Heath's French and English dictionary (part 2 of 19)

Heath's French and English dictionary (part 2 of 19)

=bédouin=, n.m. and adj., Bédouin.

=bée=, adj., open at one end (of casks).

=bée=, n.f., mill-dam. V. =abée=.

=béer=. V. =bayer=.

=beffroi=, n.m., belfry; watch-tower; steeple; alarm-bell.

=bégaiement= or =bégayement= (-ghê-mān), n.m., stammering, faltering.

=bégayer=, v.n., to stammer; to lisp; to falter.

=bégayer=, v.a., to stammer out, to stutter, to lisp.

=bégu=, =-ë=, adj., (of a horse) that does not mark age, counter-marked.

=bègue= (bèg), adj., stammering, stuttering.

=bègue=, n.m.f., stammerer, stutterer.

=bégueule= (-gheul), n.f., prude, proud minx.

=bégueule=, adj., prudish, squeamish, strait-laced.

=bégueulerie= (-gheul-rî), n.f., prudery, affected austerity, squeamishness.

=béguin= (-ghin), n.m., hood, child’s cap; beguin, monk, beghard. Avoir un — pour; to be sweet upon.

=béguine=, n.f., béguine; (b.s.) affectedly devout person; nun.

=béguinage= (-ghi-), n.m., convent of beguins; affected devotion.

=bégum= (-gom), n.f., begum.

=béhémoth=, n.m., behemoth, hippopotamus.

=béhen= (-hène), n.m., (bot.) behen.

=beige=, adj., (of wool); natural, undyed.

=beige=, n.f., unbleached serge.

*=beignet=, n.m., fritter.

=beïram=. V. =bairam=.

=béjaune=, n.m., (falconry) eyas, nias; ninny; blunder, silliness, mistake. Montrer à quelqu’un son —; to show any one his ignorance. Payer son —; to pay one’s footing.

=bel=, adj.m. V. =beau=.

=bélandre=, n.f., (nav.) bilander.

=bêlant=, =-e=, adj., bleating.

=belée=, n.f., (nav.) white hawser.

=bêlement= (-mān), n.m., bleating of sheep.

=bélemnite=, n.f., (foss.) belemnite.

=bêler=, v.n., to bleat. Brebis qui bêle perd sa goulée; (prov.) too much talk, no dinner.

=belette=, n.f., weasel, fitchet.

=belge=, n.m.f. and adj., Belgian.

=belgique=, adj., Belgic.

=belle=, =belif=, or =bellif=, n.m., (her.) gules.

=bélier=, n.m., ram; battering-ram; Aries (one of the signs of the zodiac).

=bélière=, n.f., sheep-bell, clapper-bell.

=bélître=, n.m., rascal, scoundrel, ragamuffin.

=belladone=, n.f., belladonna, deadly nightshade.

=bellâtre=, n.m., insipid beauty; fop, coxcomb. adj., beauish, foppish.

=belle=, n.f. V. =beau=.

=belle=, adj. V. =beau=.

=belle-dame=, n.f., (—s-—s). V. =arroche=.

=belle-de-jour=, n.f., (—s-—) convolvulus, yellow day-lily.

=belle-de-nuit=, n.f., (—s-—) marvel of Peru.

=belle-d’un-jour=, n.f., (—s-—) (bot.) yellow day-lily.

=belle-fille=, n.f., (—s-—s) daughter-in-law; step-daughter.

=bellement= (-mān), adv., (l.u.) softly.

=belle-mère=, n.f., (—s-—s) mother-in-law; step-mother.

=belles-lettres=, n.f.pl., (n.s.) polite literature, belles-lettres.

=belle-sœur=, n.f., (—s-—s) sister-in-law; step-sister.

=belligérant=, =-e= (bel-li-), n. and adj., belligerent, engaged in war.

=belligérer=, v.n., to make war.

=belliqueu-x=, =-se= (bel-li-), adj., warlike, martial, valiant; bellicose, quarrelsome.

=bellissime=, adj., (l.u.) extremely fine.

=bellot=, =-te=, adj., pretty, neat, natty.

=beluge=, n.m., (ich.) beluga.

=belvéder= (-dère), or =belvédère=, n.m., turret, terrace, belvidere.

=belzébuth=, n.m., Beelzebub.

=bémol=, n.m., (mus.) flat, bemol.

=bémol=, adj., flat.

=bémoliser=, v.a., (mus.) to mark with a flat.

=ben= (bène), n.m., (bot., pharm.) ben; ben-nut. Noix de —; ben-nut, oil-nut.

=bénarde=, n.f., mortise dead-lock. Serrure —; opening and shutting on both sides. Clé —; solid-key, pin-key.

=bénédicité=, n.m., grace (before meals).

=bénédictin=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., adj., Benedictine.

=bénédiction=, n.f., consecration, benediction, blessing, benison. La — d’une église; the consecration of a church. Pays de —; country of plenty. Maison de —; house of piety. Combler de —s; to load with blessings. Donner la —; to bless. Quelle —! what a blessing! En —; blessed, held sacred.

=bénéfice=, n.m., benefice, living; benefit, advantage, profit; privilege. À —; (com.) at a premium. — brut; gross profit. — net; net profit. — à charge d’âmes; a living with care of souls. Il faut prendre le — avec les charges; we must take it for better or worse. Avoir une représentation à —; (thea.) to take a benefit.

☉=bénéficence=, n.f., beneficence, favor.

=bénéficiaire=, adj. Héritier —; heir liable to no debts above the value of the assets.

=bénéficiaire=, n.m.f., beneficiary, recipient; (thea.) person who takes a benefit.

=bénéficial=, =-e=, adj., beneficiary (of livings).

=bénéficier=, n.m., beneficed clergyman, incumbent.

=bénéficier=, v.a., to extract metal from its ore.

=bénéficier=, v.n., (com.) to get, to gain, to profit by.

=benêt=, n. and adj. m., booby, fool, simpleton; silly.

☉=bénévole=, adj., gentle, kind, kindly. Lecteur —; kind, gentle, reader.

=bénévolement= (-mān), adv., out of good will.

=bengali= (bin-), n.m., Bengalee; (orni.) bengalee.

=béni=, =-e=, part., blessed, praised. V. =bénit=.

*=bénignement=, adv., benignly, kindly, graciously.

*=bénignité=, n.f., benignity, graciousness, kindness.

*=béni-n=, =-gne=, adj., benign, kind, gentle, good-natured, placid; (med.) mild.

=bénir=, v.a., to bless, to praise; to wish well; to hallow; to consecrate. Dieu vous bénisse; God bless you.

=bénit=, =-e=, part., hallowed, consecrated. Du pain —; consecrated bread. De l’eau —e; holy-water. Eau de cour; empty promises.

=bénitier= (-tié), n.m., holy-water basin; fount.

=benjamin= (bin-) n.m., favorite, youngest child.

=benjoin= (bin-), n.m., benjamin, benzoin, asadulcis.

=benoîte=, n.f., (bot.) herb-bennet, avens.

=benzine=, n.f., benzine.

=benzoate= (bin-), n.m., (chem.) benzoate.

=benzoïque= (bin-), adj., (chem.) benzoic.

*=béquillard=, n.m., (pop.) old cripple.

*=béquille=, n.f., crutch, crutch-stick; (agri.) spud; (nav.) shore.

*=béquiller=, v.n., to walk on crutches.

*=béquiller=, v.a., (gard.) to dig weeds up with a spud; (nav.) to shore up.

=ber= (bère), n.m., (nav.) cradle.

=berbère=, n.m. and f., Berber.

=berbéris=, n.m., (bot.) barberry.

*=bercail=, n.m., (n.p.) sheepfold, fold.

=berce=, n.f., (bot.) cow-parsnip.

=berceau=, n.m., cradle; place of one’s infancy; arbor, bower; (arch.) vault; (nav.) cradle; (fig.) source, origin, infancy.

=bercelle=, n.f., pincers (used by enamelers).

=bercelonnette=, n.f. V. =barcelonnette=.

=bercement=, n.m., rocking, lulling; deception, delusion.

=bercer=, v.a., to rock, to lull asleep; to lull, to amuse, to feed with hope; to delude, to flatter.

se =bercer=, v.r., to delude one’s self, to feed on, to cradle. Il se berce de vaines espérances; he deludes himself with vain hopes. Le diable le berce; he is always on the rack. J’ai été bercé de cela; I have heard that from my cradle.

=berceuse=, n.f., rocker; rocking-chair.

=béret=, n.m., cap; Tam o’ Shanter.

=bergame=, n.f., bergamot.

=bergamote=, n.f., odoriferous citron; bergamot (pear); comfit box.

=berge=, n.f., steep bank of a river; bluff.

=berger=, n.m., shepherd; swain, lover. L’heure du —; the happy, favorable, moment.

=bergère=, n.f., shepherdess; nymph, lass; (fig.) easy-chair.

=bergerette=, n.f., little shepherdess, country lass; (ornith.) wagtail.

=bergerie=, n.f., sheepfold, pen; pl., pastorals.

=bergeronnette=, n.f., young shepherdess, lass; (orni.) dish-washer, wagtail.

=béril=, n.m. V. =béryl=.

=berle=, n.f., smallage, water-parsnip.

=berline=, n.f., traveling-coach, berlin.

=berlingot=, n.m., chariot resembling a berlin, sort of gig.

=berloque= or =breloque=, n.f., (milit.) dinner-drum, breakfast-drum. (fig.) Battre la —; to talk at random.

=berlue=, n.f., dimness of sight, dazzling. Avoir la —; to be dim-sighted; (fig.) to be blind, not to see further than one’s nose.

=berme=, n.f., (fort.) berme.

=bermudienne= (-di-è-n), n.f., (bot.) bermudiana.

=bernable=, adj., deserving to be laughed at, ridiculous.

=bernacle=, n.f. V. =barnacle=.

=bernardin=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., bernardine (monk, nun).

=berne=, n.f., tossing in a blanket; banter. En —; (nav.) awaft. Mettre le pavillon en —; to set up the flag at half-mast.

=bernement=, n.m. V. =berne=.

=berner=, v.a., to toss in a blanket; to ridicule, to make a fool of, to deride, to laugh at.

=berneur=, n.m., chaffer, banterer, sneerer.

=bernique=, int., (pop.) no use; not a bit of it, no go. Je croyais le trouver chez lui, mais —; I thought I should find him in the house, but the bird had flown!

=berniquet=, n.m., (pop.) bran-basket. Only used in the expressions: Être au —; to be reduced to beggary. Mettre quelqu’un au —; to reduce any one to beggary.

=bernous=, n.m., bernous, hooded cloak.

=berret=, n.m. V. =béret=.

=béryl=, n.m., beryl.

=besace=, n.f., wallet. Être à la —; to be reduced to beggary. Mettre à la —; to bring one to beggary.

=besacier=, n.m., one who carries a wallet, a beggar.

=besaigre=, adj., (of wine) sourish, tartish. Tourner au —; to turn sour.

=besant=, n.m., (her.) bezant; (antiq.) byzant.

=besas=, =beset=, n.m., (trictrac) ambs-ace.

=besi=, n.m., a species of pear.

☉=besicles=, n.f.pl., spectacles; barnacles.

=bésigue=, n.m., besique or bézique (a card game).

*=besogne=, n.f., work, business, labor, job, piece of work. Mettre la main à la —; to set to work. Mettre quelqu’un à la —; to set any one to work. Vous avez fait là une belle —; you have made a pretty mess of it. Aimer — faite; to hate work. S’endormir sur la —; to be slack about one’s work. Tailler de la — à quelqu’un; to cut out work for, to give trouble to, any one. Être accablé de —; to be over head and ears in work. Abattre de la —; to get through a lot of work. Aller vite en —; to act quickly; not to mince matters.

☉*=besogner=, v.n., to work, to labor.

*=besogneu-x=, =-se=, adj., necessitous, needy.

=besoin=, n.m., need, want, occasion, emergency; distress, necessity, requirement. Avoir — de quelque chose; to want something. Je n’en ai pas —; I have no occasion for it. J’en ai plus — que vous; I want it more than you do. Il est dans le —; he is in distress. N’avoir — de rien; to want nothing. Au —; at a pinch, in case of need. Il l’a assisté dans le —; he was a friend to him in his distress. Autant qu’il est —; as much as is needful. Il n’est pas — de, il n’est pas — que; it is not necessary to, there is no occasion for. Pour subvenir à ses —s; to supply one’s wants. On connaît les amis au —; a friend in need is a friend indeed.

=besson=, =-ne=, adj., n., twin.

=bestiaire=, n.m., (antiq.) gladiator, bestiarius; fable-book.

=bestial=, =-e=, adj., beastly, bestial, brutish.

=bestialement= (-mān), adj., bestially, brutally, like a beast.

=bestialité= (-tia-), n.f., bestiality.

=bestiasse= (-tias), n.f., dolt, simpleton, ass.

=bestiaux= (-tiô), n.m. (plural of =bétail=), cattle.

=bestiole= (-tiol), n.f., (l.u.) little animal; poor fool.

=bêta=, n.m., =bêtasse=, n.f., blockhead, simpleton, fool. C’est un gros —; he is a stupid fellow.

*=bétail=, n.m., (bestiaux) cattle. Gros —; horned cattle. Menu —; small cattle.

=bête=, n.f., beast, brute, dumb creature, beast; fool, blockhead, stupid creature, fool; beast (game at cards). — à laine; sheep. — à cornes; horned beast. — de somme; beast of burden. — brute; brute beast. — de la Vierge; ladybird. Une bonne —; a good-natured fool. C’est une maligne —; he is a spiteful animal. C’est ma — noire; he, she, it, is my pet aversion. Faire la —; to play the fool, to stand in one’s own light. Remonter sur sa —; to get on one’s legs again. Morte la —, mort le venin; dead men tell no tales.

=bête=, adj., silly, stupid, foolish, nonsensical. Il est — à manger du foin; he is a perfect idiot. Pas si —; not such a fool, not so green?

=bétel=, n.m., (bot.) betel.

=bêtement= (-mān), adv., like a fool, foolishly, stupidly.

=bêtise=, n.f., silliness, stupidity, tomfoolery, silly thing, absurdity. C’est sa — qui l’a perdu; his stupidity was the ruin of him. Il a fait une —; he did a stupid thing. Quelle —! what an absurdity! Il a dit une —; he said a silly thing. Il ne dit que des —s; he talks nothing but nonsense. C’est de la —; it’s all nonsense. Faire des —s; to play pranks.

=bétoine=, n.f., (bot.) betony.

=bétoire=, n.m., drain-pit, drain-hole.

=béton=, n.m., beton, concrete.

=bette=, n.f., (bot.) beet.

=betterave= (-rav), n.f., beet, beet-root, mangold-wurzel.

=bétyle=, n.f., (myth.) idol-stone.

=beuglement=, n.m., bellowing, lowing.

=beugler=, v.n., to bellow, to low. Il se mit à —; he began to roar like a bull.

=beurre=, n.m., butter. — fondu; butter melted. Pot de —; jar of butter. Pot à —; butter-jar. — noir; brown butter. Faire son —; to make nice pickings. Promettre plus de — que de pain; to promise more than one can perform. On ne peut manier le — qu’on ne se graisse les doigts; you cannot touch pitch without soiling your fingers.

=beurré=, n.m., butter-pear.

=beurrée=, n.f., slice of bread and butter.

=beurrer=, v.a., to butter.

=beurrerie= (beur-rî), n.f., butter-dairy.

=beurrier=, n.m., butter-dish.

=beurri-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., butter-man, butter-woman. Il n’est bon que pour la beurrière; (of a book) it is only fit for the cheesemonger’s shop.

=bévue=, n.f., blunder, oversight, mistake. Une — grossière; an egregious mistake. Faiseur de —s; blunderer.

=bey=, n.m., bey.

=bezet=, n.m. V. =besas=.

=bézoard=, n.m., (phar.) bezoar.

=bezole=, n.m., (ich.) bezola.

=b-fa-si=, (mus.) B; (vocal mus.) si.

=biais=, n.m., bias, slope; slant, sloping, askew; way, manner, shift, subterfuge. Couper une étoffe de —; to cut on the bias, cross. Prendre une affaire du bon —, du mauvais —; to go the right, the wrong, way to work. User de —; use subterfuges.

=biaisement= (-mān), n.m., sloping, slanting, (b.s.) to shift, evasion.

=biaiser=, v.n., to slope, to slant, to lean; to use shifts, evasions. C’est un homme qui biaise; he is a shuffler.

=biaiseur=, n.m., shuffler, shifter.

=biangulaire=, adj., biangulated.

=bibelot=, n.m., bauble, trinket, nicknack, gewgaw.

=biberon=, n.m., the lip of a cruet; feeding-bottle. Elever un enfant au —; to bring up a child by hand.

=biberon=, =-ne=, n.m. and n.f., tippler, toper.

=bible=, n.f., Bible.

=bibliographe=, n.m., bibliographer.

=bibliographie=, n.f., bibliography.

=bibliographique=, adj., bibliographical.

=bibliolithe=, n.f., bibliolite.

=bibliomane=, n.m., bibliomaniac.

=bibliomanie=, n.f., bibliomania.

=bibliophile=, n.m., lover of books.

=bibliopole=, n.m., bibliopole, bibliopolist.

=bibliothécaire=, n.m., librarian, library-keeper.

=bibliothèque=, n.f., library; book-case, book-shelves. C’est une — vivante; he is a walking library.

=biblique=, adj., biblical.

=bibliste=, n.m., biblist.

=bibus=, n.m., trifle. Des raisons de —; paltry reasons.

=bicarbonate=, n.m., (chem.) bicarbonate.

=biceps= (-sèps), n.m., (anat.) biceps.

☉=bicêtre=, n.m., mad-house. (The French Bedlam.)

=biche=, n.f., hind; roe. À pied de —; claw-footed.

=bichette=, n.f., little dear, love (child).

=bichon=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., lap-dog; little dear, love.

=bichonner=, v.a., to curl.

se =bichonner=, v.r., to curl one’s hair.

=biconcave=, adj., bi-concave.

=bicoque=, n.f., little paltry town; hut, hovel.

=bicorne=, adj., bicornered, two-horned.

=bicornu=, =-e=, adj., bicornous.

=bicuspidé=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) having two points, bicuspid.

=bidenté=, =-e=, adj., bidental.

=bidet=, n.m., pony, nag; bidet (bath).

=bidon=, n.m., can; camp-kettle; canteen.

=bief= (bié), or =biez= (bié), n.m., mill-course, mill-race; reach (canals).

=bielle=, n.f., crank, connecting-rod.

=bien= (bi-in), n.m., good, benefit, welfare, wellbeing, blessing; gift; boon, mercy; endowment; estate; property; gains; pl., good things; goods; chattels. Le souverain —; the sovereign good. Les —s de la terre; the good things of the earth. Rendre le — pour le mal; to render good for evil. Cela ne fait ni — ni mal; that does neither good nor harm. Cela fait du —; that does one good. Dire du — de quelqu’un; to speak well of any one. Grand — vous fasse; much good may it do you. Un homme de —; an honest, virtuous man. Les gens de —; good men. En tout — et tout honneur; with honorable intentions. — clair et liquide; unencumbered estate. — embarrassé; encumbered estate. — engagé, hypothéqué; mortgaged estate. Avoir du — au soleil; to have landed property. Avoir du — mal acquis; to have ill-gotten gains. Dépenser, manger son —; to spend one’s fortune. Le — public; public weal. Abondance de —s ne nuit pas; store is no sore. Mener à —; to bring to a successful issue. Le mieux est l’ennemi du —; leave well alone. Périr corps et —s; (of ships) to go down with all hands. Séparation de corps et de —s; judicial separation (a mensâ et thoro).

=bien= (bi-in), adv., well; right; proper, properly; finely; in a fine plight, pickle, mess; comfortable; well off; on good terms; in favor; good-looking; much; certainly; truly; indeed; quite; full; completely; formally; clearly; expressly; very; far; very much; very well; many; great many; a great deal. Il se conduit —; he behaves well. Il se porte —; he is well. Il parle — français; he speaks French well. Assez —; pretty well. Fort —; very well. Passablement —; tolerably well. Ils sont fort — ensemble; they are on very good terms. On est fort — ici; this is a very comfortable place. Je suis très — ici; I am quite comfortable here. Cette femme est —; that woman is good-looking. Cette jeune personne se tient —; that young lady has a good carriage. — trouvé; cleverly thought of. C’est —; that’s right. Tout va —; all’s right. Je me trouve — de ce nouveau régime; I am all the better for this new diet. Il est — dans ses affaires; he is well to do. Nous voilà —; we are in a fine pickle. Voilà — du bruit pour un rien; here is a mighty deal of stir about nothing. Il y avait — du monde; there were many people. Il est déjà — loin; he is very far off by this time. Vous êtes — bon; you are very kind. — mieux; far better. Il a été — attrapé; he has been finely caught. Il a été — battu; he has been soundly beaten. J’en ai — assez de tout ce monde; I am heartily sick of all these people. Il y a — dix lieues d’ici; it is fully ten leagues away. Je l’ai — pensé; I thought so. Je vous l’avais — dit; I told you so. Il y a — là de quoi plaisanter! a fine matter truly for joking! Auriez-vous — l’assurance de le nier? would you really be bold enough to deny it? C’est être — prompt; this is being rather hasty. Je le savais —, je m’en doutais —; I knew as much, I suspected as much. — lui a pris de; it was well for him he did so. Je le veux —; I have no objection. Voulez-vous — me donner son adresse? would you be so good as to give me his address? Regardez-moi —; look at me steadfastly.

=bien-aimé=, =-e=, adj. & n.m.f., (—-—s) beloved, well-beloved, darling, dear, lief.

=bien-dire=, n.m., (n.p.) (fam.) fine speaking. Le bien faire vaut mieux que le —; to act well is better than to talk well. Être sur son —; to be on one’s best behavior.

=bien-disant=, =-e=, adj., (—-—s) well-spoken.

=bien-être=, n.m., (n.p.) well-being, welfare, comfort, comforts. Tout le monde cherche son —; every one looks after his own comforts.

=bienfaisance=, n.f., beneficence, bounty, munificence. Société de —; benevolent society. Œuvre de —; charity.

=bienfaisant=, =-e=, adj., beneficent, kind, gracious, bountiful, munificent.

=bienfait=, n.m., good term, good office, kindness, benefit, favor, pleasure, courtesy. Combler de —s; to load with favors. On oublie plus tôt les —s que les injures; services are sooner forgotten than injuries. Un — n’est jamais perdu; a kindness is never thrown away.

=bienfait-eur=, n.m., =-rice=, n.f., benefactor, benefactress, patron.

=bien-fonds=, n.m., (—s-—) landed property.

=bienheureu-x=, =-se=, adj., happy, fortunate, blest, blissful; blessed.

=biennal=, =-e= (bi-èn-nal), adj., biennial.

=bien que=, conj., though, although. Bien qu’il le sache, il n’en parle pas; although he knows it, he says nothing about it. Si —; so that.

=bienséance=, n.f., decency, decorum, propriety, seemliness; conveniency; manners. Garder la —, les —s; to observe decorum.

=bienséant=, =-e=, adj., decent, becoming, fitting, seemly, beseeming, decorous, fit.

☉=bien-tenant=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., (—-—s) (jur.) person in possession.

=bientôt=, adv., soon, ere long, shortly. À —! good-bye for the present.

*=bienveillance=, n.f., benevolence, good-will, protection, favor, friendliness, kindness. Gagner la — de quelqu’un; to win any one’s good will.

*=bienveillant=, =-e=, adj., benevolent, kind, friendly, well-wishing.

=bienvenir=, v.n. Only used in the expression: Se faire — de; to ingratiate one’s self into any one’s favor.

=bienvenu=, =-e= (bi-in-vnu), adj., welcome. C’est un homme qui est — partout; he is welcome everywhere. Soyez le —; be welcome.

=bienvenue=, n.f., welcome; footing. Payer sa —; to pay one’s footing. Souhaiter la — à (quelqu’un); to greet (any one).

☉=bienvoulu=, =-e=, adj., beloved, loved.

=bière=, n.f., beer. Petite —; small beer. Débit de —; ale-house. Ce n’est pas de la petite —; it is no joke.

=bière=, n.f., coffin, bier.

=bièvre=, n.m., beaver, castor.

=biez=, n.m. V. =bief=.

=biffer=, v.a., to cancel, to strike off; to run the pen through; to blot out.

=bifide=, adj., (bot.) bifid.

=biflore=, adj., (bot.) biflorous.

=bifolié=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) two-leaved.

=bifteck=, n.m., beefsteak (Châteaubriand); rump-steak. — d’ours; bear-steak (A. Dumas).

=bifurcation=, n.f., bifurcation.

=bifurqué=, =-e=, adj., bifurcated, forked.

se =bifurquer=, v.r., to be forked, bifurcated.

=bigame=, adj., guilty of bigamy.

=bigame=, n.m.f., bigamist.

=bigamie=, n.f., bigamy.

=bigarade=, n.f., Seville orange.

=bigaradier=, n.m., Seville orange-tree.

=bigarré=, =-e=, adj., (b.s.) party-colored, motley, streaked.

=bigarreau=, n.m., bigaroon (cherry).

=bigarreautier=, n.m., bigarreautier, bigaroon-tree.

=bigarrer=, v.a., to checker, to streak, to make motley, party color.

=bigarrure=, n.f., medley, mixture.

=bigéminé=, =-e=, adj., bigeminate.

=bigle=, adj., (l.u.) squint-eyed.

=bigler=, v.n., (l.u.) to squint.

*=bignonie=, n.f., trumpet-flower.

=bigorne=, n.f., beaked anvil, bickern.

=bigorneau=, n.m., periwinkle.

=bigot=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., bigot; devotee; hypocrite.

=bigot=, =-e=, adj., bigoted.

=bigoterie= (-trî), n.f., bigotry. Donner dans la —; to turn bigot.

=bigotisme=, n.m., bigotry.

=bigoudis=, n.m., curling pin, roller.

=bigourneau=. V. =bigorneau=.

=bigue= (big-) n.f., (nav.) sheers.

=bihoreau=, n.m., night heron.

=bijon=, n.m., (l.u.). V. =térébenthine=.

=bijou=, n.m., jewel, trinket. Cet enfant est son —; that child is his darling. Venez, mon —; come, darling.

=bijouterie= (-trî), n.f., jewelry.

=bijouti-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., jeweler.

=bijugué=, =-e=, (-ghé), adj., bijugous.

=bilabié=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) bilabiate.

=bilan=, n.m., (com.) balance-sheet; schedule. Déposer son —; to stop payment; to become bankrupt.

=bilatéral=, =-e=, adj., bilateral; (jur.) reciprocal.

=bilboquet=, n.m., cup and ball; curling-pipe. C’est un véritable —; he is a giddy-headed fellow.

=bile=, n.f., bile; gall, anger, spleen. Echauffer la — à quelqu’un; to provoke any one’s anger. Décharger sa —; to vent one’s anger. Ne pas se faire de —; to take things easily.

=biliaire=, adj., (med.) biliary.

=bilieu-x=, =-se=, adj., bilious; choleric, passionate, angry. Au teint —; bilious looking.

=bilingue=, adj., double-tongued, bilingual.

=bill=, n.m., (—s) bill (projet de loi).

*=billard=, n.m., billiards; billiard-table; billiard-room.

*=billarder=, v.n., to strike a ball twice; to strike the two balls together.

*=bille=, n.f., billiard-ball; marble taw (to play with); a log, balk (of timber). Faire une —; to hole a ball.

*=billebaude=, n.f., hurly-burly, confusion. À la —; in confusion, in disorder.

*=billet=, n.m., note, letter; bill, hand-bill; ticket, label; promissory note; billet (for quartering soldiers); note of hand; circular letter. — à vue, à ordre; bill payable at sight, to order. — payable à présentation; bill payable on demand. — de complaisance; accommodation bill. — véreux; unsafe bill. — échu; bill due. Faire les fonds d’un —; to provide for a bill. J’en ai fait mon —; I gave my promissory note for it. — de banque; bank-note. — à porteur; to bearer. — à ordre; to order. — doux; love-letter. — d’entrée; entrance-ticket. — blanc; a blank. — de logement; billet. — d’aller; single ticket. — d’aller et retour; return ticket.

*=billeté=, =-e=, adj., ticketed; labeled; (her.) billeted.

=billeter=, v.a., to ticket, to label; to billet.

*=billette=, n.f., notice to pay toll; (her.) billet.

*=billevesée=, n.f., idle story, foolish trash, crochet, stuff, nonsense.

=billion=, n.m., one thousand millions.

*=billon=, n.m., base coin; place where base coin is received (to be melted); (agri.) ridge. Monnaie de —; copper money.

*=billonnage=, n.m., dealing in base coin; (of land) ridging.

☉*=billonnement= (bi-io-n-mān), n.m., debasing coin.

☉*=billonner=, v.a., to debase coin, to circulate debased coin; (agri.) to ridge.

☉*=billonneur=, n.m., debaser, utterer of debased coin.

*=billot=, n.m., block, log; clog (for animals).

=bilobé=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) bilobate.

=biloculaire=, adj., (bot.) bilocular.

=bimane=, n.m. and adj., (zoöl.) bimanous.

=bimbelot= (bim-blo), n.m., plaything, toy.

=bimbeloterie= (bim-blo-trî), n.f., playthings, toy trade.

=bimbelotier= (bim-blo-), n.m., toyman.

=binage=, n.m., plowing, second dressing; saying mass twice in a day.

=binaire=, adj., binary.

=binard=, n.m., wagon, trolley, truck.

=biné=, =-e=, adj., binated.

=biner=, v.a. and v.n., (agri.) to dig again, to dress a second time; to say two masses in a day.

=binet=, n.m., save-all. Faire —; to be miserly.

=binette=, n.f., hoe; face, phiz. Quelle —! what a face, to be sure!

=binocle=, n.m., double eye-glass; binocle.

=binoculaire=, adj., binocular.

=binôme=, n.m., (alg.) binomial.

=biographe=, n.m., biographer.

=biographie=, n.f., biography.

=biographique=, adj., biographical.

=biologie=, n.f., biology.

=biologique=, adj., biological.

=bipédal=, =-e=, adj., bipedal.

=bipède=, n.m., biped. — antérieur; (man.) fore limbs of a horse. — postérieur; hind limbs.

=bipède=, adj., two-legged, bipedal.

=bipenne=, n.f., two-edged ax.

=biquadratique= (-koua-), adj., (alg.) biquadratic.

=bique=, n.f., she-goat; pony, nag; jade.

=biquet=, n.m., kid; assay scales.

=birème=, n.f., bireme.

=biribi=, n.m., biribi (a game of chance); back lining (of a shoe); punishment regiment in Algeria.

=birloir=, n.m., window-catch holder.

=bis= (bi), =-e=, adj., brown; tawny, swarthy. Du pain —; brown bread. À — à blanc; anyhow.

=bis= (bîss), int., twice; encore. Crier —; to encore.

=bisaïeul=, n.m., great-grandfather.

=bisaïeule=, n.f., great-grandmother.

=bisaille=, n.f., whole meal; field pea.

=bisannuel=, =-le=, adj., (bot.) biennial.

*=bisbille=, n.f., quarrel, bickering, jangling.

=biscaïen=, (i-in), n.m., ☉long-barreled musket; grapeshot ball.

=biscaïen=, =-ne=, adj., ☉long-barreled (of guns).

=bischof= or =bishof=, n.m., bishop (liquor).

=biscornu=, =-e=, adj., outlandish, odd, queer.

=biscotin=, n.m., sweet biscuit.

