A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle.
To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man.
To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.
A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]