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Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent. Boyle.

That which causes coagulation. Hixley.

Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects. Boyle.

The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.

The act or process of straining or filtering. [R.]

The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.

The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer. [R.]

Capable of being collated. Coleridge.

when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary. If the bishop neglets to collate within six months, the right to do it devolves on the archbishop. Encyc. Brit.

Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." Shak.

Side by side; by the side. These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. Bp. Wilkins.

The state of being collateral.

The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Pope.

One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc. [Eng.]

Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. [Obs.] Bailey.

Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

One who collates manuscripts, books, etc. Addison.

Style of address or salutation; an appellation. "Metaphorical compellations." Milton. He useth this endearing compellation, "My little children." Bp. Beveridge. The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by "Sire," which is nothing else but father. Sir W. Temple.

The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.

Serving to compel; compulsory. [R.]