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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Posnet, n. Also: -nat(e; posinett; (posno). [ME and e.m.E. postinet (north., 1327), possenet (1330), posnet (1353), possynet (1390), postnet (1410), poscenet (1442), med. L. (Brit.) pocinettus (1208), poce- (1286), etc., OF poçonnet (13th c. in Greimas), pocenet, dimin. of poçon pot, vase, cup (see Possin).] A posnet, ‘a small metal pot or vessel for boiling, having a handle and three feet’ (OED). Also comb. with -pot(t.1329 Exch. R. I 202.]
[Duas pocenetas ereas 1406 Aberd. B. Rec. (S.H.S.) 221.
Meg Halt, a posnet, xii d. 14.. Burgh Laws c. 109 (B).
& the brasyn best pot & a posnet 1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 209.
Posnat 1540 Maxwell Mem. 408.
In pottis, fouer and ane posnet 1551 Dundee B. Ct. II 77 b (15 July).
The said Jhone promysit to hyme … and [sic] pot worth xiij s. quhilk beand refferrit to the said Jhone Quhytis aith he hes sworne … that he [promysit] bot ane small posnet 1585 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming 75.
Ane bef pot, ane skink pot, ane posnetcomb. 1540 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS XIII 119 b.
Ane skink pot, ane kaill pot, and ane posnate pott 1567 Nugae Scoticae 14.
Ane posnet pot of bres 1583 Elgin Rec. I 172.
The best bressin pott, ane posnet pot 1586 Perth B. Ct. 15 June.
Ane posinett pott 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV 288.
Beif pot, kaill pot, posnat pot 1650 Rogers Social Life I 385.
Ane litle posno pott