=biscuit=, n.m., biscuit, sea-bread; hard kind of brick; semi-vitrified porcelain. S’embarquer sans —; to embark on an enterprise unprepared. — à la cuiller; Savoy biscuit.

=bise=, n.f., north wind, cold wind; blast.

=biseau=, n.m., (cook.) kissing-crust; beveling; basil; (carp.) feather edge; (print.) side-stick.

=biseauter=, v.a., to bevel; to cheat in gambling. Cartes biseautées; corner-bent cards.

=biser=, v.n., to blacken, to get brown (of seeds).

=biser=, v.a., (dye.) to dye a stuff over again.

=biset=, n.m., rock-dove or pigeon; coarse gray cloth; national guard on duty in private clothes.

=bisette=, n.f., footing lace; (orni.) sea-duck.

=bismuth=, n.m., bismuth, tin-glass.

=bison=, n.m., (mam.) bison.

=bisonne=, n.f., gray cloth used for lining.

=bisquain=, n.m., sheep’s skin with the wool on.

=bisque=, n.f., (cook.) bisk soup, cullis; odds (at tennis). Avoir quinze et — sur la partie; to have the odds in one’s favor.

=bisquer=, v.n., (fam.) to be vexed, to be riled. Faire —; to vex, plague, rile.

=bissac=, n.m., wallet; (fig.) beggary.

=bissection=, n.f., (geom.) bisection.

=bisser=, v.a., to encore.

=bissexe=, adj., bisexous, bisexual.

=bissexte=, n.m., bissextile.

=bissextil=, =-e=, adj., bissextile. Année —e; leap-year.

=bissexuel=, =-le=, adj., (bot.) bisexous, bisexual.

=bissus= (-sus), n.m. V. =byssus=.

☉=bistoquet=, n.m., billiard-mace.

=bistorte=, n.f., (bot.) bistort, snake-weed.

=bistouri=, n.m., (surg.) bistoury, knife.

=bistourné=, =-e=, adj., twisted, crooked.

=bistourner=, v.a., to twist.

=bistre=, n.m., (paint.) bister.

=bistré=, =-e=, adj., color of bister; swarthy, dusky, tawny. Teint —; swarthy complexion.

=bistreu-x=, =-se=, adj., of bister.

=biterné=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) biternate.

=bitord=, =bitors=, n.m., (nav.) twine, spun-yarn.

=bitte=, n.f., (nav.) bitt.

=bitter=, v.a., (nav.) to bitt (a cable).

=bitton=, n.m., (nav.) timber-head.

=bitume=, n.m., bitumen.

=bituminer=, v.a., to bituminate.

=bitumineu-x=, =-se=, adj., bituminous.

=bivalve=, adj., bivalvular.

=bivalve=, n.m., bivalve.

=bivouac= or =bivac=, n.m., bivouac.

=bivouaquer= or =bivaquer=, v.n., to bivouac.

=bizarre=, adj., odd, fantastical, singular, strange, whimsical, extravagant, out of the way.

=bizarre=, n.m. V. =bizarrerie=.

=bizarrement=, adv., oddly, fantastically, whimsically, queerly, strangely.

=bizarrerie= (-rar-rî), n.f., caprice, extravagance, whim, singularity, oddness.

=blafard=, =-e=, adj., dim, dull, wan, lurid. Lumière —e; dim, lurid light.

=blague= (blag), n.f., tobacco-pouch; (pop.) fudge, humbug; hoax. La bonne —! what a joke!

=blaguer= (-ghé), v.a. and n., (pop.) to hoax, to humbug; to draw the long bow.

=blagueur= (-gheur), n.m., (pop.) hoaxer, humbug.

=blaireau=, n.m., badger, shaving-brush.

=blâmable=, adj., blamable, faulty, culpable.

=blâme=, n.m., blame, reproach, obloquy, disapprobation, reprehension. Action digne de —; blameable action. Déverser le — sur; to cast the blame on. Eviter le —; to avoid being blamed. Donner le — à quelqu’un; to blame any one. Rejeter le — sur; to throw the blame on. Tout le — en tombe sur lui; all the blame falls upon him.

=blâmer=, v.a., to blame, to censure, to disapprove, to find fault with. On ne saurait le —; he cannot be blamed.

=blanc=, =-he= (blan, blansh), adj., white; clean; hoar, hoary; (print.) open (of type); blank (of verses). — comme neige; as white as snow. Gelée —he; hoar frost. Vers —s; blank verse. C’est bonnet —, et — bonnet; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. Rouge soir et — matin, c’est la journée du pèlerin; evening red and morning gray sets the traveler on his way. Du linge —; clean linen. Passer une nuit —che; to have a sleepless night.

=blanc=, n.m., white, blank. —-seing; blank signature. Le — de l’œil; the white of the eye. — d’Espagne; whiting. — de baleine; spermaceti. — de céruse; ceruse. — de plomb; white lead. — de chaux; whitewash. — de volaille; breast of a fowl. De but en —; bluntly. Dire tantôt —, tantôt noir; to say first one thing, then another. Se manger le — des yeux; to look daggers at one another. Ligne de —; (print.) white line. Tirage en —; (print.) working the white paper. Tirer en —; (print.) to work the white paper. En —; left blank. Le —; the target.

=blanc-bec=, n.m., (—s-—s) beardless youth, youngster; (b.s.) greenhorn.

*=blanchaille=, n.f., fry, small fish, white-bait.

=blanchâtre=, adj., whitish, somewhat white.

=blanche=, n.f., minim (in music).

=blanchement= (blansh-mān), adv., (l.u.) cleanly, neatly.

=blancher=, n.m., tanner (of small skins).

=blancherie=, n.f. V. =blanchisserie=.

=blanchet=, n.m., strainer; (print.) blanket.

=blancheur=, n.f., whiteness; hoariness, cleanliness; light; purity, innocence, virtue.

=blanchiment=, n.m., bleaching, blanching, washing. Le — de l’argent; the washing of silver. Mettre des chandelles au —; to bleach candles.

=blanchir=, v.a., to whiten, to make white; to whitewash; to wash, to bleach, to make clean; to blanch; to boil off, to scald (fruits, greens); (print.) to white over; to plane, to rough down. — un plafond; to whitewash a ceiling. — des toiles; to bleach linen. — les flans; (coin.) to blanch planchets. — du linge; to wash linen. On me blanchit; they find me in washing. On blanchit aujourd’hui chez nous; this is washing-day with us. — un ais; to plane a board. — à neuf; to clear-starch.

=blanchir=, v.n., to whiten, to grow white, to foam. Il commence à —; he is getting gray. Tête de fou ne blanchit jamais; a fool’s head is never gray.

se =blanchir=, v.r., to whiten, to wash.

=blanchissage=, n.m., washing. — de fin or à neuf; clear-starching.

=blanchissant=, =-e=, adj., that whitens, grows white, foaming.

=blanchisserie= (-shis-rî), n.f., bleaching-house, laundry.

=blanchisseur=, n.m., washerman, bleacher.

=blanchisseuse=, n.f., washerwoman, laundress. — de fin; clear-starcher.

=blanc-manger=, n.m., (—s-—s) (cook.) blancmange.

=blanc-seing=, n.m., (—s-—s) signature in blank.

=blanque=, n.f., lottery, lucky bag (of articles).

=blanquette=, n.f., blanket (pear); blanquette (wine); ragoût with white sauce; (bot.) corn-salad; (ich.) white-bait. V. =blanchaille=.

=blaque=, n.f. V. =blague=.

=blaser=, v.a., to blunt, to pall; to cloy, to sicken, to surfeit. Il est blasé sur les plaisirs; he has lost all sense of enjoyment. Il est blasé sur tout; he is sick of everything.

se =blaser=, v.r., to be palled, surfeited, used up.

=blason=, n.m., heraldry, blazon, blazonry; coat of arms.

=blasonner=, v.a., to blazon; (fam.) to criticize, to traduce, to blacken.

=blasphémat-eur=, n.m., =-rice=, n.f., blasphemer.

=blasphématoire=, adj., blasphemous.

=blasphème=, n.m., blasphemy.

=blasphémer=, v.a., to blaspheme.

=blasphémer=, v.n., to blaspheme, to curse.

=blatier=, n.m., corn-chandler, dealer in corn.

=blatte=, n.f., (ent.) mill-moth. — d’Amérique; cockroach. V. =cafard=.

=blaude=, n.f. V. =blouse=.

=blé=, n.m., wheat, corn; grain. —-froment; wheat. —-seigle; rye. Grands —s; wheat and rye. Petits —s; oats, barley. — méteil; wheat and rye. — de Turquie; Indian corn. — noir, — sarrasin; buckwheat. — barbu; stiff wheat. Du — en herbe; corn in the blade. Serrer du —; to house corn. Manger son — en herbe; to spend one’s money before one has it. Facteur en —; corn-factor. Halle au —; corn exchange.

=bleime=, n.f., (vet.) bleyme.

=blême=, adj., sallow, pale, ghastly, wan.

=blêmir=, v.n., to turn or grow pale.

=blende=, n.f., (min.) mock ore; blende.

=blennie= (blè-nî), n.f., (ich.) blenny.

=blennorrhée= (blèn-no-rée), n.f., blennorrhœa, gleet.

=blèsement=, n.m., lisping.

=bléser=, v.n., to lisp.

=blessant=, =-e=, adj., offensive, shocking.

=blessé=, =-e=, part., wounded, hurt, diseased.

=blesser=, v.a., to wound, to cut, to hurt, to pinch, to offend, to injure, to grate, to fret, to wring, to shock, to gall. Cela me blesse; that hurts me. Mes souliers me blessent; my shoes pinch me. Cette phrase blesse l’oreille; that sentence grates upon the ear. — la vue; to offend the eye. — les oreilles chastes; to offend chaste ears. — l’honneur de quelqu’un; to wound any one’s honor. — les convenances; to offend against propriety.

se =blesser=, v.r., to hurt or cut one’s self; to take offense.

=blessure=, n.f., wound, cut, hurt. Les —s faites à l’honneur; the wounds inflicted upon one’s honor. Gratification pour —; (milit.) smart-money. Coups et —s; aggravated assault.

=blet=, =-te=, adj., (fruit) soft, sleepy. Poire blette; sleepy pear.

=blète= or =blette=, n.f., (bot.) blite, strawberry-spinach; kind of amaranth, flower-gentle.

=bleu=, =-e=, adj., (—s) blue. Avoir les yeux —s; to be blue-eyed. Cordon —; first-rate cook. Conte —; tale of a tub, fairy tale. Il m’a battu tout —; he has beaten me black and blue.

=bleu=, n.m., (—s) blue, blueness. — de Prusse; Prussian blue. — d’azur; smalt. — de cobalt; cobalt blue. — de ciel; sky blue. Petit —; bad, sourish wine.

=bleuâtre=, adj., bluish, somewhat blue.

=bleuet=, n.m. V. =bluet=.

=bleuette=, n.f. V. =bluette=.

=bleuir=, v.a., to make blue, to blue.

=blindage=, n.m., sheeting, iron-plating, armor-plating; (milit.) poling.

=blinder=, v.a., to sheet, to plate; (milit.) to cover with blinds.

=blindes=, n.f.pl., (fort.) blinds.

=bloc=, n.m., lump, bulk, mass; block, log; stocks. Acheter en —; to buy in a lump.

=blocage=, n.m., rubble.

=blocage=, n.m., (print.) turned letter, turning.

*=blocaille=, n.f., (mas.) rubble-stone; pebble-work.

=blockhaus= (blok-hôs), n.m., (—) blockhouse.

=blocus=, n.m., (—) (milit.) investment; (nav.) blockade. Lever le —; to raise the blockade.

=blond=, =-e=, adj., flaxen, fair, light. Des cheveux —s; light hair. Un homme —; a fair man. Il est délicat et —; he is a dainty spark, difficult to please.

=blond=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., fair, light color; fair person. — ardent; sandy color. — cendré; light yellow. — doré; golden. Courtiser la brune et la —e; to make love to a number of women.

=blonde=, n.f., blond, blond-lace.

=blondier=, n.m., blonde-lace maker.

=blondin=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., a fair-complexioned person; spark. Un beau —; a fine young spark.

=blondir=, v.n., to grow light or fair.

=blondissant=, =-e=, adj., yellowish, golden.

=bloqué=, n.m., ball holed (at billiards).

=bloquer=, v.a., to blockade; to block up, to fill up (cavities in walls with mortar); (print.) to turn; to hole a ball (billiards).

se =blottir=, v.r., to squat, to cower, to crouch, to lie close to the ground.

=blouse=, n.f., pocket (of a billiard-table); smock-frock; blouse; pinafore.

=blouser=, v.a., to hole (at billiards); to cheat. Il m’a blousé; he has cheated me.

se =blouser=, v.r., to hole one’s own ball; to blunder; to be in the wrong box.

=bluet=, n.m., (bot.) bluebottle, corn-flower; (orni.) bluebird, kingfisher.

=bluette=, n.f., spark, flash, flake of fire; (lit.) literary trifle; smart production.

=blutage=, n.m., bolting, sifting (of flour).

=bluteau= or =blutoir=, n.m., bolter, bolting-mill.

=bluter=, v.a., to bolt, to sift (meal).

=bluterie= (-trî), n.f., bolting-room.

=boa=, n.m., (—s) (erpetology) boa; fur tippet.

=bobêche=, n.f., sconce; socket (of a candle-stick).

=bobine=, n.f., bobbin; spool, reel.

=bobiner=, v.a., to wind on a bobbin, to spool.

=bobineuse=, n.f., winder.

=bobo=, n.m., hurt, sore. Avoir —; to have a slight ailment.

=bocage=, n.m., grove, coppice.

=bocag-er=, =-ère=, adj., of groves, shady.

=bocal=, n.m., short-necked bottle; glass bowl; large phial; carboy mouthpiece.

=bocard=, n.m., (metal.) stamper, crushing-mill.

=bocardage=, n.m., (metal.) crushing, pounding, stamping.

=bocarder=, v.a., (metal.) to stamp, to pound.

=bock=, n.m., glass of beer.

=bodruche=. V. =baudruche=.

=bœuf=, n.m., ox, bull; beef. Troupeau de —s; drove of oxen. Accoupler, découpler, les —s; to yoke, to unyoke, oxen. Du — à la mode; a-la-mode beef. Un —; a dull-pated, heavy fellow. Mettre la charrue devant les —s; to put the cart before the horse. Le — gras; the fatted ox, prize ox.

=bœufs= (beû), n.m.pl., oxen.

=boghei= (-gay), n.m., (—s) light gig, buggy.

=bogue= (bog), n.f., chestnut-bur.

=bohé= or =bohea=, n. and adj. m., bohea tea.

=bohème=, n.m.f., =bohémien=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., gipsy, bohemian, tramp.

=boïard=, n.m. V. =boyard=.

=boire= (buvant, bu), v.a., to drink, to imbibe; to absorb. — un affront; to pocket an affront. — le calice jusqu’à la lie; to drain the cup to the dregs. Qui fait la folie, la boit; as you brew, so you must drink.

=boire=, v.n., to drink, to tipple; to blot, to be puckered (of needlework). — à la ronde; glasses round. — à la santé de quelqu’un; to drink any one’s health. C’est un homme qui boit; he is a drunkard. — à longs traits; to drink long draughts. — sec; to drink hard, neat. — comme un trou; to drink like a fish. A —; some drink. Ce papier boit; this paper blots. Qui a bu, boira; habit is second nature. Le vin est tiré, il faut le —; in for a penny, in for a pound.

=boire=, n.m., drink, drinking. Le — et le manger; eating and drinking. Elle lui apprête son — et son manger; she prepares his meals for him.

=bois=, n.m., wood, forest; timber; horns (of a deer, &c.); cross (of Christ); bedstead; stock (of a gun); staff (of a lance). Un — de haute futaie; a wood of lofty trees. Un — taillis; a copse. — mort sur pied; dead wood. Mort-—; wood of little value, such as hawthorn, bramble, &c. La lisière d’un —; the skirt, edge of a wood. La faim chasse le loup du —; hunger will break through stone walls. — puant; beau trefoil. — de rose; tulipwood. — de gaiac; lignum vitæ. — de Sainte-Lucie; Mahaleb. — de palissandre; violet ebony. — sur pied; standing wood. — d’équarrissage; square timber. — en grume; round timber. Le fil du —; the grain of the wood. — de sciage; sawn timber. — de refend; cleft timber. — chablis; wind-fallen wood. — de charpente; timber, straight timber. — de charronnage; wheel-wrights’ timber. — de construction pour la marine; ship timber. — de chauffage; firewood. — flotté; floated wood. — d’araignée; crow-foot. Faire du —; to get wood. Une voie de —; load of wood. Un train de —; a float of wood. Il ne sait plus de quel — faire flèche; he does not know which way to turn, what to be at. Je sais de quel — il se chauffe; I know what metal he is made of. Il est du — dont on fait les flûtes; he will chime in with anything. Trouver visage de —; to find no one at home. Un — de lit; a bedstead. Le — tortu fait le feu droit; the end justifies the means.

=boisage=, n.m., wood-work.

=boisé=, =-e=, adj., woody, abounding with wood, wooded. Chambre —e; wainscoted room.

=boisement=, n.m., planting land with trees, timbering, afforestation.

=boiser=, v.a., to put woodwork to; to timber.

=boiserie= (boaz-rî), n.f., wainscot, wainscoting.

=boiseu-x=, =-se=, adj., woody, ligneous.

=boisseau=, n.m., bushel.

=boisselée= (boas-lée), n.f., a bushelful.

=boisselier=, n.m., cooper, bushel-maker.

=boissellerie= (boa-sèl-rî), n.f., cooperage, bushel-making.

=boisson=, n.f., drink, beverage, drinking, drunkenness. Être adonné à la —; to be addicted to drinking. Être pris de —; to be intoxicated.

=boîte=, n.f., ripeness, maturity of wine. En —; matured.

=boîte=, n.f., box; case (of a watch, a rudder). — de montre; watch-case. — à poudre; powder-box. — à savon; soap-tray. — à thé; tea-caddy. — aux lettres; letter-box.

=boite=, n.f., foot-soreness (of cattle).

=boitement= (boat-mān), n.m., halting, limping.

=boiter=, v.n., to be lame, to walk lame, to limp, to halt, to hobble. — d’un pied; to walk lame of one foot. En boitant; limpingly.

=boiterie= (boa-trî), n.f., (vet.) halting.

=boiteu-x=, =-se=, n. and adj., lame person; lame, halt, hobbling; limping. Le Diable —; the Devil on two sticks. Attendre le —; to bide one’s time. Il ne faut pas clocher devant les —; you must not remind people of their infirmities.

=boîtier=, n.m., surgeon’s case of instruments.

=bol=, n.m., a large pill, bolus; (min.) bole; bowl, basin, finger-glass.

=bolaire=, adj., (min.) bolary.

=bolet=, n.m., (bot.) boletus.

=bolide=, n.m., (astron.) bolis, fire-ball.

=bolus=, n.m. V. =bol=.

=bombance=, n.f., feasting, junketing. Faire —; to feast.

=bombarde=, n.f., bomb-ketch, bomb-vessel; (mus.) organ-stop.

=bombardement=, n.m., bombardment.

=bombarder=, v.a., to bombard.

=bombardier=, n.m., bombardier.

☉=bombasin=, n.m., bombazine.

=bombe=, n.f., bomb-shell, ball. La — a crevé en l’air; the bomb has burst in the air. Voûte à l’épreuve de la —; bomb-proof vault. Gare la —! look out for squalls!

=bombé=, =-e=, adj., arched; barreled; convex.

=bombement= (-mān), n.m., swelling, bulging out, convexity.

=bomber=, v.a., to cause anything to bulge, to jut, to swell out, to arch, to curve, to barrel (of roads).

=bomber=, v.n., to bulge, to jut out.

=bomberie= (bon-brî), n.f., shell-foundry, bomb-foundry.

=bombeur=, n.m., maker of convex glasses.

=bombonne=, n.f., big can, drum.

=bombyx=, n.m., (ent.) bombyx, silkworm.

=bomerie= (bôm-rî), n.f., (com.) bottomry.

=bon=, =-ne=, adj., good, kind; favorable; fine, convenient, advantageous, profitable, proper; safe, solvent; full; silly, foolish; wholesome; easy, good-natured. —! good! C’est —; all right, very good. Cela ne présage rien de —; that bodes no good. En — état; sound. —ne foi; plain dealing, uprightness. — sens; sensibleness. Faire —ne chère; to live well. À — appétit il ne faut point de sauce; a good appetite needs no sauce. Une —ne fois; once for all. Vous êtes trop —; you are too kind. C’est une —ne personne; she is a good creature. — à prendre; worth taking. — à boire; good to drink. À quoi — tant de peines? what is the use of so much trouble? —ne nourriture; wholesome food. Voilà ce qu’il y a de —; that’s one comfort. Prendre quelque chose en —ne part; to take a thing well. Les — comptes font les — amis; short reckonings make long friends. Tout lui est —; all is fish that comes to his net. C’est une —ne tête; he has a good head-piece. À — jour, —ne œuvre; the better the day, the better the deed. De —ne heure; early. Il est encore de —ne heure; it is still early. À la —ne heure! good! well done! that’s something like. Se donner du — temps; to divert one’s self. Trouver —; to approve, to like. Sentir —; to have a good smell. Tenir —; to hold out. Il ne fait pas — avoir affaire à lui; it is dangerous to meddle with him. La lui garder —ne; to owe any one a grudge. Être homme à —nes fortunes; to be a lady-killer. Il y va de —ne foi; he plays fair and square. Si — vous semble; if you think proper. Vous êtes — vous! I like you! De — cœur; heartily. De —ne foi; sincerely. La faire courte et —ne; to have a short but merry life. Que vous êtes —! how silly you are! Tout de —; in earnest. À quelque chose malheur est —; it’s an ill wind that blows good to no one. Faire —ne mine à mauvais jeu; to put a good face upon matters. À — vin, point d’enseigne; good wine needs no bush. Une —ne fuite vaut mieux qu’une mauvaise attente; discretion is the better part of valor.

=bon=, n.m., good quality, what is good in a thing; the best, the fun of a thing; voucher, check, bond. Il a cela de — qu’il ne ment jamais; he has this good quality, that he never tells a lie. Le — de l’histoire; the cream of the story.

=bon=, int., well, good, right.

=bonace=, n.f., (nav.) calm, smooth sea; lull.

=bonasse=, adj., simple, foolish; silly, credulous; soft, complying.

=bonbon=, n.m., bonbon, sweetmeat, comfit.

=bonbonnière=, n.f., sweetmeat box; snug little house.

=bon-chrétien= (-kré-), n.m., (—s-—s) Bartlett pear.

=bond=, n.m., bound, skip, gambol; caper, leap, jump. Faire un —; to make a bound. Second —; rebound. Prendre la balle au —; to catch the ball at the bound; to seize time by the forelock. Il m’a fait faux —; he has given me the slip. Il s’élança d’un — par-dessus la muraille; he cleared the wall at a bound. Par sauts et par —s; by leaps and bounds. Il ne va que par sauts et par —s; he only works by fits and starts. Tant de — que de volée; anyhow, or by hook or by crook.

=bondé=, =-e=, adj., quite full, full to the bung.

=bonde=, n.f., sluice; bung, bung-hole.

=bonder=, v.a., (nav.) to lade full, to fill.

=bondir=, v.n., to bounce, to bound, to rebound; to caper, to skip, to frisk. Il bondissait de rage; he bounded with rage. Cela fait — le cœur; that makes one’s heart leap.

=bondissant=, =-e=, adj., bounding, skipping, frisking.

=bondissement= (-mān), n.m., bouncing, bounding, skipping, frisking.

=bondon=, n.m., bung; bunghole.

=bondonner=, v.a., to bung, to stop with a bung, to close up.

=bondonnière=, n.f., bung-borer (tool).

=bonduc=, n.m., (bot.) nickar-tree.

=bon-henri=, n.m., (—) (bot.) all-good, English mercury.

=bonheur= (bo-neur), n.m., happiness, prosperity, felicity, welfare, blessing, good fortune, good luck, chance, happy thing. Envier le — d’autrui; to envy another’s prosperity. Le — de l’Etat; the welfare of the state. Faire le — de quelqu’un; to delight any one. Avoir du —; to be lucky. Être en —; to be fortunate. Par —; luckily. Porter —; to bring good luck. Jouer de —; to be lucky, in luck’s way. Au petit —; happen what may, I will chance it.

=bonhomie= (bo-no-mi), n.f., good nature, easy humor, simplicity, credulity.

=bonhomme= (bo-nom), n.m., (bonshommes) simple, good-natured man; old codger. Vieux —; old fellow, old buffer, fogy. Petit —; little fellow.

☉=bonhommeau=, n.m. V. =bonhomme=.

=boni=, n.m., (—s) (fin.) bonus.

=boniface=, adj., simple, artless.

=bonification=, n.f., amelioration, improvement; (com.) allowance.

=bonifier=, v.a., to better, to improve, to ameliorate; to make up, to make good.

=boniment=, n.m., quack’s show, puff; humbug, clap-trap speech.

=bonisseur=, n.m., showman’s puffer; speech.

=bonjour=, n.m., good morning, good day, compliments. Je vous souhaite le —; I wish you good morning.

=bonne=, n.f., nursery-maid; lady’s-maid; good friend; fine story. — à, or pour, tout faire; maid of all work.

=bonneau=, n.m., (nav.) buoy of an anchor.

=bonne-dame=, n.f., (—s-—s). V. =arroche=.

=bonnement= (bo-n-mān), adv., plainly, simply, honestly, truly, merely.

=bonnet=, n.m., cap. — de laine; woolen cap. — de nuit; night-cap. Gros —; big wig, person of importance. Opiner du —; to adopt the opinion of another; to vote blindly. Triste comme un — de nuit; as dull as ditch water. Jeter son — par-dessus les moulins; to throw off all restraint; to be reckless. Avoir la tête près du —; to be hot-headed. Ce sont deux têtes dans un —; they are hand and glove together. C’est — blanc et blanc —; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. Prendre sous son —; to invent, make up a tale. Y jeter son —; to give it up.

=bonnetade=, n.f., capping, half-capping (jest).

☉=bonneter=, v.a., to cap, to doff one’s hat (jest); to cringe.

=bonneterie= (bo-n-trî), n.f., hosiery business.

=bonneteur=, n.m., (l.u.) cringer, card-sharper.

=bonnetier= (bo-n-tié), n.m., hosier.

=bonnette=, n.f., (fort.) bonnet; (nav.) studding sail; (of a telescope or camera) cap.

=bonsoir=, n.m., good evening, good night; not if I know it. — et bonne nuit! a good night’s rest to you!

=bonté=, n.f., goodness, excellence, kindness, attention, good-heartedness, favor. Abuser de la — de quelqu’un; to take advantage of any one’s goodness. Avoir la — de; to be so good as to.

=bonze=, n.m., bonze (Buddhist priest).

☉*=boquillon=, n.m., woodman, feller of wood.

=boracique=, adj. V. =borique=.

=borax= (-raks), n.m., borax.

=borborygme=, n.m., (med.) borborygm, rumbling.

=bord=, n.m., shore; bank, strand, side, margin; brink, edge, brim, skirt; rim, border, extremity; hem, edging, lace; (nav.) board; (nav.) broadside; (nav.) tack. Le — de la mer; the seashore. Le — d’une rivière; the bank of a river. Le — d’un précipice; the brink of a precipice. Le — d’une table; the edge of a table. Le — d’un chapeau; the rim of a hat. Le — d’un bateau; the side of a boat. Le — d’une robe; the skirt of a gown. J’ai son nom sur le — des lèvres; I have his name on the tip of my tongue. À pleins —s; full to the brim. J’allai à son —; I went aboard his ship. Coucher à —; to sleep on board ship. Tourner, changer, virer, de —; to tack about, to veer. Courir même — que l’ennemi; to stand on the same tack with the enemy. — au large; standing off shore. — à terre; standing in shore. — à —; alongside.

=bordage=, n.m., (nav.) planking, plank, poling, bulwarks.

=bordé=, n.m., hem, edging, bordering.

=bordeaux=, n.m., claret, Bordeaux wine.

=bordée=, n.f., (nav.) broadside; volley; salvo; stretch, tack. Lâcher, or tirer, une —; to fire a broadside. Une — d’injures; a shower of abuse. Courir des —s; to tack about.

=bordel=, n.m., (l.ex.) brothel.

=bordelais=, =-e=, n.m.f. and adj., of Bordeaux.

=bordement=, n.m., edge.

=border=, v.a., to edge, to hem, to skirt, to bind, to lace, to border; (nav.) to gather (the sheets); to plank; to lay (a deck); to tuck up (bed-clothes); to line (a road). Les soldats bordent la côte; soldiers line the coast. — les côtés d’un vaisseau; to plank a ship. — les ponts; to lay a ship’s decks. — une écoute; to tally a sheet. Borde au vent! haul aft the sheets.

=bordereau=, n.m., (com.) account, memorandum, note.

=bordi-er=, =-ère=, adj., (nav.) lop-sided.

=bordier=, n.m., lop-sided ship.

=bordigue= (-dig), n.f., crawl (for taking fish).

=bordure=, n.f., frame, edge, edging; border, curb; rim; (nav.) foot.

=bore=, n.m., (chem.) boron.

=boréal=, =-e=, adj., boreal, northern.

=borée=, n.m., Boreas, North-wind.

*=borgne=, n. and adj., one-eyed person; blind of one eye; one-eyed; dark, obscure, paltry. Changer son cheval — contre un aveugle; to change for the worse. Au royaume des aveugles les —s sont rois; among the blind, the one-eyed is king.

*=borgnesse=, n.f., (pop.) one-eyed woman.

=borique=, adj., (chem.) boracic.

=bornage=, n.m., settling bounds, fixing limits.

=borne=, n.f., landmark; boundary, limit, confine; bounds; mile-stone, spur-post. Mettre des —s à son ambition; to set bounds to one’s ambition. Cela passe toutes les —s; that is going beyond all bounds. Être planté là comme une —; to stand there like a post.

=borné=, =-e=, part., bounded, limited, confined; narrow, mean, small; shallow. Esprit fort —; narrow mind.

=borne-fontaine=, n.f., (—s-—s) water-post.

=borner=, v.a., to set landmarks; to bound, to set bounds to, to limit, to circumscribe, to restrict, to terminate, to confine. — son ambition; to set bounds to one’s ambition.

se =borner=, v.r., to keep within bounds, to restrain one’s self. Il faut se — à cela; we must be content with that, or not go beyond that.

=bornous= (-noos), n.m., V. =bernous=.

=bornoyer=, v.a., to place, to set marks in, to look with one eye at.

=bosan=, n.m., bosa (Turkish beverage).

=bosel=, n.m., (arch.) torus.

=bosphore=, n.m., Bosphorus.

=bosquet=, n.m., grove, thicket.

=bossage=, n.m., (arch.) bossage, embossment, relief.

=bosse=, n.f., hunch, hump; bump; bruise; knob, protuberance, lump; bunch; boss; embossment; (sculp.) relievo, relief, embossment; (paint.) bust; boss (at tennis). Ne demander que plaie et —; to think of nothing but mischief or fighting. Ouvrage relevé en —; embossed piece of work. Ouvrage de demi —; figure in half-relief. Donner dans la —; to fall into the snare, to be duped, to be caught. Travailler en —; to emboss.

=bosselage= (bos-laj), n.m., embossing.

=bosselé=, =-e=, adj., bruised (metal); (bot.) bunched; embossed.

=bosseler= (bos-lé), v.a., to dent; to emboss.

=bosselure= (bos-lur), n.f., embossment.

=bosser=, v.a., (nav.) to stopper.

