The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 298
Col"lop (?) , n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow, stroke, piece, F. coup , fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. <?/] [Written also colp .] 1. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
God knows thou art a collop of my flesh. Shak.
Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked. Dryden.
2. A part or piece of anything; a portion.
Cut two good collops out of the crown land. Fuller.
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Col"loped (?) , a. Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.
With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain. R. Browning.
Collophore <Xpage=279>
Col"lo*phore (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ glue + <?/ to bear.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. (b) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.
Colloquial <Xpage=279>
Col*lo"qui*al (?) , a. [See Colloqui .] Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. -- Col*lo"qui*al*ly , adv.
His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order. Macaulay.
Colloquialism <Xpage=279>
Col*lo"qui*al*ism (?) , n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.
Colloquialize <Xpage=279>
Col*lo"qui*al*ize (?) , v. t. To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing .
Colloquist <Xpage=279>
Col"lo*quist (?) , n. A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue.
Malone.
Colloquy <Xpage=279>
Col"lo*quy (?) , n. ; pl. Colloquies (#) . [L. colloquium . See Collocution .] 1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.
They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood.
2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
Collow <Xpage=279>
Col"low (?) , n. Soot; smut. See 1st Colly . [Obs.]
Colluctancy <Xpage=279>
Col*luc"tan*cy (?) , n. [L. colluctari to struggle with.] A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. [Obs.]
Colluctation <Xpage=279>
Col`luc*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. colluctatio , fr. colluctari to struggle with; col- + luctari to struggle.] A struggling; a contention. [Obs.]
Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins. Dr. H. More.
Collude <Xpage=279>
Col*lude" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Colluded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding .] [L. colludere , -lusum ; col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous .] To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. Burke.
Colluder <Xpage=279>
Col*lud"er (?) , n. One who conspires in a fraud.
Collum <Xpage=279>
Col"lum (?) , n. ; pl. Colla (#) . [L., neck.]
1. (Anat.) A neck or cervix.
Dunglison.
2. (Bot.) Same as Collar .
Gray.
Collusion <Xpage=279>
Col*lu"sion (?) , n. [L. collusio : cf. F. collusion . See Collude .] 1. A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
The foxe, maister of collusion . Spenser.
That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion . Atterbury.
By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive. Swift.
2. (Law) An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.
Bouvier. Abbott.
Syn. -- Collusion , Connivance . A person who is guilty of connivance intentionally overlooks, and thus sanctions what he was bound to prevent. A person who is guilty of collusion unites with others (playing into their hands) for fraudulent purposes.
Collusive <Xpage=279>
Col*lu"sive (?) , a. 1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion. " Collusive and sophistical arguings." J. Trapp. " Collusive divorces." Strype.
2. Acting in collusion. " Collusive parties ." Burke.
-- Col*lu"sive*ly , adv. -- Col*lu"sive*ness , n.
Collusory <Xpage=279>
Col*lu"so*ry (?) , a. [L. collusorius .] Collusive.
Collutory <Xpage=279>
Col"lu*to*ry (?) , n. [L. colluere , collutum , to wash.] (Med.) A medicated wash for the mouth.
Colly <Xpage=279>
Col"ly (?) , n. [From Coal .] The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.]
Burton.
Colly <Xpage=279>
Col"ly , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Collied (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Collying .] To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.]
Thou hast not collied thy face enough. B. Jonson.
Brief as the lighting in the collied night. Shak.
Colly <Xpage=279>
Col"ly (?) , n. A kind of dog. See Collie .
Collybist <Xpage=279>
Col"ly*bist (?) , n. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ a small coin.] A money changer. [Obs.]
In the face of these guilty collybists . Bp. Hall.
Collyrium <Xpage=279>
Col*lyr"i*um (?) , n. ; pl. E. Collyriums (#) , L. Collyria (#) . [L., fr. Gr. <?/.] (Med.) An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.
Colocolo <Xpage=279>
Col`o*co"lo (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A South American wild cat ( Felis colocolo ), of the size of the ocelot.
Colocynth <Xpage=279>
Col"ocynth (?) , n. [L. colocynthis , Gr. <?/. Cf. Coloquintida .] (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber ( Citrullus, ∨ Cucumis, colocynthis ), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple , bitter cucumber , bitter gourd .
Colocynthin <Xpage=279>
Col`o*cyn"thin (?) , n. [Cf. F. colocynthine .] (Chem.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
Cologne <Xpage=279>
Co*logne" (?) , n. [Originally made in Cologne , the French name of K\'94ln, a city in Germany.] A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne .
Cologne earth <Xpage=279>
Co*logne" earth` (?) . [From Cologne the city.] (Min.) An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
Colombier <Xpage=279>
Col"om*bier (?) , n. [F.] A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper .
Colombin <Xpage=279>
Co*lom"bin (?) , n. (Chem.) See Calumbin .
Colombo <Xpage=279>
Co*lom"bo (?) , n. (Med.) See Calumba .
Colon <Xpage=279>
Co"lon (?) , n. [L. colon , colum , limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. <?/, and in sense of the intestine, <?/: cf. F. colon . Cf. Colic .] 1. (Anat.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the c\'91cum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion .]
