Pottle
Pronunciation : Pot"tle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913