Pot

1. To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.
2. To preserve seasoned in pots.
3. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
4. A size of paper. See Pott.
5. To pocket.
6. A perforated cask for draining sugar.
7. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.
8. To place or inclose in pots
9. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
10. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
11. To tipple; to drink.
12. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
13. 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.
14. 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.