=bossette=, n.f., (arch., man.) boss, stud.

=bossoir=, n.m., (nav.) cat-head; bow.

=bossu=, =-e=, n. and adj., hunchback; hunchbacked, humpbacked, deformed, uneven, crooked, tortuous. — par-devant; pigeon-breasted. Rire comme un —; to split one’s sides with laughter.

=bossuer=, v.a., to bruise, to dent, to batter.

se =bossuer=, v.r., to get bruised, dented.

=bostangi=, n.m., (—s) soldier of the Turkish militia.

=boston=, n.m., boston (game at cards).

=bostrychite= (-kit), n.f., (min.) bostrychite.

=bot=, adj., club-footed. Pied —; (subst.) club-foot. C’est un pied —; he is club-footed.

=bot=, n.m., Dutch-boat.

=botanique=, n.f., botany.

=botanique=, adj., botanical.

=botaniste=, n.m., botanist.

=botargue=, n.f. V. =boutargue=.

=botte=, n.f., boot (man’s only); Wellington boot; bunch, bundle, truss; (fenc.) pass, thrust, lunge; step of a coach; cask; clod of dirt or snow; wine vessel, butt. —s à genouillère; jack-boots. —s à l’écuyère; top-boots. Souliers —s; Blucher boots. —s retroussées, —s à revers; top-boots. —s de sept lieues; ogre’s boots. —s fines; dress boots. Tirant de —; boot-strap. Tige de —; boot-leg. Tire-—; boot-jack. Mettre du foin dans ses —; to feather one’s nest. A propos de —s; about nothing. Graisser ses —; to prepare for a journey, for death. Décrotter, cirer, des —s; to clean, to polish, boots. Une — d’asperges; a bundle of asparagus. Une — de foin; a truss of hay. Porter une — à quelqu’un; (fenc.) to make a pass, a lunge, at one. Parer une —; to parry a pass. Il lui a porté une vilaine —; he served him a very scurvy trick.

=botté=, =-e=, adj., booted, with boots on.

=bottelage= (bo-tlaj), n.m., tying up in bundles.

=botteler= (bo-tlé), v.a., to put up in bundles.

=botteleur= (bo-tleur), n.m., (agri.) binder, bandster.

=botter=, v.a., to make, to supply any one with, boots; to boot anybody. Ce bottier botte bien, mal; this bootmaker makes boots well, badly. (fam.) Cela me botte; that suits me down to the ground.

se =botter=, v.r., to put one’s boots on; to get one’s shoes clogged with dirt; to ball (of horses); (milit.) to boot. Cet homme se botte bien, mal; this man wears well made, badly made, boots.

=bottier=, n.m., bootmaker, shoemaker.

=bottine=, n.f., half-boot; lady’s boot.

=boubie=, n.f., (orni.) booby, gannet.

=bouc=, n.m., he-goat; goat-skin; pulley. — émissaire; scape-goat.

=boucage=, n.m., (bot.) burnet saxifrage.

=boucan=, n.m., a place to smoke-dry in.

=boucaner=, v.a., to smoke (meat, hides).

=boucaner=, v.n., to smoke-dry; to hunt wild bulls for their hides.

=boucanier=, n.m., buccaneer, bucanier; free-booter; buccaneer’s musket.

=boucaro=, n.m., boucaro, red clay.

=boucassin=, n.m., lining.

=boucaut=, n.m., cask, hogshead.

=bouche=, n.f., mouth; lips; tongue; muzzle (of a cannon); voice; victuals; eating, living; cooks (of a sovereign); mouth, opening, aperture (of canals, rivers); plug-hole, fire-plug. Dépense de —; household expenses. Munitions de —; provisions. — à —; face to face. — béante; open-mouthed. De —; by word of mouth. Être sur sa —; to be given to gluttony. Que l’imposture ne souille point votre —; let not falsehood sully your lips. — close; keep it to yourself; mum’s the word! Il dit cela de —, mais le cœur n’y touche; he says one thing and thinks another. Fermer la — à quelqu’un; to stop any one’s mouth. Il dit tout ce qui lui vient à la —; he says whatever comes uppermost. Faire la petite —; to be difficult to please, dainty. Elle n’en fait point la fine —; she does not mince it. Faire la — en cœur; to screw up one’s mouth, to look captivating. Cela rend la — amère; that leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. Garder une chose pour la bonne —; to keep a tit-bit till the last. Cela fait venir l’eau à la —; that makes one’s mouth water. Prendre sur sa —; to stint one’s self. Selon ta bourse, gouverne ta —; you must cut your coat according to your cloth. Il arrive bien des choses entre la — et le morceau; there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. Cheval qui a bonne —; hard-feeding horse. Un cheval qui n’a ni — ni éperon; a horse that obeys neither bridle nor spur. Un homme fort en —; a man that out-talks everybody. Il y en avait à — que veux-tu; there was enough and to spare.

=bouchée=, n.f., mouthful. Ne faire qu’une — de quelqu’un; to make but a mouthful of any one, to beat any one with ease.

=bouche-nez=, n.m., stench-trap.

=boucher=, v.a., to stop, stuff, choke up; to obstruct. — une bouteille; to cork a bottle. — un tonneau; to bung a barrel. — la vue d’un voisin; to obstruct a neighbor’s view. Se — les oreilles; to stop one’s ears. Se — le nez; to hold one’s nose. — un trou; to stop up a gap, to pay a debt.

=boucher=, n.m., butcher. — en gros; carcass-butcher.

=bouchère=, n.f., a butcher’s wife, woman keeping a butcher’s shop.

=boucherie= (boo-shrî), n.f., shambles, butchery, market; slaughter, carnage, massacre.

=bouche-trou=, n.m., (—-—s) a stop-gap.

=bouchoir=, n.m., oven-door, lid, stopper.

=bouchon=, n.m., cork, stopper; ☉darling; wisp (of straw, &c.); packet (of linen); pot-house. Frotter un cheval avec un — de paille; to rub down a horse with a wisp of straw. — de cabaret; tavern-bush (kind of game).

=bouchonner=, v.a., to rub down (a horse).

=bouchonnier=, n.m., corkcutter.

=bouchot=, n.m., fishing-hurdles; mussel-bed.

=bouchure=, n.f., quickset hedge.

=boucle=, n.f., buckle; ring; curl, ringlet, lock; (arch.) knocker; (nav.) staple, ring. Des —s d’oreilles; ear-rings. Mettre une perruque en —s; to curl a wig. Mettre en —; to put in irons.

=bouclé=, =-e=, part., buckled, curled. Cheveux —s; curly hair.

=boucler=, v.a., to buckle; to put a ring to; to curl (hair); (hunt.) to ferret out.

se =boucler=, v.r., to curl one’s hair.

=boucler=, v.n., to curl, to put out, bulge.

=bouclier=, n.m., buckler, shield; defense, protection; (ich.) lump-fish. Levée de —s; rising in arms; insurrection.

☉=boucon=, n.m., (l.ex.) poisoned drink or dish.

=bouddhique=, adj., Buddhistic.

=bouddhisme=, n.m., Buddhism.

=bouddhiste=, n.m. and f., Buddhist.

=bouder=, v.n., to pout, to look sour, to sulk; to pout at; not to be able to play (dominoes); (hort.) to be stunted.

se =bouder=, v.r., to be sulky with, to be cool, towards each other.

=bouderie= (bou-drî), n.f., pouting, sulking, sulkiness.

=boudeu-r=, =-se=, adj., sulky, sullen.

=boudeu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., person who sulks.

=boudin=, n.m., black pudding; (nav.) pudding; (arch.) torus; saddle-bag, cloak-bag; spring (of a coach); long curl; sausage-finger.

=boudinage=, n.m., slubbing, roving.

=boudine=, n.f., (glass-making) bunt, knot.

=boudineu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., rover, slubber.

=boudini-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., black-pudding-maker.

=boudinoir=, n.m., roving-machine.

=boudoir=, n.m., boudoir, lady’s private-room.

=boue=, n.f., dirt, mire, mud; filth; meanness; sordidness; sediment (of ink). Je n’en fais pas plus de cas que de la — de mes souliers; I don’t value it more than the dirt on my shoes. Une âme de —; a mean soul. Tirer quelqu’un de la —; to raise any one from the dunghill. Traîner quelqu’un dans la —; to load any one with abuse.

=bouée=, n.f., (nav.) buoy. — de sauvetage; life-buoy.

=boueur=, n.m., scavenger, dustman.

=boueu-x=, =-se=, adj., dirty, miry; muddy; foul. Chemin —; dirty road. Ecriture —se; thick writing.

=bouffant=, =-e=, adj., puffed.

☉=bouffante=, n.f., hoop, farthingale.

=bouffarde=, n.f., (pop.) short pipe. Téter or fumer sa —; to have a whiff, to blow one’s cloud.

=bouffe=, n.m., buffoon. pl., Italian opera (in Paris). Aller aux —s; to go to the Italian opera.

=bouffée=, n.f., puff, gust, blast, whiff; fit. Par —s; by fits and starts.

=bouffer=, v.n., to puff, to swell, to rise, to bulge.

=bouffer=, v.a., to blow (meat).

=bouffette=, n.f., bow (ribbon), ear-knot.

=bouffi=, =-e=, adj., puffed up, swollen, inflated. Des joues —es; puffed out cheeks. — d’orgueil; puffed up with pride. Ange —; chubby child.

=bouffir=, v.a., to puff up, to swell, to bloat.

=bouffissure=, n.f., swelling, puffing up; turgidness, bombast.

=bouffon=, n.m., buffoon, jester, clown; merry-andrew, jack-pudding, droll. Un mauvais —; a sorry jester. Faire le —; to play the buffoon.

=bouffon=, =-ne=, adj., jocose, facetious, comical.

=bouffonner=, v.n., to be jocose, full of jests; to play the buffoon.

=bouffonnerie= (-fo-n-rî), n.f., buffoonery, drollery, jesting.

=bouge=, n.m., little closet, hole, wretched den, hovel; bulge of a cask.

=bougeoir= (-joar), n.m., flat candlestick, chamber-candlestick; taper-stand.

=bougeotte=, n.f., pigeon-hole.

=bouger=, v.n., to stir, to budge, to wag, to fidget. Il ne bouge de cette maison; he is always at that house.

=bougie=, n.f., candle, wax-candle, wax-light; (surg.) bougie.

=bougier=, v.a., to wax.

=bougonner=, v.n., to grumble, to scold, to jaw, to mum.

=bougran=, n.m., buckram.

=bougre=, n.m., blackguard; fellow. Bon —; good sort of fellow. Mauvais —; nasty fellow, ugly customer.

*=bouillabaisse=, n.f., Provençal fish-soup with garlic, &c.; mish-mash.

*=bouillant=, =-e=, adj., boiling, boiling-hot, scalding-hot, piping-hot; hot, fiery, hasty, eager, fierce, hot-headed. Jeunesse —e; fiery youth. — de colère; boiling with anger. — d’impatience; burning with impatience.

*=bouille=, n.f., fishing-pole.

*=bouiller=, v.a., to stir the water with a pole.

*=bouillerie=, n.f., boilery.

*=bouilleur=, n.m., boiler-tube (of an engine).

*=bouilli=, n.m., boiled beef, bouilli.

*=bouillie=, n.f., pap (for infants); pulp (to make paper). Faire de la — pour les chats; fruitless labor, profitless undertaking.

*=bouillir=, v.n., to boil, to simmer. Faire — à demi; to parboil. — à gros bouillons; to boil fast. — à petits bouillons; to boil gently; to simmer. Cela sert à faire — la marmite; that helps to make the pot boil.

*=bouillir=, v.a., to boil. Only used in the popular and figurative expression: — du lait à quelqu’un; to say something very pleasant to somebody.

*=bouilloire=, n.f., boiler, kettle.

*=bouillon=, n.m., broth; bubble, ripple, bubbling; ebullition, transport; puff (of a lady’s dress). — en tablette; portable broth, meat-tablet. — de poulet; chicken broth. — de veau; veal-broth. — coupé; broth diluted with water. Prendre un —; to take some broth. Boire un —; to swallow a mouthful (in bathing); to meet with a loss. — pointu; clyster. L’eau sort de la roche à gros —s; the water comes gushing out of the rock. Un — d’eau; a bubbling fountain.

*=bouillon-blanc=, n.m., (—s-—s) mullein, cow’s-lung-wort.

*=bouillonnant=, =-e=, adj., bubbling, gurgling.

*=bouillonnement= (-io-n-mān), n.m., bubbling up, spouting or gushing out; ebullition, effervescence, agitation.

*=bouillonner=, v.n., to bubble, to gush out, to boil, to boil over.

=bouillonner=, v.a., to put puffs to. — une robe; to put puffs to a dress.

*=bouillotte=, n.f., foot-warmer.

*=bouillotte=, n.f., bouillotte (game at cards).

=bouin=, n.m., (dy.) head of silk.

=bouis=, n.m., glazing-stick.

=boujaron=, n.m., tot, about half a gill (nav.).

=boulaie=, n.f., (l.u.) birch plantation.

=boulang-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., baker; baker’s wife.

=boulanger=, v.a., to make bread. Du pain bien boulangé; well-made bread.

=boulanger=, v.n., to bake.

=boulangerie= (-lan-jrî), n.f., baking, bakers’ business; bakehouse.

=boule=, n.f., bowl, ball, pate, head, noddle, sconce. Il est rond comme une —; he is as round as a ball. Un jeu de —; a bowling-green. Jouer à la —; to play at bowls. Avoir la —; to play first. Boule-de-neige, (—s-—) (bot.) snow-ball. — d’eau chaude; hot water bottle. ☉A la — vue; in haste, carelessly. —; (for voting) ballot. (pop.) Perdre la —; to lose one’s head.

=bouleau=, n.m., birch, birch-tree.

=bouledogue=, n.m., bull-dog.

=bouler=, v.n., to swell, to pout (of pigeons).

=boulet=, n.m., bullet, ball; fetlock-joint (of a horse); (man.) boulet. Un — de canon; a cannon-ball. Un coup de —; a cannon-shot. — rouge; red-hot ball. — ramé; chain-shot, bar-shot. Condamner au —; (milit.) to condemn to chain and ball. Tirer à —s rouges sur quelqu’un; to load any one with abuse.

=bouleté=, =-e=, adj., (vet.) upright on fetlock-joint. V. =juché=.

=boulette=, n.f., forced-meat ball; pellet, paper-bullet, blunder. Faire des —s; to commit blunders.

=bouleux=, n.m., thick-set horse; heavy hack; drudge. Un bon —; a plodding man, a drudge.

=boulevard= or =boulevart= (bool-var), n.m., bulwark, rampart; boulevard.

=bouleversement= (bool-vers-mān), n.m., destruction, ruin; overthrow; overthrowing; overturning; commotion, confusion, disorder.

=bouleverser= (bool-vèr-) v.a., to overthrow; to throw down, to subvert; to agitate, to trouble, to throw into commotion; to upset; to unsettle, to unhinge, to convulse. Cela m’a tout bouleversé; it has quite unhinged me.

☉à la =boule vue=, adv. V. =boule=.

=boulier=, n.m., bag-net (fishing).

=boulimie=, n.f., (med.) bulimy.

=boulimique=, adj., bulimic.

=boulin=, n.m., pigeon-hole; (mas.) pigeon-cove; putlog. Trous de —; scaffolding-holes.

=bouline=, n.f., (nav.) bowline, gantlet. Aller à la —; to sail close to the wind; to tack about. Courir la —; to run the gantlet.

=bouliner=, v.n., to sail close to the wind.

=bouliner=, v.a., to haul to windward. — une voile; to haul a sail to windward.

=boulingrin=, n.m., bowling-green, grass-plot.

=boulinier=, n.m., (nav.) Un bon —; a ship that sails well to windward.

=bouloir=, n.m., (mas.) larry, pole.

=boulon=, n.m., bolt, large iron pin.

=boulonnement=, n.m., bolting, pinning.

=boulonner=, v.a., to pin, to fasten with iron pins, to bolt.

=boulot=, =-te=, adj., fat, dumpy, squatty.

=boulotter=, v.n., to jog along.

☉=bouque=, n.f., channel, strait, mouth, passage.

☉=bouquer=, v.a. and n., to kiss forcibly; to yield, to truckle.

=bouquet=, n.m., bunch, cluster, tuft; nosegay, bouquet, posy; birth-day ode, sonnet; birth-day present; flavor, aroma (of wine). Un — de plumes; a plume of feathers. Un — de pierreries; a sprig of jewels. Un — de bois; a cluster of trees. Fleur qui vient en —s; flower that grows in bunches. — de fusées; bunch of rockets. Réserver une chose pour le —; to keep a thing for the last. Et maintenant, pour le —! and now, to cap the story!

=bouquetier= (book-tié), n.m., flower-vase.

=bouquetière=, n.m., flower-girl.

=bouquetin=, n.m., wild goat, ibex.

=bouquin=, n.m., old he-goat; buck-hare; old book. Mauvais —; worthless book; (of pipes) mouth-piece.

=bouquiner=, v.n., to buck, to couple (of hares); to hunt after, to read, old books.

=bouquinerie= (-ki-n-ri), n.f., old-book trade.

=bouquineur=, n.m., lover of old books, book-fancier.

=bouquiniste=, n.m., dealer in old books.

=bouracan=, n.m., a sort of camlet, barracan.

=bouracanier=, n.m., barracan maker.

=bourbe=, n.f., mire, mud, dirt.

=bourbeu-x=, =-se=, adj., miry, muddy, sloughy, sloshy.

=bourbier=, n.m., slough, puddle, mire, mud; lurch, plunge, scrape, danger. Il s’est mis dans le —; he has got himself into a scrape.

*=bourbillon=, n.m., core (of an abscess).

=bourcette=. V. =mâche=.

=bourdaine=, or =bourgène=, n.f., black alder.

=bourdalou=, n.m., hat-band; sort of chamber-pot.

=bourde=, n.f., fib, sham, humbug, lie. Donner une — a quelqu’un; to tell any one a fib.

=bourder=, v.n., to fib, to sham, to humbug.

=bourdeur=, n.m., fibber, shammer.

*=bourdillon=, n.m., stave-wood (for casks).

=bourdon=, n.m., drone; pilgrim’s staff; great bell; (mus.) drone; humble-bee; great bell; (print.) out, omission.

=bourdonnant=, =-e=, adj., humming, buzzing.

=bourdonnement= (-mān), n.m., buzz, buzzing; hum, humming; murmur; tinkling noise.

=bourdonner=, v.n., to buzz, to hum, to murmur.

=bourdonner=, v.a., to hum; to bore; to pester.

=bourdonnet=, n.m., (surg.) dossil.

=bourdonneur=, n.m., humming-bird, colibri.

=bourg=, n.m., borough, market-town.

=bourgade=, n.f., small market-town, straggling village.

=bourgène=, n.f. V. =bourdaine=.

=bourgeois=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., (-joâ, -joaz), burgess, citizen, townsman, commoner; master, mistress, owner of a merchant-ship; contractor. Un bon —; a substantial citizen. Un petit —; a humble citizen. Être en —; (of officers) to be dressed in plain clothes.

=bourgeois=, =-e=, adj., middle-class; belonging to, or becoming, a citizen, citizenlike; private; plain; common. Famille —e; good middle-class family. Avoir l’air —, les manières, —es; to be common in one’s gait and manners. Cuisine —e; plain, homely cooking. Pension —; private boarding-house. Comédie —e; private theatricals.

=bourgeoisement= (-joaz-mān), adv., citizenlike, humbly; vulgarly.

=bourgeoisie= (-joa-zî), n.f., middle-class, citizenship, citizens. Droit de —; freedom of a city. Haute —; upper middle-class, gentry. Caution —; good security.

=bourgeon= (boor-jon), n.m., bud, gem; shoot; pimple.

=bourgeonnant=, =-e=, adj., budding.

=bourgeonné=, =-e=, part., budded, pimpled.

=bourgeonnement= (-jo-n-mān), n.m., budding, budding-time.

=bourgeonner= (-jo-né), v.n., to bud, to shoot, to put forth young shoots; to break out in pimples.

=bourgeonnier= (-jo-nié), n.m., (orni.) bullfinch.

=bourgmestre=, n.m., burgomaster.

*=bourgogne=, n.m., Burgundy wine.

=bourgépine= (-ghé-), n.f., (bot.) buckthorn.

*=bourguignon=, =-ne= (-ghi-), n. and adj., Burgundian, of Burgundy.

=bourlet=, n.m. V. =bourrelet=.

=bournous=. V. =bernous=.

=bourrache=, n.f., (bot.) borage.

=bourrade=, n.f., blow with a musket butt; beating, home-thrust; taunt; (hunt.) snapping.

=bourras=, n.m. V. =bure=.

=bourrasque=, n.f., squall; relapse; fresh attack (of a disease); vexation; caprice; fit of anger, of ill-humor.

=bourre=, n.f., hair, fluff (of animals); stuff, trash; flock (of wool); floss (of silk); wad (of fire-arms); kind of down (on the buds of trees). Lit de —; flock-bed.

=bourreau=, n.m., hangman, executioner; tormentor, tyrant, butcher. Un — d’argent; a spendthrift.

=bourrée=, n.f., brushwood, chatwood; small fagot; boree (dance).

=bourreler= (boor-), v.a., to torment, to sting; to torture, to rack, to goad.

=bourrelet= or =bourlet=, n.m., pad; cushion; sand-bag; swelling (about the loins); padded cap; (of horses) collar.

=bourrelier= (boor-), n.m., harness-maker.

=bourrelle=, =-ment=, n.m., torment, torture.

=bourrellerie= (boo-rèl-rî), n.f., business of a harness-maker.

=bourrer=, v.a., to ram; to thrash; to abuse; to stuff, to wad; to cram with food; ☉to nonplus; (hunt.) to snap. — de coups; to give a sound thrashing to.

se =bourrer=, v.r., to cram one’s self with food; to abuse each other.

=bourrer=, v.n., (of horses) to bolt.

=bourriche=, n.f., game-basket.

=bourrique=, n.f., she-ass; ignorant, stupid person.

=bourriquet=, n.m., ass’s colt; hand-barrow; windlass; mason’s horse.

=bourriqui-er=, =-ère=, n.m.f., donkey-driver.

=bourrir=, v.n., to whir (of partridges).

=bourroir=, n.m., tamping-bar.

=bourru=, =-e=, adj., cross, morose, peevish, crabbed, moody, wayward, surly, snappish; unfermented.

=bourse=, n.f., purse; hair-bag; purse-net; saddle-bag; scholarship; foundation; (anat.) sac; (bot.) wrapper; (surg.) suspensory bandage; (com.) exchange. Coupeur de —; cut-throat. Avoir la —; to keep the money. Faire — commune; to live in common. Faire — à part; to keep one’s own money. La — ou la vie! your money or your life! Aller à la —; to go to the Exchange, to go on ’Change. Loger le diable en sa —; to be penniless. Avoir toujours la — à la main; to be always dipping into one’s purse. Sans — délier; without expense.

=bourses=, n.f.pl., scrotum.

=boursette=, n.f., small purse.

=boursicaut=, n.m., small purse; small sum.

=boursier=, n.m., purse-maker; foundation scholar, exhibitioner.

*=boursiller=, v.n., to club together; to fork out.

=bourson=, n.m., fob, little pocket.

=boursouflage=, n.m., bombast, fustian.

=boursouflé=, =-e=, adj., bloated; bombastic, inflated, turgid. Style —; turgid style.

=boursoufler=, v.a., to bloat, to make turgid, to puff up.

=boursouflure=, n.f., bloatedness (face); turgidness (style).

=bousage=, n.m., dunging.

=bousard= or =bouzard=, n.m., deer’s dung.

=bousculade= or =bousculement= (boos-kul-mān), n.m., jostling, hustling; bullying.

=bousculer= (boos-) v.a., to turn upside down, to throw into disorder; ta jostle, to hustle, to squeeze.

=bouse= (booz), n.f., cow-dung.

*=bousillage=, n.m., mud-wall; mud-walling; bungling piece of work.

*=bousiller=, v.a., to make a mud-wall; to bungle, to botch.

*=boursilleu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., mud-wall builder, bungler, botcher.

=bousin=, n.m., the soft crust of freestone; (l.ex.) row, shindy.

=boussole=, n.f., sea compass, compass; mariner’s needle; guide, direction.

=boustrophédon=, n.m., (antiq.) boustrophedon.

=bout=, n.m., end, extremity, tip; top, point; bit; nipple; muzzle, ferrule; fag-end. Le — des doigts; the finger-ends. Savoir une chose sur le — des doigts; to have a thing at one’s finger’s ends, to know it perfectly. Brûler la chandelle par les deux —s; to burn the candle at both ends, to be a bad manager. Le bas —; the lower end. Le — de la langue; the tip of the tongue. Le — de la mamelle; the nipple of the breast. —s de manches; false sleeves. —s d’aile; pinions. Bâton à deux —s; quarter staff. Au — d’une heure de conversation; after an hour’s conversation. Tenir le haut —; to get the upper hand. Se tenir sur le — des pieds; to stand on tip-toe. Patience, nous ne sommes pas au —; have patience, we have not done yet. Tirer un coup de pistolet à — portant; to fire off a pistol point-blank. Rire du — des dents des lèvres; to laugh in a forced manner. Un — de ruban; a bit of ribbon. Il est économe de —s de chandelle; he is penny wise and pound foolish. Mettre la patience de quelqu’un à —; to exhaust any one’s patience. Pousser quelqu’un à —; to drive any one to extremities. Venir à — de; to succeed, to get through anything. On ne saurait venir à — de cet enfant; this child cannot be managed. À tout — de champ; at every turn. Au — du compte; after all; upon the whole. D’un — à l’autre; from beginning to end. Au — de l’aune faut le drap; the last straw breaks the camel’s back. Jusqu’au — des ongles; to one’s finger-tips. Laisser voir le — de l’oreille; to reveal one’s true character. —-rimé. V. =bout-rimé=.

=boutade=, n.f., (boo-) whim, fit, start, caprice, frolic, freak. Par —s; by fits and starts.

=boutant=, adj., (arch.) supporting. Arc-—; buttress.

=boutargue= or =botargue=, n.f., botargo.

=bout-dehors=, (—s-—). V. =boute-hors=.

=bouté=, =-e=, adj., (man.) straight-legged. Cheval —; straight-legged horse.

=boute-en-train=, n.m., (—) stallion kept with mares; bird piper. Être le —; to be the life and soul of the company.

=boutefeu=, n.m., (artil.) linstock; incendiary, firebrand.

☉=boute-hors=, n.m., (—) (nav.) boom; outrigger; good command of words. Jouer au —; to try to oust one another, to play at beggar my neighbor.

*=bouteille=, n.f., bottle; bottleful; bubble; bottle case. Boucher une —; to cork a bottle. Déboucher une —; to uncork a bottle. Mise en —; bottling. Faire sauter le bouchon d’une —; to crack a bottle (instead of uncorking it). N’avoir rien vu que par le trou d’une —; to know nothing of the world.

☉*=bouteiller=. V. =boutillier=.

*=bouteilles=, n.f.pl., (nav.) round house.

☉=bouter=, v.a., to pare, to flesh, to put.

=bouter=, v.n., (of wine) to become ropy.

=bouterolle= (boo-trol), n.f., chape (of a scabbard).

=boute-selle=, n.m., (—-—s) (milit.) signal to saddle.

☉=boute-tout-cuire=, n.m., (—) (fam.) a spend-all, glutton.

=bouteuse=, n.f., pin-sticker.

=bouteux=, n.m., putting-net, shrimp-net.

☉*=boutillier=, n.m., cup-bearer.

=boutique=, n.f., shop; merchandise of a shop; tools; implements; well for fish. Garçon de —; shop-boy. Demoiselle de —; shop-girl. Cela vient de votre —; that is your doing. — bien fournie; a well-stocked shop. Il a vendu toute sa —; he has left off business, or disposed of his business.

=boutiqu-ier= (boo-), n.m., =-ière=, n.f., tradesman; shopkeeper; vulgar fellow. adj., shoppy.

=boutis=, n.m., (hunt.) rooting-place.

=boutisse= (boo-), n.f., (mas.) header, bondstone.

=boutoir=, n.m., snout of a wild boar; buttress; parer; currier’s knife. Coup de —; rough answer; disagreeable proposal; stunner.

=bouton=, n.m., button; stud; bud; nipple; pimple; gem; knob; sight (of a gun); (chem.) button. — à queue; shank button. — d’or; buttercup. Le — d’une serrure; the knob, button of a lock. Serrer le — à quelqu’un; to keep a tight hand over; to press hard upon.

=boutonné=, =-e=, part., buttoned, pimpled; (fig.) reserved. Nez —; nose full of red pimples. C’est un homme —; he is very reserved.

=boutonnement= (-mān), n.m., budding, buttoning.

=boutonner=, v.a., to button; (fenc.) to touch.

se =boutonner=, v.r., to button one’s coat.

=boutonner=, v.n., to bud, to button.

=boutonnerie= (boo-to-n-rî), n.f., button-trade.

☉=boutonnet=, n.m., little bud, button, gem.

=boutonnier=, n.m., button-maker.

=boutonnière=, n.f., button-hole; (fig.) cut, gash.

=bout-rimé=, n.m., poetry made on given rhymes.

=bouts-rimeur=, n.m., (—-—s) person who fills up given rhymes.

*=bout-saigneux=, n.m., (—s-—) scrag-end.

=bouture=, n.f., (hort.) slip; cutting.

=bouvart= or =bouveau=, n.m., young bull.

=bouverie= (boo-vrî), n.f., ox-stall.

=bouvet=, n.m., joiner’s grooving-plane.

=bouvi-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., cowherd, drover, ox-drover, (fig.) churl.

*=bouvillon=, n.m., young bullock, steer.

*=bouvreuil=, n.m., (boo-) bullfinch.

=bovine=, adj., bovine. Peste —; cattle plague.

=boxe=, n.f., boxing.

=boxer=, v.n., to box.

se =boxer=, v.r., to box.

=boxeur=, n.m., boxer. Combat de —s; boxing-match.

=boyard=, n.m., boyard (Russian nobleman).

=boyau=, n.m., bowel, gut, cat-gut; (hort.) branch; hose, pipe. Corde à —; catgut. — de tranchée; branch of a trench (fort.) Descente de —x; rupture.

=boyauderie=, n.f., gut-works.

=boyaudier=, n.m., gutspinner.

=brabançon=, =-ne=, adj., Brabantine.

=brabant=, n.m., Belgian plow.

=bracelet= (bra-slè), n.m., armlet, bracelet, bangle.

=brachial=, =-e= (-ki-), adj., (anat.) brachial.

=brachygraphie= (-ki-), n.f., brachygraphy.

=brachylogie= (-ki-) n.f., (rhet.) brachylogy.

=braconnage=, n.m., poaching.

=braconner=, v.n., to poach, to steal game.

=braconnier=, n.m., poacher.

=bractée=, n.f., (bot.) bract, bractea.

=bractéifère=, adj., (bot.) bracteate.

=bractélé=, =-e=, adj. V. =bractéifère=.

=brague= (brag), n.f., (nav.) breeching. pl., breeches.

=braguette=, n.f. V. =brayette=.

=brahmane=, =brahme=, n.m., Brahmin.

=brahmanique=, adj., Braminical.

=brahmanisme=, n.m., Braminism.

=brai=, n.m., resin, rosin, pitch.

=braie=, n.f., napkin, clout; (nav.) coat. pl., breeches, trousers. S’en tirer les —s nettes; to get off unharmed, to get clear off.

*=braillard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., bawler, brawler, squaller.

