Thesaurus: potter

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1. n. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.
2. n. One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
3. n. One who pots meats or other eatables.
4. n. The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
5. v. i. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.
6. v. i. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
7. v. t. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.
8. n. a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
9. v. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
10. v. work lightly
11. v. move around aimlessly
12. 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. (Zoöl.) 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 (Zoöl.), 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. 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. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.