COLLUSIVELY
COLLUSIVELY, adverb By collusion; by secret agreement to defraud.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COLLUSIVENESS
COLLUSIVENESS, noun The quality of being collusive.
COLLUSORY
COLLUSORY, adjective Carrying on a fraud by a secret concert; containing collusion.
COLLY
COLLY,COLLOW, noun The black grime or soot of coal or burnt wood.COLLY, verb transitive To make foul; to grime with the smut of coal.
COLLYRITE
COLLYRITE, noun A variety of clay, of a white color, with shades of gray, red, or yellow.
COLLYRIUM
COLLYRIUM, noun Eye-salve; eye-wash; a topical remedy for disorders of the eyes.
COLMAR
COLMAR, noun A sort of pear.
COLOCYNTH
COLOCYNTH, noun The coloquintida, or bitter apple of the shops, a kind of gourd, from Aleppo and from Crete. It contains a bitter pulp, which is a drastic purge.
COLOGNE-EARTH
COLOGNE-EARTH, noun A kind of light bastard ocher, of a deep brown color, not a pure native fossil, but containing more vegetable than mineral matter; supposed to be the remains...
COLOMBO
COLOMBO, noun A root from colombo in Ceylon. Its smell is aromatic, and its taste pungent and bitter. It is much esteemed as a tonic in dyspeptic and bilious diseases.
COLON
COLON, noun1. In anatomy, the largest of the intestines, or rather the largest division of the intestinal canal; beginning at the ceecum, and ascending by the right kidney, it p...
COLONEL
COLONEL, noun The chief commander of a regiment of troops, whether infantry or cavalry. He ranks next below a brigadier-general. In England, colonel-lieutenant is the commander ...
COLONELSHIP
COLONELSHIP, noun The office, rank or commission of a colonel.
COLONIAL
COLONIAL, adjective [See Colony.] Pertaining to a colony; as colonial government; colonial rights.
COLONIST
COLONIST, noun [See Colony.] An inhabitant of a colony.
COLONIZATION
COLONIZATION, noun The act of colonizing, or state of being colonized.
COLONIZE
COLONIZE, verb transitive1. To plant or establish a colony in; to plant or settle a number of the subjects of a kingdom or state in a remote country, for the purpose of cultivat...
COLONIZED
COLONIZED, participle passive Settle or planted with a colony.
COLONIZING
COLONIZING, participle present tense Planting with a colony.COLONIZING, noun The act of establishing a colony.This state paper has been adopted as the basis of all her later col...
COLONNADE
COLONNADE, noun1. In architecture, a peristyle of a circular figure, or a series of columns, disposed in a circle, and insulated within side.2. Any series of range of columns.A ...
COLONY
COLONY, noun1. A company or body of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country to cultivate and inhabit it, and remaining subject to the juris...
COLOPHON
COLOPHON, noun The conclusion of a book, formerly containing the place or year, or both, of its publication.
COLOPHONITE
COLOPHONITE, noun A variety of garnet, of a reddish yellow or brown color, occurring in small amorphous granular masses.
COLOPHONY
COLOPHONY, noun In pharmacy, black resin or turpentine boiled in water and dried; or the residuum, after distillation of the etherial oil of turpentine, being further urged by a...
COLOQUINTIDA
COLOQUINTIDA, noun The colocynth or bitter apple, the fruit of a plant of the genus Cucumis, a native of Syria and of Crete. It is of the size of a large orange, containing a pu...
COLOR
COLOR, noun1. In physics, a property inherent in light, which, by a difference in the rays and the laws of refraction, or some other cause, gives to bodies particular appearance...
COLORABLE
COLORABLE, adverb Speciously; plausibly; with a fair external appearance.