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posset
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun posset has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
posset, n. [W. posel curdled milk, posset.].
A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly. Shak. [1913 Webster]
posset, v. t.
- To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To treat with possets; to pamper. O. W. Holmes. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
posset, n. hist. a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, etc., often flavoured with spices, formerly much used as a remedy for colds etc.
Etymology
ME poshote: orig. unkn.
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