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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