Coliomorphae 
liso, and some others: equivalent to the same 
author's earlier Aiiibnlntoreg or Coniformes. 
eolioinorphic (kol"i-o-m6r'iik), a, [< t'oltnm 
/)/(,' + -ic.] Pertaining to or having the char- 
acters of the Co/iniiiitr/i/Ki'. 
colisance t, An obsolete form of cognisance, 3. 
Wright. 
Coliseum, See Colosseum, 
colitis (ko-li'tis), n. [NL., < Gr. icoAov, the co- 
lon (sec rnlon-), + -ilin.\ lu )>athol., inflam- 
mation of the mucous membrane of the colon ; 
colouitis. 
Colius (ko'li-us), . [NL., < eolie, coly, native 
name.] The typical genus of birds of the family 
( 'oliiilii', the eolies, of which there are 6 or 8 spe- 
cies, all confined to Africa. C. W/K-H.SV'.* is the 
type. 
colk't, [E- dial, coke and conk; < HE. //,r. 
colfk, a hole, = OFries. kolk, NFries. kolcke = 
D. kolk; a pit, hollow, = MLG. kolk, kulk, a hole, 
a hole filled with water, esp. one caused by (In- 
action of water, LG. kulk, a hole, pit, ditch.] 
A core ; a kernel. 
Alle erthe liy skille may likned be 
Tillr :i ruiiiiilt: appel of a tree, 
The whicliu in myddes has a colke 
An has an eye legg) in myddes a yolko. 
Iliiniiiiilf. I'rk-k oi i onsri, ]]!( I. tm:i. 
It is fulle roten inwardly 
At the colke within. 
'/'.,/', 7, ,/ .WytttrtM, p. -JM. 
colk 2 (kolk), n. [Sc.] A name of the king eider- 
duck, Somateria spectcibilis. Montagu. [Local, 
British.] 
col-knifet, [ME. ; < cole*, treachery, deceit 
(as a prefix in this case depreciative), + knife.] 
A big " ugly " knife. 
Both boaters and bragers 
Ood kepe us (ro, 
That with thare long dagers 
Dos mekylle wo, 
From alle bylle hagers 
With wl-kmjfes that go. 
Toitmfleji Mysteries, p. 85. 
coll 1 (kol), v. t. [E. dial, also cowl, Sc. also cow; 
< ME. collen, eolen, var. of eullen, killen, hit, 
strike, cut, later kill, < Icel. kolla, hit on the 
head, harm, = Norw. kylla, poll, cut ; prune, = 
D. kollcn, knock down : see wiK 1 , whicn is thus 
a doublet of coll 1 .] 1. To cut off ; clip, as the 
hair of the head ; poll. 
A sargaut sent hi to jaiole 
And lohan hefd [heud] comanded to cole. 
Cursor Mundi, 1. 13174. 
2. To cut ; cut short ; lop ; prune. 
When by there came a gallant hende, 
Wl' high coll'd hose and laigh coll'd shoon, 
And he seem'd to be sum kingis son. 
Cospatrick (Child's Ballads, I. 16). 
3. To cut obliquely. 
[North. Eng. and Scotch in all senses.] 
colFt (kol), v. t. [< ME. collen, < OF. a-coler (= 
Pr. cblar), embrace, < col, < L. collum, neck : see 
collar.] 1. To embrace; caress by embracing 
the neck. 
Sche kolled it [the child] ful kindly and askes is name, 
& it answered ful sone & selde, " William y hljt." 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 69. 
[He will] (latter and speak (air, ask forgiveness, kiss and 
coll. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 575. 
2. To insnare. 
This derel Is mikel with wil and magt 
Colleth men to him with his onde [envious hate]. 
Bel. Antiq., p. 221. 
C0ll 2 t (kol), n. [< eoZP, .] An act of embra- 
cing; an embrace, especially about the neck. 
T. Middleton. 
coll 3 !, a. A dialectal variant of cold. 
She'd ha' dipped her foot in coll water. 
