*nette*

n. [ F. brunet, brunette, brownish, dim. of brun, brune, brown, fr. OHG. br&unr_;n. See Brown, a. ] A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. -- a. Having a dark tint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet. ] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chansonnettes [ F., dim. of chanson. ] A little song. [ 1913 Webster ]

These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Fort.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei&tsdot_;. ] 1. (Zool.) One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common genet (Genetta vulgaris) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet (Genetta felina), and the berbe (Genetta pardina), are related African species. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cassinette. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Kitchen + -ette. ] A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

pos>n. [ F. ] An opera glass; pl. elaborate double eyeglasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See Lune a crescent. ] 1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) A half horseshoe, which lacks the sponge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Arch.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lunette window (Arch.), a window which fills or partly fills a lunette. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. marionette, prop. a dim. of Marie Mary. ] 1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d Minion. ] (Bot.) A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Print.) A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in ornamental borders, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Small; delicate. [ Obs. ] “His minionette face.” Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. resembing a net or a web.
Syn. -- lacy, netlike, webbed, weblike. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Dim. of piano. ] (Mus.) A small piano; a pianino. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Point. ] A bodkin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See 1st Rennet. ] (Bot.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A small European sole (Solea minuta). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. toilinet. See Toil a net. ] A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. vignette, fr. vigne a vine. See Vine, and cf. Vinette. ] 1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A device used by photographers in printing vignettes, consisting of a screen of paper or glass with a central aperture the edges of which become opaque by insensible gradations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A maker of vignettes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Dim. of villa; formed on the analogy of the French. ] A small villa. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Vignette. ] A sprig or branch. [ Archaic ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]