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<hw>Co*los"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cossal</ets>, L. <ets>colosseus</ets>. See <er>Colossus</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; <as>as, a <ex>colossal</ex> statue</as>.</def> "A <i>colossal</i> stride."

<i>Motley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Sculpture & Painting)</fld> <def>Of a size larger than heroic. See <er>Heroic</er>.</def>

<h1>Colossean</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col`os*se"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Colossal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Colosseum</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col`os*se"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Neut., fr. L. <ets>coloseus</ets> gigantic. See <er>Coliseum</er>.]</ety> <def>The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>Coliseum</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Colossus</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*los"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Colossi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Colossuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the <i>Colossus</i> of Nero in Rome, the <i>Colossus</i> of Apollo at Rhodes.</def>

<blockquote>He doth bestride the narrow world Like a <b>colossus</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor.</note>

<i>Dr. Wm. Smith.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any man or beast of gigantic size.</def>

<h1>Colostrum</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*los"trum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., biestings.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.</def>

<h1>Colotomy</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ colon + <?/ cutting.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An operation for opening the colon</def>

<h1>Colour</h1> <Xpage=280>

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

<h1>Colp</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Colp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Collop</er>.</def>

<h1>Colportage</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"por`tage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.</def>

<h1>Colporter</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"por`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Colporteur</er>.</def>

<h1>Colporteur</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"por`teur</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>colporteur</ets> one who carries on his neck, fr. <ets>colporter</ets> to carry on one's neck; <ets>col</ets> (L. <ets>collum</ets>) neck + <ets>porter</ets> (L. <ets>portare</ets>) to carry.]</ety> <def>A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.</def>

<h1>Colstaff</h1> <Xpage=280>