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Co*logne" earth` (?). [From Cologne the city.]
(Min.) An earth of a deep brown color, containing
more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite,
or brown coal.

Col"om*bier (?), n. [F.] A
large size of paper for drawings. See under
Paper.

Co*lom"bin (?), n. (Chem.)
See Calumbin.

Co*lom"bo (?), n. (Med.)
See Calumba.

Co"lon (?), n. [L. colon,
colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr.
Gr. &?;, and in sense of the intestine, &?;: cf. F. colon.
Cf. Colic.] 1. (Anat.) That
part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum
to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]

2. (Gram.) A point or character,
formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are
complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the
place of a conjunction.


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