Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
pottle .
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Examples
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The fyrst bagge of a galon, every on of the other a potell.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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Non potell quid - quam abieftum et humile cogitare, qui fcit, de fe
Panegyrici veteres qvos ex codice ms. librisqve collatis recensvit ae notis integris iisqve partim ad hve ineditis Christiani Gottlibii Schwarzii et excerptis aliorvm additis etiam svis instrvxit et illvstravit Wolfgangvs Iaegervs .. Schwarz, Christian Gottlieb, 1675-1751 1779
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Cum enim multoscxiis fcriptoribus, cxciuibusSuidas fua cxccrpfir, tcniporum injuria nobis cripuc-rit; prius lanc vcl ipli Iniquitate judice a nobis exigi non potell.
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Good soñ loke þy bagg {es} be hoopid at þe mothe a-bove, þe surer {e} mayst þow put in þy wyne vn-to þy behoue, þe furst bag of a galou {n}/all {e} oþ {er} of a potell {e} to prove; hang {e} þy bagg {es} sur {e} by þe hoopis; do so for my loue; 168
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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