Webster's Dictionary 1913

6751

Posturer

Pos′tur‐er (?), n. One who postures.

6752

Postzygapophysis

‖Post‐zyg′a‐poph″y‐sis (?), n.; pl.Postzygapophyses (#). [NL. See Post-, and Zygapophysis.] (Anat.) A posterior zygapophysis.

6753

Posy

Po″sy (?), n.; pl.Posies (#). [Contr. fr. poesy.] 1. A brief poetical sentiment; hence, any brief sentiment, motto, or legend; especially, one inscribed on a ring. “The posy of ...

6754

Pot

Pot (?), n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of...

6755

Pot (2)

Pot, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Potted; p. pr. & vb. n.Potting.] To place or inclose in pots; as: (a) To preserve seasoned in pots. “Potted fowl and fish.” Dryden. (b) To set out or cov...

6756

Pot (3)

Pot, v. i. To tipple; to drink.It is less labor to plow than to pot it. Feltham.

6757

Pot (4)

Pot, v. t. 1. 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 takes refuge in trees, and this habit...

6758

Pot (5)

Pot, v. i. To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.

6759

Pot (6)

Pot, n. 1. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse heavily backed; a favorite.2. (Armor) A plain defensiv...

6760

Pot lace

Pot lace. Lace whose pattern includes one or more representations of baskets or bowls from which flowers spring.

6761

Pot lead

Pot lead. Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction.

6762

Pot shot

Pot shot. Lit., a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot fired at an animal or person when at rest or within easy range, or fired simply to kill, without reference to ...

6763

Pot-au-feu

‖Pot′–au′–feu″ (?), n.(Cookery) A dish of broth, meat, and vegetables prepared by boiling in a pot, — a dish esp. common among the French. Grant Allen.

6764

Pot-bellied

Pot″–bel′lied (?), a. Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.

6765

Pot-belly

Pot″–bel′ly (?), n. A protuberant belly.

6766

Pot-sure

Pot″–sure′ (–shṳr), a. Made confident by drink.

6767

Pot-valiant

Pot″–val′iant (?), a. Having the courage given by drink. Smollett.

6768

Pot-walloper

Pot″–wal′lop‐er (?), n. 1. A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (wallo...

6769

Potable

Po″ta‐ble (?), a. [F., fr. L. potabilis, fr. potare to drink; akin to Gr. πότοσ a drinking, πόσισ a drink, Skr. pā to drink, OIr. ibim I drink. Cf. Poison, Bib, Imbibe.] Fit to ...

6770

Potableness

Po″ta‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being drinkable.

6771

Potage

Pot″age (?; 48), n. See Pottage.

6772

Potager

Pot″a‐ger (?), n. [F. fr. potage soup, porridge. See Pottage.] A porringer. Grew.

6773

Potagro

Po‐tag″ro (?), n. See Potargo.

6774

Potale

Pot″ale′ (?), n. The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine.

6775

Potamian

Po‐ta″mi‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx.

6776

Potamography

Pot′a‐mog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. � river + -graphy.] An account or description of rivers; potamology.

6777

Potamology

Pot′a‐mol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � river + -logy.] A scientific account or discussion of rivers; a treatise on rivers; potamography.