() An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.
(n.) A small collar or neckband.
(n.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.
(n.) The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set.
(n.) The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant.
Example Sentences:
(1) He underwent Rastelli operation at the age of 10 months with the diagnosis of truncus arteriosus (Collet & Edwards Type I).
(2) The 16 people named in the charges are: Patricia Quinn; Sean Quinn Junior; Collete Marie Quinn; Aoife Quinn; Brenda Quinn; Ciara Quinn; Paddy McKillen; Séamus Ross; Brian O'Farrell; John McCabe; Gerard Maguire; Patrick Kearney; Gerard Conlon; Gerard Gannon; Seán Reilly and Joseph O'Reilly.
(3) When two primitive PAs shared a single root, the consequence was either pulmonary trunk hypoplasia, as is seen in tetralogy of Fallot, or type I persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA) as classified by Collet and Edwards.
(4) But at this stage we’re focusing on the immediate humanitarian needs.” The head of Oxfam in Vanuatu, Colin Collet van Rooyen, said the lack of clean water and sanitation were the most pressing needs.
(5) A Collet-Sicard syndrome was observed in a 53-year-old patient with a coiling of the left internal carotid artery just below the skull base.
(6) A 71-year-old man developed unilateral palsies of the 9th through 12th cranial nerves (Collet-Sicard syndrome) due to a fracture of the occipital condyle, which was diagnosed by computed tomography.
(7) In April 1989 Collets, the left-wing bookshop, and Dillons were firebombed for stocking the Rushdie novel.
(8) In any event, Collet's argument misperceives the heuristic mode in which PCA is used in actual studies.
(9) First, since Collet's analysis was based on the correlation matrix only, it cannot disprove assumptions of PCA which do not constrain the correlation (or covariance) matrix.
(10) There were two cases which could not be classified according to the Collet and Edwards classification.
(11) Data were colleted during 2 6-hour naturalistic home observations using a modified time-sampling technique.
(12) Data on perceived community security and reported medical, social and mental coping reactions were colleted, using a simply and directly worded, precoded, stimulus-response instrument developed by the author.
(13) Using the Collet and Edwards classification, type I truncus arteriosus was the most frequent (62.5%).
(14) Her injuries were: a large left facial entrance wound with a single sinus cavity that was converted from destruction of the paranasal sinuses, a right Collet-Sicard syndrome, and a right vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm at the C1 level.
(15) A 41-year-old man experienced intense headache and neck pain, bruits, and a complete unilateral cranial nerve palsy IX-XII (Collet-Sicard syndrome) after a trivial back trauma.
(16) To increase the practicability of Ilisarov's ring fixation apparatus, we introduced the following modifications: Clamping of the fixation wires using a quick collet with a force indicator, which enables reproducibly preuse and rapid clamping.
(17) A single right ventricle with common atrioventricular (AV) valve was associated with (Collet & Edwards type II) truncus arteriosus communis, and appeared to have a single coronary artery with an abnormally high take-off near the origin of the right subclavian artery.
(18) A 67-year-old man developed paralysis of the right ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth cranial nerves (Collet-Sicard syndrome) after sustaining a closed head injury.
(19) The same does not hold true when one is confronted with Collet-Sicard's syndrome or cochleovestibular syndrome accompanied by otoliquorrhea.
(20) Six species of common desert range plants; Achillea sp., Aristida plumosa, Artemisia herba-alba, Haloxylon articulatum, and Heliotropium ramosissimum were colleted from Western Desert in Iraq.
Jewel
Definition:
(n.) An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
(n.) A precious stone; a gem.
(n.) An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.
(n.) A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
(v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.
Example Sentences:
(1) He told strikers at St Thomas’ hospital, London: “By taking action on such a miserable morning you are sending a strong message that decent men and women in the jewel of our civilisation are not prepared to be treated as second-class citizens any more.
(2) It’s an unbelievable privilege and unbelievable responsibility to take a jewel and treat it in a way that is respectful of its past but brings it into the future.” Fortunately for both men, the signs are positive.
(3) Rosehearty, Oyster Bay, New York State Bought in 2003, this £10m beachside home is a jewel on the Centre Island shoreline.
(4) From the quaint market towns to the rolling countryside, this county is one of the many jewels in Great Britain’s crown,” he said.
(5) Roger sold the family jewels and now McCann is holding him by them.
(6) 2 Puree together the pomegranate jewels and the peeled satsumas.
(7) The adjoining galleries blaze with colour from enamel and gold, jewels and tapestries, stained glass and ceramics.
(8) A suspected jewel thief was killed and another seriously injured during a police chase after an attempted ram raid at one of the London branches of the jewellers Tiffany and Co yesterday.
(9) 1928's Downton Abbey jewellery collection If it's the jewels and the glitz that gets you going on Downton, then you'll be pleased to know that you can emulate the luxury of Lady Edith from as little as £11.25 (via ACHICA) – though what Lady Mary would make of such cheap imitations doesn't bear thinking of.
(10) At night, the sky is hung with a million jewels, clouded only by the Milky Way.
(11) It’s time to take a careful look to see if it best serves the needs and priorities of today.” Jewell said that the ban would not apply to metallurgical coal, small-scale prospecting or resources on tribal lands.
(12) His record-breaking feat of scoring in 11 consecutive matches is the jewel in what will surely be Leicester’s Premier League crown.
(13) Merkel grimly submitted to an executive fashion makeover after the media sneered at her frumpy look; now she clearly relishes shining out in jewel-toned jackets from a forest of dark suits at G20 meetings.
(14) The new keyboard is the jewel in the crown and RIM has mastered the experience.
(15) There are bouquets and photographs, that famous Freddie Starr front page framed on the wall, a large blond-wood desk upon which lie a guide to St Lucia, a letter from Boodles the jeweller, and a book cover, which I read upside down: Having an Affair: A Handbook for the Other Woman.
(16) Jewell said that the struggle for civil rights continues and that "part of the job of the National Park Service is to tell this story."
(17) During his presidency in Ghana, John Kufuor introduced national "Friday wear day" to encourage citizens to wear traditional clothes made using the jewel-coloured wax fabrics associated with African garments.
(18) But it is posing a grave threat not just to Mr Kuljis but to an island officially regarded as a rare, unspoiled jewel.
(19) The jewels have been stored in a vault at the Philippine central bank for nearly 30 years.
(20) He fears that their jobs could still be at risk, and suggested that BAE's top management should consider resigning if they have "put at risk my constituents’ jobs and fatally wounded the UK's jewel in the manufacturing crown".