Part 2115

<blockquote>Brief as the lighting in the <b>collied</b> night. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colly</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of dog. See <er>Collie</er>.</def>

<h1>Collybist</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"ly*bist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ a small coin.]</ety> <def>A money changer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In the face of these guilty <b>collybists</b>. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Collyrium</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col*lyr"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Collyriums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Collyria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.</def>

<h1>Colocolo</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col`o*co"lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American wild cat (<spn>Felis colocolo</spn>), of the size of the ocelot.</def>

<h1>Colocynth</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"ocynth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>colocynthis</ets>, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Coloquintida</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (<spn>Citrullus, &or; Cucumis, colocynthis</spn>), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also <altname>bitter apple</altname>, <altname>bitter cucumber</altname>, <altname>bitter gourd</altname>.</def>

<h1>Colocynthin</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col`o*cyn"thin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>colocynthine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.</def>

<h1>Cologne</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Co*logne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Originally made in <ets>Cologne</ets>, the French name of K\'94ln, a city in Germany.]</ety> <def>A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also <altname>cologne water</altname> and <altname>eau de cologne</altname>.</def>

<h1>Cologne earth</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Co*logne" earth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Cologne</ets> the city.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.</def>

<h1>Colombier</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"om*bier</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A large size of paper for drawings. See under <er>Paper</er>.</def>

<h1>Colombin</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Co*lom"bin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Calumbin</er>.</def>

<h1>Colombo</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Co*lom"bo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Calumba</er>.</def>

<h1>Colon</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Co"lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>colon</ets>, <ets>colum</ets>, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. <?/, and in sense of the intestine, <?/: cf. F. <ets>colon</ets>. Cf. <er>Colic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>That part of the large intestines which extends from the c\'91cum to the rectum. <note>[See <i>Illust</i> of <er>Digestion</er>.]</note></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Colonel</h1> <Xpage=279>