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Young, frisky one
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filly
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A filly is a young female horse that is too young to be called a mare . There are two specific definitions in use: In most cases, a filly is a female horse under four. In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States , the world of horse ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, filli , fyly , "a young mare, female colt or foal," possibly from Old Norse fylja , fem. of foli "foal" (see foal (n.)). Slang sense of "lively young girl" is from 1610s.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A young female horse. 2 (context dated English) A young attractive female.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a young female horse under the age of four
Usage examples of filly.
Down the backstretch went the filly and her rider, passing the endless barns, and speeding through air that was thick with wood smoke from the small fires in makeshift stoves and metal drums.
Dok closed his eyes for a moment, like maybe he was holding back another fit of fury, then banged a hand to the floor before getting up and stepping over to Filly.
Every thing from yearling colts and fillies to Arabians under training to aged broodmares was paraded out for their inspection.
She walked over to the trailer and unlatched the endgate so Ben could load the filly.
But yes, to answer your enquiry, we do have a Geiger counter somewhere, but the filly showed no abnormal count when she left here.
Raif found himself wishing he were on Moose, not some flighty filly borrowed from Longhead at the last moment.
Still piping her warcry, the amber filly dashed across their jostling backs, pounding hard for Lynex, milkwood brand flaming in her teeth.
Arabians on the place trace directly back to AH Pasha Sherif stock -- all, that is, except for that two-year-old filly over there.
The amber filly struck at the stings, but they were far too swift and powerful.
Headquarters: on back pages from tabloids to broadsheets, the filly kicked football into second place for two whole days.
He'd liked to have captured that moment-the gorgeous filly cantering gracefully in a circle, while green hills rolled up to a blue sky.
And in Five Points she had similarly placed an aging mare Petro had raised from a filly, and when Chali had helped the rom baro strain his meager dook to bid her farewell, Lisa had been nearly incoherent with gratitude for the fine stable, the good feeding, the easy work.
He had had her oath an as-yet-unnamed filly of his own line as well, promising that if the filly had not finished her war training by the time Aldora had finished hers, he personally would serve as her warhorse until the white-stockinged sorrel proved ready.
Strauss is ready to bet the farm this little filly can win the Cold War for Team U.
You'll have to have a new riding habittrimmed with black fox, no matter what His Lordship saysand you'll need a proper lady's filly, not that old cob Master Haysticks lets you ride around the quad.