Potter /(?)/

Pot·ter

Potter

n.
  1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.
    The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
  2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.]
  3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
  4. The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds
Potter's asthma
emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters.
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. — 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.
Potter wasp
a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larvæ, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.

Potter

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Pottered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pottering

  1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to putter; to pother.
    Pottering about the Mile End cottages.
    — Mrs. Humphry Ward.
  2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.

Potter

v. t.
  1. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.]