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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

Colt

[kohlt]
Trademark.
a brand of revolver.

Colt

[kohlt]
–noun
Samuel, 1814–62, U.S. inventor of the Colt revolver.
colt   (kōlt)   
n.  
  1. A young male horse.
  2. A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.

[Middle English, from Old English.]
Colt   (kōlt)   
American firearms inventor and manufacturer who developed the first revolver.

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.
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).
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