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posnet Now arch. and dial.|ˈpɒsnɪt|
Forms: 4 posti-, possy-, 4–5 poste-, 4–6 posse-, 5 poscenet, 4–6 posnette, 5–6 pos(s)enett, postnet, 5–7 possnet, posnett, 7 posnit, poss-, postnett; 4– posnet.
[ME. possenet a. OF. poçonnet, pocenet, dim. of poçon pot, vase, cup. Hence W. posnedd.]
A small metal pot or vessel for boiling, having a handle and three feet.
1327Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 114, j postinet pro hostill. 1330Acc. Exch. K.R. 24/18 Item vn possenet qe poise x. li. merche de mesme la merche. 1353Will John de Penreth in Test. Karleol. 2 Cum una olla enea et parvam posnet. 1382Wyclif 2 Chron. xxxv. 13 Forsothe pesible hoostis thei seetheden in posnettis, and cawdrones, and pottis. c1390Form of Cury in Warner Antiq. Culin. (1791) 14 Do the flesh therwith in a possynet, and styre it. 1410E.E. Wills (1882) 17 Also a postnet þat y lent hym. c1420Liber Cocorum (1862) 10 Welle alle togedur in a posnet; In service forthe þou schalt hit sett. 1442Nottingham Rec. II. 178 Unum poscenet, pretii xvj d. 1459–60Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 89 Item iij possenettez et iij Chawfers, etc. 1612in Antiquary Jan. (1906) 28 In the Kytchin..sixe brasse potts, eighte kettles, four postnetts. a1648Digby Closet Open. (1669) 136 In a Possnet set it upon a clear lighted Char-coal-fire. 1710Steele Tatler No. 245 ⁋2 A Silver Posnet to butter Eggs. 1863Mrs. Toogood Yorks. Dial., Set the posnet on to boil the potatoes. 1891Scribner's Mag. Sept. 345/2 The great number of pewter plates,..teapots, posnets and porringers still found in old homes in New England. |