potter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: potter	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for potter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potter n a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln Synonym(s): potter, thrower, ceramicist, ceramist v do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" Synonym(s): putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" Synonym(s): potter, putter move around aimlessly Synonym(s): putter, potter, potter around, putter around
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}.] [bd]What a pother and stir![b8] --Oldham. [bd]Coming on with a terrible pother.[b8] --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[86]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 pother.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Potter \Pot"ter\, v. t. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.] 1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. --Ps. ii. 9. The potter heard, and stopped his wheel. --Longfellow. 2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey. 3. One who pots meats or other eatables. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red-bellied terrapin. See {Terrapin}. {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. [bd]My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel.[b8] --Shak. {Potter wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a small solitary wasp ({Eumenes fraternal}) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larv[91], such as cankerworms, as food for its young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}), 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. {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}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)