Category:Posset

Pos"set, n. Etym: [w. posel curdled milk, posset.]

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.

Posset 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.