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rigols

rigols is the plural of rigol.

Meaning of rigol

Noun

rigol (plural rigols)

  1. (obsolete) A circle.
    • About the mourning and congealed face
      Of that black blood a watery rigol goes,
      Which seems to weep upon the tainted place:1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) A diadem, crown (ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty).
    • […] this is a sleep
      That from this golden rigol hath divorc’d
      So many English kings.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
  3. A ridge or channel above a porthole to redirect water flow from dripping inside the vessel.

Questions about rigols

What is rigols the plural of?
Rigols is the plural of rigol.

Words near rigols in the dictionary

  1. rigolets
  2. rigolette
  3. rigolettes
  4. rigoll
  5. rigolls
  6. rigols
  7. rigor
  8. rigor caloris
  9. rigor mortis
  10. rigor mortised
  11. rigor mortises

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