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<blockquote>Across this space the attraction urges them. They <b>collide</b>, they recoil, they oscillate. <i>Tyndall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and <b>colliding</b>. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Col*lide"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To strike or dash against.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies <b>collided</b>. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Collidine</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"li*dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ glue.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a class of organic bases, <chform>C8H11N</chform>, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.</def>

<h1>Collie</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"lie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>cuilean</ets> whelp, puppy, dog.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>colly</asp>, <asp>colley</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Collied</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"lied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. & a.</tt> <def>Darkened. See <er>Colly</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<h1>Collier</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"lier</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>colier</ets>. See <er>Coal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vessel employed in the coal trade.</def>

<h1>Colliery</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"lier*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Collieries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. <er>Coalery</er>, <er>Collier</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The coal trade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Colliflower</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"li*flow`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cauliflower</er>.</def>

<h1>Colligate</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"li*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Colligated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Colligating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>colligatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>colligare</ets> to collect; <ets>co-</ets> + <ets>ligare</ets> to bind.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To tie or bind together.</def>

<blockquote>The pieces of isinglass are <b>colligated</b> in rows. <i>Nicholson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.</def>

<blockquote>He had discovered and <b>colligated</b> a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. <i>Tundall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colligate</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col"li*gate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bound together.</def>

<h1>Colligation</h1> <Xpage=278>

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