coll
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First they "fertilized" nitrogen-fixing bacteria with a DNA "sex factor" from the common intestinal bacteria Escherichia coll, a non-nitrogen-fixing species.
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Pastorals 1709, Essay on Criticism 1711, Rape of the Lock 1714, Windsor Forest and Temple of Fame 1713, translation of Iliad 1715-20, Odyssey 1725-26, coll.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
"You couldn't expect her to throw her arms round 'ee, an' to kiss and to coll 'ee all at once."
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
In "The Witch," by Middleton— "When hundred leagues in aire we feast and sing, Daunce, kysse, and coll, use everything."
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
Ordained a priest in 1795, he became Vice-Pres. and Prof. of Philosophy at the latter coll.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
