languet

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One that functions or is shaped like a tongue.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Something in the shape of a little tongue.
2. n. Specifically— A thin slip or tongue of metal placed to preserve the necessary space between the two blades of a comb-cutters, saw, the strip being of the thickness of the teeth required in the comb. Also called languid. E. H. Knight.
3. n. On a sword-hilt, a small hinged piece of metal which turns down over the scabbard. Also called linguet.
4. n. In music, same as languette, 2.
5. n. In zoology, one of the series of little tongue-like or tentaculiform processes on a longitudinal ridge along the middle line of the pharyngeal cavity or branchial sac of an ascidiau.
6. n. In entomology, same as languette, 3 .

Wiktionary

1. n. a tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
2. n. archaic a narrow tongue of land
3. n. zoology a tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. 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.
2. n. That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.