[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

languet \lan"guet\, n. f. languette, dim. of langue tongue, l.
   lingua.
   1. anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif.,
      the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current
      of air toward its mouth.
      1913 webster

   2. that part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which
      overlaps the scabbard.
      1913 webster

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