American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A young male horse. - n. A youthful or
inexperienced person; a novice. Century Dictionary and
Cyclopedia - n. A young horse, or a young animal of the horse
tribe: commonly and distinctively applied to the male, the young
female being a filly. In the Bible it is applied to a young
camel and to a young ass. In sporting, a thoroughbred colt
becomes a horse at five years old, others at four years. - n. A
person new to office or to the exercise of any art; a green
hand: as, a team of colts at cricket. - n. A cheat; a slippery
fellow. - n. A rope's end used for punishment; also, a piece of
rope with something heavy at the end used as a weapon. - n. The
second after-swarm of bees. - n. Synonyms Filly, etc. See pony.
- To frisk, frolic, or run at large, like a colt. - [Cf. calve,
v., 2, and cave, verb, II., 2.] To become detached, as a mass of
earth from a bank or excavation; cave: with in. - To befool;
fool. - To beat with a rope's end. See c