Heath's French and English dictionary (part 6 of 19)

Heath's French and English dictionary (part 6 of 19)

=logeu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., lodger. — en garni; lodging-house keeper.

=logicien= (-in), n.m., logician.

=logique=, n.f. and adj., logic, logical.

=logiquement=, adv., logically.

=logis=, n.m., house, dwelling, lodging, lodging-house, inn, home. Corps de —; main building. On m’attend au —; I am expected at home. Bon — à pied et à cheval; good accommodation for man and horse. Au —; at home. La folle du —; imagination, fancy.

=logographe=, n.m., early Greek historian, logographer.

=logogriphe=, n.m., logogriph, riddle, enigma.

=logomachie=, n.f., logomachy, war of words.

=logos=, n.m., (n.p.) (theol.) God the Word; (in Plato’s Philos.) the Creator of all things.

=loi=, n.f., law, precept, command; power, dominion, sway; authority; rule; (coin) standard. Homme de —; lawyer. Projet de —; (parliament) bill. Présenter un projet de —; to bring in a bill. Rejeter un projet de —; to throw out a bill. Hors la —; outlawed. Faire —; to have force of law. Faire la —; to command, to dictate (to). Se faire une —; to make it a point. Mettre hors la —; to outlaw. — annonaire; V. =annonaire=.

=loin=, adv., far, far off, a great way off; at a distance; remote, distant. De — en —; at great intervals, at long distances from each other. Au —; far, far away, far and wide. De —; from afar, from a distance, a long way off. Revenir de —; to have a narrow squeak (for one’s life). Aller chasser au —; to go out hunting a great way off. — du monde; far from the world. — d’ici; a great way off. — d’ici! be gone! — des yeux, — du cœur; out of sight, out of mind. Bien — de; instead of; far from. Bien — que; far from, so far from. Bien — que cela soit; it is so far from being so.

=lointain=, =-e=, adj., remote, far distant. Pays —; remote country.

=lointain=, n.m., distance; distant prospect. Le — d’un tableau; the background of a picture.

=loir=, n.m., (mam.) dormouse.

=loisible=, adj., optional, lawful, allowable, right. — à vous de le faire; you have a perfect right to do it.

=loisir=, n.m., leisure, spare time. J’ai du —; I am at leisure. Etes-vous de —? are you at leisure? or are you disengaged? À —; leisurely, at leisure.

=lok=, n.m. V. =looch=.

=lollard=, n.m., (—s) Lollard.

=lombaire=, adj., (anat.) lumbar.

=lombard=, n.m., pawnbroker; pawn-shop. V. =mont-de-piété=.

=lombard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., Lombard.

=lombes=, n.m.pl., lumbar region, loins.

=lombric=, n.m., (ent.) dew-worm, earth-worm, lob-worm.

=lombrical=, =-e=, adj., lumbrical.

=lomentacé=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) lomentaceous.

=lompe=, n.m., (ich.) lump-fish, sea-owl.

=londonien=, =-ne=, n.m.f., Londoner. adj., Londonish.

=londrin=, n.m., London cloth.

=long=, =-ue= (lōn, lōng), adj., long, slow; tedious; prolonged, lengthened; diffuse; drawn out. Le temps est — à qui attend; it is weary waiting. — à manger, — à tout; slow at meat, slow at everything. De —ue main; of long standing.

=long=, n.m., length; extent. Cela a dix aunes de —; that is ten ells in length. Être couché, étendu, tout de son —; to lie, to be lying, at full length. Prendre le plus —; to go the longest way round. Tout le —; all along. Tout au —; along, at large, in detail, in full. De — en large; up and down; to and fro. En —; lengthways. Tirer de —; to scamper away; (fig.) to put off, to procrastinate.

=long=, adv., much, a great deal. En savoir —; to know what’s what. En savoir trop —; to know too much.

=longanimité=, n.f., longanimity, forbearance, long-suffering.

=long-courrier=, n.m., ocean (going) ship.

=longe=, n.f., loin; tether, thong. Une — de veau; a loin of veal.

=longer=, v.a., to go, to walk, to run along; to skirt, to coast along.

=longévité=, n.f., longevity.

=longimétrie=, n.f., longimetry.

=longitude=, n.f., (geog.) longitude. Prendre les —s; to take the longitude.

=longitudinal=, =-e=, adj., longitudinal.

=longitudinalement=, adv., longitudinally.

=long-jointé=, =-e=, adj., (man.) long-jointed.

=long-pan=, n.m., roof-length.

=longrine= or =longuerine=, n.f., girder, sleeper.

=longtemps= (lōn-tān), adv., long, a long while, a great while. Depuis —; long since, long ago, long before. Il y a — que je ne l’ai vu; I have not seen him for a great while.

=longue= (long), n.f., long syllable; length, course of time. À la —; with or in time, in the long run.

=longuement= (long-mān), adv., long, a long time, a great while, at length.

=longuet=, =-te=, adj., longish, somewhat long, pretty long, at great length.

=longueur= (-gheur), n.f., length, extent; slowness, tediousness, dullness; prolixity. Trois pieds de —; three feet in length. En —; lengthwise. Tirer les choses en —; to delay, to cause delays; to cause any affair to drag. Traîner en —; to drag; to be protracted; to suffer delays. Tirer en —; to spin out.

=longue-vue=, n.f., (—s-—s) small telescope; spy-glass.

=looch= (lok), n.m., (pharm.) loch; emulsion.

=lopin=, n.m., (pop.) lump; bit, morsel, portion, share (of eatables). — de terre; bit of ground.

=loquace= (-kooas), adj., loquacious, talkative.

=loquacement=, adv., talkatively, loquaciously.

=loquacité= (-kooa-), n.f., loquacity, talkativeness.

=loque=, n.f., rag, tatter.

=loquèle= (-kuèl), n.f., small talk, gabble.

=loquet=, n.m., latch; (of a knife) catch, hasp, clasp. — d’écoutilles; (nav.) hoop of the scuttles.

=loqueteau= (lok-to), n.m., little latch.

=loquette=, n.f., (pop.) scrap, small bit.

=lord=, n.m., (—s) lord.

=lorette=, n.f., lorette, gay woman.

*=lorgnade=, n.f., ogle, side-look, side-glance.

*=lorgner=, v.a., to leer, to ogle; to look through an opera-glass; to quiz; to have an eye on. — une charge; to have an eye on some post, to covet.

*=lorgnette=, n.f., opera-glass.

*=lorgneu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., ogler.

*=lorgnon=, n.m., eye-glass, quizzing-glass.

=loriot=, n.m., (orni.) oriole.

=lors=, adv., then. Depuis or dès —; from that time, since then. — de; at the time of. — même que; even though. Pour —; then, at the time, since then; so, in that case, therefore.

=lorsque=, conj., when; at the time or moment. — j’arrivai; when I arrived.

☉=los=, n.m., praise.

=losange=, n.m., (math.) lozenge; lozenge-molding.

=losangé=, =-e=, adj., (math.) in lozenges; (her.) lozengee, lozengy.

=losanger=, v.a., to lozenge.

=lot= (lô), n.m., lot; portion, share; prize (in a lottery). Le — qui lui est échu; the portion which has fallen to his share. Le gros —; the first prize (in a lottery).

=loterie= (lo-trî), n.f., lottery; raffle. Mettre à la —; to put in the lottery. Gagner à la —; to win in the lottery. Faire une —; to raffle. C’est une —; (fig.) it is a mere matter of chance.

=loti=, =-e=, part., divided into lots; portioned out. Le voilà bien —; he has made a good choice.

=lotier= (-tié), n.m., (bot.) lotus, lotos.

=lotion=, n.f., lotion, wash; ablution.

=lotir=, v.a., to divide into lots, to share; to portion out.

=lotissage=, n.m., (chem.) assaying, averaging.

=lotissement= (-tis-mān), n.m., dividing into lots, lotting.

=loto=, n.m., loto (game of chance).

=lotophages=, n.m.pl., Lotophagi (lotus-eaters).

=lotte=, n.f., (ich.) lote; eel-pout.

=lotus= or =lotos= (-tûs, -tôs), n.m., (bot.) lotus, lote.

=louable=, adj., laudable, praiseworthy, commendable; honest, honorable.

=louablement=, adv., laudably, commendably, praiseworthily.

=louage=, n.m., letting out, hire, hiring, renting. À —; on hire. Donner à —; to let out, to hire. Prendre à —; to rent, to hire. Un cheval de —; a hired horse.

=louange=, n.f., praise, commendation, eulogy; glory, credit. Donner des —s; to bestow praise.

=louanger=, v.a., to praise up, to flatter, to laud.

=louangeu-r=, =-se=, n. and adj., praiser, flatterer, panegyrist; laudatory, eulogistic.

=louche=, adj., squint-eyed; dubious, doubtful, ambiguous, suspicious, equivocal; not clear; (fig.) (of light) dim, dark; (of weather) foul, thick.

=louche=, n.m., ambiguity, obscurity; suspicious appearance. Il y a du — dans sa conduite; there is something suspicious in his conduct.

=louche=, n.f., soup-ladle; dipper.

=louchée=, n.f., ladleful.

=loucher=, v.n., to squint.

=louchet=, n.m., flat spade, mattock.

=louchettes=, n.f.pl., goggles.

=loucheu-r=, =-se=, n.m.f. and adj., squinter, squinting.

=louer=, v.a., to let, to let out, to rent, to hire, to hire out, to lease; to take, to rent. — une maison à quelqu’un; to let any one a house. Maison à —; house to let.

se =louer=, v.r., to hire one’s self out; to be let; to be let for.

