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Webster 1913 Edition
Aiglet
{
Ag′let
(ăg′lĕt)
, Aig′let
(āg′lĕt)
, } Noun.
[F.
aiguillette
point, tagged point, dim. of aiguilee
needle, fr. LL. acucula
for acicula
, dim. of L. acus
needle, pin; cf. OF. agleter
to hook on. See Acute
, and cf. Aiguillette
.] 1.
A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images.
Hence, “aglet baby” (
Shak.
), an aglet
image.2.
(Haberdashery)
A round white staylace.
Beck.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aiglet
A'IGLET
,Noun.
1.
A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; a small plate of metal.2.
In botany, a pendant at the ends of the chives of flowers, as in the rose and tulip.