aiglet

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

A'IGLET, noun 1. A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; a small plate of metal. 2. In botany, a pendant at the ends of the chives of flowers, as in the rose and tulip.
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