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Webster 1913 Edition
Pot
Pot
,Noun.
[Akin to LG.
pott
, D. pot
, Dan. potte
, Sw. potta
, Icel. pottr
, F. pot
; of unknown origin.] 1.
A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.;
as, a quart
pot
; a flower pot
; a bean pot
.2.
An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
3.
The quantity contained in a pot; a potful;
“Give her a pot and a cake.” as, a
. pot
of aleDe Foe.
4.
A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
5.
A crucible;
as, a graphite
pot
; a melting pot
.6.
A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
7.
A perforated cask for draining sugar.
Knight.
8.
A size of paper. See
Pott
. Jack pot
. See under 2d
– Jack
. Pot cheese
, cottage cheese. See under
– Cottage
. Pot companion
, a companion in drinking.
– Pot hanger
, a pothook.
– Pot herb
, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb’s-quarters, purslane, and many others.
– Pot hunter
, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market.
– Pot metal
. (a)
The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron
. (b)
An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts
. Ure.
(c)
A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
Knight.
– Pot plant
(Bot.)
, either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot.
– Pot wheel
(Hydraul.)
, a noria.
– To go to pot
, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse.
[Colloq.]
Dryden.
J. G. Saxe.
Pot
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Potted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Potting
.] 1.
To place or inclose in pots
; as: (a)
To preserve seasoned in pots.
“Potted fowl and fish.” Dryden.
(b)
To set out or cover in pots;
as,
. potted
plants or bulbs(c)
To drain;
as, to
. pot
sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains offB. Edwards.
(d)
(Billiards)
To pocket.
Pot
,Verb.
I.
1.
To tipple; to drink.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
It is less labor to plow than to
pot
it. Feltham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pot
POT
, n.1.
A vessel more deep than broad, made of earth, or iron or other metal, used for several domestic purposes; as an iron pot, for boiling meat or vegetables; a pot for holding liquors; a cup, as a pot of ale; an earthen pot for plants, called a flower pot, &c.2.
A sort of paper of small sized sheets.To go to pot, to be destroyed, ruined, wasted or expended. [A low phrase.]
POT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To inclose or cover in pots of earth.2.
To put in casks for draining; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler and placing it in hogsheads with perforated heads, from which the molasses percolates through the spongy stalk of a plantain leaf.