colt-evil ? Obs.
A swelling in the sheath of the penis and adjacent parts, incident to horses. Also transf. priapism.
| c 1460 Play Sacram. 615 The Coltugll [? euyll] & y⊇ brostyn men he wyll undertak. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §101 Coltes euyl is an yll disease, and commeth of ranknes of nature and bloudde. 1607 Topsell Serpents (1608) 662 Being frolike above measure [he] supposed it to be the operation of his medicine that caused this colt-evil. 1741 Compl. Fam.-Piece iii. 460 For the Colt Evil, take the Powder of Anniseeds, and the Leaves of Betony. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Colt evil, a disease incident both to horses and geldings. |