colt : Idioms & Phrases


Colt's tooth

  • an imperfect or superfluous tooth in young horses.
Webster 1913

Summer colt

  • the undulating state of the air near the surface of the ground when heated. Eng.
Webster 1913

To cast one's colt's tooth

  • to cease from youthful wantonness. "Your colt's tooth is not cast yet." Shak.
Webster 1913

To have a colt's tooth

  • to be wanton. Chaucer.
Webster 1913