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

Trí mairb direnaiter beoaib: aball, coll, fidnemed. dorenatar beo N 159.

From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno

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 9 by Various

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

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 Cousin, John W. (John William)