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Colt

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Colt  (klt), Samuel 1814-1862.
American firearms inventor and manufacturer who developed the first revolver.

colt  (klt)
n.
1. A young male horse.
2. A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

colt
Noun
1. a young male horse or pony
2. Sport a young and inexperienced player [Old English: young ass]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Coltcolt - a young male horse under the age of four
male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
foal - a young horse
ridgel, ridgeling, ridgil, ridgling - a colt with undescended testicles
2.Colt - a kind of revolver
revolver, six-gun, six-shooter - a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
Translations
colt [kəult] npotro

colt [kəult] npoulain m

colt [kəult] nHengstfohlen nt

colt [kəult] npuledro

colt
n colt [kəult]
a young horse. vul مُـهْـر жребче hříbě føl das Fohlen πουλάρι potro varss کره varsa poulain סְייָח घोड़े का छोटा बच्चा ždrijebe csikó anak kuda folald puledro 子馬 망아지, 당나귀·노새의 새끼 kumeliukas kumeļš anak kuda veulen føll źrebię potro mânz жеребёнок žriebä žrebe ždrebe föl ลูกม้า tay лоша گھوڑے وغیرہ کا بچھڑا ngựa con; lừa con


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But I had no time to pursue these reflections; for the gray horse came to the door, and made me a sign to follow him into the third room where I saw a very comely mare, together with a colt and foal, sitting on their haunches upon mats of straw, not unartfully made, and perfectly neat and clean.
Mother Atkinson, as all called their hostess, was the merriest there, and the busiest; for she kept flying up to wait on the children, to bring out some new dish, or to banish the live stock, who were of such a social turn that the colt came into the entry and demanded sugar; the cats sat about in people's laps, winking suggestively at the food; and speckled hens cleared the kitchen floor of crumbs, as they joined in the chat with a cheerful clucking.
At this moment, a male ostrich sprang from its nest right beneath the horse's nose: the young colt bounded on one side like a stag; but as for the man, all that could be said was, that he started and took fright with his horse.
 
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