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Collery Anglo-Ind.|ˈkɒlərɪ|
[ad. Tamil kallar thieves.]
The name of a non-Aryan race inhabiting part of India east of Madura; hence, Collery-horn (corrupted into cholera-horn), a long brass horn of hideous sound, often used at native funerals; Collery-stick, a throwing stick or boomerang used by the Colleries (Yule).
1763Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. I. 208 (Y.) The Polygar Tondiman..likewise sent 3000 Colleries; these are a people who..inhabit the woods between Trichinopoly and Cape Comorin; their name in their own language signifies Thieves. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. iv. 143, 1120 colleries (irregular troops of the Southern Polygars). 1830J. Welsh Mil. Remin. I. 130 (Y.) It was he also who first taught me to throw the spear, and hurl the Collery-stick. 1879Madras Mail 7 Oct. (Y.), To have the Amildar's Cholera-horn men out at that hour to sound the reveillé. |