colichemarde (koleshmard)

[F., also co lismarde; said to be a corruption of the name of Count Königsmark.] A long sword in which the forte of the blade is very broad and the foible very narrow and slight, the change being abrupt, with a rapid curve or slope on each side. This weapon came into use toward the end of the seventeenth century. colickt, n. and a. An obsolete spelling of colic. colicked (kol'ikt), a. [ Leaving the bowels inflated, colicked , or griped. G. Cheyne, Regimen, p. 110. colicky (kol'i-ki), a. [ colicky pains.-2. Affected with colic; subject to colic: as, a colicky baby. [Colloq.] colic-root (kol'ik-röt), n. A name in the United States of several plants having reputed medicinal virtues, as Aletris farinosa , Dioscorea vil los a , and Liatris squarrosa . colie, coly (kol'i), n.; pl. colies (-iz). [A native name.] In ornith., a conirostral bird of the family Coliidæ. The colies are all fruit-eaters, live in small bands, frequent thick bushes, and, when disturbed, fly straight to some neighboring covert. G. E. Shelley, quoted in Stand. Nat. Hist., IV. 394.