poth

{ , n. [ Ir. poitin a small pot, whisky made in private stills; cf. pota pot, fr. E. pot. ] Whisky; especially whisky distilled in a small way privately or illicitly by the Irish peasantry. [ Written also potteen. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Poteen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pothered p. pr. & vb. n. Pothering. ] To harass and perplex; to worry. “Pothers and wearies himself.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. i. To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. “I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]