lakelet

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From the summit of the forest ledge which rises from the southern shore, the lakelet seems a foliage-framed patch of the firmament.

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

The gallant little yacht charged the neck of ice like a living creature, hit it fair, cut right through, and scattered the fragments right and left as she sailed majestically into the lakelet beyond.

From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Green as emerald, the small semicircular patch of grass lay at the foot of gentle slopes, as if it had once been a lakelet itself.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

Near by we came upon a steaming pool, or lakelet, of an acre or more in extent.

From Camping with President Roosevelt by Burroughs, John

Incidentally, exceedingly lively Eastern brook-trout will afford an interesting hour to one who floats a fly down the short stream into the lakelet at the foot of Two Medicine Lake not far below the chalet.

From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling