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n. 1. a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. bucolicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; cowherd, herdsman; &unr_; ox + (perh.) &unr_; race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal. ] Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Bucolicôn poëma. ] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bucolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon. ] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. --
Intestinal colic, or
Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. --
Lead colic,
Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. --
Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. --
Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder; a colicky baby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; colon. ] (Anat.) Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + colic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair + skw`lhx a worm. ] (Zool.) An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]