A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.
An old English invention consisting of a mixture of hot wine, milk, and spices. Eggs were often used, with or without eggs, and ale was sometimes used in combination with wine or used in place of it.
a drink of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other liquor, often with sugar and spices added (good remedy for colds)
When the baby spits up a small amount of milk after feeding
is a hot drink made of milk curdled with an acid (wine, ale, citrus juice).
sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
a hot drink of milk with various additions as a remedy for a cold
It consists of a mixture of heated ale or wine curdled with milk, eggs, and spices. An old british drink from which the eggnog was derived.
To regurgitate small amounts of milk, usually after a feed.
An old british drink from which the eggnog was derived. It consists of a mixture of heated ale or wine curdled with milk, eggs, and spices.
A posset is a hot milk drink, popular in the Middle Ages for its supposed medicinal properties. Wine or ale was added to the milk, which curdled it, and the mixture was usually spiced. It was considered a specific remedy for some minor illnesses, such as a cold, and a general remedy for others, as even today people drink hot milk to help them get to sleep.