1. A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar. [Obs.] "Twelve potguns of brass." Hakluyt.
2. A popgun. [Obs.] Swift.
POTHECARY
Poth"e*ca*ry, n.
Defn: An apothecary. [Obs.]
POTHEEN
Po*theen", n.
Defn: See Poteen.
POTHER
Poth"er, n. Etym: [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter,
Pudder.]
Defn: Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] "What a pother and stir!" Oldham. "Coming on with a terrible pother." Wordsworth.
POTHER
Poth"er, v. i.
Defn: To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.