=louer=, v.a., to praise, to commend, to laud, to eulogize, to speak highly of.

se =louer=, v.r., to laud, to praise, one’s self; to rejoice at; to be satisfied or pleased with. Se — de quelqu’un; to be well pleased with any one; to be satisfied with any one. Qui se loue s’emboue; self praise is no recommendation.

=loueu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., hirer, letter out; ☉praiser, flatterer. — de voitures; job-master.

=lougre=, n.m., lugger.

=louis=, n.m., louis (an old French coin equal to about $4.60). — d’or; louis d’or.

=loup= (loo), n.m., wolf; (med.) lupus; (com.) stock-jobber; black velvet mask; domino; crowbar; packing stick, burnisher. Gueule de —; (bot.) snap-dragon. Manger comme un —; to eat ravenously; to devour. Un saut de —; a ha-ha; a hedge sunk between slopes, Entre chien et —; in the dusk of the evening, at dusk. Renfermer le — dans la bergerie; to set the fox to keep the geese. Crier au —! to cry wolf. Marcher à pas de —; to walk cautiously, stealthily, like a thief. Mettre quelqu’un à la gueule du —; to throw any one into the lion’s mouth. Il est connu comme le — blanc; he is known by everybody. Quand on parle du — on en voit la queue; talk of the devil and he is sure to appear. La faim chasse le — hors du bois; hunger will break through stone walls. Il faut hurler avec les —s; when you are at Rome, you must do as Rome does. Avoir vu le —; to have seen the world; to know what’s what. Qui se fait brebis, le — le mange; daub yourself with honey and you will never want flies. Il fait un froid de —; it is terribly or bitter cold. Tenir le — par les oreilles; to be in a critical situation. Les —s ne se mangent pas entre eux; there is honor among thieves. Un vieux — de mer; an old sea dog, an old salt.

=loup-cerve=, n.f., (—s-—s) (mam.) she-lynx.

=loup-cervier=, n.m., (—s-—s) lynx.

=loupe=, n.f., magnifying-glass, lens, eye-glass; (med.) wen; (of camels) hump; (house painting) cradle.

=loupeu-x=, =-se=, adj., wenny, knobby.

=loup-garou=, n.m., (—s-—s) man-wolf; bugbear; owl, surly dog; churlish fellow.

=lourd=, =-e=, adj., heavy; lumpish, unwieldy; dull, clumsy, thick-headed; awkward.

=lourdaud=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., lubber, lout; blockhead, loggerhead.

=lourdement=, adv., heavily, plump; clumsily; grossly.

=lourderie=, n.f., clumsiness, gross blunder.

=lourdeur=, n.f., heaviness, sluggishness; dullness; weight.

☉=lourdise=, n.f., gross blunder.

☉=loure=, n.f., loure (dance).

=lourer=, v.a., (mus.) to join the notes.

=loustic=, n.m., wag.

=loutre=, n.f., otter. — marine; sea-otter.

☉=louvat=, n.m., young wolf. V. =louveteau=.

=louve=, n.f., she-wolf; wanton woman; (tech.) sling.

=louver=, v.a., (tech.) to sling.

=louvet=, =-te=, adj., fox-colored (of horses).

=louveteau= (loov-to), n.m., young wolf.

=louveter= (loov-té), v.n., to whelp (of wolves).

=louveterie= (loov-trî), n.f., wolf-hunt.

=louvetier=, n.m., wolf-hunter; (formerly) master of the wolf-hounds.

=louviers=, n.m., Louviers cloth.

=louvoyage=, n.m., (nav.) tacking about.

=louvoyer=, v.n., (nav.) to tack about; to ply by boards; (fig.) to manœuvre; to dodge.

=louvre=, n.m., Louvre (public edifice in Paris); palace, magnificent house.

=love=, n.f., bar (of soap).

=lover=, v.a., (nav.) to coil.

=loxodromie=, n.f., (nav.) loxodromics; rhumb line.

=loxodromique=, adj., loxodromic.

=loyal=, =-e=, adj., honest, loyal, honorable, true, fair, fair-dealing, straightforward, upright; (com.) of good quality, unadulterated. Un — chevalier; a true knight.

=loyalement= (loa-yal-mān), adv., fairly, loyally, honestly, faithfully, uprightly.

=loyauté=, n.f., loyalty, honesty, honorableness, fairness, fair-dealing, integrity.

=loyer=, n.m., hire, rent. Donner à —; to let. Prendre une maison à —; to hire or rent a house. Les —s sont élevés dans ce quartier; rents are high in this neighborhood.

=lozange=, n.f. V. =losange=.

=lubie=, n.f., crotchet, maggot, whim. Il lui prend souvent des —s; he often takes whims into his head. À —s; crotchety, whimsical.

=lubricité=, n.f., lubricity, lechery, lewdness.

=lubrifier=, v.a., to lubricate.

=lubrique=, adj., lecherous, lewd, lascivious, wanton.

=lubriquement= (-brik-mān), adv., lasciviously, lecherously, lewdly.

=lucarne=, n.f., skylight, dormer-window, garret-window.

=lucet=, n.m., (bot.) whortle-berry.

=lucide=, adj., lucid, clear.

=lucidité=, n.f., lucidness, lucidity, clearness.

=lucifer= (-fèr), n.m., Lucifer.

=lucifuge=, adj., shunning the light.

=luciole=, n.f., glow-worm; fire-fly.

=lucrati-f=, =-ve=, adj., lucrative.

=lucre=, n.m., lucre, gain.

=lucubrateur=, n.m., lucubrator.

=lucubration=, n.f. V. =élucubration=.

=lucullus=, n.m., (—) lucullus, lavish entertainer.

=luette=, n.f., (anat.) uvula.

=lueur=, n.f., glimmer, glimmering, light, glimpse, gleam, spark. — blafarde; pale glimmer. Faible —; faint glimmer. Une — d’espérance; a glimpse or ray of hope. Jeter une faible —; to glimmer.

=lugubre=, adj., lugubrious, doleful, dismal, mournful.

=lugubrement=, adv., dolefully, dismally, mournfully.

=lui=, personal pron., he; him, to him; her, to her; it, to it. C’est —; it is he. Parlez-lui; speak to him, to her. Donnez-lui-en; give him some.

=luire= (luisant, lui), v.n., to shine, to glitter; to gleam, to glisten; to dawn, to appear.

=luisant=, =-e=, adj., glistening, glittering, shining, shiny; glossy, bright, dawning. Un ver —; a glow-worm.

=luisant=, n.m., gloss.

=luisante=, n.f., (astron.) brilliant star.

=luites=, n.f.pl. (hunt.) V. =suites=.

=lulunithe=, n.f., lulunite (small fossil coral).

=lumachelle=, n.f., (min.) lumachella, shell-marble.

=lumbago= (lon-), n.m., lumbago.

=lumière=, n.f., light, lamp; daylight, day; touch-hole (of a fire-arm); information; intelligence, knowledge; insight, wisdom, sagacity; luminary; (paint.) light. À la — de; by the light of. Eteindre une —; to put out a light. Mettre en —; to demonstrate, to bring to light, to elucidate. Être privé de la —; to have lost one’s sight. La — du soleil, du jour; the light of the sun, of day. La — de la raison; the light of reason.

*=lumignon=, n.m., snuff (of a candle); wick (of a lamp); candle end.

=luminade=, n.f. À la —; by torchlight.

=luminaire=, n.m., luminary, light; lights (of a church). Le — d’un enterrement; lights (at a funeral).

=luminariste=, n.m., lamp-lighter, gas-fitter.

=lumineusement= (-neûz-mān), adv., luminously.

=lumineu-x=, =-se=, adj., luminous.

=lunaire=, adj., lunar.

=lunaire=, n.f., (bot.) lunary, moonwort.

=lunaison=, n.f., lunation.

=lunatique=, adj. and n.m.f., moon-struck; fantastical, whimsical, moon-struck, fantastical, whimsical person, lunatic.

=lundi=, n.m., Monday.

=lune=, n.f., moon; fit, crotchet, whim; moments. — de mer; (ich.) sun-fish. La — est dans son plein; the moon is full. Pleine —, nouvelle —; full moon, new moon. Clair de —; moonlight. — rousse; April moon. — d’août; harvest-moon. — d’eau; white water-lily. Vouloir prendre la — avec les dents; to attempt impossibilities. Avoir des —s; to have whims. Faire un trou à la —; to decamp, to make a moonlight flitting; to flee from one’s creditors. Aboyer à la —; to bay the moon. La — de miel; the honeymoon.

=luné=, adj., mooned.

=lunetier=, n.m., spectacle-maker; spectacle-seller; optician.

=lunette=, n.f., spy-glass, eye-glass; telescope; merry-thought, wish-bone (of a fowl); seat (of a close-stool, a water-closet); (arch., fort., man.) lunette; rim (of a watch case). pl., spectacles. — d’approche; spy-glass, small telescope. — de poche; pocket spy-glass. Porter des —s; to wear spectacles.

=lunetté=, =-e=, adj., spectacled.

=luniforme=, adj., luniform, moon-shaped.

=luni-solaire=, adj., lunisolar.

=lunule=, n.f., (geom.) lune.

=lunulé=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) lunulate.

=lupanar=, n.m., house of ill-fame, bawdy house.

=lupercales=, n.f.pl., (antiq.) lupercalia.

=lupin=, n.m., (bot.) lupine.

=lupus=, n.m., (med.) lupus.

=luride=, adj., lurid.

=luridité=, n.f., luridness, lurid hue.

=luron=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., jolly fellow, brick, fine fellow, determined fellow; buxom, bouncing girl.

