collybist 
COllybist(kol'i-bist), . [< LL. collybixtn, ML. COlobe- (kol'oh), . A hook-name of monkeys 
also collybixtcx, < (ir. KO//I',*'""'/',, a mouoy-chan- of the genus Culobux. 
ger, < M///i' ; <w;, a small coin, also (as in L. colly- colobia, . I'lural of coliibuim. 
bus, collubiix) exchange, the rate of exchange': colobin (kol'6-bin), w. [< Colobux + -in ' . | \ 
see coltybtix.] A money-changer, lip. Hull. monkey of the genus Colobun ; a colobe. E. 
collybos (kol'i-bos), . ; pi. colli/bn (-bii). [< Gr. lili/th. 
iiu;, also *>/,.*;, a kind of cake, mostly colobium (ko- lo ' hi - urn ), w. ; pi. rolnbia (-ft). 
% "- boiled wheat distributed to t he [LL., < (ir. tuitii.inn; uAoBiuv, a eolohium, < 
C.f i-iillybux.] In the dr. Ch., a nn/njiic, docked, curtailed, mutilated, < ku/nr. 
docked, curtailed. Ct.c,,lure.] 1. Atunic with- 
out sleeves, or with short close-tilting sleeves. 
worn by deacons and others in the early church : 
identical with or a variety of the dalmatic. See 
iliiliiinlii- and Iri-itini. '2. A similar garment, 
with or without a hood, formerly worn by 
monks. 3. A dress worn by a king at his coro- 
nation, corresponding to the clerical dalmatic. 
See iliilninlir. 
coloboma (kol-6-bo'mii), n. ; pi. colobomata (-ma- 
tii). [NL., < Gr. aoMfiu/M, the part taken away 
in mutilation, < kn/.n/ioiv, dock, mutilate, < >- 
).o/16f, docked, mutilated: see wlobiiim.] In 
med. : (a) The part taken away in mutilation ; 
a mutilation; a defect, (ft) A defect in the iris. 
Mi//r.<i;, a small coin, also exchange, the rate c h O roid, retina, optic nerve, or lens, duo to in- 
of exchange. ton-collybixt. | The smallest Athe- ( .,,, n pi e te or perverted closing of the choroidal 
fissure : also used for other fissures in the eye 
III Jil. Mi/ ^ I' H 
i-ongregatioii 
cake .it' v, heaten bread distributed to the people 
on t ho Sat unlay after Ash Wednesday, and also 
:it celebrations of the liturgy for the departed. 
The Saturday of the llrst ue.-k ot the fast is observed in 
in. in. n v of S. Tin -i N|I ire Tiro, who in said to have iipp.-ai.-d, 
in the time of Julian the Apostate, to Iji.lmiils. then i'a 
triarch of Constantinople, :md t.. lia\.- warned linn "I a 
"tratagcm by which the Kinpcnir proposed to sell in the 
markets bread .ilt'ercd to idols, mid a. -tnall.v sprinkled with 
Hi,- n|. .,..1 . .1 thf sacrifices, recommending him to conlllie 
his people to the cakes called mlliilm. < In this day, a ills- 
trHiiltion of th.-se <-:ikr ^ i- NKtil.- to the |ior. 
./. M. ITMb, i:ast,-rn church, i. 71.".. 
colly-brand (kol'i-brand). n. A Coniish name 
for the smut of wheat, I'xlilniio xi ; i> tiiin. 
collybus (kol'i-biis), n.; pi. collybi (-In). [Or. 
//r.foi;, a small coin, also exchange, the rat* 
colometry 
frmrity. and is very destructive t.. (lie amiuiiN am. ma 
M hirh it ll\ 1.. tin- Inolik- 
colocynth (kol'o-sinth), n. [Also formerly </- 
<l'llnl . / M I''.. ro/tH/Mlllt( = 
I I. /.,,/.,/ nil, .//,/.' /. 
(i. ciilui/ii niti = Dan. Sw. 
l;olokriiiD. < <>!'. '-"I" 
also cobn/iiiiiliilii = Sp. 
fiilinfiiinti'tit ~ l j g. rnltt- 
i/iniitiiln = \1.ri>bi</Hiiiti- 
iln. i-ii/liii/iiniliilil, < ML. 
i-i,liii/iiiiiliilii. for i-nbii-i/ii- 
Colacrad 
ynt*ti}.~ F lowering 
ml fruit. 
nian coin, apparently equivalent in value to 
about the sixteenth part of a United States 
cent. 
collyria, Plural of collyrium. 
Collyridian (kol-i-rid'i-an). '' and . [< ML. 
