Brewer's: Colt

(A). A piece of knotted rope eighteen inches long for the special benefit of ship boys; a cat-o'-nine-tails.

“Look alive there, lads, or as sure as my name is Sam Weston I'll give the colt to the last man off the deck.” —J. Grant: Dick Rodney, chap. vii.

Colt

(A). A barrister who attends a sergeant-at-law at his induction.

“I accompanied the newly-made Chief Baron as his colt.” —Pollock.

“Then Mr. Railey, his colt, delivered his ring to the Lord Chancellor.” —Wynne.

Colt

(To). To befool, to gull. (Italian, colto, cheated, befooled.)

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