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Colt
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(quote-book)|chapter=XXII|passage=The petty vices of boys are like the innocent kicks of colts, as yet imperfectly broken.
A young crane (bird).
A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
(RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice)
A professional cricketer during his first season.
{{quote-text|en|year=1882|title=The Downside Review|volume=1|page=287
A short piece of rope once used by officers as an instrument of punishment.
A weapon formed by slinging a small shot to the end of a somewhat stiff piece of rope.
(RQ:Shakespeare Cymbeline)
To befool.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1)
To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
(RQ:Spenser Ireland)
To haze (a new recruit), as by charging a new juryman a "fine" to be spent on alcoholic drink, or by striking the sole of his foot with a board, etc.
{{quote-journal|en|year=1849|journal=The Lancet|page=53
{{quote-journal|en|year=1923|journal=Notes and Queries|page=153
Colt (gun)
A human child.
colt (gloss)