An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To COLL, v. a.
1. To cut, to clip. To coll the hair, to poll it, S.
2. To cut any thing obliquely, S.
V. [Cow].

Su. G. kull-a, verticis capillos abradere.

COLLATYOWN, s. Conference, discourse.

Lat. collatio.

Wyntown.

COLLEGENAR, s. A student at college, S.
Spalding.

COLLIE, COLLEY, s.
1. The shepherd's dog, S. A. Bor.
Burns.

Ir. cuilean, Gael. culie, a little dog.

2. One who follows another constantly, S.
3. A lounger, one who hunts for a dinner.
Calderwood.

To COLLIE, v. a. To abash, to silence in an argument; in allusion to a dog, who, when mastered or affronted, walks off with his tail between his feet, Fife.