polt

noun — 2 senses

polt

noun

Etymology Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb).

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:

Derived terms: polt-foot, polt foot

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