Hypertext Webster Gateway: "potted"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

potted
adj 1: of plants; planted or grown in a pot; "potted geraniums"
[ant: {unpotted}]
2: preserved in a pot or can or jar; "potted meat"; "potted
shrimp"
3: (British informal) summarized or abridged; "a potted version
of a novel"


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