02319 Coo"ly, Coo"lie (?), n.; pl. Coolies (#). [Hind. kl\'c6 a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. kl, kyleh, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
02311 Con"tact (?), n. [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] 1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.3. (Mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.Raymond.Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.
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