Dollied vs Collied - What's the difference?
dollied | collied |
(dolly)
A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
(film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
(children, colloquial) A child's name for a doll.
(cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
(cricket) To hit a dolly.
To move an object using a dolly.
(colly)
(British, dialect) black as coal
(archaic) to make black, as with coal
* Ben Jonson
* Shakespeare
*
(British, dialect) Soot.
(British, dialect) A blackbird
(dated)
* {{quote-book
, year=1833
, author=William Craig Brownlee
, title=The Whigs of Scotland: Or, The Last of the Stuarts, vol. 2
, page=30
* {{quote-book
, year=1847
, author=Thomas Miller
, title=The Boy's Country Book
, page=80
* {{quote-book
, year=1861
, author=Francis Galton
, title=Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1860
As verbs the difference between dollied and collied
is that dollied is past tense of dolly while collied is past tense of colly.dollied
English
Verb
(head)dolly
English
Noun
(dollies)- (Knight)
See also
* (specialized piece of film equipment) tracking shotVerb
Anagrams
*collied
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*colly
English
Adjective
(er)- -
Verb
- Thou hast not collied thy face enough.
- Brief as the lighting in the collied night.
Noun
(collies)- (Burton)
citation, passage=Can a Whig lick the feet o' the tyrant wha usurps oor Lord's throne, and accept o' ane indulgence frae him, hurled to him as a bane to a colly dog , binding himself to think as he thinks, and to preach as he wulls it; and to flatter tyranny in church and state, to win a paltry boon!}}
citation, passage=On the moors and mountains of Scotland the shepherd sends out his colly with the sheep, far out of his sight, conscious that when he sets out to look for them, they will be found herded safely together.}}
citation, page=139 , passage=Colly dog's early training is a rude one, but I think that it is mutual, and that the shepherd picks up a good deal of dog during the process. , }}