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

\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\, 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\, 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\, v. i.
To tipple; to drink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
      It is less labor to plow than to pot it. --Feltham.