Part 2107

<h1>Collegiate</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*le"gi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>collegiatus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a college; <as>as, <ex>collegiate</ex> studies; a <ex>collegiate</ex> society.</as></def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

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

<h1>Collegiate</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*le"gi*ate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A member of a college.</def>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Collembola</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lem"bo*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ glue + <?/ wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Thysanura which includes <i>Podura</i>, and allied forms.</def>

<h1>Collenchyma</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*len"chy*ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ glue + <?/ an infusion. Formed like <ets>parenchyma</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.</def>

<h1>Collet</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>collet</ets>, dim. fr. L. <ets>collum</ets> neck. See <er>Collar</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small collar or neckband.</def>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; <as>as, the <ex>collet</ex> on the balance arbor of a watch</as>; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Jewelry)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Brilliant</er>.</def>

<blockquote>How full the <b>collet</b> with his jewel is! <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colleterial</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col`le*te"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects.</def>

<i>R. Owen.</i>

<h1>Colleterium</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col`le*te"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Colletic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.</def>

<h1>Colletic</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*let"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>colleticus</ets> suitable for gluing, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to glue, <?/ glue.]</ety> <def>Agglutinant.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An agglutinant.</def></def2>

<h1>Colley</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Collie</er>.</def>

<h1>Collide</h1> <Xpage=278>

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