Definition of "pother"

pother

/ˈpʌðə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural pothers
1. A commotion, a tempest.
  Quotations
  Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now.
  c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]
  (name of the article) Flight Of Hess Causes Pother Among Germans
  1941, Lewiston Morning Tribune, 14th of May
  After some years there came a time when the Queen seemed to be ill and there was a great deal of bustle and pother about her in the castle and doctors came and the courtiers whispered.
  1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 5, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998
verb
third-person singular simple present pothers, present participle pothering, simple past and past participle pothered
1. (intransitive) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
2. (transitive) To puzzle or perplex.