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n. [See POTHER.] A tumult; a confused noise; a bustle. The superstitious man, . . . being scared by the pangs and gripes of a boiling conscience, all in a pudder, shuffles up to himself such a God and such a worship as is most agreeable to remedy his fear. Milton.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. PUDDERED; p. pr. & vb. n. PUDDERING.] To make a tumult or bustle; to act with violence; to splash; to make a pother; to meddle. “Puddering in the designs or doings of others.” Barrow. Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland.
v. t. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother. Locke.