n. A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, generally having a long nandle and three or Four legs, used for heating and boiling water, stewing meat, and other culinary purposes.n. A rattle or bell used by common criers.n. A ship's cook; a “pot-wrestler” or potwalloper.n. In metal-working, a form into which the precious metals are run for sale and use as bullion, flatter than an ingot.