(a) A vessel, pot, container; (b) an earthenware vessel; pottery; also fig.; erthen ~, ~ of erthe; (c) a metal pot; bras (brasen, gilt, gold, peutre) ~, etc.; ~ of bras (gold, silver, peutre); (d) cired ~, ?a vessel sealed with wax, ?pot coated with wax; leded (piched) ~, a pot lined or coated with lead (pitch); lether(en ~, a receptacle made of leather, wineskin; stonen ~, a vessel of stone or stoneware; ~ of glas, a glass vessel or flask, bottle; (e) ceramic material; a potsherd; (f) a representation of a pot; lilie ~, a representation of a pot with lilies.

A vessel having a specific use: (a) a storage pot, preserving jar; also fig.; mustard (whei) ~; (b) a pot for heating or cooking, caldron, kettle; also fig.; the contents of a cooking pot or heated vessel; boiling (welling) ~; wombe ~, the stomach; flesh to (the) ~, wortes to the ~, morseles to ~, meat or vegetables cut up to be cooked in a pot; fig. putten to the ~, to slay (sb.), annihilate; (c) a pitcher, ewer; vessel for wine; a drinking vessel or cup; win ~; (d) a vessel for storing or transporting water; water ~; (e) an ink-pot; blacche ~; (f) court ~, a pot or receptacle used in transporting materials by cart; (g) a beaker for uroscopy; (h) a storage container for cosmetics; (i) a container for shoemaker's black; (j) a sacred vessel, Eucharistic chalice.

(a) A vessel with its contents; ?a measure (of sth.); (b) a vessel of measured volume; pinte (potel, quart, galoun) ~, a vessel holding a pint (half-gallon, quart, gallon); ~ poteler, a pot holding a half-gallon [see also poteler (a)].

An object resembling a pot: (a) the cranium, the part of the skull enclosing the brain; ~ of the hed; (b) vulcanes ~, a geological formation resembling a caldron; (c) a kind of sausage; (d) a gourd, regarded as pot-like in shape.

In cpds. & combs.: (a) pot(es botme, the bottom of a vessel; ~ ere, a pot handle; ~ lid, cover or lid for a vessel; pot(es mouth, opening of a vessel or pot; (b) ~ clip [cp. clip n.(1)], ~ hengel (hok), a support or hook by which a pot is suspended over the fire; ~ clames, a set of such hooks; ~ ring, ?a kind of handle or support for a pot; ~ spon (ladel), a spoon for stirring, serving, etc., the contents of a pot; (c) ~ broth, broth produced in cooking or stewing; ~ mele, ?a kind of milled grain used in porridge; ~ sugre, an inferior kind of sugar; (d) ~ bras, brass or brass-like alloy used in manufacturing household vessels; ~ erthe, soil consisting mainly of clay; ~ makere, one who makes vessels of various kinds; a smith whose trade includes manufacturing metal pots; (e) ~ gonne, a kind of short, wide-barreled gun; (f) kinges ~, a maintenance for life at Battle Abbey; (g) ~ walling, possession or use of a fireplace for cooking or boiling in a pot, thereby qualifying as a legal resident.

In proverbs.

(a) In surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.72].