Aigrette

·noun A tuft like that of the egret.

II. Aigrette ·noun The small white European heron. ·see Egret.

III. Aigrette ·noun A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, ·etc.

IV. Aigrette ·noun A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.