briquetting

Noun

briquet (plural briquets)

1. (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.1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part II, 3 §, page 115

   Synonyms:

   lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes

2. 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. […]2016 October 1, Colby Marshall, Flash Point, Severn House Publishers Ltd, →ISBN

Verb

briquette (third-person singular simple present briquettes, present participle briquetting, simple past and past participle briquetted)

1. (transitive) To form (coal, etc.) into small bricks.

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