PUDDER
Pud"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puddered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puddering.]
Etym: [Cf. Pother.]
Defn: To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or
fuss; to potter; to meddle.
Puddering in the designs or doings of others. Barrow.
Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland.
PUDDER
Pud"der, v. t.
Defn: To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. Locke.
PUDDER
Pud"der, n.
Defn: A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. "All in a pudder." Milton.
PUDDING
Pud"ding, n. Etym: [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L. botulus,
botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan. podding, pudding,
LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten, also E. pod, pout, v.]
1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc. And solid pudding against empty praise. Pope.
2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage. Shak.