† pottingn.1
Obsolete.
The action of mocking, deriding, or grimacing at (someone).
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > action of
hokering?c1225
scorninga1240
bourdingc1400
mocking?a1439
mockage1485
deriding1530
potting1553
frumping1611
ridiculing1680
illuding1696
guying1885
razzing1917
snook-cocking1950
1553 Short Catech. in Lit. & Doc. Edw. VI (Parker Soc.) 504 At length was he [sc. Jesus]..mocked with potting, scorning, and spitting in his face.
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pottingn.2
/ˈpɒtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑdɪŋ/ 1. † b. In sugar-making: the transfer of crude sugar from coolers to perforated pots or hogsheads, to allow the molasses to drain off. Cf. pot v.4 1b. Obsolete.
a. The preserving of butter, meat, fish, etc., in a sealed pot or similar container.Recorded earliest in potting dish.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun]
pickling1498
sousing1551
potting1569
comfiting1580
conditure1596
marling1598
comfiture1601
preservinga1610
confecting1626
conditing1681
conservation1869
1569 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 302 In the Hall..xixth peace of puder, fyve saucers three pottyndysshes xijs.
1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments ii. vi. 147 Touching the powdering up, or potting of Butter.
1647 W. Eldred Gvnners Glasse To Rdr. Gunners, that had rather spend their time in potting and canning.
1756 Farrington in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 211 The cure and potting of charrs well.
1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. 254 Catching and potting of salmon on the Columbia River.
1891 Auckland Star 1 Oct. 4/2 Butter... Already the low price has caused many farmers to commence potting down.
1968 E. David Eng. Potted Meats & Fish Pastes 4 All juices and liquid which come from fish or meat to be potted..must be drained off before the food is pounded or packed up for potting.
2004 Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, S. Dakota) (Nexis) 13 Oct. (Life section) 1 Drying, salting, pickling, smoking, potting and canning were linked directly to prairie survival.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [noun] > process in manufacture
clay1765
claying1822
striking-tache1830
potting1839
strike1847
touch proof1909
turbinage1909
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1203 The act of transferring the crude concrete sugar from the crystallisers into these hogs-heads, is called potting.
1887 N. D. Davis Cavaliers & Roundheads Barbados 90 From the last copper the clarified liquor was run off into a cistern to ‘cool’, or become milk-warm, when the operation of ‘potting’ began.
c. The act or process of abridging, condensing, or summarizing.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > summarizing
summing?a1425
concluding1659
summing up1795
summarizing1808
summarizing1849
summarization1862
potting1909
1909 Daily Chron. 20 Oct. 1/6 Drury Lane Dignity is down on Apollo Impudence for using the title of ‘The Whip’ in the ‘potting’ department of ‘The Follies’.
1950 Times 7 Nov. 8/3 The programme also included a long scene from the Belle of New York and the potting of all the better-known Christmas pantomimes.
1966 Punch 9 Oct. 521/3 The enormous subject is covered by rapid potting... The potting is efficient: the course of the 1914–18 War on the Western Front..is explained with much greater clarity than usual.
d. In the manufacture of woollen cloth: a finishing process in which the cloth is wound on to a perforated roller and immersed in water.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > other processes
starching1390
drawing1579
lapper1732
animalization1783
gassing1822
stuff-presser1831
rot-steep1835
plating1843
oversizing1882
Schreinering1905
Schreinerizing1906
potting1920
tie-dye1926
ikat1931
pre-boarding1940
permanent press1944
stentering1946
1920 J. M. Matthews Applic. of Dyestuffs i. 66 An operation very similar to that of decatizing is known as potting. This is a treatment of woollen goods with steam and hot water for the purpose of producing a particular character of finish.
1927 R. S. Horsfall & L. G. Lawrie Dyeing Textile Fibres ix. 275 Potting. This process is applied to fabrics of the faced type... The cloth is wound..on to a perforated roll which..is placed upright in a cistern in cold water.
1951 Rev. Textile Progress 2 329 Blowing..does not yield such good results as potting, i.e., winding the cloth on a roller and heating it in water at about 160°F. for periods varying from a few hours to four days.
1961 H. Blackshaw & R. Brightman Dict. Dyeing 137 Potting, a finishing process for wool cloths in which a roll of fabric is treated in water at 70–100°C. for several hours, then allowed to cool slowly, and finally immersed in cold water to set the fabric.
