potter

8 definitions found

potter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pother \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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  Potter \Pot"ter\, v. t.
     To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.
     [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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  Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.]
     1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. --Ps. ii.
        9.
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              The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] --De
        Quincey.
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     3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
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     4. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
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     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 (Zool.), a small solitary wasp (Eumenes  fraternal
        ) which constructs a globular nest of mud and
        sand in which it deposits insect larv[ae], such as
        cankerworms, as food for its young.
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  Potter \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. p[*a]ta, 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 putter; to
        pother.
  
     Syn: putter; pother.
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                Pottering about the Mile End cottages. --Mrs.
                                                    Humphry Ward.
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     2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
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  Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
     (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
     brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
     also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
     turapen.]
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     Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
           Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
           (Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
           native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
           potter, slider, and redfender), and the
           diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin (Malaclemmys palustris
           ), are the most important American species.
           The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
           of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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     Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
  
     Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
        tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
  
     Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
        
  
     Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
        (Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
        yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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potter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  potter
      n 1: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and
           bakes them it a kiln [syn: potter, thrower,
           ceramicist, ceramist]
      v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
           "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
           [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker,
           monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around]
      2: work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the
         garden" [syn: potter, putter]
      3: move around aimlessly [syn: putter, potter, potter   around
         , putter around]

potter - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Potter, NE (village, FIPS 39870)
    Location: 41.21891 N, 103.31429 W
    Population (1990): 388 (174 housing units)
    Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 69156
  Potter, WI (village, FIPS 64675)
    Location: 44.11961 N, 88.09774 W
    Population (1990): 252 (93 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

potter - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "potter":
     beguile the time, burn daylight, ceramicist, ceramist,
     consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, dally away, diddle,
     diddle away, doodle, dribble away, drivel away, enamelist, fiddle,
     fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool,
     fool around, fool away, fool with, footle, fribble, fritter away,
     fritter away time, frivol, glass cutter, glassblower, glazer,
     horse around, idle, idle away, jerk off, kid around, kill time,
     loiter, lose time, meddle with, mess, mess around, monkey,
     monkey around, muddle away, pass the time, piddle, piss away, play,
     play around, play with, potter away, puddle, putter, pyroglazer,
     smatter, tinker, toy, toy with, trifle, trifle away, trifle with,
     twiddle, waste time, while away