A muslin or linen
collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now
only by women and children.
Something formed with plaits or flutings,
like the collar of this name.
An exhibition of pride or
haughtiness.
Wanton or tumultuous procedure or
conduct.
A low, vibrating beat of a
drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.
A collar on a shaft ot other
piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of
Collar.
A set of lengthened or
otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a
bird.
A
limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, or Philommachus,
pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding
season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their
colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They
are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding
season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.
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