Thesaurus: posset

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1. n. A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
2. v. t. To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.
3. v. t. To treat with possets; to pamper.
4. n. sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
5. 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. 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.
6. A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some stronginfusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly. "I havedrugged their posset." Shak.
7. n sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer