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Pott vs Polt - What's the difference?

pott | polt |

As a proper noun pott

is .

As a noun polt is

a hard knock.

pott

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

    • Etymology 2

    . Possibly from originally bearing a watermark of a pot or from a manufacturer's or merchant's name.

    Noun

    (-)
  • An old size of paper, 12.5 x 15 inches.
    • pott paper
    ----

    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

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