Cn/li/i-iiliiiiii, ]>!., < LL. ciilli/riilii. also collyri*, < 
(ir. k-o/./r/vr ( MI/ / r/i!-), a cake, dim. of OM/bfO, 
a roll or loaf of coarse bread.] I. w. One of a 
heretical sect of Arabia in the fourth century. 
composed almost exclusively of women, who 
worshiped the Virgin Mary as a pagan goddess, 
offering to her little cakes which they after- 
ward ate. 
The Church of Koine is not willit 
or its lids. 
Colobrachia (kol-o-bra'ki-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
I ir. M)/I, -, docked, curtailed, + L. bracliiinn, arm.] 
In Haeckel's system of classilication, a primary 
group of Kcliitiixlcriiintn, consisting of the sea- 
stars or starfishes ( Astcrida ) and sea-lilies or lily- 
stars (('rinoitla) { together distinguished from 
the armless echmoderma (Linobrafhia), which 
the sea-urchins and sea-cucumbers. 
< L. cnliM-lfilllnx. < <ir. 
kii'/unnllii;, the colocynth 
and its fruit, < M//OMI- 
Otl, ico'/oki-vTi/, the round 
gourd or pumpkin.] The 
bitter apple, the fruit of 
a cucurbitacoous plant, 
I'itriilliif, I'li/in-i/iilliin, in- 
digenous in the warmer 
jiarts of Asia, but now 
widely cultivated on ac- 
count of its medicinal properties. The fruit l> a 
round four,!, i.-s, nildin'.' an oranue in -<" and ii|i]-aran. .-. 
with many seeds embedded in a lik'lit and spoiiKV pulp, 
which is very bitter. It Is lined hi medicine ai a purga- 
tive. The weds are an article of food In some parts of 
Africa. 
COlocynthein (kol-o-sin'the-in),n. K colocynth 
+ -t-in.] A resinous substance formed, to- 
gether with sugar, by the action of sulphuric 
acid on colocynthin. 
n'thin), H. [< colocytitli 
principle obtained from 
O'f or pertaining to the Colo- 
brncliia + 
bracliia. 
to call the CoUyridi- (JolobUS (kol'6-bus), . [NL., < Gr. Wfcto/Jcir, 
. iiciviicn, i.ir onermg a caKe M. uie virgin Mary. docked, curtailed : see colobium. ] 1. A genus 
of African monkeys, of the family HKmuonithc- 
II. o. Of or pertaining to the Collyndiaus. 
Among the (V/i/riWi heretics, women were admitte.l 
the priesthood. /-<>/. Eunip. Morals, II. 387. 
....... They have a satcular stomaeh, a rudimentary 
thiimli (whence the name), a high facial angle, i-heek 
tent in many plants of the gourd family, it is 
soft, seml-transparfut IIUIM resembling some resins, very 
soluble In alcohol, ami far less so in water, but affording 
with the latter a solution of extreme bitterness. It U a 
violent purgative. 
colocynthitin (kol-o-sin'thi-tin), H. [< colo- 
cynth + -itc- -t- M.I A white, crystalline, 
tasteless substance obtained from colocynth. 
COllyilet, . [< L. collyrium: see rolli/riuiii.} 
Same as eollyriuui. 
collyrio, . See eollurio. 
collyrite (kol'i-rit), . [< Gr. k-oU.i'piov, collyrium 
(we colli/riiiiu), + -iff 2 .] A variety of clay_ of a 
pouches, and ischial callosities. There are several species, cologne (ko-16n'), n. [An abbrev. of F. eail 
(!, ('/(/<; Cologne water: can, < L. aqua, 
water; tie, < L. tie, of: Cologne = O. Kpln, < 
ML. Colonia, orig., in L., Colonia Agrippina 
reptiles. Merrem, ^1820. 4. A genus of coleop- or jtgriminenm : so called in honor of Aorip- 
some of very handsome coloration. 
2. [I. c.] A monkey of the genus Colobiui; a 
colobe or colobin. ScIater. 3. A genus of 
terous insects. 
mollusks. 
Scrrillc, 1833. 5. A genus bf 
, . 
white color, with shades of gray, red, or yellow. (Jolocasia (kol-o-ka'si-a), . [NL., < L. colocn- 
' ' 
collyrium (ko-lir'i-um), . ; pi. collyria (-8). 
[L., < Gr. KoM'pun', an eye-salve, poultice, dim. 
of /toi/.wpn, a roll of bread.] 1. Eye-wash, or a 
salve for the eyes. 
Uemocritus's ctdlitt'iinn is not so sovereign to the eyes as 
this is to the heart. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 330. 
He that took clay and spittle to open the blind eyes, can 
make anything he ctillyrium-. 
Jrr. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 42. 
2. A preparation to blacken or color the eye- 
lids and eyebrows. 
