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The collective sum. aggregate, or mass of anything; specif., the people as a body; the state.

A part or piece of anything; a portion. Cut two good collops out of the crown land. Fuller.

That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. Acts xxvii. 30. That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. Shak.…

An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.

Anything resembling, in form or position, a column an architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc. ; the Column Vendôme; the spinal column.

ing comfort. [Obs.] The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador. Hakluyt.

A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginnig; start. The time of Henry VII . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed "modern history."

eing mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound. In the commixture of anything that is more oily or sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy. Bacon.

at which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.

The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others. The claim of comonage . . . in most of the forests. Burke.

One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] Fuller.

Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement. "He could not debate anything without some commotion." Clarendon.

icating artery. Subjects suffered to communicate and to have intercourse of traffic. Hakluyt. The whole body is nothing but a system of such canals, which all communicate with one another. Arbutnot.

A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.

An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

ed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. Hakluyt.

Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.

Anything which serves to compress; as:

That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [Obs.] Woodward.