bother | Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Bother
·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
bother
to deafen. Cornish. Mostly used in Ireland. Perhaps POTHER in King Lear, Act iii. sc. 2 (meaning the...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose