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A description of climates.

Of or pertaining to climatology.

One versed in, or who studies, climatology.

The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. Brande & C.

A climate. [Obs.] Shak.

A companion. Shak.

A cockfight.

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.

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. Error of collimation, the deviation of the line collimation of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought to have with…

A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol.

Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.

Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.

Comatose.

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.

Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

Consisting of the same material. [Obs.] Bacon.

Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.

Conciseness in writing. Bp. Horsley.

An outcry or shout of many together. [R.] Before his funeral conclamation. May (Lucan).

The act of burning different things together. [Obs.]