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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pother  \Poth"er\,  v.  i. 
  To  make  a  bustle  or  stir;  to  be  fussy. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pother  \Poth"er\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pothered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Pothering}.] 
  To  harass  and  perplex;  to  worry.  ``Pothers  and  wearies 
  himself.''  --Locke. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pother 
  n  :  an  excited  state  of  agitation;  "he  was  in  a  dither";  "there 
  was  a  terrible  flap  about  the  theft"  [syn:  {dither},  {fuss}, 
  {tizzy},  {flap}] 
  v  1:  make  upset  or  troubled 
  2:  make  a  fuss;  be  agitated  [syn:  {dither},  {flap}] 




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