Colt

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colt \Colt\, v. t.
     1. To horse; to get with young. --Shak.
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     2. To befool. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colt \Colt\ (k[=o]lt; 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}.
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     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.
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     2. A young, foolish fellow. --Shak.
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     3. A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of
        punishment in the navy. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colt \Colt\ (k[=o]lt; 110), v. i.
     To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or
     wantonly. [Obs.]
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           They shook off their bridles and began to colt.
                                                    --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colt
       n 1: a young male horse under the age of four
       2: a kind of revolver

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  COLT. An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than 
  four years old. Russ. & Ry. 416.  
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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 code(s): 72326

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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.
     Headwords:
      Colt, AR
      Colt