n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. “Give her a pot and a cake.” De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A size of paper. See Pott. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. marijuana. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

10. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse heavily backed; a favorite. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

11. (Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also pot helmet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

12. (Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the pool. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.

When hunted, it [ the jaguar ] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it when treed. Encyc. of Sport. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To secure; gain; win; bag. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. 1. To tipple; to drink. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is less labor to plow than to pot it. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ F., fr. L. potabilis, fr. potare to drink; akin to Gr. po`tos a drinking, po`sis a drink, Skr. pā to drink, OIr. ibim I drink. Cf. Poison, Bib, Imbibe. ] Fit to be drunk; drinkable. “Water fresh and potable.” Bacon. -- n. A potable liquid; a beverage. “Useful in potables.” J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being drinkable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pottage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fr. potage soup, porridge. See Pottage. ] A porringer. [ Obs. ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Potargo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; river. ] (Zool.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx. [ 1913 Webster ]