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
The coll of rope, on which Captain Lecky and Mabelle were seated, was completely floated by the sea.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport
In new affection next I strove To coll an ash I saw, And he in trust received my love; Till with my soft green claw I cramped and bound him as I wove .
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
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 Ford, Robert
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
