What's the difference between fillet and willet?

Fillet


Definition:

  • (n.) A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
  • (n.) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.
  • (n.) A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.
  • (n.) A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
  • (n.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.
  • (n.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
  • (n.) The thread of a screw.
  • (n.) A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
  • (n.) The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
  • (n.) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
  • (n.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
  • (n.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
  • (v. t.) To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We tested 1,145 isolates from fresh and spoiling irradiated (0.0, 0.3, and 0.6 Mrad) yellow perch fillets for proteolytic activity, by the use of both media.
  • (2) The only vitamin D analogue found in fish oils, livers and fillets, was cholecalciferol (D3).
  • (3) Meticulous handling of the graft (using a Goeller trephine and Tenon's traction sutures), filleting Tenon's capsule and avoiding cautery of the graft bed may minimize graft necrosis and atrophy.
  • (4) I choose the halibut fillet with scallops, dauphinoise potatoes, veg melange and pesto tapenade.
  • (5) There were only found 6 cases of occupational dermatitis among fillet workers; 3 reacted to fish and 3 had irritant contact dermatitis.
  • (6) It is concluded that the shelf life of iced whole cod can be predicted using this model but not that of vacuum-packed fillets because of the greater variability of bacterial activity in packaged fish.
  • (7) The flour consisted in a 1.00:1.15 dry mixture of by-products from shark filleting (dt) and shrimp by products (cc).
  • (8) Equal portions of codfish- and perch fillets were tested.
  • (9) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
  • (10) Press the fillets first into the mustard and paprika, then into the crumbs.
  • (11) Place the turbot fillets on top and pour the white wine and fish stock on to the fillets.
  • (12) The initial population of this organism on fillets of high bacterial quality is uniformly below 4% and most frequently no greater than 1%.
  • (13) The remaining fillets failed to provoke such symptoms, even though 17 of them were tested by volunteers proven to be susceptible to scombro-intoxication.
  • (14) Photograph: John Carey At this stage, if you're filleting sea bass or gurnard, you'll encounter a small difficulty: the rib cage (at the head end of the fillet) bulges out a bit.
  • (15) The use of a digital fillet flap from an unsalvageable ring finger allowed for a one-stage procedure avoiding donor site morbidity or need for additional reconstructive surgery.
  • (16) Three convenience products--frozen, precooked chicken apple fritters, chicken breast fillets, and chicken patties--provided by one processor were subjectively evaluated by two taste panels of older adults, ranging in age from the sixties to middle eighties.
  • (17) An extract containing "unavailable" small peptides was isolated from an enzymic digest of heat-damaged cod fillet and examined for its influence on uptake of leucine in the rat small intestine, using the everted-sac technique.
  • (18) When the atrial septal flap is deficient at the site of an atrial septal defect, the flap is filleted to enlarge it using living tissue.
  • (19) It is less tender than fillet but much less expensive and often overlooked by those in search of a piece of steak to grill.
  • (20) But it doesn't stop there – shoppers are also stocking up on frozen salmon or cod fillets, ready-made frozen curries, chocolate-chip cookies and porridge oats.

Willet


Definition:

  • (n.) A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) David Willets, the universities minister, announced the initial crackdown in a written statement in November.
  • (2) In South Carolina between 1971 and 1975, authors evaluated the occurrence of organochlorine residues in the laughing gull (Larus atricilla), white ibis (Eudocimus albus), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), and ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres).
  • (3) The original used the spellings Howard Stoat and David Willets.
  • (4) Species with short nests, willets and terns, minimized flood damage by nesting on higher ground than did gulls and rails that build tall nests.
  • (5) Willets had lower nest heights than the other species, probably because the inverse relation between grass height and ground height in the salt marsh makes it difficult for willets to find sites with high enough ground for flood avoidance while still retaining high enough grass for nest crypticity.
  • (6) Nest site characteristics associated with flood and predator avoidance were compared for four nonpasserine species of marsh-nesting birds: clapper rails, willets, laughing gulls, and common terns.

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