GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Pottle (?), n. [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.]
1. A liquid measure of four pints.
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2. A pot or tankard. Shak.
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A dry pottle of sack before him. Sir W. Scott.
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3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.
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He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand. Dickens.
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Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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