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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Powsodie, n. (Cf. Possodie n., also later Sc. and north. Eng. dial. powsowdy, -soddy, etc. ‘a name given to various culinary preparations not obviously related to each other’ (0ED), as sheep's head broth (Sc.), ale posset (Cumberland and Westmoreland), Yorkshire pudding, a ‘miscellaneous mess’ (Scott). Of obscure origin: conjectured to be a comb. of pow Poll n.2 1, also, rarely, the head of a beast, and sodden boiled, cf. later Sc. Sowdie hotch-potch, broth (c 1700 in SND); or a corruption of Posset(t n.; or by confusion of the two.) — 16.. Sempill P. 69.
There will be … Powsodie and drammock and crowdie
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