Defn: The state or quality of being colloidal.
COLLOP Col"lop, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow, stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. [Written also colp.]
1. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh. God knows thou art a collop of my flesh. Shak. Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked. Dryden.
2. A part or piece of anything; a portion. Cut two good collops out of the crown land. Fuller.
COLLOPEDCol"loped, a.
Defn: Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain. R. Browning.
COLLOPHORE Col"lo*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. (b) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.
COLLOQUIALCol*lo"qui*al, a. Etym: [See Colloqui.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. — Col*lo"qui*al*ly, adv. His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order. Macaulay.
COLLOQUIALISMCol*lo"qui*al*ism, n.
Defn: A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.
COLLOQUIALIZECol*lo"qui*al*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.
COLLOQUISTCol"lo*quist, n.
Defn: A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone.
COLLOQUYCol"lo*quy, n.; pl. Colloquies. Etym: [L. colloquium. SeeCollocution.]
1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation. They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood.
2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
COLLOTYPECol"lo*type, n. [Gr. glue + -type.]
Defn: A photomechanical print made directly from a hardened film of gelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints. According to one method, the film is sensitized with potassium dichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After the dichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin and water. As this treatment causes swelling in those parts of the film which have been acted on by light, a plate results from which impressions can be taken with prepared ink. The albertype, phototype, and heliotype are collotypes.
COLLOWCol"low, n.
Defn: Soot; smut. See 1st Colly. [Obs.]
COLLUCTANCYCol*luc"tan*cy, n. Etym: [L. colluctari to struggle with.]
Defn: A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. [Obs.]
COLLUCTATION Col`luc*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. colluctatio, fr. colluctari to struggle with; col- + luctari to struggle.]
Defn: A struggling; a contention. [Obs.]Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins. Dr. H. More.
COLLUDECol*lude", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Colluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding.]Etym: [L. colludere, -lusum; col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous.]
Defn: To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert. If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. Burke.
COLLUDERCol*lud"er, n.
Defn: One who conspires in a fraud.
COLLUMCol"lum, n.; pl. Colla. Etym: [L., neck.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: A neck or cervix. Dunglison.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Collar. Gray.
COLLUSIONCol*lu"sion, n. Etym: [L. collusio: cf. F. collusion. See Collude.]
1. A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning. The foxe, maister of collusion. Spenser. That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion. Atterbury. By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive. Swift.
2. (Law)
Defn: An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. Bouvier. Abbott.
Syn. — Collusion, Connivance. A person who is guilty of connivance intentionally overlooks, and thus sanctions what he was bound to prevent. A person who is guilty of collusion unites with others (playing into their hands) for fraudulent purposes.
COLLUSIVECol*lu"sive, a.
1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion. "Collusive and sophistical arguings." J. Trapp. "Collusive divorces." Strype.
2. Acting in collusion. "Collusive parties." Burke.— Col*lu"sive*ly, adv.— Col*lu"sive*ness, n.
COLLUSORYCol*lu"so*ry, a. Etym: [L. collusorius.]
Defn: Collusive.
COLLUTORYCol"lu*to*ry, n. Etym: [L. colluere, collutum, to wash.] (Med.)
Defn: A medicated wash for the mouth.
COLLUVIES Col*lu"vi*es, n. [L., a collection of washings, dregs, offscourings, fr. colluere to wash; col-+ luere to wash.]
1. A collection or gathering, as of pus, or rubbish, or odds and ends.
2. A medley; offscourings or rabble.
COLLYCol"ly, n. Etym: [From Coal.]
Defn: The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton.
COLLYCol"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collied; p. pr. & vb. n. Collying.]
Defn: To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.[Archaic.]Thou hast not collied thy face enough. B. Jonson.Brief as the lighting in the collied night. Shak.
COLLYCol"ly, n.
Defn: A kind of dog. See Collie.
COLLYBISTCol"ly*bist, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A money changer. [Obs.]In the face of these guilty collybists. Bp. Hall.
