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 perforated cask for draining sugar.-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.