Careful Words

pot (n.)

pot (v.)

pot (adv.)

pot (adj.)

  He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.

Old Testament: Job xli. 31.

  The pot calls the kettle black.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.

  Death in the pot.

Old Testament: 2 Kings iv. 40.

I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.

  As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool.

Old Testament: Ecclesiastes vii. 6.

  There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.