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| 3 results for Posset | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]I have drugged their posset.[b8] --Shak. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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.] [bd]She was cosseted and posseted.[b8] --O. W. Holmes. | |
