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Bracelet Bracelet Brace"let, n. [F. bracelet, dim. of OF. bracel
armlet, prop. little arm, dim. of bras arm, fr. L. bracchium.
See Brace,n.]
1. An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in
modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by
women or girls.
2. A piece of defensive armor for the arm. --Johnson.
Lancelet Lancelet Lance"let, n. [Lance + -let.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable
for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type
of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
lancelet Amphioxus Am`phi*ox"us, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? sharp.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three
inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the
lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the
lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having
neither brain, skull, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms
the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
Poncelet Poncelet Ponce"let, n. [After Jean Victor Poncelet, French
engineer.] (Physics)
A unit of power, being the power obtained from an expenditure
of one hundred kilogram-meters of energy per second. One
poncelet equals g watts, when g is the value of the
acceleration of gravity in centimeters.
Princelet Princelet Prince"let, n.
A petty prince. [R.]
Scelet Scelet Scel"et, n. [See Skeleton.]
A mummy; a skeleton. [Obs.] --Holland.
Tercelet Tercelet Terce"let, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. --Chaucer.
Tiercelet Tiercel Tier"cel, Tiercelet Tierce"let, n. [OE. tercel,
tercelet, F. tiercelet, a dim. of (assumed) tiercel, or LL.
tertiolus, dim. fr. L. tertius the third; -- so called,
according to some, because every third bird in the nest is a
male, or, according to others, because the male is the third
part less than female. Cf. Tercel.] (Falconry)
The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the
male of the goshawk. --Encyc. Brit.
