Definition of Pottir
Pot"ter (?), n. [Cf. F. potier.]
1. One whose occupation is to make earthen
vessels. Ps. ii. 9.
The potter heard, and stopped his
wheel. Longfellow.
2. One who hawks crockery or
earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.
3. One who pots meats or other
eatables.
4. (Zoöl.) The red-bellied
terrapin. See Terrapin.
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
(Zoöl.), 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.
Pot"ter, 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 pother.
Pottering about the Mile End
cottages. Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2. To walk lazily or idly; to
saunter.
Pot"ter, v. t. To poke; to push;
also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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