small trinket worn as charm against evil eye
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Amulet Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]
amulet
\am"u*let\ (&?;), n. [l. amuletum: cf. f. amulette.] an ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.
note: [also used figuratively.]
Swyn-gynfaredd = n. amulet
Swynogol = n. an amulet, a charm
An object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury.
*And, like many Thais, Alongkorn takes great solace from the Buddhist amulets he wears on a chain around his neck."Animal Attraction, The Nation, 4 Feb 1998.
*And, like many Thais, Alongkorn takes great solace from the Buddhist amulets he wears on a chain around his neck."Animal Attraction, The Nation, 4 Feb 1998.
Noun
1. a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil
(synonym) talisman
(hypernym) charm, good luck charm
(hyponym) grigri, gres-gris, greegree
Amulet Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An amulet, similar to a talisman ( / transliterated: ), is any object intended to bring good luck or protection to its owner. Potential amulets include gems, especially engraved gems, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, rings, plants and animals; even words in the form of a magical spell, incantation, to repel evil or bad luck.
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AMULET is a series of microprocessors that implement the ARM processor architecture. Developed by the Advanced Processor Technologies]group under the University of Manchester's computer science school (formerly the AMULET and PAL groups based at the same institution), AMULET is unique from other ARM implementations in being an asynchronous microprocessor, not making use of a square wave clock signal for data synchronization and movement.
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Amulet Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
A magically charged object which deflects specific, usually negative energies. Generally, a protective object. (Compare with Talisman).
An object charged with personal energies through ritual or meditation often used to ward off a certain force or person.
A consecrated object inscribed with runes or other symbols that possesses the power to protect a person or thing from threatening influences, misfortune.For example, astrological jewelry,stones...
A consecrated object inscribed with runes or other symbols that possesses the power to protect a person or thing from threatening influences, misfortune.For example, astrological jewelry,stones...
