pot|tle

pot|tle
pot|tle «POT uhl», noun.
1. a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
2. a pot or tankard holding two quarts.
3. he liquid in it.
4. alcoholic liquor.
5. a small wicker basket: »

a pottle of fine strawberries (Tobias Smollett).

[< Old French potel (diminutive) < pot pot < Vulgar Latin pottus]

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