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Definition of Potfuls
1. potful [n] - See also: potful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potfuls
Literary usage of Potfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Soap Maker's Handbook of Materials, Processes and Receipts for Every by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, F. Wiltner (1912)
"After thoroughly boiling the soap, about 5 potfuls of lye, which are still
required, are gradually added, and, a sample being from time to time taken upon ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"potfuls of the latter sown in September last, and wintered in low, cold frames,
... Even the worst potfuls should not, however, be thrown away, for, ..."
3. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"Use pots that are clean, half fill them with moderately-rich turfy soil, and put
six or eight Peas in each pot, filling up with soil. As the potfuls of ..."
4. The Manufacture of Varnishes and Kindred Industries: Based on and Including by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache (1908)
"The process is often modified by running a certain number of potfuls of ...
Whether working with a single pot or with a pan into which several potfuls have ..."
5. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Therefore now I ask for four potfuls more." " Well, fair youth," replies the
tree, " I have always been here. What is the reason that you have sought me ? ..."
6. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile, Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"The Emperor appoints a day to receive him and his warriors, and, that meed may
be given only to the brave, has caused to be brewed immense potfuls of potent ..."
7. My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir (1911)
"But, like casks of wine, no two potfuls are exactly alike to every palate.
Some are supposed to be spoiled by the moon, by some unlucky day, ..."
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