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colt
[kohlt] 
–noun
| 1. | a young male animal of the horse family. |
| 2. | a male horse of not more than four years of age. |
| 3. | a young or inexperienced person. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE; cf. dial. Sw kult little pig
bef. 1000; ME, OE; cf. dial. Sw kult little pig
Colt
[kohlt] Trademark.
| a brand of revolver. |
Colt
[kohlt] –noun
| Samuel, 1814–62, U.S. inventor of the Colt revolver. |
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| colt (kōlt) n.
[Middle English, from Old English.] |
| Colt (kōlt) American firearms inventor and manufacturer who developed the first revolver. |
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Colt
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. 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
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.Colt
Colt\, v. t. 1. To horse; to get with young. --Shak. 2. To befool. [Obs.] --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : colt
Spanish:
potro,
German:
das Füllen,
Japanese:
雄の小馬
colt
O.E. colt, originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," probably from P.Gmc. *kultaz and akin to child. Applied to persons from c.1225. The type of revolver (1838) was originally the manufacture of U.S. gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-62).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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