Aigrette: Definition and part of speech

Aigrette

  1. n. A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.
  2. n. The small white European heron. See Egret.
  3. n. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
  4. n. A tuft like that of the egret.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aiguillette: Definition and part of speech

Aiguillette

  1. n. One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.
  2. n. A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.