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English
Etymology
From encircle + -let.
Noun
encirclet (plural encirclets)
- (obsolete) A small circle; a ringlet.
a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:So that therein appears some blood,
Like wine and milk that mingled stood,
In whose encirclets if ye gaze,
Your eyes may tread a lover's maze
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