potcelt (potselt)

A celt having the hollow or opening comparatively large. This form of celt was long thought to be an ax-head, but is now regarded as a ferrule. See amgarn. potch1 (poch), v. i. A variant of poach1. potch2+ (poch), v. t. An obsolete form of poach3. potch3 (poch), v. t. In paper - manuf., to perform gas-bleaching upon (paper-stock) in a potching-engine. The bleaching reagent is chlorin di olved in water, or chlorin generated in the ma by the action of dilute sulphuric acid upon a solution of common salt, or a solution of salt and chlorid of manganese, called bleach ing -liquid. The stock is placed in a machine constructed much like a breaking or washing-engine, and called a potching-engine. The acid is very slowly dropped into the bleaching-liquid when the chlorin is to be generated in the ma , and, after the liberated chlorin has performed form of apothecary. poteen (po-tēn'), n. [Also potteen, potheen; pote line (pot'e-lin), n. [