Defn: A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [Obs.]
COLLIQUATIVE
Col*liq"ua*tive, a.
Defn: Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, collequative sweats.
COLLIQUEFACTION Col*liq`ue*fac"tion, n. Etym: [L. colliquefactus melted; col- + liquefacere; liquere to be liquid + facere to make.]
Defn: A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one
mass by fusion.
The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon.
COLLISH
Col"lish, n. (Shoemaking)
Defn: A tool to polish the edge of a sole. Knight.
COLLISION
Col*li"sion, n. Etym: [L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide.]
1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.
2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. The collision of contrary false principles. Bp. Warburton. Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. W. Irving.