Obs. rare–1. [ad. L. *cōlāment-um, f. cōlāre to strain, filter (see COLATE).] Product of straining or filtration.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. i. 54. Chrystall … is a minerall body … made of a lentous colament of earth, drawne from the most pure and limpid juyce therof.
