† coltieadj.

Forms: 1600s–1700s coltie, 1700s colty.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps < colt n.¹ + -y suffix¹, although if so the intended metaphor is unclear.

Obsolete.

(See quot.)

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1684 J. Bobart in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 771 It may be doubted too, whether some of these trees thus liable to the fury of the Frost have not been Coltie?

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Coltie, among the timber merchants, a word used to express a tree which has a defect in some one of its annual circles, which renders it unfit for many of the uses it might have been otherwise fit for..This coltiness might be the occasion of the mischief.

Derivatives

ˈcoltiness n.

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This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	coltie
释义	† coltieadj. Forms: 1600s–1700s coltie, 1700s colty. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps < colt n.¹ + -y suffix¹, although if so the intended metaphor is unclear. Obsolete. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1684 J. Bobart in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 771 It may be doubted too, whether some of these trees thus liable to the fury of the Frost have not been Coltie? 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Coltie, among the timber merchants, a word used to express a tree which has a defect in some one of its annual circles, which renders it unfit for many of the uses it might have been otherwise fit for..This coltiness might be the occasion of the mischief. Derivatives ˈcoltiness n. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Coltie, among the timber merchants, a word used to express a tree which has a defect in some one of its annual circles, which renders it unfit for many of the uses it might have been otherwise fit for..This coltiness might be the occasion of the mischief. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1684
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