Colibri

See HUMMING-BIRD. Colic, n. [Lat. colic us; Gr. kolikos, from kolon, the colon, part of the great intestines extending from the cacum to the rectum.] ( Med.) A name given to several diseases which are characterized by severe pain of the bowels, with distention or flatulence, sickne , and sometimes vomiting; and as the hardne and distention of the belly increases, cramps or spasms occur, either in the abdominal muscles, or in those of the A volcano of the Cordilleras, with an elevation of about 12,000 feet, in Lat. 20° N., and not far from the western coast of the republic.-2. A territory of the Confederation, containing 48,649 inhabitants, extending about 100 miles along the shores of the Pacific, in Lat. 19°-20° Ν. 3. The capital of the territory, comprising 31,000 members of its population, stands in a fertile plain to the south-west of the volcano. - 4. A seaport on the Pacific, about 40 miles to the south-west of the capital.