Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Collude

Col‐lude″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Colluded; p. pr. & vb. n.Colluding.] [L. colludere, -lusum; col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous.] To have secretly a joint part or share in an...

5510

Colluder

Col‐lud″er (?), n. One who conspires in a fraud.

5511

Collum

‖Col″lum (?), n.; pl.Colla (#).1. (Anat.) A neck or cervix. Dunglison.2. (Bot.) Same as Collar. Gray.

5512

Collusion

Col‐lu″sion (?), n. [L. collusio: cf. F. collusion. See Collude.] 1. A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands;...

5513

Collusive

Col‐lu″sive (?), a. 1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion. “Collusive and sophistical arguings.” J. Trapp. “Collusive divorces.” Strype.2. Acting in collus...

5514

Collusory

Col‐lu″so‐ry (?), a. [L. collusorius.] Collusive.

5515

Collutory

Col″lu‐to‐ry (?), n. [L. colluere, collutum, to wash.] (Med.) A medicated wash for the mouth.

5516

Colluvies

‖Col‐lu″vi‐es (?), n. [L., a collection of washings, dregs, offscourings, fr. colluere to wash; col- + luere to wash.] 1. A collection or gathering, as of pus, or rubbish, or od...

5517

Colly

Col″ly (?), n. [From Coal.] The black grime or soot of coal. Burton.

5518

Colly (2)

Col″ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Collied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Collying.] To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.Thou hast not collied thy face enough.B. Jonson.Brief...

5519

Colly (3)

Col″ly (?), n. A kind of dog. See Collie.

5520

Collybist

Col″ly‐bist (?), n. A money changer.In the face of these guilty collybists.Bp. Hall.

5521

Collyrium

Col‐lyr″i‐um (?), n.; pl. E. Collyriums (#), L. Collyria (#). (Med.) An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.

5522

Coloboma

‖Col′o‐bo″ma (?), n.(Anat. & Med.) A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft.

5523

Colocolo

‖Col′o‐co″lo (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.

5524

Colocynth

Col″ocynth (?), n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. �. Cf. Coloquintida.] (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, orCucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic pl...

5525

Colocynthin

Col′o‐cyn″thin (?), n. [Cf. F. colocynthine.] (Chem.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.

5526

Cologne

Co‐logne″ (?), n. [Originally made in Cologne, the French name of Köln, a city in Germany.] A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet;...

5527

Cologne earth

Co‐logne″ earth′ (?). [From Cologne the city.] (Min.) An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.

5528

Colombier

Col″om‐bier (?), n. A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.

5529

Colombin

Co‐lom″bin (?), n.(Chem.) See Calumbin.

5530

Colombo

Co‐lom″bo (?), n.(Med.) See Calumba.

5531

Colon

Co″lon (?), n. [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. �, and in sense of the intestine, �: cf. F. colon. Cf. Colic.] 1. (Anat.) That part of the ...

5532

Colonel

Colo″nel (?), n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column.] (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an o...

5533

Colonelcy

Colo″nel‐cy (?), n.(Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

5534

Colonelship

Colo″nel‐ship, n. Colonelcy. Swift.

5535

Coloner

Col″o‐ner (?), n. A colonist. Holland