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ˈgarden-pot
[f. garden n. + pot.]
†1. A watering-pot. Obs.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Vne Chantepleure, a garden pot, a watering pot, the toppe of a Cesterne. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. i. 368 Thence is't that Garden-pots, the mouth kept close, Let fall no liquor at their sive⁓like nose. 1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 32 The Garden-pot, that holds water but whiles the thumbe is vpon it.
2. A pot containing a plant; a flower-pot.
1808Phil. Trans. XCIX. 175 When..the fibrous roots of trees are crowded together in a garden-pot, they are often found lifeless in the succeeding spring. a1845Hood Sniffing a Birthday xvi, My freehold's in the garden-pot. |