columnar (kolumnar)

[ White columnar spar, out of a stone-pit. Woodward, Fo ils. 2. Of or pertaining to columns, or to a column. The Norman in Apulia could hardly fail to adopt the E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 305. columnar forms of the land in which he was settled. Throly in-to the deuelez throte man thryngez by lyue, For couetyse, & colwarde & croked dede. columned (kol'umd), a . [ column + -ed2.] Fur- nished with columns; supported on or adorn- ed with columns: as, "the column'd aisle," By- ron, Giaour. The gorges, opening wide apart, reveal Troas and Ilion's column'd citadel, The crown of Troas. Colydiidæ (kol-i-dī'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Coly- dium + -ida .] A family of clavicorn Coleop- tera or beetles, with the dorsal segments of the abdomen partly membranous, the first 4 ventral segments connate, the tarsi 4-jointed, the an- tennæ regular, and the legs not fo orial. Colydium (kō-lid'i-um), n. [NL.] The typical genus of the family Colydiida . Fabric i us, 1792. colymbethra (kol-im-beth'rä), n. [Gr. κολυμ- βήθρα , a swimming-bath, eccles. a font, κολυμ- βᾶν , dive. See Colymbus , Columba1 .] In the Gr. Ch .: (a) A baptismal bowl or font. In Ru ia, the columbethra is movable, and only brought out when wanted. J. M. Neale , Eastern Church, i. 214. (b) A baptistery. Also written columbethra . Colymbidæ (kō-lim'bi-dē), n. pl. [NL., lymbus + -ida .] A family of short-winged, short-tailed, 4-toed swimming and diving birds, of the order Pygopodes , either (a) containing all the loons and grebes; or (6) restricted to the web-footed loons, and corresponding to the ge- nus Colymbus ; or (c) transferred to the lobe- footed grebes, and used as a synonym of Podi- cipidæ or Podicipedidæ (which see). colymbion (kō-lim'bi-on), n. [MGr. *κολύμβιον (cf. Gr. κολυμβήθρα, a font), κολυμβᾶν , dive. See Colymbus , Columba1 .] In the Gr. Ch., a holy-water stoup or basin. The colymbion answers to the be natura of the Latin Church. J. M. Neale , Eastern Church, i. 214. Colymbus (kō-lim'bus), n . [NL., κολυμβᾶν , dive, plunge. See Columbal .] A genus of birds, typi- cal of the family Colymbida , in any sense of that these, indiscriminately; to the grebes alone; and formerly to sundry other birds, as some of the auk family. See di- ver, loon, grebe. colytic (ko-lit'ik), a. [ κωλυτικός , hindering, preventive, κωλυτός , verbal adj. of κωλύειν , hin- der, prevent, check.] Antiseptic. Med . Record, July, 1884. [Rare.] colza (kol'zä), n. [Sometimes improp. coltza ; colza , colzat (Walloon colza , golza ), koolzaad = E. coleseed , q. v.] The cole- seed or rape, a variety of Bra ica campestris with very oily seeds. See rape2 . colure (kō-lūr'), n. [= F. colure = Sp. Pg. It. coluro, colurus , a colure, rus , dock-tailed, coluri circuli , the colures, κόλουροι (sc. γραμμαί, lines), the colures (so called because cut off colza-oil (kol'za-oil), n . Same as rape - oil . by the horizon), κόλος , docked (cf. colobi- comt. An obsolete preterit of come. um), + οὐρά , a tail.] In astron . and geog ., one com-.. [L. com- , prefix, with, together, often, of two circles of declination intersecting each esp. in later L., merely intensive, com , prep., with, agreeing in use and Bladder-senna ( Colutea arbores cens). coma2 (kō'mä), n.; pl. coma (-mē). [L. coma , bot .: (a) The leafy head of a tree, or a cluster of leaves ter- minating a stem, as the leafy top of a pineapple. (b) The silky hairs at the end of some seeds, as of the willow-herb, Epilobium.