COLTED

Verb

colted

simple past tense and past participle of colt

Anagrams

• codlet

Source: Wiktionary


COLT

Colt (; 110), n. Etym: [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.

Colt (; 110), v. i.

Definition: To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly. [Obs.] They shook off their bridles and began to colt. Spenser.

Colt, v. t.

1. To horse; to get with young. Shak.

2. To befool. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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