The Collaborative International Dictionary
Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.]
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One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.
--Ps. ii. 9.The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
--Longfellow. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.]
--De Quincey.One who pots meats or other eatables.
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(Zo["o]l.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
Potter's asthma (Med.), emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters.
--Parkers.Potter's clay. See under Clay.
Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a city, for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so named from the field south of Jerusalem, mentioned in
--Matt. xxvii. 7.Potter's ore. See Alquifou.
Potter's wheel, a horizontal revolving disk on which the clay is molded into form with the hands or tools. ``My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel.''
--Shak.Potter wasp (Zo["o]l.), a small solitary wasp ( Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larv[ae], such as cankerworms, as food for its young.