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sparklet|ˈspɑːklɪt|
[f. spark n.1 + -let.]
1. A small spark or sparkle. Also transf.
1689Cotton Poems, Night ii, Spread o'er the Earth thy Sable Veil, Heaven's twinckling sparklets to conceal. 1824Blackw. Mag. XV. 429 The glimmering worm..Whose sparklet of dim radiance [etc.]. 1877[May Laffan] Hon. Miss Ferrard III. iv. 185 A pale yellowish mist, in which here and there a tiny sparklet was visible.
fig.1830W. Taylor Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry II. 176 The steel, with which The great Creator of all truth bestows On the dead tinder of futurity, The first live sparklet. 1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xxiv. (1879) 256 The first little gleam, little bit of a sparklet of the meaning. 1872Havergal Minist. Song (ed. 3) 15 A praise all morning sunshine, And sparklets of the spring.
2. A small sparkling ornament for a dress.
1902Daily Chron. 2 May 8/3 Mother-of-pearl paillettes are the latest sparklet introduced for the glorification of chiffon dresses.
3. Properly Sparklet, with capital initial. The proprietary name of a metal capsule containing carbon dioxide under pressure, used to carbonate the water in a siphon; the siphon or bottle containing such a capsule; the carbonated water produced by this device. Freq. attrib.
1896Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Dec. 1102 Sparklets. 198134. Metal capsules to contain compressed gases. Aerators, Limited,..London; Manufacturers. 1902Kipling in Collier's 6 Dec. 8/1 Captain Mankelton..fed me canned beef and biscuits and give me a cigar—a Henry Clay—and a whiskey and sparklet. 1903M. A. Stein Sand-Buried Ruins Khotan ix. 158 The water from the well..tasted extremely brackish, and neither filtering nor the lavish use of ‘Sparklets’ could make it palatable. 1905[see aerate v. 3]. 1911T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring & Summer 175/2 Fresh soda water at a minimum cost with a Sparklet Bottle and a Sparklet Bulb. 1920Blackw. Mag. Apr. 542/2 His particular fancy in drinks—usually whisky and sparklet. 1929J. Buchan Courts of Morning ii. xii. 271 A mess-servant brought him a long drink of lime-juice and sparklets. 1933J. Cary American Visitor v. 51 He bustled to fetch glass and sparklet bottle. Bewsher was famous for his hospitality. 1971R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel iii. 54 He squirted soda water from the sparklet syphon into the generous measure of whisky. |