Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The third stomach of a ruminant; the psalterium or manyplies.
- noun In diamond-cutting, the projecting points of the triangular facets of a rose-cut diamond, whose bases join those of the triangles of the central pyramid.
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Examples
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He found this 'feuillet', that was his term, by which he meant loaded with words and redundancies.
The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896
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He found this 'feuillet', that was his term, by which he meant loaded with words and redundancies.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 09 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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He found this 'feuillet', that was his term, by which he meant loaded with words and redundancies.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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They opt instead for the infinitely easier p â te feuillet é , or puff pastry.
Mega Meal: Beef Wellington Aleksandra Crapanzano 2010
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A plausible derivation is from two French words, "_paume_," and "_feuillet_," literally a hand-leaf; and another derives the word from a corruption of
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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C'est pour moi _le charmant feuillet d'un charmant livre.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Various
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He found this feuillet, that was his term, by which he meant loaded with words and redundancies.
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_Au recto du meme feuillet, on lit encore une note relative a une vallee "nemonti brigatia"; il me semble qu'il s'agit bien des monts de Briancon, le Brigantio des anciens.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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_Au recto du meme feuillet, on lit encore une note relative a une vallee "nemonti brigatia"; il me semble qu'il s'agit bien des monts de Briancon, le Brigantio des anciens.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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