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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ringlet  \Ring"let\,  n.  [Ring  +  -let.] 
  1.  A  small  ring;  a  small  circle;  specifically,  a  fairy  ring. 
 
  You  demi-puppets,  that  By  moonshine  do  the  green 
  sour  ringlets  make  Whereof  the  ewe  not  bites. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  A  curl;  especially,  a  curl  of  hair. 
 
  [Her  golden  tresses]  in  wanton  ringlets  waved. 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ringlet 
  n  1:  a  round  shape  formed  by  a  series  of  concentric  circles  [syn: 
  {coil},  {whorl},  {roll},  {curl},  {curlicue},  {gyre},  {scroll}] 
  2:  a  strand  or  cluster  of  hair  [syn:  {lock},  {curl},  {whorl}] 




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