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<i>C. Buchanan.</i>

<h1>Colonizer</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"o*ni`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist.</def>

<i>Bancroft.</i>

<h1>Colonnade</h1> <Xpage=279>

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

<note>&hand; When in front of a building, it is called <i>a portico</i>; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a <i>peristyle</i>.</note>

<h1>Colony</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Colonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>colonia</ets>, fr. <ets>colonus</ets> farmer, fr. <ets>colere</ets> to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. <ets>colonie</ets>. Cf. <er>Culture</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, the British <ex>colonies</ex> in America</as>.</def>

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

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The district or country colonized; a settlement.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; <as>as, the American <ex>colony</ex> in Paris</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.</def>

<h1>Colophany</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"o*pha`ny</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Colophony</er>.</def>

<h1>Colophene</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Co"lo*phene</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also <altname>diterebene</altname>.</def>

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<h1>Colophon</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"o*phon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>colophon</ets> finishing stroke, Gr. <?/; cf. L. <ets>culmen</ets> top, <ets>collis</ets> hill. Cf. <er>Holm</er>.]</ety> <def>An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>colophon</b>, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. <i>De Morgan.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The book was uninjured from title page to <b>colophon</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colophonite</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"o*pho*nite</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>colophonite</ets>. So named from its resemblance to the color of <ets>colophony</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A coarsely granular variety of garnet.</def>

<h1>Colophony</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"o*pho`ny</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/ resin, gum) resin, fr. <?/ of or from Colophon in Ionia.]</ety> <def>Rosin.</def>

<h1>Coloquintida</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col`o*quin"ti*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Colocynth</er>.</def>