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posset |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Posset \Pos"set\, 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. ``I have drugged their posset.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Posset \Pos"set\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posseted}; p. pr & vb n. {Posseting}.] 1. To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as to posset the blood. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To treat with possets; to pamper. [R.] ``She was cosseted and posseted.'' --O. W. Holmes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: posset n : sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
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