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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Colet \Col"et\, Collet \Col"let\ [Corrupted fr acolyte.] An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See {Acolyte}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collet \Col"let\, n. [F. collet, dim. fr L. collum neck. See {Collar}.] 1. A small collar or neckband. --Foxe. 2. (Mech.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill. 3. (Jewelry) a The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set b The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of {Brilliant}. How full the collet with his jewel is! --Cowley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: collet n 1: a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting [syn: {ferrule}] 2: a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe [syn: {collet chuck}] 3: a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewellery setting
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