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Pottle draught

Pottle \Pot"tle\, n. [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.]

  1. A liquid measure of four pints.

  2. A pot or tankard.
    --Shak.

    A dry pottle of sack before him.
    --Sir W. Scott.

  3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.

    He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand.
    --Dickens.

    Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.]
    --Halliwell.