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A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

- (with, together. See Com-.

Same as Cola nut, below.

The bitter fruit of Cola acuminata, which is nearly as large as a chestnut, and furnishes a stimulant, which is used in medicine.

One who labors with another; an associate in labor.

A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perfprated metal, or the like.

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.]

A kind of lace. [Obs.] Pinners edged with colbertine. Swift. Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine. Young.

A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia.

A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.

Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.

d of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. "The snowy top of cold Olympis." Milton.

In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16º in twenty-four hours or 20º in thirty-six hours, independent of the diurnal range.

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

Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent. -- Cold"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.

Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n.

A British wagtail.