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(Zool.) See ORTYX. Colise'um, Colo e'um, n. [From Lat. colo eus. colo al.] ( Antiq.) The name given to the theatre of Vespas i an, at Rome, either from its magnitude, or from the colo al statue of Nero it contains. See AMPHITHEATRE. This term is also applied to certain large public buildings of modern construction. Colitis, n. See COLONITIS. Collaboration, n. Joint labor. Collaborator, n. [Fr. col labor at eur, from Lat. con, and laboro, labor at us, to labor.] An a ociate in labor, particularly literary and scientific. Col'laburgh, in New York , a village of Orange co. Col'lamer, in Connecticut , a village of Windham co., abt. 45 m. E. by N. of Hartford. Collamer, in Illinois, a village of Kane co., about 160 m. N.N.E. of Springfield. Collamer, in Indiana, a post-village of Whitley co., on Eel river, 30 m. W. of Fort Wayne. Collamer, in New York , a post-office of Onondaga co. Collamer, in Ohio , a village of Cuyahoga co. Collamer, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of Chester co. Collamer, in Wisconsin , a village of Sauk co., on the Wisconsin River. Collapse', n. [Lat. col lapsus , from collabor - con , and labor , lapsus , to slide or fall.] A falling together; a closing by falling together; as, the collapse of a scheme. (Med.) A wasting of the body, or a sudden or ex- treme depre ion of its strength and energies. -v. i. To fall together, as the two sides of a hollow ves- sel; to close by falling together. Collap's ion, n. [Lat. collapsio .] Act of closing or col- lapsing; state of shrinking. confounded are cholera and inflammation of the bowels. From the first it is distinguished by the absence of diarrhœa; and from the last by the pain being relieved by pre ure; and finally, from all painful affections of the abdomen, by the twisting pain at the navel. There are few diseases attended with more pain and inconvenience than this comparatively harmle affection; for though its symptoms are very urgent and even severe, C. very seldom proves fatal. Physicians have made almost as many varieties of C., with a distinctive name to each variety, as there are symptoms to the disease. Avoiding this unnece ary confusion of terms, we shall confine our remarks to the common colic. - The exciting causes are extremely numerous, and may be either external or internal. Of the first, the sudden application of a wet or damp portion of clothing next to the skin of the abdomen, cold or wet feet, or unbuttoning the coat when violently heated, and admitting cold air to the thing worn round the neck as part of a person's dre , or an animal's harne ; a necklace or something in the form of a collar, or resembling it, used as an ornament or yoke; as, a shirt- collar , a horse's collar , . "His locked, lettered, braw bra collar , Shewed himself the gentleman and scholar." - Burns . ( Her .) An ornament worn round the neck by members of a knightly order, from which a badge or jewelled device is generally dependent; as, the collar of the Golden Fleece. (Arch.) The astragal of a column. - A cincture. ( Turnery .) A ring inserted in the puppet for holding the end of the mandril next the chuck, in order to make the spindle run freely and exactly. (Mach.) A plate of metal screwed down upon the stuffing-box of a steam-engine, with a hole to allow the piston-rod to pa through. (Mining.) The timber and boarding used to secure IMG:content-0259.jpg:[graphic][merged small][subsumed][subsumed] in a pool. - To infer; to deduce; to conclude. Collect, n. A short comprehensive prayer in church- service, collected out of the epistle and gospel of the day; a short prayer adapted to a particular day or occa- sion. tion of pa ages from various authors; miscellanies; an- thology. Collectedly, adv . In a composed or collected manner. Collect'edne , n. A collected state of mind; re- covery from embarra ment or surprise. Collectible, a. That may be collected, deduced, or Collection, n. [Lat. collectio, collection is .] Act of collecting or gathering together. - That which is col- lected; an a emblage; a compilation; a gathering to- gether; as, a collection of facts, a collection of pictures. "Fairest collection of thy sex's charms." Collate', v. a. [Lat. collatum , collatus , from comfero con, and fero , latum , to bear, carry, or bring.] To bring -A contribution; a sum gathered together for a benevo- or lay together and compare, by examining, as manu- scripts, books, . lent purpose; as, a collection at church. - Act of deduc- ing from certain premises; ratiocination; corollary; conclusion; consequence. "These her collections, not the senses are." - Davies. Collect'ive, a. [Lat. collectivus .] Formed by gather- ing; gathered into a ma , sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; united; as, a collective idea. "The people collective or representative, who may be called the commons."