pot´ter|er

pot´ter|er
pot|ter1 «POT uhr», noun.
a person who makes pots, dishes, or vases out of clay.
[Old English pottere < pott pot + -ere -er1]
pot|ter2 «POT uhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb.
to keep busy in a rather useless way; putter: »

She potters about the house all day, but gets little done.

[(apparently frequentative) < obsolete pote, Old English potian to push, poke. See related etym. at put1 (Cf.put), putter1. (Cf.putter)]
pot´ter|er, noun.
pot´ter|ing|ly, adverb.

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