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potting
(encz) | potting,zalití do formy n: Zdeněk Brož |
Potting
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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3. To secure; gain; win; bag. [Colloq.]
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Potting
(gcide) | Potting \Pot"ting\, n.
1. Tippling. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants;
the potting of meats for preservation.
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3. The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and
draining. [West Indies] --B. Edwards.
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spotting
(mass) | spotting
- pozorovanie |
potting
(encz) | potting,zalití do formy n: Zdeněk Brož |
potting soil
(encz) | potting soil,substrát k pěstování rostlin. metan |
spotting
(encz) | spotting,nanášet v: Zdeněk Brožspotting,poskvrnění n: Zdeněk Brožspotting,pozorování n: Zdeněk Brož |
train-spotting
(encz) | train-spotting, |
Bespotting
(gcide) | Bespot \Be*spot"\ (b[-e]*sp[o^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bespotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespotting.]
To mark with spots, or as with spots.
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Spotting
(gcide) | Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spotting.]
1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to
discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots
or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.
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2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.
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My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl.
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To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
hewing.
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spotting
(wn) | spotting
n 1: the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining,
spotting, maculation]
2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
[syn: detection, catching, espial, spying,
spotting] |
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