The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left
in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.
Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] "What a pother and stir!" Oldham. "Coming on with a terrible pother." Wordsworth.
To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
To harass and perplex; to worry. "Pothers and wearies himself."...
