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<h1>Columniation</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co*lum`ni*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<h1>Colure</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co*lure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Colures</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>colure</ets>, L. <ets>coluri</ets>, pl., fr. Gr. <?/ dock-tailed, <?/ (sc. <?/ lines) the colures; fr. <?/ docked, stunted + <?/ tail. So named because a part is always beneath the horizon.]</ety> <fld>(Astron. & Geog.)</fld> <def>One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the <i>equinoctial</i> colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90&deg; from the former, and is called the <i>solstitial</i> colure.</def>

<blockquote>Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car of night From pole to pole, traversing each <b>colure</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coly</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Colies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL. <ets>colius</ets>, prob. fr. Gr. <?/ a kind of woodpecker.]</ety> <def>Any bird of the genus <spn>Colius</spn> and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.</def>

<h1>Colza</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Col"za</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. D. <ets>koolzaad</ets>, prob., cabbage seed; <ets>kool</ets> (akin to E. <ets>cole</ets>) + <ets>zaad</ets> akin to E. <ets>seed</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A variety of cabbage (<spn>Brassica oleracea</spn>), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.</def>

<h1>Com-</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Com-</hw>. <def>A prefix from the Latin preposition <i>cum</i>, signifying <i>with</i>, <i>together</i>, <i>in conjunction</i>, <i>very</i>, etc. It is used in the form <i>com</i>- before <i>b</i>, <i>m</i>, <i>p</i>, and sometimes <i>f</i>, and by assimilation becomes <i>col</i>- before <i>l</i>, <i>cor</i>- before <i>r</i>, and <i>con</i>- before any consonant except <i>b</i>, <i>h</i>, <i>l</i>, <i>m</i>, <i>p</i>, <i>r</i>, and <i>w</i>. Before a vowel <i>com</i>- becomes <i>co</i>-; also before <i>h</i>, <i>w</i>, and sometimes before other consonants.</def>

<h1>Coma</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ lethargy, fr. <?/ to put to sleep. See <er>Cemetery</er>.]</ety> <def>A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See <er>Carus</er>.</def>

<h1>Coma</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co"ma</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., hair, fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of brachts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.</def>

<cs><col>Coma Berenices</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also <altname>Berenice's Hair</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Comanches</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co*man"ches</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <sing>sing. <singw>Comanche</singw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt> </sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also <altname>Paducahs</altname>. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.</def>

<h1>Comart</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co"mart`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A covenant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Comate</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co"mate</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>comatus</ets>, fr. <ets>comare</ets> to clothe with hair, fr. <ets>coma</ets> hair.]</ety> <def>Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.</def>

<h1>Co-mate</h1> <Xpage=281>

<hw>Co"-mate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>co-</ets> + <ets>mate</ets>.]</ety> <def>A companion.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>