Johnny Cock (Child's Ballads, VI. 246). 
coll-. See col-. 
colla, n. Plural of collum. 
collabefactiont (ko-lab-e-fak'shon), n. [< L. as 
if *collabef(ictio(n-), < cotlabefieri, ;pp. collabefac- 
tus, be brought to ruin, < com-, with, + labefa- 
cere, make to totter, < labi, fall, + facere, make.] 
A wasting away; decay; decline. Blount. 
collaborate (ko-lab'o-rat), . i. ; pret. and pp. 
collaborated, ppr. collaborating. [< LL. colla- 
borates, pp. of collaborare, conlaborare, work 
with, < L. com-, with. -f laborare, work, < labor, 
work : see labor.] To work with another or 
others ; cooperate with another or others in do- 
ing or producing something; especially, to work 
with another in a literary production or a scien- 
tific investigation. 
He [Scribe] is said in some cases to have sent sums of 
money for " copyright in ideas " to men who not only had 
not actually collaborated with him, but who were unaware 
that he had taken suggestions from their work. 
Kncyc. Brit., XXI. 554. 
collaborate!!! (ko-lab'o-ra-ter'), . [F.] The 
French form of <-i>liniH>i-iit<>r, sometimes used by 
- Knglish writers. 
t'"llttborateur is an excellent worl, which neither 
"colahourer " nor " fellow- workman " defines accurately. 
Many have felt the need of it ; lint the right form, for U, 
is "collaliorator." /'. Hull. Mu.l. Eng., p. I.M. nut, . 
collaboration (ko-lab-o-ra'shon), n. [After F. 
collaboration, < LL. as if *ootlaboraHo(-), < col- 
laborare : sco riilliiliiiriiti:] The act of work- 
ing together ; united labor, especially in liter- 
ary or scientific work. 
collaborator (ko-lab'o-ra-tor), . [After F. 
rollubnratrur, < ML. i-<>/li<b<>riitor, < LL. cullii- 
lnii'iifK : see collaborate.] An associate in la- 
bor, especially in literary or scientific work. 
Without the impelling fanaticism of Luther and his col- 
liil>"i-irh>i-x, their battle against Koine would never have 
been fought. N. A. Kev., OXXVII. 245. 
collagen, collagenic, etc. See collagen, etc. 
collapsable (ko-lap'sa-bl), a. [< collapse + 
-able.] See collapsible. 
collapse (ko-lapsO, " i pret. and pp. collapsed, 
ppr. col/ti/iHiiii/. [< L. collapsus, pp. of cotlabi, 
conlabi, fall together, fall in, < com-, together, 
-I- labi, fall: see lapse.] 1. To fall together, 
or into an irregular mass or flattened form, 
through loss of firm connection or rigidity and 
support of the parts or loss of the contents, as 
a building through the falling in of its sides, or 
an inflated bladder from escape of the air con- 
tained in it. 
In consumptions and atrophy the liquids are exhausted 
and the sides of the canals cttUapse. Arbuthnot, Aliments. 
2. Figuratively (a) To break down ; go to 
pieces; come to nothing ; fail; become ruined: 
as, the project collapsed. 
The ruins of his crown's collapsed state. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 588. 
Those corrupted inbred humours of collapsed nature. 
Quarles, Judgment and Mercy. 
An American female constitution which collapses just 
In the middle third of life. O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, 11. 
(6) In pathol., to sink into extreme weakness 
or physical depression in the course of a disease, 
(c) To appear as if collapsing ; lose strength, 
courage, etc. ; subside ; cease to assert one's 
self or push one's self forward : as, after that 
rebuke he collapsed. [Colloq.] 
collapse (ko-laps'), . [< collapse, v.] 1. A 
falling in or together, as of the sides of a hol- 
low vessel. 2. Figuratively, a sadden and 
complete failure of any kind ; a breakdown. 
There was now a general collapse in heroism ; intrigue 
took the place of patriotic ardour. W. Chambers. 
8. In med., an extreme sinking or depression ; 
a more or less sudden failure of the vital pow- 
ers : as, the stage of collapse in cholera, 
collapsible (ko-lap'si-bl), a. [< collapse + 
-ible7\ Capable of collapsing; liable to col- 
lapse ; made so as to collapse : as, a collapsi- 
ble balloon ; a collapsible tube or drinking-cup. 
