Definition of "briquet"

briquet

noun
plural briquets
1. Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
  Quotations
  Another pinch of charcoal was added and the process repeated until the mold was filled, when the briquet was forced out.
  1911, F. H. King, Farmers of Forty Centuries
2. (dated) Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
  Quotations
  Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet" lighting a cigarette.
  1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, part II, 3 §, page 115
verb
third-person singular simple present briquets, present participle briquetting, simple past and past participle briquetted
1. Alternative form of briquette