baguet

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In architecture, a small convex semicircular molding: usually called when plain a bead, when enriched with foliage a chaplet.
2. n. In cytology, a rod-shaped mass of chromatin in the nuclear division of some Infusoria.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
2. n. One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. narrow French stick loaf