Webster's Dictionary 1913

5455

Collidine

Col″li‐dine (?), n. [Gr. κόλλα glue.] (Chem.) One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil...

5456

Collie

Col″lie (?), n. [Gael. cuilean whelp, puppy, dog.] (Zoöl.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligen...

5457

Collied

Col″lied (?), p. & a. Darkened. See Colly, v. t.

5458

Collier

Col″lier (?), n. [OE. colier. See Coal.] 1. One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.2. A vessel employed in...

5459

Colliery

Col″lier‐y (?), n.; pl.Collieries (#). [Cf. Coalery, Collier.] 1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.2. The coal trade. Johnson.

5460

Colliflower

Col″li‐flow′er (?), n. See Cauliflower.

5461

Colligate

Col″li‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Colligated; p. pr. & vb. n.Colligating.] [L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.] 1. To tie or bind together.The...

5462

Colligate (2)

Col″li‐gate, a. Bound together.

5463

Colligation

Col′li‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. colligatio.] 1. A binding together. Sir T. Browne.2. (Logic) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or sum...

5464

Collimate

Col″li‐mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Collimated; p. p. & vb. n.Collimating.] [See Collimation.] (Physics & Astron.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring in...

5465

Collimation

Col′li‐ma″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. collimation, fr. a false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation.] The act of coll...

5466

Collimator

Col″li‐ma′tor (?), n. 1. (Astron.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol.2. (Optics) A tube having a convex lens...

5467

Collin

Col″lin (?), n. [Gr. κόλλα glue.] A very pure form of gelatin.

5468

Colline

Col″line (?), n. [F. colline, fr. L. collis a hill.] A small hill or mount.And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds.Evelyn.

5469

Collineation

Col‐lin′e‐a″tion (?), n. [L. collineare to direct in a straight line. See Collimation.] The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. Johnson.

5470

Colling

Coll″ing (?), n. [From Coll, v. t.] An embrace; dalliance. Halliwell.

5471

Collingly

Coll″ing‐ly, adv. With embraces. Gascoigne.

5472

Collingual

Col‐lin″gual (?), a. Having, or pertaining to, the same language.

5473

Colliquable

Col‐liq″ua‐ble (?), a. Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. Harvey.

5474

Colliquament

Col‐liq″ua‐ment (?), n. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More.

5475

Colliquate

Col″li‐quate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Colliquated; p. pr. & vb. n.Colliquating.] [Pref. col- + L. liquare, liquatum, to melt.] To change from solid to fluid; to make or beco...

5476

Colliquation

Col′li‐qua″tion (?), n. 1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquat...

5477

Colliquative

Col‐liq″ua‐tive (?), a. Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats.

5478

Colliquefaction

Col‐liq′ue‐fac″tion (?), n. [L. colliquefactus melted; col- + liquefacere; liquēre to be liquid + facere to make.] A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one...

5479

Collish

Col″lish (?), n.(Shoemaking) A tool to polish the edge of a sole. Knight.

5480

Collision

Col‐li″sion (?), n. [L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide.] 1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad tra...

5481

Collisive

Col‐li″sive (?), a. Colliding; clashing.