Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance or between other insurers.
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Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense.
The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries.
To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See Quoit.
A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation.
To join; to conjoin.
One who swears to another's credibility.
To convert into coke.
A cockney.
The cocoanut.
A simpleton; a gull; a dupe.
Cuckold.
A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.
A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil. Same as Cola nut, below.
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, perforated metal, or the like.
The act or process of straining or filtering.
The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.
The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.
A kind of lace.
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa.
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.
To become cold.
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 or emotional warmth; indifferent.
an absence of concern for the welfare of others; indifference to the suffering of others.
Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat); as, cold-short iron.
Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.
to to knock to the ground with force.
to put coldcream on (one's face).
A British wagtail.
Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.
In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference; calmly.
The state or quality of being cold.
A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of Brassica oleracea called rape and coleseed.
See Coalgoose.
A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.
See Coletit.
One of the Coleoptera.
An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxill/) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.
One of the order of Coleoptera.
One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.
Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.
A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.
A kind of small black perch.
Bile; choler.
Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics.
The common rape or cole.
A salad made of sliced cabbage.
See Colstaff.
A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.
A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.
A crafty fox.
Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic.
Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder; a colicky baby.
A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.
The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
a genus of birds including the New World quail and the bobwhites.
The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.
An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.
To embrace.
to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor; as, four chemists collaborated on the synthesis of the compound; three authors collaborated in writing the book.
See Collaborator.
The act of working together; united labor.
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
accomplished by collaboration; cooperative; as, collaborative effort of industry and the universities. Opposed to competitive.
An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.
any picture made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs, especially in unusual or surprising ways.
The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.
Containing or resembling collagen.
A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
Capable of collapsing or being collapsed; as, a collapsible boat.
Collapse.
To seize by the collar.
a variety of kale (Brassica oleracea) having smooth leaves; a type of colewort. It is grown in the southern U. S.
Same as collards{1}.
Young cabbage, used as /greens/; esp. the leaves of a kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that purpose, the collard or colewort.
Wearing a collar.
any of several species of lizards of the genus Crotaphytus and the family Iguanidae, of the central and western U.S. and northern Mexico, having long tails and usually bearing markings on the neck appearing like a collar of two black bands.
A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material.
Capable of being collated.
To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.
A collateral relative.
Side by side; by the side.
The state of being collateral.
To partake of a collation.
One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc.
Brought together; contributed; done by contributions.
Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.
One who collates manuscripts, books, etc.
To join in praising.
To unite or associate with another or with others.
Partnership in office.
A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.
Gathered together.
Composedly; coolly.
A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
Capable of being collected.
The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
Of or pertaining to collecting.
A collective noun or name.
In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
A state of union; mass.
to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises. Same as collectivize.
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.
An advocate of collectivism.
Relating to, characteristic of, or advocating, collectivism.
Quality or state of being collective.
to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises.
brought under collective ownership and operating under collectivist principles; -- used especially of organizations operating under the ownership by the state.
One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.
The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.
The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.
A girl; a maiden.
A joint legatee.
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