POTTAGES

Noun

pottages

plural of pottage

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


POTTAGE

Pot"tage (; 48), n. Etym: [F. potage, fr. pot pot. See Pot, and cf. Porridge, Porringer.]

Definition: A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge. [Written also potage.] Chaucer. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. Gen. xxv. 34.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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