Definition of Collies

1. Noun. (plural of collie) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of colly) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collies

1. colly [v] - See also: colly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collies

collider
colliders
collides
collidine
collidines
colliding
collie
collied
collielike
collier
collier's lung
collieries
colliers
colliery
collies (current term)
collieshangie
collieshangies
colliest
colliflower
colliflowers
colligability
colligable
colligate
colligated
colligates
colligating
colligation
colligations
colligative

Literary usage of Collies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hunting Dogs: Describes in a Practical Manner the Training, Handling by Oliver Hartley (1909)
"The pure bred Scotch collies are of a kind and affectionate disposition and they become ... The Scotch collies are very watchful and always on the alert, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1908)
"March to June are the months in which the greatest number of births is recorded for Greyhounds, while for collies most births are recorded from May to ..."

3. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1900)
"John collies The Names of the male Persons in Dedham. who have taken the oath of Allegiance. m'. W". Addams Andrew Dewing Benj°. Mills John Fuller John Rice ..."

4. An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton (1759)
"... together with a. quantity of land in their collies, neighbourhood, for their maintenance. ... collies ..."

5. An American Four-in-hand in Britain by Andrew Carnegie (1907)
"At this juncture we met a shepherd with his collies, and learnt from him that we were still twelve miles from an inn. It was a cool, breezy day; ..."

6. Travels in Scotland by Johann Georg Kohl (1849)
"SIONISTS" THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD—" collies " QUEEN VICTORIA AND DRUMMOND CASTLE DEER-STALKING ARMS OF THE DRUMMONDS ..."

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