Vocabulary : Coulee to Coulure
Coulee : A stream ;; a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a caon, which has precipitous sides.Couleur : Color; -- chiefly used in a few French phrases, as couler de rose, color of rose; and hence, adjectively, rose-colored; roseate. ;; A suit of cards, as hearts or clubs; -- used in some French games.
Coulisse : A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides. ;; One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes. ;; A fluting in a sword blade. ;; The outside stock exchange, or "curb market," of Paris.
Couloir : A deep gorge; a gully. ;; A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.
Coulomb : The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber.
