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▪ I. † colline, n. Obs. Also 7 collin. [a. F. colline hill, ad. L. collīna (sc. terra) hilly land, f. coll-is hill.] A small hill.
c1630Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. 35 And every hill and collin crowns with palms. 1641Evelyn Mem. (1819) I. 291 A nobly wellwall'd, wooded, and watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. 1697Phil. Trans. XIX. 727 A Rill of about an Ell broad between Two Collines. ▪ II. † colline, v. Obs. rare—1.|kəˈlaɪn| [ad. L. collīne-āre to direct in a straight line, to aim, f. col- together + līnea line, līneāre to bring into straight line: see -ate.] trans. To aim, to direct.
1674Z. Cawdrey Catholicon Pref. 1 My endeavours in this discourse are..collined at the stopping the growth of rigid Separation. |