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Definition: Languet
Languet
\Lan"guet\, n. [F. languette, dim. of langue tongue, L.
lingua.]
1. 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.
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2. That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which
overlaps the scabbard.
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