COLLYRIUMCol*lyr"i*um, n.; pl. E. Collyriums, L. Collyria. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.(Med.)
Defn: An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.
COLOBOMA Col`o*bo"ma, n. [NL. fr. Gr. , the part taken away in mutilation, fr. to mutilate.] (Anat. & Med.)
Defn: A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft.
COLOCOLOCol`o*co"lo, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.
COLOCYNTHCol"ocynth, n. Etym: [L. colocynthis, Gr. Coloquintida.] (Med.)
Defn: 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.
COLOCYNTHINCol`o*cyn"thin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colocynthine.] (Chem.)
Defn: The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
COLOGNECo*logne", n. Etym: [Originally made in Cologne, the French name ofKöln, a city in Germany.]
Defn: A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; — called also cologne water and eau de cologne.
COLOGNE EARTHCo*logne" earth`. Etym: [From Cologne the city.] (Min.)
Defn: An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
COLOMBIERCol"om*bier, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.
COLOMBINCo*lom"bin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: See Calumbin.
COLOMBOCo*lom"bo, n. (Med.)
Defn: See Calumba.
COLON Co"lon, n. Etym: [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. colon. Cf. Colic.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum.
Note: [See Illust of Digestion.]
2. (Gram.)
Defn: 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.
COLONELColo"nel, n. Etym: [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief orcommander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column.](Mil.)
Defn: The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
COLONELCYColo"nel*cy, n. (Mil.)
Defn: The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.
COLONELSHIPColo"nel*ship, n.
Defn: Colonelcy. Swift.
COLONERCol"o*ner, n.
Defn: A colonist. [Obs.] Holland
COLONIALCo*lo"ni*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. colonial.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
COLONIALISMCo*lo"ni*al*ism, n.
1. The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial.
The last tie of colonialism which bound us to the mother country isbroken.Brander Matthews.
2. A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like, characteristic of a colony.
3. The colonial system or policy in political government or extension of territory.
COLONICALCo*lon"i*cal, a. Etym: [L. colonus husbandman.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]
COLONISTCol"o*nist, n.
Defn: A member or inhabitant of a colony.
COLONITISCol`o*ni"tis, n. (Med.)
Defn: See Colitis.
COLONIZATIONCol`o*ni*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colonisation.]
Defn: Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.
COLONIZATIONISTCol`o*ni*za"tion*ist, n.
Defn: A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.
COLONIZECol"o*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized; p. pr. & vb. n.Colonizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. coloniser.]
Defn: To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.
COLONIZECol"o*nize, v. i.
Defn: To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
COLONIZERCol"o*ni`zer, n.
Defn: One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.
COLONNADE Col`on*nade", n. Etym: [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.)
Defn: A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
Note: When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.
COLONY Col"o*ny, n.; pl. Colonies. Etym: [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture.]
1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames.
2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
4. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
COLOPHANYCol"o*pha`ny ( or ), n.
Defn: See Colophony.
COLOPHENECo"lo*phene ( or ), n. (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.
COLOPHON Col"o*phon, n. Etym: [L. colophon finishing stroke, Gr. culmen top, collis hill. Cf. Holm.]
Defn: An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book. The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. De Morgan. The book was uninjured from title page to colophon. Sir W. Scott.
COLOPHONITE Col"o*pho*nite ( or ), n. Etym: [Cf. F. colophonite. So named from its resemblance to the color of colophony.] (Min.)
Defn: A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
COLOPHONYCol"o*pho`ny ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Rosin.
COLOQUINTIDACol`o*quin"ti*da, n.
Defn: See Colocynth. Shak.
COLOR Col"or, n. [Written also colour.] Etym: [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See Helmet.]
1. A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.
Note: The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which rays of light produce different effects according to the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White, or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which fall upon them.
2. Any hue distinguished from white or black.
3. The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion. Give color to my pale cheek. Shak.
4. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.
5. That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. Acts xxvii. 30. That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. Shak.
6. Shade or variety of character; kind; species. Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color. Shak.
7. A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey). In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental. Farrow.
