noun. 
                    A pit; a hole; especially, a deep hole scooped out by the eddies of a river.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    A vessel of earth, iron, brass, or other metal, usually of circular section and in shape rather deep than broad, employed for domestic and other purposes.
                  
                
                  
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                    An earthen vessel, often for holding something distinctively specified; a jar or jug: as, a flower-pot; a cream-pot.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    A drinking-vessel; a vessel containing a specified quantity of liquor, usually a quart or a pint; a mug.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    The contents of a pot; that which is cooked in a pot; specifically, the quantity contained in a drinking-pot, generally a quart (in Guernsey and Jersey, about 2 quarts). A pot of butter was by statutes of Charles II. made 14 pounds.
                  
                
                  
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                    Stoneware: a trade-term.
                  
                
                  
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                    In sugar manufacturing, an earthen mold used in refining; also, a perforated cask in which sugar is placed for drainage of the molasses.
                  
                
                  
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                    In founding, a crucible.
                  
                
                  
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                    In glass manufacturing, the crucible in which the frit is melted. Those used for glass of fine quality, such as flint-glass, are closed to guard against impurities.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    The metal or earthenware top of a chimney; a chimney-pot.
                  
                
                  
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                    A size of writing-paper whose original water-mark is said to have been a pot. The smallest sheets measure 15½ x 12½ inches. Also spelled pott.
                  
                
                  
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                    In fishing: The circular inclosed part of a pound-net, otherwise called the bowl, pound, or crib.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    A hollow vessel for trapping fish; a lobster-pot.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    In card-playing: The aggregate stakes, generally placed together in the center of the table; the pool.
                  
                
                  
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                    In faro, the name given to the six-, seven-, and eight-spots in the lay-out.