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Collet   Listen
noun
Collet  n.  
1.
A small collar or neckband.
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. "How full the collet with his jewel is!"






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"Collet" Quotes from Famous Books



... rhinestone, amphibole, aquamarine, tourmaline, rhodolite, spinel, bufonite. Antonyms: paste, strass, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, pinchbeck, gaud, bauble, foil stone. Associated words: lapidary, lapidist, lapidarian, cameo, intaglio, facet, naif, anaglyph, briquet, collet, platinum, bizet, caret, anaglyphic, diaglyptic, anaglyphies, glyptography, table, bezel, girdle, pavilion, cadrans, mound, mount, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... forward; "I was in there of early morrow, and Barbara Final, she took the maids home with her. But a kindly word's not like to come amiss. Here's Emmet [See Note 1] Wilson at hand: she'll bear you company home, for I have ado in the town. Good-morrow, Collet." ...
— All's Well - Alice's Victory • Emily Sarah Holt



Words linked to "Collet" :   chuck, ferrule, collet chuck, cap



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