It is less labor to plow than to pot it.
Feltham.
Po"ta*ble (?), a. [F., fr. L. potabilis, fr. potare to drink; akin to
Gr. po`tos a drinking, po`sis a drink, Skr. p to drink, OIr. ibim I
drink. Cf. Poison, Bib, Imbibe.] Fit to be drunk; drinkable. "Water
fresh and potable." Bacon. -- n. A potable liquid; a beverage. "Useful
in potables." J. Philips.
Po"ta*ble*ness, n. The quality of being drinkable.
Pot"age (?; 48), n. See Pottage.
Pot"a*ger (?), n. [F. fr. potage soup, porridge. See Pottage.] A
porringer. [Obs.] Grew.
Po*tag"ro (?), n. See Potargo.
Pot"ale` (?), n. The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten
swine.
Po*ta"mi*an (?), n. [Gr. &?; river.] (Zoˆl.) A river tortoise; one of a
group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell,
webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx.
Pot`a*mog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; river + -graphy.] An account or
description of rivers; potamology.
Pot`a*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; river + -logy.] A scientific account or
discussion of rivers; a treatise on rivers; potamography.
||Pot`a*mo*spon"gi*Ê (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; river + &?; a
||sponge.] (Zoˆl.) The fresh-water sponges. See Spongilla.
Po"tance (?), n. [F. potence. See Potence, Potency.] (Watch Making) The
stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the verge is made.
Po*tar"go (?), n. [Cf. Botargo.] A kind of sauce or pickle. King.
Pot"ash` (?), n. [Pot + ash.] (Chem.) (a) The hydroxide of potassium
hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and
alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash. (b) The
impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a
strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).