Dictionary Definition
colly v : make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't
soil your clothes when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, bemire] [ant: clean] [also: collied, colliest, collier]
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English
Etymology
From cole + -yAdjective
- black as coal
- ... four colly birds . . . - Twelve Days of Christmas
Verb
- transitive archaic to make black, as with coal
Noun
Extensive Definition
Collie or Colly may mean:
Dogs
- Collie,
a type of herding dog originating in Britain, the origin of many
breeds and types, some of which are also called "collie":
- Australian Collie, a cross of Australian Sheepdog and Border Collie
- Bearded Collie, a hairy type of collie
- Border Collie, a collie type from the Border area of Scotland and Northern England, the most widespread herding dog
- Farm Collie, a landrace collie type
- German Collie or German Coolie, an Australian breed of herding dog probably derived from British collies
- Scotch
Collie, a dog breed derived largely from collies, consisting of
two types:
- Rough Collie, long-haired, made famous by the Lassie films
- Smooth Collie, short-haired
- Shetland Collie, the Shetland Sheepdog or Sheltie, a small pet breed derived partly from collies
- Welsh Collie or Welsh Sheepdog, a landrace herding dog from Wales
Places
- Collie, Western Australia, a town in Australia
- Collie River, a river in Western Australia
- Shire of Collie, a Local Government Area in the South West region of Western Australia
- Electoral district of Collie-Wellington, an Electoral district of Western Australia
- Mount Collie, a mountain in Yoho National Park, Canada
- Colli Euganei, the hills in the Veneto region of northern Italy
- Colli del Tronto, a municipality in the Province of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
- Colly Township, North Carolina, a district in North Carolina, USA
People
- Alexander Collie (1793–1835), Scottish surgeon and naturalist
- J. Norman Collie (1859–1942), British explorer and scientist
- Collie Smith (O'Neil Gordon Smith, 1933–1959), Jamaican cricketer
- Mark Collie (born 1956), American country singer/songwriter and actor
- Bruce Collie (born 1962), American football player
- "Colly", Paul Collingwood (born 1976), English cricketer
- Barnes Colly Ezeh (born 1979), Hong Kong football player originally from Nigeria
- "Collie", Colin Moran (born 1980), Gaelic footballer
- Collie Buddz (Colin Harper, born 1981), reggae and dancehall artist from Bermuda
- Zac Collie (born 1982), American football player
- Austin Collie (born 1985), college American football player
Other
- Collie, a slang term for marijuana
- "Collie Man" a song by Slightly Stoopid
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, a song by the Smashing Pumpkins
- Collie's Squirrel (Sciurus colliaei''), a Mexican species of squirrel
colly in Finnish: Collie