8. (Law)
Defn: An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. Blackstone.
Note: Color is express when it is asverred in the pleading, and implied when it is implied in the pleading. Body color. See under Body. — Color blindness, total or partial inability to distinguish or recognize colors. See Daltonism. — Complementary color, one of two colors so related to each other that when blended together they produce white light; — so called because each color makes up to the other what it lacks to make it white. Artificial or pigment colors, when mixed, produce effects differing from those of the primary colors, in consequence of partial absorption. — Of color (as persons, races, etc.), not of the white race; — commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. — Primary colors, those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, — red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors. — Subjective or Accidental color, a false or spurious color seen in some instances, owing to the persistence of the luminous impression upon the retina, and a gradual change of its character, as where a wheel perfectly white, and with a circumference regulary subdiveded, is made to revolve rapidly over a dark object, the teeth, of the wheel appear to the eye of different shades of color varying with the rapidity of rotation. See Accidental colors, under Accidental.
COLORCol"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colored; p. pr. & vb. n. Coloring.] Etym:[F. colorer.]
1. To change or alter the bue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to aint; to stain. The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color. Sir I. Newton.
2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices. He colors the falsehood of Æneas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. Dryden.
3. To hide. [Obs.] That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. Spenser.
COLORCol"or, v. i.
Defn: To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
COLORABLECol"or*a*ble, a.
Defn: Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice."Colorable pretense for infidility." Bp. Stillingfleet.— Col"or*a*ble*ness, n.— Col"or*a*bly, adv.Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk ofhuman justice. Hooker.
COLORADO BEETLECol`o*ra"do bee"tle. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; — called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
COLORADO GROUPCol`o*ra"do group. (Geol.)
Defn: A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.
COLORADOITECol`o*ra"do*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found inColorado.
COLORATECol"or*ate, a. Etym: [L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color.]
Defn: Colored. [Obs.] Ray.
COLORATIONCol`or*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.
COLORATURECol"or*a*ture, n. Etym: [Cf. G. coloratur, fr. LL. coloratura.](Mus.)
Defn: Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.
COLOR-BLINDCol"or-blind, a.
Defn: Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, underColor, n.
COLOREDCol"ored, a.
1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.
2. Specious; plausible; aborned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. Sir G. C. Lewis. His colored crime with craft to cloke. Spenser.
3. Of some other color than black or white.
4. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.
5. (Bot.)
Defn: Of some other color than green. Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some other color than green. Gray.
Note: In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white is.Wood.
COLORIFIC Col`or*if"ic, a. Etym: [L. color color + facere to make: cf. F. colorifique.]
Defn: Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.
COLORIMETERCol`or*im"e*ter, n. Etym: [Color + -meter: cf. F. colorimètre.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.
COLORIMETRYCol`or*im"e*try, n. [See Colorimeter.]
1.
Defn: 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.
COLORINGCol"or*ing, n.
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.
COLORISTCol"or*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. coloriste.]
Defn: One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; oneto whom coloring is of prime importance.Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists.Dryden.
COLORLESSCol"or*less, a.
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.
COLORMANCol"or*man, n.; pl. Colormen.
Defn: A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
COLOR SERGEANTCol"or ser"geant.
Defn: See under Sergeant.
COLOSSALCo*los"sal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. cossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus.]
1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride." Motley.
2. (Sculpture & Painting)
Defn: Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
COLOSSEANCol`os*se"an, a.
Defn: Colossal. [R.]
COLOSSEUMCol`os*se"um, n. Etym: [Neut., fr. L. coloseus gigantic. SeeColiseum.]
Defn: The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]
COLOSSUSCo*los"sus, n.; pl. L. Colossi, E. Colossuses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
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.
Note: There is no authority for the statement that the legs of theColossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor. Dr. Wm.Smith.
2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.
COLOSTRUM Co*los"trum, n. Etym: [L., biestings.] (Med.) (a) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings. (b) A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.
COLOTOMYCo*lot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: An operation for opening the colon
COLOURCol"our, n.
