COLL

Proper noun

Coll

A medieval English short form of the male given name Nicholas; very rare today.

A patronymic surname.

An island of the inner Hebrides in Scotland.

Etymology

Verb

coll (third-person singular simple present colls, present participle colling, simple past and past participle colled)

(ambitransitive) To hug or embrace.

Source: Wiktionary


Coll, v. t. Etym: [OF. coler, fr. L. collum neck.]

Definition: To embrace. [Obs.] "They coll and kiss him." Latimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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