Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of straining or filtering liquor by passing it through a perforated vessel, as a colander.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act or process of straining or filtering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
straining orfiltering ;filtration
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Examples
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June 27, 2010 at 11: 52 am yall still beating dis dead harse thing name colation???? pnc … 1 …. a all others nil … .. pnc will always be de opposition in guyana … .. yall deal wid it … get used to it …. live wid it …. yall know who created it …
Stabroek News 2010
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Such a concert of treble voices uttering accents like these had not been heard since the great Temperance Festival with the celebrated "colation" in the open air under the trees of the Parnassian Grove, -- as the place was christened by the young ladies of the Institute.
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As soon as these refreshments -- commonly called a "colation" in Riverboro -- had been genteelly partaken of, Rebecca looked at the clock, rose from her chair in the children's corner, and said cheerfully, "Come! time for little missionaries to be in bed!"
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As soon as these refreshments -- commonly called a "colation" in
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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Temperance Festival with the celebrated "colation" in the open air under the trees of the Parnassian Grove, -- as the place was christened by the young ladies of the Institute.
Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Such a concert of treble voices uttering accents like these had not been heard since the great Temperance Festival with the celebrated "colation" in the open air under the trees of the Parnassian Grove, -- as the place was christened by the young ladies of the Institute.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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But these three Italians and the Pole freed to a colation exercise.
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He hoped that there was no offence, -- thought it might have been mutooally agreeable, conclooded he would give up the idee of a colation, and backed himself out as if unwilling to expose the less guarded aspect of his person to the risk of accelerating impulses.
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"Sell you them things to make a colation out of?" the Colonel replied.
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A cold colation given by the Rev. Captain followed, and the Volunteers marched to the Heath, where "they performed their manoeuvres and firing with great exactness."
Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston
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