Part 343

He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over. Sir W. Scott.

To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one with neglect.

Syn. -- Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical.

Cold, n. 1. The relative absence of heat or warmth.

2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

When she saw her lord prepared to part, A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. Dryden.

3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

Cold sore (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever. -- To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him. [Colloq.]

Cold, v. i. To become cold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cold"-blood`ed (?), a. 1. Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

2. Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.

3. Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.

Cold"finch` (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A British wagtail.

Cold"-heart`ed (?), a. Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.

-- Cold"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Cold"ish (?), a. Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.

Cold"ly, adv. In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference; calmly.

Withdraw unto some private place, And reason coldly of your grievances. Shak.

Cold"ness, n. The state or quality of being cold.

Cold"-short` (?), a. Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.

Cold"-shut` (?), a. (Metal.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n. An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.

Cole (?), n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. &?;. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.

Co-leg`a*tee" (?), n. A joint legatee.

Cole"goose` (?), n. (Zo÷l.) See Coalgoose.

Cole"man*ite (?), n. [From W.T. Coleman of San Francisco.] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

Cole"mouse` (?), n. (Zo÷l.) See Coletit.

Co`le*op"ter (?), n. (Zo÷l.) One of the Coleoptera.

||Co`le*op"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; sheath-winged; &?; sheath + &?; wing.] (Zo÷l.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillŠ) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.