Colt

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Colt - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

COLT, n.

1. The young of the equine genus of animals or horse kind. In America, colt is equally applied to the male or female, and this is unquestionable correct. The male is called a house-colt, and the female is called a filly.

2. A young foolish fellow; a person without experience or stability.

COLT, v.i. To frisk, riot or frolic, like a colt; to be licentious.

COLT, v.t. To befool.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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