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单词 polt
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poltn.

Brit. /pəʊlt/, U.S. /poʊlt/
Forms: see polt v.; also 1600s poult.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: polt v.
Etymology: Probably < polt v., although first attested earlier. Perhaps compare palt n. It is not certain that sense 2 shows the same word; compare polt-foot n.
Now English regional (southern and midlands).
1. A blow, a hard knock.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow
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c1610 MS Bodl. 30 f. 24v I tooke him a polt of the pate.
1666 E. Gayton Glorious & Living Cinque-ports 11 Holmes has paid you for your Guinyes, And for his polt o'th' pate.
1754 D. O'Neale Mem. Life & Remarkable Exploits 11 I ran up to the Man that had a Sword drawn, took him a Polt over the Head, and knocked him down.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iii. i. 11 He'd go nigh to give me a good polt of the head.
1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 702/2 It [sc. a stray round shot from a canon] took one more jump, and, with a heavy pitch, fetched me an awful polt in the right side.
1862 R. Lower Stray Leaves from Old Tree 9 [Sussex] So hold your tongue, you foolish jolt, Or may be you will gain a polt!
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 217 Poult, a thump.
1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 85 Polt, a thump, hard knock.
1988 J. Lavers Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 64 Polt, a knock, a thump, a blow with a stick.
2.
a. A pestle. Cf. polt-foot n. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > pestle
pounderOE
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1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 17 Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaues of their corne.
b. The club-shaped stem and bulb of a leek. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > leek > stem, bulb, or seed
leek-seed1393
polt1614
1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman i. iii. 20 As soone as they [sc. leekes] be shot vp a good length you shall cut the blades to the polt, and then remoue the heads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

poltv.

Brit. /pəʊlt/, U.S. /poʊlt/
Forms: 1600s– polt; English regional 1800s– poult (midlands), 1800s– powlt (Wiltshire), 1800s– pult (Hampshire).
Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pilt v.
Etymology: Apparently ultimately related to pilt v., although the form is difficult to account for; perhaps developed from the past tense forms at pilt v. Perhaps compare palt v.2polt n. is recorded earlier, but is probably < the verb.
English regional (chiefly midlands). Now rare.
transitive. To beat, strike, thump; (English regional (south-west midlands)) spec. to knock (fruit) down from a tree.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)]
abeatOE
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peal-pelt1582
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vapulate1603
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1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxvi. 178 Then polt it [sc. straw], or faulter it as some call it, that is, beat it over again in the husk.
1669 J. Worlidge Dictionarium Rusticum in Systema Agriculturæ 274 To Polt, to beat or thrash.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Polt (Country-Word), to beat, bang, or thrash.
1831 R. Lower Tom Cladpole's Jurney cxxxviii I aim'd ma swish an levell'd well, To polt un on de head.
1875 A. Porson Notes Quaint Words Dial. S. Worcs. 115 To polt, or Pout, to beat down apples.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 217 Poult, to thump.
1903 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 574/2 [S. Worcs.] I be goin' polting apples.
1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 85 Polt, to thump.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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