Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pother \Poth"er\, n. [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf.
   {Potter}, {Pudder}.]
   Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also
   {potter}, and {pudder}.] ``What a pother and stir!''
   --Oldham. ``Coming on with a terrible pother.'' --Wordsworth.

Pother \Poth"er\, v. i.
   To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

Pother \Poth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pothered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Pothering}.]
   To harass and perplex; to worry. ``Pothers and wearies
   himself.'' --Locke.

Source : WordNet®

pother
     n : an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
         was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: {dither}, {fuss},
          {tizzy}, {flap}]
     v 1: make upset or troubled
     2: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: {dither}, {flap}]