/ba get"/ , n.
1. Jewelry.
a. a rectangular shape given to a small gem, esp. a diamond, by cutting and polishing.
b. a gem having this shape.
2. Archit. a small convex molding, esp. one of semicircular section.
3. a long, narrow loaf of French bread.
Also, baguet .
[ 1720-30; bacchetta little stick, equiv. to bacch ( io ) stick ( baculus ) + -etta -ETTE ]