=lusiade=, n.f., Lusiad (Camoens’ epic poem).

=lustrage=, n.m., (manu.) lustring.

=lustral=, =-e=, adj., lustral.

=lustration=, n.f., lustration.

=lustre=, n.m., luster, brilliancy, brightness; renown, distinction, gloss; splendor; candle-stick, chandelier ornamented with drops of cut glass; luster (space of five years).

=lustré=, =-e=, part., glossy.

=lustrer=, v.a., to give a luster, a gloss, to.

=lustrine=, n.f., lustring (silk stuff).

=lustucru=, n.m., simpleton, silly Billy, muff; what-do-you-call-him.

=lut= (lut), n.m., (chem.) luting.

=luter=, v.a., (chem.) to lute.

=luth= (lut), n.m., (mus.) lute.

=luthéranisme=, n.m., Lutheranism.

=luthérien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), n. and adj., Lutheran.

=luthier=, n.m., lute-maker.

=lutin=, n.m., hobgoblin, goblin; sprite; elf, imp; lively person, wild child. Faire le —; to play the deuce.

=lutin=, =-e=, adj., roguish, waggish, wanton, sprightly.

=lutiner=, v.a., to plague, to tease, to pester.

=lutiner=, v.n., to tear about, to play the deuce.

=lutrin=, n.m., lectern, reading-desk, choir.

=lutte=, n.f., wrestling; struggle, contest, strife. S’exercer à la —; to practice wrestling. De haute —; by main force, with a high hand. De bonne —; by fair play.

=lutter=, v.n., to wrestle; to struggle, to contend, to strive (against), to cope with, to vie with. — contre la tempête; to strive against the storm. — contre la tentation; to struggle against temptation.

=lutteur=, n.m., wrestler.

=luxation=, n.f., (surg.) luxation, dislocation.

=luxe=, n.m., luxury; display, splendor, magnificence, exuberance, profusion; extravagance, excess. Objets de —; fancy goods. C’est du —; that is unnecessary, superfluous, useless, uncalled for.

=luxé=, part., luxated, dislocated.

=luxer=, v.a., (surg.) to luxate, to dislocate.

se =luxer=, v.r., to become luxated.

=luxueu-x=, =-se=, adj., magnificent, rich, sumptuous.

=luxueusement=, adv., luxuriously, sumptuously, richly.

=luxure=, n.f., lust, lewdness.

=luxuriance=, n.f., luxuriance.

=luxuriant=, =-e=, adj., luxuriant.

=luxurieusement=, adv., lustfully, lewdly.

=luxurieu-x=, =-se=, adj., lustful, lewd, wanton.

=luzerne=, n.f., lucern, lucern-grass.

=luzernière=, n.f., lucern field.

=lycanthrope=, n.m., person affected with lycanthropy.

=lycanthropie=, n.f., lycanthropy.

=lycée=, n.m., lyceum, college, high-school, public-school.

=lycéen= (-in), n.m., collegian, public school-boy.

=lychnide=, n.f., (bot.) lychnis.

=lyciet=, n.m., (bot.) lycium, box-thorn.

=lycopode=, n.m., (bot.) lycopodium, wolf’s-claw, club-moss.

=lycopside=, n.f., lycopsis, bugloss.

=lydien=, =-ne=, n.m.f. and adj., Lydian.

=lymphatique=, adj., (med.) lymphatic.

=lymphe=, n.f., (med.) lymph; (bot.) sap.

=lynx= (links), n.m., lynx. Avoir des yeux de —; to be lynx-eyed.

=lyre=, n.f., lyre; (fig.) talent of the poet, poetry; (astron., anat.) lyra. Jouer de la —; to play on the lyre.

=lyrique=, n. and adj., lyric; lyrical. Vers —s; lyrical verses. Poète —; lyrical poet. Théâtre —; opera-house.

=lyrisme=, n.m., dignified and poetic style; poetic enthusiasm.

=lysimachie=, n.f., lysimachia, loose-strife, willow herb. — bleue; purple loose-strife. — jaune; willow-herb.

=lysimaque=, n.f., (bot.) loose-strife.

=lythrode=, n.f., (min.) lythrode.

M

=m= (me), n.m., (ème), n.f., the thirteenth letter of the alphabet, m.

=m.= (abbrev. of Majesté), M., Majesty; (abbrev. of Monsieur) Mr., Mister.

=m’=, (contraction of Me), me. V. =me=.

=ma=, possessive adj. f., my. [Mon is used for the feminine before a vowel or h mute.] — chère; my dear. Mon âme; my soul. V. =mon=.

=mâ=, n.m., china grass.

=m.a.=, (abbrev. of Maison Assurée) house insured.

=mab=, n.f., Mab (queen of the fairies).

=mabolo=, n.m., date-plum.

=macabre=, adj., used only in the expression, danse —; the dance of death.

=macadam=, n.m., road metal, macadam.

=macadamiser=, v.a., to macadamize.

=macaire=, n.m., swindler, cheat.

=macaque=, n.m., dog-faced monkey, baboon.

=macaron=, n.m., macaroon.

=macaronée=, n.f., (poet.) macaronic.

=macaroni=, n.m., macaroni.

=macaronique=, adj., (poet.) macaronic.

=macédoine=, n.f., dish consisting of a medley of fruit or vegetables; medley, hotch-potch, olio.

=macer=, v.a. V. =masser=.

=macération=, n.f., maceration.

=macérer=, v.a., to macerate; (fig.) to mortify.

=macérer=, v.n., (chem.) to soak, to stand.

se =macérer=, v.r., to macerate one’s body; to be macerated; (fig.) to mortify one’s self.

=machabées= (-ka-), n.m.pl., Maccabees.

=mâche=, n.f., (bot.) corn-salad, lamb’s-lettuce.

=mâchecoulis= or =mâchicoulis=, n.m., (fort.) machicolation.

=mâche-dru=, n.m., (—) (pop.) glutton.

=mâchefer= (mâsh-fèr), n.m., dross of iron, slag, clinkers; scoria, hammerslag; offal, puddler’s offal.

=mâchelière=, n.f. and adj., jaw-tooth, grinder, of the jaw. Dents —s; jaw-teeth, grinders.

=mâchement=, n.m., chewing, munching.

=mâchemoure=, n.f., ship biscuit dust.

=mâcher=, v.a., to chew, to masticate, (of a horse) to champ (the bit); to eat ravenously. — à vide; to chew the air; (fig., fam.) to delude one’s self with false expectations. — de haut; (fam.) to eat without appetite. Il faut lui — tous ses morceaux; everything must be ready made to his hand. Ne pas — ce qu’on pense; not to hesitate saying what one feels, not to mince matters, to speak one’s mind. On lui avait mâché sa besogne; the work had been cut and dried for him.

se =mâcher=, v.r., to be chewed.

=mâcheu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., high feeder, trencher-man, muncher. — de tabac; chewer of tobacco.

=machiavélique=, adj., Machiavelian.

=machiavélisme=, n.m., Machiavelism.

=machiavéliste=, n.m., Machiavelian.

=mâchicatoire=, n.m., masticatory.

=mâchicoulis=, n.m. V. =mâchecoulis=.

=machinal=, =-e=, adj., mechanical, automatic, instinctive.

=machinalement=, adv., mechanically, instinctively.

=machinateur=, n.m., machinator, plotter, contriver.

=machination=, n.f., machination; plot; contrivance.

=machine=, n.f., machine, engine, implement; machinery, piece of mechanism, apparatus, appliance, intrigue, system, plan, plot; (fam.) so and so, thingummy. — pneumatique; air-pump. — soufflante; blowing-machine. — à colonne d’eau; water pressing engine. — à détente de vapeur; expansion steam-engine. — à simple effet; single-acting engine. — à double effet; double-acting machine. — à basse, à haute, à moyenne pression; low, high, mean pressure engine. — à vapeur; steam-engine. — de vingt chevaux; engine of twenty horse power. — à mâter; (nav.) shears (for masting ships). La — va bien, fonctionne bien; the machinery, the engine, works well. — de recours; pilot-engine. La — ronde; (poet., fam.) the earth, the Universe. C’est une pure —, ce n’est qu’une —; (of persons without energy) he, she, is a mere machine. —! (fam.) so and so, or what’s his name.

=machiner=, v.a., to machinate, to contrive, to plot; to plan, (coin) to mill, to edge. Il machine votre perte; he is plotting your ruin.

=machiniste=, n.m., machinist, engineer, engine-man; (theat.) stage-carpenter, scene-shifter.

=mâchoire=, n.f., jaw, jawbone. Jouer, s’escrimer, de la —; to eat with avidity, to guzzle. C’est une vraie —; he is a blockhead. Avoir la — pesante, lourde; to express one’s self awkwardly, with difficulty. — d’étau; vice chaps.

=mâchonner=, v.a., to chew with difficulty; to mumble, to munch, to champ (the bit). Que mâchonnez-vous entre vos dents? what are you mumbling between your teeth?

=mâchonneu-r=, =-se=, n.m.f., mumbler.

=mâchure=, n.f., defect in the nap (of cloth).

=mâchurer=, v.a., to daub, to smear, to smudge, to blacken; (print.) to maculate.

=macis=, n.m., mace (spice).

=m.a.c.l.= (initial letters of the words Maison Assurée contre l’Incendie), house insured against fire.

=maclage=, n.m., mixing of glass (when in the furnace).

=macle=, n.f., (bot.) water-caltrop; (min.) macle; sort of net; (her.) mascle. V. =macre=.

=macler=, v.a., to mix hard and soft glass together in the furnace.

