Emmet
contracted into Ant: thus, Emʹt, ent, ant (Anglo-Saxon, œmete).
“A bracelet made of emmetsʹ eyes.”
contracted into Ant: thus, Emʹt, ent, ant (Anglo-Saxon, œmete).
“A bracelet made of emmetsʹ eyes.”
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.