posset

n. hot drink made of milk curdled with ale orwine甜乳酒(一种热饮，将啤酒或甜酒搀入牛奶，使其变成凝乳)，牛奶甜酒。
△Wiv.1.4.8:“and we'll have a posset for'tsoon at night，”今天晚上我请你喝一杯甜乳酒。
△Wiv.5.5.186(170): “Thou shalt eat a posset to-night at myhouse.”今夜我请你到我家里喝杯热奶酒。
△Mac.2.2.7.(6):“I have drugged their possets.”我在他们的乳酒里下了药。

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posset

vt. curdle使凝结。
△Ham.1.5.68:“And with asudden vigour it doth posset / And curd,like eagerdroppings into milk. / The thin and wholesomeblood.”马上就发作起来，像酸液滴进了牛奶，一下子把淡薄而健全的血液凝固冻结起来。