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geous of the he,aodria

ti

ig)'ni,1 chr" T he corolla is

Ji':id¿d ioto fix fegmeOls,

,"d

the tubc is raJic:tted ;

il has tlnee

inl1Jt~d

e'prules llnired rogether. The

fpeeies are tlm'c, only ooe of II'I",h,

,'1"

the "u·

tumna le,

(Ir

mctldo\\!·faffron,

1$ ,1 n3U\'e

el

B m,lln.

COLD, in general, deootes the pri,'atioo or abrelle¿ uf

heal' aod,

e~orequco:ly,

lhore who ruppore heat to

roofin in a b, ilk agitatioo

01'

the componeot partides

of the hOl bocll', delioe eold to he rueh a faiol motioo

of lhere pam, as is either altogether or oe"ly impero

ceplible tO Ollr orgaos of fecling: io IVhieh reore, eold

is a mere termof relatioo

bet w~eo

the eold body aod

the oroaos of

r~ofatioo;

and, io faél, the fame body

\ViII b; felt either hOl or eold, aeeurdiog as the Ceofible

or"ao is eoloer or homr than ir.

COL;, io medieioe, is found

10

be produélive of ioRam–

malory dirordcrs, as eoughs, pleurifies, peripoeumo.

nies, rheumalie paios, eon(¡lmplioos,

&c.

See ME·

Dlel NE .

COLDENrA, io botao)', a geous of the lelraodria te–

trdgyoia elafs, The ealix has Cour leaves; the eo–

rolla is tunoel ·fhaped; the fruil eoofins of COllr Ceeds.

There is bUl one fpeei es, a native of India.

COLD·FINCH. See MOTACtLLA,

COLDSHIRE·IRON, lhat whieh il brittle wheo eold.

COLE·FISH,

S~e

GADUS,

COLE'MOUSE, in ornithology, Seo PARUS ,

COLEOl'TERA, lhe oame of Liooxus's fi,n order of

ioCeéls, The ioCeéls belongiog to tbis order have four

wings; rhe upper pair, whieh ferve as eovers to the

other lWO, are crullaeeous, with a nraight ridge or

Curure io rhe middle. See NATURAL HISTORY,

COLE·SEED, the Ceed of the

nopul

[oliva,

or long·

rooted, oarrolV·leaved rapa, ealled, io Eoglifh, oa–

veIV, and eompreheoded by Lioo:!!us amoog the brar–

fieas, or eabbage·kiod. See

BRASS I C~.

This plaor is eultivared ro great advaotage io many

parts of Eoglarod, on aeeouot of the nape-oil expre(fed

from its feeds.

Ir

requires a rieh and nrong

Coil,

e–

fpeeially io mmh or fenoy lands, thore newly re·

covered from the fea, or indeed any other laod that is

nnk and f. t, IVhether arable or panure. The ben

Ceeds are brought from Hollaod, and fhollld be Cown

about Midfum:ner, the vtry day rhat the laod is plow–

ed: a gallon \ViII rem ao acre,

Befides rhe oil already mcOlioned, it is likewire eul·

rivated for w;nter-:ood to eattle, aod is

a

very good

preparari,'e of land for barley or wheat.

COLE-WORT. See BRASS ICA,

COLl AS, io ichthyology. See SCOMBER.

COLlC, in medicine, a bere paio io the 10IVer venter,

Co e.lled, beeaure the dJorder was formerly CuppuCed

ro be feated in rlte colon, See MEDICINE.

COLtC-SHELL, See SI'P ROEA,

COLlR, ao oRicer in China, IVho may prorerly be eal–

led ao inrpeélor, h" ing an eye over wltar pafl'cs iu

erery eOllrt or rribuoal

01'

(he empire,

[n order to rend,'r him impmial, he is kept ioefe.

peodent, hy having pon h r life, The pOIVer of the

rnlirs is CllrJ"

tllJt they make even the ¡ltlllces

oC

the

blocd tremble.

COLlSEUM, in

anei~IH areh¡tel~ure,

an oval amplli. '

theat re at Rome, blnlt by Verpafiao, wheJein IVere

natues Cet IIp, reprcCcmiog all tiJe provinees of the

empire:, in lhe n,iddle whmof !lood that of Rome,

holdiog a golden apple in her hanJ,

This !lrutlure IVas

Co

larg... that it would hold oear

100,000

rpeélHOrS.

COLlTES, in natural hinory, a naOle giren by lome

w,itm

10

a kind of pcbble, found in tlie (hape uf the

hlln,.o penis and telles, aod thar either Cepaldtcll', ur

both logrrher.

COLL:\R, in Romao aOliqu:t)', a Cort of ehain put

gcnerally round lhe occk

01'

flaves that had run away,

al'ter they IVere taken, IVilh ao inreription round il,

intimatiog rheir beiog deCerters, and requiriog their

beiog refiored to their proper o\Vners,

&c,

COLLAR, io a more modern Ceore, ao ornaruent confin·

ing of a ehain of gold, eoamelled, Crequently Cet \Vith

eyphers or other

d~viees,

with the badge

01'

Ihe order

hanging at the boltom, \Vore by the koights

01'

reveral

military orders over their fhouldet>, Oll the mande,

aod its figure drawo round their armories,

Thus, the collar of the order of the garter CtJnfifl.

of S S, with rores eoarnelled red, withio a garter en–

amelled blue, and the George al the boltom,

LOId MOJ'or'l

COLLAR is more u¡irally ealled ehain.

Knigh/l

al /he

COLLA R, amilitar)' order in the republie

of Veoice, ealled airo the order of St Mark, or the

medal.

lt

is the doge aod the Cenatt lhat confer this order;

the koights bear

00

particular habit, ooly lhe collar,

whieh the doge puts around their oeek, \Vith a medal,

IVhmio is repreleOled the winged lioo of the republie.

COHAR

of

o dra/lgh/ horje,

a part of harners made of

I~ather

and can

vas,

and

Ituff~d

with Ilraw or wool, to

be pUl about the horre's neek.

COLLARAGE, a tax or "ne laid for the eollm of

wine-draIVing horCes,

COLLATERAL, aoy thing, place, eountr)',

6,.

fitu–

ated by

u\C

fide of aoother.

COLLATERAL, io genealogy, thoCe relations \Vhich pro–

eeed from the fame fioek, bur not io the rame line of

aCeendaots or deCeendants, but btipg, as it \Vere, afide

01'

eaeh r.:her.

Thus, uocles, auOlS, nephews, nieees aod coufins,

are eollaterals, or in the Carne eollateral line:

tho(~

in a higher degree, and n"rer the eommon root, re–

prereot a kind of pateroiry wirh regad to thofe more

remote.

COLLATERAL

Jilm/on,

in Seots law: When

~

de–

funél.

(ur

want of heirs deCeeoded

01

hintfdf, is rllc–

ceeded in his enate by a brotl:er or finer, or their

deCeeorlents, the eHate is Caid to have gone

10

collo/¿–

ral

hei".

See Scon LAW, t;t1e,

SuCCtfi.n inhe–

rri(/I,I,

r!~h/(,

COLL I\TION, in the canon laIV, rheg;\'iogorbcno\V'

ing

01'

a benefiee on a dergyman hy a bifilOp, who has

it io his o\Yo g,ft or patronage,

COLL.\TION, in eommon lalV,

t h~

eomp"iron or pre·

Cenration of a eopy ' tO its origioal, to Ite \\hether or

not it be eooformable

j

or the "pon or a,q of rhe.

or–

hecr