briquetn.
A steel for striking light from a flint; a representation of this; esp. Heraldry, one of the ornaments used to form the collar of the order of the Golden Fleece.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > flint or steel
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of implements > [noun] > flint or steel
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1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. iv. 90 Lighting one [sc. a cigar] with his briquet.
1913 W. Owen Let. 27 Dec. (1967) 223 However the Briquet is precisely the thing I want. They are very common in France.
1920 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 314 The cross and briquet of Burgundy.
1952 J. B. Oldham Eng. Blind-stamped Bindings 63 Briquet, a conventional representation of a steel for striking a light.
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