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briquet
Briquette Bri*quette", n. [Also briquet.] [F., dim. of brique brick.] 1. A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel.
Briquette
Briquette Bri*quette", n. [Also briquet.] [F., dim. of brique brick.] 1. A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel.
Ostracion triqueter
Cuckold Cuck"old (k?k"?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.] 1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter). (b) The cowfish.
Sobriquet
Sobriquet So`bri`quet" (s[-o]`br[-e]`k[asl]"), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]
soubriquet
Sobriquet So`bri`quet" (s[-o]`br[-e]`k[asl]"), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]
Soubriquet
Soubriquet Sou`bri`quet", n. See Sobriquet.
Triquetra
Triquetrum Tri*que"trum, n.; pl. Triquetra. [NL.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b) .
Triquetral
Triquetral Tri*que"tral, a. Triquetrous.
Triquetrous
Triquetrous Tri*que"trous, a. [L. triquetrus.] Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.
Triquetrum
Triquetrum Tri*que"trum, n.; pl. Triquetra. [NL.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b) .

Meaning of Riquet from wikipedia

- Riquet is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Dominique Riquet (born 1946), French surgeon and politician of the Radical Party and MEP...
- Pierre-Paul Riquet, Baron de Bonrepos (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ pɔl ʁikɛ]; 29 June 1609 (some sources say 1604) – 4 October 1680) was the engineer and...
- Riquet (French pronunciation: [ʁikɛ]) is a station of the Paris Métro and located in the 19th arrondis****t of Paris. Riquet opened on 5 November 1910...
- "Riquet with the Tuft" (French: Riquet à la houppe), also known as "Ricky of the Tuft", is a French literary fairy tale first published by Catherine Bernard...
- aim of developing the wheat trade, under the supervision of Pierre-Paul Riquet, and construction lasted from 1666 to 1681, during the reign of Louis XIV...
- Bonrepos-Riquet (French pronunciation: [bɔ̃ʁəpo ʁikɛ]; Languedocien: Bonrepaus Riquet) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France...
- Marie Jean de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (born 1948) Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1810–1865) Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman,...
- respectability and to get away from Paris, she married François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet, Comte de Caraman, on 22 August 1805 - he had become the sixteenth Prince...
- construction and ****isted Riquet until Riquet's death. Andréossy continued to work at the canal and serve the family of Riquet until he died in Castelnaudary...
- The Riquet Obelisk (French: Obélisque de Riquet) is dedicated to the creator of the Canal du Midi, Pierre-Paul Riquet. In 1827, the heirs of Riquet built...