1474 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 24 Item gevin to Stephin potingare..for certane materialis and potingaris deliuerit be him to the King, v. li.
1533 in J. B. Paul (1905) VI. 88 To Francis Aikman, potingair, for sindrie droggis.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in (1846) I. 263 Whitther it was by ane Italiane posset, or by French fegges, or by the potage of thare potingar [1584 the Pottage of their Apothecary], (he was a French man,) thare departed fra this lyef the Erle of Cassilles, the Erle of Rothose [etc.].
a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) v. 3 in A. Montgomerie (2000) 161 This present from þe pottingaris I think meit to amend þe.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece (1858) II. 196 He wes ane potingar richt fyne, And had grit prattik of all medicyne.
1654 Ld. Wariston (1919) II. 226 The doctor, potingar and chirurgien.
1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in App. 96 The Candlemakers came and Flait, The Potingers were very Crouse.
a1722 J. Lauder (1900) 69 The potingers..wickedly made him a poisonable potion stuffed with sulfre, quick silver, [etc.].
1814 W. Scott II. i. 4 There is old Lindsay of Pitscottie ready at my elbow with his..‘cunning baxters, excellent cooks, and pottingars, with confections and drugs for the desserts’. View more context for this quotation]
1820 W. Scott II. iii. 96 The wafers, flamms, and pastry-meat will scarce have had the just degree of fire, which learned pottingers prescribe as fittest for the body.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in 2nd Ser. I. 172 I am but a poor Pottingar. Nevertheless, I have been bred in Paris, and learned my humanities and my cursus medendi.
1866 22 Dec. 607/2 It shows that these herbs were used for seasoning by the pottingers of the period.
