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.
⇒ 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.
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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.
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Colt, v. t.
1.
To horse; to get with young.
Shak.
2.
To befool.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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