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Ringlet definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RING'LET, n.
1. A small ring.
2. A curl; particularly, a curl of hair.
Her golden tresses in wanton ringlets wav'd
3. A circle.
To dance our ringlets in the whistling wind.
RING'-OUSEL, n. A bird of the genus Turdus, inhabiting the hilly and mountainous parts of Great Britain.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
2: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: lock, curl, ringlet, whorl]
3: a small ring
4: any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae [syn: ringlet, ringlet butterfly]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1555 1. a small ring or circle 2. curl; especially a long curl of hair

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a curly lock of hair, esp. a long one. 2 a butterfly, Aphantopus hyperantus, with spots on its wings. Derivatives: ringleted adj. ringlety adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ringlet Ring"let, n. [Ring + -let.] 1. A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring. You demi-puppets, that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites. --Shak. 2. A curl; especially, a curl of hair. [Her golden tresses] in wanton ringlets waved. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ringlets) Ringlets are long curls of hair that hang down. N-COUNT: usu pl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Small ring. 2. Curl, tress, lock. 3. Circle, fairy ring.

Moby Thesaurus

annulet, circlet, cirrus, coil, corkscrew, crimp, curl, curlicue, evolute, eye, eyelet, frizz, frizzle, grommet, gyre, helix, involute, kink, lock, ponytail, roll, roundlet, screw, scroll, spiral, swirl, tendril, twirl, twist, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl