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1.
coltish
adj.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Frisky as a colt, playful; (b)
haven a coltish toth
, see
colt
n.
3.
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2.
fōle-fọ̄t
n.
Additional spellings:
folefot
6 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A plant used in medical recipes: coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara
; (b)
middel foles fot
Caltha palustris
;
water fole-fot
,
Nuphar luteum
.
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3.
colt
n.
34 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The young of a horse, ass, or camel;
asse colt, hors colt
; (b)
colt bridel
, the headgear for a colt;
colt halter
, a halter for leading or tying up a colt;
colt haver
, oats for colts; (c)
colt
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4.
colten
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To cave (in).
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5.
polein(e
n.(2)
Additional spellings:
poleine
6 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) In phrases:
polein courser (sted)
, a young horse; (b) ?as surname.
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