*=braillard=, =-e=, adj., brawling, squalling; obstreperous.

=braillement=, n.m., squalling.

*=brailler=, v.n., to bawl, to be noisy.

=brailleu-r=, =-se=, adj. and n. V. =braillard=.

=braiment=, n.m., braying of an ass.

=braire=, v.n., to bray; (fig.) to cry, to whine.

=braise=, n.f., live coals; embers, burning coal. Il l’a donné chaud comme —; he blurted it all out. Tomber de la poêle dans la —; from the frying-pan into the fire. Passer sur une chose comme un chat sur la —; to pass lightly over a subject; to skip over.

=braiser=, v.a., (cook.) to bake, to braise.

=braisier=, n.m., brazier.

=braisière=, n.f., oven.

=brame=. V. =brahmane=.

=bramement=, n.m., (hunt.) belling.

=bramer=, v.n., (of deer) to bell.

=bramin= or =bramine=, n.m. V. =brahmane=.

☉=bran=, n.m., bran; (pop.) excrement. — de son; coarse bran; sawdust. — de judas; freckles.

=bran!= int. (l.ex.) — de lui! a fig for him!

=brancard=, n.m., stretcher, litter, hand-barrow; shaft (of a cart).

=brancardier=, n.m., (milit.) ambulance-man, litter-bearer.

=branchage=, n.m., branches, boughs; horns.

=branche=, n.f., branch, bough, stick, arm; pin-wire; part, division; (arch.) branch; side (of a ladder); branch (of a family); (bot.) grain. A —s; branched. Sauter de — en —; to go from one thing to another. Jeune —; twig. —s gourmandes; proud wood. S’accrocher à toutes les —s; to try every possible means, whether fair or foul. Être comme l’oiseau sur la —; to be unsettled.

☉=brancher=, v.a., to hang on a tree.

=brancher=, v.n., (hunt.) to perch, to roost; to branch off.

=branche-ursine=, or =branc-ursine=, n.f., (—) (bot.) brank-ursine.

=branchial=, =-e=, adj., (ich.) branchial. Opercule —; gill-cover.

=branchier=, adj.m., brancher, percher.

=branchies= (-shi), n.f.pl., fish-gills.

=branchu=, =-e=, adj., ramous, forked, bifurcated; two-horned.

=brandade=, n.f., ragout (of cod).

=brande=, n.f., heath, heather.

=brandebourg=, n.m., gimp, braid; facing.

☉=brandevin=, n.m., wine-brandy.

*=brandillement=, n.m., tossing, swinging.

*=brandiller=, v.a., to swing, to shake to and fro.

*se =brandiller=, v.r., to swing.

*=brandilloire=, n.f., swing, see-saw; (agri.) swing-plough.

=brandir=, v.a., to brandish, to swing; to flourish; (carp.) to pin.

=brandon=, n.m., torch, wisp of lighted straw; fire-brand, flake of fire. — de discorde; cause of discord.

=brandonner=, v.a., to place brands in to mark the seizure of a field.

=branlant=, =-e=, adj., shaking, loose; wagging, tottering.

=branle=, n.m., jogging, push, shake, swing, tossing, motion, shaking; peal; sort of dance, brawl; hammock; (nav.) hammock. Être en —; to be in motion. Donner le —; to set going. Mener le —; to lead the dance.

=branle-bas=, n.m., (—) (nav.) clearing, for action. Faire le —; to clear the decks. —! up all hammocks!

=branlement= (branl-mān), n.m., jogging; shaking, swinging; tottering.

=branle-queue=, n.m., (—) (orni.) wag-tail; dish-washer.

=branler=, v.a., to jog, to wag, to move, to shake, to brandish.

se =branler=, v.r., to move.

=branler=, v.n., to shake, to jog, to totter, to rock; to stir, to move, to wag; to give way, to waver. — dans le manche; to shake in the handle, to be unsteady, irresolute, to be shaky. Tout ce qui branle ne tombe pas; a creaking gate hangs long, or threatened men live long.

=branloire=, n.f., see-saw; swing.

=braque=, n.m., brach-hound; a hare-brained fellow; mad-cap.

☉=braquemart=, n.m., cutlass; broadsword.

=braquement= (brak-mān), n.m., pointing (of ordnance).

=braquer=, v.a., to set, to turn, to level, to point. — un canon; to level a cannon. — une lunette; to point a telescope.

=bras=, n.m., arm; power; sconce (candelabrum); arm (of anchors, capstans, levers, seats); brace (of yards); handle; shaft (of litters); (mec.) side rod; arm (of a horse); claw (of a crawfish). Être blessé au —; to be wounded in the arm. Il a le — en écharpe; he has his arm in a sling. Recevoir quelqu’un à — ouverts; to receive any one with open arms. Demeurer les — croisés; to stand with folded arms. À pleins —; by armfuls. Un — de mer; an arm of the sea. À force de —; by strength of arms. Ne vivre que de ses —; to live by the labor of one’s hands. Avoir quelqu’un sur les —; to have any one to maintain. Avoir de grandes affaires sur les —; to have great concerns in hand. J’ai sur les — un puissant ennemi; I have to do with a powerful enemy. Les — m’en sont tombés; I was struck dumb with surprise. Se jeter entre les — de quelqu’un; to fly to any one for protection. Tendre les — à quelqu’un; to offer one’s aid to any one. Moulin à —; handmill. Les — de la mort; the jaws of death. À tour de —; with all one’s might. A —-le-corps; in one’s arms. Saisir quelqu’un à —-le-corps; to seize any one round the body. — dessus — dessous; arm in arm. Avoir les — longs; to have great influence. En prendre long comme le —; to take an ell; to impose upon.

=braser=, v.a., to braze, to solder.

=brasier=, n.m., quick clear fire; red-hot fire; brazier, furnace.

*=brasillement= (-mān), n.m., (nav.) glittering, glancing, sparkling of the sea.

*=brasiller=, v.a., to sparkle (of the sea).

=brasque=, n.f., brasque (cement made of clay and charcoal dust).

=brasquer=, v.a., to cover with brasque.

=brassage=, n.m., stirring up; mashing, brewing; (coin.) mixing.

=brassard=, n.m., brace (armor), armlet, arm-guard.

=brasse=, n.f., (nav.) fathom, six feet, stroke. Pain de —; a twenty or twenty-five pound loaf.

=brassée=, n.f., armful; stroke (swimming).

=brasser=, v.a., to brew, to mash; to stir; to hatch, to work, to plot.

=brasserie=, n.f., brewery, brewhouse.

=brasseu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., brewer.

=brasseyage=, n.m., (nav.) bracing.

=brassiage=, n.m., (nav.) sounding.

=brassière=, n.f., shoulder-strap, brace, bodice with shoulder straps; restraint. Être en —s; to be under restraint.

=brassin=, n.m., brewing tub; mash-tub; boiling (quantity boiled or brewed).

=brassoir=, n.m., (metal.) stirring-stick.

=brasure=, n.f., brazing, soldering.

=bravache=, n.m., bully, swaggerer, blusterer.

=bravade=, n.f., bravado, boast, bluster.

=brave=, adj., brave, gallant, true; smart, fine, spruce; honest; good, kind. — capitaine; gallant captain. Il est — comme l’épée qu’il porte; he is as true as steel. Il n’est — qu’en paroles; he is only brave as far as words go. Un homme —; an honest man. Vous voilà bien — aujourd’hui; how smart you are to-day. C’est un — homme; he is an honest, worthy fellow. C’est un — garçon; he is a capital fellow; a brick.

=brave=, n.m., brave or courageous man; (b.s.) ruffian, bully. Faux —; blustering bully. Faire le —; to play the bully. — à trois poils; hard-fighter; man of real courage, right down plucky, regular game. En —; bravely, gallantly.

=bravement= (-mān), adv., bravely, stoutly, valiantly, manfully; skillfully, finely.

=braver=, v.a., to defy, to set at defiance, to bid defiance, to dare, to beard, to face, to brave. — les autorités; to set the authorities at defiance. — la mort; to face death.

=braverie= (-vrî), n.f., boasting; finery, fine clothes.

=bravo=, n.m., (bravi or bravos) bravo, hurrah; hired assassin; applause.

=bravo!= adv., bravo! well done! capital!

=bravoure=, n.f., bravery, courage, manhood, gallantry; (mus.) bravura. Il a fait preuve de —; he has given proofs of courage.

=brayer= (bra-ié), n.m., (surg.) truss, bandage.

=brayer= (brè-ié), v.a., (nav.) to pay over.

=brayette= (bra-iète), n.f., flap (of trousers); (bot.) cowslip.

=brayon= (bra-ion), n.m., trap (for vermin).

=break= (brèke), n.m., (—s) break (carriage).

=bréant= or =bruant=, n.m., (orni.) bunting, yellow-hammer.

=brebis=, n.f., ewe; sheep. pl., flock. — égarée; stray sheep. Troupeau de —; flock of sheep. Une — galeuse; a scabby sheep. Mener paître les —; to lead the sheep to pasture. Il ne faut qu’une — galeuse pour gâter tout un troupeau; one scabby sheep will taint a whole flock. Qui se fait —, le loup le mange; daub yourself with honey, and you’ll never want for flies. À — tondue, Dieu mesure le vent; God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. Faire un repas de —; to eat a dry meal. La — galeuse; the black sheep. — comptées, le loup les mange; we must watch as well as count.

=brèche=, n.f., breach, flaw, rupture, hiatus; notch, gap. Battre en —; to batter in, to breach. Monter à la —; to mount the breach. La — d’un couteau; the notch of a knife. Faire — à un pâté; to make a gap in a pie. C’est une — à l’honneur; it is a breach of honor.

=brèche=, n.f., (min.) breccia.

=brèche-dent=, adj., (—) that has lost a front tooth or two; broken-mouthed.

=brèche-dent=, n.m.f., (—) person who has lost a front tooth.

=brechet=, n.m., breastbone, brisket.

=bredi-breda=, adv., (fam.) hastily.

=bredindin=, n.m., (nav.) garnet.

=brédissure=, n.f., (med.) locked jaw.

*=bredouillage=, n.m., jabbering, sputtering.

*=bredouille=, n.f., (trictrac) lurch. Jouer —; to play lurches. Sortir —; to go away as one came. Revenir —; to return with an empty bag (of sportsmen). Se coucher —; to go to bed supperless.

*=bredouillement=, n.m., stuttering, stammering, faltering.

*=bredouiller=, v.n., to stammer, to stutter, to falter.

*=bredouilleu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., stammerer, stutterer.

=br-ef=, =-ève=, adj., brief, short, concise, succinct. Une réponse brève; a brief reply. Avoir le parler —; to be a man of few words.

=bref=, adv., in a few words; in short, in fine, to be short.

=bref=, n.m., brief (pope’s pastoral letter); church calendar.

=brège=, n.f., salmon-net, close-net.

=bregin=, n.m., close-net.

*=bréhaigne=, adj., barren, sterile.

*=bréhaigne=, n.f., (pop.) barren, sterile woman.

=brelan=, n.m., brelan (game at cards); pair-royal; gaming-house. Tenir —; to keep a gaming-house.

=brelander=, v.n., to gamble, to be a gamester.

=brelandi-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., gamester, gambler.

=brelique-breloque=, adv., at random; higgledy-piggledy; slap-dash.

=brelle=, n.f., raft, float of wood.

=breloque=, n.f., charm, gewgaw, toy, trinket. V. =berloque=.

☉=breluche=, n.f., drugget, linsey-woolsey.

=brème=, n.f., (ich.) bream.

=breneu-x=, =-se=, adj., (l.ex.) dirty, soiled.

=brequin=, n.m., wimble, bit of a wimble.

=brésil=, n.m., Brazil-wood.

*=brésiller=, v.a., to break small, to cut small; to dye with Brazil-wood.

*=brésillet=, n.m., Brazil or Jamaica-wood.

=breste=, n.f., catching birds with lime.

*=brétailler=, v.n., (b.s.) to tilt, to fight.

*=brétailleur=, n.m., (b.s.) bruiser, bully.

=bretaudé=, =-e=, adj., crop-eared.

=bretauder=, v.a., to crop badly (animals).

=bretelle=, n.f., strap; brace. En avoir jusqu’aux —s; to be over head and ears in trouble.

=breton=, =-ne=, adj. and n.m.f., of Brittany.

=brette=, n.f., (jest.) long sword, rapier.

=bretté=, =-e=, adj., matched, indented, jagged.

=bretteler=, v.a., (arch.) to indent.

=bretter=, v.a., (arch.) to indent.

=bretteur=, n.m., bully, fighter.

=bretture=, n.f., teeth, notches (in tools).

*=breuil=, n.m., inclosed copse, thicket.

=breuvage=, n.m., beverage, potion, draught, liquor, drink; (vet.) drench.

=brève=, n.f., short syllable; (mus.) short note.

=brevet=, n.m., warrant, brevet; (milit.) commission; patent; license (of printers). — d’apprentissage; indentures.

=breveté=, =-e= (brèv-), part., patented.

=breveté=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., patentee.

=breveter= (brèv-), v.a., to patent, to license.

=bréviaire=, n.m., breviary.

=brévité=, n.f., (gram.) shortness (of syllables).

=bribe=, n.f., hunch. pl., scraps, bits; odd ends.

=bric-à-brac=, n.m., (—) odds and ends; old stores; curios. Marchand de —; dealer in old iron, old pictures, old stores, curios.

=brick=, n.m., (nav.) brig.

=bricole=, n.f., breast-collar of a horse; rebound of a ball (at tennis); back stroke (at billiards); strap; (nav.) pitching, rolling. De or par —; indirectly, unfairly, by a fluke.

=bricoler=, v.n., (billiards, tennis) to hit a back stroke; (fig.) to cadge, to dodge, to shuffle.

=bride=, n.f., bridle, reins, check, curb; string (of a woman’s cap, bonnet); loop (for a button); (surg.) frenum. Mettre la — à un cheval; to put a bridle upon a horse. Tenir la — haute à un cheval; to keep a tight rein. Lui tenir la — courte; to shorten the rein. Lâcher la —; to give rein, to give head. Courir à toute —, à — abattue; to run at full speed. Tourner —; to turn back. Tenir quelqu’un en —; to keep any one within bounds, to curb. À cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la —; one does not look a gift-horse in the mouth. Laisser or mettre la — sur le cou; to give head entirely; (fig.) to let any one have his own way.

=bridé=, =-e=, part., bridled. Oison —; silly creature.

=brider=, v.a., to bridle; to tie fast, to fasten; to restrain, to curb, to keep under; to check. — l’ancre; (nav.) to shoe the anchor. — ses désirs; to curb one’s desires. — son cheval par la queue; to begin at the wrong end. Mon habit me bride sous les bras; my coat is too tight under the arms.

=bridon=, n.m., snaffle-bridle.

=brie=, n.f., rolling-pin. Fromage de Brie; Brie cheese.

=bri-ef=, =-ève=, adj., short, brief, curt.

=brièvement= (-èv-mān), adv., briefly, succinctly, in short.

=brièveté= (-èv-té), n.f., brevity, shortness, briefness, conciseness, succinctness.

=brigade=, n.f., (milit.) brigade; gang, troop, body.

=brigadier=, n.m., corporal (of cavalry); sergeant (of police); (nav.) bowman.

=brigand=, n.m., brigand, highwayman, robber; ruffian, thief.

=brigandage=, n.m., robbery, brigandage, plunder.

=brigandeau=, n.m., cheat, rogue, knave.

=brigander=, v.n., to rob, to plunder.

=brigandine=, n.f., coat of mail, brigandine.

=brigantin=, n.m., brigantine, brig.

=brigantine=, n.f., small brigantine.

*=brignole=, n.f., French plum.

=brigue= (brig), n.f., intrigue, bribery; canvassing; cabal, faction.

=briguer= (-ghé), v.a., to canvass for, to solicit, to seek, to court, to stand for, to seek, to aspire to.

=brigueur= (-gheur), n.m., canvasser, solicitor.

*=brillamment= (-mān). adv., brilliantly, in a brilliant manner; in brilliant fashion.

*=brillant=, =-e=, adj., brilliant, shining, sparkling, glittering, bright, showy, effulgent, beaming, radiant; robust, blooming (of health). Esprit —; sparkling wit. —s appas, charmes —s; dazzling charms. Affaire —e; (milit.) famous action.

*=brillant=, n.m., brilliancy, brightness, splendor, radiancy, refulgence, resplendency, luster; brilliant (diamond).

*=brillanté=, =-e=, adj., cut into a brilliant. n.m., diaper, damask.

*=brillanter=, v.a., to cut into a brilliant. — son style; (fig.) to load it with false ornaments.

*=briller=, v.n., to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to glisten, to be bright, sparkling; to play, to blaze, to dawn, to lighten, to flourish, to gleam, to glare. Tout ce qui — n’est pas or; all that glitters is not gold.

=brimbale=, n.f., brake, handle of a pump.

=brimbaler=, v.n., (fam., l.u.) to ring, to swing, to toss.

=brimborion=, n.m., nicknack, bauble, gewgaw.

=brin=, n.m., blade, slip, slender stalk; sprig, shoot; bit, jot. Un — de romarin; a sprig of rosemary. Un beau — de bois; a fine straight piece of timber. Un beau — d’homme; a tall well-set youth. Beau — de fille; fine slip of a girl. Un — de paille; a straw. Un — de fil; a bit of thread. Il n’y en a —; there is none at all. Un — de feu; a bit of fire. De, or en, —; (of wood) unhewn.

=brinde=, n.f., health, toast. Porter des —s; to drink toasts. Être dans les —s; to be drunk, tipsy.

*=brindille=, n.f., sprig, twig.

=bringuebale=, n.f. V. =brimbale=.

=brio=, n.m., dash, spirit, pluck, go; raciness, vivacity.

=brioche=, n.f., bun, cake; mistake, blunder.

=brion=, n.m., (bot.) tree-moss.

*=briquaillon=, n.m., brickbat.

=brique=, n.f., brick. — anglaise; Bath brick.

=briquet=, n.m., steel, flint, tinder-box; short saber, dirk; (dog) beagle, harrier. Battre le —; to strike a light. — pneumatique; fire syringe. Pierre à —; flint.

=briquetage= (brik-taj), n.m., brick-work; imitation brick-work.

=briqueté= (brik-), part., bricked; brick-like.

=briqueter= (brik-), v.a., to brick; to imitate brick-work.

=briqueterie= (brik-trî), n.f., brick-field, brick-making.

=briqueteur= (brik-teur), n.m., bricklayer.

=briquetier= (brik-tié), n.m., brick-maker.

=briquette=, n.f., compressed, patent fuel.

=bris=, n.m., (jur.) breaking open (of doors, prisons); wreckage, fragment; rigging (the market).

=brisant=, n.m., breaker, breakwater.

*=briscambille=, n.f. V. =brusquembille=.

=brise=, n.f., breeze. — carabinée; stiff gale.

=brisé=, =-e=, part., broken to pieces; harassed, fatigued; folding; (her.) rompu. Lit —; folding-bed. Chaise —e; folding-chair. Porte —e; folding-door.

☉=brise-cou=, n.m., (—) break-neck pace; (man.) rough-rider. V. =casse-cou=.

=brise-eau=, n.m., (—) breakwater.

=brisée=, n.f., fan-joint (of umbrellas).

=brisées=, n.f.pl., boughs cut off; footsteps, wake, shoes, heels, ground. Marcher sur les — de quelqu’un; to follow in any one’s footsteps. Aller sur les — de quelqu’un; to walk in any one’s shoes, to poach on any one’s preserves. Reprendre ses —; to retrace one’s steps.

=brise-glace=, n.m., (—, or —-—s) ice-breaker; starling (of a bridge).

=brise-lames=, n.m., (—) breakwater.

=brisement= (briz-mān), n.m., breaking, dashing (of waves); heartrending; contrition.

=brise-pierre=, n.m., (—) (surg.) stone-crusher.

=briser=, v.a., to break to pieces, to dash to pieces; to flaw, to burst, to crack, to knock off, to shatter, to shiver, to snap, to crush, to crash; to bruise. Être brisé; to feel sore all over.

=briser=, v.n., (nav.) to break, to dash. Brisons-là; let us say no more on the subject; enough!

se =briser=, v.r., to break, to be dashed to pieces; to fold up.

=brise-raison=, n.m., (—) wrong-headed person.

=brise-scellé=, n.m., (—-—s) (l.u.) seal-breaker.

=brise-tout=, n.m., (—) person that breaks everything; rough, clumsy fellow.

=briseur=, n.m., (l.u.) one who breaks anything. — d’images; image-breaker, iconoclast.

=briseuse=, n.f., breaker, breaker-engine.

=brise-vent=, n.m., (—, or —-—s) (gard.) screen.

=brisoir=, n.m., brake (for flax).

=brisque=, n.f., a card game; trump.

=brisure=, n.f., break, folding-point; catch, fastening; (her.) rebatement.

=britannique=, adj., British, Britannic.

=broc= (brô), n.m., large jug; pot, spit. De bric et de —; anyhow; by hook or by crook. Manger de la viande de — en bouche; to have one’s meat hot from the spit.

=brocantage=, n.m., dealing in second-hand goods, broker’s business; bartering.

=brocanter=, v.n., to deal in second-hand goods; to exchange, to barter.

=brocanteu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., a dealer in second-hand goods; broker.

=brocard=, n.m., taunt, jeer; joke, scoff; lampoon.

=brocarder=, v.a., to taunt, to jest, to jeer.

=brocardeu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., scoffer, jeerer.

=brocart=, n.m., brocade.

=brocatelle=, n.f., brocatel; (min.) brocate.

=brochage=, n.m., stitching (books).

=brochant=, part., (her.) — sur le tout; over all.

=broche=, n.f., spit; needle to knit with; spindle; skewer; spigot, peg (of casks); gudgeon (of locks); tusk (of wild boars); brooch (jewel); iron-pin. Mettre la viande à la —; to spit the meat.

=broché=, =-e=, adj., stitched (books); embossed (linen); figured (stuffs).

=brochée=, n.f., spitful, rod full of candles.

=brocher=, v.a., to stitch (a book); to figure (stuffs); to emboss (linen); to knit (stockings); to strike (a nail into a horse’s foot); to do things in a hurry, to dispatch. — une comédie, etc.; to polish off a comedy, etc.

=brochet=, n.m., pike, jack.

=brocheter= (brosh-té), v.a., (cook.) to skewer.

=brocheton= (brosh-ton), n.m., small pike, pickerel.

=brochette=, n.f., little skewer; meat (roasted on skewers); pin. Elever des oiseaux à la —; to feed birds by hand. Enfant élevé à la —; child brought up with great care.

=brocheu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., knitter; book-stitcher.

=brochoir=, n.m., smith’s shoeing-hammer.

=brochure=, n.f., stitching; book stitched and covered with a wrapper; pamphlet, tract.

=brocoli=, n.m., broccoli.

=brodé=, =-e=, part., embroidered.

=brodequin= (brod-kin), n.m., buskin, sock; half-boot, laced-boot (generally of women and children). Chausser le —; to go on the comic stage.

=broder=, v.a., to embroider; to adorn, to embellish a story, to exaggerate, to amplify.

=broderie= (bro-drî), n.f., embroidery; embellishment; exaggeration, amplification.

=brodeu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., embroiderer. — mécanique; embroidering machine.

=brodoir=, n.m., bobbin, frame.

=broie=, n.f., brake (for hemp).

=broiement= (broa-mān), n.m., grinding, powdering, pounding, pulverization.

=brome=, n.m., (chem.) brome.

=bromure=, n.m., (chem.) bromide.

=bronchade=, n.f., stumbling, tripping.

=bronchement= (bronsh-mān), n.m., (l.u.) flinching, stumbling. V. =bronchade=.

=broncher=, v.n., to stumble, to trip, to reel; to blunder, to falter, to fail, to flinch. Il n’y a si bon cheval qui ne bronche; it is a good horse that never stumbles.

=bronches=, n.f.pl., (anat.) bronchi, bronchiæ, bronchial tubes.

=bronchies=, n.f.pl. V. =branchies=.

=bronchique=, adj., (anat.) bronchial.

=bronchite=, n.f., (med.) bronchitis.

=bronchotomie= (-ko-), n.f., (surg.) bronchotomy.

=bronze=, n.m., bronze; bronze-figure, medal; (fig.) iron (insensibility), impudence, brass. Un cœur de —; a heart of iron, steel.

=bronzer=, v.a., to bronze, to paint in bronze color; to tan (face). — un canon de fusil; to bronze the barrel of a musket. Bronzé par le hâle; sunburnt, tanned by the sun.

=broquart=, n.m., (hunt.) brocket.

=broquette=, n.f., tin tack, small nail.

☉=brossailles=. V. =broussailles=.

=brosse=, n.f., brush; painter’s brush. — à dents; tooth-brush. — à habits; clothes-brush. (fig.) brush-wood, cover.

=brossée=, n.f., (fam.) brushing; drubbing, thrashing.

=brosser=, v.a., to brush, to rub with a brush.

se =brosser=, v.r., to brush one’s self.

=brosser=, v.n., to run through woods or bushes; to scour.

=brosserie= (bros-rî), n.f., brushmaking business; brush manufactory.

=brosseur=, n.m., (milit.) an officer’s servant.

=brossier=, n.m., brushmaker; brusher.

=brou=, n.m., husk, peel, shell (of walnuts). — de noix; walnut brandy.

=brouée=, n.f., fog, mist, drizzle, blight.

=brouet=, n.m., thin broth, porridge. — noir; black broth.

=brouette=, n.f., wheelbarrow; barrow; bath-chair.

=brouetter=, v.a., to wheel in a barrow.

=brouetteur=, n.m., bath-chairman.

=brouettier=, n.m., barrow man.

=brouhaha=, n.m., hubbub, uproar, hurly-burly.

*=brouillamini=, n.m., confusion; disorder.

*=brouillard=, n.m., fog, mist, haze, damp; (com.) waste-book. Un — épais; a dense fog. Je n’y vois que du —; I am muddled.

*=brouillard=, adj., blotting. Du papier —; blotting paper.

*=brouillasser=, v.imp., to drizzle. Il brouillasse; it is drizzling.

*=brouille=, n.f., quarrel, falling out, misunderstanding, disagreement, discord, broil. Être en — avec; to be on bad terms with, to disagree with.

*=brouillé=, =-e=, part., jumbled, at variance. Des œufs —s; buttered or scrambled eggs. Nous sommes —s; we have fallen out. Un teint —; a mottled complexion. Être — avec la justice; to be in the clutches of the law.

*=brouillement=, n.m., mixing together, jumbling.

*=brouiller=, v.a., to throw into confusion, to mix together, to blend, to stir up, to shake, to jumble, to shuffle, to confound; to set at variance; to embroil, to confuse; to puzzle. — deux personnes l’une avec l’autre; to set two people at variance. Vous me brouillez; you put me out.

se *=brouiller=, v.r., to be out, to put one’s self out, to confound one’s self; to fall out with any one. Le temps se brouille; the weather is spoiling. Se — avec la justice; to fall foul of the law, to fall into the clutches of the law.

*=brouiller=, v.n., to blunder, to mar.

*=brouillerie= (broo-), n.f., misunderstanding, disagreement, coolness, variance.

*=brouillon=, n.m., rough draft, rough copy; waste-book.

*=brouillon=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., blunderer, bungler, mar-all, mar-plot.

*=brouillon=, =-ne=, adj., mischief-making; blundering.

=brouir=, v.a., to blight, to blast, to nip, to parch.

=brouissure=, n.f., blight, scorching.

*=broussailles=, n.f.pl., bushes, brushwood, brambles.

=brousse=, n.f., brushwood, undergrowth.

=broussin=, n.m., excrescence from a tree.

=brout=, n.m., browse.

=broutant=, =-e=, adj., browsing.

=broutement=, n.m., browsing.

=brouter=, v.a.n., to browse, graze. L’herbe sera bien courte s’il ne trouve de quoi —; the grass must be very short, if he cannot get a bite.

=broutilles=, n.f.pl., sprigs, small-wood, chat-wood; (fig.) trinkets, nicknacks.

=brouture=, n.f., browsing.

=broyer=, v.a., to grind, to pound, to beat small, to bruise; to break (hemp). — l’encre; (print.) to bray the ink. — du noir; to be in a brown study.

=broyeur=, n.m., grinder, pounder, hemp or flax-breaker.

☉=broyon=, n.m., brayer (for printer’s ink).

=bru=, n.f., daughter-in-law.

=bruant=, n.m., (orni.) yellow-hammer.

=brucelle=, n.f., (bot.) brownwort; pl., tweezers.

*=brugnon=, n.m., nectarine.

=bruine=, n.f., small drizzling rain.

=bruiner=, v.imp., to drizzle.

=bruire=, v.n., to rustle, to rattle; (of the wind) to roar, to sough.

=bruissement= (-mān), n.m., rustling noise, rattling, roaring; whirring, (of the wind) soughing.

=bruit=, n.m., noise, bustle, din, racket, creaking, knocking, sound, clamor, buzz; quarrel, dispute; fame, name, reputation; report, talk; rumor. — d’une arme à feu; report of a firearm. Faire un — sourd; to rumble, to hum. Au — des cloches, or du canon; at the ringing of the bells, the roar of the guns. On le fit entrer sans —; he was let in noiselessly. Cet événement fait du —; that affair is making a great noise. Ils ont eu du — ensemble; they came to high words. Il s’est répandu un —; a rumor has spread. Un faux —; a false report. Il court un —; it is reported. Il n’est — que de; there’s no talk but of. Grand — petite besogne; great cry, little wool.

=brûlable=, adj., (l.u.) fit to be burnt.

=brûlant=, =-e=, adj., burning, scorching, hot, burning hot, torrid; eager, earnest, ardent.

=brûlé=, n.m., burning. Cela sent le —; that smells of burning.

=brûlé=, =-e=, part., burnt.

=brûle-gueule=, n.m., (—) short pipe.

=brûlement= (-mān), n.m., burning.

à =brûle-pourpoint=, adv., (of shooting) close to; point-blank; to one’s face, in one’s teeth; unreservedly. adj., irrefutable. Un argument —; an irrefutable argument.

=brûler=, v.a., to burn, to consume by fire, to cauterize; to parch, to scorch, to blast, to scar, to swelter. — de fond en comble; to burn to the ground. — la cervelle à quelqu’un; to blow any one’s brains out. Son style brûle le papier; his style is full of fire. — de l’encens devant quelqu’un; to flatter any one excessively. — une étape; to pass a halting-place without stopping. — le pavé; to dash along at full tilt. — ses vaisseaux; not to go back.

=brûler=, v.n., to burn, to be on fire; to be all in a flame. Les mains lui brûlent; his hands burn. Je brûle de vous revoir; I am impatient, longing to see you again. — d’un feu lent; to be consumed by degrees.

se =brûler=, v.r., to burn one’s self, to be burnt, to scorch. Venir se — à la chandelle; to burn one’s wings at the candle. — la cervelle; to blow one’s brains out. — les doigts; to burn one’s fingers.

=brûlerie=, n.f., (l.u.) burning; brandy-distillery.

=brûle-tout=, n.m., (—) save all.

=brûleur=, n.m., incendiary, firer; (fig.) blackguard.

=brûloir=, n.m., =brûloire=, n.f., burner, roaster.

=brûlot=, n.m., fire-ship; firebrand, incendiary.

=brûlure=, n.f., burn, scald, scalding.

=brumaire=, n.m., Brumaire, second month of the calendar of the first French republic, from Oct. 23rd to Nov. 21st.

=brumal=, =-e=, adj., (l.u.) brumal, winterly, wintry.

=brume=, n.f., fog, haze, mist.

