Definition of collection

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Collection (n.) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

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Miscellany :: Miscellany (n.) A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects..
Shingle :: Shingle (n.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere..
-ana :: -ana () A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc..
Miscellaneous :: Miscellaneous (a.) Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection..
Wagonage :: Wagonage (n.) A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively..
Canvas :: Canvas (n.) Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas..
Beam :: Beam (n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat..
Ascites :: Ascites (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Pool :: Pool (n.) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon..
Clan :: Clan (n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald..
Omnium-gatherum :: Omnium-gatherum (n.) A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley.
Isidorian :: Isidorian (a.) Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century..
Bevy :: Bevy (n.) A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies..
Cone :: Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form..
Drive :: Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
Knickknackatory :: Knickknackatory (n.) A collection of knickknacks.
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..
Count :: Count (v. t.) To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon..
Grooving :: Grooving (n.) The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves..
Edda :: Edda (n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes..
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