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noun

Circlet n.

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."

A round body; an orb. "Fairest of stars... that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet."

A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. (Prov. Eng.)

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Etymology of 'Circlet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... and fostering perhaps here and there the first rising of a little community of burghers, strong enough by union to defend themselves. Uneasy, there can be little doubt, was often the head which bore the circlet of troubled supremacy among all those half-subdued tribes; and his dwelling in the heart of the "dense forest," amid all the noisy retainers in the hall and jealous nobles in the council chamber, would leave little room for beauty or sweetness of any kind. When ...

— Royal Edinburgh - Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets • Margaret Oliphant

... irregular, of ovoid shape, the smaller end, representing the head, being upward. The parasite measured a little over 1 foot in length, 9 inches about the head, and 7 3/4 inches around the neck. The cranial bones were distinctly felt, and the top of the head was covered by a circlet of hair. There were two rudimentary eyebrows; the left eye was represented by a minute perforation encircled with hair; the right eye was traced by one end of a mucous groove which ran down to another transverse groove representing the mouth; the ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... forth a ring, a circlet, and a girdle of surpassing workmanship, wrought in gold thick-crusted with emeralds. A cry of wonder went up from ...

— Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard • Eleanor Farjeon

... forehead. Her head was on my breast, her hand in mine; we cared not to speak, we were so happy. On her finger was her wedding ring, the ring that was only a link torn from the gold chain Prince Maurice had given me. When she saw my eyes upon it, she raised her hand and kissed the rude circlet. ...

— To Have and To Hold • Mary Johnston

... evidently denote another people, or at least a people of another religion. Where there are tombs there are legends of the dead. My travelling companions now related to me, that there appears not unfrequently, and mostly at midnight, when the moon has but a narrow dim circlet, a solitary Christian, who flits mournfully through these solitudes, now and then sitting on the circular tombs, now peeping from within the rings of stones, his chin resting on the edge. His aspect is hideous, and ...

— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

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