baguetten.
/bəˈɡɛt/ 1. A small moulding of semicircular section, of the astragal species.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > convex moulding
roundel1535
ovoloa1652
quarter-round1664
round1673
baguette1728
half-round1842
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Baguette, in Architecture, a little round Moulding less than an Astragal... According to M. le Clerc, when the Baguette is enrich'd with Ornaments, it changes its Name, and is called Chapelet.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. iii. i. 684 The astragal..is also known by the names of bead and baguette.
2. Music. (See quot. 1938.)
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > accessories > [noun] > conductor's baton
baton1785
stick1841
baguette1876
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > drumstick
sticka1398
tabor-stick1486
drumstick1589
tapskin1605
drum stave1832
potato masher1835
baguette1876
wire brush1927
brush1955
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > bow > stick of
baguette1876
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 43/2 Baguettes.
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 63/2 Baguette, drumstick (also sometimes used for ‘baton’, and as the name for the stick of a fiddle bow).
3. A gem, usually a diamond, cut in a long rectangular shape. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] > cut in specific style
table1530
cardiace1601
star-cut1815
rose cut1820
tallow-top1881
navette1908
baguette1926
marquise1945
1926 National Jeweler Nov. 33 Rings in which..baguettes, pentagons, hexagons or gems of other fancy shapes permit variety of design.
1935 Times 2 Dec. 19/4 In one paré and baguette diamonds form a design like two harps. The baguettes are used like a scroll.
1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 276/1 Jewellers have made great use of the baguette or baton-cut diamond to produce pattern and variety in design.
4. A long, thin loaf of French bread, of various sizes in different regions, but usually smaller than a flûte. Cf. French stick n. at French adj. and n. Compounds 1b.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > other types of loaf
white loafeOE
barley loafc950
French loafc1350
pease loafc1390
penny loaf1418
jannock?a1500
household loaf1565
boon-loaf1679
farmhouse loaf1795
cottage loaf1829
potato loaf1831
sod1836
Coburg1843
sweet roll1851
stale1874
Hovis1890
Sally Lunn1901
bloomer loaf1937
wholemeal1957
baguette1958
1958 R. Godden Greengage Summer vi. 60 One of the long thin loaves called ‘baguettes’.
1959 ‘M. Ainsworth’ Murder is Catching xv. 165 He was carrying a string bag..with a thin baguette loaf poking out of one corner.
1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iii. 66 Long baguettes of bread, three to a table, were set out with meagre portions of butter and jam.
1970 Guardian 22 Aug. 3/8 The baguette..is the classic French loaf. By law it must weigh 250 grammes.
1977 Lancet 24 Dec. 1346/2 The sandwich when it came was a quarter of a baguette generously filled with ham.
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