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▪ I. roselet1|ˈrəʊzlɪt| Forms: 5 roslett, 6 roselette, 9 roselet. [f. rose n. + -let.] A little rose; a figure or representation of this; † spec. in Her. (see quot. 1562).
1486Bk. St. Albans b iij b, The threde baage is roslettys. 1562Legh Armory (1597) 37 The third badge are Rose⁓lettes, that is to say single Roses, that haue but v. leaues a peece. 1896Westm. Gaz. 20 July 1/3 She rapidly gathers the simple open-hearted roselets wherever she can spy them. So ˈroselette. rare—1.
1870Rock Text. Fabr. i. 196 To take these roselettes for the Tudor flower would be a great mistake. ▪ II. ‖ roselet2 [Norman dial.] The sand-smelt. (Cf. roseret.)
1862Ansted Channel Isl. ii. ix. 212 The roselet (atherina presbyter), a kind of smelt, is abundant and delicious. |