potter : Idioms & Phrases
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collis potter huntington
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noun United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900)
Huntington.
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conrad potter aiken
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noun United States writer (1889-1973)
Conrad Aiken; Aiken.
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martha beatrice potter webb
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noun English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
Webb; Beatrice Webb.
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potter around
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verb move around aimlessly
putter; potter; putter around.
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potter bee
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noun solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant
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Potter wasp
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noun any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs
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(Zoöl.) , a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal ) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larvæ, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.
Webster 1913
Potter's asthma
(Med.) , emphysema of the lungs; so called because very prevalent among potters. Parkers.
Webster 1913
Potter's clay
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noun clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling
potter's clay.
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- . See under
Clay .
Webster 1913
potter's earth
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noun clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling
potter's clay.
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Potter's field
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noun a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
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- 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.
Webster 1913
Potter's ore
- . See
Alquifou .
Webster 1913
Potter's wheel
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noun a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter
- the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC
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- 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.
