Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small steel roller upon the surface of which is cut a pattern, in relief, which is pressed into the surface of a copper printing-cylinder of a calico-printing machine.
  • noun In heraldry, same as mullet.

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Examples

  • Découvrir la vie des personnages à coups de souris à molette ou de descente d'ascenseur ne me tente guère.

    Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

  • Mullett, [Footnote: A five-pointed star, Old Fr. molette, rowel of a spur.]

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • A good example of a non-Champagne sparkler from France, this wine is made from chardonnay, chenin blanc and local white grape varieties, altesse and molette, grown in the Alpine foothills southeast of Lyon.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

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