Posset
[pɔsit]
Definition
(n.) A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
(v. t.) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.
(v. t.) To treat with possets; to pamper.
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Definition
n. a dietetic preparation made by curdling milk with some acidulous liquor such as wine ale or vinegar.—v.t. (Shak.) to curdle.—Posset cup a large cup or covered bowl for posset.
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- This was Susan herself, occupied in preparing a posset for her little boy, who, often ailing, was now seriously unwell. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If the helm is refused them, they drug the captain's posset, bind him hand and foot, and take possession of the ship. Plato. The Republic.
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