1984 M. Lewin & S. Sello in Handbk. Fiber Sci. II. b. 334 Potting (or boiling) is an old established but now rarely used finishing process.
2005 Cambr. Hist. WesternTextiles II. xix. 764 A number of minor improvements in finishing processes after 1870..included potting and blowing (or decatizing), which were methods of limiting cloth shrinkage.
2. The drinking of beer, ale, etc.; tippling. In later use archaic, with allusion to Shakespeare (see quot. a1616).
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor
bottle1593
potting1594
cupping1614
bubbing1665
dram-drinking1772
dramminga1790
suction1817
bibation1830
bibbery1831
poculation1837
smiling1858
nipping1880
bibulation1882
liquidation1889
1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iii. ii. sig. Ev What Risio, how spedst thou after thy potting?
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 70 I learn'd it in England, where indeed they are most potent in potting . View more context for this quotation
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 66 Potting and sotting..Will make a good Soldier miscarry.
1864 Eton School Days viii. 95 Bird's-eye's patrons would..sit in his cottage and smoke and drink beer, for they were ‘potent at potting’.
1880 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic (new ed.) III. 130 The aristocracy of that country [sc. Germany], as is well known, were most ‘potent at potting’.
1949 J. M. Phillips Amer. Silver ii. 29 The most popular drinking vessel, judging from the inventories in an age ‘potent in potting’, was the cider or ale tankard.
3.
a. colloquial. Shooting; the act of taking pot-shots. Cf. pot v.4 5.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing
point and blank1590
false fire1602
potting1613
point-blank1614
running fire1629
pounding1633
bulleting1635
platooning1706
sharp-shot1725
street firing1727
ricochet1740
fire curtain1744
plunging fire1747
reverse fire1758
sniping1773
enfilade1796
rapid fire1800
line-firing1802
concentric1804
sharpshooting1806
rake1810
sniping fire1821
cross-firing1837
file-firing1837
curved fire1854
night firing1856
file-fire1857
volley-firing1859
cross-fire1860
joy-firing1864
snap-shooting1872
stringing1873
pot-shooting1874
indirect fire1879
sweeping1907
rapid1913
curtain of fire1916
ripple1939
ripple-firing1940
ripple fire1961
1613 J. Chamberlain Let. 18 Feb. (1939) I. 423 The companie tooke so litle delight to see no other activitie but shooting and potting of gunnes that yt is quite geven over.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 162 Miss Griselda Oldbuck looked forward with glee to the potting of whole bags of moor-fowl and black game.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 5 Dec. 4/1 The potting of Arabs rightly struggling to be free continues merrily at Suakim.
1902 Words Eye-witness 43 It is commonly well on into the morning before the ‘potting’ swells into the rattle and roll which tells that men are hard at it ‘with their coats off’.
1968 D. O'Grady Bottle of Sandwiches 52 ‘Holy cow,’ Pat said. ‘They're big hooers, let's get some potting practice.’ As..the sharks got larger and more numerous, we graduated from the .22 BSA to the bigger rifles.
2002 Re: fscking thieves in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Nov. Allowing the potting of prowlers (in clear-cut cases, where you personally witness them physically break in) would reduce the sizes of detective bureaus in many police departments.
b. Billiards, Pool, and Snooker. The act or skill of hitting a ball into one of the pockets.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play
raking1674
coup1744
Whitechapel play1755
bricole1775
trailing1775
star1839
cannoning1841
safety1844
spotting1849
billiard-sharping1865
stringing1873
safety play1896
potting1909
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Potting, in billiards, the act of holing a ball.
1930 Times 1 Apr. 7/4 It was not a good game, the potting of each of the players being only moderate.
1956 E. Grierson Second Man iv. 59 Gilroy put an exquisite edge on his potting, though he did have a tendency to overdo it and go in off.
1988 I. Morrison Billiards & Snooker 6/2 [Joe Davis] changed the emphasis from just ‘potting’ into a more scientific one, by appreciating the benefit of controlling the cue-ball.
