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pos⋅set

[pos-it]
–noun
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME poshote, possot < ?
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pos·set   (pŏs'ĭt)   
n.  A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale.

[Middle English poshet, possot : perhaps Old French *posce (Latin pōsca, drink of vinegar and water from potāre, to drink; see potable + Latin esca, food from edere, to eat; see edible) + Middle English hot, hot; see hot.]
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