Pot bellied: a gotch in Norfolk signifying a pitcher, or large round jug.
a stone jug with a belly ; a gotch-gutted fellow, a fat or great bellied fellow. Norf. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Gut>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Thin, as a shotten hering. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See shotten-herring. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book