- Swift . -Reasoning: inferring; deducing consequences; as, "crit i- cal and collective reason." (Gram.) Expre ing a number or multitude united; as, a collective noun. -Tending to collect. College Point, in New York , a town of Queens co. Has manuf. of hard rubber and silk ribbons. Pop . 6,127. Collete'rial, a . Of, or pertaining to, the colleterium of insects. Collete'rium, n. (Zool.) An organ containing a whit ish, glutinous matter for cementing together the ejected ova found in the females of insects. state; in a state of combination; unitedly; in the ag- gregate. "Although we cannot be free from all sin collectively ."- Hooker . Collect'i vene , n. A ma ; in an aggregate state; union. IMG:content-0260.png:[blocks in formation] (Polit.) One who collects revenue duties, taxes, .; as, a collector of customs. -At Oxford University, Eng., a bachelor of arts who di- rects certain scholastic duties during Lent Term. species of compos itæ, ., and acting as brushes to clear the pollen out of the cells of the anther. a collector of customs-duties, taxes, .; as, the collector- ship of New York, the collectorate of Poonah, (India.) Colleg'atary, n. [Lat. col leg a tar i us. One who is left a legacy in common with one or more persons. College, n. [Fr., from Lat. collegium , from collega- con, and lego , to choose. See COLLEAGUE.] Primarily, this word denoted an a ociation or body of men united together by the same laws or customs, or in the same office or employment. Hence, among the Romans, we find the word applied not only to corporations en- joying certain rights, as the priests, augurs, ., but to men in the same office, as consuls, quæstors, tribunes, - to any body of merchants or mechanics, or even to an a emblage of the meanest citizens or slaves. In a more limited sense it was applied to a corporation or a ocia- tion of persons, of which there were many at Rome, and which required confirmation by special enactment. They po e ed property as a corporate body, and had a com- mon chest. In modern acceptation, a college is a society of persons existing as a corporate body, either by pre- script i on or by grant of the sovereign, and frequently po e ing peculiar or exclusive privileges; as the col- leges of physicians and surgeons in England, or the C of the cardinals at Rome. A C. is also an academical institution, endowed with revenues, and subject to a private code of laws. Its particular form and constitu- tion depend upon the terms of the foundation. The C. of France are very different from those of this country, being educational institutions established throughout the country, and bearing some resemblance to the Ger- man gymnasia. There are about 320 in all, and they are under the control of the University of France. In general, a C. is an institution for the advancement of learning; a university is for the conferring of degrees; but both terms are now often confounded, and in the usage of the U. States there is no fixed distinction be- tween colleges and universities. All American C. confer degrees in the arts, and the older and more flourishing of them have faculties and give instruction also either in medicine, divinity, or law, or in a few instances in all the profe ional studies. College, in low a , a township of Linn co. College, in Ohio , a township of Knox co. College Corner, in Ohio , a post-village of Butler co., about 35 m. N.N.W. of Cincinnati. College Hill, in Ma achusetts , a R.R. station of Mid- dlesex co. P. O., Tuft's College. IMG:content-0261.png:[ocr errors] Col'let on, in S. Carolina , a S. co., bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; area , about 1,670 sq. m. It is drained by the Edisto, the Salkehatchee, the Ashepoo, and the Combahee rivers, the latter of which forms its S. boun- dary. The surface is level, and the soil alluvial. Cap . Walter borough. Pop . (1890) 40,300. Col'letsville, in N. Carolina , a post-village of Cald- well co., about 16 m. W. by N. of Raleigh. Col'ley, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of Sullivan co. Collide', v. i. [Lat. collido-con, and lædo , to strike]. To strike or dash against; to come into collision:- generally preceding with . Collier's, in New York , a village of Otsego co., on the Susquehanna River, about 73 m. W. by S. of Albany. Collier's Mill, in New Jersey, a P. O. of Ocean co. Colliers town, in Virginia , a post-village of Rock- bridge co., about 154 m. W. of Richmond. Colliersville, in New York , a village of Sullivan co., about 75 m. W. by S. of Albany. Colliersville, in Tenne ee , a post-village of Shelby co., about 30 m. E. of Memphis. Colliery, Coal'ery, n. A coal-mine, with all build- ings, machinery, and all appurtenances belonging there- to. See MINE. Col line a'tion, n. Same as COLLIMATION, q. v . Col'lington, in Maryland , a P. O. of Prince George co. Collin'gual, a. [From Lat. con, and lingua , the tongue.] Having, or pertaining to, the same tongue or language. Coiling wood, CUTHBERT, LORD, an English admiral, в. 1750. Не distinguished himself at the blockade of Toulon, the battle of Cape St. Vincent, the blockade of Brest, and especially at Trafalgar, where he succeeded to the command on the death of Lord Nelson, D. 1810. Coring wood, in Ontario, a town of Simcoe co., on Not tawa saga Bay, 95 m. N.N.W. of Toronto: pop . 2,829. Colling wood, in New Jersey , a village of Camden co. Col'lins, ANTHONY, an English free-thinker, B. at Hes- ton, Middle sex, 1676. He was the intimate friend of Locke, who very highly esteemed him; he had a long controversy with Dr. Samuel Clarke, and provoked by some of his writings innumerable replies. His principal works are: Priestcraft in Perfection; E ay on the Thirty- Nine Articles ; Discourse on Free-Thinking, which was savagely attacked by Bentley; Philosophical Inquiry concerning Liberty and Nece ity; and Grounds and Rea- sons of the Christian Religion. D. 1729. Collins, WILLIAM WILKIE, a popular English novelist, B. in London, 1824. He wrote a large number of popular works of fiction: -Ant on in a , or the Fall of Rome ; Ba- sil; After Dark; The Dead Secret; and The Queen of Hearts. In 1859-60 his Woman in White appeared in "A! the Year Round," followed by No Name . His latest works were: Armadale (1866); The Moonstone (1868); Man and Wife (1870); Poor Mi Finch (1872), and The Law and the Lady (1876). In 1874 C. made a succe ful lec- turing tour of the United States. D. 1889. Collins, WILLIAM, a distinguished English painter, B. in London, 1797. His most popular works are: Happy as a King , the Stray Kitten, Putting Salt on the Bird's Tail , and The Newly Found Nest. D. 1874. Collins, in Iowa , a township of Story co. Collins, in New York , a post village and township of Erie county, on Cat tar aug us creek, about 22 miles south of Buffalo. Collinsville, in Connecticut , a post-village in Canton township, Hartford co., on the Farming ton River, about 15 m. N.W. by W. of Hartford. Collinsville, in Illinois , a city of Madison co., 86 m. S. by W. of Springfield, and 14 m. E.N.E. of St. Louis. Pop . (1897) abt. 4,000, Collinsville, in New York , a post-village of Lewis co., near Black River, about 37 m. N. by W. of Utica. -village of Otsego co. Collinsville, in Pennsylvania , a village of Blair co., about 122 m. W. of Harris burg. -A post-office of Lycoming co. Coll i qua ment, ( kol - lik'wa - ment ,) the first generative endiments of an embryo. melt. A melting or fusion of bodies into one ma . "The incorporation of metals by simple col liquefaction ."-Bacon. Collision, ( köl - lizh'un .) n. [Lat. collisio. See COLLIDE.) Act of meeting and striking together; the meeting and mutual striking of two or more bodies; state of coming into violent contact together; as, a railroad collision . -State of contrariety and interference; conflict; clashing of will or opinion; encounter. IMG:content-0262.png:[blocks in formation] Collow, n. and v. See COLLY. Collude', v. i. [Lat. colludo -con, and ludo , to play.] To play into the hand of each other; to conspire in a fraud; to act in concert; as, " colluding with sedition." Burke . (Mech.) The impact of two bodies, one or both of which were previously in motion. The laws of the direct impact of two spherical bodies are deduced from the principle that the sum of the momenta of