collegian (kolejian)

[ collegiate (ko-lē'ji-āt), a. and n. giato , a. and n., col leg i at us , only as a noun, one of a society, college, etc., collegium , a society, college, etc.: see college.] I. a. 1. Pertaining to or of the nature of a college, or an organized body of men having certain com- mon pursuits or duties: as, collegiate societies. Hooker. See college , 1.-2. Pertaining to a col- lege within a university, or to a college which forms an independent institution for higher learning; furnished by or pursued in a college: as, collegiate life; collegiate education. See col- lege , 2. with a college in any sense: as, collegiate mas- terships in a university. Milton. Neverthele , the government of New-England was for Mather , Mag. Chris., to IMG:content-0804.png:[blocks in formation] Collembola (ko-lem'bō-lä), n . pl . [NL., κόλλα , glue, + ἐμβολή, & putting in place, a setcolleter (ko-lē'ter), n. [NL., ting, i insertion, etc.: see embolic .] 1. An order of apterous ametabolous insects, containing the lowest or most generalized types of the true insects. It is represented by forms such as Po- dura, which have 3 thoracic and 6 abdominal segments (the anterior abdominal segment with a ventral sucker and the penultimate one with a pair of long setiform appendages), and no wings, and which undergo no meta- morphosis. Different authors include in the order or exclude from it the thysanurous insects, as Campodea and Lepisma . 2. A suborder of the order Thysanura: re- stricted to the springtails proper, the Podurida and Sminthuridæ . collembole (kol'em-bol), n. One of the Col- lembola . collembolous (ko-lem'bo-lus), a. [ Collembola + -ous .] Of or pertaining to the Collembola ; being apterous and ametabolous, as an insect of the family Poduridæ or order Thysanura . Collemei (ko-lē'mē-i), n . pl . [NL., Collema .] A family of gymnocarpous lichens having a frondose or foliaceous thallus, and especially characterized by their gelatinous consistency when wet, and by their bluish-green gonidia (gonimia); jelly-lichens. collemeine (ko-lē'mē-in), a . [ Collema + -ine1 . ] Same as collemaceous . collemoid (ko-lē'moid), a. [ Collema + -oid.] Resembling the Collemei . collenchyma (ko-leng'ki-mä), n. [NL., bot ., a layer of modified parenchyma immediately beneath the epidermis, having the cells thick- ened at the angles by a pad-like ma which is capable of swelling greatly in water. It is found in the young stems, petioles, and leaf- veins of many dicotyledonous plants. collenchymatous (kol-eng-kim'a-tus), a . [ collenchyma (t-) +-ous.] 1. In bot . , containing or resembling collenchyma.-2. In zoöl . , hav- ing the character or quality of col len chyme; consisting of or containing col len chyme. col len chyme (ko-leng'kim), n. [ collen- chyma (in another sense): see collenchyma .] col len cytes. It is mesodermal, and in its commonest and simplest form consists of a clear, colorle gelatinous matrix in which the col len cytes are embedded. Col len chyme does not originate through the trans for- mation of sarcenchyme,... for it precedes the latter in development. Schulze has compared col len chyme to the gelatinous ti ue which forms the chief part of the umbrella of jellyfish. Sollas , Encyc. Brit., XXII. 419. collencytal (kol-en-si'tal), a. [ IMG:content-0805.png:[blocks in formation] colleging (kol'ej-ing), n. [ college + -ing1.]. Training and education in college. [Rare.] Though lightly prized the ribboned parchments three, Yet collegi e juvat, I am glad glue, + ἐν , in, + κύτος , a containing hollow.] One of the irregularly branching or stellate cells or connective-ti ue corpuscles from which col len chyme arises, found embedded in the ma- trix of the latter in the mesoderm of sponges. collepixiet, n. See colepixy . coller1t, n. An obsolete spelling of collar . coller2t, n. An obsolete spelling of choler . collery-stick (kol'e-ri-stik), n. A mi ile weapon resembling the boomerang, used by the Colleries, or Thieves, a native race of south- ern India. Also colleree - stick . collet1 (kol'et), n. [=G. kollet , collet = It. collet to , collet us , a band or collar, dim. of L. collum , > F. col , the neck: see collar .] 1. A band or collar; specifically, a small collar or band worn by the inferior clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.-2. Among jewelers: (a) Same as culet . (b) The ring or flange within which a jewel or a group of jewels is set, as that part of a ring which holds the seal. The word is most common in connection with large com- positions of jewelers' work. Sir T. Herbert , Memoirs, p. 101. 3. In gla - manuf ., that part of a gla ve el which adheres to the pontee or iron instrument used in taking the substance from the melting- pot. 4. In mach ., a small band of metal, as the ring which fastens the packing of a piston. -5. Ingun ., that part of the muzzle of a cannon which lies between the astragal and the face of the piece. collet1 (kol'et), v. t. [ collet1 , n.] To set in or as in a collet. And in his foyle so lovely set, Faire collited in gold. Behind it [the spermatheca of the female cockroach] are two large, ramified, tubular colleterial glands , which prob- ably give rise to the substance of which the egg-case is formed. Huxley , Anat. Invert., p. 360. Car, Gras if * κολλητήριον , colleteria verbal adj. of κολλᾶν , glue together, zool ., a glandular viscid or glutinous substance by which the ova are glued together, as in various insects; a col- leterial rial gla gland. The oötheca or egg-case of the cockroach Collida Collida (kol'i-da), n. pl. [NL., collide (ko-lid'), v.; pret. and pp. collided, ppr. colliding. [= D.collide ren G.collidiren =Dan. kollidere Sp. colidir (obs.) = Pg. collidir = It. collidere, If colored electric lights could be produced, the risk of colliding with other steamers carrying electric lanterns would be le ened,.. but the danger of running down smaller craft which must use the ordinary Applet on's Ann . Cyc ., 1883, p. 137. light would be enhanced. II. trans . To strike against; encounter with a shock. [Rare.] Struck or collided by a solid body. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 23. IMG:content-0806.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small]