\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["o]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. ``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.

\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.
   Pottering about the Mile End cottages.      --Mrs. Humphry
                                               Ward.
2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.

\Pot"ter\, v. t.
To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.