col

[Fr., from Lat. coll is =a hill.] 1. A hill, a ridge. each of them comes in some portion of its course to a col, or parting ridge between the heads of glens."-Lyell: Antiq . of Man, ch. xii. 2. A neck. Col, or Colle, is used in the Romance languages, and in Italian, for a hill or mountain with a pa through it, or for the pa itself. col, abbreviation. [For etym. see def.] Pharm .: An abbreviation for coliander, which again is a corruption of coriander. ( Prior .)