=maçon=, n.m., mason, bricklayer; mason, freemason. C’est un vrai —; he is a bungler.

=maçonnage=, n.m., mason’s work, masonry, stone-work.

=maçonner=, v.a., to do mason’s work, masonry; to plaster; to bungle, to do badly. — une porte; to wall up a door. Voyez comme il a maçonné cela; see in what a slovenly manner he has done that.

=maçonnerie= (-so-n-rî), n.f., masonry, mason’s work; stone-work; masonry, free-masonry. — en liaison; bound masonry. — brute; ashlar. — de blocaille; rubber-work. — maillée; net-work.

=maçonnique=, adj., masonic.

=macquage=, n.m., breaking (of hemp).

=macque=, n.f., tewing beetle.

=macquer=, v.a., to tew, to break hemp.

=macre= or =macle=, n.f., (bot.) water-caltrop.

=macreuse=, n.f., (orni.) black-diver, king-duck. Avoir un sang de —; to have a cold, frigid disposition.

=macrocosme=, n.m., (philos.) macrocosm.

=macroure=, adj., (zoöl.) macrourous, long-tailed; (bot.) spiked.

=maculature=, n.f., (print.) macule, waste sheet of printed paper; coarse brown paper.

=macule=, n.f., stain, spot; (astron.) macula. Agneau sans —; lamb without spot.

=maculer=, v.a., to blot, to spot, to maculate.

=maculer=, v.n., (print.) to become maculated, blotted.

=madame=, n.f., madam, mistress, my lady, ma’am. Monsieur vaut bien —; the husband is as good as the wife. Faire la —; to give one’s self airs, to play the grand lady. C’est une grosse —; (pop.) she is a rich lady. — y est-elle? is your mistress, or Mrs. so and so, at home? — la duchesse; your grace. — votre mère; your mother. Jouer à la —; to play at lords and ladies.

=madapolam=, n.m., long-cloth.

=madéfaction=, n.f., (pharm.) madefaction.

=madéfier=, v.a., (pharm.) to madefy.

=madeleine=, n.f., (—s) tea-cake, bun; early pear; used also in: pleurer comme une —; to weep like a Magdalen.

=madelonnette= (ma-dlo-nèt), n.f., repentant woman. —s; Magdalen asylum (for repentant women), female penitentiary.

=mademoiselle= (mad-moa-zèl), n.f., miss. — votre sœur; your sister. — désire-t-elle attendre? would you like to wait, Miss?

=madère=, n.m., Madeira; Madeira wine. Gâteau au —; tipsy cake.

=madone=, n.f., madonna.

=madrague= (-drag), n.f., (fish) tunny-net.

=madras= (-drâs), n.m., bandana, Madras neckerchief.

=madré=, =-e=, adj., speckled, spotted, mottled; cunning, sly, sharp. C’est un — compère; he is a sly fellow, a knowing card.

=madré=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., cunning, sharp, sly person. Un fin —; a cunning blade.

=madrépore=, n.m., (polypes) madrepore.

=madrier=, n.m., (fort.) madrier; piece of timber; joist, plank, board.

=madrigal=, n.m., madrigal.

=madrure=, n.f., speckling, spotting; mottling.

=maëstral=, n.m. V. =mistral=.

=mafflé=, =-e=, or =mafflu=, =-e=, n. and adj., (fam., l.u.) chub-cheeked person; chub-cheeked.

=magasin=, n.m., magazine, warehouse, storehouse; shop, store; stock; magazine (serial); basket (of a coach). — de nouveautés; linen-draper’s shop. Marchandise en —; stock. Le — des jeunes Demoiselles; the Young Ladies’ Magazine. Garçon de —; warehouseman; counter-jumper.

=magasinage=, n.m., warehousing; warehouse-rent. Droit de —; store dues.

☉=magasiner=, v.a. V. =emmagasiner=.

=magasinier=, n.m., warehouse-keeper.

=magdaléon=, n.m., (pharm.) magdaleon.

=mage=, n.m., magian. pl., magi, wise men of the East.

☉=mage= or =maje=, adj., first, chief. Only used in the expression: juge —; chief-justice.

=magenta=, n.m. and adj., magenta (color).

=magicien=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., (-in, -è-n), magician.

=magie=, n.f., magic. — blanche; natural magic. — noire; black art, witchcraft. La — du style; the magic of the style.

=magique=, adj., magic, magical. Baguette —; magic wand. Lanterne —; magic-lantern.

=magisme=, n.m., magianism.

=magister= (-tèr), n.m., country schoolmaster; pedant, pedagogue; (Scotch) dominie.

=magistère=, n.m., grand mastership of the order of Malta; ☉(chem., pharm.) magistery, magistral.

=magistral=, =-e=, adj., magisterial, masterly; authoritative, dictatorial; principal, sovereign. Remède —; sovereign remedy. Parler d’un ton —; to speak in an authoritative tone. Ligne —e; principal outline.

=magistralement= (-tral-mān), adv., magisterially, in a masterly manner.

=magistrat=, n.m., magistrate, judge, corporation, municipal council (in some French towns).

=magistrature=, n.f., magistracy bench. — assise; judges, bench. — debout; body of public prosecutors. V. =parquet=.

=magnan=, n.m., silk-worm.

*=magnanerie=, n.f., silk-worm nursery.

*=magnanier=, n.m., silk-worm breeder.

*=magnanime=, adj., magnanimous, high-minded, noble.

*=magnanimement=, adv., magnanimously.

*=magnanimité=, n.f., magnanimity, high-mindedness.

=magnat= (mag-na), n.m., nobleman, magnate.

*=magnésie=, n.f., magnesia. Sulfate de —; Epsom salts.

=magnésium=, n.m., (n.p.) (chem.) magnesium.

*=magnétique=, adj., magnetic.

*=magnétiser=, v.a., to magnetize, to mesmerize.

*=magnétiseur=, n.m., magnetizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer.

*=magnétisme=, n.m., magnetism, mesmerism; (fig.) attraction.

=magnificat= (mag-ni-fi-kat), n.m., magnificat (hymn to the Virgin Mary).

*=magnificence=, n.f., magnificence, splendor, grandeur; lavishness; largess, bounty.

*=magnifico=, n.m., magnifico (grandee).

*=magnifier=, v.a., to magnify, to extol, to exalt, to praise.

*=magnifique=, adj., magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, grand; ostentatious, vain.

*=magnifiquement= (-fik-mān), adv., magnificently, gorgeously, splendidly, grandly.

=magnolia= or =magnolier= (mag-no-), n.m., (bot.) magnolia.

=magot=, n.m., (mam.) magot; baboon; booby; ill-favored man; grotesque figure (of china); hoard of money, hidden treasure.

=mahaleb=, n.m., (bot.) mahaleb.

☉=maheutre= or =mahoitre=, n.f., sleeve.

☉=maheutre=, n.m., Protestant soldier of the 16th century (French hist.).

=mahométan=, =-e=, n. and adj., Mahometan, Mohammedan.

=mahométisme=, n.m., Mahometanism, Mohammedanism.

=mahonille=, n.f., Virginian stock.

=mahou=, n.m., coarse woolen cloth.

=mahratte=, n.m., Mahratta.

=mai=, n.m., May; may-pole. Bois de —; (bot.) hawthorn. Planter le —; to set up the may-pole. Plantation de —; may-pole dance.

=maidan=, n.m., (—s) market-place (in the East).

=maie=, n.f., (nav.) kneading-trough, bread-pan.

=maïeur=, n.m., (local ex.) mayor.

=maigre=, adj., meager, lean, thin, spare, slender; poor, sorry, scanty, dry, barren; (of coal) close-burning. — échine; bare-bones (pers.). — comme un hareng; as lean as a shotten herring, as thin as a lath. Jours —s; fish-days. Repas —; fish meal. Soupe —; herb soup (made without meat). — chère; poor living, poor fare. — repas; sorry meal. Sujet —; barren subject. Ecriture —; scraggy handwriting.

=maigre=, n.m., lean; (ich.) umbrina; any food save meat. Faire —; to abstain from meat. Traiter en —; to treat to a fish dinner, or to give no meat. En —; (carp.) sharply, scantily.

=maigrelet=, =-te=, adj., thin, thinnish, lean, spare.

=maigrement=, adv., meagerly, poorly, sorrily, sparingly.

=maigret=, =-te=, adj., lean, poor, thin, spare.

=maigreur=, n.f., leanness, meagerness; slenderness, thinness, sorriness, poorness, spareness, scantiness, barrenness.

=maigrir=, v.n., to grow lean, to become lean; to grow thin, to become thin; to fall away, to waste away. Il maigrit à vue d’œil; he grows perceptibly thinner.

*=mail=, n.m., mallet; mall (game); mall, promenade (place).

*=maille=, n.f., mesh; stitch; ring, link; mail; speck (on the wings of partridges); web (in the eye); haw (in the eyes of animals); doit, stiver. Cotte de —s; coat of mail. Ils ont toujours — à partir ensemble; they have always a crow to pluck with each other, a bone to pick with one another. N’avoir ni sou ni —; not to have a farthing, to have nothing to bless one’s self with.

=maillé=, =-e=, adj., stitched; mailed; speckled, spotted. Fer —; wire-netting.

*=maillechort=, n.m., German silver; nickel silver.

*=mailler=, v.a., to stitch; to lattice, to mail.

se =mailler=, v.r., to grow, or get, speckled.

=mailler=, n.m., pack-horse, sumpter horse.

*=maillet=, n.m., mallet, beetle.

*=mailloche=, n.f., mallet, beetle.

