"colt" Definition

Definitions for the word "colt" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 young male horse. 2 sport inexperienced player. coltish adj. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
a murderous weapon, formed by slinging a small shot to the end of a rather stiff piece of rope. It is the original of the misnamed “life-preserver.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
a person who sits as juryman for the first time. In Cork an operative baker who does not belong to the union.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
4. slang
a professional cricketer during his first season. From the best colts in the annual match are selected new county players.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
5. slang
to fine a new juryman a sum to be spent in drink, by way of “wetting” his office; to make a person free of a new place, which is done by his standing treat, and submitting to be struck on the sole of the foot with a piece of board.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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