Colonial
Co‐lo″ni‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. colonial.] Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Colonialism
Co‐lo″ni‐al‐ism (?), n. 1. The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial.The last tie of colonialism which bound us to the mother country is broken. B...
Colonical
Co‐lon″i‐cal (?), a. [L. colonus husbandman.] Of or pertaining to husbandmen.
Colonist
Col″o‐nist (?), n. A member or inhabitant of a colony.
Colonitis
‖Col′o‐ni″tis (?), n.(Med.) See Colitis.
Colonization
Col′o‐ni‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. colonisation.] The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.The wide continent of America invit...
Colonizationist
Col′o‐ni‐za″tion‐ist, n. A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.
Colonize
Col″o‐nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Colonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Colonizing.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to mig...
Colonize (2)
Col″o‐nize, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
Colonizer
Col″o‐ni′zer (?), n. One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.
Colonnade
Col′on‐nade″ (?), n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as e...
Colony
Col″o‐ny (?), n.; pl.Colonies (#). [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture.] 1. A company of people transplanted from their ...
Colony (2)
Col″o‐ny, n. 1. (Bot.) A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algæ. They may adhere in chains or groups, or be held toget...
Colophany
Col″o‐pha′ny (? or?), n. See Colophony.
Colophene
Co″lo‐phene (? or?), n.(Chem.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.
Colophon
Col″o‐phon (kŏl″ō̍‐fŏn), n. [L. colophon finishing stroke, Gr. κολοφών; cf. L. culmen top, collis hill. Cf. Holm.] An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and ...
Colophonite
Col″o‐pho‐nite (kŏl″ō̍‐fō̍‐nīt or kō̍‐lŏf″ō̍‐nīt), n. [Cf. F. colophonite. So named from its resemblance to the color of colophony.] (Min.) A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
Colophony
Col″o‐pho′ny (kŏl″ō̍‐fō‐ny̆ or kō̍‐lŏf″ō̍‐ny̆; 277), n. [Gr. ἠ κολοφωνία (sc. ρητἵνη resin, gum) resin, fr. Κολοφώνιοσ of or from Colophon in Ionia.] Rosin.
Coloquintida
Col′o‐quin″ti‐da (?), n. See Colocynth. Shak.
Color
Col″or (?), n. [Written also colour.] [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See Helmet.] 1. A ...
Color (2)
Col″or (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Colored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Coloring.] [F. colorer.] 1. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tin...
Color (3)
Col″or, v. i. To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
Color sergeant
Col″or ser″geant. See under Sergeant.
Color-blind
Col″or–blind (?), a. Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.
Colorable
Col″or‐a‐ble (?), a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. “Colorable pretense for infidelity.” Bp. Stillingfleet.— Col″or‐a‐ble‐ness, n. — Col″or‐a‐bly...
Colorado
Col′o‐ra″do (?), a. 1. Reddish; — often used in proper names of rivers or creeks.2. Medium in color and strength; — said of cigars.
Colorado beetle
Col′o‐ra″do bee″tle (?). (Zoöl.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat i...