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Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.]
1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. --Ps. ii.
9.
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The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
--Longfellow.
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2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] --De
Quincey.
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3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
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4. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin. See {Terrapin}.
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{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} (Zool.), 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.
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