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Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade. -- In`ter*co*lo"ni*al*ly, adv.

Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.

The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. Gwilt.

Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve.

See Isabella.

A brownish yellow color.

A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found.

m a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard. There's treachery in that Judas-colored beard. Dryden.

Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. [Formerly, a proverbial expression.] Shak. Milton.

A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. -- Lac`co*lit"ic, a.

Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.

A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline.

One versed in lexicology.

The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallæ.

Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolæ.

. A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.

Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.

Having machicolations. "Machicolated turrets." C. Kingsley.

An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.…