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Sonnet
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A poem of fourteen lines, - two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
(2):
(v. i.) To compose sonnets.
(3):
(n.) A short poem, - usually amatory.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sonnet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sonnet.html. 1828.