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Poet vs Polt - What's the difference?

poet | polt |

As nouns the difference between poet and polt

is that poet is (rare|or|archaic) while polt is a hard knock.

poet

English

(wikipedia poet)

Alternative forms

* (rare or archaic) * poete (rare or archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who writes poems.

    • Derived terms

    * poetaster * poetess

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Hyponyms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    polt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hard knock.
  • *1782:' , ''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.
  • (obsolete, rare) A pestle.
  • *1612 , John Smith, Map of Virginia , in Kupperman 1988, p. 138:
  • *: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.

    • Derived terms

    * polt-foot

    Anagrams

    * *