pot
noun
a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
had been potting
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past perfect progressiveof pot.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The "both" referred to by the captain as being out of commission, were the port and starboard guns, with which she had been potting at the Mariella.
From A Voyage with Captain Dynamite by Rich, Charles Edward
The Spaniards, who had been potting at every shadow in the camp, fled when the American pickets came swinging down their way.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull
