Pot"tle (?), n. [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.]
1.
A liquid measure of four pints.
2.
A pot or tankard.
Shak.
A dry pottle of sack before him.
Sir W. Scott.
3.
A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.
He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand.
Dickens.
Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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