potum

1 potum v. 1 pottum

2 potum, 2 pottum [ME pot] 1 iron implement for cleaning a cart or plough. 1262 in ij ferr’ ad bacul’ carucarum scilicet potis j d. ob. (Radstowe, Northants) MinAc 949/3; 1346 in [i]j potes faciendas de novo ad carucas mundandas, de ferro empto, j d. ob. (Pershore, Worcs) Ac. Man. Wint.; 1359 in ferro empto pro j auriculo, et j anulo, et j pote [ad carucas] (Pendesham, Worcs) Ac. Man. Westm. 22215. 2 implement for tamping a gun. 1375 unum grossum gunnum cum tribus pottis (Ac. Foreign) EHR XXVI 694n.