Part 2113

<h1>Collophore</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"lo*phore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ glue + <?/ to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.</def>

<h1>Colloquial</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col*lo"qui*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Colloqui</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; <as>as, <ex>colloquial</ex> intercourse; <ex>colloquial</ex> phrases; a <ex>colloquial</ex> style.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Col*lo"qui*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>His [Johnson's] <b>colloquial</b> talents were, indeed, of the highest order. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colloquialism</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col*lo"qui*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.</def>

<h1>Colloquialize</h1> <Xpage=279>

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

<h1>Colloquist</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"lo*quist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue.</def>

<i>Malone.</i>

<h1>Colloquy</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"lo*quy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Colloquies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>colloquium</ets>. See <er>Collocution</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.</def>

<blockquote>They went to Worms, to the <b>colloquy</b> there about religion. <i>A. Wood.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.</def>

<h1>Collow</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Soot; smut. See 1st <er>Colly</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Colluctancy</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col*luc"tan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>colluctari</ets> to struggle with.]</ety> <def>A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Colluctation</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col`luc*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>colluctatio</ets>, fr. <ets>colluctari</ets> to struggle with; <ets>col-</ets> + <ets>luctari</ets> to struggle.]</ety> <def>A struggling; a contention.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Colluctation</b> with old hags and hobgoblins. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Collude</h1> <Xpage=279>

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

<blockquote>If they let things take their course, they will be represented as <b>colluding</b> with sedition. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colluder</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col*lud"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who conspires in a fraud.</def>