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Ringlet

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






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"Ringlet" Quotes from Famous Books



... be returned or destroyed. To do him justice, he burnt them loyally every one along with his own waste paper. He kept not one single little token which she had given him or let him take. The rose, the glove, the little handkerchief which she had dropped to him, how he cried over them! The ringlet of golden hair—he burnt them all, all in his own fire in the prison, save a little, little bit of the hair, which might be any one's, which was the colour of his sister's. Kew saw the deed done; perhaps he hurried away when Jack ...
— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray

... Sister, tho' thy lovely form Perish'd in Youth's gay morning, yet is mine This precious Ringlet!—still the soft hairs shine, Still glow the nut-brown tints, all bright and warm With sunny gleam!—Alas! each kindred charm Vanish'd long since; deep in the silent shrine Wither'd to shapeless Dust!—and of their grace ...
— Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace • Anna Seward

... branches with exuberance rude Point their green gems, their barren shoots protrude; Wound them, ye SYLPHS! with little knives, or bind A wiry ringlet round the swelling rind; 465 Bisect with chissel fine the root below, Or bend to earth the inhospitable bough. So shall each germ with new prolific power Delay the leaf-bud, and expand the flower; Closed in the Style the tender pith shall end, 470 The lengthening Wood in circling Stamens bend; ...
— The Botanic Garden - A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation • Erasmus Darwin



Words linked to "Ringlet" :   family Satyridae, coif, Satyridae, hairdo, coiffure, ring, hair style, verticil, dreadlock, sausage curl, crimp, butterfly, hairstyle, round shape, band, forelock, calyx, corolla, hair



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