=brumeu-x=, =-se=, adj., foggy, hazy, misty.

=brun=, =-e=, adj., brown, dark, dun, dusk; gloomy, sad. Il commence à faire —; it is beginning to be dusk.

=brun=, n.m., brown; dark person. — châtain; chestnut brown. — clair; light brown. — foncé; dun-colored.

=brunâtre=, adj., brownish.

=brune=, n.f., dusk (of the evening); dark woman, dark girl.

=brunelle=, n.f., (bot.) self-heal.

=brunet=, =-te=, adj., brownish.

=brunette=, n.f., dark woman, dark girl; ☉love ballad.

=bruni=, n.m., (tech.) burnish.

=brunir=, v.a., to brown, to make brown, to darken; to burnish.

se =brunir=, v.r., to turn dark or brown.

=brunir=, v.n., to turn brown.

=brunissage=, n.m., burnishing.

=brunisseu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., one who burnishes, burnisher.

=brunissoir=, n.m., burnisher (tool).

=brunissure=, n.f., burnishing; browning.

=brusque=, adj., blunt, abrupt, rough, gruff, short-crusted, sudden, unexpected.

*=brusquembille=, n.f., game at cards.

=brusquement=, adv., bluntly, abruptly, roughly, hastily, gruffly.

=brusquer=, v.a., to offend; to treat roughly, bluntly, to be sharp with any one. Il brusque tout le monde; he is abrupt with everybody. — une chose; to do a thing in haste. — l’aventure; to decide at once. — la fortune; to tempt fortune.

=brusquerie=, n.m., bluntness; abruptness, roughness, gruffness; suddenness, hastiness.

=brut= (brut), =-e=, adj., rough, raw, crude, unpolished, unhewn, coarse, unfashioned; clownish, awkward; rude, ill-bred. Diamant —; rough diamond. Sucre —; brown sugar. Bête —e; (fam.) brute beast. Produit —; gross produce; gross returns. Vin —; unadulterated wine.

=brut= (brut), adv., (com.) gross.

=brutal=, =-e=, adj., brutal, brutish, surly, bearish, churlish, cynical.

=brutal=, n.m., brute.

=brutalement= (-tal-mān), adv., brutally, brutishly, rudely, churlishly.

=brutaliser=, v.a., to bully; to use one brutally.

=brutalité=, n.f., brutality, brutishness; outrageous language. Dire des —s à quelqu’un; to abuse any one in a brutal manner.

=brute=, n.f., brute, beast; brutal person.

=bruyamment= (bru-ia-mān), adv., noisily, loudly, clamorously.

=bruyant=, =-e= (bru-iān, -te), adj., noisy, blustering, clamorous, clattering, loud.

=bruyère= (bru-ièr), n.f., heath, sweet-heather. Coq de —; grouse.

=bryon=, n.m. V. =brion=.

=bryone=, n.f., (bot.) bryony.

=buanderie= (-drî), n.f., wash-house, laundry.

=buandi-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., bleacher; washerman, washerwoman.

=bubale=, n.m., species of buffalo.

=bube=, n.f., pimple, blotch.

=bubon=, n.m., (med.) bubo.

=bubonocèle=, n.m., (med.) bubonocele.

=bucarde=, n.m., (conch.) heart-shell, cockle.

=buccal=, =-e=, adj., buccal.

=buccin= (buk-sin), n.m., (conch.) whelk; (mus.) bass-trombone.

=buccinateur=, n.m., (anat.) buccinator.

=bucentaure=, n.m., Bucentaur.

=bucéphale=, n.m., Bucephalus (Alexander’s horse).

=bûche=, n.f., billet, chump of wood, lump of coal, log; dull-pated fellow, blockhead.

=bûcher=, n.m., wood-house; funeral-pile, pyre, stake.

=bûcher=, v.a., (carp.) to rough-hew, to cut down; (fig.) to fag at, to work hard, to drudge.

=bûcheron= (bûsh-ron), n.m., woodcutter.

=bûchette=, n.f., stick of dry wood.

=bucoliaste=, n.m., bucolic, writer of bucolics.

=bucolique=, adj., bucolic. —s, n.f.pl., bucolics; (fam.) rattle-traps.

=budget=, n.m., budget. Le — de l’Etat; the state budget. Le — de la marine; the naval estimates. Le — de la guerre; the army estimates. Le — d’un ménage; household expenses.

=budgétaire=, adj., pertaining, relating, to the budget.

=buée=, n.f., ☉lye, washing in lye; steam, reek.

=buffet=, n.m., cupboard, sideboard; refreshment-room; service (of plate). — d’orgues; organ-case.

=buffle=, n.m., buffalo; buff-leather; buff.

=buffleterie= (-fle-trî), n.f., belts, straps, &c., (of a soldier).

=buffletin=, n.m., young buffalo.

=bufonite=, n.f., (foss.) bufonite.

=bugle=, n.f., (bot.) bugle.

=buglosse=, n.f., (bot.) bugloss.

=bugrane=, n.f., (bot.) rest-harrow.

=buhotier=, n.m., shrimp-net.

=buie=, n.f., pitcher, jug.

=buire=, n.m., vase, jug, beaker, flagon.

=buis=, n.m., box; box-tree, box-wood. — piquant; butcher’s broom.

=buissaie=, n.f., grove of box-trees.

=buisson=, n.m., bush, thicket. — ardent; (bot.) evergreen thorn. Trouver — creux; to find the birds flown.

=buissonner=, v.n., (bot.) to bush.

=buissonneu-x=, =-se=, adj., bushy, woody.

=buissonni-er=, =-ère=, adj. Only used in the expressions: Lapins buissonniers; thicket-rabbits. Faire l’école buissonnière; to play the truant.

=bulbe=, n.f., (bot.) bulb.

=bulbe=, n.m., (anat.) bulb.

=bulbeu-x=, =-se=, adj., bulbous.

=bulbifère=, adj., (bot.) bulbiferous.

=bullaire= (-lèr), n.m., collection of papal bulls.

=bulle=, n.f., bubble; (med.) bubble, blister; (metal.) bead. — d’eau; water-bubble. — d’air; air-bubble.

=bulle=, n.f., pope’s bull. La — d’or; the golden bull.

=bulle=, adj., whity-brown (of paper). Papier —; whity-brown paper.

=bullé=, =-e=, adj., authentic; by pope’s bull.

=bulletin=, n.m., paper, circular, voting paper; (milit.) bulletin; bulletin, official report. — de bagages; luggage-ticket.

=bunium=, n.m., earth-nut; pig-nut.

=buphthalme=, n.m., (bot.) ox-eye.

=buplèvre=, n.m., (bot.) hare’s-ear.

=bupreste=, n.m., (ent.) burn-cow; golden beetle.

=buraliste=, n.m., office-keeper, clerk; money-taker.

=burat=, n.m., drugget; bunting.

=buratine=, n.f., poplin.

=bure=, n.f., drugget; fustian, rough serge (of monk’s dress), baize; (min.) shaft, pit-hole.

=bureau=, n.m., bureau, writing-table, desk; office; board, bench (in a court of judicature); committee; court (personages). — de tabac; tobacconist’s shop. Chef de —; head clerk; chief of a department. Déposer sur le —; (parliament) to lay upon the table. Payer à — ouvert; (com.) to pay on demand. Prendre l’air du —; to see how matters stand; to call in at the office. Vent du —; aspect of affairs. — de placement; registry office for servants, etc.

☉=bureau=, n.m., drugget.

=bureaucrate=, n.m., bureaucrat, clerk in a public office; red-tapist.

=bureaucratie=, n.f., bureaucracy, red-tapeism.

=burette=, n.f., cruet; vase, flagon; (bicycle) oil-can.

=burgau=, n.m., =burgaudine=, n.f., burgau; burgau mother of pearl.

=burgrave=, n.m., Burgrave.

=burgraviat=, n.m., Burgraviate.

=burin=, n.m., graver, graving-tool; (fig.) pen.

=buriner=, v.a., to engrave.

=burlesque=, adj., burlesque, merry, comical, jocose, jocular, ludicrous. Vers —s; doggerel verses.

=burlesque=, n.m., burlesque.

=burlesquement=, adv., comically, ludicrously, in a jocose way.

=burnous=, n.m. V. =bernous=.

=bursal=, =-e=, adj., fiscal.

=busard=, n.m., (orni.) buzzard; (fig.) blockhead, dolt.

=busc=, n.m., busk (of stays); mitre (of locks).

=buse=, n.f., (orni.) buzzard; (fig.) blockhead. On ne sauvait faire d’une — un épervier; one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

=busqué=, part., busked; curved, arched.

=busquer=, v.a., to put a busk in; (of skirts) to shorten, to draw up.

se =busquer=, v.r., to wear a busk.

☉=busquière=, n.f., busk-case.

=busserole=, n.f., (bot.) whortle-berry.

=buste=, n.m., (sculpt.) bust; head and shoulders. Portrait en —; half-length portrait.

=but=, n.m., mark; object, end, aim, purpose, design, view; goal. Viser au —; to aim at the mark. Le — de ses désirs; the object of his desires. Se proposer un —; to have an object in view. Arriver le premier au —; to be the first to reach the goal. — à —; without any odds, evens. Jouer — à —; to play even. De — en blanc; bluntly, without any preamble; point-blank.

=butant=, adj. V. =boutant=.

=bute=, n.f., farrier’s knife.

=butée=, n.f., (arch.) abutment-pier. V. =buttée=.

=buter=, v.n., to hit the mark; to stumble; to aim at. Ce cheval bute à chaque pas; that horse stumbles at every step.

=buter=, v.a., (gard.) to earth up; (arch.) to prop up. — un mur; to prop a wall with a buttress. — un arbre; to heap up earth round the root of a tree. — du céleri; to earth up celery.

se =buter=, v.r., to be bent on; to stick to; to contradict, to oppose.

=butin=, n.m., booty, pillage, spoils, prize, plunder.

=butiner=, v.n., to spoil, to pillage, to plunder, to get booty, to pilfer; to collect, to gather.

=butiner=, v.a., (fig.) to pilfer.

=butome=, n.m., (bot.) flowering rush; water-gladiole.

=butor=, n.m., (orni.) bittern; churl, dull fellow.

=butorde=, n.f., coarse, pig-headed woman.

=butte=, n.f., rising ground, ridge, knoll, mound, bank. Être en — à; to be exposed to.

=buttée=, n.f. V. =butée=.

=butter=, v.a., (gard.) to earth up.

=butter=, v.n. V. =buter=.

=buttoir=, n.m., ridging-plow; buttress; (rail.) buffer-stop; catch-peg.

=butyreu-x=, =-se=, adj., butyrous; buttery.

=buvable=, adj., drinkable, fit to drink.

=buvard=, n.m., blotting-case, blotting-pad. Papier —; blotting paper.

=buvetier= (buv-tié), n.m., keeper of a tavern.

=buvette=, n.f., refreshment-room, tap-room, shades, public house.

=buveu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., drinker; toper.

=buvoter=, v.n., to sip, to tipple.

=bysse=, n.m. V. =byssus=.

=byssus=, n.m., (bot., antiq.) byssus.

=byzantin=, =-e=, adj., Byzantine style.

C

=c=, n.m., the third letter of the alphabet, c.

=c.=, (ab.) (com.) compte; account.

=c’= (contraction of ce, and used only before the verb être), this, it.

=ça=, adv., here. — et là; here and there, up and down, to and fro.

=ça=, int., now. — voyons! now, let us see! Or — commencez! come, begin!

=ça=, pron., (for cela) that. Donnez-moi —; give me that. Comme —; like that; so. Comment vous portez-vous? comme ci comme —; how do you do? only so-so.

=cabalant=, =-e=, adj., caballing.

=cabale=, n.f., cabal; cabala.

=cabaler=, v.n., to cabal, to plot.

=cabaleur=, n.m., caballer, intriguer.

=cabaliste=, n.m., cabalist.

=cabalistique=, adj., cabalistic.

=caban=, n.m., cloak with a hood.

=cabanage=, n.m., camp, hutting.

=cabane=, n.f., cot, hut, shed, cabin, cottage; flat-bottomed boat on the Loire.

=cabaner=, v.a., (nav.) to capsize (a boat).

=cabaner=, v.n., (nav.) to capsize.

=cabanon=, n.m., cell (prison).

=cabaret=, n.m., wine-shop, tavern, pot-house; china tea- or coffee-service, liqueur-service, tray; (bot.) asarum. Pilier de —; tavern haunter, tippler. — borgne; pot-house.

=cabareti-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., publican, tavern-keeper.

=cabas=, n.m., basket; cottage bonnet; wicker-work carriage, rumbling-carriage.

☉=cabasset=, n.m., helmet.

=cabéliau=, n.m., (ich.) keeling.

=cabestan=, n.m., capstan, capstern, hand-winch. Grand —; main capstan. — volant; crab. Envoyer un homme au —; to send a man to the capstan (to be punished).

*=cabillaud=, n.m., (ich.) cod (live cod).

=cabine=, n.f., (nav.) cabin.

=cabinet=, n.m., closet, study, cabinet; practice (of a professional man); summer-house; office (of an attorney, a barrister); cabinet, cabinet-council. — de lecture; reading-room. — de toilette; dressing-room. — de bains; bath-room. — d’aisance; water-closet. Affaires de —; chamber practice (of lawyers).

=câble=, n.m., cable. Filer du —; (nav.) to pay out, to veer more cable; (fig.) to spin out the time. — de remorque; tow-cable. Bitter le —; to bit the cable. Maître —; sheet-cable. — d’affourche; small bower-cable. — de touée; stream-cable.

=câblé=, n.m., thick cord.

=câblé=, =-e=, adj., (arch.) cabled, twisted.

=câbleau= or =câblot=, n.m., cablet, small cable; mooring-rope, painter.

=câblée=, n.f., cable’s length.

=câbler=, v.a., to twist threads into a cord; to make ropes or cables.

=cabliau=, n.m. V. =cabillaud=.

=cablogramme=, n.m., cablegram.

=caboche=, n.f., pate, noddle, nob; head-piece, hobnail. Grosse —; logger-head. Être bonne —; to have a good head-piece.

=cabochon=, n.m., polished but uncut precious stone; (tech.) fancy brass nail.

=cabochon=, adj., (of stones) polished only, but uncut.

=cabosse=, n.f., cacao pod.

=cabot=, n.m., (ich.) bull-head. V. =chabot=.

=cabotage=, n.m., coasting, coasting-trade. Vaisseau de —; coasting-vessel.

=caboter=, v.n., to coast.

=caboteur=, n.m., coaster.

=cabotier=, n.m., coasting-vessel.

=cabotin=, n.m., (b.s.) strolling player; low comedian.

=cabre=, n.f., gin; (nav.) sheers.

se =cabrer=, v.r., to prance, to rear, to rise up; to fly into a passion; to be refractory. Faire se — un cheval; to make a horse rear.

=cabrer=, v.a., to provoke any one, to make any one fly into a passion; to offend, to shock.

=cabri=, n.m., kid.

=cabriole=, n.f., caper; (man.) cabriole.

=cabrioler=, v.n., to caper, to cut capers.

=cabriolet=, n.m., cabriolet, cab, gig. — à pompe; curricle. Place de —; cab-stand.

=cabrioleur=, n.m., caperer.

=cabus=, adj., (of cabbages) headed.

=caca=, n.m., child’s excrement. Faire —; to do one’s excrement.

=cacade=, n.f., (l.u., l.ex.) mess, mistake, failure, mull.

=cacao=, n.m., cacao, chocolate-nut.

=cacaotier= or =cacaoyer=, n.m., cacao-tree.

=cacaoyère=, n.f., cacao-plantation.

=cacatois=, n.m., (nav.) royal, mast-top.

=cacatois= or =kakatoès=, n.m., (orni.) cockatoo.

=caccaber=, v.n., to cry (of partridges).

=cachalot=, n.m., cachalot; spermaceti-whale.

=cache=, n.f., hiding-place; (hunt.) stake-net.

=caché=, =-e=, part., hid, hidden. Ressorts —s; hidden, secret springs. N’avoir rien de — pour quelqu’un; to keep nothing secret from anyone, to have no secrets for. Jeu —; underhand game.

=cache-cache=, n.m., (n.p.) hide and seek.

=cachectique= (shèk-), adj., (med.) cachetic.

=cache-entrée=, n.m., (—, or —-—s) drop (of a key-hole).

=cachement= (kash-mān), n.m., (l.u.) concealing, hiding.

=cachemire=, n.m., cashmere.

=cache-nez=, n.m., muffler, comforter.

*=cache-peigne=, n.m., (—, or —-—s) head-ornament to conceal the comb.

=cacher=, v.a., to hide, to secrete, to conceal, to disguise, to lurk; to abscond. Cachez votre jeu; hide your cards. — son jeu; to hide, to mask, one’s play. — son nom, son âge; to conceal one’s name, one’s age. — sa vie; to lead a secluded life.

se =cacher=, v.r., to hide, to secrete one’s self; to lurk; to abscond.

=cachet=, n.m., seal (of private individuals); stamp; ticket. Lettre de —; lettre-de-cachet, (arbitrary warrant of imprisonment). — de chiffres, d’armes; seal with a cipher, with a coat of arms. — volant; flying seal. Courir le —; to give private lessons in town, to go about teaching. Son style a un — particulier; his style has a certain stamp, characteristic, character all its own.

=cacheté=, =-e=, part., sealed. Soumissions —es; sealed tenders.

=cacheter= (kash-té), v.a., to seal, to seal up. Cire à —; sealing-wax. Pain à —; wafer.

=cachette=, n.f., hiding-place. En —; secretly, by stealth.

=cacheu-r=, =-se=, n.m.f., sneak, sly-boots.

=cachexie= (-shè-ksi), n.f., (med.) cachexy.

=cachot=, n.m., dungeon; (milit.) black hole.

=cachotte=, n.f., tobacco-pipe without a heel.

=cachotterie= (-sho-trî), n.f., mysterious ways, secret practice (about trifles).

=cachotti-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., mysterious, sly.

=cachou=, n.m., cachou.

=cacique=, n.m., cazique or cacique (Indian chief).

=cacis=. V. =cassis=.

=cacochyme= (-shim), adj., (med.) cachochymic.

=cacochymie= (-shi-), n.f., (med.) cacochymy.

=cacoèthe=, adj., (med.) (ulcers) malignant, incurable.

=cacographie=, n.f., cacography.

=cacolet=, n.m., mule-litter, pannier. En —; on panniered mules.

=cacologie=, n.f., cacology.

=cacophonie=, n.f., cacophony.

=cacotrophie=, n.f., (med.) cacotrophy.

=cactier= or =cactus=, n.m., (bot.) torch-thistle, cactus.

=cadastral=, =-e=, adj., referring to the register of lands; pertaining to real estate.

=cadastre=, n.m., register of the survey of lands.

=cadastrer=, v.a., to survey.

=cadavéreu-x=, =-se=, adj., cadaverous, wan, ghastly.

=cadavérique=, adj., (anat.) of a dead body.

=cadavre=, n.m., corpse, dead body. C’est un — ambulant; he is a walking ghost.

=cadeau=, n.m., present, gift. Faire — de; to make a present of.

=cadédis= (-diss), int., zounds, faith!

=cadenas= (-nâ), n.m., padlock; clasp, snap. — à secret; secret padlock. Enfermer sous —; to padlock.

=cadenasser=, v.a., to padlock; to clasp.

=cadence=, n.f., time (in dancing); (mus.) quivering, shake; (man., harmony) cadence. Aller en —; to keep time.

=cadencé=, =-e=, part., cadenced, numbered, harmonious.

=cadencer=, v.a., to cadence, to harmonize; (mus.) to time, to shake, to trill.

=cadène=, n.f., (l.u.) chain; chain-gang (of convicts).

=cadenette= (-nett), n.f., hair-cue, tress (of hair).

=cadet=, =-te=, adj., younger, junior (of two). Branche —te; younger branch.

=cadet=, n.m., (milit.) cadet; younger brother; younger son; junior (of two), (fam.) young fellow. C’est un jeune — de haut appétit; he is an extravagant young gentleman.

=cadette=, n.f., younger sister, younger daughter; paving stone; long billiard cue.

=cadi=, n.m., cadi (Turkish judge).

=cadis=, n.m., sort of woolen serge.

=cadisé=, n.m., kind of drugget.

=cadmie=, n.f., (chem., metal.) oxide of zinc.

=cadmium=, n.m., cadmium.

=cadogan=, n.m. V. =catogan=.

=cadole=, n.f., latch, little bolt.

=cadran=, n.m., dial-plate, dial.

=cadrat=, n.m., (print.) quadrat. — creux; quotation.

=cadratin=, n.m., (print.) M quadrat. Demi —; N quadrat.

=cadrature=, n.f., (horl.) movement; dial-work.

=cadre=, n.m., frame (for a picture); (nav. milit.); list of officers; framework; skeleton; limits. Être sur les —; (nav.) to be on the sick list.

=cadrer=, v.n., to agree, to square with, to tally; to suit, to fit in with.

=cadrille=, n.f., check, square.

=cadriller=, v.a., to rule (in squares), to checker.

=cadu-c=, =-que=, adj., decrepit; broken-down; decayed, crazy; lapsed, null, void (of legacies); (bot.) deciduous. Age —; decrepit old age. Devenir —; to decay. Legs —; lapsed legacy (barred by limitation). Le mal —; the falling sickness, epilepsy.

=caducée=, n.m., caduceus, Mercury’s wand; tipstaff.

=caducité=, n.f., caducity; decay, decline.

=cæcum= (sékom), n.m., (anat.) cæcum.

=cafard=, =-e=, adj., hypocritical, sanctimonious.

=cafard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., canter, hypocrite; tell-tale; humbug, sneak.

=cafard=, n.m., (ent.) cockroach. V. =blatte=.

=cafarderie=, n.f., cant, hypocrisy, false devotion.

=cafardise=, n.f., (l.u.) piece of hypocrisy; cant.

=café=, n.m., coffee; coffee-house; coffee (berry). Tasse de —; cup of coffee. Rôtir, moudre, prendre, du —; to roast, to grind, to drink, coffee. — au lait; coffee with milk. — à la crème; coffee with cream. — chantant; music-hall.

=caféier=, n.m. V. =cafier=.

=caféière=, n.f., coffee-plantation.

=cafetan=, or =caftan=, n.m., caftan (Turkish garment).

=cafetier=, n.m., coffee-house keeper.

=cafetière=, n.f., coffee-pot.

=cafier=, or =caféier=, n.m., coffee-tree.

=cafre=, n.m.f., Caffre.

=cage=, n.f., cage; coop (for fowls); (tech.) frame; casing, housing. Mettre un homme en —; to put a man in prison, or under lock and key. La belle — ne nourrit pas l’oiseau; all is not gold that glitters.

=cagée=, n.f., cage-full.

*=cagnard=, =-e=, adj., lazy, skulking, slothful.

*=cagnard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., lazy-bones, skulker. C’est un —; he is a skulker, loafer.

*=cagnarder=, v.n., to loaf.

*=cagnardise=, n.f., laziness, slothfulness, skulking.

*=cagne=, n.f., (l.u.) slut.

*=cagneu-x=, =-se=, adj., knock-kneed, splay-footed.

=cagot=, =-e=, adj., (fam.) bigoted, hypocritical.

=cagot=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., (fam.) bigot.

=cagoterie=, n.f., (fam.) affected devotion, hypocrisy, bigotry.

=cagotisme=, n.m., (fam.) bigotry, false devotion.

=cagoule=, n.f., a monk’s cloak.

=cague=, n.f., Dutch sloop.

=cahier=, n.m., paper-book; copy-book; quarter of a quire of paper; book (manuscript); sheet. — des charges; specifications. — des frais; bill of costs.

=cahin-caha=, adv., (fam.) so-so, lamely, poorly, slowly, reluctantly.

=cahot=, n.m., jerk; jolt of a coach.

=cahotage=, =cahotement=, n.m., jolting, jerking.

=cahotant=, =-e=, adj., rough, jolting.

=cahoter=, v.n., to jolt, to toss about.

=cahoter=, v.a., to jolt, to jog, to jerk.

=cahute=, n.f., hut, crib, hovel; (nav.) small cabin.

=caïc= or =caïque=, n.m., yawl, long-boat, levantine-boat.

=caiche=, n.f., (nav.) ketch.

=caïd=, n.m., (—s) Arab military chief or judge.

=caïeu=, n.m., (hort.) sucker, off-shoot.

*=caille=, n.f., (orni.) quail.

=caillé=, adj., curdled, clotted.

*=caillé=, n.m., curdled milk, curds.

*=caillebot=, n.m., guelder-rose.

*=caillebotis=, n.m., (nav.) grating of the hatches.

*=caillebotté=, =-e=, part., curdled.

*=caillebotte=, n.f., mass of curds.

*=caillebotter=, v.n., to curdle.

*=caille-lait=, n.m., (—) (bot.) cheese-rennet.

*=caillement=, n.m., curdling, coagulating.

*=cailler=, v.a., to curdle, to clot, to curd.

*se =cailler=, v.r., to coagulate, to turn to curds.

*=cailletage=, n.m., gossiping, idle talk, tittle-tattle.

*=cailleteau=, n.m., young quail.

=cailleter=, v.n., to gossip, to chatter.

*=cailletot=, n.m., young turbot.

*=caillette=, n.f., rennet; gossip; chatterer.

*=caillot=, n.m., clot of blood; coagulum.

*=caillotis=, n.m., kelp (ashes of seaweed).

*=caillot-rosat=, n.m., (—s-—s) a kind of pear.

*=caillou=, n.m., flint, flint-stone, pebble.

*=cailloutage=, n.m., stoning, graveling, ballasting; flint-ware, pebble-work.

*=caillouter=, v.a., to macadamize, to gravel, to ballast.

*=caillouteu-x=, =-se=, adj., pebbly, flinty.

*=cailloutis=, n.m., broken stones, gravel; broken flint.

=caïmacan=, n.m., caimacan (a Turkish officer).

=caïman=, n.m., American crocodile, caiman.

=caimand=. V. =quémand=.

=caimander=. V. =quémander=.

=caimandeu-r=, =-se=. V. =quémandeur=.

=caïque=, n.m. V. =caïc=.

=caisse=, n.f., case, box, chest, trunk; coffer, till; cash-room, counting-house; cylinder (of a drum); (anat.) drum (of the ear); body (of a coach); pay-office. — de médicaments; medicine chest. — militaire; military chest. La — du régiment; the regimental chest. Avoir tant d’argent en —; to have so much money in hand. Les —s de l’Etat; the coffers of the state. Livre de —; cash-book. Tenir la —; to keep the cash. — de secours mutuels; sick-fund. — des pensions; pension fund. Faire la —; to make up the cash account. — d’amortissement; sinking fund. — d’épargne; savings-bank. — d’escompte; discounting bank. Grosse —; big drum. Battre la —; to beat the drum. Bander la —; to brace the drum. Tenir la —; to act as cashier. (jest.) Sauver la —; to run off with the till.

=caissier=, n.m., treasurer, cashier.

=caisson=, n.m., (milit.), ammunition wagon, caisson, chest; (nav.) locker; (arch.) coffer; compartment ceiling; sunk-panel; (artil.) limber. Les —s des vivres; the provision wagons. — à poudre; powder-chest.

=cajoler=, v.a., to cajole, to coax, to wheedle.

=cajolerie=, n.f., cajolery, coaxing, wheedling.

=cajoleu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., cajoler, coaxer, wheedler.

=cal=, n.m., callosity; (med.) callus.

=calade=, n.f., (man.) calade; descent, slope.

=calage=, n.m., wedging, lowering, sinking.

=calaison=, n.f., load water line; sea-gauge.

=calambour=, n.m., calambac (wood).

=calamendrier=, n.m., (bot.) common wall-germander.

=calament=, n.m., (min. bot.) calamint.

=calaminaire=, adj., (l.u.) belonging to calamine.

=calamine=, n.f., (min.) calamine.

=calamite=, n.f., (min.) calamite.

=calamité=, n.f., calamity, distress.

=calamiteu-x=, =-se=, adj., distressful, calamitous.

=calandrage=, n.m., calendering, hot-pressing, mangling.

=calandre=, n.f., (ent.) weevil; mangle, calender; (orni.) calandra.

=calandrer=, v.a., to calender, to press, to smooth, to mangle.

=calandreur=, n.m., mangler, calenderer.

=calangue=, n.f., (nav.) creek, cove.

=calao=, n.m., (orni.) horn-bill.

=calatrava=, n.m., a Spanish military order.

=calcaire=, adj., calcareous.

=calcaire=, n.m., limestone.

=calcanéum= (-om), n.m., (anat.) calcaneum, os calcis, heel-bone.

=calcédoine=, n.f., (min.) chalcedony.

=calcédonieu-x=, =-se=, adj., chalcedonic.

=calcin=, n.m., calcined glass.

=calcinable=, adj., calcinable.

=calcination=, n.f., calcination.

=calciner=, v.a., to calcine, to burn.

se =calciner=, v.r., to calcine.

=calcis=, n.m., (orni.) night-hawk.

=calcite=. V. =chalcite=.

=calcium= (-om), n.m., calcium.

=calcographie=, n.f., calcography.

=calcul=, n.m., calculation, ciphering, arithmetic, computation, reckoning, counting, estimate, forecast; design, selfish motive; (med.) calculus; stone in the bladder. — différentiel; differential calculus. — approximatif; rough calculation. Il apprend le —; he learns arithmetic. De — fait; everything included.

=calculable=, adj., computable, calculable.

=calculant=, =-e=, adj., calculating, reckoning; designing.

=calculateur=, adj., calculating.

=calculateur=, n.m., calculator, reckoner, accountant; schemer.

=calculatoire=, adj., calculatory.

=calculer=, v.a., to calculate, to compute, to reckon, to estimate; to forecast, to contrive, to devise; to determine.

=calculeu-x=, =-se=, adj., (med.) calculous.

=calculeu-x=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., person affected with calculus.

=cale=, n.f., (nav.) hold (of a ship); wedge, prop; ducking, keel-hauling (punishment); (tech.) block, quay. — de construction; stocks. — de magasin, d’un quai; slip. À fond de —; at the bottom of the hold. Eau de —; bilge water. Donner la — à un matelot; to give a sailor a ducking. — sèche; dry ducking. Être à fond de —; (fam.) to be hard up, to be at the end of one’s resources.

=calebasse=, n.f., (bot.) calabash; gourd; (fig. & fam.) pate, nob, noddle.

=calebassier=, n.m., calabash tree.

=calèche=, n.f., calash; barouche, open carriage.

=caleçon=, n.m., drawers, pair of drawers.

=caleçonnier=, n.m., one who makes drawers.

=calédonien=, =-ne=, n. and adj., Caledonian.

=caléfacteur=, n.m., cooking apparatus, kitchener, cooking-stove.

=caléfaction=, n.f., calefaction, heating.

=calembour=, n.m., pun.

=calembouriste=, n.m., a punster.

=calembredaine=, n.f., fib, fetch, quibble, subterfuge.

=calencar=, n.m., a kind of Indian chintz.

=calence=, n.f., want of work. En —; out of work.

=calender= (-dèr), n.m., kind of dervis.

=calendes=, n.f.pl., (antiq.) calends; convocation of the country clergy. Renvoyer aux — grecques; to put off till doomsday.

=calendrier=, n.m., calendar, almanac. Vieux —; the old calendar (old style). Nouveau —, — grégorien; the new, the Gregorian, calendar.

=calenture=, n.f., (med.) calenture.

=calepied=, n.m., toe-clip (bicycle).

=calepin=, n.m., note-book, memorandum-book.

