Webster's Dictionary 1913

5563

Colorado group

Col′o‐ra″do group (?). (Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.

5564

Coloradoite

Col′o‐ra″do‐ite (?), n.(Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.

5565

Colorate

Col″or‐ate (?), a. [L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color.] Colored. Ray.

5566

Coloration

Col′or‐a″tion (?), n. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon.The females... resemble each other in their general type of coloration.Darwin.

5567

Colorature

Col″or‐a‐ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. G. coloratur, fr. LL. coloratura.] (Mus.) Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.

5568

Colored

Col″ored (?), a. 1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.The lime rod, colored as the glede.Chaucer.The colored rainbow arched wide.Spenser.2. Specious; plausible; adorn...

5569

Colorific

Col′or‐if″ic (?; 277), a. [L. color color + facere to make: cf. F. colorifique.] Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.

5570

Colorimeter

Col′or‐im″e‐ter (?), n. [Color + -meter: cf. F. colorimètre.] An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standa...

5571

Colorimetry

Col′or‐im″e‐try (?), n. [See Colorimeter.] 1. The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance.2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the co...

5572

Coloring

Col″or‐ing (?), n. 1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentatio...

5573

Colorist

Col″or‐ist (?), n. [Cf. F. coloriste.] One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, an...

5574

Colorless

Col″or‐less, a. 1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not ...

5575

Colorman

Col″or‐man (?), n.; pl.Colormen (#). A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.

5576

Colossal

Co‐los″sal (?), a. [Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus.] 1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. “A colossal stride.” Motley.2. (Sculpture & Paintin...

5577

Colossean

Col′os‐se″an (?), a. Colossal.

5578

Colosseum

Col′os‐se″um (?), n. [Neut., fr. L. colosseus gigantic. See Coliseum.] The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]

5579

Colossus

Co‐los″sus (?), n.; pl. L. Colossi (#), E. Colossuses (#). 1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus ...

5580

Colostrum

‖Co‐los″trum (?), n.(Med.) (a) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings. (b) A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.

5581

Colotomy

Co‐lot″o‐my (?), n.(Surg.) An operation for opening the colon

5582

Colour

Col″our (?), n. See Color.

5583

Colp

Colp (?), n. See Collop.

5584

Colportage

Col″por′tage (?), n. The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.

5585

Colporter

Col″por′ter (?), n. Same as Colporteur.

5586

Colporteur

Col″por′teur (?; 277), n. [F. colporteur one who carries on his neck, fr. colporter to carry on one's neck; col (L. collum) neck + porter (L. portare) to carry.] A hawker; speci...

5587

Colstaff

Col″staff′ (?), n. [F. col neck + E. staff. Cf. Coll.] A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

5588

Colt

Colt (kōlt; 110), n. [OE. colt a young horse, ass, or camel, AS. colt; cf. dial. Sw. kullt a boy, lad.] 1. The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; — sometimes di...

5589

Colt (2)

Colt (kōlt; 110), v. i. To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.They shook off their bridles and began to colt.Spenser.