{ } n. [ F., a sort of white heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of feathers; dim. of the same word as heron. See Heron, and cf. Egret, Egrette. ] 1. (Zool.) The small white European heron. See Egret. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tuft like that of the egret. (Bot.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An amoret. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bareter to exchange. Cf. Barter. ] 1. (Electronics) a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (such as those arising from temperature fluctuations); a thermal cymoscope. Syn. -- ballast resistor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ The original form consisted of an extremely fine platinum wire loop attached to terminals and inclosed in a small glass or silver bulb. It operates by increased resistance when subjected to the influence of an electric current. In a later variety, called the
liquid barretter, wire is replace by a column of liquid in a very fine capillary tube. A recent version has a resistor composed of an iron wire in a glass bulb containing hydrogen, with the temperature variation of resistance such that the current passing through it remains constant over a wide range of applied voltages. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC ]

‖n. [ F., can, cruet, dim. of buire flagon. ] (Chem.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. chévre goat, fr. L. capra. Cf. Chevron. ] (Mil.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cigarette. ] A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking. [ Also spelled cigaret. ]
Syn. -- cigarette, fag, weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ F. collerette, dim. of collier. See Collar. ] A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. curer to cleanse. ] (Med.) A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Curetted p. pr. & vb. n. Curetting. ] (Med.) To scrape with a curette. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette.
Syn. -- curettage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Aigrette. ] Same as Egret, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a woman working on a farm; a farmeress. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p. & a. [ From 2d Fret. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Agitated; vexed; worried. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. [ See 5th Fret. ] 1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ The old p. p. of fret to rub. ] Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox. [ Obs. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, frets. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Leather + et, F. -ette. ] A material made in imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Pockmarked. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of poudre dust, powder. See Powder. ] A manure made from night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Aret. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } a. [ Pref. bi- + carbureted. ] (Chem.) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A place or establishment where flax is retted. See Ret. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thirteen. [ Obs. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ombrette. ] (Zool.) See Umber, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. vinaigre vinegar. ] 1. (Cookery) A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Vinaigrette, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]