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<A NAME="pot">
<B>pot</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>potted,</B> <B>potting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a kind of vessel or dish. There are many different kinds and shapes of pots. They are made of iron, tin, earthenware, and other substances. A pot may hold food or drink or contain earth for flowers to grow in. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the amount a pot can hold; potful. <BR> <I>Ex. He ate a small pot of beans.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a pot and what is in it. <DD><B> 3. </B>alcoholic liquor. <BR> <I>Ex. He carries her into a public-house to give her a pot and a cake (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a basket used to catch fish or lobsters. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal.) a large sum of money. <BR> <I>Ex. If a man brings in a big new client, his share of the pot can be upped in a single partnership meeting (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Informal.) all the money bet at one time. <DD><B> 7a. </B><B>=chamber pot.</B> <DD><B> b. </B><B>=chimney pot.</B> <DD><B> 8. </B><B>=potshot.</B> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Slang.) a potbelly. <DD><B> 10. </B>(British Slang.) a person of importance. <BR> <I>Ex. one of the principal men out there--a big pot (Joseph Conrad).</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>(U.S. Slang.) marijuana. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put into a pot. <BR> <I>Ex. to pot young tomato plants.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to cook and preserve in a pot or can. <DD><B> 3. </B>to cook (meat) thoroughly by simmering or braising in a pot. <DD><B> 4. </B>to take a potshot at; shoot. <BR> <I>Ex. We had got to within sixty yards' range ... and were just about to sit down comfortably to "pot" them [two lions], when they suddenly surprised us by ... bolting off (J. H. Patterson).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) to seize; win; secure. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to take a potshot; shoot. <BR> <I>Ex. These "townies" pot at game birds and animals (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to drink liquor. <BR> <I>Ex. I learned it in England, where indeed they are most potent in potting (Shakespeare).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>go to pot,</B> </I>to go to ruin. <BR> <I>Ex. After losing his job he took to drinking and went to pot.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in one's pots,</B> </I>drunk. <BR> <I>Ex. In their pots [they] will promise anything (Fynes Moryson).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>keep the pot boiling,</B> (Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>to make a living. </I> <I>Ex. He doesn't earn much money--just enough to keep the pot boiling.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to keep things going in a lively way. <BR> <I>Ex. His lieutenants keep the rebellion pot boiling in ... Ireland (London Times).</I> adj. <B>potlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pot">
<B>pot</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a deep hole in the ground; pit. </DL>
<A NAME="pot">
<B>pot.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> potential. </DL>
<A NAME="potability">
<B>potability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> potable quality. <BR> <I>Ex. the potability of sea water.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potable">
<B>potable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> fit for drinking; drinkable. <BR> <I>Ex. In dozens of places where the water was not potable, they set up purifying systems (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> Usually, <B>potables,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>anything drinkable. <BR> <I>Ex. He bought eatables and potables.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>alcoholic liquor. noun <B>potableness.</B> </DL>
<B>potamic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with rivers. </DL>
<A NAME="potamology">
<B>potamology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific study of rivers. </DL>
<A NAME="potash">
<B>potash, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several substances made from various minerals, wood ashes, blast furnace dust, or the like, and used in making soap, fertilizers, and glass. It is mainly impure potassium carbonate. When purified, it is known as pearlash. <DD><B> 2. </B>potassium or any compound containing potassium. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=potassium hydroxide.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="potashalum">
<B>potash alum,</B> <B>=alum.</B></DL>
<A NAME="potashbulbs">
<B>potash bulbs,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a combination of glass bulbs for holding a solution of potassium hydroxide, used in chemical analysis of organic substances. </DL>
<B>potassic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with potassium. <DD><B> 2. </B>containing potassium. </DL>
<A NAME="potassium">
<B>potassium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft, silverwhite, metallic chemical element that occurs in nature only in compounds, such as saltpeter. Potassium is one of the most abundant elements in the earth's crust, and is essential for the growth of plants. It is an alkali metal and oxidizes rapidly when exposed to the air. Its compounds are used in making soap and fertilizers. Potassium is the lightest metal known except lithium. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumargondating">
