chaplet

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.(Arch.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
3. 3.(Man.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
4. 4.(Founding) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.
5. 5.A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson.
6. 6.A small chapel or shrine.
7. 7.To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is a small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc called?
• What is a bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold called?
• What is a tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson called?
• What is to adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning called?