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circlet - 3 dictionary results

cir⋅clet

[sur-klit]
–noun
1. a small circle.
2. a ring.
3. a ring-shaped ornament, esp. for the head.

Origin:
1475–85; circle + -et; r. late ME serclett < MF
cir·clet   (sûr'klĭt)   
n.  A small circle, especially a circular ornament.

[Middle English cerclet, from Old French, diminutive of cercle, circle; see circle.]

Circlet

Cir"clet\, n. 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 circlet. --Milton.

3. A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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