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名詞

colt evil (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A swelling in the genitals of horses.
   • 1722, William Gibson, The Farrier's New Guide, 3rd edition, chapter XLV:

     The Colt-evil is a continued Stiffness in a Horse's Yard, and is so call'd, because it is a Disease incident to Colts, and is brought upon them by having full Liberty with Mares while they are not able to cover them […]

   • 1838, R Bowers, A Modern and Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horses:

     The Colt Evil chiefly affects young stoned colts, which have full liberty with mares before they are able to cover them.

2. (obsolete, by extension) Priapism.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition III, section 2, member 2, subsection i:

     young folks most apt to love, and by their good wills, saith Lucian, ‘would have a bout with every one they see’: the colt's evil is common to all complexions.