cold 
kolden, kulden = G. kdltcn, cliill), ^row cold, < 
ceald, cold : see cold, a.] To grow cold. 
1 III ! 'I ahoUte his llel fe e. ./,/,', 
Chun,-, ,-, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 740. 
cold-blooded (kold'blud*ed),rt. 1. Having cold 
blood; hematocryttl. (a) In ?..;., noting those an). 
niiil-i the tempt -rat 1 1 re of whose blood ranges from tin- tree/ 
Ing-polntarnaarlt towv v., in accordance with that of the 
fmrroiiinlin:; medium. or tnofle whoM i<l"nd is \ery little 
higher in temperature Hum Midi hahitat. AIIIOIIL 
iH.ites, I lit- reptiles, ampin I nans, anil fishes arc technically 
otllfld 0o(d-Mood0d. Bte //.'//i" 1 
When tin- nurvn is eUemlid to d./i/'i/ ..... '.'/ animals 
:md tu Plants, thi' immediale and direct n-latii.li I. 
Heat and Vital Activity . . . IN unmistakably nianif. -t. il 
ir. ;; . . .... i ... , p. 4ij>. 
(li) Not thoroughbred ; of common or ninnmvl -to, k : ap 
piled to hor.scs that are. not fnll-bloo.li -d. (c) Sensitive 
to cold : saM of persons \\lio feel the i<il<l ..... >e than i* 
luual: as, a .W./-Mi.,i.',/ man is obliged to drew uarinly 
In winter. 
2. Figuratively, without sensibilitv or fecl'mir: 
unsympathetic; without the usual feelings of 
humanity; ohuaoterfaed by such lack of sensi- 
bility: as, a riilil-lilniH/fil villuin; cold-blooilcil 
advice; a cold-lilooilrtl murder. 
TllOll ftil,l-Un,,il,;l slave. .S'/iilt.. K. .lolin, ill. 1. 
Mr. Maltlnw . . . promoted the data for his reasoning 
In a somewhat cnlil-Momled fashion. N. A. /*., CXX. 815. 
cold-chisel (kold'chiz'el), n, A chisel with a 
c utting edge formed of steel properly strength- 
ened by tempering, for cutting metal which 
has not beeu softened by heating. 
cold-cream (kold'krem'), n. A kind of cooling 
unguent for the skin, usually made of almond- 
oil, spermaceti, white wax, and rose-water. 
cold-drawn (kold'dran), a. Extracted without 
the aid of heat : applied specifically to oils ex- 
pressed from nuts, seeds, or fruits which have 
not been heated. Such oils are of finer quality 
than those which are hot-pressed. 
cold-hammer (kold'ham'er), v. t. In metal- 
irorkiny, to hammer when cold. 
cold-hammering (kold'ham"er-ing), n. [Ver- 
bal n. of cold-Hammer, .] In metal-working, 
the act or practice 'of hammering when cold. 
It is often affirmed that wrought-iron changes from 
fibrous to crystalline after enduring long-continued cold. 
hamiiifrina, vihratlon, tension, jamng, and other strains. 
K. Wilton, Steam Boilers, p. 40. 
COld-harbort (kold'har'bor), n. 1. An inn. 
2. A protection at a wayside for travelers who 
are benighted or benumbed with cold. 
cold-hearted (kold'har'ted), a. Wanting sym- 
pathy or feeling ; indifferent ; unkind. 
O ye cold-hearted frozen formalists. 
Young, Night Thoughts, Iv. 639. 
Men who feel no need to come morally nearer to their 
fellow creatures than they can come while standing, tea- 
cup in hand, answering tritlcs with trifles, ... by feeling 
no such need, prove themselves shallow-thoughted ana 
cold-hearted. H. Spencer, Universal Progress, p. 102. 
cold-heartedly (kold'har'ted-li), adv. In a 
cold-hearted manner. 
cold-heartedness (kold'har'ted-nes), n. Want 
of feeling or sensibility. 
cold-kind (kold'kind), a. Uniting coldness and 
kindness. [Rare.] 
