posset (n.) A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong
infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
posset (v. t.) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset
the blood.
posset (v. t.) To treat with possets; to pamper.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
posset pos′et, n. a dietetic preparation, made by
curdling milk with some acidulous liquor, such as wine, ale, or
vinegar.—v.t. (Shak.) to curdle.—Posset
cup, a large cup or covered bowl for posset. [Prob. Ir.
pusoid, a posset; cf. W. posel.]
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