Defn: See Color.
COLPColp, n.
Defn: See Collop.
COLPORTAGECol"por`tage, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.
COLPORTERCol"por`ter, n.
Defn: Same as Colporteur.
COLPORTEURCol"por`teur, n. Etym: [F. colporteur one who carries on his neck,fr. colporter to carry on one's neck; col (L. collum) neck + porter(L. portare) to carry.]
Defn: A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.
COLSTAFFCol"staff`, n. Etym: [F. col neck + E. staff. Cf. Coll.]
Defn: A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
COLT Colt (; 110), n. Etym: [OE. colt a young horse, ass, or camel, AS. colt; cf. dial. Sw. 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. Cf. Foal.
Note: 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.
COLTColt (; 110), v. i.
Defn: To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously orwantonly. [Obs.]They shook off their bridles and began to colt. Spenser.
COLTColt, v. t.
1. To horse; to get with young. Shak.
2. To befool. [Obs.] Shak.
COLTERCol"ter, n. Etym: [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf.Cutlass.]
Defn: 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.]
COLTISHColt"ish, a.
Defn: Like a colt; wanton; frisky.He was all coltish, full of ragery. Chaucer.— Colt"ish*ly, adv.— Colt"ish*ness, n.
COLT PISTOLColt pistol. (Firearms)
Defn: 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, and Colt-Browning, pistol.
COLT REVOLVERColt revolver. (Firearms)
Defn: 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.
COLTSFOOTColts"foot`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine. Butterbur coltsfoot (Bot.), a European plant (Petasites vulgaris).
COLT'S TOOTHColt's" tooth`.
Defn: See under Colt.
COLUBERCol"u*ber, n. Etym: [L., a serpent.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of harmless serpents.
Note: 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.
COLUBRINECol"u*brine, a. Etym: [L. colubrinus.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.
2. Like a snake; cunning; crafty. Johnson.
COLUGOCo*lu"go, n. Etym: [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
COLUMBACo*lum"ba, n. (Med.)
Defn: See Calumba.
COLUMBAECo*lum"bæ, n. pl.; Etym: [L. columba pigeon.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of birds, including the pigeons.
COLUMBARIUM Col`um*ba"ri*um, n.; pl. L. Columbaria Etym: [L. 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, n.; pl. Columbaries. Etym: [L. columbarium, fr. columba a dove.]
Defn: A dovecote; a pigeon house. Sir T. Browne.
COLUMBATECo*lum"bate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colombate. See Columbium.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.
COLUMBATZ FLYCo*lum"batz fly`. Etym: [From Kolumbatz, a mountain in Germany.](Zoöl.)
Defn: See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo.
COLUMBELLACol`um*bel"la, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So calledfrom a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.
COLUMBIACo*lum"bi*a, n.
Defn: America; the United States; — a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight.
COLUMBIADCo*lum"bi*ad, n. Etym: [From Columbia the United States.] (Mil.)
Defn: 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.
Note: Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified form now used in seacoast defense is often called the Rodman gun.
COLUMBIANCo*lum"bi*an, a. Etym: [From Columbia.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.
COLUMBICCo*lum"bic, a. Etym: [From Columbium.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic. Columbic acid (Chem.), a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, Nb2O5; — called also niobic acid.
COLUMBICCo*lum"bic, a. Etym: [From Columbo.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root. Columbic acid (Chem.), an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.
COLUMBIERCo*lum"bi*er, n.
Defn: See Colombier.
COLUMBIFEROUSCol"um*bif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Columbium + -ferous.]
Defn: Producing or containing columbium.
COLUMBINCo*lum"bin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin.
COLUMBINECol"um*bine, a. Etym: [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency." Bacon.
COLUMBINE Col"um*bine, n. Etym: [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
COLUMBITECo*lum"bite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colombite. See Columbium.] (Min.)
Defn: 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.
COLUMBIUMCo*lum"bi*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Columbia America.] (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
COLUMBOCo*lum"bo, n. (Med.)
