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A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.

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  1. n. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  2. n. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
  3. n. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  4. 1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. Chaucer. Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. Pope. 2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. Keats.
  5. n:100 n a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair