† pocilln.
Obsolete. rare.
A small cup, a phial. Also in extended use: a draught, a potion.
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the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught
shenchc950
drinkc1000
draughtc1200
beveragec1390
napa1450
potation1479–81
potionc1484
slaker?1518
glut1541
pocill1572
adipson1601
go-down1614
slash1614
gulf1674
libation1751
meridian1771
sinda1774
sling1788
mahogany1791
a shove in the mouth1821
nooner1836
quencher1841
refresh1851
slackener1861
squencher1871
refreshener1888
refresher1922
maiden's blush1941
maiden's water1975
the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > small
tass1480
cymphe1490
cannikin1509
trinket1541
tun1555
pocill1572
noggin1588
chark1591
quick shot1624
nipperkin1691
pannikin1727
tassie1790
dobbin1792
tinnie1825
tot1828
tin1900
thimble cup1933
1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 19 Take in the morninge fastinge, in pocyll whay, made with ale, to purge choller. In pocyll whay made of whyte wyne, to purge fleme.
1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 20 Of herbes for your brothes and pocylles, mallowes, cychorye, endyue, vyolettes, pacyence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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