Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Potter \Pot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pottered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Pottering}.] [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to
   search one thoroughly, Sw. p[*a]ta, peta, to pick, E. pother,
   put.]
   1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little
      purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.