Webster 1913 Edition

Pother

Poth′er

,
Noun.
[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.

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.
[This word is vulgarly pronounced bother. Its origin and affinities are not ascertained.]
1.
Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter. [Low.]
2.
A suffocating cloud.

POTH'ER

,
Verb.
I.
To make a blustering ineffectual effort; to make a stir.

POTH'ER

,
Verb.
T.
To harass and perplex; to puzzle.

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