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A lower servant in a church.
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A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
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That collet can handle up to 3/8-inch bits.
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In jewelry, the rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set. Compare bezel.
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There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.
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In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
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Collar rot forms in the collet between the stem and the root.