wingletn.
/ˈwɪŋlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈwɪŋlᵻt/ 1. A little wing; also transferred something resembling a little wing, as a petal.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > small
winglet1800
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > of particular shape or position
keel1597
vexillum1703
standard1725
ala1731
wing1776
banner1785
vexil1813
winglet1855
keel-petal1876
pterygium1896
1611 [see sense 3].
1800 T. Moore tr. Anacreon Odes iv. 19 And flights of loves, in wanton ringlets, Flit around on golden winglets.
1851 G. Meredith Poetry of Shelley 1 See'st thou a Skylark whose glistening winglets ascending Quiver like pulses beneath the melodious dawn?
1855 W. Allingham Choice in Day & Night Songs 2nd Ser. iii Pea-bloom winglets.
2.
a. Entomology. A small appendage at the base of each wing or wing-sheath, as in certain flies and beetles, or on each side of the rostrum in certain weevils.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > appendage at base
winglet1816
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxiii. 348 The winglets are small concavo-convex scales, of a stiff membranaceous substance.
b. Ornithology. A process on the terminal joint of a bird's wing, clothed with small and somewhat stiff feathers: also called bastard wing or false wing.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > bastard-wing
bastard wing1678
alula1772
winglet1862
1862 C. A. Johns Brit. Birds 263 The Jay..winglet and greater coverts barred with black, white, and bright blue.
3. A small wing-like appendage on some part of dress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > other
netOE
sheepskinc1175
tail1297
panec1300
slipc1440
cukera1500
peak1509
waist1590
bumbarrel1609
winglet1611
armhole1731
fullness1792
stride1807
bottom1820
patte1835
buckling1861
ventilator1870
tie-back1880
shield1884
organ pleat1886
outer1904
flarea1910
uplift1929
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > wing(s) of
wingc1175
shears1590
winglet1611
wicker wingsa1637
pennon1667
van1667
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Talare,..certaine shooes with winglets as Mercury is fained to weare on his feet.
1870 C. C. Black tr. A. Demmin Weapons of War 43 The small winglets that were attached to the shoulder-pieces of the earlier coats of leather and..were sorts of escutcheons.
4. A small projecting part in a piece of mechanism: see quot. 1835.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > projecting part or catch
catch1398
finger1496
catch hook1695
dog1825
detent1832
winglet1835
catch lock1836
trip-catch1880
trip1906
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 227 L is the winglet, which in turning along with the spindle, has the power of making it traverse and distribute the thread evenly over the surface of the bobbin.
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