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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Colt \Colt\ (k[=o]lt; 110), verb (used without an object) To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly. [Obs.]
They shook off their bridles and began to colt. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Colt \Colt\, verb (used with an object)
1. To horse; to get with young. --Shak.
2. To befool. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Colt \Colt\ (k[=o]lt; 110), noun [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
colt
noun
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 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
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