Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small circle, especially a circular ornament.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little circle; a ring-shaped ornament or article of dress, especially for the head; a chaplet; a head-band.
- noun An orb or a disk-shaped body.
- noun A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun A round body; an orb.
- noun Prov. Eng. A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
crown withoutarches or acovering . - noun A small
circle . - noun A
round body; anorb . - noun UK, dialect A
circular piece ofwood put under adish at table.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small circle
- noun decorated metal band worn around the head
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And with the circlet was a small purse of scaled hide.
Ralestone Luck Andre Norton 1958
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And with the circlet was a small purse of scaled hide.
Ralestone Luck Norton, Andre 1938
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B. G.) which graced the board with its plastic forms, suggestive of the most pleasing objects, -- the spiral ringlets pendent from the brow of beauty, -- the magic circlet, which is the pledge of plighted affection, -- the indissoluble knot, which typifies the union of hearts, which organs were also largely represented; this exceptional delicacy would at any other time have claimed his special notice.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Various
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B. G.) which graced the board with its plastic forms, suggestive of the most pleasing objects, -- the spiral ringlets pendent from the brow of beauty; the magic circlet, which is the pledge of plighted affection, -- the indissoluble knot, which typifies the union of hearts, which organs were also largely represented; this exceptional delicacy would at any other time have claimed his special notice.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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B. G.) which graced the board with its plastic forms, suggestive of the most pleasing objects, -- the spiral ringlets pendent from the brow of beauty; the magic circlet, which is the pledge of plighted affection, -- the indissoluble knot, which typifies the union of hearts, which organs were also largely represented; this exceptional delicacy would at any other time have claimed his special notice.
The Guardian Angel Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The knowledge of it compressed her thoughts like a cast-iron circlet.
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