2001 Northern Echo (Nexis) 8 June 6 Hall notched points from some accurate potting of the red.
4. Horticulture. Planting in, or transplanting into, a pot.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > stocking with plants > planting in pots
pottinga1626
repotting1818
pot cultivation1845
pot culture1845
over-potting1866
pot garden1872
a1626 F. Bacon Sylva §470 If one take the Bough of a Low Fruit-tree..and draw it gently..into an Earthen Pot perforate at the bottome.., and then Couer the Pot with Earth, it will yeeld a very large Fruit, within the Ground. Which Experiment is Nothing but Potting of Plants, without Remouing, and Leauing the Fruit in the Earth.
1699 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 2) II. 238 They [sc. strawberries] may also be planted in Hot-beds without potting at all in the Month of March.
1723 R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husb. & Gardening 39 (heading) New Considerations concerning the Potting of Orange-Trees.
1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 83 The success of cultivation..is invariably connected with a correct arrangement and proportion of the soil, &c., in potting.
1852 R. Fortune Journey to Tea Countries China vii. 124 The soil used in potting is of a very rich description.
1922 Times 25 Mar. 13/3 Water the plants immediately after potting to settle the soil about the roots and to give them a start.
1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. v. 39 For the final potting of..stronger growers such as chrysanthemums,..it [sc. the soil] should be made very firm with the help of a potting stick.
1991 A. Booth-Moores Gardens, Pools, Waterfalls, & Fountains (BNC) Potting of growing plants should be continuous until they attain a size where they can be transferred to the outdoor pool without hazard.
5. The action, process, or skill of making ceramic pots; the manufacture of pottery.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > pottery-making or ceramics > [noun]
potter craft?c1450
pottery1601
pot-makinga1649
potting1743
ceramic1859
1743 in New Jersey Archives XII. 158 This is exceedingly good for potting or any sort of Cast ware.
1877 R. Binns (title) A Century of Potting in the City of Worcester, being the History of the Royal Porcelain Works from 1751 to 1851.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 7 May 3/1 Potting is one of the oldest industries in the world.
1964 Times 22 Feb. 11/3 David Dunderdale, Castleford Pottery, Yorkshire, is credited with the potting of chess-men between about 1795 and 1821.
1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 234/2 The standard Ming porcelain body was refined and white, capable of thin potting when necessary, and covered with a fairly even, clear glaze.
1990 Crafts Sept.–Oct. 50/3 Some, like Margaret Ray, stopped potting a long time ago, other like R. J. Washington and Ian Auld had their potting careers interrupted by teaching and other commitments.
6. Fishing for shellfish (esp. lobsters, prawns, or crabs) with pots (pot n.1 5b).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for lobsters
potting1885
1885 Times 2 Mar. 11/4 The fishermen have this week commenced crab and lobster potting.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/1 We may meet a fisherman returning from crab potting.
1971 National Geographic Apr. 556/2 We were out potting. Potting? Lobstering, bringing in the pots.
1987 Field Nov. 61/1 Commercial potting for lobsters, prawns and crabs is intensive.
2004 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 5 July 20 There are some 32 fishing vessels on Scilly, and about 45 fishermen—most relying on crab and lobster potting for a living.
7. Electronics. Encapsulation of a circuit or component in an insulating material. Cf. pot v.4 11. Frequently attributive.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > non-conduction, insulation > [noun]
insulation1767
non-conduction1828
non-conductibility1844
potting1947
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > encapsulation of circuit or component
potting1947
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [adjective] > relating to encapsulation
potting1947
1947 Plastics July 57/1 During the war, exacting mechanical and electrical stability requirements of special electronic applications..necessitated the potting of the circuit components.
1962 M. C. Volk et al. Electr. Encapsulation i. 5 Potting is the simplest cavity-filling process. Procedure consists of positioning the component in its container (‘pot’), adding encapsulant to fill the pot, then curing to polymerize or harden the encapsulant.
1978 Science 24 Nov. 848/2 One widely used technique is black boxing, or ‘potting’ of electrical circuits and combinations of components... A would-be imitator would have to dissolve the entire unit in a solvent to find the circuitry inside.
2004 Jrnl. Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging 1 108 Optically clear epoxy is used for the potting, molding, or encapsulation of the LED.
8. The action or an instance of causing a baby or young child to sit on a potty; potty training.
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society > education > upbringing > [noun] > habit-training > toilet-training
toilet-training1926
potty training1946
potting1948
pot-training1960
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > close-stool or commode > for a child > causing or training to use
toilet-training1926
potty training1946
potting1948
pot-training1960
1948 Practitioner Dec. 505 It is as well that the infant should suffer the experience of ‘potting’ quite early, and should come to appreciate that the environment reacts less encouragingly to random disposal of excreta than to its opposite.
