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colt's evil

colt's evil is the alternative form of colt evil.

Meaning of colt evil

Noun

colt evil (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A swelling in the genitals of horses.
    • The Colt-evil is a continued Stiffness in a Horse's Yard, and is so call'd, because it is a Disease incident to Colts, and is brought upon them by having full Liberty with Mares while they are not able to cover them […]1722, William Gibson, chapter XLV, in The Farrier's New Guide, 3rd edition
  2. (broadly, obsolete) Priapism.
    • young folks most apt to love, and by their good wills, saith Lucian, ‘would have a bout with every one they see’: the colt's evil is common to all complexions.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III...

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Colt's evil is the alternative form of colt evil.

Words near colt's evil in the dictionary

  1. Colston Bassett
  2. Colstons
  3. Colstrip
  4. colt
  5. colt evil
  6. colt's evil
  7. colt's feet
  8. colt's foot
  9. colt's foots
  10. colt's teeth
  11. colt's tooth

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