2. Verb. (third-person singular of colly) ¹
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Definition of Collies
1. colly [v] - See also: colly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collies
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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