1958 Observer 20 Apr. 8/4 Much else that controverts the views of Sir Truby King, and his ‘Mothercraft’ disciples, on early potting, bodily guilt, schedule feeding.
1972 J. Gathorne-Hardy Rise & Fall Brit. Nanny viii. 265 Nearly incessant potting..produces a high..quota of wins.
2000 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. (Nexis) 26 Jan. (Iowa Life section) 10 If he's ready, success should be quick, especially if you adopt these diapering and potting techniques.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. (In sense 1.)
potting dish n.
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1569 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 302 In the Hall..xixth peace of puder, fyve saucers three pottyndysshes xijs.
1986 Times (Nexis) 19 Apr. Drain the fish and arrange them on their bellies, head to tail, in the potting dish.
b. (In sense 5.)
potting business n.
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1766 J. Wedgwood Let. 15 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 42 As our connections are to become extensive in the Potting business, it is absolutely necessary you should visit the Manufacture.
1813 Let. in William & Mary Q. 3rd Ser. 31 (1974) 197 Alexander and Jack resumed their potting business, their strikers (helpers) were very little inferior to themselves, some of them had been 7 years at the trade.
1875 D. H. Mason How Western Farmers are Benefited by Protection 62 A foreign manufacturer,..is said to have expressed a determination, before he returned to England last summer, to unroof the Trenton potteries and destroy the ‘plant’ of capital there in the potting business.
2004 Sunday Times (Nexis) 11 Apr. 60 A bout of scarlet fever left him [sc. Wedgwood] unable to work in the family potting business, so he turned his attention to the scientific study of ceramics.
potting industry n.
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1893 Labour Commission Gloss. Dipping House Women, are the women and girls in the potting industry who clean the ware after it has been dipped.
1901 Scotsman 1 Apr. 7/2 The dangerous processes in use in the potting industry.
1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 July 12/1 Not until 1686, however, when a Dr. Plot published his ‘Natural History of Staffordshire’ was the existence of a bustling Staffordshire potting industry officially recorded.
potting trade n.
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1861 Times 16 Dec. 7/5 The potting trade in North Staffordshire is extremely depressed.
2000 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 23 Jan. 22 This [kiln] smoke caused many premature deaths in the potting trade.
c. (In sense 4.)
potting bench n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > potting shed > bench in
bench1822
potting bench1848
1848 Sci. Amer. 3 June 292/2 The pots are made with rims around the bottom, so that by having two sliding springs attached to the potting bench, the rims being placed under..thus held firmly to the bench.
1935 A. G. L. Hellyer Pract. Gardening xxx. 185 (caption) The principal ingredients may well be stored in bins under the potting bench.
1988 Garden Answers Apr. 5/3 A must for the keen greenhouse enthusiast, this aluminium potting bench stands 3ft (91 cm) high at the front.
potting compost n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > artificial soil or compost
potting soil1861
potting compost1891
osmunda1910
osmundine1932
John Innes1939
vermiculite1950
perlite1956
Inceptisol1960
1891 Times 18 Apr. 3/1 Potting compost, 4s sack.
1916 M. Hampden Flower Culture ii. 38 Silver sand and old manure, chopped fine, may make up one part of the ordinary potting compost.
1993 Your Garden May 66/3 Plants that are pot-bound..can be repotted in spring using a proprietary potting compost.
potting house n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > potting shed
potting shed1795
potting house1825
1825 T. K. Cromwell Hist. Colchester 352 A Seed-shop, Potting-house, &c.
1916 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 3 68 The north side of the potting-house, where the sun was excluded, made it possible to carry these cultures still futher into the spring.
2002 Washington Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. f32 The dependencies include a garden and potting house, a pump house, a wood shed, a boating equipment storage shed, [etc.].
potting shed n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > potting shed
potting shed1795
potting house1825
1795 Times 1 Aug. 4/1 The valuable leasehold premises of Mr. William Longley, Nurseryman and Gardener..consisting of..Forcing-houses, Green-houses, Pine-pits, large Potting Shed, &c.
