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pottingern.Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pottage n., -er suffix1. Etymology: Apparently < pottage n. + -er suffix1; compare -ier suffix. Compare slightly later poddinger n., porringer n.With the β forms compare the discussion at passenger n., messenger n. Compare French †potager (noun) large pot containing workers' lunch (1680), (adjective) relating to soup dishes, etc. (1680), and also the following (which apparently shows an Anglo-Norman word, although if so it is unclear whether this is the etymon of the Middle English word or a borrowing from it):1415 King Henry V Mandate in F. Drake Eboracum (1736) App. 17 24 disces d'argent aunciens, només potageers de diverses formes. Now historical and English regional ( northern). the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > vegetable cook the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > cup, bowl, or basin > porridge bowl α. 1415 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson (1937) II. 47 (MED) Item, ij chargeours, vj potagers, xiiij gret platers. 1466–7 in R. E. G. Kirk (1892) 135 (MED) j poteger, iiij savceris stanni. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 617/1 One sponeful of good workes should no more kil ye soule, then a potager of good wurts shuld kil & destroi ye bodi. 1565 in 10 31 iiij pottegers & xij platts. 1615 E. S. B j b Wodden pottagers. 1681 N. Grew iv. iii. 372 An Indian Dish or Potager. Made also of the Barque of a Tree, with the Sides and Rim sewed together after the manner of Twiggen-Work. β. 1454 184 (MED) xiij dosen potyngers & vij peces.1494 in F. W. Weaver (1901) 322 iiij platers iiij potingers and iiij sawcers.1512 c. 7 §7 Untrue..Workmanship of Tin or Pewter..in..Dishes, Saucers, Pottingers, Trenchers, Basons, Flaggons.1563 in J. Raine (1835) I. 210 xij pattechers vjs, xij saucers ijs vijd, xviij old dublers in the kitchin & v pottenchers.1594 H. Plat 34 In a Glasse or Stone Pottinger.1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in sig. Ooo2 A Pottenger is another..small, but patulous vessel.1684 tr. T. Bonet iv. 126 A Physician ordered five Pottingers of Bloud to be taken from him.1712 in A. Jervise (1853) Add. to app. 342 A silver pottanger.1727 in W. Macgill (1909) I. 133 Server, basone, and potinger, and salt fatt.1767 13 A pottinger of blood, drawn from her foot every month, cannot exhaust her strength.1825 J. T. Brockett Pottinger, a coarse earthen-ware pot, with a handle; porringer.1894 R. O. Heslop Pottinger, a coarse earthenware pot, with a handle.—Brockett. Old fashioned surgeries and apothecaries' shops had these pots, which were lightly glazed and perforated through the handle.1956 4 Dec. 6/7 Silver plate, including trays and a pottinger bowl dated 1681, were stolen.1996 (Nexis) 21 Dec. The collection includes..rose bowls, loving cups, pottingers, cigar boxes, [etc.].γ. 1746 (ed. 3) ii. 13 Slat the Podgers, slat the Crock, slat tha Keeve and tha Jibb, bost the Cloam.1787 F. Grose Podger, A platter, or pewter dish.1844 6 July 492/2 Kitty brought me a podger of hot milk enriched with lots of sugar.This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1415 |