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collar
col·lar / ˈkälər/ • n. 1. a band of material around the neck of a shirt, dress, coat, or jacket, either upright or turned over and generally an integral part of the garment. ∎ a band of leather or other material put around the neck of a domestic animal, esp. a dog or cat. ∎ a colored marking resembling a collar around the neck of a bird or other animal. ∎ a heavy rounded part of the harness worn by a draft animal, which rests at the base of its neck on the shoulders. 2. a restraining or connecting band, ring, or pipe in machinery. 3. Bot. the part of a plant where the stem joins the roots. • v. 1. [tr.] put a collar on. 2. [tr.] inf. seize, grasp, or apprehend (someone): police collared the culprit. ∎ approach aggressively and talk to (someone who wishes to leave): he collared a departing guest for some last words. DERIVATIVES: col·lared adj. [in comb.] a fur-collared jacket. col·lar·less adj. |
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"collar." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "collar." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-collar.html "collar." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-collar.html |
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collar. Transverse horizontal straight, cambered, or cranked timber connecting pairs of cruck-blades or rafters in a position above their feet and below the apex of the roof, also called a collar-beam, span-beam, spar-piece, top-beam, or wind-beam, thus a collar-beam roof or collar-roof has collars used in its construction. A collar-or arch-brace is a structural timber to stiffen a roof-truss. An extended collar extends beyond its principal to a gable-wall in roofs with large gables, often with the lower part of the principal omitted. A collar-plate, collar-purlin, or crown-plate is a horizontal timber plate resting on collars to tie trusses together, set above a crown-post.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "collar." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "collar." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-collar.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "collar." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-collar.html |
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collar.
1. A name given originally to the lower end of the principal stays of a mast in a square-rigged ship, but later to the rope, with a deadeye in its end, to which the stay was secured at its lower end. Thus, the collar of the forestay was the short length of rope attached to the stem of the ship to which the stay was set up and secured. See also mouse. 2. The eye in the upper end of a stay, or in the bight of the shrouds, which was threaded over the masthead before being set up taut to hold the mast secure. 3. The neck of a ringbolt. |
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"collar." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "collar." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-collar.html "collar." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-collar.html |
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collar XIII (various techn. uses from XVII). ME. coler — AN. coler, OF. colier (mod. collier) :- L. collāre, f. collum neck; see -AR. The sp. was early assim. to the L.
Hence as vb. lay hold on (first in wrestling) XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "collar." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "collar." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-collar.html T. F. HOAD. "collar." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-collar.html |
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collar
•beguiler, compiler, Delilah, filer, Isla, miler, reviler, smiler, styler, tiler, Tyler
•idler
•stifler, trifler
•recycler • Kreisler • profiler
•stockpiler • freestyler • Rottweiler
•ayatollah, choler, collar, corolla, dollar, dolour (US dolor), Hezbollah, holler, scholar, squalor, wallah, Waller, white-collar
•cobbler, gobbler
•Doppler, poplar
•ostler
•brawler, caller, crawler, drawler, faller, forestaller, hauler, installer, mauler, Paula, stonewaller, trawler
•warbler • dawdler • footballer
•reed-warbler
•fowler, growler, howler, prowler, scowler
•Angola, barbola, bipolar, bowler, bronchiolar, canola, carambola, circumpolar, coaler, Coca-Cola, cola, comptroller, consoler, controller, Ebola, eidola, extoller, Finola, Gorgonzola, granola, Hispaniola, kola, Lola, lunisolar, mandola, molar, multipolar, Ndola, patroller, payola, pianola, polar, roller, Savonarola, scagliola, scroller, sola, solar, stroller, tombola, Tortola, troller, Vignola, viola, Zola
•ogler
•teetotaller (US teetotaler)
•potholer • steamroller • logroller
•roadroller
•boiler, broiler, Euler, oiler, spoiler, toiler
•potboiler
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"collar." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "collar." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-collar.html "collar." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-collar.html |
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