Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a young male horse under the age of four;
2.
a kind of revolver;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
colt
n 1: a young male horse under the age of four
2: a kind of revolver
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
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.
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.
Headwords:
Colt, AR
Colt