Colorimeter Col`or·im"e·ter noun [
Color +
-meter : confer French
colorimètre .]
An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.
Colorimetry Col`or·im"e·try noun [ See
Colorimeter .]
1. The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
Coloring Col"or·ing noun 1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color. 2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss.
Compton Reade.
Dead coloring .
See under Dead .
Colorist Col"or·ist noun [ Confer French
coloriste .]
One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance. Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists .
Dryden.
Colorless Col"or·less adjective 1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water. 2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless .
Colorman Col"or·man noun ;
plural Colormen .
A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
Colossal Co·los"sal adjective [ Confer French
colossal , Latin
colosseus . See
Colossus .]
1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A
colossal stride."
Motley. 2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic .
Colossean Col`os·se"an adjective Colossal. [ R.]
Colosseum Col`os·se"um noun [ Neut., from Latin
colosseus gigantic. See
Coliseum .]
The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [ Also written
Coliseum .]
Colossus Co·los"sus noun ;
plural Latin
Colossi , English
Colossuses . [ Latin , from Greek ....]
1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. He doth bestride the narrow world
Like a colossus .
Shak.
» There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor.
Dr. Wm. Smith. 2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.
Colostrum Co·los"trum noun [ Latin , biestings.]
(Medicine) (a) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings. (b) A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.
Colotomy Co·lot"o·my noun [ Greek ... colon + ... cutting.]
(Surg.) An operation for opening the colon
Colour Col"our noun See Color .
Colp Colp noun See Collop .
Colportage Col"por`tage noun [ French]
The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.
Colporter Col"por`ter noun Same as Colporteur .
Colporteur Col"por`teur noun [ French
colporteur one who carries on his neck, from
colporter to carry on one's neck;
col (L.
collum ) neck +
porter (L.
portare ) to carry.]
A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.
Colstaff Col"staff` noun [ French
col neck + English
staff . Confer
Coll .]
A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
Colt Colt noun [ Middle English
colt a young horse, ass, or camel, Anglo-Saxon
colt ; confer dial. Swedish
kullt a boy, lad.]
1. The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Confer Foal . » In sporting circles it is usual to reckon the age of colts from some arbitrary date, as from January 1, or May 1, next preceding the birth of the animal.
2. A young, foolish fellow. Shak. 3. A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Colt's tooth ,
an imperfect or superfluous tooth in young horses. --
To cast one's colt's tooth ,
to cease from youthful wantonness. "Your
colt's tooth is not cast yet."
Shak. --
To have a colt's tooth ,
to be wanton. Chaucer.
Colt Colt intransitive verb To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly. [ Obsolete]
They shook off their bridles and began to colt .
Spenser.
Colt Colt transitive verb 1. To horse; to get with young. Shak. 2. To befool. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Colt pistol Colt pistol (Firearms) A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot. Called also Browning, & Colt-Browning , pistol .
Colt revolver Colt revolver (Firearms) A revolver made according to a system using a patented revolving cylinder, holding six cartridges, patented by Samuel Colt, an American inventor, in 1835. With various modifications, it has for many years been the standard for the United States army.
Colt's tooth Colt's" tooth` See under Colt .
Colter Col"ter noun [ Anglo-Saxon
culter , from Latin
culter plowshare, knife. Confer
Cutlass .]
A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [ Written also
coulter .]
Coltish Colt"ish adjective Like a colt; wanton; frisky. He was all coltish , full of ragery.
Chaucer.
--
Colt"ish*ly ,
adverb --
Colt"ish*ness ,
noun
Coltsfoot Colts"foot` noun (Botany) A perennial herb ( Tussilago Farfara ), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine. Butterbur coltsfoot (Botany) ,
a European plant ( Petasites vulgaris ).
Coluber Col"u·ber noun [ Latin , a serpent.]
(Zoology) A genus of harmless serpents. » Linnæus placed in this genus all serpents, whether venomous or not, whose scales beneath the tail are arranged in pairs; but by modern writers it is greatly restricted.
Colubrine Col"u·brine adjective [ Latin
colubrinus .]
1. (Zoology) like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber. 2. Like a snake; cunning; crafty. Johnson.
Colugo Co·lu"go noun [ Prob. an aboriginal name.]
(Zoology) A peculiar East Indian mammal ( Galleopithecus volans ), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur .
Columba Co·lum"ba noun (Medicine) See Calumba .
Columbarium Col`um·ba"ri·um noun ;
plural Latin
Columbaria [ Latin See
Columbary .]
(Rom. Antiq.) (a) A dovecote or pigeon house. (b) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.
Columbary Col"um·ba·ry noun ;
plural Columbaries . [ Latin
columbarium , from
columba a dove.]
A dovecote; a pigeon house. Sir T. Browne.
Columbate Co·lum"bate noun [ Confer French
colombate . See
Columbium .]
(Chemistry) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium .
Columbatz fly Co·lum"batz fly` [ From Kolumbatz , a mountain in Germany.] (Zoology) See Buffalo fly , under Buffalo .
Columbella Col`um·bel"la noun [ New Latin , dim. of Latin
columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.]
(Zoology) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria , were formerly used as shell money.
Columbia Co·lum"bi·a noun America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus , the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight.
Columbiad Co·lum"bi·ad noun [ From
Columbia the United States.]
(Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation. » Since the War of 1812 the
Columbiad has been much modified, especially by General Rodman, and the improved form now used in seacoast defense is often called the
Rodman gun .
Columbian Co·lum"bi·an adjective [ From
Columbia .]
Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.
Columbic Co·lum"bic adjective [ From
Columbium .]
(Chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic. Columbic acid (Chemistry) ,
a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, Nb 2 O 5 ; -- called also niobic acid .
Columbic Co·lum"bic adjective [ From
Columbo .]
Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root. Columbic acid (Chemistry) ,
an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.
Columbier Co·lum"bi·er noun See Colombier .
Columbiferous Col"um·bif"er·ous adjective [
Columbium +
-ferous .]
Producing or containing columbium.
Columbin Co·lum"bin noun (Chemistry) A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin .
Columbine Col"um·bine adjective [ Latin
columbinus , from
columba dove.]
Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "
Columbine innocency."
Bacon.
Columbine Col"um·bine noun [
LL .
columbina , Latin
columbinus dovelike, from
columba dove: confer French
colombine . Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]
1. (Botany) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia ; as, A. vulgaris , or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis , the wild red columbine of North America. 2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. Brewer.
Columbite Co·lum"bite noun [ Confer French
colombite . See
Columbium .]
(Min.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England.
Columbium Co·lum"bi·um noun [ New Latin , from
Columbia America.]
(Chemistry) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium .
Columbo Co·lum"bo noun (Medicine) See Calumba .
Columbus Day Co·lum"bus Day The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands (probably the one now commonly called Watling Island), and naming it "San Salvador"; -- called also Discovery Day . This day is made a legal holiday in many States of The United States.
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