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Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

Of the nature of a codicil.

worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.

The clavicle.

Young cabbage, used as "greens"; esp. a kind cultivated for that purpose; colewort. [Colloq. Souther U. S.]

Wearing a collar. "Collared with gold." Chaucer.

A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material.

Of or pertaining to a condyle. Condylar foramen (Anat.), a formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.

Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.

Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.

Consular. [Obs.] Holland.

The lily of the valley.

A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.

A secretary or clerk. [Obs.] Chaucer.

o wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. [Obs.] Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit. Shak.

Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. -- Corpuscular theory (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists…

Corpuscular. [Obs.]

Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.

ilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous. This semihistorical and crepuscular period. Sir G. C. Lewis.

A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.