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Co*los"sus (?), n.; pl. L.
Colossi (#), E. Colossuses
(#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] 1. A statue of
gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous
statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the
Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.

He doth bestride the narrow world

Like a colossus.

Shak.

&fist; There is no authority for the statement that the legs
of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor.
Dr. Wm. Smith.

2. Any man or beast of gigantic
size.

||Co*los"trum (?), n. [L.,
biestings.] (Med.) (a) The first milk
secreted after delivery; biestings. (b)
A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly
used as an emulsion.

Co*lot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; colon
+ &?; cutting.] (Surg.) An operation for opening the
colon

Col"our (?), n. See
Color.

Colp (?), n. See
Collop.


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