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Definition of Pikelet
1. n. A light, thin cake or muffin.
Definition of Pikelet
1. Noun. (Australia New Zealand) A thick type of sweet pancake. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) A thin crumpet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pikelet
1. a drop-scone [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pikelet
Literary usage of Pikelet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"The rocky summit of a mountain, as Langdale pike. Haw pike. . pikelet, A small
cake or muffin, Qu. a diminutive of pipe, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"1, a pair of «pikelet« of ... 2, «pikelet of Setaria, with an abortive branch
beneath it. or female flower with or without a male one beneath it Glumes ..."
3. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"The above quotations by no means prove that pikelet is a word of Welsh origin.
I myself strongly suspect that it is a genuine English word, of which we cau ..."
4. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray (1868)
"A detached «pikelet of P. pretense, having the flower with its palet* ... An open
magnified »pikelet of 0. asperifolia (1); and the flower of the same ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"The above quotations by no means prove that pikelet is a ... pikelet-bread.
Having communicated my doubts of the Welsh origin of the word to Professor Rhys, ..."
6. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1890)
"(6) A »pikelet of P. clandestinum, magnified; (7) the наше displayed, the lower
flower represented by a glume and palet only.— () Л spikelet of P. virgatum, ..."
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