=maillon=, n.m., stitch, running knot.

*=maillot=, n.m., swaddling-band; swaddling-clothes; (of acrobats) tights, fleshings. Enfant au —; child in arms.

*=maillure=, n.f., (hawking) spots, speckles.

=main=, n.f., hand; handwriting; lead, trick, deal (at cards); hook (at the end of a well-rope); handle; hand-shovel; body-loop (of carriages); paw (of some animals). — de papier; quire of paper. En lever la —; to take one’s oath to anything. En mettre la — au feu; to stake one’s life on anything. Mettre l’épée à la —; to draw one’s sword. Mettre le pain à la — à quelqu’un; to put any one in the way of making a livelihood. Donner la — à quelqu’un; to give one’s hand to any one, to assist any one, to give any one a helping hand. Baiser les —s à quelqu’un; to kiss any one’s hands. Tendre la —; to hold out one’s hand, to lend a helping hand. Donner les —s à une chose; to consent to a thing. Cheval de —; led horse. Cela est sous votre —; that is under your very nose. Il est sous sa —; he is dependent upon him; he is in his power. Mettre la — sur quelqu’un; to lay hands upon any one. Il n’y va pas de — morte; he strikes hard, he hits with a vengeance. Tenir la — à quelque chose; to take anything in hand, to see that a thing is done. Un coup de —; (milit.) bold, unexpected attack, surprise; a bold stroke. Tour de —; sleight of hand. En venir aux —s; to come to blows. En être aux —; to be engaged (of troops). Faire — basse sur; to lay violent hands on, to plunder. Tenir la — haute à quelqu’un; to keep a tight hand over any one. Il l’a fait haut la —; he did it as easily as could be. Mettre la dernière — à un ouvrage; to put the finishing stroke to a work. Battre des —s; to clap one’s hands. Faire crédit de la — à la bourse; to trust no further than one can see. Mettre la — à une chose; to set one’s hand to a thing. Mettre la — à la pâte; to put one’s shoulder to the wheel. Faire — basse sur; to plunder, to kill, to slaughter; to seize, to lay hands on. Il a la — bonne; he is very handy. Mettre la — à l’œuvre; to set about a work. Mettre la dernière — à une chose; to put the finishing touch to anything. Être en —; to be in hand, to have in hand. Avoir la — légère; to be free with one’s hand. Lâcher la —; to give the rein, to give head; to give more liberty; to lower one’s pretensions. J’ai toujours l’argent à la —; I am always laying out money. Se faire la —; to keep one’s hand in. Se perdre la —; to get rusty. Il en a les —s nettes; his hands are clean of it. Je m’en lave les —s; I wash my hands of it. J’en mettrais ma — au feu; I would stake my life on it. Ils se tiennent tous par la —; they go hand in hand together. Les —s m’en sont tombées; I was amazed, astounded. Froides —s, chaudes amours; cold hand, warm heart. Avoir la —; to have the deal, to lead, to play first. Avoir la — crochue; to be light-fingered. De la — à la bouche, se perd souvent la soupe; there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. À la —; in hand, by hand; ready. Une chambre grande comme la —; a room not fit to swing a cat in. A deux —s; with both hands. À pleines —s; largely, liberally, plentifully. À toutes —s; fit for anything; (man.) fitted to ride and drive. A — armée; by main force. À la portée de la —; within reach. De longue —; long since, of old standing. De — en —; from one to another, from hand to hand. En un tour de —; in a trice, in a twinkling. Sous —; underhand, clandestinely. Sous la —; at hand. En —; in hand. Hors —, hors la —; off-side. En — propre; personally, into one’s own hands. — courante; (com.) waste-book.

=main chaude=, n.f., hot cockles (game).

=main-d’œuvre=, n.f., (—s-—) workmanship, handicraft, manual labor, hand labor.

=mainette=, n.f., (bot.) coral club-top.

=main-forte=, n.f., (n.p.) assistance, help, aid. Prêter — à quelqu’un; to lend a helping hand to any one.

=mainlevée=, n.f., (jur.) replevin; withdrawal; raised hand.

=mainmise=, n.f., (jur.) seizure.

=mainmortable=, adj., (jur.) subject to mortmain.

=mainmorte=, n.f., (jur.) mortmain.

=maint=, =-e=, adj., many. — homme; many a man. —es fois; many a time.

=maintenant= (min-tnān), adv., now, and now, at this time, at present, this moment, nowadays, by this time.

=maintenir= (min-tnir), v.a., to sustain, to keep together; to maintain, to keep up; to secure; to enforce, to preserve.

se =maintenir=, v.r., to hold out, to stand one’s ground, to maintain one’s position; to subsist, to last, to be in force; to keep up, to be kept up, to be maintained. Se — dans les bonnes grâces de; to keep one’s self in the good graces of.

=maintenue=, n.f., confirmation of; possession.

=maintien= (-ti-in), n.m., maintenance, preservation; keeping up; carriage, deportment, bearing; attitude, demeanor.

=maïolique= or =majolique=, n.f., old Spanish or Italian earthenware, faïence.

=mairain=, n.m. V. =merrain=.

=maire=, n.m., mayor.

=mairie=, n.f., mayoralty; town-hall.

=maïs= (mah-is), n.m., maize, Indian wheat.

=mais= (mè), conj., but; why. — encore; but yet. —, qu’ai-je fait? why, what have I done? —, oui; why, yes; yes, of course. —, non; why, no; no, of course. Je n’en puis —; I cannot help it; I have nothing to do with it.

=maison=, n.f., house, household, home, habitation; family, race; (com.) firm. Le devant, le derrière, d’une —; the front, the back, of a house. — de campagne; country-house, country-seat. — seigneuriale; mansion. — de ville, — commune; town-hall. À la —; at home. Tenir —; to keep house. Faire — nette; to dismiss all the servants; to make a clean sweep (of servants). Faire — neuve; to change all one’s servants. Garder la —; to keep at home; to be confined to the house. Petites-—s; mad-house. — garnie; furnished house. — d’éducation; school, boarding-school. — de jeu; gaming-house. La — du roi; the king’s household.

=maisonnée=, n.f., whole house or family. Faire des demandes par dessus les —s; to make most unreasonable demands.

=maisonnette=, n.f., small house, cottage, lodge.

=maître=, n.m., master, owner, proprietor, landlord; ruler; instructor, teacher, governor, director; chief, head; (nav.) boatswain. — d’école; school-master. — de pension; boarding-school, or house, master. — d’étude; usher. — de chapelle; precentor. — de conférences; lecturer. — de forges; iron-master. — Jacques; factotum; Jack-of-all-work. — à danser, — de danse; dancing-master. — d’armes; fencing-master. — des hautes œuvres; executioner. —-des-arts; master of arts. — d’hôtel; steward, butler, major-domo. Un petit-—; (—s-—s) a beau, a dandy; a fop. — homme; superior man. Se rendre — de la conversation; to monopolize the whole conversation. Vous êtes le — d’y aller; you are at perfect liberty to go there. Il a trouvé son —; he has met with his match. Tel —, tel valet; like master, like man. Compter de clerc à —; to render a minute account. Heurter en —; to rap hard. De main de —, en —; in a masterly manner. — clerc; chief clerk (of a lawyer). Le —-autel (—s-—s); the high-altar. — câble; sheet cable. — d’équipage; boatswain (of a ship of war). — canonnier; master-gunner. — de port; harbor-master. — de vaisseau; commander of a merchant-ship. Ce tableau est d’un grand —; that picture is by a great master. Coup de —; masterly stroke. Main de —; masterly hand. Un — gonin; an arch cheat.

=maîtresse=, n.f. and adj., sweetheart, lady-love, mistress; teacher, governess; landlady. adj., chief, head, leading, governing; main, consummate. Petite-—; lady of studied elegance. — de pension; school-mistress. — d’hôtel; landlady, hotel-keeper. — femme; superior woman. — ancre; sheet anchor.

=maîtrise=, n.f., freedom (of a company); precentorship.

=maîtriser=, v.a., to master, to domineer, to lord it over, to get master of, to get under; to overcome, to subdue, to control, to manage. — ses passions; to control one’s passions.

=majesté=, n.f., majesty. Crime de lèse-—; high-treason. Sa —; His or Her Majesty.

=majestueusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., majestically.

=majestueu-x=, =-se=, adj., majestic.

=majeur=, n.m., a male of full age, major; (mus.) major mode; middle finger.

=majeur=, =-e=, adj., major, greater; superior, main, chief, paramount; important; of age, of full age; (mus.) major. Force —e; superior force; absolute necessity; “vis major.”

=majeure=, n.f., (log.) major; of age (of a woman).

=majolique=, n.f., majolica.

=major=, n.m., major. Etat-—; (milit.) staff, staff-officers, headquarters. — de place; town commandant. Tambour —; drum major.

=majorat=, n.m., entail; entailed estate.

=majordome=, n.m., major-domo.

=majorité=, n.f., majority, full age. Arriver à sa —; to come of age.

=majuscule=, n.f. and adj., capital; large, capital letter.

=maki=, n.m., (mam.) lemur.

=makis= or =maquis=, n.m., thicket, brushwood, bush (in Corsica).

