n. [ OE. coler, coller, OF. colier, F. collier, necklace, collar, fr. OF. col neck, F. cou, fr. L. collum; akin to AS. heals, G. & Goth. hals. Cf. Hals, n. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) (a) A ring or cincture. (b) A collar beam. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) (a) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. (b) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mech.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Naut.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Collar beam (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; -- also, called simply collar. --
Collar of brawn, the quantity of brawn bound up in one parcel. [ Eng. ] Johnson. --
Collar day, a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear the collars of those orders. --
To slip the collar, to get free; to disentangle one's self from difficulty, labor, or engagement. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Collared p. pr. & vb. n. Collaring. ] 1. To seize by the collar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put a collar on.

3. to arrest, as a wanted criminal. Same as put the collar on. [ PJC ]

To collar beef (or other meat), to roll it up, and bind it close with a string preparatory to cooking it. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) The clavicle, a bone linking the scapula and sternum. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a variety of kale (Brassica oleracea) having smooth leaves; a type of colewort. It is grown in the southern U. S. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. pl. [ Corrupted fr. colewort. ] 1. Same as collards{ 1 }. [ Colloq. Southern U. S. ]
Syn. -- collards. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. pl. [ Corrupted fr. colewort. ] 1. Young cabbage, used as “greens”; esp. the leaves of a kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that purpose, the collard or colewort. [ Colloq. Southern U. S. ]
Syn. -- collard greens. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated in the southern United States as a vegetable. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Wearing a collar. “Collared with gold.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several species of lizards of the genus Crotaphytus and the family Iguanidae, of the central and western U.S. and northern Mexico, having long tails and usually bearing markings on the neck appearing like a collar of two black bands. RHUD [ PJC ]

{ ‖, n. [ F. collerette, dim. of collier. See Collar. ] A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]