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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;
as, a
pot
of ale
.
“Give her a pot and a cake.”
De 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 off
.
B. 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.
To preserve seasoned in pots; as potted fowl and fish.
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.

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