COLTS
Proper noun
Colts
plural of Colt
Noun
Colts
plural of Colt
Anagrams
• clost, clots
Noun
colts
plural of colt
Verb
colts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colt
Anagrams
• clost, clots
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