encirclet

noun

encirclet

noun

Etymology From encircle + -let.

1

Obsolete A small circle; a ringlet.

  • So that therein appears some blood, Like wine and milk that mingled stood, In whose encirclets if ye gaze, Your eyes may tread a lover's mazea. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

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