the im- pinging bodies, estimated in a fixed direction along the line of motion, is not altered by the collision. The velocities of the bodies after impact, however, depend upon the hardne and elasticity of these bodies. If perfectly hard, they will move, after impact, as one body with a velocity, and in a direction which is ascertained by dividing the algebraical sum of their previous mo- menta by that of their ma es. If not perfectly hard, a understanding. certain compre ion takes place on collision, and is im- Collu's ivene , n . State or quality of being collusive. Collud'er, n. One who participates in a fraud. Collum, n . ( Bot .) See COLLAR. Collu's ion, n. [Lat. collusio.] Act of colluding; a secret agreement and co-operation for a fraudulent pur- pose; artifice; fraud by concert. mediately followed by a more or le perfect restitution of form, according to the degrees of elasticity which the bodies po e . In the case of perfectly elastic bodies, this force of restitution is equal to that of compre ion, and the lo or gain in the velocity of each body which occurred at the moment of collision or commencement -v. a. To grime or besmirch with coal or soot. Collu's ory, a . Lat. coll us or i us.] Collusive. Collu'vies, n . sing . and pl . [Lat.colluere con, and luere, to wash.] Filth; refuse matter; a ma of garbage. Col'ly, Col'low, n. The smut of coal or burnt wood. "Besmeared with soot, colly , perfumed with opoponax." - Burton. of compre ion, at which moment the bodies may still be regarded as perfectly hard, is precisely repeated. In all cases of collision the state of the centre of gravity, whether at rest or in motion, remains the same after the impact as it was before. If it was at rest, it remains in that state; and if it was in motion, it continues to move in the same direction with the same velocity, not with- standing the impact. This is the case both in respect of non-elastic and elastic bodies; and it is a constant law, in whatever manner the bodies act on each other, and whatever be their respective natures. Collit'igant, n. One who engages in litigation with another. [Lat, colloco , collocatus con , and Collocate, v. a. loco , to place or set.] To set or place together; to set; to station; to place. Colloca'tion, n. [Lat. collocatio.] Act of collocating; a setting; the act of placing; disposition in place. -State of being placed, or placed with something else. "In the collocation of the spirits in bodies, the collocation is equal or unequal."- Bacon . Collo'dion, n. [From Gr. kolla , glue, and eidos , re- semblance.] ( Chem .) A solution of pyroxylon in a mix- ture of ether and alcohol. When this solution is exposed to the air, the ether and alcohol evaporate, leaving be- hind a thin, tough pellicle. It is used exclusively in pharmacy, for forming an artificial skin on excoriated surfaces, and in PHOTOGRAPHY, q. v. Collo'dionize, v a . To treat with collodion; to form Collogue', v. a. [See COL LOCUTION.] To addre in a wheedling or flattering manner. "He had been colloguing with my wife."-Thackeray. Colloid', n. [Gr. kolla , glue, and eidos , form.] Resem- bling glue, or any gelatinous substance. Col'lop, n. [Ger. klopps , from klopfen , to beat; Swed. and Goth. kollops .] A small slice or chop of meat, made tender by beating, and to be cooked on the coals; as, minced collops . "What signifies Scotch collops to a feast?" - King. -A fleshy piece of any animal; a lump of flesh. "The lion i upon his death-bed; not an enemy that does not apply for a collop of him." -L'Estrange. -A part or piece of anything; a slice; a share. "This...cut two good collops out of the crown-land." - Fuller. Colloquial, a . Pertaining to colloquy, familiar con- vers at i on, or mutual discourse; used in contra dist inc- tion to formal or stilted conversation; as, colloquial talents. Colloquialism, n. A colloquial form of expre ion; a familiar figure of speech. Colloquially, adv . By mutual conversation. Colloquist, n . One who speaks in a dialogue. Colloquy, n. [Lat. colloquium con , and loquor , to speak. A speaking together: mutual discourse of two or more; dialogue; conversation conference. Collore'do, a noble Austrian family, originating in the 10th cent., and taking their name from the castle of Colloredo, in Friuli. Several members of the two branches, C. - Mansfeld and C.