Webster's Dictionary 1913

5482

Collitigant

Col‐lit″i‐gant (?), a. Disputing or wrangling. — n. One who litigates or wrangles.

5483

Collocate

Col″lo‐cate (?), a. [L. collocatus, p. p. of collocare. See Couch.] Set; placed. Bacon.

5484

Collocate (2)

Col″lo‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Collocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Collocating (?).] To set or place; to set; to station.To marshal and collocate in order his battalions.E. Hall.

5485

Collocation

Col′lo‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. collocatio.] The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.The choice and collocation of words....

5486

Collocution

Col′lo‐cu″tion (?), n. [L. collocutio, fr. colloqui, -locutum, to converse; col- + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discour...

5487

Collocutor

Col″lo‐cu′tor (?), n. [L. collocutor] One of the speakers in a dialogue. Derham.

5488

Collodion

Col‐lo″di‐on (?), n. [Gr. � like glue; κόλλα glue + � form. Cf. Colloid.] (Chem.) A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcoho...

5489

Collodionize

Col‐lo″di‐on‐ize (?), v. t. To prepare or treat with collodion. R. Hunt.

5490

Collodiotype

Col‐lo″di‐o‐type (?), n. A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.

5491

Collodium

Col‐lo″di‐um (?), n. See Collodion.

5492

Collogue

Col‐logue″ (?), v. i. [Cf. L. colloqui and E. dialogue. Cf. Collocution.] To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mi...

5493

Colloid

Col″loid (?), a. [Gr. κόλλα glue + -oid. Cf. Collodion.] Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

5494

Colloid (2)

Col″loid (?), n. 1. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through an...

5495

Colloidal

Col‐loid″al (?), a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids.

5496

Colloidality

Col′loi‐dal″i‐ty (?), n. The state or quality of being colloidal.

5497

Collop

Col″lop (?), n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow, stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. �] [Written also colp.] 1. A small slice of meat; a piece of f...

5498

Colloped

Col″loped (?), a. Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain.R. Browning.

5499

Collophore

Col″lo‐phore (?), n. [Gr. κόλλα glue + � to bear.] (Zoöl.) (a) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. (b) An adhesive marginal org...

5500

Colloquial

Col‐lo″qui‐al (?), a. [See Colloqui.] Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial ...

5501

Colloquialism

Col‐lo″qui‐al‐ism (?), n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.

5502

Colloquialize

Col‐lo″qui‐al‐ize (?), v. t. To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.

5503

Colloquist

Col″lo‐quist (?), n. A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone.

5504

Colloquy

Col″lo‐quy (?), n.; pl.Colloquies (#). [L. colloquium. See Collocution.] 1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.They went to Worms, to the colloquy...

5505

Collotype

Col″lo‐type (?), n. [Gr. � glue + -type.] A photomechanical print made directly from a hardened film of gelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints. Accord...

5506

Collow

Col″low (?), n. Soot; smut. See 1st Colly.

5507

Colluctancy

Col‐luc″tan‐cy (?), n. [L. colluctari to struggle with.] A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.

5508

Colluctation

Col′luc‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. colluctatio, fr. colluctari to struggle with; col- + luctari to struggle.] A struggling; a contention.Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins.Dr. H...