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Webster 1913 Edition
Pottle
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pottle
POT'TLE
, n.1.
A liquid measure of four pints.2.
A vessel; a pot or tankard.Definition 2024
pottle
pottle
English
Noun
pottle (plural pottles)
- (archaic) A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot of around this size.
- Sir Walter Scott:
- a dry pottle of sack before him
- Thomas Dekker:
- a pottle of Greek wine
- Sir Walter Scott:
- (New Zealand) A conical receptacle, typically for potato chips or other foodstuffs.
- A pot or other receptacle, e.g. for strawberries.
- Charles Dickens
- He had a […] pottle of strawberries in one hand.
- 2005, English Folktales (ISBN 1591582601), page 21:
- "I was wondering whether you've got such a thing as a pottle of brains to spare?"
- Charles Dickens
Synonyms
- (a receptacle for strawberries): punnet (Britain, Australia, New Zealand)