Definition

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Wondered what "col" really stands for/means?

-- Tom McMath (tom_mcmath@yahoo.com), December 17, 2000

Answers

If you mean "col" as in Washing Col, it is short for column...

-- Jim Leininger (leining@us.ibm.com), December 18, 2000.

The french definition of "col" (in the geograph. context) is "pass". (It also means "collar".)

-- Stephen Shiboski (shibosk@itsa.ucsf.edu), December 20, 2000.

Geez, I thought everybody knew what a col is.....it's a cwm!

-- Pass the Pitons Pete (peterzabrok@home.com), December 22, 2000.

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