<B>potassium-argon dating,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a method of dating organic, geological, or archaeological specimens by measuring in the rock in which a specimen is found the amount of argon accumulated through the decay of radioactive potassium. <BR> <I>Ex. By means of potassium-argon dating, the age of the African man, Zinjanthropus, has been determined to be 1,750,000 years in the past (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumbicarbonate">
<B>potassium bicarbonate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless, odorless substance with a slightly salty taste, obtained by passing carbon dioxide into a solution of potassium carbonate in water, and used in baking in place of baking powder or yeast, in medicine, and as a fire-extinguishing agent. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumbisulfate">
<B>potassium bisulfate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless salt, used in fusing metals and converting tartrates into potassium bitartrate. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumbitartrate">
<B>potassium bitartrate,</B> <B>=cream of tartar.</B></DL>
<A NAME="potassiumbromide">
<B>potassium bromide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white, crystalline substance with a pungent, salty taste, used in medicine as a sedative and in photography. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumcarbonate">
<B>potassium carbonate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white, alkaline salt obtained from wood ashes, etc., used in making glass, soft soaps, and fertilizers; potash. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumchlorate">
<B>potassium chlorate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless, poisonous, crystalline substance used as an oxidizing agent in explosives and matches. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumchloride">
<B>potassium chloride,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless or white, crystalline compound obtained chiefly from carnallite, used in fertilizers and explosives. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumcitrate">
<B>potassium citrate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white, crystalline substance used in medicine as a diuretic, expectorant, and antacid. In certain heart operations, potassium citrate is introduced into the coronary blood vessels to arrest heartbeat. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumcyanate">
<B>potassium cyanate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white crystal or powder used in the manufacture of drugs, in organic synthesis, and to kill weeds and crab grass. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumcyanide">
<B>potassium cyanide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very poisonous, white, crystalline compound used for removing gold from ore, in electroplating, as an insecticide, and in photography. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumdichromate">
<B>potassium dichromate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a poisonous, yellowish-red, crystalline salt used in dyeing, in photography, and as an oxidizing agent. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumfluoride">
<B>potassium fluoride,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white, crystalline, poisonous powder, used as a preservative and a disinfectant, in insecticides, and in etching glass. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumhydroxide">
<B>potassium hydroxide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white, solid substance which releases great heat when it dissolves in water; caustic potash. It is a very strong alkali used in bleaching, in making soft soap, as a reagent, and in medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumiodide">
<B>potassium iodide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless or white, crystalline compound, used in manufacturing photographic emulsions, as an additive in iodized table salt, and in medicine as an expectorant. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumnitrate">
<B>potassium nitrate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white or colorless crystalline compound with a salty taste, produced from sodium nitrate and another potassium compound; niter; saltpeter. It is used as an oxidizing agent, in gunpowder, explosives, and fertilizers, in preserving meat, and in medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="potassiumpermanganate">
<B>potassium permanganate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dark purple crystalline compound used as an oxidizing agent and disinfectant. </DL>
<B>potassium sulfate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless or white, crystalline salt used as a reagent, in fertilizers, in medicine as a cathartic, and in making glass. </DL>
<A NAME="potation">
<B>potation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of drinking. <DD><B> 2. </B>a drink, especially of alcoholic liquor. </DL>
<A NAME="potato">
<B>potato, </B>noun, pl. <B>-toes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plant with a starchy tuber used as a vegetable. It originated in South America and belongs to the nightshade family. Potatoes have trumpet-shaped flowers that are white, bluish, or purplish. <DD><B> 2. </B>this vegetable, which is round or oval, hard, and has a very thin skin; white potato; Irish potato. The potato is one of the most widely used vegetables in Europe and America. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=sweet potato.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="potatobeetle">
<B>potato beetle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a black-and-yellow striped beetle that devours the leaves of potato plants; Colorado potato beetle. </DL>
<A NAME="potatoblight">
<B>potato blight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a destructive disease of the potato in which the leaves and stem develop yellow, brown, and black spots, caused by a parasitic fungus; late blight. </DL>
