briquette

[bri-ket] Origin

bri·quette

[bri-ket] noun, verb, bri·quett·ed, bri·quett·ing.
noun
1.
a small block of compressed coal dust or charcoal used for fuel, especially in barbecuing.
2.
a molded block of any material.
verb (used with object)
3.
to mold into briquettes.

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Briquette is one of our favorite verbs.
So is subtilize. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.

Origin:
1880–85; < French; see brick, -ette
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briquette or briquet (brɪˈkɛt)
 
n
1.  a small brick made of compressed coal dust, sawdust, charcoal, etc, used for fuel
2.  a small brick of any substance: an ice-cream briquette
 
vb
3.  (tr) to make into the form of a brick or bricks: to briquette clay
 
[C19: from French: a little brick, from briquebrick]
 
briquet or briquet
 
n
 
vb
 
[C19: from French: a little brick, from briquebrick]

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briquette
1884, originally blocks of compressed coal dust held together by pitch, from Fr. briquette (18c.), dim. of brique (see brick).
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