a. [ L. bis twice + colligatus, p. p. See Colligate, v. t. ] (Zool.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion. ] To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided. [ 1913 Webster ]

Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strike or dash against. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on. This technique allows the production of collisions of higher energy than would be possible with a single beam produced by the same device.
Syn. -- particle collider; colliding-beam accelerator; colliding-beam machine. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. ko`lla glue. ] (Chem.) One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on; -- called also colliding-beam accelerator and collider. This technique allows the production of collisions of higher energy than would be possible with a single beam produced by the same device.
Syn. -- particle collider; colliding-beam accelerator; collider. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gael. cuilean whelp, puppy, dog. ] (Zool.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [ Written also colly, colley. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. & a. Darkened. See Colly, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. colier. See Coal. ] 1. One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel employed in the coal trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Collieries [ Cf. Coalery, Collier. ] 1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The coal trade. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cauliflower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Colligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colligating. ] [ L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind. ] 1. To tie or bind together. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. Nicholson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. Tundall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bound together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. colligatio. ] 1. A binding together. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. “The colligation of facts.” Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Colligation is not always induction, but induction is always colligation. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p. & vb. n. Collimating. ] [ See Collimation. ] (Physics & Astron.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Collimating eyepiece, an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly. --
Collimating lens (Optics), a lens used for producing parallel rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. collimation, fr. a false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation. ] The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

Error of collimation, the deviation of the line collimation of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought to have with respect to the axis of motion of the instrument. --
Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of an astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes through the optical center of the object glass and the intersection of the cross wires at its focus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Astron.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Optics) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`lla glue. ] A very pure form of gelatin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. colline, fr. L. collis a hill. ] A small hill or mount. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collineare to direct in a straight line. See Collimation. ] The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Coll, v. t. ] An embrace; dalliance. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With embraces. [ Obs. ] Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having, or pertaining to, the same language. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Colliquated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colliquating. ] [ Pref. col- + L. liquare, liquatum, to melt. ] To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Ice ] will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call “glass”. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. colliquefactus melted; col- + liquefacere; liquēre to be liquid + facere to make. ] A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Shoemaking) A tool to polish the edge of a sole. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide. ] 1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. [ 1913 Webster ]

The collision of contrary false principles. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. W. Irving.

Syn. -- Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Colliding; clashing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disputing or wrangling. [ Obs. ] -- n. One who litigates or wrangles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Beheading. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. Parliamentary History (1648). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemi- + collin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) See Semiglutin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geol.) Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. toricolis; L. torquere, tortum, to twist + collum the neck. ] (Med.) See Wryneck. [ 1913 Webster ]