Pos"set , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posseted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Posseting.]
1. To curdle; to turn, as milk;
to coagulate; as, to posset the blood. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To treat with possets; to pamper. [R.] "She was
cosseted and posseted." O. W. Holmes.
Pos"set (?), n. [W. posel curdled milk, posset.]
A beverage composed of hot milk
curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine,
etc., -- much in favor formerly. "I have drugged their posset."
Shak.
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