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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mór báis mór baile: Great folly, great madness, Mór coll ceille mór mire: Great ruin of sense, great insanity, Olais airchenn teicht dóecaib: Since thou hast set out for death, Beith fó étoil maic Maire.:
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
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
In "Wily Beguiled," 1606: "I'll clasp thee, and clip thee; coll thee, and kiss thee, till I be better than nought, and worse than nothing."
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
Robin made his testament Upon a coll of hay; And by cam' a greedy gled And snapt him a' away.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Robert Ford
