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polts

polts is the plural of polt.

Meaning of polt

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

Questions about polts

What is polts the plural of?
Polts is the plural of polt.

Words near polts in the dictionary

  1. poltroonery
  2. poltroonish
  3. poltroonishly
  4. poltroonism
  5. poltroons
  6. polts
  7. polumathe
  8. polumathes
  9. Polumbo
  10. poluria
  11. Polus

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