About The Word Posset
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Posset
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What's The Definition Of Posset?
[n] sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
Synonyms | Synonyms for Posset: Related Terms | Find terms related to Posset: See Also | drink Posset In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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