Part 350

College of justice, a term applied in Scotland to the supreme civil courts and their principal officers. -- The sacred college, the college or cardinals at Rome.

Col*le"gi*al (?), n. [LL. collegialis.] Collegiate. [R.]

Col*le"gi*an (?), n. A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.

Col*le"gi*ate (?), a. [L. collegiatus.] Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson.

Collegiate church. (a) A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.

Col*le"gi*ate, n. A member of a college. Burton.

||Col*lem"bo*la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + 'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.] (Zo÷l.) The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.

||Col*len"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + &?; an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.

Col"let (?), n. [F. collet, dim. fr. L. collum neck. See Collar.] 1. A small collar or neckband. Foxe.

2. (Mech.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.

3. (Jewelry) (a) The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set. (b) The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant.

How full the collet with his jewel is! Cowley.

Col`le*te"ri*al (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen.

||Col`le*te"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See Colletic.] (Zo÷l.) An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.

Col*let"ic (?), a. [L. colleticus suitable for gluing, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to glue, ko`lla glue.] Agglutinant. -- n. An agglutinant.

Col"ley (?), n. See Collie.

Col*lide" (?), v. i. [L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.] To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.

Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. Tyndall.

No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. Carlyle.

Col*lide", v. t. To strike or dash against. [Obs.]

Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. Sir T. Browne.

Col"li*dine (?), n. [Gr. ko`lla glue.] (Chem.) One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.

Col"lie (?), n. [Gael. cuilean whelp, puppy, dog.] (Zo÷l.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [Written also colly, colley.]

Col"lied (?), p. & a. Darkened. See Colly, v. t.

Col"lier (?), n. [OE. colier. See Coal.] 1. One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

2. A vessel employed in the coal trade.

Col"lier*y (?), n.; pl. Collieries (#). [Cf. Coalery, Collier.] 1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

2. The coal trade. [Obs.] Johnson.