parquet (parket)

and a. [Also parquette; 2. In French law: (a) The magistrates who are charged with the conduct of proceedings in criminal cases and misdemeanors. (b) The space in a court-room between the judge's bench and the seats of the counsel. [French usage.] -3. That part of the floor of a bourse which is reserved for the titular stockbrokers. [French usage.] -4. Same as parquetry. The term parquet was originally applied to floors which were framed in compartments of about three feet square, each divided into small square or lozenge panels, with the panels grooved in so as to be flush on the upper surface. Now the term covers four methods of laying them, and may include any desired pattern or number of colored woods. Art Age , IV. 46. II. a . Composed of parquetry: as, a parquet floor. parquet (pär-ket'), v. t.; pret. and pp. parquet ted, ppr. parquetting. [F. parqueter, floor, One room parquetted with yew, which I lik'd well. Evelyn, Diary, April 18, 1680. parquet age (pär'ket-āj), n. [F. parquet age , flooring, parqueter , floor, parquet , an inlaid floor: see parquet .] Same as parquetry . Fair- holt. parqueterie (pär-ket-e-rē'), n. [F.: see par- quetry .] Same as par- quetry . IMG:content-2376.png:[blocks in formation] parraqua pieces are nearly always bounded by straight lines, and the patterns are simple; there are many different ways of uniting the different pieces and of securing the whole together. See quotation under parquet, 4.