'Potter' definitions:

Definition of 'potter'

From: WordNet
noun
A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln [syn: potter, thrower, ceramicist, ceramist]
verb
Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around]
verb
Work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" [syn: potter, putter]
verb
Move around aimlessly [syn: putter, potter, potter around, putter around]

Definition of 'Potter'

From: GCIDE
  • 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[*a]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 putter; to pother.
  • Syn: putter; pother. [1913 Webster]
  • Pottering about the Mile End cottages. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Potter'

From: GCIDE
  • Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.]
  • 1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. --Ps. ii. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • The potter heard, and stopped his wheel. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One who pots meats or other eatables. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. "My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel." --Shak.
  • Potter wasp (Zool.), a small solitary wasp ({Eumenes fraternal}) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larv[ae], such as cankerworms, as food for its young. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Potter'

From: GCIDE
  • Potter \Pot"ter\, v. t. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'potter'

From: GCIDE
  • Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and turapen.] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'potter'

From: GCIDE
  • Pother \Poth"er\, n. [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter, Pudder.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] "What a pother and stir!" --Oldham. "Coming on with a terrible pother." --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'potter'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Potter, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Potter, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000) :
223
Housing Units (2000) :
80
Land area (2000) :
0.527706 sq. miles (1.366752 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.527706 sq. miles (1.366752 sq. km)
FIPS code :
64675
Located within :
Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location :
44.118544 N, 88.095467 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Potter, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Potter, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
390
Housing Units (2000) :
170
Land area (2000) :
0.488129 sq. miles (1.264248 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.488129 sq. miles (1.264248 sq. km)
FIPS code :
39870
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
41.217830 N, 103.314788 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
69156
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Potter -- U.S. County in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Potter -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000) :
113546
Housing Units (2000) :
44598
Land area (2000) :
909.243256 sq. miles (2354.929123 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
12.736659 sq. miles (32.987793 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
921.979915 sq. miles (2387.916916 sq. km)
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
35.257052 N, 101.842212 W

Potter -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Potter -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
18080
Housing Units (2000) :
12159
Land area (2000) :
1081.165247 sq. miles (2800.205016 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.249836 sq. miles (0.647072 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1081.415083 sq. miles (2800.852088 sq. km)
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
41.785251 N, 77.912536 W

Potter -- U.S. County in South Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Potter -- U.S. County in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
2693
Housing Units (2000) :
1760
Land area (2000) :
866.488172 sq. miles (2244.193968 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
31.940201 sq. miles (82.724737 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
898.428373 sq. miles (2326.918705 sq. km)
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
45.049614 N, 99.929979 W

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