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Pother
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] "What a pother and stir!" Oldham. "Coming on with a terrible pother." Wordsworth.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To harass and perplex; to worry. "Pothers and wearies himself." Locke.