chaplets
plural of chaplet
• Pelchats, claspeth
Source: Wiktionary
Chap"let, n. Etym: [F. chapelet, dim. of OF. chapel hat, garland, dim. fr. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. Chapelet, Chapeau.]
1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
2. A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
4. (Man.)
Definition: A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
5. (Founding)
Definition: A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.
6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson.
Chap"let, n.
Definition: A small chapel or shrine.
Chap"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.]
Definition: To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 March 2025
(adjective) given to the overuse of long words; “sesquipedalian orators”; “this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
