collimator

[Eng. collimat (e); -or.] A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. ( Nichol.) A collimating eye-piece has a diagonal reflector for illumination, and is used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument, by observing the image of a cro -wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly. col-lin, s . [Gr. kolla =glue, and Eng. suff. -in ( Chem .).] Chem. The purest form of gelatin. [COLLOID.] *col-line, s . [Fr., from Lat. coll is a hill.] A little hill, a mound, a rising ground. "Watered parks, full of fine col lines and ponds." Evelyn. *col-lin-e-ar, a . [Pref. col = cum = with, together; Eng. linear (q. v.).] In the same or a corre sponding line; forming one line. *col-lin-e-āte, v . t . & i. [Lat. collineo =to aim, to direct in a line with.] [COLLIMATE.] 1. Trans.: To direct or place in a line with any. thing. 2. In trans.: To lie or be situated in a line with anything. *col-lin-e-ā-tion, s. [Lat collineo=to aim.] [COLLIMATE.] The act or proce of aiming at or directing anything in an exact line with an object. *col-lin-ět', s. [Fr.] [FLAGEOLET.] *col'-ling, *col-linge, pr . par . & s. [COLL, V.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As subst.: The act of embracing; an embrace. " The Supposes. ki ing and colling ( Latham .) *col-ling-ly, adv . [Eng. colling; ly.] In a fondling manner; with embraces, care ingly. “.. colling lie him kist." Gas coigne: Works, A. 2.