- Wenzel , greatly dist in- guished themselves as field-marshals, chiefly during the Seven Years' War, and in that against Napoleon I. The C-Mansfeld rank as princes of the empire. Collot D'Herbois, JEAN MARIE, ( kol'lo dair-bwaw,) one of the most sanguinary leaders in the French revolution, B. at Paris, 1750. Before the revolution he was a clever strolling player. He joined the club of the Jacobins, and soon gained a great ascendancy; won the prize for his Almanach du Père Gerard ; and became a member of the Convention, and of the Committee of Public Safety. He was charged with several provincial mi ions, and made himself a name of infamy by his execution of them. In 1793 he went to Lyons, where he had more than 16,000 persons put to death, and made it a capital crime to look sad or pitiful. An attempt "Brief as the lightning in the collied night." - Ska . Col'ly, Collie, n. In Scotland, a shepherd's dog. Colly, in Mi ouri , a village of Pulaski co., abt. 60 m. S. of Jefferson City. Collyr'io, n. (Zool.) A genus of birds of the Lanide family, distinguished by having the bill shorter than the head, the tip of the lower mandible bent upward, legs stout, wings rounded, and claws very sharp. The Great Northern Shrike, or Butcher-bird, C. borealis , of North America, ( Fig . 1512), is nearly 9 in. ong, the color above light-bluish ash, and the under parts white. It has the power of imitating the sounds of other birds, especially those indicating distre ; and has the singular habit of impaling birds and insects upon the points of twigs and thorns; but for what object is not well understood. Colocotro'nis, THEODOROS, a Greek patriot, and com- mander in the revolution which established the inde pendence of Greece. B 1770; D. 1843. Colocynth, ( kol'o -sinth.) n. [Gr. kolokynthis - kolon , the colon, or koilia , the belly, and kineo , to move.] ( Med . ) The pith of the bitter-apple; the fruit of the Citrullus Colocynth us, which is violently purgative. It is imported dried, and generally peeled, from Turkey, and is rarely used alone. One of the most valuable purgatives is the compound extract of C., which is a combination of this drug with aloes, scammony, cardamom, seeds, and soap. In large doses, C. is an irritant poison. Colocynth'ine, n . (Chem.) The bitter, purging principle of colocynth. Cologne', [Ger. Köln . ] an ancient and celebrated city of Germany, in Pru ia, formerly the cap. of the electorate of the same name, and now of the Rhine provs., on the left bank of the Rhine. C., one of the most prosperous cities of Pru ia, is connected by a magnificent iron bridge with the town of Deutz on the opposite shore of the Rhine. It is built in the form of a crescent, and is strongly fortified and garrisoned. This city bears, generally, a med iæval aspect, and po e es some fine old structures, conspicuons among which is the Cathedral, or Minster. of St. Peter, a vast and imposing Gothic edifice, begun about 1248. It is about 400 feet in length, and the choir rises to the height of 180 ft. It was completed in 1880, and inaugurated (Oct. 15) in presence of the Emperor, and most of the ruling princes of Germany. Its total cost is about $10,000,000. C. formerly bore a very unsavory reputation among travellers with sensitive olfactory organs. if the poet Cole ridge is to be believed, who writes of this city: "The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne ; But tell me, nymphs! what power divine Shail henceforth wash the river Rhine?' C. is well furnished with those literary, social, and educational institutions applicable to a large and populous city, and has also a good port on the Rhine, being the principal entrepôt of the extensive and increasing commerce between the Netherlands and the countries of the German Zollverein. Manf . Cotton yarn, and stuffs, stockings, bonnets, velvets, silks, hats, lace, thread, clocks, tobacco, and soap. The most esteemed product of the numerous distilleries here is the well-known Eaude-Cologne, (q. v.) C. was an ancient Roman colony, and in the Middle Ages was much more populous and wealthy than at present. It was for a lengthened period one of the most important cities belonging to the Hanseatic League. The population of C., at the last census was 281,273. Cologne, Cologne-water, ( ko - lon ',) n. See EAU DE-COLOGNE. Cologne'-earth, n . [From Cologne .] ( Painting .) A pigment similar to the Vandyke brown in its use and properties as a color.