PONY (from the Lowland Scots powney, probably from 0. Fr. pouleriet, diminutive of poulain, a colt or foal; Late Lat. pullanus, Lat. pullus, a young animal)

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PONY (from the Lowland Scots powney, probably from 0. Fr. pouleriet, diminutive of poulain, a colt or foal; Late Lat. pullanus, Lat. pullus, a young animal) , a

horse

HORSE (a word common to
Teutonic
- TEUTONIC
- TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
languages
- LANGUAGES
in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

of a small breed, sometimes confined to such as do not exceed 13 hands in height, but generally applied to any

horse

HORSE (a word common to
Teutonic
- TEUTONIC
- TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
languages
- LANGUAGES
in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

under 14 hands (see HORSE). The word is of frequent use as a

slang

SLANG

terme.g. for a sum of 25; for a liquor measure or glass containing less than a

half

HALF

pint

PINT (derived probably through Spanish, from Lat. pincta, pitta, a painted or marked vessel)

; and in

America

AMERICA

for a literal

translation

TRANSLATION

of a

foreign

FOREIGN

or classical author, a "

crib

CRIB (a word common to some Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch krib and Ger. Krippe; it has a common origin with the O. Eng. " cratch," a manger or crib, cf. Fr. creche)

."

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