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es, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

Lace whose pattern includes one or more representations of baskets or bowls from which flowers spring.

Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction.

Lit., a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot fired at an animal or person when at rest or within easy range, or fired simply to kill, without reference to the rules of sport; a shot needling no special skill.

A dish of broth, meat, and vegetables prepared by boiling in a pot, -- a dish esp. common among the French. Grant Allen.

Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.

A protuberant belly.

Made confident by drink. [Obs.]

Having the courage given by drink. Smollett.

reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months.

Fit to be drunk; drinkable. "Water fresh and potable." Bacon. -- n.

The quality of being drinkable.

See Pottage.

A porringer. [Obs.] Grew.

See Potargo.

The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine.

A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx.

An account or description of rivers; potamology.

A scientific account or discussion of rivers; a treatise on rivers; potamography.

The fresh-water sponges. See Spongilla.