ETYM French oeillet, dim. of oeil eye, from Latin oculus. Related to Eye, Oillet.
(Homonym: islet).
A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord.

ETYM French gourmette curb, curb chain, from gourmer to curb, thump, beat; cf. Armor. gromm a curb, gromma to curb.
1. A ring of plastic or metal, usually embedded in some material, through which rope or string may pass.
2. (Nautical) A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag.
In medicine, a tube inserted surgically into the eardrum in order to relieve glue ear in children. + prikaži više

ETYM French carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, from Latin carnatio fleshiness, from caro, carnis, flesh. Related to Carnal.
1. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors; SYN. clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus.
2. A pink or reddish-pink color.
Any of numerous double-flowered cultivated varieties of a plant Dianthus caryophyllus of the pink family. The flowers smell like cloves; they are divided into flake, bizarre, and picotees, according to whether the petals exhibit one or more colors on their white ground, have the color dispersed in strips, or have a colored border to the petals. + prikaži više