Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colt \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colt \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colt \Colt\, v. t.
1. To horse; to get with young. --Shak.
2. To befool. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
colt
n 1: a young male horse under the age of four
2: (trademark) a kind of revolver [syn: {Colt}]
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