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Earlet

Earlet \Ear"let\, n. [Ear + -let.] An earring. [Obs.]

The Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets.
--Judg. viii. 24 (Douay version).

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earlet

n. (context obsolete English) earring.

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Then, suspended over the abyss, carried to and fro in the formidable oscillation of the bell, he seized the brazen monster by the earlets, strained it with his knees, sparred it with his heels, and with the whole weight and force of his body increased the fury of the peal.