=caler=, v.a., (nav.) to lower, to strike; to support, to wedge up. — les voiles; to strike sail. Cale tout! let go amain! — la voile; to yield, to sing small.

=caler=, v.n., to have more or less draught, to sink. Ce navire cale trop; that ship draws too much water. —; (at marbles) to knuckle down. —; (school) to keep away from.

=calfait=, n.m., (nav.) calking iron.

=calfat=, n.m., (nav.) calker.

=calfatage=, n.m., (nav.) calking.

=calfater=, v.a., (nav.) to calk.

=calfatin=, n.m., (nav.) calker’s boy.

=calfeutrage=, n.m., stopping of chinks.

=calfeutrer=, v.a., to stop up the chinks, to make air tight.

se =calfeutrer=, v.r., to be stopped up (of chinks); to be made air tight.

=calibre=, n.m., caliber, bore (of a gun); caliber, size (of a bullet); diameter of a body; kind, sort, stamp; caliber.

=calibrer=, v.a., to give the caliber to, to take the caliber of; to proportion.

=calice=, n.m., chalice, communion-cup; (bot.) calyx, flower-cup; grief, sacrifice. Boire le — jusqu’à la lie; to drink the cup to the dregs. Boire, avaler, le —; to swallow the pill.

=calicinal=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) calycinal, calycine.

=calicot=, n.m., calico; counter-jumper.

=califat=, n.m., califate, caliphate, kalifate.

=calife=, n.m., calif, caliph, kalif.

à =califourchon=, adv., astride, astraddle.

=califourchon=, n.m., hobby. C’est son —; it is his hobby.

=câlin=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., wheedler, cajoler. C’est une petite —e; she is a little wheedler.

=câlin=, =-e=, adj., wheedling, cajoling, caressing, coaxing, fondling. Cet homme a l’air —; that man has a wheedling look about him.

=câliner=, v.a., to fondle, to cajole, to wheedle.

se =câliner=, v.r., to coddle one’s self, to take one’s ease, to give one’s self up to indolence, to nurse one’s self.

=câlinerie=, n.f., wheedling, cajolery, fondling, caressing.

=caliorne=, n.f., (nav.) winding-tackle.

=calleu-x=, =-se=, adj., callous, hard, horny.

=calligraphe=, n.m., caligraphist, good penman.

=calligraphie=, n.f., caligraphy, calligraphy, penmanship.

=calligraphique=, adj., caligraphic.

=callisthénie=, n.f., calisthenics.

=callosité= (kal-lo-), n.f., callousness; callosity.

=calmande=, n.f., calamanco; woolen stuff; (ich.) whiff.

=calmant=, n.m., (med.) composing draught; anodyne, sedative.

=calmant=, =-e=, adj., anodyne, calming, soothing.

=calmar=, n.m., ☉pen-case; (ich.) calamary.

=calme=, adj., still, quiet, serene, calm; dispassionate, unruffled, composed, collected; (com.) dull.

=calme=, n.m., stillness, calmness, tranquillity, quiet, calm, composure. — plat; (nav.) dead calm.

se =calmer=, v.r., to become calm, to calm one’s self; to compose one’s self; to get appeased, to blow over, to subside, to abate.

=calmer=, v.a., to still, to quiet, to appease, to allay, to pacify, to calm, to soothe.

=calmer=, v.n., (nav.) to lull, to fall to a calm. Le vent calme; the wind is dropping.

=calmie=, n.f., (nav.) lull.

=calomel= or =calomélas=, n.m., calomel.

=calomniat-eur=, n.m., =-rice=, n.f., calumniator, slanderer.

=calomnie=, n.f., calumny, slander.

=calomnier=, v.a., to calumniate, to slander.

=calomnieusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., calumniously, slanderously.

=calomnieu-x=, =-se=, adj., calumnious, slanderous.

=calonière=, n.f., (pop.) pop-gun. V. =canonnière=.

=calorifère=, n.m., hot-air stove or pipe.

=calorimètre=, n.m., calorimeter.

=calorifique=, adj., calorific.

=calorique=, n.m., caloric, heat.

=calotte=, n.f., calotte, smoking-cap; skull-cap (of priests); (surg.) head-piece; (anat.) pan (of the brain); (arch.) calotte; box on the ears; cap of valve (mech.). La — rouge d’un cardinal; the red calotte of a cardinal. Donner des —s à; to box any one’s ears.

=calotter=, v.a., to box the ears of.

=calottier=, n.m., calotte-maker; cap-maker.

=caloyer=, n.m., caloyer (Greek monk).

=calque=, n.m., tracing, calquing; imitation, copy.

=calquer=, v.a., to counter-draw, to trace; to copy, to imitate closely. — à la pointe; to trace with a point. — à la vitre; to counter-draw on glass.

=calquoir=, n.m., tracing-point.

=calumet=, n.m., pipe, calumet.

=calus= (-luss), n.m., callus; callousness; callosity; (med.) callus.

=calvaire=, n.m., mount Calvary; a calvary.

=calvanier=, n.m., (agri.) day-laborer, stacker.

=calville=, n.m., calville (apple).

=calvinien=, =-ne= (-i-in, -i-è-n), adj., Calvinistic.

=calvinisme=, n.m., Calvinism.

=calviniste=, n.m., Calvinist.

=calviniste=, adj., Calvinistic.

=calvitie= (-sî), n.f., baldness. — des paupières; loss of the eye-lashes.

=camaïeu=, n.f., cameo; (paint.) camaieu; cameo brooch; monotonous play.

*=camail=, n.m., (—s) hood, capuchin, cardinal (garment); bishop’s purple ornament worn over the rochet.

=camaldule=, n.m., monk of the Order of St. Benedict.

=camarade=, n.m.f., comrade, fellow, mate, chum; female companion; playmate, play-fellow; fellow-laborer; fellow-servant. — de collège; college companion. — de classe; school-fellow. — de lit; bed-fellow. — de voyage; fellow-traveler. — de malheur; fellow-sufferer. — de chambre; chum.

=camaraderie=, n.f., companionship, intimacy, close friendship; coterie, clique; party spirit.

=camard=, =-e=, adj., flat-nosed, snub; flat.

=camard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., flat-nosed person. La —e; (pop.) death.

*=camarilla=, n.f., camarilla (a coterie).

=camarine=, n.f., (bot.) crow-berry.

=cambiste=, n.m., cambist.

=cambouis=, n.m., coom, cart-grease.

=cambre=, n.f., cambering, curving, arching.

=cambré=, =-e=, part., bent, cambering, having a fall (in the back); arched, well-set. Pont de navire —; cambering deck.

=cambrer=, v.a., to bend, to curve, to arch. — la forme d’un soulier; to give the bend to a last, to block (boots).

se =cambrer=, v.r., to camber; to take a sweep; to warp; to draw one’s self up (by throwing the chest forward).

*=cambrillon=, n.m., stiffener (of a shoe).

=cambrioleu-r=, =-se=, n.m.f., house-thief; house-breaker; burglar.

=cambriolage=, n.m., house-entering, house-breaking; burglary.

=cambrure=, n.f., bend, flexure, incurvation, arch, curve.

=cambuse=, n.f., (nav.) store-room.

=cambusier=, n.m., (nav.) steward’s mate, store-keeper.

=came=, n.f., (conch.) chama; heart-cockle; (tech.) peg-cam; cog. V. =chame=.

=camée=, n.m., a cameo.

=camélée=, n.f., (bot.) widow-wail.

=caméléon=, n.m., chameleon.

=caméléopard=, n.m., camelopard.

=camélia= or =camellia=, n.m., (bot.) camelia.

=cameline=, n.f., (bot.) camelina, gold of pleasure.

=camelot= (-lô), n.m., (stuff) camlet; cheap Jack, peddler, hawker; (of newspapers) news-boy, paper-boy.

=camelote= (-lott), n.f., worthless merchandise, trash, stuff; bosh.

=camelotine=, n.f., a sort of camlet.

=camérier=, n.m., chamberlain (of the pope).

=camériste=, n.f., maid of honor; waiting-woman, lady’s maid; chambermaid.

=camerlingat=, n.m., camerlingate (at Rome).

=camerlingue=, n.m., camerlingo (papal officer).

=camion=, n.m., minikin-pin; little cart; truck; dray, wagon; (paint.) kettle.

=camionnage=, n.m., carting, carriage (in a dray).

=camionneur=, n.m., drayman.

☉=camisade=, n.f., (milit.) night attack, camisade.

=camisard=, n.m., Camisard (French Calvinist).

=camisole=, n.f., petticoat bodice. — de force; strait waistcoat or jacket.

*=camomille=, n.f., camomile.

=camouflet=, n.m., whiff of smoke (in the face); affront, snub; rap over the knuckles.

=camp= (kān), n.m., camp; (fig.) army, party. Lever le —; to break up the camp. Prendre le —; to pack off.

*=campagnard=, =-e=, adj., rustic, countrified, rural.

*=campagnard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., countryman, peasant; clodhopper, clown. C’est une —e; she is a hoyden.

*=campagne=, n.f., country, fields, plain; seat, estate, country-house; field, campaign; (nav.) voyage, cruise. Gens de la —; peasantry. Comédiens de —; strolling players. En pleine or rase —; in the open country, plain. Battre la —; to scour the country; to wander about; to be delirious; to blunder, to bungle. Les armées sont en —; the armies have taken the field. Pièces de —; field pieces. Faire une —; to make a campaign. Ouvrir la —; to open the campaign. Tenir la —; to keep the field. Mettre ses amis en —; to set one’s friends to work. — de croisière; cruising voyage. Être à la —; to be in the country. Être en —; to be in the field; to be at work; to be out (not at home). La — de Rome; the campagna. Parties de —; picnics.

*=campagnol=, n.m., field-mouse.

=campane=, n.f., (arch.) bell; (sculp.) ornament with fringe and tassels.

=campanelle= or =campanette=, n.f., bell-flower, Canterbury-bell.

=campanile=, n.m., (arch.) campanile, bell-tower.

=campanule=, n.f., campanula, bell-flower. — gantelée; throat-wort. — raiponce; rampion bell-flower. — à feuilles rondes; hare-bell.

=campanulé=, =-e=, adj., campanulate, bell-shaped.

=campé=, =-e=, part., encamped; (fig.) well set up. Bien — sur ses jambes; firmly planted on his legs.

=campêche=, n.m., (bot.) campeachy wood, logwood, blood-wood.

=campement= (kānp-mān), n.m., (milit.) encampment, encamping; camp detachment. Matériel de —; camping apparatus. Effets de —; camping baggage.

=camper=, v.n., to encamp, to pitch tents. Faire — son armée; to encamp one’s army.

=camper=, v.a., to camp, to seat, to fix, to stand before, to clap down. — là quelqu’un; to leave any one in the lurch.

se =camper=, v.r., to stand before, to sit down, to clap one’s self down. Il se campa dans un fauteuil; he sat himself down in an arm-chair. — devant une glace; to stand bravely before a mirror.

☉=camphorata=, n.f. V. =camphrée=.

=camphre=, n.m., camphor.

=camphré=, =-e=, adj., camphorate, camphorated.

=camphrée=, n.f., camphorosma.

=camphrier=, n.m., (bot.) camphor-tree.

=campine=, n.m., fine fat pullet.

=campos=, n.m., play-day, holiday, relaxation. Les écoliers demandent —; the boys ask for a holiday. Prendre —; to take a holiday.

=camus=, =-e=, adj., flat-nosed; disappointed, baulked; dumbfounded. Un vilain —; an ugly flat-nosed fellow. La —e; (pop.) death, grim death.

*=canaille=, n.f., rabble, riff-raff, mob; scum; scoundrel; noisy children, brats. Hors d’ici, —! begone, you scoundrel! Vile —; miserable scum. Ces —s de domestiques; these rascally servants!

=canaillerie=, n.f., blackguardism.

=canal=, n.m., canal, pipe; conduit, duct; drain; tube; spout; watercourse (of water-mills); channel, bed, strait; (arch.) fluting, means. Creuser un —; to dig a canal. Ce pays est tout coupé de canaux; that country is quite intersected with canals. — latéral, — de dérivation; lateral drain. — de cheminée; chimney-flue. — d’irrigation; trench for irrigation. — thoracique; thoracic duct. — de larmier; (arch.) channel of a coping. Il est le — de toutes les grâces; all favors come through him. Faire —; to cross a strait.

=canaliculé=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) channeled, furrowed.

=canalisation=, n.f., canalization.

=canaliser=, v.a., to establish canals, to intersect with canals.

=canamelle=, n.f., (bot.) sugar-cane; reed.

=canapé=, n.m., sofa, couch.

=canaque=, adj., Kanaka, wild, savage.

=canard=, n.m., drake, duck; hoax; water-spaniel. — privé; tame duck. — ordinaire; mallard. Dire des —s à; to hoax. Cet homme est un — privé; that man is a sort of decoy-duck.

=canard=, =-e=, adj., for ducks. Bâtiment —; vessel that pitches. Chien —; water-spaniel.

=canardeau=, n.m., young duck.

=canarder=, v.a., to shoot from under a shelter; to hoax, to gammon.

=canarder=, v.n., (nav.) to pitch (of a ship); (mus.) to goose.

☉=canardier=, n.m., wild-duck shooter; hoaxer.

=canardière=, n.f., place for catching wild-ducks; loop-hole (to shoot through); duck-gun; decoy-pond.

=canari=, n.m., canary, canary-bird; flat.

=cancan=, n.m., tittle-tattle; scandal; tale-bearing; noise; indecent dance. Faire des —s; to tittle-tattle, to invent scandalous stories.

=cancaner=, v.n., to tattle, to invent scandalous stories; to dance the cancan.

=cancani-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., lover of tittle-tattle.

=cancer= (-sèr), n.m., (med., astron.) cancer.

=cancéreu-x=, =-se=, adj., (med.) cancerous.

=cancre=, n.m., crab, cray-fish; miser; dunce (at school).

=cancrelat=, n.m., cockroach.

=candélabre=, n.m., candelabrum, sconce.

=candeur=, n.f., openness of heart, frankness, candor, ingenuousness.

=candi=, n.m., sugar-candy, candy.

=candi=, =-e=, adj., candied.

=candidat=, n.m., candidate.

=candidature=, n.f., candidature.

=candide=, adj., fair, open, frank, candid, ingenuous, sincere.

=candidement= (-mān), adv., openly, frankly, candidly.

se =candir=, v.r., to candy. Faire se —; to candy.

=cane=, n.f., female duck.

=canéficier=, n.m., cassia-tree. V. =casse=.

=canepetière=, n.f., (orni.) lesser bustard.

=canepin= (ka-n-pin), n.m., kid skin (for gloves).

=caner=, v.n., to shirk danger, to funk, to show the white feather.

=caner=, v.a., to leave undone, shirk.

=canescent=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) canescent.

=caneter=, v.n., to waddle.

=caneton= (ka-n-ton), n.m., young duck, duckling.

=canette=, n.f., small duck, young duck; (her.) duck without legs; a measure for beer; (pop.) marbles.

=canevas= (ka-n-vâ), n.m., canvas; sail-cloth; sketch, rough draught; (mus.) canvas. Tracer son —; to prepare one’s ground-work. Faire le — d’une comédie; to sketch out, to compose the skeleton of a play.

=canezou=, n.m., woman’s jacket.

☉=cangrène=, n.f. V. =gangrène=.

=cangue=, n.f., a kind of pillory used in China.

=caniche=, n.m.f., poodle-dog, water-spaniel.

=caniculaire=, adj., canicular. Les jours —s; the dog-days.

=canicule=, n.f., dog-days; (astron.) canicule, dog-star.

=canif=, n.m., penknife.

=canin=, =-e=, adj., canine. Dent —e; canine tooth. Lettre —e; the letter R.

=caniveau=, n.m., (arch.) channel-stone.

=cannage=, n.m., (l.u.) cane-work; caning.

=cannaie=, n.f., cane-brake, cane-field.

=canne=, n.f., walking-stick; long measure; cane, reed; glassblower’s pipe. — à sucre; sugar-cane. — à épée; sword-stick. — à vent; air-gun.

=canneberge= (-bèrj), n.f., cranberry, moorberry.

=cannelas= (-lâ), n.m., cinnamon, candied cinnamon.

=canneler=, v.a., to flute, to channel, to groove.

=cannelle=, n.f., cinnamon bark. — blanche; canella.

=cannelle= or =cannette=, n.f., spigot; tap, cock.

=cannelier=, n.m., cinnamon-tree.

=cannelon= (ka-n-lon), n.m., fluted mold (for ices).

=cannelure=, n.f., channeling, fluting, grooving. — à côtes; fluting with intervals. — avec rudentures; fluting enriched with cables. — à vive arête; fluting without intervals. —s plates; square fluting.

=cannequin=, n.m., sort of cotton stuff.

*=cannetille=, n.f., wire-ribbon.

=cannibale= (can-ni-bal), n.m., man-eater, cannibal.

=cannibalisme=, n.m., cannibalism; ferocity.

=canon=, n.m., cannon, gun; cylinder, tube, pipe; barrel (of a gun, of a quill); (ecc.) canon law, rule; catalogue of saints; (mus.) canon; (print.) canon; (man.) canon-bit; leg (of trousers). L’âme d’un —; the chamber of a cannon. La lumière, la culasse, le recul, d’un —; the touch-hole, the breech, the recoil, of a cannon. L’affût d’un —; a gun-carriage. Enclouer un —; to spike a gun. Une pièce de —; a piece of ordnance. Gros —; (print.) canon. Petit —; (print.) two-line English. — de dix livres; ten-pounder. Un coup de —; a cannon-shot. De la poudre à —; gunpowder. Être à portée de —; to be within cannon-shot. Être hors de portée de —; to be beyond cannon range. — de retraite; (milit.) gun-fire; (nav.) stern-chaser. — démarré; cannon drawn in to be loaded. — rayé; rifled gun. À — rayé; rifled, rifle-barreled. — renforcé; cannon whose breech is thicker than its bore. — d’un soufflet; nose, nozzle pipe of a pair of bellows. — de gouttière; spout of a gutter. Les —s d’un concile; the canons of a council. Ecole de droit —; school of canon law. — des Ecritures; the sacred canon. Le — de la messe; the canon of the mass. — enluminé; illuminated canon.

=canonial=, =-e=, adj., canonical.

=canonicat=, n.m., canonry, canonship, prebend; (fig.) sinecure.

=canonicité=, n.f., canonicity.

=canonique=, adj., canonical.

=canoniquement= (-mān), adv., canonically.

=canonisation=, n.f., canonization.

=canoniser=, v.a., to canonize.

=canoniste=, n.m., canonist.

=canonnade=, n.f., cannonading, cannonade.

=canonnage=, n.m., gunnery.

=canonner=, v.a., to attack with heavy artillery, to cannonade.

se =canonner=, v.r., to cannonade.

=canonnier=, n.m., gunner.

=canonnière=, n.f., adj., ☉loop-hole; tent; tilt; drain-hole; pop-gun. —, or chaloupe — (nav.); gun-boat.

=canot=, n.m., ship’s-boat, cutter, yawl. — de sauvetage; life-boat.

=canotage=, n.m., boating, aquatics.

=canotier=, n.m., rower, oarsman; boat-keeper; bargeman; straw hat.

=cantabile= (-lé), n.m., (mus.) cantabile.

=cantal=, n.m., cantal (sort of cheese).

=cantalabre=, n.m., door-case, casing.

=cantaloup=, n.m., musk-melon.

=cantate=, n.f., (mus.) cantata.

*=cantatille=, n.f., cantatilla.

=cantatrice=, n.f., eminent singer.

=cantharide=, n.f., (ent.) cantharis, Spanish fly; (pharm.) (pl.) cantharides.

=canthus=, n.m., (anat.) canthus, corner of the eye.

=cantilène=, n.f., (mus.) cantilena, melody.

=cantine=, n.f., bottle-case; (milit.) canteen.

=cantini-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., sutler, canteen-woman.

=cantique=, n.m., song, canticle, hymn.

=canton=, n.m., canton, district; (her.) canton.

=cantonade=, n.f., (theat.) wings. Parler à la —; to speak to an actor off the stage; (fig.) to speak to empty benches.

=cantonal=, =-e=, adj., cantonal.

=cantonné=, =-e=, adj., (arch., her., milit.) cantoned.

=cantonnement= (-to-n-mān), n.m., (milit.), cantonment.

=cantonner=, v.a., (milit.) to canton.

se =cantonner=, v.r., to take up a position, quarters, abode; to fortify one’s self.

=cantonner=, v.n., (milit.) to be cantoned.

=cantonnier=, n.m., road-man; (rail.) plate-layer; signal-man.

=cantonnière=, n.f., signal-woman; valance.

=canule=, n.f., clyster-pipe, injection tube; faucet, quill; (fig.) bore, plague.

=canzone=, n.f., (mus.) canzone.

=caolin=, n.m. V. =kaolin=.

=caoutchouc=, n.m., caoutchouc, India-rubber; (bot.) gum-tree.

=cap=, n.m., cape, headland, point, promontory, foreland; (nav.) head. Doubler un —; to double a cape. Où est le —? (nav.) how is her head? Mettre le — sur; to steer for. Avoir le — au large; to stand off. De pied en —; from top to toe.

=capable=, adj., able, fit, capable; calculated to, apt to. Il est — de vous desservir; he is capable of doing you an ill office. Il est — de tout; he is capable of any thing. C’est un homme —; he is a clever man. Avoir l’air —; to put on a conceited, bumptious, knowing look. Faire le —; to affect capability, to look as if you were in the know. Prendre un air —; to assume a knowing look.

=capablement=, adv., (l.u.) ably, skillfully.

=capacité=, n.f., extent, size, capaciousness; ability, capacity; (nav.) bulk, burden, tonnage. Manquer de —; to lack capacity.

=caparaçon=, n.m., caparison, trappings.

=caparaçonner=, v.a., to caparison (a horse).

=cape=, n.f., cloak with a hood; riding-hood; cape; (nav.) try-sail. Rire sous —; to laugh in one’s sleeve. N’avoir que la — et l’épée; to be titled, but penniless. Roman de — et d’épée; romantic, melodramatic story. Être à la —; (nav.) to try, to be lying to. À la —! bring to!

=capéer=, v.n., (nav.) to lie to.

=capelan=, n.m., beggarly priest; (ich.) caplin.

=capelet=, n.m., (vet.) capped hock.

=capeline=, n.f., hood; (of armor) capeline.

=capendu=, n.m., capender (apple).

=caperon=. V. =capron=.

=capharnaüm=, n.f., (—s) (fig. fam.) place of confusion; Babel, bear-garden.

=capillaire= (-pil-lèr), adj., capillary.

=capillaire=, n.m., (anat.) capillary; (bot.) maiden-hair; Venus’s-hair. Sirop de —; capillaire.

=capillarité=, n.f., (phys.) capillarity, capillary attraction or repulsion.

=capilotade=, n.f., hash, ragout; thrashing, drubbing; slandering. Mettre quelqu’un en —; to beat black and blue.

=capitaine=, n.m., captain. — d’infanterie; infantry captain. — de cavalerie; captain of cavalry. — de vaisseau; post-captain. — au long cours; captain of a trading vessel (going to foreign parts). — de pavillon; flag-captain. — d’armes; master-at-arms. — de port; harbor-master. Grade de —; captaincy.

=capitainerie=, n.f., captaincy.

=capital=, =-e=, adj., capital, main, chief, leading, important. Les sept péchés capitaux; the seven capital sins. Peine —e; capital punishment.

=capital=, n.m., capital; principal; stock. Mettre un — à fonds perdu; to sink a capital. Rembourser le —; to reimburse the principal.

=capitale=, n.f., capital, chief city; capital letter.

=capitalisation=, n.f., capitalization.

=capitaliser=, v.a., to capitalize. Se —, v.r., to be capitalized.

=capitaliste=, n.m., capitalist, moneyed man.

=capitan=, n.m., braggadocio, swaggerer, bully.

=capitane=, n.f., (nav.) admiral’s galley.

=capitan-pacha=, n.m., (—s-—s) Turkish admiral.

=capitation=, n.f., capitation, poll-tax.

=capiteu-x=, =-se=, adj., heady, strong. Bière —se; strong beer. Vin —; heavy wine.

=capitole=, n.m., Capitol (of Rome, of the United States).

=capitolin=, adj., capitoline.

=capiton=, n.m., (com.) cappadine.

=capitonner=, v.a., to stuff, to pad (armchairs, &c.); to tuft, to button.

☉=capitoul=, n.m., capitoul (alderman, town-councillor at Toulouse).

☉=capitoulat=, n.m., capitoulship.

=capitulaire=, adj., capitulary.

=capitulaire=, n.m., capitular, capitulary.

=capitulairement= (-lèr-mān), adv., capitularly.

=capitulant=, adj., capitulary.

=capitulant=, n.m., capitular, capitulary.

=capitulation=, n.f., capitulation; convention, compromise. Amener à une —; to bring to terms. — de conscience; a conscientious compromise.

=capitule=, n.m., capitule (part of the Liturgy).

=capituler=, v.n., to capitulate, to compound. — avec sa conscience; to compound with one’s conscience, to silence it by concessions.

=caplan=, (ich.). V. =capelan=.

=capon=, n.m., mean fellow, sneak; cheat, coward; (nav.) cat-tackle. Poulie de —; cat-block.

=caponner=, v.n., to trick, to cheat; to be cowardly, to hang back.

=caponner=, v.a., (nav.) to cat (the anchor).

=caponnière=, n.f., (fort.) rifle-pit.

=caporal=, n.m., corporal; (of tobacco) sort of “shag.”

=capot=, n.m., (nav.) hood (of ladders).

=capot=, adj., capot (at cards); silly. Faire —; to capot, to win all the tricks, to beat hollow. Être —; to have lost all the tricks; (fig.) to look foolish; to be balked. Faire —; (nav.) to capsize, to upset.

=capote=, n.f., large cloak with a hood; (soldier’s) great-coat; capuchin, hood, mantle.

=capraire=, n.f., (bot.) goat-weed, capraria.

=câpre=, n.f., (bot.) caper.

=capriçant= or =caprisant=, adj., (med.) bounding, unequal (of the pulse).

=caprice=, n.m., caprice, whim, humor, freak; fit, flight, sally; (mus.) caprice. Les —s de la mode; the caprices, freaks of fashion. Les —s de la fortune; the fickleness of fortune. Composer de —; to compose when the spirit moves, when the fit is on.

=capricieusement= (-mān), adv., capriciously, fantastically, whimsically.

=capricieu-x=, =-se=, adj., capricious, whimsical, fickle, freakish, skittish.

=capricorne=, n.m., (astron.) Capricorn; (ent.) capricorn-beetle.

=câprier=, n.m., (bot.) caper-bush.

=caprification=, n.f., caprification.

=caprifiguier= (-ghié), n.m., wild fig-tree.

=capripède=, n.m., goat-footed; satyr.

=capron= or =caperon=, n.m., the hautbois-strawberry.

=capronier=, n.m., the hautbois-strawberry plant.

=capselle=, n.f., (bot.) cassweed; shepherd’s pouch.

=capsulaire=, adj. (bot.) capsulary; (anat.) capsular.

=capsule=, n.f., (bot.) capsule, pod; (anat.) capsula; percussion, cap (of fire-arms).

☉=captal=, n.m., chief, lord.

=captateur=, n.m., (jur.) inveigler (one who uses undue influence).

=captation=, n.f., inveigling, undue influence, captation.

=captatoire=, adj., inveigling.

=capter=, v.a., to court, to coax, to win by bribery. — la bienveillance de quelqu’un; to curry the favor of any one. — les suffrages; to bribe, to win unfairly, to get by bribery.

=captieusement= (-sieûz-mān), adv., captiously, insidiously, cunningly, deceitfully.

=captieu-x=, =-se= (-cieu-), adj., captious, insidious.

=capti-f=, =-ve=, adj., captive.

=capti-f=, n.m., =-ve=, n.f., captive.

=captiver=, v.a., to captivate, to charm, to enslave; to bring under. — l’attention; to captivate attention. La beauté qui le captive; the beauty that enslaves him. — la bienveillance; to win any one’s favor.

se =captiver=, v.r., to lay a restraint upon oneself; to cling to (tenaciously); (fig.) to cringe, to fawn upon.

=captivité=, n.f., captivity, bondage. Racheter de —; to ransom from captivity.

=capture=, n.f., capture, seizure; prize, booty.

=capturer=, v.a., to capture; to apprehend, to arrest.

=capuce=, n.f., or =capuchon=, n.m., hood, cowl.

=capuchonné=, =-e=, adj., hooded.

=capuchonner=, v.a., (man.) to arch the neck (of a horse).

=capucin=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., capuchin friar, capuchin nun. Tomber comme des —s de cartes; to tumble over one another.

=capucinade=, n.f., stupid sermon.

=capucine=, n.f., (bot.) nasturtium; (nav.) standard; band (of a soldier’s musket).

=capucinière=, n.f., (b.s.) capuchin friary.

=capulet=, n.m., hood, cap.

=caput-mortuum=, n.m., (chem.) caput-mortuum; worthless remains.

=caquage=, n.m., dressing and curing of herrings; barreling (of powder).

=caque=, n.f., keg, barrel. La — sent toujours le hareng; what is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

=caquer=, v.a., to cure; to barrel.

=caquet=, n.m., cackle (of geese, &c.); tittle-tattle, idle talk, gossip, scandal. Avoir bien du —; to be a chatter-box. Rabattre, rabaisser, le — a quelqu’un; to take anyone down a peg or two. — bon bec; dame prattler.

=caquetage= (kak-taj), n.m., tattling, cackling.

=caquète=, n.f., carp-tub.

=caqueter= (kak-té), v.n., to cackle, to chatter, to gossip, to babble.

=caqueterie= (kak-trî), n.f., babbling, prattling, gossiping.

=caqueteu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., prattler, tattler, idle prater, gossip.

=caqueur=, n.m., fish-curer.

=car=, conj., for, because, as.

=carabé=, n.m., yellow, amber.

=carabin=, n.m., saw-bones, medical student.

=carabinade=, n.f., (l.u.) (student’s, soldier’s) trick; discharge of carbines.

=carabinage=, n.m., rifling.

=carabine=, n.f., carbine, rifle.

=carabiné=, =-e=, adj., rifled; (nav.) stiff (of the wind).

☉=carabiner=, v.n., to skirmish.

=carabiner=, v.a., to rifle a gun-barrel.

=carabinier=, n.m., carabineer, rifleman.

=caraco=, n.m., woman’s jacket.

=caracole=, n.f., (man.) circling caracole. En —; winding.

=caracoler=, v.n., to caracole, to circle.

=caracouler=, v.n., to coo. V. =roucouler=.

=caractère=, n.m., character, letter, type, print; hand-writing; stamp, badge, mark, dignity, temper, humor, spirit, expression; aspect; (arith.) digit; charm, spell. — lisible; legible print. Beaux —s; fine type. Le — d’un auteur; the stamp of an author. Un homme d’un bon —; a good-natured man. Ne pas démentir son —; to act up to one’s character. Il est sorti de son —; he lost his temper. Avoir, montrer, du —; to have spirit, to show spirit. C’est un homme à —; he is a spirited, determined man.

=caractériser=, v.a., to characterize, describe, define, mark, distinguish.

=caractéristique=, adj., characteristic.

=caractéristique=, n.f., (gram., math.) characteristic; (logarithms) index.

=carafe=, n.f., decanter, flagon, water-bottle.

=carafon=, n.m., cooler; small decanter; quarter bottle.

*=caragne=, n.f., aromatic resin, caranna.

=caraïte=, n.m., caraite (Jewish sectarian).

