Look up: Billet

1. billet
   [n] - for military personnel (especially in a private home)
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2. Billet
   ornamental moulding used in Norman architecture, consisting of raised cylindrical or rectangual blocks at regular intervals
   Found on http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.
   
   
3. Billet
   north east name for a coal fish.
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4. Billet
   Rectangular or square bar of raw material.
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5. billet
   In Romanesque architecture, an ornamental moulding formed of short cylindrical blocks, suggesting miniature wooden `billets`, and set in a concave moulding. ...
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6. Billet
   Small steel ingot produced for passing through a sections rolling mill.
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7. Billet
   An ornament consisting of a band or bands of raised short cylinders (roll billet) or square blocks (square billet) placed at intervals. When roll billet alternates with square billet it is called pipeline billet.
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8. billet
   an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging Category: Law • a semi-finished rolled or forged product,usually square with chamfered or radiused corners and with cross-sectional area generally not more than 25 square inches Category: Iron and steel industries • a short piece of round or part-round wood,as cut for cordwood,s…
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9. billet
   1 A Romanesque (pre-GOTHIC) ornamental motif of moulding using alternating blocks or cylinders. 2 The THUMBPIECE on tankards and flagons.
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10. Billet
    Bil"let noun [ French billet , dim. of an Old French bille bill. See Bill a writing.] 1. A small paper; a note; a short letter. "I got your melancholy billet ." Sterne. 2. A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
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11. Billet
    Bil"let transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Billeted ; present participle & verbal noun Billeting .] [ From Billet a ticket.] (Mil.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. « Billeted in so antiquated a mansion. W. …
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12. Billet
    Bil"let noun [ French billette , bille , log; of unknown origin; a different word from bille ball. Confer Billiards , Billot .] 1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood. « They shall beat out my brains with billets . Shak. » 2. (Metal.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. 3. (Architecture)
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13. Billet
    Bil"let noun Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig. [ Colloq.] « The men who cling to easy billets ashore.» Harper's Mag. « His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet , and there they rankle.» Pall Mall Mag.
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14. billet
    1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood. "They shall beat out my brains with billets." (Shak) ... 2. <chemistry> A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. ... Origin: F. Billette, bille, log; of unknown origin; a different word from bille ball. Cf. Billiards, Billot. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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15. billet
    noun lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
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16. Billet
    A `billet` is the US term for quarters, which is place to which a person, generally a soldier, is assigned to sleep. In the European countries since formation of regular forces the Quartermaster was an occupation and a rank of the individuals responsible for provision of sleeping quarters as well s other provisions for regular time troops. Soldiers are generally billeted in barracks or garrisons when not on combat duty, although in some armies s...
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17. Billet
    A `billet` is the US term for quarters, which is place to which a person, generally a soldier, is assigned to sleep. In the European countries since formation of regular forces the Quartermaster was an occupation and a rank of the individuals responsible for provision of sleeping quarters as well s other provisions for regular time troops. Soldiers are generally billeted in barracks or garrisons when not on combat duty, although in some armies s...
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18. Billet
    • (n.) A strap which enters a buckle. • (n.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle. • (n.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. • (n.) A small paper; a note; a short letter. • (v. t.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. • (n...
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19. billet
    (from the article `capital`) Two simple forms of the capital are a square wooden block called an abacus, placed on the top of a post, and an oblong block called a billet, set ...
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20. billet
    (from the article `steel`) Long products are made of either blooms or billets, which are, like slabs, considered a semifinished product and are cast by a continuous caster or ... Billets are the feedstock for long products of small cross section. In cases when they are not directly cast by a continuous caster, they are rolled ... [2 ...
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21. billet
    (from the article `heraldry`) ...smaller than the quarter, is one-third of the chief. Checky, or chequy, describes the field or charge divided into squares of two tinctures, like ...
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22. Billet
    A bone or antler tool used for flaking.
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23. Billet
    A simple box-like moulding of alternating relief bars, usually achieved by stamping and much used on mid-16thC plate.
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24. billet
    a single stick of firewood. Traditional English billets had a length of 40 inches (1.016 meters).
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25. billet
    large cross-section, short length mass of a single material such as a metal, an alloy or a composite material to be extruded, forged, or rolled subsequently NOTE - In French, the term "lopin" is used for a metal and an alloy and the term "billette" is used for a composite.
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