Posset

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To treat with possets; to pamper. [R.] "She was cosseted
        and posseted." --O. W. Holmes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  posset
       n : sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer