Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Melium

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

ME'LIUM. A dog's collar, made of leather studded with iron-headed nails (clavulis capitatis, Varro, R. R. ii. 9. 15.); particularly used for sporting dogs as a protection to the throat and neck. Compare MILLUS, and the illustration there introduced.