beazle
UK[ˈbiːzəɫ]
beazle noun: a bezel (collet of a ring, the rim which encloses the jewel and into which the jewel is set).
Noun
beazle (plural beazles)
- A bezel (collet of a ring, the rim which encloses the jewel and into which the jewel is set).
- The beazle or collet of a ring, that which contains the apple of the eye, a kind of ornament of women.1810, The Primitives of the Greek Tongue, a translation of a French work by T. Nugent; a gloss of a Greek word on page 187
- The figures upon seals were as various as among us, except that the ancients used figures of their ancestors, friends, or even themselves. In Stosch is a symbolical ring, supported by two cornucopias. Upon the beazle is a mask in relief, and in the circle of the ring a crescent and star.1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopaedia of Antiquities: and elements of Archaeology, volume 1, page 212
Forms of beazle
| plural | beazles |
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Origin of beazle
See bezel.
Questions about beazle
- What does beazle mean?
- Beazle means a bezel (collet of a ring, the rim which encloses the jewel and into which the jewel is set).
- What part of speech is beazle?
- Beazle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce beazle?
- Beazle is pronounced [ˈbiːzəɫ] (UK).
- What is the plural of beazle?
- The plural of beazle is beazles.
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