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<hw>Col"staff`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>col</ets> neck + E. <ets>staff</ets>. Cf. <er>Coll</er>.]</ety> <def>A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.</def>

<h1>Colt</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Colt</hw> <tt>(?; 110)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>colt</ets> a young horse, ass, or camel, AS. <ets>colt</ets>; cf. dial. Sw. <ets>kullt</ets> a boy, lad.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, <i>filly</i> being the female. Cf. <er>Foal</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A young, foolish fellow.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<cs><col>Colt's tooth</col>, <cd>an imperfect or superfluous tooth in young horses.</cd> -- <col>To cast one's colt's tooth</col></mcol>, <cd>to cease from youthful wantonness.</cd> "Your <i>colt's tooth<i> is not cast yet." <i>Shak.</i> -- <col>To have a colt's tooth</col>, <cd>to be wanton.</cd>

<i>Chaucer.</i> </cs>

<h1>Colt</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Colt</hw> <tt>(?; 110)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They shook off their bridles and began to <b>colt</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colt</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Colt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To horse; to get with young.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To befool.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Colter</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>culter</ets>, fr. L. <ets>culter</ets> plowshare, knife. Cf. <er>Cutlass</er>.]</ety> <def>A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>coulter</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Coltish</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Colt"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a colt; wanton; frisky.</def>

<blockquote>He was all <b>coltish</b>, full of ragery. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Colt"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Colt"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Coltsfoot</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Colts"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial herb (<spn>Tussilago Farfara</spn>), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.</def>

<cs><col>Butterbur coltsfoot</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a European plant (<spn>Petasites vulgaris</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Colt's tooth</h1> <Xpage=280>