Languet

Word LANGUET
Character 7
Hyphenation lan guet
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Languet"

What do we mean by languet?

One that functions or is shaped like a tongue. noun

Something in the shape of a little tongue. noun

Specifically— A thin slip or tongue of metal placed to preserve the necessary space between the two blades of a comb-cutters, saw, the strip being of the thickness of the teeth required in the comb. Also called languid. E. H. Knight. noun

On a sword-hilt, a small hinged piece of metal which turns down over the scabbard. Also called linguet. noun

In music, same as languette, 2. noun

In zoology, one of the series of little tongue-like or tentaculiform processes on a longitudinal ridge along the middle line of the pharyngeal cavity or branchial sac of an ascidiau. noun

In entomology, same as languette, 3 . noun

Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth. noun

That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard. noun

A tongue-shaped implement, specifically: noun

A narrow tongue of land noun

A tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates noun

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The word "languet" in example sentences

The swords have a simple crossguard and most have a languet, a short central extension towards the blade that fits over the scabbard when sheathed. ❋ Legatus Hedlius (2009)

She awoke to the dulcetptwee-ptwerr of the iridescent-wingedsila languet, one of the most euphonious of all the inhabitants of New Riviera's takari forests. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2003)

In addition to the arresting song of the sila languet, the crescendoingmutter-mutter of colusai climbers filtered in from outside. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2003)

Post ejus interitum omnis nostra juventus languet, deliciis plus dedita quàm deceret: nec perinde, ac debuerat, in laudis et gloriae cupiditate versatur. ❋ William Hickling Prescott (1827)

Non iUis geneiis nexus, noti pignora curat Sed numero languet pietas, ❋ Hugo Grotius, Jean Le Clerc, 1657-1736 (1772)

Ναι ■ vides, fi antmus languet, que nomiue iimplex τ lcnDendum videtur. ❋ Unknown (1705)

***** hic summa leni stringitur Thetis vento: nec languet aequor, viva sed quies ponti pictam phaselon adiuvante fert aura, sicut puellae lion amantis aestatem mota salubre purpura venit frigus. nec saeta longo quaerit in mari praedam, sed a cubili lectuloque iactatam spectatus alte lineam trahit piscis. ❋ Harold Edgeworth Butler (1914)

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