Hypertext Webster Gateway: "posset"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To treat with possets; to pamper. [R.] ``She was cosseted
and posseted.'' --O. W. Holmes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
posset
n : sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
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