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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
BILL'ET, n. [dim. of bill;]
A small paper or note in writing, used for various purposes; sometimes it is a short letter, addressed to some person; sometimes a ticket directing soldiers at what house to lodge.
In heraldry, billet is a bearing in the form of a long square.
1913 Definition
A small paper; a note; 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.
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. A small
stick of wood, as for firewood.
They shall beat out my brains with billets. A short bar of metal, as of gold
or iron.
An ornament in Norman work,
resembling a billet of wood either square or round.
A strap
which enters a buckle.
A bearing in the form of an oblong
rectangle.
Quarters or place to
which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also
used fig.
[Colloq.]
The men who cling to easy billets ashore. Harper's Mag. His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle. Pall Mall Mag. | ||||||||
