colterneb (kolterneb)

The puffin, Frater cula arctic a: so named from the shape of its beak (neb). colt-evil (kōlt'ē"vl), n. A swelling in the sheath, a distemper to which young horses are liable. [ coltish (kōl'tish), a . -ish1.] 1. Like a colt. He looked neither heavy nor yet adroit, only leggy, coltish, and in the road. The Century , XXVII. 184. 2. Frisky; gay; wanton; licentious. Chaucer. Plato I read for nought, but if he tame Such coltish years. Sir P. Sidney (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 513). coltishly (kōl'tish-li), adv . In the manner of a colt; wantonly.