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Col"om*bier (?), n. [F.] A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.

Co*lom"bin (?), n. (Chem.) See Calumbin.

Co*lom"bo (?), n. (Med.) See Calumba.

Co"lon (?), n. [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. &?;, and in sense of the intestine, &?;: cf. F. colon. Cf. Colic.] 1. (Anat.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the cŠcum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]

2. (Gram.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.

Colo"nel (?), n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column.] (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

Colo"nel*cy (?), n. (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

Colo"nel*ship, n. Colonelcy. Swift.

Col"o*ner (?), n. A colonist. [Obs.] Holland

Co*lo"ni*al (?), a. [Cf. F. colonial.] Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.

Co*lon"i*cal (?), a. [L. colonus husbandman.] Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]

Col"o*nist (?), n. A member or inhabitant of a colony.

||Col`o*ni"tis (?), n. (Med.) See Colitis.

Col`o*ni*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. colonisation.] The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.

The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.

Col`o*ni*za"tion*ist, n. A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.

Col"o*nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon.

They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.

Col"o*nize, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.

Col"o*ni`zer (?), n. One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.

Col`on*nade" (?), n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.

&fist; When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.

Col"o*ny (?), n.; pl. Colonies (#). [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture.] 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.

The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames.

2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.

3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.

Col"o*pha`ny (? or ?), n. See Colophony.