HOTCH'POT, noun 1. Properly, a mingled mass; a mixture of ingredients. 2. In law, a mixing of lands. Thus lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter, shall, after the death of the ancestor, be blended with the lands descending to her and then be divided in equal portions to all the daughters.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI