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noun

Potter n.

One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. "The potter heard, and stopped his wheel."

One who hawks crockery or earthenware. (Prov. Eng.)

One who pots meats or other eatables.

(Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.

Potter's asthma (Med.), emphysema of the lungs; so called because very prevalent among potters.

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

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."

Potter wasp (Zool.), a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larvae, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.

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