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Parquet \Par*quet"\ (p[aum]r*k[=a]" or p[aum]r*k[e^]t"), n. [F.
See {Parquetry}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater
nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole
lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress
circle; the pit.
[1913 Webster]

2. Same as {Parquetry}.
[1913 Webster]

3. In various European public bourses, the railed-in space
within which the "agents de change," or privileged
brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by
them; -- distinguished from the {coulisse}, or outside
market.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. In most European countries, the branch of the
administrative government which is charged with the
prevention, investigation, and punishment of crime,
representing the public and not the individual injured.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]