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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
  2. n. An ornament that hangs from a bracelet or necklace.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To beat about or down, as corn by the wind.
  2. To waste by little and little; squander carelessly; fritter.
  3. In falconry, to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
  4. To flap or hang down loosely, as a hat-brim or an animal's ear.
  5. n. An ornamental ring worn upon the arms and ankles in India and Africa. Hence A bracelet without a clasp; a ring-bracelet, generally with small ornaments suspended from it.
  6. n. Nautical, a hoop of a spar.

Wiktionary

  1. v. obsolete To waste, fritter (away).
  2. n. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To waste by little and little; to fritter away.
  2. n. An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn mostly by women, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. It differs from other bracelets in being rigid and not articulated, in contrast to bracelets made of links.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
  2. n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

Etymologies

  1. Unknown (Wiktionary)
  2. Hindi baṅgrī, glass bracelet. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ruzuzu "To flap or hang down loosely, as a hat-brim or an animal's ear."

    - The Century Dictionary Aug 5, 2010

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