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Foal

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Foaln. [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw. f, Gr. pw^los, L. pullus a young animal. Cf. Filly, Poultry, Pullet.].
     The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidæ); a colt; a filly.  [1913 Webster]
Foal teeth (Zoöl.), the first set of teeth of a horse. -- In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mare or she ass.
Foalv. t. 
     To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.  [1913 Webster]
Foalv. i. 
     To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Foal, n. & v.
--n. the young of a horse or related animal.
--v.tr. (of a mare etc.) give birth to (a foal).

Idiom
in (or with) foal (of a mare etc.) pregnant.
Etymology
OE fola f. Gmc: cf. FILLY

THESAURUS

Foal

Houyhnhnm, be confined, bear, bear a child, bear young, birdling, brood mare, calf, calve, cast, catling, charger, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, courser, critter, cub, dobbin, dogie, drop, duckling, entire, entire horse, equine, farrow, fawn, filly, fledgling, fryer, gelding, give birth, gosling, have, have a baby, have young, horse, kid, kit, kitten, labor, lamb, lambkin, lie in, litter, mare, mount, nag, nest, nestling, piglet, pigling, polliwog, prancer, pullet, pup, puppy, shoat, stallion, steed, stud, studhorse, tadpole, tarpan, throw, top horse, travail, war-horse, weaner, whelp, wild horse, yean, yeanling

ROGET THESAURUS

Foal

Infant

N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.

Carrier

N carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer, cargador, express, expressman, stevedore, coolie, conductor, locomotive, motor, beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer, racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse, ketch, Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie, garran, garron, jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding, bronco, broncho, cayuse, creature, critter, cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler, stud, Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante, ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, burro, cuddy, ladino, reindeer, camel, dromedary, llama, elephant, carrier pigeon, pallet, brace, cart, dolley, support, fork lift, carriage, ship, equine, asinine.


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