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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pot  \Pot\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Potted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Potting}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Potting  \Pot"ting\,  n. 
  1.  Tippling.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  2.  The  act  of  placing  in  a  pot;  as  the  potting  of  plants; 
  the  potting  of  meats  for  preservation. 
 
  3.  The  process  of  putting  sugar  in  casks  for  cleansing  and 
  draining.  [West  Indies]  --B.  Edwards.




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