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Definition of Potful
1. Noun. The quantity contained in a pot.
Definition of Potful
1. Noun. as much as a pot will hold ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potful
1. as much as a pot can hold [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potful
Literary usage of Potful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James by Thomas Hunter, Archibald Swinton, Scotland High Court of Justiciary (1838)
"If the but end of the pistol was forward, he would have had a stinking potful,"—he
would have had the contents of the pistol in his own bosom. ..."
2. Albertus Magnus: Being the Approved, Verified, Sympathetic and Natural by Albertus (1916)
"Take a potful of pigeon manure, and boil it well. Then add some vinegar. ...
Such a potful of manure may be used for eight days, but after that time a fresh ..."
3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"sauvage, wild marjoram (Origanum vulgäre) . marmelade, /. marmalade. marmite, /.
pot; pan, kettle, boiler, copper, etc.; retort (as for nitric acid); potful ..."
4. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"... The prices at the market in 1876 were as follows :— Ivory per Ib 1 goat 1
sheep 12 fowls 1 bullock 1 potful—equal to 3 gallons—of wine . ..."
5. The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman: Together with Vita de Dowel by William Langland, Walter William Skeat (1884)
"6. Potent, e. staff, a. 9. 88; Potente, 7. 399. See note, p. 131 ; and b. 8. 96.
See note, p. 215. potful, e. potful, 9. 182, a. 7. 176. Potte, pot, b. 13. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"... of lead existing in certain parts of a potful of glass in greater proportion
than in other palls, increases the density unequally in the same mass, ..."
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