Webster's Dictionary 1828

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POTASSIUM

POTAS'SIUM, noun A name given to the metallic basis of vegetable alkali. According to Dr. Davy, 100 parts of potash consist of 86.1 parts of the basis, and 13.9 of oxygen.Potass...

2918

POTATION

POTA'TION, noun [Latin potatio. See Potable.]1. A drinking or drinking bout.2. A draught.3. A species of drink.

2919

POTATO

POTA'TO, noun A plant and esculent root of the genus Solanum, a native of America. The root of this plant, which is usually called potatoe, constitutes one of the cheapest and m...

2920

POTCH

POTCH, verb transitive [Eng. to poke.] To thrust; to push. [Not used.]1. To poach; to boil slightly. [Not used.]

2921

POTELOT

PO'TELOT, noun The sulphuret of molybden.

2922

POTENCE

PO'TENCE, noun In heraldry, a cross whose ends resemble the head of a crutch.

2923

POTENCY

PO'TENCY, noun [Latin potentia, from potens; possum, posse. See Power.]1. Power; physical power, energy or efficacy; strength.2. Moral power; influence; authority.Now arrivingAt...

2924

POTENT

PO'TENT, adjective [Latin potens.] Powerful; physically strong; forcible; efficacious; as a potent medicine.Moses once more his potent rod extends.1. Powerful, in a moral sense;...

2925

POTENTACY

PO'TENTACY, noun Sovereignty. [Not used.]

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POTENTATE

PO'TENTATE, noun A person who possesses great power or sway; a prince; a sovereign; an emperor, king or monarch.Exalting him not only above earthly princes and potentates, but a...

2927

POTENTIAL

POTEN'TIAL, adjective [Latin potentialis.] Having power to impress on us the ideas of certain qualities, though the qualities are not inherent in the thing; as potential heat or...

2928

POTENTIALITY

POTENTIAL'ITY, noun Possibility; not actuality.

2929

POTENTIALLY

POTEN'TIALLY, adverb In possibility; not in act; not positively.This duration of human souls is only potentially infinite.1. In efficacy, not in actuality; as potentially cold.

2930

POTENTLY

PO'TENTLY, adverb Powerfully; with great force or energy.You are potently opposed.

2931

POTENTNESS

PO'TENTNESS, noun Powerfulness; strength; might. [Little used.]

2932

POTESTATIVE

PO'TESTATIVE, adjective [from Latin potestas.] Authoritative. [Not used.]

2933

POTGUN

POTGUN, for popgun. [Not used.]POT'-HANGER, noun [pot and hanger.] A pot-hook.

2934

POTHECARY

POTH'ECARY, contracted from apothecary, and very vulgar. [See the latter.]

2935

POTHER

POTH'ER, noun [This word is vulgarly pronounced bother. Its origin and affinities are not ascertained.]1. Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter. [Low.]2. A suffocating cloud.POTH'E...

2936

POTHERB

POT'HERB, noun An herb for the pot or for cookery; a culinary plant.

2937

POTION

PO'TION, noun [Latin potio; poto, to drink.]A draught; usually, a liquid medicine; a dose.

2938

POTLID

POT'LID, noun The lid or cover of a pot.POT'-MAN, noun A pot companion.

2939

POTSHERD

POT'SHERD, noun A piece or fragment of a broken pot. Job 2:8.

2940

POTSTONE

POT'STONE, nounpotstone appears to be indurated black talck, passing into serpentine. It has a curved and undulatingly lamellar structure, passing into slaty.Potstone is of a gr...

2941

POTTAGE

POT'TAGE, noun Broth; soup. [See Potage, the more correct orthography.]

2942

POTTED

POT'TED, participle passive Preserved or inclosed in a pot; drained in a cask.

2943

POTTER

POT'TER, noun [form pot.] One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.