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.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"Because he has taken one of my guns, and I believe he is potting rabbits."
From The Rocks of Valpre by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)