Difference between revisions of "Collar"

<p> '''(1):''' (n.) A ring or cincture. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) A collar beam. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (v. t.) To seize by the collar. </p> <p> '''(12):''' (v. t.) To put a collar on. </p>

<p> COLLAR, n. </p> 1. Something worn round the neck, as a ring of metal, or a chain. The knights of several orders wear a chain of gold, enameled, and sometimes set with ciphers or other devices, to which the badge of the order is appended. 2. The part of a garment which surrounds the neck. &nbsp;Job 30:18 . 3. A part of a harness for the neck of a horse or other beast, used in draught. 4. Among seamen, the upper part of a stay also, a rope in form of a wreath to which a stay is confined. <p> To slip the collar, is to escape or get free to disentangle ones self from difficulty, labor, or engagement. </p> <p> A collar of brawn, is the quantity bound up in one parcel. </p> <p> COLLAR, </p> 1. To seize by the collar. 2. To put a collar on. <p> To collar beef or other meat, is to roll it up and bind it close with a string. </p>

<p> A jewel or appendage. &nbsp;Judges 8:26 . In the <i> margin </i> it is 'sweet jewels.' The R.V. has 'pendants.' The same word is translated 'chains' in &nbsp;Isaiah 3:19 . In &nbsp;Job 30:18 it is merely the collar of a coat: the mouth or opening for the throat. </p>

<p> <strong> [[Collar]] </strong> . See Ornaments, § 2. </p>

<p> the rendering of one Gr. and two Heb. words in the Auth. Vers. 1. פֶּה (''Peh'' , &nbsp;Job 30:18; where, however, some merely read כְּמוֹ, as), properly signifies a [[Mouth]] , in which sense it often occurs, and is hence applied to any aperture or orifice. (See Mouth). </p> <p> It is frequently applied elsewhere (as in the passage cited) to the opening of a garment that closes around the. neck, such as the tunic (&nbsp;Exodus 39:23, &nbsp;Psalms 133:2). See EPHOD. 2. נְטַיפוֹת (''Netiphoth''' , drops, &nbsp;Judges 8:26), "collars," mentioned among the spoils of the Midianites, were a peculiar kind of pendant, or ear-drop, probably of pearls, and hence different from the ordinary ear-ring (q.v.). The same term occurs in the list of female attire in &nbsp;Isaiah 3:19, where it is translated "chains" (q.v.). 3. "Ιμας (&nbsp;Sirach 33:26), a thong, i.e. strap for harnessing a beast of burden to the yoke (q.v.). </p>