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Col"loid (?), a. [Gr. ko`lla glue + -oid. Cf. Collodion.] Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

Col"loid (?), n. 1. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.

2. (Med.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.

Styptic colloid (Med.), a preparation of astringent and antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as collodion, for ready use.

Col*loid"al (?), a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids.

Col`loi*dal"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being colloidal.

Col"lop (?), n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow, stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. &?;] [Written also colp.] 1. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.

God knows thou art a collop of my flesh. Shak.

Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked. Dryden.

2. A part or piece of anything; a portion.

Cut two good collops out of the crown land. Fuller.

Col"loped (?), a. Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.

With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain. R. Browning.

Col"lo*phore (?), n. [Gr. ko`lla glue + &?; to bear.] (Zo÷l.) (a) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. (b) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.

Col*lo"qui*al (?), a. [See Colloqui.] Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. -- Col*lo"qui*al*ly, adv.

His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order. Macaulay.

Col*lo"qui*al*ism (?), n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.

Col*lo"qui*al*ize (?), v. t. To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.

Col"lo*quist (?), n. A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone.

Col"lo*quy (?), n.; pl. Colloquies (#). [L. colloquium. See Collocution.] 1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood.

2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.

Col"low (?), n. Soot; smut. See 1st Colly. [Obs.]

Col*luc"tan*cy (?), n. [L. colluctari to struggle with.] A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. [Obs.]

Col`luc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. colluctatio, fr. colluctari to struggle with; col- + luctari to struggle.] A struggling; a contention. [Obs.]

Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins. Dr. H. More.

Col*lude" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Colluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding.] [L. colludere, - lusum; col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous.] To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. Burke.