*cole*

a. [ L. arbor + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arvum field + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. boerenkool (lit.) husbandman's cabbage. ] A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Mil.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ancient kind of military catapult. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A staircase in a spiral form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖En caracole ety>[ F. ], spiral; -- said of a staircase. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caracoled ] [ Cf. F. caracoler. ] (Man.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prince John caracoled within the lists. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. claire colle clear glue; clair clear (f. claire) + colle glue, Gr. &unr_;. ] A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied in gilding. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clearcoled p. pr. & vb. n. Clearcoling ] To coat or paint with clearcole. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or } n. (Zool.) A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. kaylo`s. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale. ] (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of Brassica oleracea called rape and coleseed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Coalgoose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From W.T. Coleman of San Francisco. ] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Coletit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; sheath-winged; &unr_; sheath + &unr_; wing. ] (Zool.) 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 maxillæ) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the order of Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in the study of the Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; sheath + &unr_; root. ] A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A kind of small black perch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cholera. See Choler. ] Bile; choler. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The common rape or cole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. kool slaa cabbage salad. ] A salad made of sliced cabbage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Colstaff. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a sheath; -- referring to the manner in which the stamens are united. ] (Bot.) A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cawlwyrt; cawl cole + wyrt wort. Cf. Collards. ] 1. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any white cabbage before the head has become firm. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Corrupted fr. acolyte. ] An inferior church servant. [ Obs. ] See Acolyte. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. paludicole. ] (Zool.) Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolæ [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidæ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Proscolices [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_;, &unr_;, a worm. ] (Zool.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &unr_; rind, skin. ] (Anat.) The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. School. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Scolex. ] (Zool.) Same as Helminthes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. skw`lhx, -hkos, a worm, earthworm. ] (Min.) A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Scolex, -morphous. ] (Zool.) Same as Scolecida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Scoleces [ NL., from Gr. skw`lhx worm, grub. ] (Zool.) (a) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus. (b) One of the Scolecida. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. OF. escoler to teach. See School. ] To go to school; to study. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) Sea cabbage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Tubicolae. [ 1913 Webster ]