Aiglet: Definition and part of speech

Aiglet

n. A round white staylace.
n. A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, “aglet baby” (Shak.), an aglet image.

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.

n. An implement for shaking or mixing.
n. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.
n. One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell’s time, to look after their interests; — called also adjutators.

n. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
n. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.
n. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
n. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.

v. t. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
v. t. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
v. t. To move or actuate.
v. t. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
v. t. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.