colt

colt

1. urospuolinen varsa, orivarsa

Liittyvät sanat: filly

Synonyymisanakirja

colt

Colt.

Englannin sanakirja

colt (englanti > suomi)

1. varsa, orivarsa

colt englanniksi

1. A young male horse.

2. A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.

3. 1594, w: William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s: The Merchant of Venice|The Merchant of Venice, I. ii. 38:

Ay, that's a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but / talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation to / his own good parts that he can shoe him himself.

4. puhekieltä A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.

5. puhekieltä To horse; to get with young.

6. 1610, w: William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s: The Tragedy of Cymbeline|The Tragedy of Cymbeline, II. iv. 133:

Never talk on't: / She hath been colted by him.

7. puhekieltä To befool.

8. 1594, w: William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s: The First Part of King Henry the Fourth|Henry IV, Part 1, II. ii. 36:

What a plague mean ye to colt me thus?

9. To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.

10. Spenser

They shook off their bridles and began to colt.

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