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A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. Pope.

A codifier; a maker of codes. [R.]

See Coddle.

An apple fit to stew or coddle.

A young cod; also, a hake.

A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke.

Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards. -- n.

Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

nds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography. Collodion process (Photog.), a process in which a film of sensitized collodion is used in preparing the plate for taking a picture. -- Styptic collodion, collodion containing an astringent, as tannin.

To prepare or treat with collodion. R. Hunt.

A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.

See Collodion.

A gratuitous loan.

by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height. Or under high commodes, with looks erect. Granville.

s and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house. "A commodious drab." Shak. "Commodious gold." Pope. The haven was not commodious to winter in. Acts. xxvii. 12.

In a commodious manner. To pass commodiously this life. Milton.

State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convience; roominess. Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple. The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.

Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness. [Obs.] Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. B. Jonson. Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered. Hooker.

bove a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.

An arthropod.