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coll

verb
/kɑl/US/kɒl/UK/qʰʊu̯/

Etymology

Uncertain. The island name, from Latin Colosus (704 AD), is often associated with an Old Irish *koll or Proto-Brythonic *koll, themselves both from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”). Derivation from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant figure”) has been called "naïve" by Coates (2006).

  1. derived from κολοσσός — “giant figure”
  2. derived from *koslos✻
  3. derived from *koll✻
  4. derived from *koll✻
  5. derived from Colosus

Definitions

  1. To hug or embrace.

    • So hauing ſayd, her twixt her armes twaine / Shee ſtreightly ſtraynd, and colled tenderly
    • 'You couldn't expect her to throw her arms round 'ee, an' to kiss and to coll 'ee all at once.'

  2. A medieval English short form of the male given name Nicholas

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

  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA