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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parquet  \Par*quet"\,  n. 
  1.  In  various  European  public  bourses,  the  railed-in  space 
  within  which  the  ``agents  de  change,''  or  privileged 
  brokers,  conduct  business;  also  the  business  conducted  by 
  them  --  distinguished  from  the  {coulisse},  or  outside 
  market. 
 
  2.  In  most  European  countries,  the  branch  of  the 
  administrative  government  which  is  charged  with  the 
  prevention,  investigation,  and  punishment  of  crime, 
  representing  the  public  and  not  the  individual  injured. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parquet  \Par*quet"\,  n.  [F.  See  {Parquetry}.] 
  1.  A  body  of  seats  on  the  floor  of  a  music  hall  or  theater 
  nearest  the  orchestra;  but  commonly  applied  to  the  whole 
  lower  floor  of  a  theater,  from  the  orchestra  to  the  dress 
  circle;  the  pit. 
 
  2.  Same  as  {Parquetry}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parquet 
  n  1:  a  floor  made  of  parquetry  [syn:  {parquet  floor}] 
  2:  the  main  floor  between  the  orchestra  and  the  parquet  circle 




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