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vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever. -- To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him. [Colloq.] Cold, v. i.

Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.

The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.

One who confers any benefit. [Obs.] Feltham.

An accumulation of any substance. "Collections of moisture." Whewell. "A purulent collection." Dunglison.

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.

Any hue distinguished from white or black.

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

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

Any man or beast of gigantic size.

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.

Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.

nd sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.

Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

thnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; -- with to or unto. Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May.…

A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

in comforting the spirits of men. Bacon. That we may be adle to comfort them that are in any affliction. 2 Cor. i. 4. (Rev. Ver. ). A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. Wordsworth.

A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.