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▪ I. circlet, n.|ˈsɜːklɪt|
Forms: 5–6 serclett, 6 cirkillet, cyrculet, 6–7 circulet, 6– circlet.
[a. F. cerclet, dim. of cercle; subseq. influenced by Eng. circle, and prob. by It. circoletto: see -et1.]
1. A small circle (in various senses of that word).
a1528Skelton Sp. Parrot 19 About my neck a cyrculet lyke the ryche rubie. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. xii. lxxxiv, His locks..Fell down in curls..Within their circlets hundred Graces set. 1667Milton P.L. v. 169 Sure pledge of day, that crownst the smiling Morn With thy bright Circlet. 1821Byron Cain ii. i. 30 Yon small blue circle, swinging in far ether, With an inferior circlet near it still. 1859R. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 28 The circlets which in cartography denote cities or towns.
2. spec. A ring or band (e.g. of precious metal or jewels) worn as an ornament, esp. on the head.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (1841) 442 A peyer of tyres for my Lordys grace, and a serclett for my Lady Barnes. 1513Douglas æneis iii. iii. 49 With garlandis and thair cirkillettis on thair hair. 1540Churchw. Acc. St. Margaret's Westm. (Nichols 1797) 11 Paid to Alice Lewis, a goldsmith's wife..for a serclett to Marry Maydens in {pstlg}3. 1661Morgan Sph. Gentry iv. v. 65 A Chaplet cap, with a circulet of gold. 1814Southey Roderick xviii, He..on his finger placed The mystic circlet..With this ring, O Prince, etc. 1863M. E. Braddon J. Marchmont II. i. 2 With that circlet of pearls round her hair. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xiv. 18 A plain circlet of gold was the substitute for the crown.
b. gen. A ring, circular band, or small hoop of any kind.
1577Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 400 He throweth up his Circlet, and catcheth it againe, three times. 1725Pope Odyss. xix. 674 Thro' six circlets flew the whizzing dart. 1867F. Francis Angling ix. (1880) 334 A circlet of rushes plaited round the line.
†3. (See quots.)
1611Cotgr., Esclisse, the Rundle or Circlet put vnder a dish at Table. 1706Phillips, Circlet, a Roll made of Pewter, or other Metal, to set and turn a Dish on at Table. 1847–78Halliwell, Circlet, a round piece of wood put under a dish at table. North.
▪ II. circlet, v. rare.|ˈsɜːklɪt|
[f. the n.]
To move in small circles over (a space).
1883G. Meredith Joy of Earth 87 Swift as the swallow along the river's light Circleting the surface to meet his mirrored winglets. |
