Pottleful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The amount that a pottle will hold.

    "Fil a pottleful of clean red wine and put therein the powder of Cinamon,Cloves,Ginger,Parietary, Nutmegs, Gallingale,Spikenard, Muct, Quinbilois, Grains, Sage, Mints, Rue, Calamint, Long-pepper,..."

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"Fil a pottleful of clean red wine and put therein the powder of Cinamon,Cloves,Ginger,Parietary, Nutmegs, Gallingale,Spikenard, Muct, Quinbilois, Grains, Sage, Mints, Rue, Calamint, Long-pepper,..."

Etymology

From pottle + -ful.

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