polt
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb).
Noun edit
polt (plural polts)
- (now 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.
- (obsolete, rare) A pestle.
- 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 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 edit
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German bolte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bultaz. First attested in 1780.
Noun edit
polt (genitive poldi, partitive polti)
- bolt (fastener)
Declension edit
| Declension of polt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | polt | poldid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | poldi | ||
| genitive | poltide | ||
| partitive | polti | polte poltisid | |
| illative | polti poldisse |
poltidesse poldesse | |
| inessive | poldis | poltides poldes | |
| elative | poldist | poltidest poldest | |
| allative | poldile | poltidele poldele | |
| adessive | poldil | poltidel poldel | |
| ablative | poldilt | poltidelt poldelt | |
| translative | poldiks | poltideks poldeks | |
| terminative | poldini | poltideni | |
| essive | poldina | poltidena | |
| abessive | poldita | poltideta | |
| comitative | poldiga | poltidega | |