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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pŏt'-hŏŏk, n. p. 1019A hook on which pots and kettles are hung over the fire. 2. A letter or character like a pot-hook; a scrawled letter. I have often wished for some person as well skilled as you in these old pot-hooks…Pŏt'-house, n. p. 1019An ale-house. Warton.Pō'ti-cho-mā'nī-ā or Pō'ti-cho-mā'nī-ē, n. p. 1019The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware.Pō'tion, n. p. 1019A draught; usually, a liquid medicine; a dose. Drink off this potion. Shak.Pŏt'-lĭd, n. p. 1019The lid or cover of a pot. Derham. Pot-lid valve, a kind of bucket-valve, consisting of a circular plate with an eye in the center, through which the piston-rod passes freely.Pŏt'-lŭck, n. p. 1019What may chance to be provided for dinner.Pŏt'-man, n. p. 1019A pot-companion.Pŏt'-mĕt'al, n. p. 1019The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. 2. An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. Ure.Pŏt'-pĭe, n. p. 1019A dish composed of dough and meat boiled together.Pŏt'-plānt, n. p. 1019(Bot.) A plant of the genus Lecythis; — so called from its large, woody fruit, which opens by a lid like that of a jar. Simmonds.Pŏt'-piēçe, n. p. 1019The same as POT-GUN.Pōt-pōur'ri, n. p. 1019A medley or mixture; as, (a.) A ragout composed of different sorts of meats, vegetables, &c., seasoned and cooked together. (b.) A vase or packet of odoriferous flower leaves, used to perfume a room.…Pŏt'shārd or Pŏt'shāre, n. p. 1019A potsherd. [Obs.]Pŏt'shārd, n. p. 1019A piece or fragment of a broken pot.Pŏt'-stōne, n. p. 1019(Min.) A variety of steatite, sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.Pŏt'-sŭre, a. p. 1019Having drunk enough to make one sure of being right; confident. [Obs.]Pŏtt, n. p. 1019See POT, 4.Pŏt'tage, n. p. 1019A species of food made of meat boiled to softness in water, usually with some vegetables or sweet herbs; a thick soup. [Written also potage.]Pŏt'tain, n. p. 1019Old pot-metal. [Obs.] Holland.Pot-teen’, n. p. 1019The same as POTEEN.Pŏt'ter, n. p. 1019One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. 2. One who hawks crockery or earthen-ware. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincy. Potter's clay, a variety of clay used by potters.Pŏt'ter, v. i. p. 1019To occupy one's self in a trifling or inefficient manner; to labor idly or with little energy or effect; to trifle; to pudder;—often pronounced putter in the United States.Pŏt'ter, v. t. p. 1019To poke; to push; to disturb; to pother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Pŏt'ter's Ore p. 1019A species of ore, which, from its aptness to vitrify like the glazing of potter's wares, the miners call by this name. Boyle.Pŏt'ter-y, n. p. 1019The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked. 2. The place where earthen vessels are manufactured.Pŏt'ting, n. p. 1019The act of drinking; tippling. 2. A placing or preserving in a pot. 3. The process of putting sugar in casks for draining. [West Indies.] Edwards.Pŏt'tle, n. p. 1019A liquid measure of four pints. 2. A vessel; a pot or tankard. “A dry pottle of sack before him.” W. Scott. 3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit. He had a paper bag under each arm, and a…Pŏt'tle-drāught, n. p. 1019The taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [Eng.] Halliwell.Pŏt'ū-lent, a. p. 1019Nearly drunk; rather tipsy. 2. Fit to drink; potable; drinkable.Pŏt'-văl'iant, a. p. 1019Courageous over the cup; heated to valor by strong drink.Pŏt'-wăl'ler, n. p. 1019A pot-walloper. Addison.Pŏt'-wăl'lop-er, n. p. 1019A voter in certain boroughs in England, where all who boil (wallop) a pot are entitled to vote. 2. One who cleans a pot; a scullion. Bartlett.Pŏt'-wăl'lop-ing, a. p. 1019Of, or relating to, a pot-walloper.Pouch, n. p. 1019A small bag; usually, a leather bag; as, a pouch for money, or for provisions; a shot pouch, and the like. 2. That which is shaped like or used as a pouch; as, (a.) A protuberant belly;—so called in…Pouch, v. t. p. 1019To pocket; to save. I will pouch up no such affront. W. Scott. 2. To swallow;—said of fowls. Derham. 3. To pout. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Pouched, a. p. 1019Having a pouch; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the opossum.Pou'chet-bŏx, n. p. 1019See POUNCET-BOX. W. Scott.Pouch'-mouth, n. p. 1019A mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.Pouch'-mouthed, a. p. 1019Blubber-lipped. [Obs.]Pōu-chōng', n. p. 1019A kind of black tea.Pōu-drĕtte', n. p. 1019A manure made from the contents of privies, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, &c.Pōul'dā-vis, n. p. 1019A sort of sail-cloth. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Pōul'dron, n. p. 1019See POWLDRON.Pōule, n. p. 1019See Pool.Pōulp, n. p. 1019(Zool.) An eight-footed dibranchiate cephalopod, of the genus Octopus (O. vulgaris), nearly allied to the sepia, or common cuttle-fish, and having no shell; also, the soft part of those species which…Pōult, n. p. 1019A young chicken, partridge, &c. [Rare.] King.Pōult'er, n. p. 1019One who had charge of poultry; a poulterer. [Obs.] Shak.Pōult'er-er, n. p. 1019One who deals or trades in poultry. 2. An officer of the king's household who had the charge of the poultry. [Eng.]. [Obs.]Pōul'tice, n. p. 1019A soft composition of various materials, as meal, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, and the like; a cataplasm.Pōul'tīce, v. t. p. 1019To cover with a poultice; to dress with a poultice.Pōul’tive, n. p. 1019A poultice. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.Pōul'try, n. p. 1019Domestic fowls which are propagated and fed for the table, and for their eggs, feathers, &c., such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.Pōult'ry-yārd, n. p. 1019A yard or place where fowls are confined, bred, or fattened.Pounce, n. p. 1019A fine powder used to prevent ink from spreading on paper, as sandarac pulverized. 2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powdered substance, inclosed in an open stuff, as muslin, to be passed over…Pounce, v. t. p. 1019To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper for writing on; to pounce a pattern.Pounce, n. p. 1019The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Winged ministers of vengeance who carry your bolts in their pounces to the remotest verge of the sea. Burke.Pounce, v. t. p. 1019To prick, as with a claw or talon. [Obs.] Now pounce him lightly. And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. J. Fletcher. 2. To pierce with a sharp instrument; to perforate; to stamp holes in by way…Pounce, v. i. p. 1019To fall suddenly; to fall and seize with the claws;— with on or upon; as, a rapacious bird pounces upon a chicken. Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided…Pounce'-bōx, n. p. 1019A small box with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling pounce on paper. Shak.Pounced, a. p. 1019Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle. Thomson. 2. Ornamented with a continuous series of dots. “Gilt bowls pounced and pierced.” Holinshed.