=mal=, n.m., evil, ill; harm, hurt, pain, ache, sickness, distemper, complaint; hardship; pity; mischief; misfortune; trouble, difficulty, labor. — du pays; homesickness, nostalgia. Les maux de la vie; the evils of life. Rendre le bien pour le —; to return good for evil. De deux maux il faut choisir le moindre; of two evils, choose the least. Il a eu plus de peur que de —; he was more frightened than hurt. Il faut éviter le — et faire le bien; do good and shun evil. Quel — y a-t-il à cela? what harm is there in that? Induire quelqu’un à —; to lead any one into evil. Penser à —; to mean harm, to meditate evil. Il a — au côté; he has a pain in his side. Un — de tête; a headache. La tête me fait —; my head aches. — de dents; tooth-ache. — d’yeux; sore eyes. Vous me faites —; you hurt me. Avoir — à; to have a pain or pains in. Faire —; to ache, to be painful, to hurt. Faire du — à; to injure, to harm, to be injurious to. — d’aventure; whitlow. — de mer; sea-sickness. — de cœur; qualmishness. En —; amiss, ill, in a bad sense. Aux grands maux les grands remèdes; desperate diseases require desperate remedies. Tomber de fièvre en chaud —; to fall out of the frying-pan into the fire. Dire du — de son prochain; to speak ill of one’s neighbor. Prendre en —; to take offense at. Mener or conduire à —; to bring to a bad end. Tourner à —; to end badly; to take a bad turn. Tourner en —; to misinterpret; to put a wrong construction on. Avoir — au cœur; to feel sick. J’ai — à la tête; I have a headache.

=mal=, adv., ill, wrong, amiss, badly; uncomfortably; on bad terms. Il écrit —; he writes badly. Cela va —; things are going badly. Vous vous y prenez —; you go the wrong way to work. Cet habit vous sied —, or vous va —; that coat does not become you. De — en pis; from bad to worse. Se trouver —; to faint; to feel faint. Mettre — avec; to set at variance with. Être — dans ses affaires; to be low in the world. Être — avec quelqu’un; to be on bad terms with any one. — à propos; improperly, unseasonably. Pas —; not badly; not a little, not a few. Être fort —; to be very ill. Être au plus —; to be past recovery. N’être pas —; not to be bad-looking. Trouver —; to find amiss. C’est — à lui de; it is wrong of him to.

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

=malacie=, n.f., (med.) malacia, depraved appetite.

=malacologie=, n.f., malacology.

=malactique=, n.m. and adj., (med.) emollient.

=malade=, adj., sick, ill, diseased; unwell, poorly, bad, sickly, infirm; affected, attacked. — à la mort; sick unto death. Avoir l’air —; to look ill. Bras —; sore arm. Ces plantes sont —s; those plants are diseased. Rendre —; to make ill.

=malade=, n.m.f., sick person, sufferer, invalid; patient. pl., sufferers.

=maladie=, n.f., illness, sickness, malady, disease, complaint, disorder, distemper; passion, fondness, mania. ☉— du pays; homesickness, nostalgia. Faire une —; to have an illness. — noire; hypochondria.

=maladi-f=, =-ve=, adj., sickly, puny, ailing, unhealthy.

=maladivement=, adv., unhealthily, morbidly.

☉=maladiveté= (-div-té), n.f., sickliness, unhealthiness.

=maladministration=, n.f., maladministration.

☉=maladrerie=, n.f., hospital for lepers.

=maladresse=, n.f., awkwardness, clumsiness, unskillfulness, awkward thing, blunder; (fig.) bad shot. —! bad shot!

=maladroit=, =-e=, n. and adj., awkward person; awkward, clumsy, stupid, unskillful. Vous êtes un —! what an awkward fellow you are! C’est une —e; she is an awkward, clumsy woman.

=maladroitement= (-droat-mān), adv., clumsily, awkwardly.

=malaga=, n.m., Malaga (wine).

=malaguette= or =maniguette=, n.f., Guinea-pepper.

=malai= or =malais=, =-e=, n. and adj., Malay.

=malai=, n.m., Malay language.

=malaise=, n.m., uncomfortableness, uneasiness, discomfort. Sentir du —; to feel uncomfortable. Être dans le —; to be in straitened circumstances.

=malaisé=, =-e=, adj., hard, difficult, rough, toilsome; inconvenient; straitened in circumstances, hard up.

=malaisément=, adv., with difficulty, with trouble.

=malandre=, n.f., (vet.) malanders; rotten knot (in timber).

=malandreu-x=, =-se=, adj., having rotten knots (of wood); (fig. and fam.) sickly, seedy.

=malandrin=, n.m., brigand, highwayman, robber, ruffian, marauder.

=mal-appris=, =-e=, adj. and n., unmannerly, ill-bred; ill-bred person, churl, vulgar fellow.

=malart=, n.m., wild drake.

=malavisé=, =-e=, adj., ill-advised, imprudent, ill-informed, unwise, silly, ill-judged.

=malaxer=, v.a., (pharm.) to work up.

=malbâti=, =-e=, n. and adj., ill-favored person; ill-shaped, gawky.

=mal-bouché=, =-e=, adj. (vet.) ill-mouthed.

=malchance=, n.f., ill-luck, mishap, mischance.

☉=malcontent=, n.m., disaffected man, malcontent. Les —s; (French hist.) the Malecontents, name of a party at the court of Charles IX. Coiffé à la —; with hair cut short.

☉=malcontent=, =-e=, adj., displeased, dissatisfied, discontented, malcontent.

=maldisant=, =-e=, n. and adj., slanderer; slanderous.

=mâle=, n.m., male; cock.

=mâle=, adj., male, manly, manful, vigorous, virile; masculine, he. Air —; manliness. Voix —; manly voice. Style —; vigorous style.

=malédiction=, n.f., malediction, curse. Donner sa — à; to curse.

=malefaim= (mal-fin), n.f., gnawing hunger.

=maléfice=, n.m., witchcraft, sorcery.

=maléficié=, =-e=, adj. bewitched; (fig.) worn out, broken down, decrepit.

=maléfique=, adj., (astrol.) malevolent, malignant.

=malemort=, n.f., tragic death; bad end.

=malencontre=, n.f., mishap, mischance, untoward accident.

=malencontreusement= (-treûz-man), adv., unluckily, untowardly.

=malencontreu-x=, =-se=, adj., unlucky, untoward. Evénement —; untoward event.

=mal-en-point=, adv., badly off; in a sorry plight.

=malentendu=, n.m., misunderstanding, misapprehension; mistake; misconception.

=malepeste!= (mal-pèst), int., egad! plague on it!

=mal-être=, n.m., (n.p.) uncomfortableness, uneasiness, painful sensation.

=malévole=, adj., (fam. l.u.) malevolent, evil-disposed.

=malfaçon=, n.f., bad work; cheat, trickery.

=malfaire=, v.n., to do evil; to do mischief; to be mischievous.

=malfaisance=, n.f., (l.u.) evil-doing, mischief; (jur.) malfeasance.

=malfaisant=, =-e=, adj., malevolent, mischievous, unhealthy; injurious, prejudicial. Nourriture —e; unwholesome food.

=malfait=, =-e=, adj., ill-made, ill-shaped, deformed; badly done; ill-advised.

=malfaiteur=, n.m., malefactor, evil-doer.

=malfamé=, =-e=, adj., ill-famed.

=malformation=, n.f., malformation.

=malgracieusement=, adv., ungraciously, rudely, uncivilly.

=malgracieu-x=, =-se=, adj., rude, ungracious, uncivil, churlish.

=malgré=, prep., in spite of; notwithstanding, against the will of. Il l’a fait — moi; he did it in spite of me. — cela; nevertheless; for all that; yet.

=malhabile=, adj., unskillful, awkward.

=malhabilement=, adv., unskillfully, awkwardly.

=malhabileté= (-bil-té), n.f., unskillfulness, awkwardness.

=malherbe=, n.f., deadly carrot.

=malheur=, n.m., misfortune; mischance, mishap; unhappiness, unfortunate thing; calamity; disaster; accident; adversity; poverty; disgrace, woe. Par —; unhappily, unluckily. De —; unlucky, ill-omened. Oiseau de —; bird of ill-omen. Avoir du —; to be unfortunate. Jouer de —; to be unlucky. Être en —; to have a run of ill luck. Porter —; to bring ill luck. Il n’y a qu’heur et — en ce monde; hap and mishap govern the world. C’est un petit —; it is but a slight misfortune. Un — ne vient jamais seul; misfortunes never come singly. À quelque chose — est bon; it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. Quel —! what a misfortune! — à vous! woe betide you! — aux vaincus! woe to the vanquished! Pour comble, or pour surcroît de —; to crown all; as a crowning misfortune.

=malheureusement= (-reûz-mān), adv., unfortunately, unluckily, unhappily.

=malheureu-x=, =-se=, adj., unfortunate, unlucky, unsuccessful, disastrous, fatal, unpleasant, disagreeable; unhappy; miserable, wretched, poor, needy. Il est né —; he was born unfortunate. Il mène une vie fort —se; he leads a most unhappy life. Faire une fin —se; to come to an unhappy end.

=malheureu-x=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., unhappy person, wretched being; poor wretch, wretch; naughty child. Ce — fera une mauvaise fin; the wretch will come to a bad end. —! wretch that you are!

=malhonnête=, adj., dishonest; impolite; uncivil; rude. n.m.f., rude fellow, saucy baggage.

=malhonnêtement= (-nêt-mān), adv., dishonestly; unpolitely, rudely, uncivilly.

=malhonnêteté= (-nêt-té), n.f., impoliteness, rudeness, incivility; rude action; dishonesty, knavery. Il est d’une — révoltante; he is shockingly rude.

=malice=, n.f., malice, maliciousness, spite; roguishness, archness; prank, waggish thing, roguish thing, trick, dodge.

=malicieusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., maliciously, malignantly; archly, roguishly, slyly.

