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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.]