Posset
Pronunciation : Pos"set
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [W. posel curdled milk, posset.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pos"set
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Posseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Posseting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913