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单词 posnet
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posnetn.

Brit. /ˈpɒsnᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpɑsnət/
Forms:

α. Middle English pocenet, Middle English posshenet, Middle English possynet, Middle English procenet (transmission error), Middle English–1500s posenett, Middle English–1500s posnette, Middle English–1600s possenet, Middle English– posnet, late Middle English posenet, late Middle English–1600s possnet, 1500s possenett, 1500s–1600s posnett, 1600s posnit, 1600s possnett; English regional (northern) 1800s posnett, 1800s posnette, 1800s possnit, 1800s 2000s– posnit, 1800s– posnitt, 1800s– posnut, 1800s– possinet, 1900s– possnet; also Scottish pre-1700 posinett, pre-1700 posnat, pre-1700 posnate, pre-1700 posnet, pre-1700 posno (irregular).

β. Middle English postenet, Middle English–1500s postnet, 1600s postnett; English regional (Yorkshire) 1800s– postnet, 1800s– postnit.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pocenet.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pocenet, pocenette, poscenet, posenet, posnet, possenet, postnez, Anglo-Norman and Old French possonet, Old French poçonnet, pochonet, Old French, Middle French pochonnet, Middle French pochenet ladle, dish, small cooking pot (early 13th cent.) < Anglo-Norman pochun and Old French poçon , posson , Old French, Middle French, French regional (chiefly Savoy) pochon pot, cup, ladle (13th cent.; < Old French, Middle French, French regional (Franco-Provençal region) poche ladle (late 11th cent. as poje ; < post-classical Latin popia ladle (4th cent.), of uncertain origin) + -on , diminutive suffix: see -oon suffix) + -et -et suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin pocenettus, pocinettus, poscenetus, possenettus, possinetus (from early 13th cent. in British sources).Welsh posned (c1400) is < Anglo-Norman, perhaps via Middle English. It is uncertain whether early examples such as the following show the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:1279 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1876) 10 324 j poscenett.1326 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 114 j Postenest pro Hostillario.1442 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 178 Unum poscenet, pretii xvj d.
Now historical.
A small metal pot or vessel for boiling, having a handle and three feet.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > pot with legs or feet
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c1350 in London Mediaeval Stud. (1951) 2 44 (MED) I mot haue muche more wat þen a dishe, a pypin and a posnet.
1411 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 216 (MED) Y be-queþe to Johon Wyot..a postnet þat y lent hym.
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 10 (MED) Welle alle togedur in a posnet.
1551 Dundee Burgh Court Bks. II. f. 77v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Posnet The said Jhone promysit to hyme..and [sic] pot worth xiij s. quhilk beand refferrit to the said Jhone Quhytis aith he hes sworne..that he [promysit] bot ane small posnet.
1592 T. Kyd Trueth Murthering of Brewen 3 She put the posnet on the fire againe.
1612 in Antiquary Jan. (1906) 28 In the Kytchin..sixe brasse potts, eighte kettles, four postnetts.
a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 136 In a Possnet set it upon a clear lighted Char-coal-fire.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 A Silver Posnet to butter Eggs.
1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. Posnet, a pot for boiling.
1891 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 345/2 The great number of pewter plates,..teapots, posnets and porringers still found in old homes in New England.
1969 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 17 Aug. 14/3 Iron ware including skillets, griddle and posnet.
1997 Church Times 4 Apr. 16/4 A..book which will educate those of us who..live in a world of 18th-century literature into the mysteries of lambrequins, posnets, eye-catchers and shell rooms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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