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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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Cŏl'lo-cā'tion, n. p. 251The act of placing; disposition in place; as, the collocation of words. Harris. 2. The state of being placed, or placed with something else. Bacon.Cŏl·lo-cū'tion, n. p. 251A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse. [Obs.] Bailey.Cŏl·lo·cū'tor, n. p. 251One of the speakers in a dialogue. [Obs.] Derham.Col-lō'di-on, n. p. 251(Chem.) A solution of gun-cotton in ether. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons to close up wounds. It is also employed in photography. R. Hunt.Col-lō'di-on-ize, v. t. p. 251To prepare or treat with collodion. R. Hunt.Col-lōgue', v. t. p. 251To address with coaxing or flattery.Col·lōgue', v. i. p. 251To talk closely; to confer; to converse, especially with deceitful or delusive intentions. [Obs. or rare.] Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter; Colloque with her again, and all shall be well.…Col-loid', n. p. 251(Med.) Resembling glue or jelly; as, colloid tumors.Cŏl'lop, n. p. 251A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh. God knows thou art a collop of my flesh, And for thy sake I have shed many a tear. Shak. Sweetbreads and collops were with skewers pricked. Dryden. 2. A part…Col-lō'qui-al, a. p. 251Pertaining to, or employed in, common conversation, as distinguished from formal or elegant discourse. His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order. Macaulay.Col-lō'qui-al-ism, n. p. 251A colloquial form of expression.Col-lō'qui-al-ly, adv. p. 251By mutual conversation.Cŏl'lo-quist, n. p. 251A speaker in a dialogue. Malone.Cŏl'lo-quy, n. p. 252The mutual discourse of two or more; conference; dialogue. Milton.Cōl'lōw, n. & v. p. 252See COLLY.Col·lūc'tan-cy, n. p. 252A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. [Obs.]Cŏl'lūc-tā'tion, n. p. 252A struggling to resist; contest; resistance; opposition. [Obs.] “Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins.” Henry More.Col·lūde', v. i. p. 252To play into the hands of each other; to conspire in a fraud; to act in concert. If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. Burke.Col-lūd'er, n. p. 252One who conspires in a fraud.Col·lū'sion, n. p. 252A secret agreement and co-operation for a fraudulent purpose; deceit; fraud. By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price…Col-lū'sive, a. p. 252Fraudulently concerted; deceitful; tricky; as, a collusive agreement. “Collusive divorces.” Strype.Col-lū'sive-ly, adv. p. 252By collusion; by secret agreement to defraud.Col-lū'sive-ness, n. p. 252The quality of being collusive.Col-lū'so-ry, a. p. 252Characterized by collusion; collusive.Col-lū'vi-ēs, n. sing. & pl. p. 252A mixed mass of refuse matter; filth.Cōl'ly, n. p. 252The black grime or soot of coal or burnt wood. [Written also collow.] Burton.Cŏl'ly, v. t. p. 252To render black or dark, as if with coal smut. Nor hast thou collied thy face enough. B. Jonson. Brief as the lightning in the collied night. Shak.Cōl'ly, n. p. 252A variety of dog much esteemed by Scotch shepherds. [Written also collie.]Cōl'ly-bist, n. p. 252One who changes money; a money-broker. [Obs.] “In the faces of these guilty collybists.” Bp. Hall.Col-lȳr'i-ūm, n. p. 252(Med.) (a.) A preparation of medicine in a solid state, having a long and cylindrical form, designed to be inserted into some of the openings of the body, as the nostrils. [Obs.] (b.) An application…Cōl'o-cynth, n. p. 252(Med.) The coloquintida, or bitter apple of the shops; the spongy part or pith of the fruit of a species of cucumber (Cucumis colocynthis). It has a bitter, nauseous, and acrimonious taste, and is a…Cōl'o-gynth'ine, n. p. 252(Chem.) The active medicinal principle of the colocynth. Gregory.Co·lōgne', n. p. 252A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol, and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet;—so called because originally made in Cologne.Co-lōgne'-ēarth, n. p. 252(Min.) An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal. Dana.Cō'lon, n. p. 252(Anat.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the cœcum to the rectum. [See Illust. of Digestion.] Dunglison. 2. (Gram.) A point or character formed thus [:], marking a pause greater…Co-lōne', n. p. 252A clown; a rustic. [Obs.] “A country colone toil and moil.” Burton.Colonel, n. p. 252(Mil.) The chief commander of a regiment of troops; the officer next below a brigadier-general.Colonel, v. i. p. 252To play the colonel; to rove about as a knight-errant. [Low.] When he forsook the peaceful dwelling, And out he went a coloneling. Hudibras.Colonel-cy or Colonel-ship, n. p. 252(Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.Cōl'o-ner, n. p. 252A colonist. [Obs.] Holland.Co-lō'ni-al, a. p. 252Pertaining to a colony; as, colonial government. “A passion for colonial traffic.” Macaulay.Co-lōn'i-al, a. p. 252Of, or pertaining to, husbandmen. [Obs.] Colonial services were those which were done by ceorls or socmen (that is, husbandmen) to their lords of all sorts. Spelman.Cōl'o-nist, n. p. 252A member or inhabitant of a colony.Cōl'o-nī'tis, n. p. 252(Med.) Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the colon; dysentery; colitis.Cōl'o-ni-zā'tion, n. p. 252The act of colonizing, or state of being colonized. The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.Cŏl'o-ni-zā'tion-ist, n. p. 252A friend to colonization, particularly to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.Cŏl'o-nīze, v. t. p. 252To plant or establish a colony in; to people by colonies. Bacon.Cŏl'o-nīze, v. i. p. 252To remove and settle in a distant country; as, to colonize in India. Buchanan.Cŏl'on-nāde', n. p. 252(Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals. ☞ When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building, a peristyle; when the rows of columns are double…Cōl'o-ny, n. p. 252A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state, or their descendants, so long as they remain…Cōl'o-phā'ny, n. p. 252See COLOPHONY.Cōl'o-phēne, n. p. 252(Chem.) A viscid, colorless, oily liquid, obtained by distilling oil of turpentine with concentrated sulphuric acid.Cōl'o-phon, n. p. 252An inscription on the last page of a book, used before title-pages were introduced, and in some cases afterward, containing the place or year, or both, of its publication, the printer’s name, &c.Cŏl'o-pho-nīte or Co-lŏph'o-nīte, n. p. 252(Min.) A coarsely granular variety of garnet, of a resinous luster, and a reddish-yellow or brown color. Dana.Cōl'o-phō'ny or Cō-lōph'o-ny, n. p. 252The dark-colored resin obtained by the distillation of turpentine. Brande.Cōl'o-quin'ti-da, n. p. 252(Med.) The pith of the fruit of a species of cucumber. See COLOCYNTH.Cȯl'or, n. p. 252A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which the mind is capable of distinguishing individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects which are apprehended in…Cȯl'or, v. t. p. 252To change or alter the hue or tint of a body by dyeing, painting, or the like; to give color to, as to that which is colorless, or white; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain. The rays, to speak…Cȯl'or, v. i. p. 252To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.Cȯl'or-a-ble, a. p. 252Designed to cover or conceal; specious; plausible; giving an appearance of right or justice. “Colorable pretense for infidelity.” Stillingfleet. “Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken…