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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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 John W. (John William) Cousin
Mór báis mór baile: Great folly, great madness, Mór coll ceille mór mire: Great ruin of sense, great insanity, Olais airchenn teicht dóecaib: Since thou hast set out for death, Beith fó étoil maic Maire.:
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
In "The Witch," by Middleton— "When hundred leagues in aire we feast and sing, Daunce, kysse, and coll, use everything."
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
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
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