Pos"net (?), n. [OF. poÁonet, dim. of poÁon a pot, a vessel.] A little
basin; a porringer; a skillet.
{ Pos`o*log"ic (?), Pos`o*log"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. posologique.]
Pertaining to posology.
Po*sol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; how much + -logy: cf. F. posologie.]
(Med.) The science or doctrine of doses; dosology.
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Pos"po*lite (?), n. [Pol. pospolite ruszenie a general summons to arms,
an arriere-ban; pospolity general + ruszenie a stirring.] A kind of
militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of
invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country.
Poss (?), v. t. [See Push.] To push; to dash; to throw. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.]
A cat . . . possed them [the rats] about.
Piers Plowman.
Pos"se (?), n. See Posse comitatus.
In posse. See In posse in the Vocabulary.
||Pos"se com`i*ta"tus (?). [L. posse to be able, to have power + LL.
||comitatus a county, from comes, comitis, a count. See County, and
||Power.]
1. (Law) The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned
by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or
executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed. Blackstone.