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pot

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1. pot - Noun

2. pot - Verb

Meaning

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.

An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.

A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.

A size of paper. See Pott.

To place or inclose in pots

To preserve seasoned in pots.

To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.

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.

To pocket.

To tipple; to drink.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot. George Herbert

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail. Wole Soyinka

I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged the Thai to help the Khmer Rouge. The question was how to help the Cambodian people. Pol Pot was an abomination. We could never support him. But China could. Zbigniew Brzezinski

A watched pot never boils. English Proverb

Every little pot has a fitting lid. Dutch Proverb

A clay pot of water is never hot-tempered. Nigerian Proverb

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