Pos"set (?), n. [W. posel curdled
milk, posset.] A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some
strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly. "I
have drugged their posset." Shak.
Pos"set, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Posseted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Posseting.] 1. To curdle; to turn, as
milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood. [Obs.]
Shak.
2. To treat with possets; to pamper.
[R.] "She was cosseted and posseted." O. W. Holmes.