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colt
(encz) | colt,hříbě Zdeněk Brož |
Colt
(gcide) | Colt \Colt\ (k[=o]lt; 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.
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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.
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2. A young, foolish fellow. --Shak.
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3. A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of
punishment in the navy. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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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.
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Colt
(gcide) | Colt \Colt\ (k[=o]lt; 110), v. i.
To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or
wantonly. [Obs.]
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They shook off their bridles and began to colt.
--Spenser.
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Colt
(gcide) | Colt \Colt\, v. t.
1. To horse; to get with young. --Shak.
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2. To befool. [Obs.] --Shak.
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colt
(wn) | colt
n 1: a young male horse under the age of four
2: a kind of revolver |
COLT
(bouvier) | COLT. An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than
four years old. Russ. & Ry. 416.
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colt
(encz) | colt,hříbě Zdeněk Brož |
coltan
(encz) | coltan, n: |
colter
(encz) | colter,předradlička n: Zdeněk Brož |
coltish
(encz) | coltish,hravý adj: Zdeněk Brožcoltish,skotačivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
coltsfoot
(encz) | coltsfoot,podběl Zdeněk Brož |
sweet coltsfoot
(encz) | sweet coltsfoot, n: |
Butterbur coltsfoot
(gcide) | Coltsfoot \Colts"foot`\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and
rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.
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Butterbur coltsfoot (Bot.), a European plant ({Petasites
vulgaris}).
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Colt pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
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Colt revolver
(gcide) | Colt revolver \Colt revolver\ (Firearms)
A revolver made according to a system using a patented
revolving cylinder, holding six cartridges, patented by
Samuel Colt, an American inventor, in 1835. With various
modifications, it was for many years been the standard for
the United States army.
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Colt-Browning pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
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Colter
(gcide) | Colter \Col"ter\, n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare,
knife. Cf. Cutlass.]
A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the
sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written
also coulter.]
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Coltish
(gcide) | Coltish \Colt"ish\, a.
Like a colt; wanton; frisky.
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He was all coltish, full of ragery. --Chaucer.
-- Colt"ish*ly, adv. -- Colt"ish*ness, n.
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Coltishly
(gcide) | Coltish \Colt"ish\, a.
Like a colt; wanton; frisky.
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He was all coltish, full of ragery. --Chaucer.
-- Colt"ish*ly, adv. -- Colt"ish*ness, n.
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Coltishness
(gcide) | Coltish \Colt"ish\, a.
Like a colt; wanton; frisky.
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He was all coltish, full of ragery. --Chaucer.
-- Colt"ish*ly, adv. -- Colt"ish*ness, n.
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