Colt vs Coly - What's the difference?
colt | coly |
A young male horse.
A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
* 1594 , , I. ii. 38:
(nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
(obsolete) To horse; to get with young.
* 1610 , , II. iv. 133:
(obsolete) To befool.
* 1594 , , II. ii. 36:
To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
* Spenser
Any bird of either of the genera Colius'' or ''Urocolius , endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
* 1983 , Oliver Luther Austin, Birds of the World ,
* 1999 , Michael A. Mares, Mousebird'', entry in ''Encyclopedia of Deserts ,
As nouns the difference between colt and coly
is that colt is a young male horse while coly is any bird of either of the genera colius'' or ''urocolius , endemic to sub-saharan africa.As a verb colt
is (obsolete|transitive) to horse; to get with young.colt
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Derived terms
* colt's toothSee also
* stallion, mare, foal, filly, horselingVerb
(en verb)- Never talk on't: / She hath been colted by him.
- What a plague mean ye to colt me thus?
- They shook off their bridles and began to colt .
Anagrams
*coly
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(wikipedia coly) (Coliidae)Noun
(colies)page 63,
- First, their feathers grow continuously over their bodies without the bare spaces (apteria) between tracts most other birds have. This condition is shared only by the ostrich, the penguins, and the colies .
page 378,
- Coliiformes is the only order of birds endemic to Africa. Six species from two genera (Urocolius'' and ''Colius ) are recognized, all of which are sedentary. Mousebirds (also known as colies ) range through sub-Saharan open savannas and are often common in such areas.
