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Colt : (noun)
1: a young male horse under the age of four
2: a kind of revolver [syn: Colt]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Colt : \Colt\, v. t.
1. To horse; to get with young. --Shak.
2. To befool. [Obs.] --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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COLT. An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than
four years old. Russ. & Ry. 416.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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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
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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