=malicieu-x=, =-se=, adj., malicious, malignant, mischievous; roguish, waggish, arch; spiteful, sly. Un enfant —; a roguish child.

*=malignement=, adv., malignantly, maliciously.

*=malignité=, n.f., malignity, malice; maliciousness.

=malin=, n.m., devil, evil spirit, fiend.

=mali-n=, *=-gne=, adj., malicious, mischievous, malignant; waggish, arch, roguish; shrewd; sly, knowing, clever, cunning. L’esprit —, le — esprit; the evil one, Satan. Un regard —; an arch look. Il est trop — pour se laisser attraper; he is too shrewd to be caught. Fièvre —gne; malignant fever.

=mali-n=, n.m., *=-gne=, n.f., malignant, malicious person; sly, shrewd, acute person; knavish person. C’est un —; he is a sly one, a knowing one.

=maline=, n.f., (nav.) spring-tide.

=malines=, n.f., Mechlin, Mechlin lace.

=malingre=, adj., poorly, sickly, weakly, puny.

=malintentionné=, =-e=, n. and adj., evil-minded person, evil-minded, ill-disposed. Il est — à votre égard; he is ill-disposed towards you.

=malique=, adj., (chem.) malic.

=malitorne=, n. and adj., awkward, ungainly, dowdy person; awkward, ungainly, gawky, clumsy.

=mal-jugé=, n.m., (n.p.) (jur.) erroneous judgment, error in judgment.

=mallard=, n.m., small grindstone.

=malle=, n.f., trunk; peddler’s box; mail, mail-coach; mail. Faire, défaire, sa —; to pack up, to unpack.

=malléabilité= (mal-lé-), n.f., malleability.

=malléable= (mal-lé-), adj., malleable.

=malléole=, n.f., (anat.) malleolus, ankle-bone.

=malle-poste=, n.f., (—s-—s) mail-coach.

=malletier= (mal-tié), n.m., (l.u.) trunk-maker.

=mallette=, n.f., small trunk; portmanteau.

=mallier=, n.m., shaft-horse, wheeler.

=malmener=, v.a., to use ill, to maltreat, to handle roughly; to bully, to abuse.

=malotru=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., ill-bred person; uncouth person, lout, boor.

*=malpeigné=, n.m., dirty fellow, dirty pig. adj., unkempt.

=malplaisant=, =-e=, adj., unpleasant, disagreeable.

=malpropre=, adj., dirty, slovenly, squalid, untidy; unfit for.

=malproprement=, adv., dirtily, slovenly, squalidly.

=malpropreté=, n.f., dirtiness, uncleanliness, slovenliness; dirt, filth.

=malsain=, =-e=, adj., unhealthy, sickly; unwholesome, injurious, dangerous; not good for. Cet air est —; that air is injurious to, not good for, health.

=malséance=, n.f., unbecomingness, unseemliness, impropriety.

=malséant=, =-e=, adj., unbecoming, unseemly, improper.

=malsonnant=, =-e=, adj., ill-sounding, offensive.

=malt= (malt), n.m., malt.

=maltage=, n.m., maltage.

=malté=, =-e=, adj., malted.

=malteur=, n.m., maltman, maltster.

=maltraiter=, v.a., to maltreat; to treat harshly, to use ill, to abuse, to handle roughly; to wrong, to injure.

=malvacée=, n. and adj. f., malvaceous plant; malvaceous.

*=malveillance=, n.f., malevolence, ill-will, malice.

*=malveillant=, =-e=, adj., malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed, ill-natured, spiteful.

*=malveillant=, n.m., evil-minded person.

=malversation=, n.f., malversation, malpractice, embezzlement, fraud.

=malverser=, v.n., to be guilty of malversation, of malpractices; to embezzle.

=malvoisie=, n.f., Malmsey.

=malvoulu=, =-e=, adj., (l.u.) disliked, hated; cut, avoided.

=maman=, n.f., mamma, mother. Bonne —, grand’—; grandmother, granny. Une grosse —; a fat woman.

=mame= (pop.), for =madame=.

=mamelle=, n.f., breast; teat; udder. Un enfant à la —; a child at the breast.

=mamelon= (ma-mlon), n.m., nipple, teat; dug (of animals); pap (of a mountain).

=mamelonné=, =-e=, adj., mammillated.

=mamelu=, =-e= (ma-mlu), adj., full-breasted.

=mameluk= (ma-mlook), n.m., Mameluke.

=mamillaire= (-mil-lèr), adj., (anat.) mammillary.

=mammaire= (mam-mèr), adj., (anat.) mammary.

=mammalogie= (mam-ma-), n.f., mammalogy.

=mammalogiste= (mam-ma-), n.m., mammalogist.

=mammifère= (mam-mi-), n.m. and adj., mammifer; mammiferous.

=mammiforme= (mam-mi-) adj., mammiform.

=mammon=, n.m., Mammon.

=mammouth=, n.m., mammoth.

=m’amour=, (obsolete abbreviation of ma amour) my love, lovee. —s; marks of love, caresses, soft nothings; wheedling, coaxing. Faire des —s; to fawn upon, to coax, to wheedle.

=manant=, n.m., ☉peasant; clown, clodhopper.

*=mancenille=, n.f., (bot.) manchineel.

*=mancenillier=, n.m., manchineel-tree.

=manche=, n.m., handle; neck (of musical instruments). — à gigot; bone-holder. — de gigot; knuckle-bone (of mutton); finger-board (of a violin); tail (of a plow). — de couteau; knife handle. Il branle dans le —; he hesitates; he is irresolute. Jeter le — après la cognée; to throw the rope after the bucket (i.e. to give up in despair).

=manche=, n.f., sleeve; (geog.) channel; (at play) rubber, game, heat; (nav.) flexible pipe, hose. Bouts de —; half-sleeves. Grandes —s; pudding-sleeves. —s pendantes; hanging-sleeves. — à —; even (at play). Avoir une personne dans sa —; to have somebody at one’s disposal. C’est une autre paire de —s; that is quite another thing or a horse of another color or quite another pair of shoes. J’ai gagné la première —; I have won the first game (of the rubber) or first heat (racing). — à vent; (nav.) windsail.

=manchette=, n.f., cuff, ruffle; (print.) sidenote.

=manchon=, n.m., muff.

=manchot=, =-te=, n.m.f. and adj., one-handed, one-armed person; one-handed, one-armed. Il n’est pas —; he is no fool.

=manchot=, n.m., (orni.) penguin.

=mancienne= (-si-èn), n.f., mealy-tree, wayfaring-tree.

=mandant=, n.m., (jur.) employer; (com.) principal; constituent, elector.

=mandarin=, n.m., mandarin.

=mandarine=, n.f., mandarin orange.

=mandarinier=, n.m., (bot.) mandarin orange-tree.

=mandat=, n.m., (jur.) warrant, mandate, authority, charge, commission; (com.) draft; check; money-order; order. — de comparution; summons to appear. — d’arrêt, — d’amener; warrant. — de or sur la poste; money-order. — de dépôt; commitment. — de perquisition; search warrant. — de banque; bank-post bill.

=mandataire=, n.m., mandatory; proxy, attorney, representative, agent.

=mandater=, v.a., to deliver an order for the payment of; to deliver an order for.

=mandement= (mān-dmān), n.m., mandate, order, mandamus; charge (of a bishop).

=mander=, v.a., to write, to write word, to send word, to send for; to inform, to acquaint, to let know. Je lui ai mandé de venir; I have sent him word to come. On a mandé le médecin; the doctor was sent for.

=mandibule=, n.f., (anat.) mandible, jaw.

☉*=mandille=, n.f., livery-coat.

=mandoline=, n.f., mandolin.

=mandoliniste=, n.m., mandolin-player.

=mandore=, n.f., mandore (sort of lute).

=mandragore=, n.f., (bot.) mandrake.

*=mandrill=, n.m., (mam.) mandrill, rib-nosed baboon.

=mandrin=, n.m., mandrel, (tech.) chuck, punch.

=manducation=, n.f., manducation.

=manéage=, n.m., (nav.) hand-work, handiwork.

=manège=, n.m., manege, horsemanship; riding-school; manœuvre, by-play, trick, intrigue.

=mânes=, n.m.pl., manes, shade, ghost, shades.

=manet=, n.m., drift-net.

=maneton=, n.m., lever-handle.

=manette=, n.f., (tech.) handgear; (hort.) trowel.

=manganèse=, n.m., manganese.

=mangeable= (-jabl), adj., eatable, fit to eat.

=mangeaille= (-jâ-i), n.f., food (for birds, cats); (b.s.) victuals, grub, eatables.

=mangeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), adj., eating. Être bien —; to eat heartily; to be a hearty eater.

=mangeoire= (-joâr), n.f., manger, crib.

=mangeoter=, v.n., to eat little, to pick one’s food; to nibble.

=manger=, v.a., to eat; to eat up; to consume; to squander away, to run through. Salle à —; dining-room. — son bien; to squander one’s property. À —; to eat. Donner à —; to give food, to keep an eating-house. — du bout des doigts; to pick a bit here and there; to nibble at one’s food. — des yeux; to look daggers at. On mange bien dans cet hôtel; the cooking is excellent in that hotel. — ses mots; to clip one’s words. Les gros poissons mangent les petits; (fig.) might overcomes right.

se =manger=, v.r., to eat each other; to eat each other up; to hurt each other, to look daggers at one another; (gram.) to be cut off, elided, not pronounced.

=manger=, v.n., to eat; to take one’s meals; to feed. Il mange dans la main; he eats out of your hand (of an animal). Donnez-moi à —; give me something to eat.

=manger=, n.m., eating, victuals, food. Le — et le boire; eating and drinking.

