What is "colt"

Colt \Colt\, v. t.

1. To horse; to get with young.
   --Shak.

2. To befool. [Obs.]
   --Shak.

Colt \Colt\ (k[=o]lt; 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\ (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.

   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.

type of revolver, 1838, originally the manufacture of U.S. gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-1862).

Old English colt "colt," originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (cognates: Swedish dialectal kult "young boar, piglet; boy," Danish kuld "offspring, brood") and akin to child. Applied to persons from early 13c.\n\nCOLT'S TOOTH An old fellow who marries, or keeps a young girl, is ſaid to have a colt's tooth in his head.

["Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796]

n. 1 A young male horse. 2 A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice. 3 (context nautical English) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment. vb. 1 (context obsolete transitive English) To horse; to get with young. 2 (context obsolete transitive English) To befool. 3 To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.

1. n. a young male horse under the age of four

2. a kind of revolver

Colt(s) or COLT may refer to:

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A colt is a male horse, usually below the age of four years.

The term "colt" only describes young male horses and is not to be confused with foal, which is a horse of either sex less than one year of age. Similarly, a yearling is a horse of either sex between the ages of one and two. A young female horse is called a filly, and a mare once she is an adult animal. In horse racing, particularly for Thoroughbreds in the United Kingdom, a colt is defined as an uncastrated male from the age of two up to and including the age of four.

An adult male horse if left intact is called either a " stallion" or a "horse" (sometimes full horse); if castrated, it is called a gelding. In some cases, particularly informal nomenclature, a gelding under four years is still called a colt. A rig or ridgling is a male equine with a retained testicle or one which has been incompletely castrated.

In the wild, colts are driven from their herds by the herd stallion somewhere between the age of one and two. This may be in part an instinct to prevent inbreeding. When driven out, they usually join with other young stallions in a bachelor herd. They stay with this band until they are mature enough to form their own herd of mares. The terms "rag" or "rake" have been historically used to refer to a group of colts, but they have fallen out of modern usage.

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Colt is the surname of:

People:

• Samuel Colt (1814-1862), American inventor and industrialist, founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company
• Alvin Colt (1916–2008), American costume designer
• Harry Colt (1869-1951), English golf-course architect
• James Colt (1932-2008), American lawyer and politician
• John C. Colt (1810-1842), American bookkeeping authority and murderer, brother of Samuel Colt
• Johnny Colt (born 1968), American bass guitarist
• Judah Colt (1761–1832), early settler of Erie County, Pennsylvania
• LeBaron Bradford Colt, (1846–1924), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island and judge
• Marshall Colt (born 1948), former actor and currently a practicing psychologist
• Maximilian Colt (died after 1641), Flemish sculptor who emigrated to England and became the King's Master Carver
• Roswell L. Colt (1779-1856), American businessman
• Samuel P. Colt (1852–1921), American industrialist and politician, nephew of Samuel Colt
• Elizabeth Jarvis Colt (1826-1905), American businesswomen and philanthropist, widow and heir of Samuel Colt
• ten baronets - see Colt baronets

Families:

• Colt family incest case, an Australian family discovered to have been engaging in four generations of incest

Fictional characters:

• Christopher Colt, protagonist of the Colt .45 television series

Colt is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People:

• Colt Anderson (born 1985), American football player
• Colt Brennan (born 1983), American National Football League quarterback
• Colt David (born 1985), American football player
• Colt Knost (born 1985), American golfer
• Colt McCoy (born 1986), American football quarterback with the University of Texas

Fictional characters:

• Colt Seavers, title character of the TV show The Fall Guy
• Colt Wilcox, a major character in the animated TV series Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs