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Webster 1913 Edition

Foal

Foal

(fōl)
,
Noun.
[OE.
fole
, AS.
fola
; akin to OHG.
folo
, G.
fohlen
, Goth.
fula
, Icel.
foli
, Sw.
fåle
, Gr.
πῶλος
, L.
pullus
a young animal. Cf.
Filly
,
Poultry
,
Pullet
.]
(Zoö.)
The young of any animal of the Horse family
(Equidæ)
; a colt; a filly.
Foal teeth
(Zool.)
,
the first set of teeth of a horse.
–
In foal
,
With foal
,
being with young; pregnant; – said of a mare or she ass.

Foal

(fōl)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Foaled
(fōld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Foaling
.]
To bring forth (a colt); – said of a mare or a she ass.

Foal

(fōl)
,
Verb.
I.
To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foal

FOAL

,
Noun.
[L. pullus; Gr. The primary sense of the verb is to shoot, to cast or throw, to fall. The same verb in Heb. signifies to unite, to fasten. The verb belongs probably to the root of Eng. fall and foul with a different prefix. Foal is literally a shoot, issue, or that which is cast, or which falls.]
The young of the equine genus of quadrupeds and of either sex; a colt; a filly.

FOAL

,
Verb.
T.
To bring forth a colt or filly; to bring forth young as a mare or a she-ass.

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