e o
L
220
e o
L
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