Reticule
[retikju:l]
Definition
(noun.) a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries.
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Definition
(n..) A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand.
(n..) A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Work-bag.
Typist: Sophie
Definition
n. a little network bag: a lady's workbag: an attachment to a telescope consisting of a network of lines ruled on glass.—adj. Retic′ular having the form of network: formed with interstices: (anat.) cellular.—ns. Reticulā′rē; Reticulā′ria a genus of the myxomycetous fungi.—n.pl. Reticulariā′ce?/span>.—adjs. Reticulā′rian; Reticulā′rious.—adv. Retic′ularly.—adjs. Retic′ulary; Retic′ulāte -d netted: having the form or structure of a net: having veins crossing like network as a reticulate leaf.—n. Reticulā′tion a method of copying a painting by the help of threads stretched across a frame.—adj. Retic′ulōse finely reticulate.—n. Retic′ulum a network: the second stomach of a ruminant: a southern constellation.—Reticular cartilage a cartilage in which the matrix is permeated with elastic fibres; Reticular layer of skin the deeper part of the corium; Reticulated glass ware made from glass in which one set of coloured lines meets with another; Reticulated micrometer a micrometer for an optical instrument with a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece; Reticulated moulding a fillet interlaced in various ways; Reticulated work masonry constructed with diamond-shaped stones.
Checker: Mollie
Examples
- Rosamond looked down and played with her reticule. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She carefully opened her reticule a little way and showed me a folded piece of paper inside as the appointment of which she spoke. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mary took out the folded money from her reticule and put it into her father's hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I eagerly searched my reticule. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Poor Julia, as she turned over her reticule for the last time, appeared the image of despair. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When we, at last, reached our own door, Agnes discovered that she had left her little reticule behind. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I had better see my nephew at once,' said the old lady, twirling her reticule indignantly, and rising as she spoke. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Fanny opening her reticule, as they surveyed these things, produced from that repository a shilling and handed it to Uncle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- All this time sobbing, and searching in the little reticule. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He said not a word, however, and Miss Pross, exploring the depths of her reticule through her tears with great difficulty paid for her wine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- With that, always sobbing and searching in the reticule, Georgiana produced a necklace. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A man need be always emptying a till, or a pocket, or a woman's reticule, or a house, or a mail-coach, or a bank, if he drinks it regularly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Sophia drew from her reticule two smart jewel-boxes, of Love the jeweller. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She carries some small litter in a reticule which she calls her documents, principally consisting of paper matches and dry lavender. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lady Squeams (the Right Honourable Lord Southdown), her lap-dog, her bags, reticules, and husband sit down, and cling hold of some ropes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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