collar

  • 51collar — 1) a ring of feathers or hair arranged immediately behind the head of an artificial fly 2) collar bone …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 52collar — n. [L. collare, band for the neck] 1. Any of various structures comparable with a collar. 2. (ANNELIDA: Polychaeta) Specially developed outgrowths carried on the first thoracic segment of certain worms that function in tube building in… …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 53Collar — Recorded in a number of spellings as shown below, this is an ancient English surname, and one of the earliest surname ever recorded anywhere. It is occupational, and describes or described a charcoal maker or just possibly an early coal merchant… …

    Surnames reference

  • 54Collar — Col|lar [ kʌlə] der; s, s <aus engl. collar »Kragen«, dies über das Altfr. zu lat. collare »Halsband«, dies zu collum »Hals«> Zinsvereinbarung bei Krediten, mit der eine Zinsobergrenze (↑Cap) und eine Zinsuntergrenze (↑Floor) festgelegt… …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 55collar — [13] Etymologically, a collar is simply something worn round one’s ‘neck’. The word comes via Anglo Norman coler from Latin collāre, which meant ‘necklace’ as well as ‘part colleague 120 of a garment that encircles the neck’ (both senses have… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 56collar — v To capture or arrest. I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later. 1970s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 57collar n — A business man who wanted more ties bought some in Thailand where ties are very collar full …

    English expressions

  • 58Collar of S — Collars consisting of many s letters linked together, worn by various great officers in England. It was apparently worn as a sign of nobility, but the origin in unclear. Some have put forward that the s is for sovereign . The collar of s was… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 59collar — n 1. neckpiece, neckband, collaret, gorget, wimple; ruff, rabato, ruche, bertha; boa, scarf, ascot, cravat. 2. hot under the collar Slang. angry, irate, upset. See angry (def.1). v 3. seize, grab, grasp, grip, grapple, clinch, clench, clasp, lay… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 60collar*/ — [ˈkɒlə] noun [C] I a thin piece of leather or plastic that a dog or cat wears around its neck II verb [T] collar [ˈkɒlə] to find someone so that you can talk to them …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English