Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AGLET, AIGLET
n. 1. A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; a small plate of metal.
2. In botany, a pendant at the ends of the chives of flowers, as in the rose and tulip.
AGLET-BABY
n.A small image on the top of a lace.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AGLET; AIGLET
Ag "let, Aig "let, n. Etym: [F. aiguillette point, tagged point, dim. of aiguilee needle, fr. LL. acucula for acicula, dim. of L. acus needle, pinagleter to hook on. See Acute, and cf. Aiguillette. ]
1. A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "aglet baby " (Shak. ), an aglet image.
2. (Haberdashery )
Defn: A round white staylace. Beck.
New American Oxford Dictionary
aglet
ag let |ˈaglit ˈæɡlət | ▶noun a metal or plastic tube fixed tightly around each end of a shoelace. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French aiguillette ‘small needle, ’ diminutive of aiguille (see aiguille ).
Oxford Dictionary
aglet
aglet |ˈaglət | ▶noun a metal or plastic tube fixed round each end of a shoelace. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French aiguillette ‘small needle ’, diminutive of aiguille (see aiguille ).
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