Defn: See Calumba.
COLUMBUS DAYCo*lum"bus Day.
Defn: 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.
COLUMELLACol`u*mel"la, n. Etym: [L., dim. of columen column. See Column.]
1. (Bot.) (a) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens. (b) A columnlike axis in the capsule of mosses.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columnella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells. (b) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.
COLUMELLIFORMCol`u*mel"li*form, a. Etym: [Columella + -form.]
Defn: Shaped like a little column, or columella.
COLUMN Col"umn, n. Etym: [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See Holm, and cf. Colonel.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.
2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column an architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc. ; the Column Vendôme; the spinal column.
3. (Mil.) (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; — contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy. (b) A small army.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; — in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.
5. (Print.)
Defn: A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
6. (Arith.)
Defn: A perpendicular line of figures.
7. (Bot.)
Defn: The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids. Attached column. See under Attach, v. t. — Clustered column. See under Cluster, v. t. — Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing.
COLUMNARCo*lum"*nar, a. Etym: [L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
Defn: Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column. Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are priismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they cover. — Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.
COLUMNARITYCol`um*nar"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being columnar.
COLUMNATEDCo*lum"na*ted, a.
Defn: Having columns; as, columnated temples.
COLUMNEDCol"umned, a.
Defn: Having columns.Troas and Ilion's columned citadel. Tennyson.
COLUMNIATIONCo*lum`ni*a"tion, n.
Defn: The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure. Gwilt.
COLURECo*lure", n.; pl. Colures. Etym: [F. colure, L. coluri, pl., fr. Gr.(Astron. & Geog.)
Defn: One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90º from the former, and is called the solstitial colure. Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car of night From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton.
COLYCo"ly, n.; pl. Colies. Etym: [NL. colius, prob. fr. Gr.
Defn: Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabitAfrica.
COLZA Col"za, n. Etym: [F., fr. D. koolzaad, prob., cabbage seed; kool (akin to E. cole) + zaad akin to E. seed.] (Bot.)
Defn: A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.
COM-Com-.
Defn: A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.
COMACo"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Cemetery.]
Defn: A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.
COMACo"ma, n. Etym: [L., hair, fr. Gr.
1. (Astron.)
Defn: The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A tuft or bunch, — as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of brachts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. Coma Berenices ( Etym: [L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; — called also Berenice's Hair.
COMANCHESCo*man"ches ( or ), n. pl.; sing. Comanche ( or ) . (Ethnol.)
Defn: A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family ofIndians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the UnitedStates; — called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering andcruelty.
COMARTCo"mart`, n.
Defn: A covenant. [Obs.] Shak.
COMATE Co"mate, a. Etym: [L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe with hair, fr. coma hair.]
Defn: Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.
CO-MATECo"-mate`, n. Etym: [Pref. co- + mate.]
Defn: A companion. Shak.
COMATOSECo"ma*tose` ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [From Coma lethargy.]
Defn: Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.
COMATOUSCo"ma*tous, a.
Defn: Comatose.
COMATULA Co*mat"u*la, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; — called also feather stars.
COMATULIDCo*mat"u*lid, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.
COMB Comb (; 110), n. Etym: [AS.. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. jambha tooth.]
1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
4. (Zoöl.) (a) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red. (b) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
5. The curling crest of a wave.
6. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." Wyclif. When the bee doth leave her comb. Shak.
7. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.
COMBComb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.]
Defn: To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smoothand straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. Seeunder Combing.Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. Shak.
COMBComb, v. i. Etym: [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.)
Defn: To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
COMB; COMBEComb, Combe ( or ), n. Etym: [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf.W. cwm a dale, valley.]
Defn: That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuationbeyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.[Written also coombe.] Buckland.A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. Southey.
COMBComb, n.
Defn: A dry measure. See Coomb.
COMBATCom"bat ( or ; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Combated; p. pr. & vb. n.Combating.] Etym: [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L.battuere to strike. See Batter.]
Defn: To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton.After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for thechoice of masters. Gibbon.
