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.
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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)
Camb., where he was Senior Wrangler, and became a Fellow and Tutor of his coll.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
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
Et culpam in facto, non scelus esse meo, coll.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig