POT

vt to place or inclose in pots.

2. pot ·vt to preserve seasoned in pots.

3. pot ·vt to pocket.

4. pot ·noun a perforated cask for draining sugar.

5. pot ·noun an earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

6. pot ·noun a wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, ·etc.

7. pot ·noun a crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

8. pot ·noun a size of paper. ·see pott.

9. pot ·add. ·noun a horse heavily backed; a favorite.

10. pot ·vt to set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.

11. pot ·noun the quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.

12. pot ·add. ·noun the total of the bets at one time; the pool.

13. pot ·add. ·vt to secure; gain; win; bag.

14. pot ·vi to tipple; to drink.

15. pot ·noun a metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

xvi. pot ·add. ·vi to take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.

xvii. pot ·add. ·noun the total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool;.

xviii. pot ·add. ·noun a plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet;

— called also pot helmet.

xix. pot ·add. ·vt to shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.

xx. pot ·vt 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.

xxi. pot ·noun 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.