2. (Gram.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
Colonel <Xpage=279>
Colo"nel (?) , n. [F. colonel , It. colonello , prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna . See Column .] (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Colonelcy <Xpage=279>
Colo"nel*cy (?) , n. (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.
Colonelship <Xpage=279>
Colo"nel*ship , n. Colonelcy.
Swift.
Coloner <Xpage=279>
Col"o*ner (?) , n. A colonist. [Obs.]
Holland
Colonial <Xpage=279>
Co*lo"ni*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. colonial .] Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars .
Colonical <Xpage=279>
Co*lon"i*cal (?) , a. [L. colonus husbandman.] Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]
Colonist <Xpage=279>
Col"o*nist (?) , n. A member or inhabitant of a colony.
Colonitis <Xpage=279>
Col`o*ni"tis (?) , n. (Med.) See Colitis .
Colonization <Xpage=279>
Col`o*ni*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. colonisation .] Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.
The wide continent of America invited colonization . Bancroft.
Colonizationist <Xpage=279>
Col`o*ni*za"tion*ist , n. A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.
Colonize <Xpage=279>
Col"o*nize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Colonized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing .] [Cf. F. coloniser .] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.
Bacon.
They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.
Colonize <Xpage=279>
Col"o*nize , v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.
C. Buchanan.
Colonizer <Xpage=279>
Col"o*ni`zer (?) , n. One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist.
Bancroft.
Colonnade <Xpage=279>
Col`on*nade" (?) , n. [F. colonnade , It. colonnata , fr. colonna column. See Colonel .] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
&hand; When in front of a building, it is called a portico ; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle .
Colony <Xpage=279>
Col"o*ny (?) , n. ; pl. Colonies (#) . [L. colonia , fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie . Cf. Culture .] 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America .
The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames.
2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris .
4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
Colophany <Xpage=279>
Col"o*pha`ny (? ∨ ?) , n. See Colophony .
Colophene <Xpage=279>
Co"lo*phene (? ∨ ?) , n. (Chem.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene .
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Colophon <Xpage=280>
Col"o*phon (?) , n. [L. colophon finishing stroke, Gr. <?/; cf. L. culmen top, collis hill. Cf. Holm .] An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.
The colophon , or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. De Morgan.
The book was uninjured from title page to colophon . Sir W. Scott.
Colophonite <Xpage=280>
Col"o*pho*nite (? ∨ ?) , n. [Cf. F. colophonite . So named from its resemblance to the color of colophony .] (Min.) A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
Colophony <Xpage=280>
Col"o*pho`ny (? ∨ ?; 277) , n. [Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/ resin, gum) resin, fr. <?/ of or from Colophon in Ionia.] Rosin.
Coloquintida <Xpage=280>
Col`o*quin"ti*da (?) , n. See Colocynth .
Shak.
Color <Xpage=280>
Col"or (?) , n. [Written also colour .] [OF. color , colur , colour , F. couleur , L. color ; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See Helmet .] 1. A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors ; sad colors , etc.
&hand; The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which rays of light produce different effects according to the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White, or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which fall upon them.
2. Any hue distinguished from white or black.
3. The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.
Give color to my pale cheek. Shak.
4. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors .
5. That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. Acts xxvii. 30.
That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. Shak.
6. Shade or variety of character; kind; species.
Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color . Shak.
7. A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).
In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors , one national and one regimental. Farrow.
8. (Law) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.
Blackstone.
&hand; Color is express when it is asverred in the pleading, and implied when it is implied in the pleading.
Body color . See under Body . -- Color blindness , total or partial inability to distinguish or recognize colors. See Daltonism . -- Complementary color , one of two colors so related to each other that when blended together they produce white light; -- so called because each color makes up to the other what it lacks to make it white. Artificial or pigment colors, when mixed, produce effects differing from those of the primary colors, in consequence of partial absorption. -- Of color (as persons, races, etc.), not of the white race; -- commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. -- Primary colors , those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, -- red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors . -- Subjective ∨ Accidental color , a false or spurious color seen in some instances, owing to the persistence of the luminous impression upon the retina, and a gradual change of its character, as where a wheel perfectly white, and with a circumference regulary subdiveded, is made to revolve rapidly over a dark object, the teeth, of the wheel appear to the eye of different shades of color varying with the rapidity of rotation. See Accidental colors , under Accidental .
Color <Xpage=280>
Col"or (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Colored (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coloring .] [F. colorer .] 1. To change or alter the bue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to aint; to stain.
The rays, to speak properly, are not colored ; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color. Sir I. Newton.
2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices .
He colors the falsehood of \'92neas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. Dryden.
3. To hide. [Obs.]
That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. Spenser.
Color <Xpage=280>
Col"or , v. i. To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
Colorable <Xpage=280>
Col"or*a*ble (?) , a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. " Colorable pretense for infidility."
Bp. Stillingfleet.
-- Col"or*a*ble*ness , n. -- Col"or*a*bly , adv.
Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.
Colorado beetle <Xpage=280>
Col`o*ra"do bee"tle (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A yellowish beetle ( Doryphora decemlineata ), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug . See Potato beetle .
Colorado group <Xpage=280>
Col`o*ra"do group (?) . (Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.
Coloradoite <Xpage=280>