Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Foal"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Foal \Foal\, n. [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G.
fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lf?le, Gr. ?, L. pullus a
young animal. Cf. {Filly}, {Poultry}, {Pullet}.] (Zo["o].)
The young of any animal of the Horse family {(Equid[ae])}; a
colt; a filly.

{Foal teeth} (Zo["o]l.), the first set of teeth of a horse.


{In foal}, {With foal}, being with young; pregnant; -- said
of a mare or she ass.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Foal \Foal\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Foaled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Foaling}.]
To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Foal \Foal\, v.i.
To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

foal
n : a young horse
v : give birth to a foal, of a mare


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