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polt

polt noun: a hard knock.

Noun

polt (plural polts)

  1. (dialectal) A hard knock.
    • 1782: Frances Burney, Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress - If he know'd I'd got you the knife, he'd go nigh to give me a good polt of the head.
  2. (obsolete, rare) A pestle.
    • Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 138

Forms of polt

pluralpolts

Origin of polt

Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb).

Words formed from polt

Phrases with polt

Questions about polt

What does polt mean?
Polt means a hard knock.
What part of speech is polt?
Polt is a noun.
What is the plural of polt?
The plural of polt is polts.

Words near polt in the dictionary

  1. Polstead
  2. polster
  3. polsters
  4. Polston
  5. Polstons
  6. polt
  7. polt feet
  8. polt foot
  9. polt-foot
  10. polt-footed
  11. Poltava

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