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# pottle

«pottle» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small measure of liquid or fruit; also a small basket…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pottles) (old use, Scots)

### meaning for a pupil

A small measure of liquid or fruit; also a small basket for berries. In the tale «a pottle o' brains» means a good store of wit or sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pottle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in Scottish tales, a joking name for a large store of brains or sense, as if it were a measure.

### examples

- Thou hast got thy pottle o' brains already. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pottle/#x1)
- I canna buy my pottle o' brains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pottle/#x2)
- A pottle of strawberries fills the basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pottle/#x3)

### note

counts a fixed measure, not single items: 2 pottles means twice that measure.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pottle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pottle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.