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Webster 1913 Edition


Baguette

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Ba-guet′

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Ba-guette′

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Noun.
[F.
baguette
, prop. a rod[GREEK] It.
bacchetta
, fr. L.
baculum
,
baculu[GREEK]
stick, staff.]
1.
(Arch.)
A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.