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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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.
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