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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pot \Pot\, v. t.
   1. To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a
      pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.

            When hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees,
            and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue
            it with dogs and pot it when treed.   --Encyc. of
                                                  Sport.

   2. To secure; gain; win; bag. [Colloq.]

Pot \Pot\, v. i.
   To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.

Pot \Pot\, n.
   1. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing
      or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse
      heavily backed; a favorite. [Slang]

   2. (Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in
      a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also {pot helmet}.

   3. (Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the
      pool.

Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta,
   Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]
   1. 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.

   2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

   3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of
      ale. ``Give her a pot and a cake.'' --De Foe.

   4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top
      of a chimney; a chimney pot.

   5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

   6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.

   7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight.

   8. A size of paper. See {Pott}.

   {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}.

   {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}.

   {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking.

   {Pot hanger}, a pothook.

   {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are
      boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane,
      and many others.

   {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will
      help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for
      the table or for the market.

   {Pot metal}.
      (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different
          from common pig iron.
      (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large
          vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure.
      (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are
          incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
          --Knight.

   {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the
      monkey-pot.

   {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria.

   {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of
      usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G.
      Saxe.

Pot \Pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Potting}.]
   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.
   To tipple; to drink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

         It is less labor to plow than to pot it. --Feltham.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pot
     n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round
          and deep; often has a handle and lid
     2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: {toilet},
         {can}, {commode}, {crapper}, {potty}, {stool}, {throne}]
     3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn: {potful}]
     4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: {flowerpot}]
     5: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
        "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
        money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
        have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
        deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
         {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {quite
        a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
        sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
     6: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
        [syn: {jackpot}, {kitty}]
     7: slang terms for a paunch [syn: {potbelly}, {bay window}, {corporation},
         {tummy}]
     8: a resistor with three terminals, the third being an
        adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in
        radios and TV sets [syn: {potentiometer}]
     9: street names for marijuana [syn: {grass}, {green goddess}, {dope},
         {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke}, {skunk}, {locoweed},
         {Mary Jane}]
     [also: {potting}, {potted}]

pot
     v : plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"
     [also: {potting}, {potted}]