Poth·er n.  Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] “What a pother and stir!” --Oldham. “Coming on with a terrible pother.” --Wordsworth.


 Pud·der v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puddered p. pr. & vb. n. Puddering.]  To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.
    Puddering in the designs or doings of others.   --Barrow.
    Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs.   --Holland.


 Pud·der, v. t. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man.


 Pud·der, n. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. “All in a pudder.”

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