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Meaning of polt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A hard knock.
    dialectal
  2. A pestle.
    obsolete, rare

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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