COMBATCom"bat, v. t.
Defn: To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contendagainst; to resist.When he the ambitious Norway combated. Shak.And combated in silence all these reasons. Milton.Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. Goldsmith.
Syn. — To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent.
COMBATCom"bat, n. Etym: [Cf. F. combat.]
1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. Shak.The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina.Shak.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also a duel.
Syn. — A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest.
COMBATABLECom"bat*a*ble ( or ), a. Etym: [Cf. F. combattable.]
Defn: Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.
COMBATANTCom"bat*ant, a. Etym: [F. combattant, p. pr.]
Defn: Contending; disposed to contend. B. Jonson.
COMBATANTCom"bat*ant, n. Etym: [F. combattant.]
Defn: One who engages in combat. "The mighty combatants." Milton.A controversy which long survived the original combatants. Macaulay
COMBATERCom"bat*er, n.
Defn: One who combats. Sherwood.
COMBATIVECom"bat*ive or
Defn: (
COMBATIVENESSCom"bat*ive*ness, n.
1. The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.
2. (Phren.)
Defn: A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.
COMBATTANTCom`bat`tant", a. Etym: [F.] (Her.)
Defn: In the position of fighting; — said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
COMBBROACHComb"broach`, n.
Defn: A tooth of a wool comb. [Written also combrouch.]
COMBECombe ( or ), n.
Defn: See Comb.
COMBERComb"er, n.
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
2. A long, curling wave.
COMBERCom"ber, v. t.
Defn: To cumber. [Obs.] Spenser.
COMBERCom"ber, n.
Defn: Encumbrance. [Obs.]
COMBERCom"ber, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.[Prov. Eng.]
COMBINABLECom*bin"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. combinable.]
Defn: Capable of combinding; consistent with. [R.] M. Arnold.— Com*bin"a*ble*ness, n.
COMBINATECom"bi*nate, a. Etym: [LL. combinatus, p. p.]
Defn: United; joined; betrothed. [R.]
COMBINATIONCom`bi*na"tion, n. Etym: [LL. combinatio. See Combine.]
1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things. Making new compounds by new combinations. Boyle. A solemn combination shall be made Of our dear souls. Shak.
2. The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; — usually in a bad sense. A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin. Melmoth.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.
4. pl. (Math.)
Defn: The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.
Note: In combinations no regard is paid to the order in which the objects are arranged in each group, while in variations and permutations this order is respected. Brande & C. Combination car, a railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes. [U. S.] — Combination lock, a lock in which the mechanism is controlled by means of a movable dial (sometimes by several dials or rings) inscribed with letters or other characters. The bolt of the lock can not be operated until after the dial has been so turned as to combine the characters in a certain order or succession. — Combination room, in the University of Cambridge, Eng., a room into which the fellows withdraw after dinner, for wine, dessert, and conversation. — Combination by volume (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio by which gaseous elements and compounds unite in definite proportions by volume to form distinct compounds. — Combination by weight (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio, in which substances unite in proportions by weight, relatively fixed and exact, to form distinct compounds. See Law of definite proportions, under Definite.
Syn. — Cabal; alliance; association; league; union; confederacy; coalition; conspiracy. See Cabal.
COMBINECom*bine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combined; p. pr. & vb. n. Combining.]Etym: [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two andtwo, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.]
1. To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. Friendship is the which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. Shak. Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Cowper.
2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.] I am combined by a sacred vow. Shak.
COMBINECom*bine", v. i.
1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.You with your foes combine, And seem your own destruction to designDryden.So sweet did harp and voice combine. Sir W. Scott.
2. To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.
3. (Card Playing)
Defn: In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or multiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.
COMBINEDCom*bined", a.
Defn: United closely; confederated; chemically united.
COMBINEDLYCom*bin"ed*ly, adv. In combination or coöperation
Defn: ; jointly.
COMBINERCom*bin"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, combines.
COMBINGComb"ing, n.
1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.
Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded.
2. pl. (a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. (b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head. The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. Jer. Taylor. (c) (Naut.)