Also collapsable. 
The Berthon collapsible boat, for infantry in single file, 
is also employed. Eneyc. Brit., XIX. 468. 
collapsion (ko-lap'shon), n. [< LL. collap- 
sio(n-), conlapsio(n-), < collabi, collapse : see col- 
lapse, v.] The act of falling together or col- 
lapsing; the state resulting from collapse. 
[Rare.] 
The collapsion of the skin after death. 
P. Russell, Indian Serpents, p. 7. 
collar (kol'ar), n. [A later spelling, imitating 
the L. form, of earlier mod. E. coller, < ME. 
cotter, earlier eoter, < OF. coler, colier, F. collier 
= Pr. color = Sp. Pg. collar = It. collare, < L. 
collare, a collar, < collum = AS. heals. E. halsei, 
the neck: see halsel.] 1. Something worn 
about the neck, whether for restraint, conve- 
nience, or ornament. Specifically (a) A band, usu- 
ally of iron, worn by prisoners or slaves as a means of re- 
straint or a badge of servitude. 
A grazing iron collar grinds my neck. 
Tennyson, St. Simeon Stylites. 
(b) In armor, a defense of mail or plate for the neck, (c) An 
ornamental and symbolic chain or necklace formerly worn 
by knights and gentlemen as a badge of adherence. It is 
still used as one of the insignia of an honorary order, usual- 
ly identified with the higher classes of that order, and 
worn only on state occasions. The cross, medallion, or 
the like, is on such occasions attached to the collar, In- 
stead of to the ribbon with which it is usually worn. The 
collare of some of the orders of knighthood are given in 
the descriptions of the separate orders. See collar of SS, 
below. (i/> The neck-band of a coat, cloak, gown, etc., 
either standing or rolled over. 
Let us have standing cotters in the fashion. 
All are become a stiff-necked generation. 
Rowlands, Knave of Hearts (1611). 
A standing collar to keep his neck band clean. 
L. Barry, Ram Alley (1611). 
collar-beam 
(e) A separate band or run* worn for cleanllneu, orna- 
ment, or ;, imtli mill ui:nli- of In,, n, inuillu, lace, fur, 
etc. (/t) .Same u bandoleer, 2. 
If one bandaleer take lire, all tin- n -t ,iu in that collar. 
Lord Orrery, quoted in Oro, i. :>. 
(y) A halter. 
While you live, draw your in k uni u( the cellar. 
.sV.A-., I! :md .1., i. 1. 
(A) A iirrk-lmnd forming thul part of the harness of a 
draft-animal, att a hoi ,', t., vvhirli tin- trares are attarli* >t 
iiinl U)KPII whirh tin- nil-tin uf tin- loud fall* ; also a nerk- 
liituil plarcd iii* .11 Koine < -tla-r animal, ait a dog, aa an orna- 
nirnt ur an :t in- :inn uf iv-traillt ur uf iilentili' atiun. 
Mi T traces of the nmullest spider's web ; 
Her collars of the mooimhinc * watery beams. 
Skak., K. and J., L 4. 
With golden muzzles all their months were bound, 
And cottars of the same their necks surround. 
Dryden, Fables. 
(t) A wide ring uf metal put alxmt a piece of stove-pipe to 
make it close the " thimble " In a chimney where the thim- 
ble Is larger than the pipe: as, a i; hn-h rolltir Is needed if 
ad-Inch pipe U to be used with an - inrh tlmnlii.-. 
2. Anything resembling a collar; something 
in the form of a collar, or analogous to a col- 
lar in situation, (a) In arch. : (1) A ring or cincture. 
