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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consolation game \Con`so*la"tion game\, match \match\, pot \pot\, race \race\, etc A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pot \Pot\, v. t. 1. 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. 2. To secure; gain; win; bag. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pot \Pot\, v. i. To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pot \Pot\, n. 1. 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] 2. (Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later and perhaps in a jocose sense any helmet; -- called also {pot helmet}. 3. (Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the pool. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pot \Pot\, 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. 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. 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]: Pot \Pot\, v. i. To tipple; to drink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] It is less labor to plow than to pot it --Feltham. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pot n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid 2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: {toilet}, {can}, {commode}, {crapper}, {potty}, {stool}, {throne}] 3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn: {potful}] 4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: {flowerpot}] 5: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}] 6: the cumulative stake in a game (such as poker) [syn: {jackpot}, {kitty}] 7: a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared [syn: {marijuana}, {marihuana}, {ganja}, {grass}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {skunk}, {Mary-Jane}, {Cannabis sativa}] 8: (informal) slang terms for a paunch [syn: {potbelly}, {bay window}, {corporation}, {tummy}] 9: a 3-terminal resistor with an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets [syn: {potentiometer}] 10: the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect [syn: {cannabis}, {marijuana}, {ganja}, {grass}, {marihuana}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke}, {skunk}, {Mary Jane}] v : plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"
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