Also 7 eglet. [a. Fr. aiglette, dim. of aigle EAGLE; see -ET.] A young eagle.

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1572.  Bossewell, Armorie, II. 68 b. This birde Ossifraga … bryngeth vp the Eaglet so cast out.

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1628.  Wither, Brit. Rememb., V. 1660/162 b. As when Eglets are first taught to flye.

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1795.  Southey, Joan of Arc, X. 377. Went like eaglets to the prey.

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1832.  Tennyson, Œnone, 208. The callow eaglet.

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  b.  as a charge in heraldry.

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1611.  Guillim, Heraldry, III. xvii. 158. On a Bend, Gules, three Eaglets displaied.

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1864.  Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., xiv. § 1 (ed. 3), 158. The well-known Shield of Piers de Gaveston … vert, six eaglets or.

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