·vt To place or inclose in pots.
II. Pot ·vt To preserve seasoned in pots.
IV. Pot ·noun A perforated cask for draining sugar.
V. Pot ·noun An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
VI. Pot ·noun A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, ·etc.
VII. Pot ·noun A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
VIII. Pot ·noun A size of paper.
·see Pott.
IX. Pot ·add. ·noun a horse heavily backed; a favorite.
X. Pot ·vt To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.
XI. Pot ·noun The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.
XII. Pot ·add. ·noun The total of the bets at one time; the pool.
XIII. Pot ·add. ·vt To
Secure; gain; win; bag.
XV. 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.