Col*le"gi*an (?), n. A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.
Col*le"gi*ate (?), a. [L. collegiatus.] Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson.
Collegiate church. (a) A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.
Col*le"gi*ate, n. A member of a college. Burton.
||Col*lem"bo*la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + 'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.] (Zo÷l.) The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.
||Col*len"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + &?; an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
Col"let (?), n. [F. collet, dim. fr. L. collum neck. See Collar.] 1. A small collar or neckband. Foxe.
2. (Mech.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.
3. (Jewelry) (a) The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set. (b) The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant.
How full the collet with his jewel is!
Cowley.
Col`le*te"ri*al (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen.
||Col`le*te"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See Colletic.] (Zo÷l.) An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.
Col*let"ic (?), a. [L. colleticus suitable for gluing, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to glue, ko`lla glue.] Agglutinant. -- n. An agglutinant.
Col"ley (?), n. See Collie.
Col*lide" (?), v. i. [L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.] To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.
Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate.
Tyndall.
No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding.
Carlyle.