POT, n.
1. A vessel more deep than broad, made of earth, or iron or other metal, used for several domestic purposes as an iron pot, for boiling meat or vegetables a pot for holding liquors a cup, as a pot of ale an earthen pot for plants, called a flower pot, &c.
2. A sort of paper of small sized sheets.
To go to pot, to be destroyed, ruined, wasted or expended. A low phrase.
POT, To preserve seasoned in pots as potted fowl and fish.
1. To inclose or cover in pots of earth.
2. To put in casks for draining as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler and placing it in hogsheads with perforated heads, from which the molasses percolates through the spongy stalk of a plantain leaf.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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