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briquet

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In most senses, a variant spelling of briquette. As a lighter, a borrowing of French briquet, from Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique (“brick, block”) + -et (suffix forming masculine diminutives). The sword is so called due to its small size and perceived resemblance to a firelighter.

noun briquets

alternative Alternative form of briquette in all its senses 1911, F. H. King, Farmers of Forty Centuries Another pinch of charcoal was added and the process repeated until the mold was filled, when the briquet was forced out.
dated Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes. Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet" lighting a cigarette.
Similar: lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes
A small short sword or sabre of a particular European (especially French) style. '[…]blade. I'd say an infantry sword. Briquet sabre, if I know as much as I think I do. Napoleonic.' Jenna's heart galloped. Stacks upon stacks of classics used the Napoleonic War as a backdrop. She'd been right. […]

verb briquets · briquetting · briquetted

alternative Alternative form of briquette

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@misc{briquet_2026,
  title = {briquet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/briquet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}