In the face of these guilty collybists.
Bp. Hall.
Col*lyr"i*um (?), n.; pl. E. Collyriums (#), L. Collyria (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Med.) An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.
||Col`o*co"lo (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.
Col"ocynth (?), n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. &?;. Cf. Coloquintida.] (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, or Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.
Col`o*cyn"thin (?), n. [Cf. F. colocynthine.] (Chem.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
Co*logne" (?), n. [Originally made in Cologne, the French name of K÷ln, a city in Germany.] A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.
Co*logne" earth` (?). [From Cologne the city.] (Min.) An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
Col"om*bier (?), n. [F.] A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.
Co*lom"bin (?), n. (Chem.) See Calumbin.
Co*lom"bo (?), n. (Med.) See Calumba.
Co"lon (?), n. [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. &?;, and in sense of the intestine, &?;: cf. F. colon. Cf. Colic.] 1. (Anat.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the cŠcum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
2. (Gram.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
Colo"nel (?), n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column.] (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Colo"nel*cy (?), n. (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.
Colo"nel*ship, n. Colonelcy. Swift.