Defn: See Coamings. Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding.
COMBLESSComb"less, a.
Defn: Without a comb or crest; as, a combless ceck.
COMBOLOIOCom`bo*lo"io, n.
Defn: A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads. Byron.
COMB-SHAPEDComb"-shaped`, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Pectinate.
COMBUST Com*bust", a. Etym: [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertian origin; cf. bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. plush to burn.]
1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, asthe moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half fromthe sun. [Obs.]Planets that are oft combust. Milton.
COMBUSTIBILITYCom*bus`ti*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being combustible.
COMBUSTIBLECom*bus"ti*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. combustble.]
1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. South.
2. Ea Arnold was a combustible character. W. Irving.
COMBUSTIBLECom*bus"ti*ble, n.
Defn: A substance that may bee set on fire, or which is liable totake fire and burn.All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under thename of fuel. Ure.
COMBUSTIBLENESSCom*bus"ti*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Combustibility.
COMBUSTIONCom*bus"tion, n. Etym: [L. combustio: cf. F. combustion.]
1. The state of burning.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat. Combustion results is common cases from the mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed. Ure. Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion.
3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.]There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of theuniversity. Mede.But say from whence this new combustion springs. Dryden.
COMBUSTION CHAMBER Com*bus"tion cham`ber. (Mech.) (a) A space over, or in front of , a boiler furnace where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt. (b) The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.
COMBUSTIOUSCom*bus"tious, a.
Defn: Inflammable. [Obs.] Shak.
COME Come, v. i. [imp. Came; p. p. Come; p. pr & vb. n. Coming.] Etym: [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. gam. *23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.]
1. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; — opposed to go. Look, who comes yonder Shak. I did not come to curse thee. Tennyson.
2. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive. When we came to Rome. Acts xxviii. 16. Lately come from Italy. Acts vviii. 2.
3. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or form a distance. "Thy kingdom come." Matt. vi. 10. The hour is comming, and now is. John. v. 25. So quik bright things come to confusion. Shak.
4. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act ofanother.From whence come wars James iv. 1.Both riches and honor come of thee! Chron. xxix. 12.
5. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear. Then butter does refuse to come. Hudibras.
6. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; — with a predicate; as, to come united. How come you thus estranged Shak. How come her eyes so bright Shak.
Note: Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to be gives adjectival significance to the participle as expressing a state or condition of the subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the completion of the action signified by the verb. Think not that I am come to destroy. Matt. v. 17. We are come off like Romans. Shak. The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year. Bryant.
Note: Come may properly be used (instead of go) in speaking of a movement hence, or away, when there is reference to an approach to the person addressed; as, I shall come home next week; he will come to your house to-day. It is used with other verbs almost as an auxiliary, indicative of approach to the action or state expressed by the verb; as, how came you to do it Come is used colloquially, with reference to a definite future time approaching, without an auxilliary; as, it will be two years, come next Christmas; i. e., when Christmas shall come. They were cried In meeting, come next Sunday. Lowell. Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us go. "This is the heir; come, let us kill him." Matt. xxi. 38. When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste, or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. "Come, come, no time for lamentation now." Milton. To come, yet to arrive, future. "In times to come." Dryden. "There's pippins and cheese to come." Shak. — To come about. (a) To come to pass; to arrive; to happen; to result; as, how did these things come about (b) To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about. "The wind is come about." Shak. On better thoughts, and my urged reasons, They are come about, and won to the true side. B. Jonson. — To come abroad. (a) To move or be away from one's home or country. "Am come abroad to see the world." Shak. (b) To become public or known. [Obs.] "Neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad." Mark. iv. 22. — To come across, to meet; to find, esp. by chance or suddenly. "We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars." E. A. Freeman. "Wagner's was certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across." H. R. Heweis. — To come after. (a) To follow. (b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a book. — To come again, to return. "His spirit came again and he revived." Judges. xv. 