About The Word Colt
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What's The Definition Of Colt?
[n] a young male horse under the age of four
[n] (trademark) a kind of revolver Synonyms | Synonyms for Colt: Related Terms | Find terms related to Colt: beginner | birdling | boot | boy | brood mare | bub | bubba | buck | bud | buddy | calf | catling | charger | chick | chickling | chicky | courser | critter | cub | dobbin | dogie | duckling | entire | entire horse | equine | fawn | fellow | filly | fledgling | foal | freshman | fryer | gelding | gosling | hobbledehoy | horse | Houyhnhnm | kid | kit | kitten | lad | laddie | lamb | lambkin | litter | manchild | mare | master | mount | muchacho | nag | neophyte | nest | nestling | newcomer | novitiate | piglet | pigling | polliwog | prancer | pullet | pup | puppy | rookie | schoolboy | shoat | sonny | sonny boy | stallion | steed | stud | studhorse | tadpole | tarpan | top horse | tyro | war-horse | weaner | whelp | wild horse | yeanling | young man | youth See Also | foal | revolver | ridgel | ridgeling | ridgil | ridgling | six-gun | six-shooter Colt In Webster's Dictionary \Colt\ (?; 110), n. [OE. colt a young horse, ass, or camel,
AS. colt; cf. dial. Sw. kullt a boy, lad.]
1. The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; --
sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being
the female. Cf. {Foal}.
Note: In sporting circles it is usual to reckon the age of
colts from some arbitrary date, as from January 1, or
May 1, next preceding the birth of the animal.
2. A young, foolish fellow. --Shak.
3. A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of
punishment in the navy. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
{Colt's tooth}, an imperfect or superfluous tooth in young
horses.
{To cast one's colt's tooth}, to cease from youthful
wantonness. ``Your colt's tooth is not cast yet.'' --Shak.
{To have a colt's tooth}, to be wanton. --Chaucer.
\Colt\ (?; 110), v. i. To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly. [Obs.] They shook off their bridles and began to colt. --Spenser. \Colt\, v. t. 1. To horse; to get with young. --Shak. 2. To befool. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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