Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aigret"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aigret \Ai"gret\, Aigrette \Ai*grette\, n. [F., a sort of white
heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of
feathers; dim. of the same word as heron. See {Heron}, and
cf. {Egret}, {Egrette}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The small white European heron. See {Egret}.
2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of
gems, etc. --Prescott.
3. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aigret
n : a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a
hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume [syn: {aigrette}]
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