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CHAPLETS
Noun
chaplets
plural of chaplet
Anagrams
• Pelchats, claspeth
Source: Wiktionary
CHAPLET
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
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