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A liquid measure of four pints.

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  1. n. A liquid measure of four pints.
  2. n. A pot or tankard.
  3. n. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.
  4. n. a pot that holds 2 quarts
  5. 1. A liquid measure of four pints. 2. A pot or tankard. Shak. A dry pottle of sack before him. Sir W. Scott. 3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit. He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand. Dickens. Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  6. n a pot that holds 2 quarts