different between nott vs pott

English

Alternative forms

• not

Etymology

From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n?t/

Adjective

nott (comparative more nott, superlative most nott)

1. (obsolete) Bald.
2. (now Britain dialect, Newfoundland) Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
   • 1850, "On the Farming of Somerset", Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. XI, p. 679:

     For these and other reasons farmers who occupy good land in the vale with their hill farms are getting tired of the horned sheep, and use their hill farms only as summering-ground for nott sheep and bullocks.

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles:

     Do ye know that riddle about the nott cows, Jonathan? Why do nott cows give less milk in a year than horned?

Verb

nott (third-person singular simple present notts, present participle notting, simple past and past participle notted)

1. (obsolete) To shear.
   • 1575, John Stow, Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles

     he caused his owne head to bee poiled, and from thencefoorthe his bearde to bee notted, and no more shaven.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pott (plural potts)

1. Obsolete form of pot.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Possibly from originally bearing a watermark of a pot or from a manufacturer's or merchant's name.

Noun

pott (uncountable)

1. An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

   pott paper

Anagrams

• T-top, TOTP, topt

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German pot, put.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pot??/

Noun

pott (genitive poti, partitive potti)

1. pot

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

pott

1. indefinite accusative singular of pottur

Middle English

Noun

pott

1. Alternative form of pot

Swedish

Noun

pott c

1. (in gambling:) pot, kitty

Westrobothnian

Noun

pott m

1. pool

Derived terms

• vötopott (“puddle”)
• djyripott (“mud pit”)

See also

• putt

References