War and Peace vocabulary

29 fashion terms (clothing, hair styles, fabrics, etc.)

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signet

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Definition:
a ring with a seal used to leave an impression on sealing wax


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the staff officer with the signet ring, and Zherkov, uneasily glancing at them all,

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace.
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He twisted a signet ring on his right hand and waited for me to show him I was listening.

Gillian Flynn. Gone Girl, p.209 (2012)
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I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal

William Shakespeare. Hamlet.
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“A signet, with his initials.”

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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