=carambolage=, n.m., (billiards) cannon; (pop.) affray, shindy; (fig.) rebound (against).

=caramboler=, v.n., (billiards) to cannon.

=caramboleur=, n.m., good cannon-player.

=caramel=, n.m., burnt sugar, caramel. — au beurre; butter-scotch, toffee.

=carapace=, n.f., turtle-shell, carapace.

=carapat=, n.m., oil of palma Christi.

=caraque=, n.f., carack (Portuguese Indiaman).

=caracas=, n.m., cocoa.

=carat=, n.m., (gold) carat; small diamonds sold by weight.

=caratch=, n.m. (n.p.), tribute.

=caravane=, n.f., caravan, convoy. Marcher en —; to walk in a band. Faire ses —s; to lead a dissipated life.

=caravanier=, n.m., leader of caravan.

*=caravansérail=, n.m., a caravansary (inn).

=caravanséraskier=, n.m., keeper of a caravansary.

=caravelle=, n.f., caravel (Portuguese boat).

=carbatine=, n.f., green hide, skin.

=carbazotique=, adj., (chem.) carbazotic.

=carbonarisme=, n.m., carbonarism.

=carbonaro=, n.m., carbonaro.

=carbonate=, n.m., (chem.) carbonate.

☉=carboncle=. V. =escarboucle=; =furoncle=; =rubis=.

=carbone=, n.m., (chem.) carbon.

=carboné=, =-e=, adj., carbonated.

=carboneu-x=, =-se=, adj., (chem.) carbonaceous.

=carbonique=, adj., carbonic.

=carbonisation=, n.f., carbonization.

=carboniser=, v.a., to carbonize.

=carbonnade=, n.f., (cook.) carbonade.

=carburateur=, n.m., carburettor (motor).

=carbure=, n.m., (chem.) carburet, carbide.

=carburé=, =-e=, adj., (chem.) carbureted.

=carcajou=, n.m., American badger.

=carcan=, n.m., iron collar; carcan (pillory); carcanet (collar of jewels).

=carcasse=, n.f., carcass, skeleton, bones; (arch.) shell, framework; body; fish-basket.

=carcinomateu-x=, =-se=, adj., (med.) carcinomatous.

=carcinome=, n.m., (med.) carcinoma.

=cardage=, n.m., act of carding, carding.

=cardamine=, n.f., (bot.) land-cress, lady’s smock.

=cardamome=, n.m., (bot.) cardamom.

=cardasse=, n.f., (bot.) nopal.

=carde=, n.f., chard (stalk in the leaves of some plants); card (instrument for combing wool or flax); carding machine.

=cardée=, n.f., quantity carded.

=carde-poirée=, n.f., (bot.) chard of beet.

=carder=, v.a., to card, to comb. Se —; to be carded.

=cardère=, n.f., (bot.) teasel.

=carderie=, n.f., carding-house; card-manufactory.

=cardeu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., carder, wool-comber.

=cardiaire=, adj. (zoöl.) Ver —; a parasite bred in the heart. (bot.) V. =cardère=; =chardon à foulon=.

=cardialgie=, n.f., cardialgy, heartburn.

=cardialogie=, n.f., cardiology.

=cardiaque=, n.m., (med.) cardiac.

=cardiaque=, adj., (med., anat.) cardiac.

=cardier=, n.m., wool card-maker.

=cardinal=, adj., cardinal, chief, principal, first.

=cardinal=, n.m., cardinal; (orni.) cardinal.

=cardinalat=, n.m., cardinalate, cardinalship.

=cardinale=, n.f., (bot.) cardinal flower.

=cardine=, n.f., (ich.) flat-fish, whiff.

=cardon=, n.m., (bot.) cardoon.

=cardonnette=, n.f. V. =chardonnette=.

=carême=, n.m., Lent, Lent-sermons. Faire le —; to keep Lent. Provisions de —; fish and vegetables. Cela vient comme marée en —; that comes in the very nick of time. Face de —; pale or wan face. Arriver comme mars en —; to be sure to happen; to come like clock-work. Arriver comme marée en —; to come in the nick of time.

=carême-prenant=, n.m., (—s-—s) carnival time; Shrove Tuesday; masker; reveler.

=carénage=, n.m., careening.

=carence=, n.f., (jur.) absence of assets, insolvency. Procès-verbal de —; declaration of insolvency.

=carène=, n.f., (nav.) keel; bottom, careen; (bot.) keel. Demi-—; (nav.) parliament-heel. En —; keel-shaped.

=caréné=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) keeled, keel-shaped.

=caréner=, v.a., (nav.) to careen.

=caressant=, =-e=, adj., caressing, endearing, fond, tender; fawning.

=caresse=, n.f., caress, endearment. Il ne faut pas se fier aux —s de la fortune; we must not trust to the smiles of fortune.

=caressé=, =-e=, part., caressed; polished, finished off, chiseled. Ces tableaux sont très —s; these pictures have a peculiar richness of finish.

=caresser=, v.a., to caress, to fondle, to stroke; to fawn upon, to make much of, to flatter, to cajole, to wheedle. — l’orgueil de quelqu’un; to pamper any one’s pride. — une chimère; to cherish, to hug, a visionary scheme.

=caret=, n.m., rope-maker’s reel; (erpetology) tortoise. Fil de —; rope-yarn.

=carex= (-rèks), n.m., (bot.) carex.

=cargaison=, n.f., cargo, ship-load, freight.

=cargue= (karg), n.f., (nav.) brail.

=carguer= (-ghè), v.a., (nav.) to brail up, to clew up. — une voile; to clew up a sail.

=cargueur= (-gheur), n.m., (nav.) reefer; top-block.

=cariatide=, n.f., (arch.) caryatide.

=caribou=, n.m., (mam.) caribou.

=caricature=, n.f., caricature.

=caricaturer=, v.a., to caricature, to ridicule.

=caricaturiste=, n.m., caricaturist.

=carie=, n.f., brown rust; fire-blast; (med.) caries, decay.

=carier=, v.a., to make carious, to rot.

se =carier=, v.r., to grow carious, rotten. Dent cariée; carious tooth.

*=carillon=, n.m., chime, peal; musical bells, chimes; clutter, racket. À double —; soundly, lustily. Le — des verres; the jingling of glasses.

*=carillonnement=, n.m., chiming, jingling.

*=carillonner=, v.n., to chime; to ring the changes; to jingle, to clatter.

*=carillonneur=, n.m., chimer, bell-ringer; change-ringer.

=carlette=, n.f., square slate.

=carlin=, n.m., carlin (Italian coin); pug-dog.

=carline=, n.f., (bot.) carline-thistle.

=carlingue= (-linghe), n.f., (nav.) carline, carling. — de cabestan; keelson, step.

=carliste=, n.m.f., Carlist (partisan of Charles).

=carliste=, adj., Carlist.

=carlovingien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), n. and adj., Carlovingian.

*=carmagnole=, n.f., carmagnole (jacket); carmagnole (revolutionary song and dance).

=carmagnole=, n.m., violent Jacobin.

=carme=, n.m., Carmelite friar, white friar. —s déchaussés; barefooted Carmelites. Eau des —s; carmelite water.

=carme=, n.m., (tric-trac) two fours.

=carmeline=, n.f., carmeline wool.

=carmélite=, n.f. and adj., Carmelite nun.

=carmin=, n.m., carmine.

=carminati-f=, =-ve=, adj., (med.) carminative.

=carminati-f=, n.m., (med.) carminative.

=carnage=, n.m., carnage, slaughter, butchery, destruction, havoc.

=carnassi-er=, =-ère=, adj., carnivorous, flesh-eating.

=carnassier=, n.m., feline animal; flesh-eater.

=carnassière=, n.f., game-bag.

=carnation=, n.f., carnation, flesh-tint, flesh-color, complexion.

=carnaval=, n.m., a carnival; guy.

=carne=, n.f., corner, edge (of a table, &c.).

=carné=, =-e=, adj., of a carnation color.

=carnet=, n.m., note-book, memorandum-book. — d’échéances; bill-book. — de chèques; check book.

=carnier=, n.m. V. =carnassière=.

=carnification=, n.f., (med.) carnification.

se =carnifier=, v.r., (med.) to carnify.

=carnivore=, adj., carnivorous.

=carnosité=, n.f., carnosity.

*=carogne=, n.f., (l.ex.) hag, jade, impudent slut.

=carolus= (-lus), n.m., carolus (old French coin).

=caronade=, n.f., (artil.) carronade.

=caroncule=, n.f., (anat., bot.) caruncle.

=carotide=, adj., (anat.) carotid.

=carotide=, n.f., (anat.) carotid.

=carotidien=, adj.m., (anat.) carotid. Canal —; carotid canal.

=carotique=, adj., (med.) comatose.

=carotte=, n.f., carrot. — de tabac; roll of tobacco. (fig.) Quelle —! what a chouse!

=carotter=, v.n., to live on little; to play low; to chouse, to diddle.

=carotti-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., (triv.). V. =carotteur=.

=carotteu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., timid player; petty jobber; cheat, trickster.

=caroube= or =carouge=, n.f., (bot.) carob-bean.

=caroubier=, n.m., carob-tree, St. John’s bread tree.

=carouble=, n.f., skeleton-key.

=caroubleur=, n.m., house-breaker.

=carpe=, n.f., (ich.) carp. Saut de —; somerset. Faire la — pâmée; to sham fainting. Muet comme une —; dumb as an oyster.

=carpe=, n.m., (anat.) wrist.

=carpeau=, n.m., small carp.

=carpien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n) adj., (anat.) carpal.

*=carpillon=, n.m., (ich.) young carp.

=carquois=, n.m., quiver. Il a vidé son —; he has shot his bolt.

=carrare=, n.m., Carrara marble.

=carre=, n.f., back and shoulders (of any one). La — d’un chapeau; the crown of a hat. La — d’un habit; the part of a coat from the waist upwards. La — d’un soulier; the square toe of a shoe. Un homme d’une bonne —; a broad-shouldered man. Lame à trois —s; three-edged sword.

=carré=, n.m., square; landing, floor; printing demy (of paper). Un — de tulipes; a square bed of tulips. Un — d’eau; a square sheet of water. — de toilette; dressing-case. — des officiers; ward-room.

=carré=, =-e=, adj., square, quadratic; well-set, well-knit; plain, straightforward; demy (of paper); (rhet.) flowing. Partie —e; party of four (two men and two women).

=carreau=, n.m., (med.) tabes mesenterica.

=carreau=, n.m., square; lozenge; square tile or brick; small flag-stone; ground, floor; pane (of glass); cushion, hassock; tailor’s goose; diamond (at cards); (gard.) bed, square; (arch.) stretcher; rubber (file); ☉square-headed arrow, cross-arrow. Brochet —; very large pike. Tomber sur le —; to fall on the floor. Coucher sur le —; to sleep on the floor. Jeter quelqu’un sur le —; to send any one sprawling upon the ground. Rester sur le —; to be killed on the spot. Etoffes à —x; stuff checks. C’est un valet de —; he is a contemptible fellow.

=carrefour=, n.m., cross-way or street, cross-road, quadrant, crowded thoroughfare. Les —s d’une ville; the public places of a town. — des auteurs; Grub-street. Langage de —; low, vulgar language; Billingsgate. Orateur de —; stump-orator.

=carrelage=, n.m., tile-flooring, brick-paving.

=carreler=, v.a., to pave (a floor) with square tiles, bricks, stones; to cobble.

=carrelet=, n.m., (ich.) flounder; square net; shoemaker’s awl.

=carrelette=, n.f., flat file.

=carreleur=, n.m., floor-tiler, brick-pavior; tramping cobbler.

=carrelier=, n.m., a tile-maker.

=carrelure=, n.f., new-soling of shoes.

=carrément=, adv., squarely; plainly, straightforwardly. Couper —; to cut square. Tracer un plan —; to draw a plan square.

=carrer=, v.a., to square.

se =carrer=, v.r., to strut, to stalk; to double one’s stake (at bouillotte—a card game). Se — dans son fauteuil; to sit in state.

=carrick=, n.m., box-coat, cape; gig.

=carrier=, n.m., a quarry-man.

=carrière=, n.f., race-ground, course, &c.; career, race; course; scope; play, vent; quarry. Le bout de la —; the goal. Parcourir la —; to run round, to run over the course. Donner — à son imagination; to give scope, free vent to one’s imagination. Se donner —; to throw off all restraint. Donner — à un cheval; to give a horse his head. — de marbre; marble quarry.

=carriole=, n.f., covered cart, jaunting car, pleasure-van; wretched carriage.

=carrossable=, adj., (of roads) practicable for carriages. Route —; carriage road.

=carrosse=, n.m., four-wheeled carriage, coach. — de remise; livery-coach. — de louage; hackney-coach. Mener un —; to drive a carriage. Aller en —; to ride in a coach. Rouler —; to keep a carriage; to live in grand style.

=carrossée=, n.f., coachful, carriageful.

=carrosserie=, n.f., coach-making; coach-building.

=carrossier=, n.m., coachmaker, carriage-builder; coach-horse.

=carrousel=, n.m., tournament; roundabout.

☉=carrousse=, n.f., carouse. Faire —; to carouse, to drink hard.

=carrure=, n.f., breadth of shoulders.

=cartahu=, n.m., (nav.) whip; girt-line. Poulie de —; single block.

=cartayer=, v.n., to avoid ruts.

=carte=, n.f., pasteboard; card, postcard; label, ticket; map, chart; bill; bill of fare; account. Un jeu de —s; a pack of cards. Les basses —s; the small cards. —s préparées; marked cards. Donner les —s; to deal. Battre les —s; to shuffle. Faire des tours de —s; to play tricks with cards. Mettre aux —s; to pay the card money. Château de —s; gingerbread or jerry-built house. Brouiller les —s; to sow discord. Voir le dessous des —s; to be in the secret; “in the Know.” Avoir — blanche; to have full power. Tirer les —s; to tell fortunes (with cards). — de géographie; map, chart. Faire la — d’un pays; to map out a country. — topographique; topographical chart. — marine; sea-chart. Perdre la —; to lose one’s wits. Dîner à la —; to dine from the bill of fare.

=cartel=, n.m., challenge, cartel; dial-case, clock; frieze-panel, frame; (milit., nav.) cartel. — d’armoiries; (her.) shield.

=carterie=, n.f., card-making, card-factory.

=carteron=, n.m. V. =quarteron=.

=cartésianisme=, n.m., Cartesian philosophy.

=cartésien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), adj., Cartesian.

=carthaginois=, =-e=, n. and adj., Carthaginian.

=carthame=, n.m., (bot.) carthamus, safflower.

=cartier=, n.m., playing-card maker.

=cartilage=, n.m., (anat.) cartilage, gristle.

=cartilagineu-x=, =-se=, adj., cartilaginous, gristly.

=cartisane=, n.f., foil-card. Dentelle à —; vellum-lace.

=cartomancie=, n.f., cartomancy.

=cartomancien=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., fortune-teller (by cards).

=carton=, n.m., pasteboard; (paint.) cartoon; bandbox; case; hat-box; bonnet-box; (print.) four-page cancel. — lissé; glazed pasteboard. — de pâté; mill board. Les —s de Raphaël; the cartoons of Raphael. — de dessins; portfolio of drawings.

=cartonnage=, n.m., (book-bind.) boarding.

=cartonné=, =-e=, adj., (book-bind.) in boards.

=cartonner=, v.a., to put in boards.

=cartonnerie=, n.f., pasteboard manufactory.

=cartonneu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., binder, boarder (of books).

=cartonnier=, n.m., pasteboard-maker, seller.

=carton-pierre=, n.m., (n.p.), statuary pasteboard.

=cartouche=, n.m., escutcheon, shield, ring; (arch.) cartouch, modillion.

=cartouche=, n.f., cartouch, case-shot, canister-shot (of cannon); cartridge.

=cartouchier=, n.m., (nav.) cartridge-box, or pouch.

=cartouchière=, n.f., cartridge-box.

=cartulaire=, n.m., cartulary.

=carus=, n.m., (med.) deep coma.

=carvi=, n.m., (bot.) caraway; caraway-seed.

=caryatide=. V. =cariatide=.

=caryophyllée=, adj.f., (bot.) caryophyllous.

=caryophyllées=, n.f.pl., caryophyllæ.

=caryophylloïde=, n.f., caryophilloid.

=cas=, n.m., case, event, esteem, value; needs, concern; (jur., math., gram., med.) case. Un — pendable; a hanging matter. Un — imprévu; an unforeseen case. Un tout en —; sunshade. Au —, en — que cela soit; in case it should turn out to be. Auquel —; in which case. Le — échéant; if such should be the case; in that case. En tel —, en pareil —; in such a case. Hors le —; unless, except, save. C’est le — de parler; it is the time to speak out. Faire grand — de quelqu’un; to have a great esteem for any one, to value highly. Faire peu de —; to make light of, to slight. En tout —; at all events, however. En — de besoin; in case of need. C’est le — ou jamais; it is now or never. Il n’est pas dans le — de vous nuire; he is not in a position to harm you. C’est bien le — de le dire; you may indeed well say so. Un en —; a snack (in case of need).

=casani-er=, =-ère=, n. and adj., domestic person, domestic, retired, stay at home, home-bird.

=casaque=, n.f., great coat, cassock. Tourner —; to change sides, to rat.

=casaquin=, n.m., short gown, jacket.

=cascade=, n.f., cascade, waterfall; leap, bound. Un discours plein de —s; a jumbled, jerky speech.

=cascarille=, n.f., cascarilla.

=cascatelle=, n.f., cascade (of Tivoli).

=case=, n.f., division; cabin, dwelling-place, small house, hut; box (for animals); pigeon-hole, compartment; point (backgammon); square (chess, draughts); (nav.) berth.

=casé=, =-e=, part., placed. Le voilà —; he is provided for.

=caséeu-x=, =-se=, adj., caseous, cheesy.

=casemate= (kaz-mat), n.f., (fort.) casemate; dungeon, cell.

=casematé=, =-e=, adj., casemated.

=caser=, v.n., (backgammon) to make a point.

=caser=, v.a., to place, to find a place for, to provide for; to arrange, put in order.

se =caser=, v.r., to take up one’s abode, one’s quarters, to get settled.

=caserne=, n.f., barracks. — de pompiers; fire-brigade station. Intendant de —; barrack-master.

=casernement=, n.m., quartering in barracks.

=caserner=, v.a., to quarter in barracks.

=caserner=, v.n., to be in barracks.

=casier=, n.m., set of pigeon-holes; rack, ledger-rack.

*=casilleux=, adj.m., brittle.

=casimir=, n.m., kerseymere cloth.

=casino=, n.m., casino, club.

=casoar=, n.m., (orni.) cassowary.

=casque=, n.m., helmet, casque, head-piece; (bot.) hood; (her.) helmet, casque; (conch.) helmet-shell.

=casquette=, n.f., cap (of a man or boy).

=cassable=, adj., breakable.

=cassade=, n.f., sham, flam; lie, fib, cheat.

=cassage=, n.m., breakage.

*=cassaille=, n.f., the breaking up (of ground).

=cassant=, =-e=, adj., brittle, apt to break; (of a man) abrupt, bluff, gruff.

=cassation=, n.f., breaking; (jur.) annulment, repeal, quashing. Se pourvoir en —; to lodge an appeal. Cour de —; the highest court of appeal in France.

=cassave=, n.f., cassava.

=casse=, n.f., (bot.) cassia; (print.) case; (com.) breakage; ☉(milit.) cashiering, dismissal. — aromatique; bastard cinnamon. Cet officier mérite la —; that officer deserves to be dismissed the service. Haut de —; (print.) upper-case. Bas de —; (print.) lower-case. Apprendre la —; to learn the boxes.

=casseau=, n.m., (print.) half-case.

=casse-cou=, n.m., (—, or —-—s) break-neck; (man.) rough-rider.

=casse-lunettes=, n.m., (plur. —) (bot.) eyebright.

=casse-mottes=, n.m., (plur. —) (agri.) clod-breaker.

=casse-noisettes=, n.m., (plur. —) nut-crackers.

=casse-noix=, n.m., (—) nut-crackers; (orni.) nut-hatch.

=casser=, v.a., to break; to crack; to cashier; to waste; to wear out; to annul; to rescind; to shiver (a mast). Qui casse les verres les paie or Il faut payer les pots cassés; you must stand the racket. — un jugement; to reverse a judgment. Cassé de vieillesse; worn out with old age. Voix cassée; broken voice. Vous me cassez la tête; you bore me to death. — aux gages; to dismiss, to discharge.

se =casser=, v.r., to break; to break down; to wear out; to snap. Se — la tête; to break one’s head; to puzzle one’s brains. Se — le cou; to break one’s neck. Se — la jambe; to break one’s leg.

=casser=, v.n., to break. À tout —; with a vengeance; at break-neck speed.

=casserole=, n.f., saucepan, stewpan.

=casse-tête=, n.m., (—) tomahawk; puzzle-brain; heady wine; din, noise. Quel —! what a din!

=cassetin=, n.m., (print.) box.

=cassette=, n.f., casket; cash-box. La — du roi; the King’s privy purse.

=casseu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., breaker, smasher. C’est un grand — de raquettes; he is a real matador. Un — d’assiettes; a quarrelsome fellow, blusterer, bully.

=cassier=, n.m., cassia-tree.

=cassine=, n.f., (milit.) cassine; country-box; badly-kept house; stall, booth.

=cassiopée=, n.f., (astron.) Cassiopeia.

=cassis= (kâ-sis), n.m., black currant; black currant-tree; black-currant ratafia (liquor).

=cassolette=, n.f., perfuming pan; scent-box, fragrant smell; (b.s.) stench, odor. Quelle —! what a perfume!

=casson=, n.m., fragment of plate-glass; lump.

=cassonade=, n.f., moist sugar.

=cassure=, n.f., broken place; break, crack, snap; fracture; (nav.) hogging.

*=castagnette=, n.f., castanet.

=caste=, n.f., caste.

☉=castel=, n.m., castle.

*=castillan=, =-e=, n. and adj., Castilian.

*=castille=, n.f., altercation, bickering, strife.

=castine=, n.f., (metal.) flux.

=castor=, n.m., (mam.) castor, beaver; beaver hat; tile.

=castoréum= (-om), n.m., (phar.) castoreum.

=castorine=, n.f., castorine.

=castramétation=, n.f., castrametation.

=castrat=, n.m., castrato, castrate.

=castration=, n.f., castration.

=casualité=, n.f., (l.u.) casualty, fortuitousness.

=casuel=, =-le=, adj., casual, contingent, precarious, fortuitous, accidental.

=casuel=, n.m., perquisites, extra salary; fees. Le — d’une cure; surplice fees.

=casuellement= (-mān), adv., casually, accidentally, by chance, fortuitously.

=casuiste=, n.m., casuist.

=catachrèse= (-krèz), n.f., (rhet.) catachresis.

=cataclysme=, n.m., cataclysm, deluge, flood; (fig.) disaster, overthrow.

=catacois=. V. =cacatois=.

=catacombes=, n.f.pl., catacombs.

=catacoustique=, n.f., catacoustics.

=catadioptrique=, n.f., catadioptrics.

=catadioptrique=, adj., catadioptrical.

☉=catadoupe= or =catadupe=, n.f., catadupa, cataract, waterfall.

=catafalque=, n.m., catafalque; bed of state.

=cataire=, adj., of a cat, cat-like. Frémissement — (med.); thrill, purring tremor, of the heart.

=cataire=, n.f., (bot.) catmint, catnip.

=catalan=, =-e=, n. and adj., Catalonian.

=catalecte= or =catalectique=, adj., (poet.) catalectic.

=catalectes=, n.m.pl., (lit.) catalectics.

=catalepsie=, n.f., catalepsy.

=cataleptique=, adj., cataleptic.

=catalogue= (-log), n.m., list, enumeration, catalogue.

=cataloguer= (-ghé), v.a., to catalogue.

=catalpa=, n.m., (bot.) catalpa.

=cataplasme=, n.m., cataplasm, poultice.

=catapuce=, n.f., (bot.) caper-spurge.

=catapulte=, n.f., (antiq.) catapult.

=cataracte=, n.f., cataract; waterfall; (med.) cataract.

=cataracté=, =-e=, adj., (med.) afflicted with a cataract.

se =cataracter=, v.r., to have an incipient cataract.

=catarrhal=, =-e=, adj., (med.) catarrhal.

=catarrhe=, n.m., catarrh, cold. — d’été; hay-fever.

=catarrheu-x=, =-se=, adj., (med.) catarrhous.

=catastrophe=, n.f., catastrophe, calamity.

=catéchiser=, v.a., to catechise; to reason with; to lecture; to give anyone his due; to coach up.

=catéchisme=, n.m., catechism. Faire le — à quelqu’un; to give anyone his due.

=catéchiste=, n.m., catechist.

=catéchuménat= (-ku-), n.m., catechumenate.

=catéchumène= (-ku-), n.m.f., catechumen.

=catégorie=, n.f., category, predicament.

=catégorique=, adj., categorical, proper, explicit.

=catégoriquement= (-rik-mān), adv., categorically, to the purpose.

=catégoriser=, v.a., to class.

☉=caterve=, n.f., troop, band.

=cathartine=, n.f., cathartine.

=cathartique=, n.m. and adj., cathartic, purgative.

ex =cathédra=, with high authority.

=cathédrale=, n. and adj. f., cathedral; cathedral church.

=cathédrant=, n.m., president (over a thesis).

=cathérétique=, adj., (pharm.) caustic.

=cathéter= (-tèr), n.m., (surg.) catheter.

=cathétérisme=, n.m., (surg.) catheterism.

=catholicisme=, n.m., Catholicism.

=catholicité=, n.f., Catholicity; Catholic countries.

=catholicon=, n.m., (phar.) catholicon.

=catholique=, adj., Catholic, moral, orthodox. Cela n’est pas —; that is not orthodox.

=catholique=, n.m.f., Catholic. Un — à gros grains; a lax Catholic.

=catholiquement= (-mān), adv., in a catholic way.

=cati=, n.m., pressing, gloss, lustre.

=cati=, adj., pressed.

en =catimini=, adv., slily, stealthily.

=catin=, n.f., (l.ex.) harlot, strumpet.

=catir=, v.a., to give a gloss to. — à chaud; to hot-press. — à froid; to cold-press.

=catissage=, n.m., glossing, pressing.

=catisseur=, n.m., presser.

=catmarin=, n.m., (ornith.) red-throated diver.

=catodon=, n.m., catodon, a species of whale.

=catogan= or =cadogan=, n.m., club of hair.

=catoptrique=, n.f., catoptrics.

=catoptromancie=, n.f., catoptromancy.

=caucasique=, adj., (geog.) Caucasian.

=cauchemar= (kosh-mar), n.m., nightmare, incubus. Il donne le —; he tires one to death.

=caucher=, n.m., vellum-mold.

=cauchois=, =-e=, adj., of Caux.

=caudataire=, n.m., the train-bearer.

=caudé=, =-e=, adj., (her.) caudated, tailed.

☉=caudebec=, n.m., woolen French hat.

=caudex= (kô-dèks), n.m., stem of a tree.

=caudicule=, n.f., (bot.) caudicle.

=caudines=, adj.f.pl., caudine.

=caulicoles=, n.f.pl., (arch.) caulicole.

=caulinaire=, adj., (bot.) cauline.

=cauris=, n.m., cowry.

=causal=, =-e=, adj., causal.

=causalité=, n.f., causality.

=causant=, =-e=, adj., chatty, talkative.

=causati-f=, =-ve=, adj., (gram.) causative.

=causation=, n.f., causation.

=causativement=, adv., causatively.

=cause=, n.f., cause; grounds, motive; subject; case, trial, brief. —s éloignées; remote causes. Prendre fait et — pour quelqu’un; to espouse any one’s cause; to side with; to stand by. — appelée, remise; cause called in court, put off. — embrouillée, douteuse; intricate, doubtful case. Donner gain de — à; to decide in favor of. Avoir gain de —; to gain the day. Être hors de —; not to be concerned in a law-suit. Mettre hors de —; to dismiss the parties (to a suit); (fig.) to free from blame; to put out of the question. Être condamné sans connaissance de —; to be cast without a hearing. Ses héritiers ou ayants —; his heirs or assigns. Un avocat sans —; a briefless barrister. Parler avec connaissance de —; to speak from a knowledge of the case. Être la — innocente, or involontaire, d’un accident; to be the harmless, or involuntary, cause of an accident. Il ne le fera pas, et pour —; he won’t do it, and for a very good reason. À ces —s; (jur.) these reasons moving us thereunto. À — de; for the sake of, on account of, because of, for. À — de quoi? why? wherefore? for what reason? À — que; because.

=causer=, v.a., to cause, to be the cause of, to occasion, to give rise to.

=causer=, v.n., to chat, to talk, to prate. — de choses et d’autres; to talk of one thing and another. — de la pluie et du beau temps; to talk about the weather. — littérature, voyages; to talk about literature, travels. Vous aurez causé; you have been babbling.

=causerie= (kôz-rî), n.f., talk, chat, gossip.

=causette=, n.f., chit-chat. Faire la —; to have a chat.

=causeu-r=, =-se=, adj., talkative, chatty.

=causeu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., talker, conversationalist.

=causeuse=, n.f., small sofa, settee.

=causticité=, n.f., causticity.

=caustique=, adj., biting, cutting, caustic.

=caustique=, n.m., caustic, biting, cutting.

=caustique=, n.f., (geom., phys.) caustic curve.

=caustiquement=, adv., caustically, cuttingly.

=cauteleusement= (kôt-leûz-mān), adv., craftily, slyly.

=cauteleu-x=, =-se= (kôt-leû), adj., cunning, crafty.

=cautère=, n.m., (med.) issue, cautery; (vet.) firing-iron. Panser un —; to dress a cautery. Pois à —; issue peas.

☉=cautérétique=. V. =cathérétique=.

=cautérisation=, n.f., cauterization.

=cautériser=, v.a., to cauterize, to sear, to burn.

=caution=, n.f., surety, security, bail, pledge. — légale; common bail. — solvable; special bail. Un homme sujet à —; a man not to be trusted.

=cautionné=, =-e=, part., bailed; (of things) suspicious, doubtful.

=cautionnement= (kô-sio-n-mān), n.m., bailing, bail, caution-money; security.

=cautionner=, v.a., to stand bail for any one, to stand surety for.

=cavage=, n.m., hollowing out, digging; cellarage.

=cavalcade=, n.f., ride, cavalcado.

☉=cavalcadour=, n.m., riding-master, equerry, master of the horse.

=cavale=, n.f., mare, steed.

=cavalerie= (ka-val-rî), n.f., cavalry, horse.

=cavalier=, n.m., horseman; rider, cavalier; trooper; gentleman, gallant; (dancing) partner; knight (at chess); (fort.) cavalier; (man.) rider; (mec.) spoil-bank. Servir de — à une dame; to escort a lady.

=cavali-er=, =-ère=, adj., cavalier, free, proud, haughty, unceremonious.

=cavalièrement= (-mān), adv., cavalierly, bluntly, unceremoniously.

=cavatine=, n.f., (mus.) cavatina.

=cave=, n.f., cellar, vault, cellarage; boot (of a coach); case of bottles, cellaret; (cards) pool, stock. Rat de —; twisted taper. Rats de —; excisemen.

=cave=, adj., hollow, sunken. Œil —; hollow eye. Lune —; lunar month of 29 days. Année —; lunar year (353 days).

=caveau=, n.m., small cellar; vault (in a church).

=cavecé=, =-e=, adj., with a black head (of a roan horse or mare). Cheval rouan — de noir; roan horse with a black head.

=caveçon=, n.m., (man.) cavezon, curb. Il a besoin de —; he wants curbing.

