3 entries under this word

Pother

Pŏth'er, n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [Written also potter, pudder, and bother.] [Perhaps from O. D. poeder, or Fr. poudre, dust; but cf. also Ir. buaidhreadh, vexation, trouble, buaidhrim, I vex, disturb. See POWDER.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter.

The wind Coming on with a terrible pother. Wordsworth.

Pŏth'er, v. i.

verbintransitive

To make a blustering, ineffectual effort; to make a stir.

Pŏth'er, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. POTHERED; p. pr. & vb. n. POTHERING.] To harass and perplex; to puzzle. Locke.