2. A part or piece of anything; a portion.

Cut two good collops out of the crown land.

Fuller.

Col"loped (?), a. Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.

With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain.

R. Browning.

Col"lo*phore (?), n. [Gr. ko`lla glue + &?; to bear.] (Zo÷l.) (a) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. (b) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.

Col*lo"qui*al (?), a. [See Colloqui.] Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. -- Col*lo"qui*al*ly, adv.

His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order.

Macaulay.

Col*lo"qui*al*ism (?), n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.

Col*lo"qui*al*ize (?), v. t. To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.

Col"lo*quist (?), n. A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone.

Col"lo*quy (?), n.; pl. Colloquies (#). [L. colloquium. See Collocution.] 1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion.

A. Wood.

2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.

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