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pot-ear
[f. pot n.1 + ear n.1]
1. The ‘ear’ or handle of a pot.
c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 660/26 Hec anca, potere. 1483Cath. Angl. 288/2 A Potte ere, ansa, ansula.
2. Geol. (pl.) See quot.
1839Murchison Silur. Syst. i. ii. 18 The quarries..exhibited the following beds of the Marlstone. 1. Lightish yellow micaceous sandstone full of Belemnites. 2. ‘Pot-ears’, bluish gray calcareous grit, quarried for troughs. 3. ‘Pendle’. |