Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Potance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Potance \Po"tance\, n. [F. potence. See {Potence}, {Potency}.]
(Watch Making)
The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the
verge is made.
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