Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Baguet
Ba·guet′, Ba·guette′, n. [F. baguette, prop. a rod? It. bacchetta, fr. L. baculum, baculus stick, staff.] 1. (Arch.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
2. (Zoöl) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.