Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of pot.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A size of paper. See under paper.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Obsolete form of pott.
  • noun An old size of paper, 12.5 x 15 inches.

Etymologies

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

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