Language is full of quirky and unexpected terms, many describing everyday things we never realized had names. How often have ...

Since work began in 2012, the team has retrieved L-shaped bits of metal, possibly used for stretching out a tent or animal skin, as well as an aglet, a tiny tube used to secure the end of a wool lace.

There’s a good chance you’ve either seen or used an aglet today. You might even have waggled your minimus, or noticed your glabella in the mirror. Like a drupelet or a ferrule, these are all ...

The little (traditionally) black dots on the dice have a name! Just like a shoelace aglet, you'd never guess that these ...

The ‘pen’ in this process may be an ordinary needle or pin. You can also use a special utensil crafted from a small stick, with a narrow tip made from a metal shoelace aglet. The colourants are ...

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