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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pottlenoun

    a pot that holds 2 quarts

Wiktionary

  1. pottlenoun

    a former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn

  2. pottlenoun

    a pot of around this size

  3. pottlenoun

    a conical receptacle, typically for potato chips or other foodstuffs

  4. pottlenoun

    a receptacle for strawberries

  5. Etymology: Old French potel, diminutive of pot, from popular Latin pot.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pottlenoun

    Liquid measure containing four pints.

    Etymology: from pot.

    He drinks you with facility your Dane dead drunk, ere the next pottle can be filled. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Roderigo hath to might carous’d
    Potations pottle deep. William Shakespeare.

    The oracle of Apollo
    Here speaks out of his pottle,
    Or the Tripos his tower bottle. Ben Jonson.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pottlenoun

    a liquid measure of four pints

  2. Pottlenoun

    a pot or tankard

  3. Pottlenoun

    a vessel or small basket for holding fruit

  4. Etymology: [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pottle

    pot′l, n. a little pot: a measure of four pints: a small basket for fruit.—adjs. Pott′le-bod′ied, having a body shaped like a pottle; Pott′le-deep, to the bottom of the tankard.—n. Pott′le-pot (Shak.), a drinking-vessel holding two quarts. [Pot.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. POTTLE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pottle is ranked #28552 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pottle surname appeared 835 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pottle.

    96% or 802 total occurrences were White.
    1.5% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pottle in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pottle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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