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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)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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 pother.
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              Pottering about the Mile End cottages. --Mrs.
                                                    Humphry Ward.
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     2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.]
     1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. --Ps. ii.
        9.
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              The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] --De
        Quincey.
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     3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
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     4. (Zo["o]l.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
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     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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Potter \Pot"ter\, v. t.
     To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.
     [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
     (Zo["o]l.)
     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.]
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     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.
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     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.
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