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st thou . . . loose the bands of Orion Job. xxxviii. 31. Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. Matt. xxi. 2.

bers. I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. Shak. Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot (Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Dr. Prior.

To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. Some wild colt, which . . . flings and plunges. Bp. Hall.

y; herd; breed. For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds. Shak .

tion of Skimming and Skimmed. Skim coat, the final or finishing coat of plaster. -- Skim colter, a colter for paring off the surface of land. -- Skim milk, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken.

Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." L'Estrange.

A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]

Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other.

Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.

A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing. She sprung as a colt doth in the trave. Chaucer.

Never mounted by a rider; unbroken. "Unbacked colts." Shak.

Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.

Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed. [Obs.] Suckling.

The thin, sharp part of a colter.

Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons. [Colloq.]

A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.