n. A vessel of earth, iron, brass, or other metal, usually of circular section and in shape rather deep than broad, employed for domestic and other purposes.n. An earthen vessel, often for holding something distinctively specified; a jar or jug: as, a flower-pot; a cream-pot.n. A drinking-vessel; a vessel containing a specified quantity of liquor, usually a quart or a pint; a mug.n. The contents of a pot; that which is cooked in a pot; specifically, the quantity contained in a drinking-pot, generally a quart (in Guernsey and Jersey, about 2 quarts). A pot of butter was by statutes of Charles II. made 14 pounds.n. Stoneware: a trade-term.n. In sugar manufacturing, an earthen mold used in refining; also, a perforated cask in which sugar is placed for drainage of the molasses.n. In founding, a crucible.n. In glass manufacturing, the crucible in which the frit is melted. Those used for glass of fine quality, such as flint-glass, are closed to guard against impurities.n. The metal or earthenware top of a chimney; a chimney-pot.n. A size of writing-paper whose original water-mark is said to have been a pot. The smallest sheets measure 15½ x 12½ inches. Also spelled pott.n. In fishing: The circular inclosed part of a pound-net, otherwise called the bowl, pound, or crib.n. A hollow vessel for trapping fish; a lobster-pot.n. In card-playing: The aggregate stakes, generally placed together in the center of the table; the pool.n. In faro, the name given to the six-, seven-, and eight-spots in the lay-out.n. A large sum of money.n. A simple form of steel cap, sometimes plain, like the skull-cap, sometimes having a brim.n. In pyrotechny, the head of a rocket, containing the decorations.n. To “keep things going”; keep up a brisk and continued round of activity.To put into pots.To preserve in pots, usually in the form of paste and often with high seasoning: as, potted meats or lobster.To stew; cook in a pot as a stew: as, to pot pigeons.To plant or set in pots: as, to pot plants.To put in casks for draining: as, to pot sugar by taking it from the cooler and placing it in hogsheads with perforated heads, from which the molasses percolates.To shoot; bring down by shooting; bag: as, to pot a rabbit, a turkey, or an enemy; hence, to catch; secure: as, to pot an heiress.To cap. See to cap verses, under cap, verbTo manufacture, as pottery or porcelain; especially, to shape and fire, as a preliminary to the decoration.To drink; tipple.To shoot at an enemy or at game; especially, to shoot to kill.n. A pit; a hole; especially, a deep hole scooped out by the eddies of a river.To deceive.n. In poker, a jack-pot; a pool formed by equal contributions from all the players before the deal.n. In geology: The earthy or consolidated material found in a pot-hole.n. A pot-like cavity in rock, which contains earthy matter.n. A rounded and pot-like mass of ore, such as often occurs in the case of brown hematites or limonites distributed through clays and ochers.n. A Danish liquid measure equal to .212 gallons.n. An abbreviation of the Latin potassa, potash;n. [lowercase] of potential;n. of the Latin potio, potion.