'Potting' definitions:

Definition of 'Potting'

From: GCIDE
  • Pot \Pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Potted; p. pr. & vb. n. Potting.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 3. To secure; gain; win; bag. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Potting'

From: GCIDE
  • Potting \Pot"ting\, n.
  • 1. Tippling. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants; the potting of meats for preservation. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining. [West Indies] --B. Edwards. [1913 Webster]

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