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Col"o*ny (?), n.; pl.
Colonies (#). [L. colonia, fr.
colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf.
F. colonie. Cf. Culture.] 1. A
company of people transplanted from their mother country to a
remote province or country, and remaining subject to the
jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies
in America.

The first settlers of New England were the best of
Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers
of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better
materials.

Ames.

2. The district or country colonized; a
settlement.

3. A company of persons from the same
country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American
colony in Paris.

4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of
animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual
range.

Col"o*pha`ny (? or ?), n. See
Colophony.

Co"lo*phene (? or ?), n.
(Chem.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained
by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form
of terebenthene.


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