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<h1>Columbiad</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bi*ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Columbia</ets> the United States.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.</def>

<note>&hand; Since the War of 1812 the <i>Columbiad</i> has been much modified form now used in seacoast defense is often called the <i>Rodman gun</i>.</note>

<h1>Columbian</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Columbia</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.</def>

<h1>Columbic</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Columbium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.</def>

<cs><col>Columbic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, <chform>Nb2O5</chform>; -- called also <altname>niobic acid</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Columbic</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Columbo</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root.</def>

<cs><col>Columbic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Columbier</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bi*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Colombier</er>.</def>

<h1>Columbiferous</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"um*bif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Columbium</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing or containing columbium.</def>

<h1>Columbin</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See <er>Calumbin</er>.</def>

<h1>Columbine</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"um*bine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>columbinus</ets>, fr. <ets>columba</ets> dove.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.</def> "<i>Columbine</i> innocency."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Columbine</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"um*bine</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>LL</ets>. <ets>columbina</ets>, <ets>L</ets>. <ets>columbinus</ets> dovelike, fr. <ets>columba</ets> dove: cf. F. <ets>colombine</ets>. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of several species of the genus <spn>Aquilegia</spn>; <as>as, <spn>A. vulgaris</spn>, or the common garden columbine; <spn>A. Canadensis</spn>, the wild red columbine of North America.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.</def>

<i>Brewer.</i>

<h1>Columbite</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>colombite</ets>. See <er>Columbium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England.</def>

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<h1>Columbium</h1> <Xpage=281>