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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.

Col`le*te"ri*al (?), a.
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the colleterium of
insects. R. Owen.

||Col`le*te"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See
Colletic.] (Zoöl.) An organ of female
insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.

Col*let"ic (?), a. [L.
colleticus suitable for gluing, Gr.


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