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Webster 1913 Edition

Collet

{

Col′et

,

Col′let

}
[Corrupted fr.
acolyte
.]
An inferior church servant.
[Obs.]
See
Acolyte
.

Col′let

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Collet

COLLET

, n.
1.
Among jewelers, the horizontal face or plane at the bottom of brilliants; or the part of a ring in which the stone is set.
2.
In glass-making, that part of glass vessels which sticks to the iron instrument used in taking the substance from the melting-pot.
3.
Anciently, a band or collar.
4.
A term used by turners.

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