Potter
Potter , noun
[Compare French potier.]
1.
One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm ii. 9
The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
2.
One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Provincial English] — De Quincey
3.
One who pots meats or other eatables.
4.
(Zoology) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
Collocations (6)
Potter's asthma (Medicine) , 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.
Potter wasp (Zoology) , a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larva, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.
Potter , intransitive verb
[Compare Welsh pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to search one thoroughly, Swedish påta, peta, to pick, English pother, put.]
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.
2.
To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
Potter , transitive verb
To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Provincial English] — Halliwell