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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Coix, n. p. 249(Bot.) A genus of grasses of the tropics; Job's-tears.Co-join', v. t. p. 249To join with another in the same office. [Rare.] Shak.Co-jū'ror, n. p. 249One who swears to another's credibility. Welton.Cōke, n. p. 249Mineral coal charred, or deprived by fire of its bitumen, sulphur, or other extraneous or volatile matter, and thus prepared for use in furnaces, in the reduction of ores and other purposes. [Written…Cōke, v. t. p. 249To convert into coke.Cō'ker-nūt, n. p. 249(Com.) The cocoa-nut. ☞ This mode of spelling cocoa-nut was introduced by the London custom-house in order to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner…Cŏl'an-der, n. p. 249A vessel with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquors. First an osier colander provide Of twigs thick wrought (such toiling peasants twine When through strait passages they strain…Co-lā'tion, n. p. 249The act of straining or purifying liquor by passing it through a perforated vessel. [Rare.]Cō-lāt'i-tūde, n. p. 249The complement of the latitude, or the difference between this and ninety degrees.Côl'a-tūre, n. p. 249The act of straining, or the matter strained. [Rare.]Cŏl'ber-tine, n. p. 249A kind of lace. [Obs.] “Pinners edged with colbertine.” Swift. Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine. Young.Cŏl'chi·cine, n. p. 249(Chem.) A vegetable alkaloid found in Colchicum autumnale. It is bitter and very poisonous. Gregory.Cōl'chi·cum, n. p. 249(Bot.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron. ☞ From the bulbs of the Colchicum autumnale a medicine is prepared, which is used as a remedy for…Cōl'eo-thar, n. p. 249(Chem.) The brown-red oxide of iron which remains after the calcination of the sulphate of iron; — used for polishing glass and other substances; called by artists crocus, or crocus martis. Ure.cōld, a. p. 249Deprived of heat; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. “The snowy top of cold Olympus.” Milton. 2. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.…Cōld, n. p. 250The absence of warmth; privation of heat. The sun Had first his precept so to move, so shine, As might affect the earth with cold and heat. Milton. 2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat…Cold'-blood'ed, a. p. 250Having cold blood. 2. Without sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.Cold'-chis'el, n. p. 250A chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. Weale.Cōld'-finch, n. p. 250(Ornith.) A species of Motacilla, a bird frequenting the west of England; — called also wagtail.Cōld'-heärt'ed, a. p. 250Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.Cōld'-heärt'ed-ness, n. p. 250Want of feeling or sensibility.Cold'ish, a. p. 250Somewhat cold.Cōld'ly, adv. p. 250In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference. Either withdraw into some private place Or reason coldly of your grievances. Shak.Cōld'ness, n. p. 250The quality of being cold; want of heat; as, the coldness of water or air. 2. Want of zeal, animation, passion, &c.; unconcern; indifference; as, to receive one with coldness. 3. Freedom from sensual…Cōld'-shōrt, a. p. 250Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.Cōle, n. p. 250(Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or cabbage family; especially the species (B. napus) called also rape, and cole-seed, which does not head like the cabbage.Cō-lēg'a-tee', n. p. 250One who is legatee with another.Cōle'-mouse, n. p. 250See COAL-MOUSE.Cōlĕ-ŏph'yl-loŭs or Cōlĕ-o-phŷl'loŭs, a. p. 250(Bot.) Having the leaves inclosed in a sheath.Cōle-òp'ter-ă, n. pl. p. 250(Entom.) An order of insects having four wings, the upper pair of which are hard and horny, and serve as coverings for the lower pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others…Cōl-e-öp'ter-al or Cōl-e-öp'ter-oŭs, a. p. 250Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the coleoptera.Cō'le-ŏp'ter-an, n. p. 250One of the order of coleoptera.Cō'le-ōp'ter-ist, n. p. 250One versed in the study of coleopterous insects.Cōle'-pērch, n. p. 250A small fish, less than the common perch.Cō'-les-see', n. p. 250A partner in a lease taken.Co-lēs'sor, n. p. 250A partner in giving a lease.Cōle'-stăff, n. p. 250A strong staff or pole on which two men carry a burden between them. See COLSTAFF.Eōl'et or Eōl'let, n. p. 250An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See ACOLYTE.Cōle'-wort, n. p. 250(Bot.) A distinct species of cabbage, characterized as not having a firm head. [Obs.] 2. A cabbage cut young, or before the head becomes firm.Cŏl'ic, n. p. 250(Med.) An acute pain in the abdomen or bowels, growing more severe at intervals. Dunglison.Cŏl'ic or Cŏl'ic-al, a. p. 250Affecting the bowels. Milton.Cŏl'ick-y, a. p. 250Pertaining to colic.Cōl'in, n. p. 250(Ornith.) The American partridge, Perdix Virginianus or Ortyx Virginianus. Baird.Cōl'i-sē'um, n. p. 250The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also colosseum.]Co-lī'tis, n. p. 250See COLONITIS.Cŏll, v. t. p. 250To embrace. [Obs.] In heart and work they coll and kiss him. Latimer.Col-lāb'e-fac'tion, n. p. 250A wasting away; decline; decay. [Obs.] Blount.Col-lāb'o-rā'tion, n. p. 250United labor.Col-lāb'o-rā'tor, n. p. 250An associate in labor, especially literary or scientific.Col-lāpse', v. i. p. 250To fall together suddenly, as the two sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to shrink up; as, a tube in a steam-boiler collapses.Col-läpse', n. p. 250A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. 2. (Med.) A sudden falling of the vital powers, as at the beginning or close of a disease. Dunglison.Col-lāp’sion, n. p. 250A state of falling together; a state of closing or shrinking.Cŏl'lar, n. p. 250Any thing worn round the neck as part of a person's dress, or an animal's harness; a necklace for ornament or restraint; as, the collar of a coat; a dog's collar; a gold collar. 2. (Arch.) (a.) A…cŏl'lar, v. t. p. 250To seize by the collar. 2. To put a collar on. To collar beef, or other meat, to roll it up, and bind it close with a string. [Eng.]Cŏl'lar-age, n. p. 250A tax or fine laid on the collars of horses. [Eng.] Bailey.cŏl'lar-bēam, n. p. 250(Arch.) A horizontal piece of timber connecting and bracing two opposite rafters; — also called simply collar. Gwilt.Cŏl'lar-bōne, n. p. 250(Anat.) The clavicle; a bone shaped like the letter S, and placed transversely at the upper part of the thorax. It is joined at one end to the breast-bone, and at the other to the shoulder-blade.…Cŏl'lar-dāy, n. p. 250A day on which knights appear at court in their collars. Smart.cŏl'lared, a. p. 250Having a collar; ornamented with a collar. 2. Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. Collared eels, eels cooked richly with spices and herbs, the name being derived from the…Col-lāt'a-ble, a. p. 250Capable of being collated.