Down he [Winter] descended from his snow-soft chair ; 
But, all unwares, with his cold-kind embrace 
Unhous'd thy virgin soul from her fair hiding-place. 
Milton, Ode D. F. I. 
coldly (kold'li), adv. [< ME. coldliche ; < cold, a., 
+ -fy 2 .] 1. In a cold manner ; without warmth, 
especially in figurative senses; without ardor 
of feeling ; without passion or emotion ; with 
indifference or negligence ; dispassionately ; 
calmly. 
If yow your seines do seme God gladlie and orderlle for 
conscience sake, not coldlit, and somtyme for maner sake, 
you carle all the C'ourte with yow. 
Ascham, The Scholeraaster, p. 68. 
If he were mad, he would not plead so coldly. 
Shak., C. of E., v. 1. 
What you but whisper, I dare speak aloud, 
Stood the king by ; have means to put in act too 
What you but coldly plot. 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, 1. 1. 
The king looked coldly on Rochester. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
2. In a cold state. [Bare.] 
Thrift, thrift, Horatio ! the funeral bak'd meats 
Did coldlii furnish forth the marriage tables. 
Shak., Hamlet, 1. 2. 
cold-moving (kold'mS'ving), a. Indicating 
want of cordiality or want of interest; indif- 
ferent. [Rare.] 
With certain half-caps, and cold-niovin/i nods, 
They froze me Into silence. Shak., T. of A., 11. 2. 
coldness (kold'nes), n. The state, quality, or 
sensation of being cold, (o) Want of heat. (i>) Un- 
1097 
ooDoern; imlm.ni n,w.l. want of ardor, teal, 
enthusiasm. :i m mat i"ii, Hi' -JIM it : a*, to ic> cue .in , 
itl liliu't* ; to listen With aMiieti. 
1 ! faithless ,-.,/>/ /!' of the times. 
Tennyton, In Memoriam > \i 
i 'hilling hi* caresses 
By the roldnet* of her mannrrs. 
Maud. XI. 1. 
ici Absence of sensual desire; frigidity; chastity. 
Viifm :<!, l,ieu. I'ni", Windsor Forest, 1. 6. 
cold-pale (kold'pal), a. Cold and pale. [Hare.] 
Cohl-falt weakness numbs each feeling part. 
Slink. , VeniiH and Adonis, 1. 892. 
cold-prophett, . Same as colc-pro/iln /. 
coldrickt, ". [Karly mod. E. ro/oVy.7. = Sc. 
i-nhlrin-li, i-nilrinjli. < .Mi-:. <-nl<ln-l;yn for "</(/////. 
< calil, cold, +' -ril: (= I), -rijk '= <:. -ftUt), " 
term, i-quiv. to -ful, lit. 'rich' (cf. D. Min- 
na blind, doofrijk, very deaf, etc.): ser 
and -rir, -rick. Cf. midriff.] Very cold. 
Caldrckyn, frlgorosus, & cetera. Ca/h. Aiigtiruiii. 
CoUrycke, or full of cold, algosus. BUM 
coldrifet (kold'rif), a. [8c. caldrife, eauldrifr : 
< cold + rife. Cf. coldrick.'] Very cold ; abound- 
ing in i-nlil. 
cold-served (kold'servd), o. 1. Served up cold. 
2. Dull ; tiresome ; tedious. Youny. [Rare 
in both uses.] 
cold-short (kold'shdrt), o. and n. I. a. Brittle 
when cold: as, cold-xlutrt iron. 
