Index of English words, starting with "po"

(1) - Poleax (n.) Alt. of Poleaxe

(1) - Poleaxe (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.

(1) - Polecat (n.) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
(2) - Polecat (n.) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.