Webster's Dictionary 1913

5617

Columbite

Co‐lum″bite (?), n. [Cf. F. colombite. See Columbium.] (Min.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) ...

5618

Columbium

Co‐lum″bi‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. Columbia America.] (Chem.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, proba...

5619

Columbo

Co‐lum″bo (?), n.(Med.) See Calumba.

5620

Columbus Day

Co‐lum″bus Day (?). The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands (probably the one now commonly ca...

5621

Columella

Col′u‐mel″la (?), n. [L., dim. of columen column. See Column.] 1. (Bot.) (a) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or w...

5622

Columelliform

Col′u‐mel″li‐form (?), a. [Columella + -form.] Shaped like a little column, or columella.

5623

Column

Col″umn (?), n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. SeeHolm, and cf. Colonel.] 1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; ...

5624

Columnar

Co‐lum″‐nar (?), a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.] Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.Columnar epithelium(Anat.), epithelium in...

5625

Columnarity

Col′um‐nar″i‐ty (?), n. The state or quality of being columnar.

5626

Columnated

Co‐lum″na‐ted (?), a. Having columns; as, columnated temples.

5627

Columned

Col″umned (?), a. Having columns.Troas and Ilion's columned citadel.Tennyson.

5628

Columniation

Co‐lum′ni‐a″tion (?), n. The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure. Gwilt.

5629

Colure

Co‐lure″ (?), n.; pl.Colures (#). [F. colure, L. coluri, pl., fr. Gr. κόλουροσ dock-tailed, αἱ κόλουροι (sc. γραμμαί lines) the colures; fr. κόλοσ docked, stunted + ουρἄ tail. S...

5630

Coly

Co″ly (?), n.; pl.Colies (#). [NL. colius, prob. fr. Gr. � a kind of woodpecker.] Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.

5631

Colza

Col″za (?), n. [F., fr. D. koolzaad, prop., cabbage seed; kool (akin to E. cole) + zaad, akin to E. seed.] (Bot.) A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its se...

5632

Com-

Com–. A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimila...

5633

Coma

‖Co″ma (kō″mȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κω̑μα lethargy, fr. κοιμα̑ν to put to sleep. See Cemetery.] A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse ...

5634

Coma (2)

‖Co″ma, n. [L., hair, fr. Gr. κόμη.] 1. (Astron.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.2. (Bot.) A tuft or bunch, — as th...

5635

Comanches

Co‐man″ches (? or?), n. pl.; sing.Comanche (? or?). (Ethnol.) A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of...

5636

Comart

Co″mart′ (?), n. A covenant. Shak.

5637

Comate

Co″mate (?; 277), a. [L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe with hair, fr. coma hair.] Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.

5638

Comatose

Co″ma‐tose′ (? or?; 277), a. [From Coma lethargy.] Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.

5639

Comatous

Co″ma‐tous (?), a. Comatose.

5640

Comatula

‖Co‐mat″u‐la (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zoöl.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are f...

5641

Comatulid

Co‐mat″u‐lid (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

5642

Comb

Comb (?; 110), n. [AS. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. � a grinder tooth, Skr. jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleans...

5643

Comb (2)

Comb, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Combed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Combing.] To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb h...