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Webster 1913 Edition
Circlet
Cir′clet
,Noun.
1.
A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband.
Her fair locks in
circlet
be enrolled. Spenser.
2.
A round body; an orb.
Pope.
Fairest of stars . . . that crown’st the smiling morn
With thy bright
With thy bright
circlet
. Milton.
3.
A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circlet
CIRCLET
,Noun.
Definition 2024
circlet
circlet
English
picture of Richard II of England wearing a circlet
Noun
circlet (plural circlets)
- A small circle.
- A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head
- A crown without arches or a covering.
- Spenser
- Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled.
- Spenser
- A round body; an orb.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
- Milton
- Fairest of stars […] that crown'st the smiling morn / With thy bright circlet.
- (Britain, dialect) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations
a small circle
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ornament worn on the head
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a crown without arches or a covering
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