II. a. In founding, a seam in a casting caused 
by the congealing of the metal so rapidly as to 
prevent a proper filling of the mold. Also cold- 
shut. 
cold-shot (kold'shot), n. Small iron particles 
or globules found in chilled parts of a casting. 
cold-shut 1 (kold'shut), a. Cold-hammered into 
shape, and joined without welding: said of the 
links of a chain so made. 
cold-shut 2 (kold'shut), n. In founding, same 
as cold-short. 
cold-slaw (kold'sla), n. An incorrect form of 
cole-slavs. 
cold-sore (kold'sor), n. A herpetie eruption 
about the mouth and nostrils, often accom- 
panying a cold in the head. 
cold-stoking (kold' stocking), n. In glass- 
maiiuf., the operation of lowering the tempera- 
ture of the oven until the glass attains the 
proper consistency for blowing. This opera- 
tion follows that of clearing. 
cold-sweating (kold'swefing), n. In tanning, 
a process preparatory to the removal of the 
epidermis and hair from hides, consisting in 
soaking them from six to twelve days in tanks 
through which flow streams of fresh cold water. 
cold-tankard (kold'tang'k&rd), n. Same as 
cool-tankard. 
cold-tinning (kold'tin'ing), n. A method of 
covering metals with tin. The metal to be tinned 
Is thoroughly cleaned by filing or turning and the use of 
emery-paper, and is then rubbed with a coarse cloth damp- 
ened with hydrochloric acid. A soft amalgam of tin is then 
applied with the same cloth, and the mercury is driven off 
by heat. 
cole 1 ! (kol), . An obsolete spelling of coal. 
cole 2 (kol), n. [= E. dial, cale = Sc. kale, 
kail, < ME. cole, cool, col, also cale, cal, caul, < 
AS. cdwel, contr. caul (cf. E. soul, < AS. sdwel), 
= MD. koole, D. kool = MLQ. kol, LG. kol, 
kaul = OHG. kol, also cliolo, chola, MHG. kole, 
G. kohl = Icel. kdl = Sw. Ml = Dan. kaal = 
W. cawl = Bret, kaot = OF. chol, F. chou = Pr. 
caul = Sp. col = Pg. couve = It. cavolo, < L. 
caulis, later colis, cabbage, cabbage-stalk, also 
prob. the stalk or stem of any plant, = Gr. 
Kav'/.6f, a stalk; orig. a hollow stem, akin to 
Gr. (coUof, hollow, and L. cams, hollow: see 
cale 1 , kale 1 , cave 1 , ceil, n., ccelo-, etc. : and cf. 
cauliflower, caulis, etc., and cabbage^.] The 
general name of all sorts of cabbage or plants 
of the genus Brassica : chiefly used in its com- 
pounds, cole-rape, cole-seed, coletcort, etc. Also 
cale and kale. 
cole 3 (kol), n. [< Icel. kollr, a top, a head, a 
heap.] It. The head. 
Our kynge was grete above his colt, 
A in ode hat in his crowne. 
Lylell Oettf of Kooyn Hode (Child's Ballads, V. 109). 
2. [Sc., also var. coil : see eo'/ 4 .] One of the 
small conical heaps in which hay is usually 
thrown up in the field after being cnt; a hay- 
cock. 
cole 4 t, n. [Early mod. E.,< ME. cole (rare) ; ori- 
gin obscure. Hence, in comp., colepixy, cole- 
prophft, col-fox, col-knife, colsipe, and perhaps 
coltcard : see these words.] Treachery ; de- 
ceit ; falsehood ; stratagem. 
coleopteran 
., Molie that mull. I hem nencr, 
Vli'l ' :i-t eoiili Hed) it I* <vlU. 
UrdtUu(K. i. 
Nor colour craft* by swearing pracloiu cole*. 
'il:i, 1. 1114 
colecannon, *'' '"'< vi. 
colectomy ik<>-ii-k't<>-mij. . [< <;r. >'., 
rnloli, + ::-iill>l t CXcUion, < '* .' OUt, 
< in, out, + riurni. i'ut. Spi- niiiilniiiy.'] In 
mtrg., excision of part of the colon. 
co-legatee (ko-i.^-ii-tt"-'), . [< m-i + injutee.'] 
One who U a legatee together with another; 
one of several legatees. Also ciiiliiin/nrit. 
coleiset, . See cullig. 
colemanite (kol' man -it), n. [After Wm. T. 
