potter

To be busy in doing little, or what is of little or no practical value; busy one’s self over trifles; trifle; work with little energy or purpose.

To hobble; walk slowly and with difficulty; move slowly; loiter.

To walk upon or leap from piece to piece of floating ice. Bartlett. [Local, U.S.]

To poke; push; disturb.

One whose occupation is the making of pots or earthenware vessels of any kind.

One who peddles earthenware or crockery.

One who pots meats, vegetables, etc.

A fresh-water clemmyoid turtle, Deirochelys serrata, of the United States.

The slider, or red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rugosa. See slider. [Local, U. S.]

In a larger sense, any earth used in the ceramic art, including kaolin, a so-called blue clay which is of a grayish color and when fired is white, and a black clay so called, which also results in a white biscuit.