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
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 Hazlitt, William Carew
"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 Hardy, Thomas
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 Cousin, John W. (John William)
I was not content with platter licking, which now appeareth to me a mighty pleasant calling but e'en I must become a broker and die sus. per coll.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
