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The removal or absence of color. Ferrand.

To deprive of color; to whiten. Turner. -- De*col`or*i*za"tion, n.

One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about

To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

To discolor. [R.] Fuller.

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.

Altered in color;

Same as Cologne.

To render cold. [Obs.]

To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]

To color. [R.]

The neck of horse. R. Browning.

Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.

A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceæ), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.

Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.

A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.

A variety of apatite from Wheal Franco in Devonshire.

Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum.

A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin.