Chapter Coequal to Combustion of C by Soule's Synonymes

Cold-hearted, a. Unfeeling. See cold, 4.

Cole, n. Cabbage.

Cole-slaw, n. Cabbage salad, sliced cabbage.

Colewort, n. Kale or kail.

Colic, n. Spasmodic pain in the bowels, intestinal cramp.

Collapse, n.

1. Falling together, falling in (as the sides of a flue).

2. (Med.) Prostration, exhaustion, sinking, extreme depression.

3. Break-down, downfall, utter failure, dead failure, abortion, brutum fulmen, “lame and impotent conclusion,” flash in the pan.

Collapse, v. n.

1. Fall together, fall in.

2. Break-down, come to nothing, fail utterly, go out in smoke, vanish in thin air.

Collar, n.

1. Neck-band.

2. Neck-harness.

3. Ring, fillet, belt, band, guard.

Collar, v. a.

1. Seize by the collar or throat.

2. Put a collar on, fit with a collar, fillet, belt.

Collar-bone, n. Clavicle.

Collate, v. a. Compare, bring into comparison, compare critically, estimate relatively.

Collateral, a.

1. Indirect, subordinate, not directly to the point.