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rother | pother |

As an adjective rother

is .

As a noun pother is

a commotion, a tempest.

As a verb pother is

to make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

rother

English

Etymology 1

Old English .

Noun

(en noun)
  • a horned animal, especially an ox

    • Etymology 2

    Old English. See (rudder).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rudder.
    • Derived terms
    * rother nail: a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; so called by shipwrights. ----

    pother

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A commotion, a tempest.
  • * 1605 , William Shakespeare, King Lear III.ii:
    • Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now.
  • *1941 , Lewiston Morning Tribune, 14th of May:
    • (name of the article) Flight Of Hess Causes Pother Among Germans

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

    • Anagrams

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