(2) A collar-beam. (6) In Int. : (1) The ring upon the stipe 
(stem) of an agaric. (2) The point of Junction In the 
embryo between the caudlcle and the plumule. (3) The 
point of junction of the root and stem. (4) Same as col- 
larbags. (c) In mach. : (1) An enlargement or swell en- 
circling a rod or shaft, and serving usually as a hold- 
ing- or bearing-piece. (2) Ail enlarged portion of the end 
of a car-axle, designed to receive the end thrust of the 
journal-bearing ; a button, (d) In mining, the timbering 
around the mouth of a shaft, or at the surface of the ground. 
(e) A skirting or rain-shedding device placed round a 
chimney where it passes through the roof. (/) Kaut.: (1) 
An eye In the end or bight of a shroud or stay, to go over 
a masthead. (2) A rope fonned into a wreath, with a heart 
or deadeye In the bight, to which the stay l> confined at the 
lower part, (a) In zoot. : (1) A ring around the neck, how- 
ever made, as by color of hair or feathers, shape or texture 
of hair or feathers, thickening of integument, presence of 
a set of radiating processes, etc. See cut under fialano- 
ylossus. (2) In Infusoria, specifically, the raised rim of a 
collar-cell. (3) In entoin. : (I.) Tin- upper part of the pro- 
thorax when it is closely united to the mesothorax, form- 
ing a crescent-shaped anterior border to it, as in Hyme- 
HHlitrrn and many Diptera. (II.) A posterior prolongation 
of the head, usually termed a neck. [Rare. 1 Against the 
collar, uphill, so that the horse's shoulders are constantly 
pressed against the collar ; hence, 
figuratively, at a disadvantage ; 
against difficulties; against op- 
position. Anchor and collar. 
See anchori. Bishop's collar, 
in armor, a collar or tippet of 
chain-mall of pecullarform, reach- 
ing to the end of the shoulders, 
and forming In front a point where 
the two sides come together and 
are held by buckles or the like. 
Tin' shape was nearly that of the 
pelerine. Collar and clamp, a 
hinge ordinarily used upon docK- 
gates; an anchor anil colfar(whlch 
see, under anchor*). Collar of 
brawn, the quantity of brawn 
Collar and Clamp. 
a, hole for the pintle of 
the leaf; b, clevy; c, c, 
anchor. 
rolled or wound up in one piece : brawn being derived 
from the collar or breast part of a boar. 
Item, a coller of good large fat brawn 
Serv'd for a drum, waited upon by two 
Fair long black puddings lying by for drumsticks. 
Cartwriijht, Ordinary. 
Collar Of S3. (a) A decoration which is known to have 
been instituted by Henry IV. of England, and is identi- 
fied with the house of Lancaster. It was revived after 
the wars of the Roses, and was a favorite decoration in the 
reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. A similar collar 
Is still wom as a mark of dignity by certain English of- 
ficials, but is now inseparable from the office. The collar 
consists of an S often repeated, but the other details dif- 
fered at different times, being roses, knots, the Tudor 
portcullis, and similar emblems. (M) A sort of punch 
made of sack, elder, and sugar. The Cheats, 1662, In 
Wright Hempen collar. See hempen. In collar, 
ready for or used to work, as a horse. Out Of collar, 
unready for or unused to work. TO Blip the collar, to 
escape or get free ; disentangle one's self from difficulty, 
labor, or engagement. 
collar (kol'Sr), v. t. [< collar, n.] 1. To seize 
by the collar. 
With grim determination, he had collared and carried 
himself to sleep forthwith. 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 823. 
2. To put a collar on. 
The British dog was within an ace of being collared and 
tax-ticketed, after the continental fashion. 
S. Dowell, Taxes in England, III. 301. 
3. To roll up and bind (a piece of meat) : as, 
to collar beef. See collared beef, under collared. 
4. In racing slang, to draw up to ; get even 
with or be neck-ana-neck with in racing. 
collarage (kol'Sr-aj), n. [< collar + -age.] A 
duty formerly levied in England on the collars 
of draft-horses, 
collar-awl (kol'ar-al), n. A saddlers' needle 
for sewing horse-^collars. 
collar/bags (kol'&r-bagz), n. The smut of 
wheat, Ustilago segetum. Also collar. 
collar-beam (kol'ttr-bem), n. A beam or piece 
of timber extending between two opposite raf- 
