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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pottle \Pot"tle\, 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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