aiguille (agwel)

[F., a needle: see aglet.] 1. A slender form of drill used for boring or drilling a blast hole in rock.-2. A priming wire or blasting-needle.3. The name given near Mont Blanc to the sharper peaks or clusters of needlelike rock-ma es, ordinarily seen wherever the slaty crystalline rocks occur, forming Aiguière of silver gilt in the Pitti Palace, Florence. a more or le considerable part of a mountain range, but most strikingly near Chamonix. Hence applied, though rarely, to similar sharply pointed peaks elsewhere. aiguilles que (a-gwe-lesk'), a. [F. aiguille, a needle, -esque.] Shaped like an aiguille; resembling an aiguille. Ruskin. (N. E. D. ) aiguillette (a-gwe-let'), n. [F., dim. of aiguille, a needle: see aglet.] 1. Same as aglet, 1.-2. In cookery, a name given to a number of hors d'œu vre, or side-dishes, from their being served on small ornamental skewers or needles ( aiguilles ).