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Collish
Collish Col"lish, n. (Shoemaking)
A tool to polish the edge of a sole. --Knight.
CollisionCollision Col*li"sion, n. [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.
Syn: Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition. Collisive
Collisive Col*li"sive, a.
Colliding; clashing. [Obs.]
Drollish
Drollish Droll"ish, a.
Somewhat droll. -- Sterne.
Drollist
Drollist Droll"ist, n.
A droll. [R.] --Glanvill.
Nyctidromus albicollisParauque Pa*rauque", n. (Zo["o]l.)
A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South
America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker. Somateria mollissimaEider Ei"der, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [ae]?r; akin to
Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp.
Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of
Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken
from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called
also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the
king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider
(Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species.
Eider down. [Cf. Icel. [ae][eth]ard[=u]n, Sw. eiderd[=u]n,
Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after
as an article of luxury. TorticollisTorticollis Tor`ti*col"lis, n. [F. toricolis; L. torquere,
tortum, to twist + collum the neck.] (Med.)
See Wryneck. Tryngites subruficollisSandpiper Sand"pi`per, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringid[ae].
Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (T. maritima: the
red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (T. canutus); the
semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the
spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis
macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites
subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European
species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or
Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler,
peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe.
Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
sandpipers.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
Meaning of Ollis from wikipedia
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Ollis is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Bernard Ollis (born 1951),
artist Ian
Ollis (born 1970),
politician John
Ollis (1839–1913)...
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institutions within Australia and Europe.
Ollis is the
former Director of the
National Art School, Sydney.
Ollis is the
longest serving director of the National...
- John
Ollis (March 23, 1839 –
November 16, 1913) was an
American farmer, lawyer, and politician. Born in Bergen, Norway,
Ollis emigrated with his parents...
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Olli Johan Oskari Mäki (22
December 1936 – 6
April 2019) was a
Finnish boxer. As an amateur, he won the
European lightweight title in 1959,
having placed...
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Olli Määttä (born 22
August 1994) is a
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Olli &
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