Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POTH'ER
POTH'ER, n. [This word is vulgarly pronounced bother. Its origin and affinities are not ascertained.]
- Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter. [Low.] – Shak. Swift.
- A suffocating cloud. – Drayton.
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