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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.

Capable of being collated. Coleridge.

as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement. I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew. Coleridge.

Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." Shak.

Side by side; by the side. These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. Bp. Wilkins.

The state of being collateral.

The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Pope.

One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc. [Eng.]

Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. [Obs.] Bailey.

Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

One who collates manuscripts, books, etc. Addison.

To join in praising. [Obs.] Howell.

A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

Partnership in office. Milton.

o one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. A band of men Collected choicely from each country. Shak. 'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts.

Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

Gathered together.