I will hut touch your temples, 
The corners of your eyes, and tinct the tip, 
The very tip o' your nose, with this collyrmm. 
B. Jnnwm, Fortunate Isles. 
A coUifrittni commonly composed of the smoke-black 
which is produced by burning a kind of libati an aromatic 
resin. E. H'. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 41. 
3. A preparation of medicine in a solid state, 
made up in a long cylindrical roll so as to be 
introduced into an opening of the body, as the 
anus, nostril, etc. ; a suppository. 
colmar ' (kol'mar), . A sort of pear, so called 
from the town of Colmar in Alsace. 
colmar'-'t, . [Origin obscure.] A fan. See ex- 
tract under bubble-bow. [Fashionable slang.] 
colmeniert , . [Also written Mmriner .-^corrupt 
f em . gjng.,' also colocasia, neut. pi., < Gr. 
naoia, fem. sing., also ao^Miaaiov, neut. sing., 
an Egyptian plant resembling the water-lily.] 
A genus of plants, of the natural order Aracea', 
natives of the East Indies, with acrid leaves 
,, the wife of the emperor Claudius.] A 
perfumed spirit, first made on a large scale 
at Cologne in 1709 by Jean Farina, and still 
extensively produced there by persons bearing 
or assuming that name. It consista of spirits of 
wine treated with a few drops of different essential oils 
blended so as to yield a tine fragrant scent. Also called 
ran it Culoyiif. and Oi/ff? iratrr. 
Cologne earth, glue, ware. See the nouns. 
colollte (kol'6-lit), M. [< Gr. n6)jn>, the colon 
(see co/on 2 ), 4- ?/'0v, a stone.] In geol., a sub- 
stance appearing to be the petrified intestines 
of fishes or their contents, but more probably 
formed of worm-casts like those of the lob- 
worm. It is frequently found in the litho- 
graphic sandstone of the Oolite. 
colomba (ko-lom'ba), . Same as columbo. 
Colombella, H. Same as CohtmbeBa, 
Colombian (ko-lom'bi-an), n. and . [< Co- 
lombia -t- -.]' I. n. Of"or pertaining to the 
United States of Colombia, a republic of South 
America, bordering on the Caribbean sea and 
the Pacific ocean, west of Venezuela and north 
of Ecuador. It was formerly |rt of the Spanish vicv 
royalty of New Oranada. then (from 181)part of the re- 
public of Colombia (from which Venezuela withdrew in 
1829 and Ecuador in iwto), and afterward (from 18S1) the 
and tubers, the latter containing much starchy republic of New (iranada till 1861, when the present nanu- 
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matter. C. an,h,non tm (C. evulentum) and Its several 
varieties have long l>een cultivated for use a food, and are 
found throughout the tropics, being the well-known faro 
An 
Colombia. 
fa 
of the 
of 
colmeyt, An obsolete form of colmy. 'coiocephalus : see' coJocephaloits.] An ord"er of 
colmyt, a- [ME. colmy, colmie, appar. < *colm, E. phygostomous fishes having no precoracoid 
culiii 1 , coal-dust : see culm 1 and coo/.] Black; 
smutted; collied. 
He sette htm wel loje, 
In Iteggeres rowe ; 
He lokede him ahtitc 
With his ciilmir smite. 
Kiny Horn (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1082. 
Thanne I'acience parccyued of poyntesof his c ..t. . 
Was col m ;t [var. ctitinitit, citlinji] thorw coueityse an.t vn- 
kyn.le desyryiiKe. Pirn rimnnan (IS), xiii. :!.".ii. 
arch, no preoperculum, and no symplectic, 
maxillary, or pterygoid bones. It was consti- 
tuted for the typical .VwwwMo". Cope, 1870. 
the frontal bones narrowed and excluded from 
the orbits, the postfrontals being elongated, 
projected forward, and connected with the pre- 
frontals. 
colomesine (ko-lom'e-sin), a. Pertaining to or 
colmy (kol'mi), . [< colmy, .] 
lish name of the coalfish. 
COlobe't, H. [< LL. colobium : 
Same as colobiiim. Wright. 
ing to or having the characters of tlie Colo- xina; containing those tetrodontids whose me- 
-iilnili dian frontal bone is narrowed and thus ex- 
AlocalEug- cOlOCOla, colocolo (kol-o-ko'lS, -16), H. [8. eluded from the roof of the orbits. 
Amer.] The native name of a wild cat of South colometry (ko-lom'e-tri), . [< dr. Mj/opr 
sec eolobium.} America, Felts colocolo of Molina, related to the < itutov, a clause, etc. (see w/ l ), + -f"la. < 
ocelot and of about the same size. It is of marked uirpav, measure : see iu<-tcr. } 1. IB4M.JTM., 