=cavée=, n.f., (hunt.) hollow way.

=caver=, v.a., to hollow, to make hollow, to scoop out, to dig under; to lunge (fencing); to stake (at play). — au plus fort; to play deep; to carry things to extremes.

se =caver=, v.r., to become hollow or sunken; to stake.

=caverne=, n.f., cavern; cave, hollow, den.

=caverneu-x=, =-se=, adj., hollow, sepulchral; (anat.) cavernous, spongy. Voix —se; hollow voice.

=cavet=, n.m., (arch.) cavetto.

=caviar=, n.m., (cook.) caviar, caviare.

=cavillation= (-vil-la-), n.f., sophistry, cavil, cavilling.

=caviste=, n.m., cellarer, cellar man.

=cavité=, n.f., cavity, hollow.

=ce=, =cet=, m., =cette=, f., =ces=, pl., demonst. adj., this, these; that, those. Ce livre; this or that book. Ce héros; this or that hero. Cet arbre; this or that tree. Cet homme; this or that man. Cette femme; this or that woman. Ces livres; these or those books. Ce livre-ci; this book. Ce livre-là; that book.

=ce=, demonst. pron., he, she, it; they. J’aime votre frère, c’est un bon ami; I love your brother, he is a good friend. Lisez Racine et Boileau, ce sont de grands poètes; read Racine and Boileau, they are great poets.

=ce= (for =cela=), it, that; he, she, they. C’est fait; it is done. C’est fort bien fait; that’s very well done. C’en est fait de moi; it is all up with me. C’en est fait; it is all over, it is done. C’est bien fait; it serves him right. Et ce, pour cause; and this for a good reason. Je lui ai dit telle chose, et ce pour le persuader de le faire; I told him such a thing, and it was to persuade him to do it. Qui est-ce? who is he? Qui était-ce? who was it? Qui sera-ce? who will it be? Qui est-ce qui arrive là? who is coming there? Est-ce moi? is it I? Est-ce lui? is it he? Est-ce nous qu’il menace? is it towards us his threats are directed? Est-ce eux que vous prétendez soumettre? is it they you pretend to subdue? Sont-ce les Anglais? is it the English? C’est vous qu’on demande; it is you who are wanted. Ce sont eux que j’ai vus; it is they I have seen. Sont-ce là les dames que vous attendiez? are these the ladies you expected? Oui, ces ont elles; yes, they are. C’était eux, ce furent eux, ce sera nous, ce sera vous autres, ce sera eux, ce serait eux; it was they, &c. Qu’est-ce? what is that? Qu’est-ce que je vois là-bas? what do I see yonder? Sont-ce là vos raisons? are those your reasons? Est-ce là votre carrosse? is that your coach? Oui, ce l’est; yes, it is. Sont-ce là vos chevaux? are these your horses? Oui, ce les sont; yes, they are. Quel jour est-ce aujourd’hui? what day is it to-day? C’est jeudi; it is Thursday. Quand sera-ce? when will it be? Ce sera pour demain; it will be for to-morrow.

=ce qui=, =que=, =dont=, =à quoi=; that, which, what, of what, to what. Je ne sais ce que nous deviendrons; I do not know what will become of us. Ce qui se passe; what happens. Ce que je vous dit; what I tell you. Faites ce dont je vous ai parlé; do what I told you of. Ce qui réussit est toujours approuvé; what meets with success always meets with approbation. C’est ce que je disais; it is what I said. Ce que j’ai vu de beau; the fine things I saw. Tout ce qu’on fait de mauvais; all the mischief that is done. Savez-vous à quoi il pense? do you know what he is thinking of?

=ce qui= or =ce que=, serve for two verbs, the latter of which, when ce begins the sentence, is governed by ce: if the latter verb is être, followed by que or de, ce must be repeated before it. Ce que je crains, c’est d’être surpris; what I fear is to be surprised. Ce qu’il demande, c’est une pension; what he asks for is a pension. [But ce cannot be repeated when être is followed by an adjective.] Ce qu’on vous a dit est vrai; what you have been told is true. Ce qu’on vous a dit, ce sont des contes; what you have been told are mere idle tales. C’était un grand capitaine que César; Cæsar was a great captain. Sont-ce les richesses qui vous rendront heureux? can riches make you happy? C’est moi qu’on veut perdre; I am the man they wish to ruin. C’est à vous que je parle; it is to you I speak. C’est d’elle que je parle; it is of her that I speak. C’est là que je les attends; there I shall have them. C’est un bonheur que d’avoir échappé; it is good luck to have escaped. C’était à vous de parler; it was your duty to speak. C’était à vous à parler; it was your turn to speak. Si c’était à refaire; if it were to be done again. C’est à qui parlera; they vie with one another as to who shall speak. C’était à qui s’offrirait; they vied with one another as to who would offer himself. Ce serait pour moi un grand plaisir; it would give me great pleasure. Ce n’est pas qu’il la craigne, mais il aime la paix; not that he fears her, but he loves peace. Ces malheureux ne savent ce que c’est que la vertu; these wretches know not what virtue is. C’est-à-dire; that is to say. Ce n’est pas à dire que; it does not follow that. C’est pourquoi; therefore, wherefore, for which reason. C’est que; you must know; I must tell you. Ce que c’est que de nous! what poor mortals we are.

=céans=, adv., within, here within, in this house, home. Maître de —; master of the house. Il dînera —; he will dine at home.

=ceci=, demonst. pron., this. Que veut dire —? what does this mean? C’est —, c’est cela; it is first one thing and then another.

=cécité=, n.f., blindness. Frapper de —; to strike blind.

=cédant=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., (jur.) grantor; assignor, transferrer.

=cédant=, =-e=, adj., that assigns, transfers; that grants.

=céder=, v.a., to give, to give up, to yield, to transfer; to sell, to part with, to make over. — le pas à quelqu’un; to give precedence to any one. — le haut du pavé; to give the wall.

=céder=, v.n., to give way, to give; to submit; to give in. Il faut —; we must submit. — à son penchant; to give way to one’s inclinations. Je lui cède en tout; I give in to him in everything. Ne le — à personne; to yield to no one; to be second to none. La porte céda; the door gave way.

*=cédille=, n.f., (gram.) cedilla.

=cédrat=, n.m., (bot.) (tree) cedrate, lemon-tree; (fruit) lemon.

=cédratier=, n.m., (bot.) cedrate, lemon-tree.

=cèdre=, n.m., cedar; cedar of Lebanon.

=cédrie=, n.f., cedrie, cedar-resin.

=cédule=, n.f., (jur.) cedule, schedule, memorandum, notice; note of hand.

=ceindre= (ceignant, ceint), v.a., to enclose, to encompass, to surround, to bind; to fence; to gird on, to put on, to encircle. Une corde lui ceignait les reins; his loins were girt with a cord. — le diadème; to put on the diadem.

se =ceindre=, v.r., to bind round one; to encircle one’s brow with anything.

=ceintrage=, n.m., (nav.) frapping, swifting (of rigging).

=ceintrer=, v.a., (nav.) to frap, to gird. — un vaisseau; to frap a ship.

=ceinture=, n.f., sash, girdle, belt; waist-band, waist-ribbon; the waist; enclosure, circle; (arch.) cincture (of a column), molding; (nav.) swifter. Bonne renommée vaut mieux que — dorée; a good name is better than riches. — de deuil; funeral hangings. Chemin de fer de —; circular railway.

=ceinturé=, =-e=, adj., confined, girt; wearing a sash.

=ceinturer=, v.a., to girdle, to girt.

=ceinturier=, n.m., girdle-maker, belt-maker.

=ceinturon=, n.m., belt, sword-belt.

=cela=, demonst. pron., that. — est vrai; that is true. Comment —? how so? C’est —; that’s it. Ce n’est pas —; that’s not it, that will not do. N’est-ce que —? is that all? Comme —; so so. Il est comme —; it is his way, it is just like him. C’est — même; that’s the very thing. Par — même; for that very reason. Pour — oui; most certainly. Pour — non; certainly not.

=céladon=, adj., m., sea-green (color). Ruban —; sea-green ribbon.

=céladon=, n.m., sea-green (color); sentimental lover; old beau.

=célébrant=, n.m., officiating priest at mass.

=célébration=, n.f., solemn performance, celebration.

=célèbre=, adj., celebrated, famous, renowned; eminent, distinguished.

=célébrer=, v.a., to praise, to extol, to sing, to solemnize; to glorify, to celebrate, to record.

=célébrité=, n.f., celebrity; fame.

=celer= or =céler=, v.a., to conceal, to keep close or secret, to secrete. Se faire —; to say “not at home.”

=céleri= (sèl-ri), n.m., celery. Botte de —; bundle of celery.

=célérité=, n.f., celerity, rapidity, dispatch, speed.

=céleste=, adj., celestial, heavenly, divine. Bleu —; sky-blue. La colère —; the anger of heaven.

=célestin=, n.m., celestin (monk — moine).

=céliaque=, adj., (anat.) cœliac.

=célibat=, n.m., celibacy, single life; single state. Femme, homme, dans le —; single woman, single man.

=célibataire=, n.m., single man, bachelor.

=celle=, demonst. pron. she, that. V. =celui=.

☉=celle=, n.f., cell (of a hermit).

=cellér-ier=, n.m., =-ière=, n.f., cellarer.

=cellier=, n.m., cellar, store-room.

=cellulaire=, adj., cellular.

=cellule=, n.f., cell, partition; cell (of honey).

=celluleu-x=, =-se=, adj., cellular.

=célosie=, n.f., (bot.) cock’s-comb; coxcomb.

=celte=, n.m., Celt.

=celtique=, adj., Celtic.

=celtique=, n.m., Celtic language.

=celui=, m., =celle=, f., =ceux=, =celles=, pl., demonst. pron., he, him; she, her, they, them; that, those. Ceux qui ont vécu avant nous; those who lived before us.

=celui-ci=, =celle-ci=, sing., =ceux-ci=, =celles-ci=, pl., demonst. pron.; this, these.

=celui-là=, =celle-là=, sing., =ceux-là=, =celles-là=, pl., demonst. pron.; that, those. Aimez-vous mieux celui-ci? do you like this best? Celui-là n’est pas si beau; that one is not so fine. Celui-ci est meilleur que celui-là; this is better than that. [Celui-ci relates to an object near the speaker; celui-là, to an object distant from him; or after two nouns already expressed, celui-ci refers to the last, celui-là to the first mentioned.]

=cément=, n.m., cement.

=cémentation=, n.f., cementation.

=cémentatoire=, adj., cementatory.

=cémenter=, v.a., to cement.

=cénacle=, n.m., (antiq.) guest-chamber (where the Lord’s supper was taken); (fig.) club, literary coterie.

=cendre=, n.f., ashes; embers; cinder; dust, ashes (of the dead). C’est un feu qui couve sous la —; it is a smoldering fire. La —, les —s des morts; the ashes of the dead.

=cendres=, n.f.pl., ashes. — ardentes; live embers. — qui couvent; smoldering ashes. Le mercredi des —; Ash-Wednesday. Mettre en —; to lay in ashes. Renaître de ses —; to rise from one’s ashes.

=cendré=, =-e=, adj., ashy. Gris —; ashy gray, pale gray. Lumière —; earth-shine.

=cendrée=, n.f., small shot.

=cendreu-x=, =-se=, adj., ashy, full of, or covered with, ashes.

=cendrer=, v.a., to paint ash-gray, to ash.

=cendrier=, n.m., ash-pan, cinder-pail; ash-hole; ash-tray.

*=cendrille=, n.f., (orni.) tomtit.

=cène=, n.f., the Lord’s supper, communion.

=cenelle=, n.f., (bot.) haw.

=cénobite=, n.m., cenobite, monk.

=cénobitique=, adj., cenobitical.

=cénotaphe=, n.m., cenotaph.

=cens= (sāns), n.m., cense, quit-rent; census, franchise, rating.

=censable=, adj., owner of quit-rent. Seigneur —; lord of the manor.

☉=cense=, n.f., farm, fee-farm.

=censé=, =-e=, adj., accounted, deemed, reputed, supposed, pretended. Il est — être; he is supposed to be.

=censéable=, adj., liable to quit-rent.

=censeur=, n.m., censor; censurer; critic; censor of the press; examiner of plays; proctor.

☉=censier=, adj.m., of quit-rent.

=censi-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., farmer; rent-roll.

=censitaire=, n.m., copy-holder.

=censive=, n.f., quit-rent, manor.

=censorial=, =-e=, adj., censorial.

=censuel=, =-le=, adj., feudal, of quit-rent.

=censurable=, adj., censurable.

=censure=, n.f., censorship; censure, criticism; reproof; ecclesiastical censure; the censors.

=censurer=, v.a., to find fault with; to blame, to censure, to condemn.

=cent=, adj., hundred, cent. — un ans; one hundred and one years. Cinq pour —; five per cent. Je vous le donne en —; it’s 100 to 1 against your guessing it. [Cent takes the sign of the plural, if preceded and multiplied, but not followed, by a number: trois cents; trois cent cinquante.] Les — Jours; the Hundred days (from March 20th to end of June, 1815).

=centaine=, n.f., a hundred; a hundred, or so; thread that ties up a skein. V. =sentène=.

=centaure=, n.m., (myth., astron.) centaur.

=centaurée=, n.f., (bot.) centaury.

=centenaire=, adj., centenary, secular, of a hundred years’ standing, centennial.

=centenaire=, n.m.f., centenarian.

=centenier=, n.m., centurion (in the Channel Isles); sergeant of police.

=centésimal=, =-e=, adj., centesimal.

=centiare=, n.m., the hundredth part of an are (square yard 1.1960).

=centième=, adj., hundredth.

=centième=, n.m., the hundredth part.

=centigrade=, adj., centigrade.

=centigramme=, n.m., the hundredth part of a gram (grain 0.1543).

=centilitre=, n.m., the hundredth part of a liter (cubic inch 0.61028).

=centime=, n.m., the hundredth part of a franc (cent 0.193).

=centimètre=, n.m., the hundredth part of a meter (inch 0.39371).

=centinode=, n.f., centinody, knot-grass.

=centipède=, adj., centipedal; n.m., centipede.

=centon=, n.m., (lit.) cento.

=central=, =-e=, adj., central, chief, head.

=centralisat-eur=, =-rice=, adj., centralizing.

=centralisation=, n.f., centralization.

=centraliser=, v.a., to centralize.

se =centraliser=, v.r., to become centralized.

=centre=, n.m., center, middle. Chaque chose tend à son —; everything converged to its center. Être dans son —; to be in one’s element.

=centrifuge=, adj., centrifugal.

=centripète=, adj., centripetal.

=centrisque=, n.m., (ich.) centriscus, trumpet-fish.

=cent-suisse=, n.m., one of the hundred that formed the body-guard to the king of France. Les —s; the hundred Swiss guards.

=centumvir=, n.m., centumvir.

=centumviral=, =-e=, adj., centumviral.

=centumvirat=, n.m., centumvirate.

=centuple=, n.m., centuple, hundred-fold.

=centuple=, adj., a hundred-fold.

=centupler=, v.a., to increase a hundred-fold, to centuple.

=centuriateur=, n.m., (ecc. lit.) centuriator.

=centurie=, n.f., (antiq., ecc.) century; hundred (territorial division).

=centurion=, n.m., centurion.

=cep=, n.m., vine-stock, vine-stalk, vine-plant.

=cépage=, n.m., vine-slip, vines. Les —s de la Bourgogne; the vines of Burgundy.

=cèpe=, n.m., (bot.) esculent boletus.

=cépée=, n.f., (agri.) tuft of shoots from the same stump; (hunt.) young wood; a wood of one or two years’ growth.

=cependant=, adv., in the mean time, meanwhile; however, nevertheless; yet, still.

=cependant=, conj., yet, and yet.

=céphalalgie=, n.f., cephalalgy, headache.

=céphalée=, n.f., (med.) headache.

=céphalique=, adj., (med.) cephalic.

=céphalète=, n.f., (med.) cephalitis.

=céphée=, n.m., (astron.) Cepheus.

=cérame=, n.f., Greek vase.

=céramique=, adj., ceramic, fictile.

=céramique=, adj., fictile art, molding.

=céraste=, n.m., cerastes, horned viper.

=cérat=, n.m., ointment, salve.

=cerbère=, n.m., (myth.) Cerberus.

=cerce=, n.f., hoop, band, binding.

=cerceau=, n.m., hoop, ring; hoop-net; pinion-quill. Faire courir un —; to trundle a hoop.

=cercelle=, n.f., water-fowl, teal.

=cerclage=, n.m., hooping (of casks, &c.).

=cercle=, n.m., circle, sphere, round, ring, orb, hoop; club, company; binding-hoop. Un quart de —; a quadrant. Un demi-cercle; a semicircle. Décrire, former, un —; to describe, to form, a circle. — vicieux; arguing in a circle; begging the question.

=cercler=, v.a., to bind with hoops, to hoop.

=cerclier=, n.m., hoop-maker.

*=cercueil= (-keu-), n.m., coffin; (fig.) grave, tomb. — de bois; shell. Mettre au —; to bring to the grave.

=céréale=, adj., cereal, corn.

=céréales=, n.f.pl., corn, grain, corn crops, cerealia. Commerce des —; corn-trade, breadstuffs.

=cérébral=, =-e=, adj., cerebral, brain. Fièvre —e; brain fever.

=cérébrite=, n.f., (med.) inflammation of the brain.

=cérémonial=, n.m., ceremonial; ceremony, ceremonies, etiquette, state.

=cérémoniaire=, n.m., master of the ceremonies.

=cérémonie=, n.f., ceremony; (biblical) ceremonial; fuss, ado. Visite de —; formal visit. Faire des —s; to stand upon ceremonies. En grande —; in state.

=cérémonieu-x=, =-se=, adj., ceremonious, formal, precise.

=cérès=, n.f., (myth., astron.) Ceres; (fig.) harvest, corn.

=cerf= (sèr), n.m., stag, hart, deer. — commun; red-deer. Un bois de —; the horns of a stag. Corne de —; hartshorn.

*=cerfeuil=, n.m., (bot.) chervil. — musqué; sweet cicely.

=cerf-volant= (sèrvo-) n.m., (—s-—s) (ent.) stag-beetle, bull-fly; kite, paper-kite.

=cerisaie=, n.f., cherry-orchard.

=cerise=, n.f., cherry; (of coffee) berry.

=cerise=, n.m., cherry-color, cerise.

=cerisier=, n.m., (bot.) cherry-tree, cherry-wood.

=cerne=, n.m., (bot.) ring.

=cerneau=, n.m., kernel of a green walnut; green walnut.

=cerner=, v.a., to cut or dig round (a tree); to surround, to encompass, to hem in; to take the kernel out of green walnuts; (arch.) to gird; (milit.) to invest. Des yeux cernés; eyes with dark circles round them.

=cérocome=, n.m., (ent.) cerocoma.

=céroxyle=, n.m., (bot.) wax-palm, wax-tree.

=cerre=, n.m., bitter-oak.

=certain=, =-e=, adj., certain, sure, positive, undoubted; resolved, fixed, determined; some, certain. C’est un homme d’un — mérite; he is a man of some merit. À —es époques de l’année; at certain periods of the year. Dans —s cas; in certain cases. Un — personnage; a certain personage.

=certain=, n.m., certainty; certain; (exchange language) certain price. Il ne faut pas quitter le — pour l’incertain; we must not quit a certainty for an uncertainty.

=certainement= (-mān), adv., certainly, assuredly, without fail, indeed, surely, infallibly.

=certes=, adv., indeed, most certainly.

=certificat=, n.m., certificate, testimonial. — de vie; attestation, affidavit of existence.

=certificateur=, n.m., (jur.) certifier, voucher.

=certification=, n.f., certifying, vouching; witnessing.

=certifier=, v.a., to certify, to testify, to attest, to aver. — une caution; to guarantee that bail is valid. — véritable; to witness (a signature).

=certitude=, n.f., certitude, certainty; assurance, steadiness. Avoir la —; to be certain.

=cérumen= (-mèn), n.m., cerumen, ear-wax.

=cérumineu-x=, =-se=, adj., waxy, ceruminous.

=céruse=, n.f., ceruse, white lead.

=cervaison=, n.f., (hunt.) stag-season.

=cerveau=, n.m., brain; mind; intelligence. Rhume de —; cold in the head. — brûlé; disordered brain. Avoir le — creux; to be crack-brained, visionary. Être pris du —; to have a cold in one’s head. Se brûler le —; to blow out one’s brains.

=cervelas=, n.m., saveloy, Bologna sausage.

=cervelet=, n.m., (anat.) cerebellum.

=cervelle=, n.f., brains; head; mind; pith (of palm-trees). Se brûler la —; to blow out one’s brains. Cela lui tourne la —; that turns his head. Se creuser la —; to puzzle one’s brains. Tenir en —; to keep in suspense.

=cervical=, =-e=, adj., (anat.) cervical.

=cervier=. V. =loup-cervier=.

=cervoise=, n.f., a sort of beer, ale.

=césar=, n.m., Cæsar; emperor, prince, conqueror.

=césarien=, =-ne= (-è-n), adj., Cesarean.

=césarisme=, n.m., Cæsarism.

=cessant=, =-e=, adj., ceasing. Toute affaire —e; to the suspension of all other business.

=cessation=, n.f., cessation, suspension, intermission, discontinuance, stoppage.

=cesse=, n.f., ceasing, intermission, rest, respite. Parler sans —; to talk for ever.

=cesser=, v.n., to cease, to leave off, to forbear, to discontinue, to give over, to be at an end, to have done, to intermit, to end. Il ne cesse de pleurer; he never leaves off crying. Faire —; to put a stop to, or an end to.

=cesser=, v.a., to cease, to leave off; to intermit; to break off. — ses payments; (com.) to stop payment.

=cessible=, adj., (jur., com.) transferable, assignable.

=cession=, n.f., transfer, assignment (of property); yielding up, relinquishment; surrender.

=cessionnaire=, n.m., grantee; assignee, transferee.

=ceste=, n.m., (antiq., myth.) cestus, gauntlet; whirl-bat.

=césure=, n.f., cesura, pause, rest.

=cet=, =cette=. V. =ce=.

=cétacé=, =-e=, adj., cetaceous.

=cétacé=, n.m., cetaceous animal.

=cétérac=, n.m., (bot.) ceterach.

=cétine=, n.f., pure spermaceti, cetine.

=cétoine=, n.f., (ent.) floral-beetle.

=chable=, n.m., rope, tackle, tow-line.

=chabler=, v.a., to fasten a cable to a piece of timber; to lash, to fasten to a cable. — les noyers; to knock down walnuts with a pole.

=chableur=, n.m., water-bailiff.

=chablis=, n.m., wind-fallen wood, dead-wood; chablis (white wine).

=chaboisseau=, n.m., sea-scorpion.

=chabot=, n.m., (ich.) miller’s-thumb, bull-head.

=chabraque=, n.f. V. =schabraque=.

=chacal=, n.m., jackal.

=chaconne=, n.f., chacone (dance tune).

=chacun=, =-e=, pron., everyone, each. — veut être heureux; everybody wishes to be happy. — en parle; everybody speaks of it. Rendre à — ce qui lui appartient; to return everyone his own. — vit à sa guise; everyone lives as he likes. — le sien, n’est pas trop; everyone his own. — a sa marotte; every man has his hobby. — pour soi; everyone for himself. — à son tour; each in his turn. Ils s’en retournèrent — chez eux; each of them returned to his own home. Vous danserez — à votre tour; you will dance each in your turn. Ils auront — leur part; each of them will have his share. Donnez à — sa part; give everyone his share. Tous les membres ont voté — selon ses instructions; every member voted according to his instructions.

☉=chacunière=, n.m., one’s own house.

=chafouin=, =-e=, adj., sorry, mean-looking, pitiful, scrubby-looking.

=chafouin=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., pitiful object; poor wretch.

=chagrin=, n.m., sorrow, grief, vexation, trouble, concern, regret; fretfulness, peevishness, chagrin; shagreen (leather). Mourir de —; to die of a broken heart. Demi-—; half-bound.

=chagrin=, =-e=, adj., gloomy, melancholy, sad, dull, fretful, peevish, waspish, discontented, sullen, cross, morose.

=chagrinant=, =-e=, adj., sorrowful, sad; vexatious, provoking, troublesome.

☉=chagrinement= (-mān), adv., sorrowfully; peevishly, fretfully.

=chagriner=, v.a., to render gloomy, to grieve, to vex, to afflict, to cross, to trouble, to perplex, to disquiet; to shagreen (skins).

se =chagriner=, v.r., to fret, to vex one’s self, to grieve, to take on.

=chagrinier=, n.m., shagreen-maker.

=chahut=, n.m., vulgar dance; row, shindy.

=chahuter=, v.n., to make a row, kick up a shindy.

=chai=, n.m., wine store (above ground).

=chaîne=, n.f., chain, shackle, cord; galleys, chain of galley-slaves; belting-course (for walls); bonds, bondage; drag-chain (of canals); warp (weaving); (land-surveying) chain, Gunter’s chain; (dancing) right and left. — longue; watch guard. — de gilet; Albert chain. — de sûreté; coupling-chain. Charger quelqu’un de —s; to load with fetters. — de montagnes; long ridge of mountains. La — des idées; the chain of ideas. Attacher avec des —s; to chain up. Tendre des —s; to lay chains across. À la —; chained up. Faire la — (in a fire); to form in line; to pass buckets from hand to hand.

=chaînetier= (shên-tié), n.m., chain-maker.

=chaînette=, n.f., little chain; (arch.) catenary arch.

=chaînon=, n.m., link.

=chair=, n.f., flesh, meat; skin (of a person). pl., (paint.) flesh. — vive; quick flesh. — morte; dead skin. — ferme, molle; firm, soft, flesh. —s baveuses; (med.) proud flesh. — blanche; white meat. — noire; game. — de poule; goose-flesh, (med.) cutis anseris. J’en ai la — de poule; I shudder at the thought, it makes my flesh creep. Un morceau de —; a piece of meat. La — d’un poisson; the fleshy part of a fish. Couleur de —; flesh-color. Convoitises de la —; the lusts of the flesh. Le Verbe s’est fait —; the Word was made flesh. La résurrection de la —; the resurrection of the body. Pester entre cuir et —; to keep one’s ill humor to one’s self. Hacher menu comme — à pâté; to make mince meat of. Ni — ni poisson; neither fish, flesh nor fowl. En — et en os; in flesh and blood.

=chaire=, n.f., pulpit; professorship; desk (in churches); bishop’s throne. Monter en —; to mount the pulpit. — apostolique; apostolic see. — curule; curule chair. — de droit; professorship of law.

=chaise=, n.f., chair, seat; (carp.) timber-work, frame; curb; chaise (carriage). — à dos; high-backed chair. — de paille; straw-bottomed chair. — percée; close-stool. — brisée; folding chair. — à deux chevaux; chaise and pair. — à bascule; rocking-chair. — à porteurs; sedan-chair. — longue; lounging-chair; couch.

=chaisier=, n.m., chair-maker; =chaisière=, n.f., chair-letter.

=chako=, n.m. V. =shako=.

=chaland=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., customer, purchaser.

=chaland=, n.m., (nav.) lighter, barge.

=chalandeau=, n.m., lighterman, bargeman.

☉=chalandise=, n.f., custom.

=chalastique= (ka-), adj., (med.) chalastic.

=chalcédoine=. V. =calcédoine=.

=chalcite= (kalsit), n.m., (chem.) chalcite.

=chalcographe= (kal-), n.m., chalcographer, engraver on brass.

=chalcographie= (kal-), n.f., chalcography, engraving on brass; engraving establishment; printing-office (of the pope).

=chaldaïque= (kal-), adj., Chaldaic.

=chaldéen=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), adj. V. =chaldaïque=.

=chaldéen=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., Chaldean.

=chaldéen=, n.m., Chaldaic, Chaldean.

=châle=, n.m., shawl.

=châlet=, n.m., cheese-house, Swiss cottage.

=chaleur=, n.f., heat, glow; fervency, zeal, ardor; warmth; (phys.) calorie. Son style manque de —; his style lacks warmth. Les grandes —s; the hot season; the height of summer. Sentir de la —; to feel warm.

=chaleureu-x=, =-se=, adj., warm, ardent; glowing; spirited, vehement.

☉=châlit=, n.m., bedstead.

☉=chaloir=, v.imp., to care for, to matter. Il ne m’en chaut; I don’t care, it matters not to me. Peu m’en chaut; it signifies little to me.

=chalon=, n.m., drag, drag-net.

=chaloupe=, n.f., (nav.) ship’s boat, long boat, launch. — canonnière; gun-boat.

=chalumeau=, n.m., stalk of corn; straw; pipe, reed; blow-pipe; shawm.

=chalumet=, n.m., top (of a pipe).

=chalut=, n.m., drag-net, trawl.

=chalybé=, =-e= (ka-), adj., chalybeate.

=chamade=, n.f., (milit.) parley, chamade. Battre la —; to sound a parley; to surrender, to yield.

*=chamailler=, v.n., to bicker, to squabble, to wrangle.

*se =chamailler=, v.r., to squabble, to wrangle. — des dents; to feed, to stuff.

*=chamaillis=, n.m., fray, squabble, uproar, wrangle.

=charmarre=, n.f., smock-frock; lace, embroidery.

=chamarrer=, v.a., to lace, to trim with lace, to bedizen; to load with ridicule.

=chamarrure=, n.f., trimming, lacing, bedizening.

=chambellan= (-bel-lān), n.m., chamberlain.

=chambourin=, n.m., strass.

=chambranle=, n.m., (carp.) chambranle; casing of a chimney, door-case, window-frame. — de cheminée; mantel-shelf.

=chambre=, n.f., chamber, room; lodging, apartment; House (of parliament); (metal.) bead, chaplet; (opt.) camera, chamber; (artil.) chamber; (nav.) cabin; honey-comb (of cannon). — ardente; ardent chamber (history of France). — claire; light room; (opt.) camera lucida. — haute; House of Lords. — à coucher; bed-chamber. — garnie; furnished lodging. Femme de —; chambermaid. Robe de —; dressing-gown. Garder la —; to keep one’s room. Convoquer les —s; to convoke parliament. Avoir des —s à louer dans la tête; to be rather empty-headed, to be a visionary. Arrêter, louer, une —; to hire, to secure a room. Faire une —; to do (clean) a room.

=chambré=, =-e=, adj., (of fire-arms) chambered, provided with a powder-chamber; honeycombed (of cannon).

=chambrée=, n.f., persons sleeping in one room; (thea.) house; mess, barrack-room (of soldiers).

=chambrelan=, n.m., (pop., l.u.) workman who works in his own room; single-room lodger.

☉=chambrer=, v.n., to chum together.

se =chambrer=, v.r., to become honeycombed.

=chambrer=, v.a., to keep anyone confined either by force or art; to take one aside in a company; to chamber (of guns).

=chambrette=, n.f., little room.

☉=chambrier=, n.m., chamberlain.

=chambrière=, n.f., chamber-maid; (man.) horse-whip.

=chame= or =came=, n.f., (conch.) chama; muscle, heart-cockle.

=chameau=, n.m., camel; (fig.) heavy fellow. Rejeter le moucheron et avaler le —; to strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

=chamelier=, n.m., camel-driver.

=chamelle=, n.f., female camel.

=chamelon= (sham-lon), n.m., young camel.

=chamois=, n.m., chamois, shamoy, wild goat; shammy; shammy-leather; chamois leather.

=chamois=, adj., buff, drab.

=chamoiser=, v.a., to shamoy.

se =chamoiser=, v.r., to be shamoyed.