posnet Now arch. and dial.
(ˈpɒsnɪt)
Forms: 4 posti-, possy-, 4–5 poste-, 4–6 posse-, 5 poscenet, 4–6 posnette, 5–6 pos(s)enett, postnet, 5–7 possnet, posnett, 7 posnit, poss-, postnett; 4– posnet.
[ME. possenet a. OF. po{cced}onnet, pocenet, dim. of po{cced}on pot, vase, cup. Hence W. posnedd.]
A small metal pot or vessel for boiling, having a handle and three feet.
| 1327 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 114, j postinet pro hostill. 1330 Acc. Exch. K.R. 24/18 Item vn possenet qe poise x. li. merche de mesme la merche. 1353 Will John de Penreth in Test. Karleol. 2 Cum una olla enea et parvam posnet. 1382 Wyclif 2 Chron. xxxv. 13 Forsothe pesible hoostis thei seetheden in posnettis, and cawdrones, and pottis. ? c 1390 Form of Cury in Warner Antiq. Culin. (1791) 14 Do the flesh therwith in a possynet, and styre it. 1410 E.E. Wills (1882) 17 Also a postnet þat y lent hym. c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 10 Welle alle togedur in a posnet; In service forthe þou schalt hit sett. 1442 Nottingham Rec. II. 178 Unum poscenet, pretii xvj d. 1459–60 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 89 Item iij possenettez et iij Chawfers, etc. 1612 in Antiquary Jan. (1906) 28 In the Kytchin..sixe brasse potts, eighte kettles, four postnetts. a 1648 Digby Closet Open. (1669) 136 In a Possnet set it upon a clear lighted Char-coal-fire. 1710 Steele Tatler No. 245 ¶2 A Silver Posnet to butter Eggs. 1863 Mrs. Toogood Yorks. Dial., Set the posnet on to boil the potatoes. 1891 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 345/2 The great number of pewter plates,..teapots, posnets and porringers still found in old homes in New England. |