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polt

noun

Etymology

Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb).

Definitions

  1. 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. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA