colt

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Noun

1. A young [[male]] [[horse]] or similar young male [[equine#Noun|equine]], especially just after birth or less than a year old.
2. A young [[crane]] (bird).
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[youthful]] or [[inexperienced]] person; a [[novice]].
4. {{lb|en|nautical|historical}} A short piece of [[rope]] once used by [[petty officer]]s as an instrument of punishment.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete|slang}} A weapon formed by slinging a small shot to the end of a somewhat stiff piece of rope.
6. {{lb|en|biblical}} A young [[camel]] or [[donkey]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[horse]]; to get with [[young]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[befool]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[frisk]] or [[frolic]] like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete|slang|transitive}} To [[haze]] (a new [[recruit]]), as by charging a new [[juryman]] a "[[fine]]" to be spent on alcoholic drink, or by striking the sole of his foot with a board, etc.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=occupations}}.
2. {{given name|en|male|from=surnames}}.
3. A [[placename]]:

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