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Definition of Briquet
1. Noun. A block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel.
Definition of Briquet
1. Noun. a small brick, typically made of charcoal and typically used for fuel ¹
2. Noun. (''obsolete?'') a cigarette lighter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Briquet
1. to mold into small bricks [v -QUETTED, -QUETTING, -QUETS]
Medical Definition of Briquet
1. Paul, French physician, 1796-1881. See: Briquet's ataxia, Briquet's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Briquet
Literary usage of Briquet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cement and Concrete by Louis Carlton Sabin (1907)
"The general form is pear shaped; the briquet is grasped at the points of reverse
curve at the side of the briquet, giving an area between opposite gripping ..."
2. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1857)
"M. Briquet believes that most writers have been indebted more to their imaginations
... The following is the classification M. Briquet made of 383 cases. ..."
3. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1839)
"In no case has M. Briquet ever seen a permanent cicatrix formed, ... In this ease M.
Briquet doubts whether the plaster had been rightly applied. ..."
4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1921)
"THE Briquet The briquet must form an intimate mixture of the roasted ore, reducing
agent, and binder. A particle of ore should be in contact with a particle ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"THE Briquet The briquet must form an intimate mixture of the roasted ore, reducing
agent, and binder. A particle of ore should be in contact with a particle ..."
6. Industrial Fuels by Joseph Stephenson (1919)
"associated with briquet manufacture. This results in the necessity of frequent
cleaning of the mechanism, and the occasional production of briquets that ..."
7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"By M. Briquet. M. Briquet believes that most writers have been indebted more to
their imagination than to the observation of facts for the pictures they ..."
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