Difference between revisions of "Collar"

<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> <strong> COLLAR </strong> . See Ornaments, § 2. </p>

<p> ''''' kol´ar ''''' , ''''' kol´ẽr ''''' : </p> <p> (1) (נטיפה , <i> ''''' neṭı̄phāh ''''' </i> , plural נטיפות , <i> ''''' neṭı̄phōth ''''' </i> , literally, "drops," from נטף , <i> ''''' nāṭaph ''''' </i> , "to drop"). &nbsp;Judges 8:26 includes <i> ''''' neṭı̄phōth ''''' </i> among the spoils taken from the [[Midianites]] and Ishmaelites; the Revised Version (British and American) "pendants," the King James Version "collars." ''''' Ḳimḥi ''''' at the place suggests "perfume-dropper." </p> <p> (2) (פה , <i> ''''' peh ''''' </i> , literally, "mouth"). In &nbsp;Job 30:18 the word is used to indicate the collar band, or hole of a robe, through which the head was inserted. Job, in describing his suffering and writhing, mentions the disfiguring of his garment, and suggests that the whole thing feels as narrow or close-fitting as the neckband, or perhaps that in his fever and pains he feels as if the neckband itself is choking him. </p> <p> (3) (צינוק , <i> ''''' cı̄nōḳ ''''' </i> , &nbsp;Jeremiah 29:26 , "stocks"; the Revised Version (British and American) "shackles," which see; the Revised Version, margin "collar"). An instrument of torture or punishment. </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>