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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collar \Col"lar\, n. [OE. coler, coller, OF colier, F. collier, necklace, collar, fr OF col neck, F. cou, fr L. collum; akin to AS heals, G. & Goth. hals. Cf {Hals}, n.] 1. Something worn round the neck, whether for use ornament, restraint, or identification; as the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog. 2. (Arch.) a A ring or cincture. b A collar beam. 3. (Bot.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. --Gray. 4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order 5. (Zo["o]l.) a A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. b A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. 6. (Mech.) A ring or round flange upon surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place or for hiding an opening around an object; as a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars. 7. (Naut.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured. 8. (Mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft. --Raymond. {Collar beam} (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; -- also called simply {collar}. {Collar of brawn}, the quantity of brawn bound up in one parcel. [Eng.] --Johnson. {Collar day}, a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders wear the collars of those orders {To slip the collar}, to get free to disentangle one's self from difficulty, labor, or engagement. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collar \Col"lar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collared}; p. pr & vb n. {Collaring}.] 1. To seize by the collar. 2. To put a collar on From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: collar n 1: fits around the neck and is usually folded over [syn: {neckband}] 2: a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it 3: necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck [syn: {choker}, {dog collar}, {neckband}] 4: a figurative restraint; "a collar on program trading in the stock market" 5: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {arrest}, {catch}, {pinch}, {taking into custody}] v 1: take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police [syn: {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest}, {pick up}, {nab}, {cop}] 2: seize by the neck or collar 3: furnish with a collar; "collar the dog" From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Collar (Heb. peh), means in Job 30:18 the mouth or opening of the garment that closes round the neck in the same way as a tunic (Ex. 39:23). The collars" (Heb. netiphoth) among the spoils of the Midianites (Judg. 8:26; R.V., "pendants") were ear-drops. The same Hebrew word is rendered chains" in Isa. 3:19.
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