to deafen. Cornish. Mostly used in Ireland. Perhaps POTHER in King Lear, Act iii. sc. 2 (meaning the noise of thunder and storm,) maybe the same word.
·vi To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. II. Bother ·noun One who, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Trouble, confusion. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.