pottia

[Named after J. F. Pott, of Brunswick.] The typical genus of the order or tribe Pottiacei: Calyptera dimidiate; peristome simple or wanting; if present, with lanceolate, articulate teeth. Pottia truncata grows on mud walls. pot-ti-ā-çe-i, pot-ti-ā-çe-aæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. pott i(a); Latin masc. plural adj. suff. -ace i, or fem. -aceœ.] Botany: An order or tribe of Apocarpous Mo es. Capsules straight, oval, pedunculate, generally without a peristome. pot-ting, pr. par., a. & 8. [Ροτ, ν.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of putting into a pot or pots; as of meats for preservation, or plants for propagation. The potting of plants is advantageous to seediings, and it also enables a certain amount of bottom heat to be supplied to plants, besides making them flower early. It however cramps their growth, and ultimately exhausts the soil; the earth should, therefore, be changed at intervals, and when this cannot be done, manure should be furnished. *2. The making of pottery. *3. Drinking. ( Shakesp .: Othello , ii. 3.) II. Sugar : The cleansing of sugar by placing it while soft in inverted conical molds with a ma of saturated clay on top. potting-cask, s. Sugar : A hogshead with holes in the bottom into which imperfectly crystallized sugar is dipped in order that the mola es may drain from it. In each hole is placed a crushed stalk of cane or plantain, which reaches to the top of the sugar. The mola es pa es off through the spongy stalk, leaving the sugar comparatively dry and more perfectly crystallized. potting-house, subst. A house or shed in which plants are potted.