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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
colt \colt\, v. t.
1. to horse; to get with young. --shak.
1913 webster
2. to befool. obs. --shak.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
colt \colt\ k=olt; 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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
2. a young, foolish fellow. --shak.
1913 webster
3. a short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of
punishment in the navy. --ham. nav. encyc.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
filly foal colt's tooth to cast one's colt's tooth to have a colt's tooth
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
colt \colt\ k=olt; 110, v. i.
to frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or
wantonly. obs.
1913 webster
they shook off their bridles and began to colt.
--spenser.
1913 webster
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
colt
n 1: a young male horse under the age of four
2: a kind of revolver
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
83 moby thesaurus words for "colt":
houyhnhnm, 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, 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
- [6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
colt. an animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than
four years old. russ. ry. 416.
- [7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
colt, ar city, fips 14950
location: 35.13253 n, 90.81229 w
population 1990: 334 145 housing units
area: 3.2 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
zip codes: 72326
- [8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
colt, ar -- u.s. city in arkansas
population 2000: 368
housing units 2000: 188
land area 2000: 1.246548 sq. miles 3.228544 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
total area 2000: 1.246548 sq. miles 3.228544 sq. km
fips code: 14950
located within: arkansas ar, fips 05
location: 35.130750 n, 90.811261 w
zip codes 1990: 72326
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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