Crossword clues for potting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pot \Pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Potted; p. pr. & vb. n. Potting.]
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To place or inclose in pots; as:
To preserve seasoned in pots. ``Potted fowl and fish.''
--Dryden.To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.
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.(Billiards) To pocket.
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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. To secure; gain; win; bag. [Colloq.]
Potting \Pot"ting\, n.
Tippling. [Obs.]
--Shak.The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants; the potting of meats for preservation.
The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining. [West Indies]
--B. Edwards.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of pot English)
WordNet
n. metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, potty, stool, throne]
the quantity contained in a pot [syn: potful]
a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: flowerpot]
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) [syn: jackpot, kitty]
slang terms for a paunch [syn: potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy]
a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets [syn: potentiometer]
street names for marijuana [syn: grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
See pot
Wikipedia
Pötting is a municipality in the district of Grieskirchen in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
In electronics, potting is a process of filling a complete electronic assembly with a solid or gelatinous compound for resistance to shock and vibration, and for exclusion of moisture and corrosive agents. Thermo-setting plastics or silicone rubber gels are often used. Many sites recommend using silicone or epoxy to protect from impact and loose wires. Araldite (a brand name) potting compound has been suggested for certain automotive applications.
Most circuit board assembly houses coat assemblies with a layer of transparent conformal coating rather than potting. Conformal coating gives most of the benefits of potting, and is lighter and easier to inspect, test, and repair.
When potting a circuit board that uses surface-mount technology, low glass transition temperature (T) potting compounds such as polyurethane or silicone are used, because high T potting compounds may break solder bonds as they harden and shrink at low temperatures.
Usage examples of "potting".
Foxx turned into dreams and air, and she laughed again, knowing that the potting soil would be there tomorrow and the ports would not.
It creaked, and I saw my sandwiches on the potting bench, conspicuously near the door.
He kicked it under the potting bench with enough energy to break some flower pots.
He prodded me in the arm with his automatic: and I moved along the bench towards the door, looking at the potting bench in the hope of spotting a suitable weapon.
Pacing a tight arc around the fractured remnants of her oasis, she ground potting soil into the green weave of the carpet.
Within days the house was attacked by Roundhead looters, who were also busy breaking the stainedglass windows in the local churches, whereupon an enraged Mrs Judd had set about them with two kitchen knives, changing them for a billhook as soon as she could get to the potting shed.
Under her direction, we bought dozens of flats of just-budding impatiens, petunia, and marigold, as well as two long troughs, and sacks of potting compost.
Some labels identified the contents: trellises, tools, a potting bench (some easy assembly required), a birdbath .
Lay down on this bag of potting soil instantly or you'll get squashed flat and you'll be no good for anything but the compost heap.
We single-filed through twenty thousand orchids in the four plant rooms and entered the potting room, and there they were in the fumigating room, with the lights turned on, chatting away like pals.
You maneuvered him into the potting room with a fake phone call, and he took the bait and bolted the door to the fumigating room and opened the valve.
I could admit that I plugged the outlet in the fumigating room, and opened the one in the potting room, so that it would be the latter, and not the former, that would be filled with ciphogene if Mr.
He'd thrown the bits of the bowl into the kitchen midden, had put those seven skulls in one of the potting sheds and drawn the Circles around them, Light side inward, just in case.
Now it was a book he was circling, an old red book titled The Ancient Art of Potting.
At four o'clock he went up to the plant rooms for his customary two hours, but when I had occasion to ascend to check on a few items with Theodore, Wolfe was planted in his chair in the potting room, and Theodore spoke to me only in a whisper.