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Webster 1913 Edition
Posset
Pos′set
,Noun.
[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
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Posset
POS'SET
,Noun.
POS'SET
,Verb.
T.