19. — To come and go. (a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. "The color of the king doth come and go." Shak. (b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward. — To come at. (a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; as, to come at a true knowledge of ourselves. (b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me with fury. — To come away, to part or depart. — To come between, to interverne; to separate; hence, to cause estrangement. — To come by. (a) To obtain, gain, acquire. "Examine how you came by all your state." Dryden. (b) To pass near or by way of. — To come down. (a) To descend. (b) To be humbled. — To come down upon, to call to account, to reprimand. [Colloq.] Dickens. — To come home. (a) To retuen to one's house or family. (b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the feelings, interest, or reason. (b) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; — said of an anchor. — To come in. (a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. "The thief cometh in." Hos. vii. 1. (b) To arrive; as, when my ship comes in. (c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in. (d) To comply; to yield; to surrender. "We need not fear his coming in" Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. "Silken garments did not come in till late." Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; — with to or unto. Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. [U. S.] — To come in for, to claim or receive. "The rest came in for subsidies." Swift. — To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree to; to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme. — To come it ever, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] — To come near or nigh, to approach in place or quality to be equal to. "Nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it." Sir W. Temple. — To come of. (a) To descend or spring from. "Of Priam's royal race my mother came." Dryden. (b) To result or follow from. "This comes of judging by the eye." L'Estrange. — To come off. (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. [Colloq.] (e) To pay over; to give. [Obs.] (f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come off (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine. (h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. Chaucer. — To come off by, to suffer. [Obs.] "To come off by the worst." Calamy. — To come off from, to leave. "To come off from these grave disquisitions." Felton. — To come on. (a) To advance; to make progress; to thrive. (b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene. — To come out. (a) To pass out or depart, as from a country, room, company, etc. "They shall come out with great substance." Gen. xv. 14. (b) To become public; to appear; to be published. "It is indeed come out at last." Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this affair come out he has come out well at last. (d) To be introduced into society; as, she came out two seasons ago. (e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun came out. (f) To take sides; to take a stand; as, he came out against the tariff.(g) To publicly admit oneself to be homosexual. — To come out with, to give publicity to; to disclose. — To come over. (a) To pass from one side or place to another. "Perpetually teasing their friends to come over to them." Addison. (b) To rise and pass over, in distillation. — To come over to, to join. — To come round. (a) To recur in regular course. (b) To recover. [Colloq.] (c) To change, as the wind. (d) To relent. J. H. Newman. (e) To circumvent; to wheedle. [Colloq.] — To come short, to be deficient; to fail of attaining. "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Rom. iii. 23. — To come to. (a) To consent or yield. Swift. (b) (Naut.) (with the accent on to) To luff; to brin the ship's head nearer the wind; to anchor. (c) (with the accent on to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak. — To come to blows. See under Blow. — To come to grief. See under Grief. — To come to a head. (a) To suppurate, as a boil. (b) To mature; to culminate; as a plot. — To come to one's self, to recover one's senses. — To come to pass, to happen; to fall out. — To come to the scratch. (a) (Prize Fighting) To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest; hence: (b) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely. [Colloq.] — To come to time. (a) (Prize Fighting) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and "time" is called; hence: (b) To keep an appointment; to meet expectations. [Colloq.] — To come together. (a) To meet for business, worship, etc.; to assemble. Acts i. 6. (b) To live together as man and wife. Matt. i. 18. — To come true, to happen as predicated or expected. — To come under, to belong to, as an individual to a class. — To come up (a) to ascend; to rise. (b) To be brought up; to arise, as a question. (c) To spring; to shoot or rise above the earth, as a plant. (d) To come into use, as a fashion. — To come up the capstan (Naut.), to turn it the contrary way, so as to slacken the rope about it. — To come up the tackle fall (Naut.), to slacken the tackle gently. Totten. — To come up to, to rise to; to equal. — To come up with, to overtake or reach by pursuit. — To come upon. (a) To befall. (b) To attack or invade. (c) To have a claim upon; to become dependent upon for support; as, to come upon the town. (d) To light or chance upon; to find; as, to come upon hid treasure.