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noun

Aigrette, Aigret n.

(Zool.) The small white European heron. See Egret.

A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.

A tuft like that of the egret. (Bot.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aigrette" Quotes from Famous Books

... of a regular Melpomene. I am the reverse of all this, and sans vanite, the best-dressed woman wherever I go. Last night I wore a blue satin, trimmed fully with magnificent point-lace, and stomacher a la Sevigne, light blue velvet hat and feathers, with an aigrette of sapphires and diamonds.' As Lady Morgan at this time was nearer sixty than fifty, rouged liberally, and made all her own dresses, her appearance in the costume above described must ...

— Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century • George Paston

... taller than the usual woman, and slender. She was exceedingly well-dressed; smartly, becomingly; a jaunty little hat of strangely twisted straw, with an aigrette springing defiantly from it; a jacket covered with mazes and labyrinths of embroidery; at her throat a big knot of white lace, the ends of which fell winding in a creamy cascade to her waist (do they call the thing ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) • Various

Words linked to "Aigrette" : aigret, plume