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COLO GNE·urfh, a kind of very light barlard oehre, of

a deep brown colour.

COLON, in anatomy. See Vol.

p. 26 1.

COLON , in grammar, a pnint or charaéler marked thu!,

(:J,

fhewing the preeeding Centence to be perfeél or en–

tire

only that lome remark, farther illullration, or

other maner conneéled therewith, is Cubjoined.

COLONEL, in military mwers, the commander in

chid of a regiment, whether horCe, foot, Ordragoons.

A colone! may lay any oflictr of his regiment in ar–

ren, but murl aequaint the generalwith it

he is no:

allow~d

a guard, only a eentry from the quaner–

guardo

COLON E

L· /itufto6nf,

he who commands a regiment of

guards, whereof the king, prince, or other perCon of

the firfl eminence, is colonrl. Thefe colonel·lieute–

nanlS h.ave alway! a colonel's commiffion, and aJe

ú–

fually general oflicers.

Litllfmont··Cot.ONEL,

the fecond oflicer in a regiment,

who is at the head of the captains, and commands iD

the abCence of the colonel.

COLONNA, a town of Italy, in the Campagna of

Rome,. eighteen miles earlward

that city: E. long.

13° '5', N. lat.

42 °.

COLONNADE, in archileélure, a perinyle of a circu–

lar figure

or a Ceries of columns diCpoCed in a circle,

and inCulated within fideo

A p.IyJlile

COt.ONNAD E, is Ihat whoCe numbers of co–

lumns is tOO great tO be tahn in by the eye at a fingle

view. Such is thecolonnade of the palace

St Pe–

ter's at Rome, confifling of

284

columns of the Do–

ric order, eaeh above four foot and an halC diameter,

all inTiburtine marble.

COLONY, a company of people tranCplanted into a rr–

mote provinee, in order to cultivate and inhabit it.

Colonies are of three forlS: the firn are thoCe ,that

ferve to eaCe and difcharge the inhabitanls of a coun–

try, where the people are become too numerons

the

fec~nd

are thofe erlablifhed by viélorious prinm in the

midd le of vanquifhed nations, tO keep Ihem in .we

and obedience

and the third fort are thoCe erlablililed

for the promotion of trade, called colonies of como

merce; fuch are thoCe ellablin,ed by European nations

in Ceveral parts of Afia,

frica, and America.

COLOPHONY, in pharmacy, black refin, or turpe.–

tine, boiled in water, and afterwards dried

or, which

is rlill better, the caput mortuum remaining after the

dirlillation of the etherial oil, being funher orged by

a more intenCe and long conlinued fire.

COLOQYINT IDA, in botany. Sce CUCUMIS .

COLORAT URA, in mufic, denotes all manner of

riations, trillós, diminutions,

&e.

Cerving to make

Cung agrecable.

•

COLOSSUS, a rlatue of a gigantic, or enormous fize.

The morl famous of Ihis kind was the cololTus of

Rhodes, made, io honour of Apollo, by Chare! the

difciple of Lyfippus. Jt w.s

eighty.fi

x feet high, and

its Ihumb Co large, that few people could fathom it.

This rlalue was placcd acroCs the mouth of the har–

bo~r

at Rhodes, and the Ihips with fllll fails paOed be–

tIVixt its l<gl.

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COLOSTRUM, the firrl milk of any animal aftcr bring–

iog fortll

)'~ung,

called beeflings.

is remarkable

that ,his mdk is

~enerally

cath",tic, and pllrges off

the meconium; thus Cerving both as an .Iiment anll

medicine.

An emlllfion prepared with turpentine, dilTolvcd witlt

the J'olk bf an egg, is Cometimes c lIed by this name.

COLOUR. See OPrI CS.

COLO UR , in paintiog, is applied bOlh tO the druAs, antl

tOthe tints produced by thoCe drugs valiouOy mixld

and applied.

T oe principal colours ufed by painters are red and

white lead, or ceruCs

yellolV and red ocores: Cever.1

kinds of eanh, umbre, orpiment,

la01p-bl.ck

, burnt

i"ory, black le,d, cinnabar or vermdlion, gumboge,

lacca, blue and green an,es, verdigris, btllre, bicce,

Cmah, carmine, ultra marine:

e.eh

which, IVitlt

their uCes,

6e.

are to be found ullder lheir proper ar–

cicles.

Of theCe colonrs Come are uCed

temp~red

with gum–

waler, fome grol1nd with oil, othelS only in frefco,

and others for miniature.

Painters reduce aH the colours they uCe under thefe

two c1alres, of dark and light colours: dark colour.

are black, and all others that are obCcure and canhy,

as umhre, binre,

ti,.

Under ligot cnlonrs are comprchended IVhite, and

all that approach oea,erl tOit.

Painters alCo diHinguiOI .colol1rs in

fiml'le

~nd

mi–

neral.

Under fimple colou" they rank all thoCe which are

extraéled from vegetables, and which IV,II nOl bear the

r,re

as Ihe yello.., made of Ca!fron, French berries,

hcca, and other tinélnres extraéled from Oowers, uCed

by limners, illl1minels,

cre.

The'mineral colours are thoCe ",hich being draIVn

from mmls,

cre.

are able to bear the fire, and

therefore I1red by enamellers. Changeable and per–

manent colours is another divifil'n, ,"hich, by Come, is

ll1ade of colours.

Changeable colours are Cuch as depend on the fitu–

ation of the ohjeéls wilh reCpeél to the cye, al that of

a pigeon's oeck, ta¡reties,

6e.

the firll howel'er.being

attentively viewed by the mierofcope,

ea~h

fibre of the

feathers appears compoCed of Ceve..llittle Cqnares, al–

ternately red and green,

tbat tbey are fixed co–

lours.

Locol

COLOU RS . See LocAl..

Waftr

COt.O&RS. See WATER.

COLOUR, in dyiog. Thcre are, in the art of rl)ing,

five colours, called fimp le, prinmy, or mother co–

lours, from the mi xtllre of which al! olher colours

formed ; theCe are blnc, ydlow, brown, red, and

black. Of theCe colours, variouOy mixed and com–

bined, they form the following colours, panCy, blue,

and red

from the mixture of

blu~

and Ccarlet are

formed amaranth, violet, and panfy

Cre,nt

the Ca

Olé

mixture of blue, crimCon, and red, are formecl the

columbioe, or dove·colollr, purple·c,in,fon, amaranrh,

panfy, and crintCon·violet. See BOTAN\', Vol.

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