1857 R. Fortune Resid. Among Chinese x. 217 On the outskirts of the garden we observed the potting sheds, a nursery for rearing young plants.., and the kitchen garden.
1991 B. Leigh Catch of Hands 23 My friends and I took an interest in knickers, and discussions and comparisons were de rigueur, generally taking place in someone's shrubbery or potting shed.
potting soil n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > artificial soil or compost
potting soil1861
potting compost1891
osmunda1910
osmundine1932
John Innes1939
vermiculite1950
perlite1956
Inceptisol1960
1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 3/1 Potting—Many plants need an early shift to pots of a larger size... Have a heap of potting soil at all times in readiness where it will not freeze.
1908 Daily Chron. 29 Feb. 9/1 This material [sc. manure from mushroom growing] is in excellent condition for mixing with potting soil as a fertiliser.
1995 Canad. Living June 50/1 Underplant a tall plant with shorter ones and trailers for a variety of heights. Use a good potting soil.
C2. † potting-cask n. Obsolete rare (in sugar-making) a cask in which sugar is stored whilst the molasses is being drained off (cf. pot v.4 1b).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [noun] > vessel for draining molasses
potting-cask1839
tiger1864
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1204 [The syrup] is then transferred..into conical moulds..their capacity..is considerably less than that of the smallest potting-casks.
potting-pot n. now historical a pot used for potting meat, fish, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > container for curing meat or fish
kimnel1335
gimletc1391
powdering tub1530
salting-tub1556
powdering trough1595
war-back1682
potting-pot1737
salting-pan1816
salting-press1831
salting-trough1842
kench1874
1737 Smith's Compl. Housewife (ed. 8) 52 Mackrel to pot when they are baked,..place them close in your potting-pots, and pour clarified butter on the top.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 117 When it is beat to a Paste, put it into your Potting-pot.
1971 A. R. Mountford Illustr. Guide to Staffs. Salt-Glazed Stoneware v. 43 A pair of grey-white bell-shaped potting-pots..with applied lion masks and festoons of conjoined fruit and flowers.
potting stick n. a flat stick used to press down the earth around the roots of a potted plant.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > gardening tool > potting stick
potting stick1854
1854 Amer. Farmer's New & Universal Handbk. 377 The soil in the pots is next consolidated, by shaking it, and then lifting it up and setting it down again with a jerk; the soil being rendered firm and neat around the rim of the pot by means of a broad, smooth piece of stick, shaped somewhat like a table-knife, and called a potting-stick.
1897 Garden 2 Jan. 9/3 They place the new compost about them, and make it firm by ramming with the potting stick.
1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. 81/1 Use a pencil or ruler as a potting stick to push soil around the roots and bulb easily, but not too tightly.
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† pottingn.3
Scottish. Obsolete.
The action or process of digging a pit, hole, or trench in the ground; (also) a pit, ditch, etc., so dug.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging
delfeOE
pastining?1440
breaking1514
digging1552
repastination1569
potting1592
pastination1623
spade-work1778
delve1869
dig1887
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch
dikec893
gripa1000
ditch1045
fosselOE
water-furrowlOE
sow1316
furrowc1330
rick1332
sewer1402
gripplec1440
soughc1440
grindle1463
sheugh1513
syre1513
rain?1523
trench1523
slough1532
drain1552
fowsie?1553
thorougha1555
rean1591
potting1592
trink1592
syver1606
graft1644
work1649
by-ditch1650
water fence1651
master drain1652
rode1662
pudge1671
gripe1673
sulcus1676
rhine1698
rilling1725
mine1743
foot trench1765
through1777
trench drain1779
trenchlet1782
sunk fence1786
float1790
foot drain1795
tail-drain1805
flow-dike1812
groopa1825
holla1825
thorough drain1824
yawner1832
acequia madre1835
drove1844
leader1844
furrow-drain1858
1592 Laird of Edzell Memorandum 26 Mar. in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Early Rec. Mining Scotl. (1878) 32 That..my nixt tennentis be nocht seclwdit from pasturage nor thair kattell harmit be potting thairof.
1724 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1909) 191 To fix the marches..according to the pottings which were made the last year, and for that end to cause cast a ditch in a line from potting to potting.
1884 Crofters' Comm. Evid. LI. 231 All tenants are bound in future to cast such peats as may be allotted, in a regular manner, and to lay down the turf in neat and regular order without potting.
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