Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COL'LET, n. [Fr. collet, a collar, or neck, from L. collum.]

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. – Encyc. Johnson.
2. In glass-making, that part of glass vessels which sticks to the iron instrument used in taking the substance from the melting-pot. – Encyc.
3. Anciently, a band or collar.
4. A term used by turners. – Johnson.
5. In botany, the neck or part of a plant from which spring the ascending and descending axes. – Lindley.