Webster's Dictionary 1913

5347

Cold (3)

Cold, v. i. To become cold. Chaucer.

5348

Cold wave

Cold″ wave″. (Meteor.) In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16° in twenty-four hours...

5349

Cold-blooded

Cold″–blood′ed (?), a. 1. Having cold blood; — said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.2. Deficient in sensibility or feeling; ...

5350

Cold-hearted

Cold″–heart′ed (?), a. Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.— Cold″–heart′ed‐ness, n.

5351

Cold-short

Cold″–short′ (?), a. Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.

5352

Cold-short (2)

Cold″–short′, a. [Prob. fr. Sw. kallskör; kall cold + skör brittle. Oxf. E. D.] (Metal.) Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat). — Cold″–short′ness, n.

5353

Cold-shut

Cold″–shut′ (?), a.(Metal.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; — said of a forging or casting. — n. An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.

5354

Coldfinch

Cold″finch′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A British wagtail.

5355

Coldish

Cold″ish (?), a. Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.

5356

Coldly

Cold″ly, adv. In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference; calmly.Withdraw unto some private place,And reason coldly of your grievances.Shak.

5357

Coldness

Cold″ness, n. The state or quality of being cold.

5358

Cole

Cole (kōl), n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. καυλόσ. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.) A ...

5359

Colegoose

Cole″goose′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Coalgoose.

5360

Colemanite

Cole″man‐ite (?), n. [From W.T. Coleman of San Francisco.] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern Califo...

5361

Colemouse

Cole″mouse′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Coletit.

5362

Coleopter

Co′le‐op″ter (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Coleoptera.

5363

Coleoptera

‖Co′le‐op″te‐ra (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are memb...

5364

Coleopteral

{ Co′le‐op″ter‐al (?), Co′le‐op″ter‐ous (?) } a.(Zoöl.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.

5365

Coleopteran

Co′le‐op″ter‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the order of Coleoptera.

5366

Coleopterist

Co′le‐op″ter‐ist, n. One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.

5367

Coleorhiza

‖Co′le‐o‐rhi″za (?), n. A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle. Gray.

5368

Coleperch

Cole″perch′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A kind of small black perch.

5369

Colera

Col″e‐ra (?), n. [L. cholera. See Choler.] Bile; choler. Chaucer.

5370

Coleridgian

Cole‐ridg″i‐an (?), a. Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics.

5371

Coleseed

Cole″seed′ (?), n. The common rape or cole.

5372

Coleslaw

Cole″slaw′ (?), n. [D. kool slaa cabbage salad.] A salad made of sliced cabbage.

5373

Colestaff

Cole″staff′ (?), n. See Colstaff.