Monday, May 20, 2013

signet, cygnet

Signet or signet means a small seal, with an design or initial, as used on a ring or stamp to mark letters or papers--
All official papers are sealed with the duke's signet ring.
He wears a signet ring on his little finger, with his initials on it.

Cygnet or cygnet ( rhymes with signet ) means the young of a swan; a baby swan--
This fluffy little cygnet doesn't look anything like an adult swan.
Believe it or not, soon this funny-looking cygnet will be a graceful swan.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"She stamped all of her papers with a signet engraved with a swan and its cygnet."

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