quart-pot

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• quart-pot tea

  n. Explained in quotations.Cf. billy-tea. 1878. Mrs. H. Jones, `Long Years in Australia,' p. 87: ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Quart

  ·noun A vessel or measure containing a quart. II. Quart ·noun The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• gutting a quart pot

  Taking out the lining of it: i. e. drinking it off. Gutting an oyster; eating it. Gutting a house; c...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Pot

  ·vt To place or inclose in pots. II. Pot ·vt To preserve seasoned in pots. III. Pot ·vt To <<Pocke...

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• pot

  1) The pot calls the kettle black a-se; one rogue exclaims against another. 2) On the pot; i.e. at ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Pot

  The term "pot" is applicable to so many sorts of vessels that it can scarcely be restricted to any o...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Consolation pot

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Consolation race. ...

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• Hot pot

  ·add. ·- ·see Semi-diesel, below. ...

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• Monkey-pot

  ·noun The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for thei...

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• Pot lace

  ·add. ·- Lace whose pattern includes one or more representations of baskets or bowls from which flow...

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• Pot lead

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

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• Pot shot

  ·add. ·- Lit., a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot fired at an animal or person when ...

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• Pot-bellied

  ·adj Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot. ...

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• Pot-belly

  ·noun A protuberant belly. ...

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• Pot-sure

  ·adj Made confident by drink. ...

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• Pot-valiant

  ·adj Having the courage given by drink. ...

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• Pot-walloper

  ·noun One who cleans pots; a scullion. II. Pot-walloper ·noun A voter in certain boroughs of Englan...

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• White-pot

  ·noun A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, ·etc., baked in a pot. ...

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• Fining pot

  A crucible, melting-pot (Prov. 17:3; 27:21). ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Seething pot

  A vessel for boiling provisions in (Job 41:20; Jer. 1:13). ...

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• Pewter Pot

  A messuage called the "Puter Pott" in parish of St. Mildred, 1529 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 323). No late...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• hot pot

  Ale and brandy made hot. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• idea pot

  The knowledge box, the head. See knowledge box. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pot converts

  Proselytes to the Romish church, made by the distribution of victuals and money. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pot hunter

  One who hunts more tor the sake of the prey than the sport. Pot valiant; courageous from drink. Potw...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pot-wabblers

  Persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pot...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• toss pot

  A drunkard. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• glue-pot

  n. part of a road so bad that thecoach or buggy sticks in it. 1892. `Daily News,' London (exact da...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pot-pie

  A pie made by spreading the crust over the bottom and sides of a pot, and filling up the inside with...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• flaun-pot

  a custard-pot. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• kale-pot

  pottage-pot. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• pot-cleps

  pot-hooks. N. Because they clip or catch hold of the pot. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• pot-sitten

  burnt to. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• java pot

  A kind of sponge of the species Alcyonium. ...

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• Pot-au-feu

  ·add. ·noun A dish of broth, meat, and vegetables prepared by boiling in a pot, — a dish ·esp. commo...

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• Lily Pot Lane

  West out of Staining Lane to No. 7 Noble Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward. First mention...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Pewter Pot Inn

  On the south side of Leadenhall Street. In Aldgate Ward, in parish. of St. Andrew Undershaft (36 Eli...

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• Porridge Pot Alley

  See Westmoreland Buildings. ...

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• Pottage Pot Alley

  The eastern end of what is now Westmoreland Buildings (q.v.) was so called in Rocque, 1746. ...

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• cream-pot love

  Such as young fellows pretend to dairymaids, to get cream and other good things from them. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• piss pot hall

  A house at Clapton, near Hackney, built by a potter chiefly out of the profits of chamber pots, in t...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to go to pot

  To be destroyed, wasted, or ruined.--Johnson. Webster. Though much used, it is considered a low phra...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• keel the pot

  skim the pot. North. See Love's Labour's Lost. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Dog's Head in the Pot

  A shop called the Dogges Hedde in the potte in parish of St. Peter in Cheap, 4 Ed. VI. 1550 (Lond. I...

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• keep the pot a boiling

  i. e. Don't let the game flag. A common expression among young people, when they are anxious to carr...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Dog's Head and Pottage-Pot Court

  Out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.