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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1436-1685
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Coller, Coler, n. Also: coll-, colere, colleire, kollir. [ME. coller(e, colere, coler (c 1300), AF. coler, OF. colier.]
1. A collar, in various senses. (Cf. Collar n.)(a) 1436 Exchequer Rolls IV. 679.]
[In … colerio aureo cum gemmis et perlis c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii. 98.
He … be the coler claucht him withoutyn baid c1515 Asloan MS I. 240/28.
The king … straik him in at the colere and down in the body 1611 Rep. Mar & Kellie MSS. 67.
A yard … of seegreenne sattin to the sleaves and coler(b) 1438 Exchequer Rolls V. 66.]
[Pro colleriis longis, videlicet serpis vulgariter nuncupatis 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 84.
A collere of rubeis set with threis of perle 1488 Ib. 85.
A cassit collere of gold made like suannis set in gold 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 30.
This womanis coller and that womanis curtche 1541 Elgin Rec. I. 59.
The said Angnes … sall … stand in the irne coller quhill iii howris efternowne 15.. Clariodus v. 290.
About hir snow quhyte throte … hang ane fair colleire c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1121.
Thay agane richt manfullie … on thair colleris laid full sikker 1572 Satirical Poems xxxiii. 254.
His wyfe weiris weluot on hir gowne and coller 1581 Brechin Testaments I. 45 b.
Twa gaircullis vith kurches, kolliris and vthir small geir 1595 Duncan Appendix.
Mammillare … , a partlet or coller
2. Attrib. with body, claithe (cloath).1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 91.
Thrie cut wark bandis, with handis, breist claithis, and coller bodeis 1628 Ib. LIV. 254 b.
Ane coller claithe, ane ribbenit face claithe 1663 Ib. LXXI. 143 b.
Ane old coller cloath 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 359.
A blue saten coller cloath with a gold bone lace upon it
