Pot-valiant

courageous through application to the bottle. Po e ed of Dutch courage. Pot-walloper , an elector in certain boroughs before the pa ing of the first Reform Bill, whose qualification consisted in being a housekeeper,—to establish which it was only nece ary to boil a pot within the limits of the borough, by the aid of any temporary erection. This implied that he was able to provide for himself, and not nece itated to apply for parochial relief. Honiton, Tregoney, Ilchester, Old Sarum, ., had this privilege before the pa ing of the first Reform Bill. Also, a scullion.