Polt

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hard knock. dialectal

    "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. 2
    A pestle. obsolete, rare

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb).

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