POT-WALLER
\pˈɒtwˈɔːlə], \pˈɒtwˈɔːlə], \p_ˈɒ_t_w_ˈɔː_l_ə]\
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pot'-wol'[.e]r, POT-WALLOPER, pot-wol'op-[.e]r, n. a pot-boiler: a voter in certain English boroughs where, before the Reform Bill of 1832, every one who boiled a pot--i.e. every male householder or lodger, was entitled to vote--also POT'-WALL'ONER.--adj. POT'-WALL'OPING. [Lit., 'pot-boiler,' the latter part of the word being from an Old Low Ger. wallen, to boil.]
By Thomas Davidson
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basidiomycota
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