Văl'et, n.

(văl'et, or vāl'ā) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. valet, O. Fr. vallet, varlet, vaslet, Pr. vaylet, vallet, vaslet, It. valetto, L. Lat. vasletus, varletus, varoletas, vassus, from W. gwâs, a youth, lad, page, servant. Cf. VARLET and VASSAL.]

1. A waiting servant; a servant who attends on a gentleman's person.
2. (Man.) A kind of goad or stick armed with a point of iron.