† augletn.
Obsolete.
Probably: a metal tag attached to the end of a lace or used to decorate a fringe on a garment; = aglet n.In quot. 1594 apparently in extended use, perhaps referring to the hairs on a person's leg.
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1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D A blacke badge edging of a beard on the vpper lip, & the like sable auglet of excrements in the first rising of the anckle of my shinne.
1681 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. ii. 28 He [sc. the French King] gave a Chain to the Garter worth 200 l. and his Gown dressed with Auglets worth, 25 l.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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