^ 'in n( Han Francisco.] A hydrous calcium 
borate, occurring in white to colorless mono- 
clinic crystals with brilliant luster, and also 
in white compact masses, in California. In 
composition it is nearly identical with priceite. 
colemiet, . See colmy. 
cole-mouse, n. See coal-moute. 
Coleonyx (kol--on'iks), n. pfL. (J. E. Gray, 
1849), < Gr. mfaoc, a sheath, + ovif, a nail: see 
onyi.] A genus of American gecko-like lizardx, 
of the family Eublijiharultc. C.mrtegatui.tliervh- 
Variegated Gecko (Cetrerty 
gated gecko, is a rare species, Inhabiting the southwestern 
1 nlted States. It is of a brownish-yellow color, blotched or 
banded with reddish brown and pure white below. 
coleophyl, coleophyll (kol'f-9-fil), n. [Also, as 
NL., coleophyllum ; < Gr. ico^foc, sheath, + tf>Mm 
= L./oUum,leaf.] In /int., the outer leaf of the 
plumule of the embryo in endogens, inclosing 
a succession of rudimentary leaves, and re- 
maining as a sheath at their base after their 
development. Also called coleoptile. [Rare.] 
coleophyllous (kol'e-o-fil'us), a. [< coleophyl 
+ -M*.J In bot., having or pertaining to a 
coleophyl. 
coleopter (kol-e- or ko-le-op'ter), n. [= F. cole- 
optere, < NL. eoleopterum, neut. (sc. L. intec- 
tum, insect) of cofeopterus: see coleopterous.] 
One of the Coleoptera ; a coleopterous insect ; 
a beetle. 
Coleoptera 1 (kol-e- or ko-le-op'te-rS), n. pi. 
[XL., pi. of coleopterum : see coleopter and cole- 
opterous.] An order 
of Hexapoda, or of the 
class fnsecta proper, 
haying the posterior 
pair of membranous 
wings sheathed by the 
hardened anterior pair 
called elytra, which 
when folded together 
One of the Celaflera (Cum- 11Hlln .ll f nrt1 noorlv 
jtia camftjirtt], about natural usually ic m a nearly 
size, a, head ; A. ptothorax ; c. complete Covering of 
/StSSia, '""* ; ' ' ""^ ; the body ; the sheath- 
winged insects or bee- 
tles. The head is mandihulate, completely and very uni- 
formly constructed, consisting of a labrum attached to a 
clypeus, generally by means of an epistoma ; 2 strong man- 
dibles ; 2 maxilla;, each bearing a palp ; and a lower lip or 
labfum. also palplferons, and attached to a mentum which 
joins the jngnlun: or under side of the head. The anten- 
na 1 range in number of joints from 1 to 60 or more, but the 
typical number is 11 ; they vary greatly in form. (See an- 
tenna.) The larva Is variable, havingg legs or none ; there 
are no prolegs ; the pupa Is Inactive ; and metamorphosis 
is complete. The Coleoptera are by far the largest ordinal 
group Iti the animal kingdom, having aliout 80,000 species 
and 8,000 genera. Latreille's division of them into Pen- 
tamera, Heteromera, Tetramra, and Trimera, according 
to the number of joints of the tarsi, is still generally fol- 
lowed, though it is to some extent artificial and not 
strictly correct. Subordinate divisions now current are 
such as Adephafta, Palvicornia, Brachelytra, Clavicornia. 
LamMicornia, Stenuan, Malacodermi, Atrachtlia, Troche- 
liila. Rhynchophora, Xylophaqa, Lontjicvrnia, Phutophaga, 
Clacipalpi, Furuiicola, and Aphidiphaga. The Coleoptera 
are also called Elevtherata. 
Coleoptera 2 , n. Plural of cokopteron. 
coleopteral (kol-e- or ko-le-op'te-ral), a. [< co- 
leopter + -/.] Same as coleopterous. 
coleopteran (kol-e- or ko-lf-op te-ran), n. [< co- 
leopter + -an.~\ One of the Coleoptera; a beetle. 
