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Billet

Bil'let, n.

noun

n. [Fr. billet, diminutive of Fr. & Norm. Fr. bille, It. bolletta, bullettu. See BILL, a writing.]

A small paper or note in writing, or a short letter. “I got your melancholy billet.” Sterne.
A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
(Her.) A bearing in the form of a long square.

Bil'let, n.

noun

n. [Fr. billet, block, from bille, log, a ball made of bone. Cf. BILL, a writing.]

Sense 1. A small stick of wood.

They shall beat out my brains with billets. Shak.

Sense 2. (Arch.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood.

A group of short, cylindrical billets arranged in staggered horizontal rows. — Billet.

Bil'let, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. BILLETED; p. pr. & vb. n. BILLETING.] [From billet, a ticket.] (Mil.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence, to quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. “Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.” Irving.