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{ Co`le*op"ter*al (?), Co`le*op"ter*ous (?) } a. [Gr. &?;.] (Zo÷l.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.

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

Co`le*op"ter*ist, n. One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.

||Co`le*o*rhi"za (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; sheath + &?; root.] A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle. Gray.

Cole"perch` (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A kind of small black perch.

Col"e*ra (?), n. [L. cholera. See Choler.] Bile; choler. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cole*ridg"i*an (?), a. Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics.

Cole"seed` (?), n. The common rape or cole.

Cole"slaw` (?), n. [D. kool slaa cabbage salad.] A salad made of sliced cabbage.

Co`-les*see" (?), n. A partner in a lease taken.

Co`-les*sor" (?), n. A partner in giving a lease.

Cole"staff` (?), n. See Colstaff.

{ Col"et (?), Col"let }[Corrupted fr. acolyte.] An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.

{ Cole"tit` or Coal"tit (?), } n. (Zo÷l.) A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

||Co"le*us (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a sheath; -- referring to the manner in which the stamens are united.] (Bot.) A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.

Cole"wort` (?), n. [AS. cawlwyrt; cawl cole + wyrt wort. Cf. Collards.] 1. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.

2. Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

Col"fox` (?), n. A crafty fox. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Col"ic (?), n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, GR. &?;, fr. &?;, &?;, the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon.] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.

Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. -- Intestinal colic, or Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. -- Lead colic, Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. -- Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. -- Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above.

Col"ic, a. 1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. Milton.

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.

Col"ic*al (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift.

Col"ick*y (?), a. Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder.

Col"ic*root` (?), n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.

Col"in (?), n. [F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas Nicholas.] (Zo÷l.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.

Col`i*se"um (?), n. [NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See Colossus, and cf. Colosseum.] The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also Colosseum.]

||Co*li"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.