A drink made from hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other liquor, flavoured with sugar, herbs, spices, etc., and often drunk for medicinal purposes…
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > posset (9) posseta1425 A drink made from hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other liquor, flavoured with sugar, herbs, spices, etc., and often drunk for medicinal purposes… balductumc1450 A posset, hot milk curdled with ale or wine. sack-posset1601 pepper posset1669 posset flavoured with pepper. treacle-posset1732 a hot drink made of cider or milk and treacle. brandy-posset1769 powsowdie1825 English regional (northern). In Cumberland and Westmorland: an ale-posset (see quots.). Now historical. egg-posset1832 = egg flip n. beer-posset1842 |
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