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Collet


COLLET, noun

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.