Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Potting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Potting \Pot"ting\, n.
1. Tippling. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants;
the potting of meats for preservation.
3. The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and
draining. [West Indies] --B. Edwards.
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