Defn: 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.
POT
Pot, v. i.
Defn: To tipple; to drink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
It is less labor to plow than to pot it. Feltham.
POTABLE
Po"ta*ble, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. potabilis, fr. potare to drink; akin
to Gr. po`tos a drinking, po`sis a drink, Skr. pa to drink, OIr. ibim
I drink. Cf. Poison, Bib, Imbibe.]
Defn: Fit to be drunk; drinkable. "Water fresh and potable." Bacon.
— n.
Defn: A potable liquid; a beverage. "Useful in potables." J. Philips.
POTABLENESS
Po"ta*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being drinkable.
POTAGE
Pot"age (; 48), n.
Defn: See Pottage.