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The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [Written also colly, colley.]

Darkened. See Colly, v. t.

One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

ung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis.

cation; show; description; record. Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company. Collier. Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, Do give thee fivefold blazon. Shak.

iendship. To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited. Collier.

A claim or demand. [Obs.] There must be no challenge of superiority. Collier.

y of being clusy. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier.

set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. Collier. Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . Come, let me clutch thee. Shak.

See Colliery.

See Collie.

To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.] Thou hast not collied thy face enough. B. Jonson. Brief as the lighting in the collied night. Shak.

One who makes complaint. Eager complainants of the dispute. Collier.

uise; a cloack. "Under cover of the night." Macualay. A hendsome cover for imperfections. Collier.

rage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.

en display; flash; glitter. [R.] A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction. Collier.

all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. Collier. To do by. See under By. -- To do for. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.] Some folks are happy and easy in m…

Dolphin fly (Zoöl.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable), destructive to beans. -- Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.

Now used only colloquially.] Bacon. The trade of life can not be driven without partners. Collier.