- 2. In astron . , the nebulous hair-like envelop surround- ing the nucleus of a comet. -3. In microscopy , the hazy on the outline of IMG:content-0839.jpg:[blocks in formation] Coma Berenices, an ancient asterism (though not one of the 48 constellations of Hipparch us), situated north of Virgo and between Boötes and Leo, and supposed to rep- resent the famous amber hair of Berenice, the wife of Ptolemy Euergetes. comal i (kō'mal), a. [ coma1 + -al .] In pathol . , pertaining to or of the nature of coma. comal2 (ko'mal), a . [ coma2 + -al .] Pertain- ing to or of the nature of a coma. See coma2 . comarb (kō'märb), n. [Also written coarb , co- morb, comarb a ; comharba , a succe or, ab- bot, vicar, also protection.] Anciently, in Ire- land, the head of one of the families or tribes into which each sept or clan was divided. As such he was the coheir or inheritor of both the temporal and the spiritual or ecclesiastic powers of the tribe. IMG:content-0840.jpg:[blocks in formation] perhaps in orig. form (* scum ? * scom ?) with Gr. prefix and prep. σίν , earlier ξίν (transposed from *σκυν?), Cypriote κίν , with, together (see syn- ), akin to κοινός (for * κονιός ), common (see cenobite ). No certain Teut. connection (see ge-). L. com-, in comp., usually remains before b, m , and p (and sometimes before a vowel (see comitia and count2), and in OL. in any position), and be- comes co- before a vowel (usually) and h, col- (in cla ical L. usually con-) before l , cor- be- fore r, and con- before c , d , f , g , i = j , n (where sometimes co-), q, s, t, w , and in cla ical L. as well as ML. often before b , m , p , con- being Comarum (kom'a-rum), n. [NL. (so called on thus the most frequent form, often used as the normal form. In Rom. and in E. (and in simi- lar forms in other Teut. tongues), the L. prefix com-, con-, col-, etc., generally remains un- changed, but the a imilated forms are gener- ally reduced to co- in Sp., and partly in the other languages. In OF. and AF. com-, con , were often cum, cun-, whence in ME. cum-, cun- , coun- , beside com- , con- , the latter forms now prevailing in spelling, even when pro- nounced cum-, cun- (as in company, conjure , etc.). In a few E. words, as comfit , comfort , dis- comfit , com- (pron. and formerly written cum- , fellow, mate, or companion. colvert, n. An obsolete form of culver1 . colverteent, n. Same as colbertine. colwardt, a . [ME., appar. a var. of culvard , culvert, cuivert , villain: see cul- vert2 and collibert . Otherwise cole , treachery, + -ward : see cole and its compounds.] compounds.] False; treacherous; deceitful; wicked. ME. cun-, con-) is changed from orig. L. con-. In many E. words derived through the F. the L. com- (con-, etc.) is concealed: see coil1 cull1, cost2, costive, costume = custom, couch, er1, covert, curfew , curry1, kerchief , etc. See co -1, col- , con- , cor- , and also contra- , counter2 , coun- ter-.] A prefix of Latin origin, appearing also in other forms, co- , col- , con- , cor- , meaning 'to- gether,' 'with, or merely intensive, and in Eng- lish words often without a ignable force. See signable words following, and those beginning with co-, col-, con-, cor-. IMG:content-0841.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic] Now, my co - mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Shak., As you Like it, ii. 1. I am proud Only to be in fellowship with you, Co-mate and servant to so great a master. com a to us com a to us (kō'ma-tus), a. Same as comatose. Comatula (kō-mat'ū-la), n. [NL., fem. of LL. comatulus, dim. of L. comatus, hairy: see comate1.] The typical genus of living crinoids of the family Comatulid a or feather-stars. The rosy feather-star, Comatula med i terrane a, is also known as An ted on rosacea, and in its fixed stalked state as Pentacrinus europœus. Lamarck, 1816.