Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Potting
Pot′ting (·tĭng), n. 1. Tippling. [Obs.] Shak.
2. The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants; the potting of meats for preservation.
3. The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining. [West Indies] B. Edwards.