=mangerie= (man-jrî), n.f., (pop.) eating; exaction, extortion, imposition.

=mange-tout=, n.m., (—) prodigal, spendthrift, squanderer.

=mangeu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., eater; great eater; spendthrift. Un — de viandes apprétées; a lazy fellow. — de petits enfants; braggart. — de livres; a book-worm.

=mangeure= (-jur), n.f., place nibbled (by mice), feeding (for boars).

=mangle=, n.f., (bot.) mangle (fruit).

=manglier=, n.m., (bot.) mangrove, mangle.

=mangonneau=, n.m., mangonel (an engine formerly used for throwing stones).

=mangoustan=, n.m., (bot.) mangostan.

=mangouste=, n.f., (mam.) ichneumon; mangostan (fruit).

=mangue= (mang), n.f., (bot.) mango.

=manguier= (-ghié), n.m., (bot.) mango-tree.

=maniable=, adj., easy to be handled, workable; tractable, manageable, supple, pliable.

=maniaque=, n.m. and adj., maniac. adj., mad, furious, eccentric; crotchety.

=manichéen= (-in), =-ne=, n. and adj., Manichean.

=manichéisme=, n.m., Manicheism.

=manichordion= (-kor-), n.m., manichord, manicordon.

=manicle=, n.f. V. =manique=.

=manie=, n.f., mania, madness, folly, fancy, whim, hobby; inveterate habit.

=maniement= or =manîment=, n.m., handling; wielding; management, use, conduct, handling of money. — des armes; manual exercise. Le — des deniers; the management of money.

=manier=, v.a., to feel, to handle; to touch; to use, to wield, to ply, to manage, to govern. Il sait bien — le ciseau; he is a fine sculptor. Au —; by the touch, by handling. — une affaire; to manage a business.

=manier=, v.n., (man.) to act (of a horse).

=manière=, n.f., manner, way, fashion, sort, kind; style, mannerism, affectation, fuss; attitude. La — dont je lui ai parlé; the way in which I spoke to him. De — ou d’autre; somehow or other. Chacun a sa —; every one has his own way of doing. — de parler; mode of speech. De la bonne —; handsomely. Par — d’acquit; for form’s sake. La — de cet auteur est grande; that author’s style is grand. De la même —; in the same manner. Il a des —s agréables; he has pleasing manners. De — que or de — à ce que; so that. Il est une des plus grandes —s du siècle; he is one of the finest stylists of the century.

=maniéré=, =-e=, adj., affected, unnatural, forced. Air —; affected air.

=maniériste=, n.m., mannerist.

=manieur=, n.m., handler, manager.

=manifestation=, n.f., manifestation.

=manifeste=, adj., manifest, evident.

=manifeste=, n.m., manifesto.

=manifestement=, adv., manifestly.

=manifester=, v.a., to manifest, to make known, to display, to show. — sa pensée; to make known one’s thought.

se =manifester=, v.r., to manifest one’s self, to assert one’s self, to be made manifest.

=manigance=, n.f., manœuvre, underhand dealing, intrigue.

=manigancer=, v.a., to contrive, to plot, to concoct. Se —; to be brewing, to be concocted.

=maniguette=, n.f. V. =malaguette=.

=maniguière=, n.f., net (for catching eels).

=manille=, n.f., (at cards) manille; manilla cheroot.

=manioc=, =manihot=, or =manioque=, n.m., (bot.) manioc, cassado, tapioca, cassava.

=manipulateur=, n.m., manipulator.

=manipulation=, n.f., manipulation.

=manipule=, n.m., handful; (c.rel., antiq., pharm.) maniple.

=manipuler=, v.a. and n., to manipulate.

=manique= or =manicle=, n.f., hand-leather.

=maniveau=, n.m., osier-stand; punnet.

=manivelle=, n.f., handle, winch, crank, (fig.) drudgery, daily round. La — d’un gouvernail; the whipstaff of a helm.

=manne= (mâ-n), n.f., manna; (fig.) balm, gift. — en larmes; manna in flakes. — céleste; manna from Heaven.

=manne= (ma-n), n.f., hamper, flat basket. — d’enfant; cradle. — à marée; fish-crate.

=mannequin= (ma-n-kin), n.m., hamper; small hamper; (paint.) lay-figure, dummy, puppet; insignificant person. Figure qui sent le —; unnatural figure. C’est un vrai —; he is a mere automaton.

=mannequiné=, =-e=, adj., unnatural. Ces figures sont —es; (paint.) those figures are unnatural, smack of the lay-figure.

=manœuvre=, n.f., handiwork, handcraft, working, manœuvre, move, management, tactics; (nav.) rope; working (a ship); (milit.) drill. pl., (nav.) rigging. —s courantes; running-rigging. —s dormantes; standing-rigging. Officier qui entend la —; officer expert in working a ship. Amarrer une —; to make a rope fast.

=manœuvre=, n.m., workman, journeyman-mason, laborer; bungler; crafty person. Ce n’est qu’un —; he is a mere mechanic. Travail de —; manual labor.

=manœuvrer=, v.a. and n., to manœuvre; to work (a ship). — les voiles; to work the sails. Faire — des soldats; to drill soldiers.

=manœuvrier=, n.m., able seaman; tactician.

=manoir=, n.m., manor, mansion, manor-house.

=manomètre=, n.m., (phys.) manometer.

=manométrique=, adj., (phys.) manometrical.

=manouvrier=, n.m., day-laborer, workman, hodman.

=manquant=, =-e=, n.m.f. and adj., absentee, defaulter; missing, absent, wanting, failing, short.

=manque=, n.m., want, lack, need; shortcoming, failure, defect; (riding) stumble. Il a trouvé dix francs de —; he found he was ten francs short. — de; for want of. — de touche; (at billiards) miss.

=manqué=, =-e=, part., defective; abortive, miscarried; a failure; spoilt. Une affaire —e, un coup —; a failure. Un poète —; a would-be poet.

=manquement= (man-kmān), n.m., omission, shortcoming, oversight, failure, want, slip, breach.

=manquer=, v.n., to miss, to fail; to be wanting; to be wanting in respect; to be deficient; to miss fire; to stand in need of; to forfeit, to break; to be insolvent; to be near, to have need; to be out, in want, of; to decay; to miscarry; to give way, to infringe, to disregard, to disappoint. Arme à feu qui manque; a fire-arm that misses fire. Marchand qui a manqué; bankrupt merchant. Le cœur lui manque; her heart fails her. Les forces lui manquent; his strength fails him. Le pied lui a manqué; his foot slipped. L’argent lui manque; he is short of money. Rien ne vous manquera; you shall want for nothing. La poudre leur manque; they are short of powder. L’affaire a manqué; the business has miscarried, the affair has fallen through. — à son devoir; to fail in one’s duty. — à sa parole; to break one’s word. — à un rendezvous; to fail to keep an appointment. Je n’y manquerai pas; I will not fail. Il ne manque de rien; he wants for nothing, or has all he wants. Il ne manque pas de vanité; he does not lack vanity. — de parole; to fail in one’s promise. — d’argent; to be in want of money. Ne manquez pas de vous y trouver; do not fail to be there. Il a manqué de tomber; he was very near falling. — à quelqu’un, — de respect à quelqu’un; to be disrespectful to or wanting in respect to. Il manque de tout; he is destitute of everything. Vous me manquez; I miss you. Je vous manque; you miss me. Il ne manquait plus que cela! that was the last straw or that crowns all or what next, I wonder! La — belle; (lit. to miss a fine opportunity) to have a narrow escape.

=manquer=, v.a., to miss, to lose. Il a manqué son coup; he has missed his aim. — une occasion; to lose an opportunity.

se =manquer=, v.r., to forget what is due to one’s self, to be wanting in self-respect, to forget one’s honor, to prove false.

=mansarde=, n.f., attic, garret, roof. Fenêtre en —; attic window. Toit en —; curb roof.

=mansardé=, =-e=, adj., with attics, garrets.

=manse=, n.f., (feudality) revenue (of abbeys). V. =mense=.

=mansuétude=, n.f., mildness, meekness, gentleness, forbearance.

=mante=, n.f., mantle (woman’s). — religieuse; (ent.) praying mantis.

=manteau=, n.m., cloak; mantle, train, cape; mask, pretense; (her.) mantling. S’envelopper de son —; to wrap one’s self up in one’s cloak. Le — royal; the royal mantle. Cela se vend sous le —; that is sold clandestinely. Garder les —x; to stand sentinel; to take no share in. — de cheminée; mantel-piece.

=mantelet= (man-tlè), n.m., short cloak; mantlet; (fort.) mantlet. —s de sabords; (nav.) port-lid; (of a coach) apron.

=mantelle=, n.f., hooded crow; the coat of a dog; the hair on its back.

=mantelure= (man-tlur), n.f., mantling.

*=mantille=, n.f., mantilla.

=manuel=, =-le=, adj., manual, portable.

=manuel=, n.m., manual, hand-book, text-book.

=manuellement= (-èl-mān), adv., from hand to hand, manually.

=manufacture=, n.f., manufacture, making, make; manufactory; mill, works, factory.

=manufacturer=, v.a., to manufacture. Se —; to be manufactured.

=manufacturi-er=, =-ère=, adj., manufacturing.

=manufacturier=, n.m., manufacturer.

=manumission=, n.f., manumission.

in =manus=, n.m. V. =in manus=.

=manuscrit=, =-e=, adj., manuscript matter.

=manuscrit=, n.m., manuscript.

=manutention=, n.f., management, care, making, fabrication; (l.u.) upholding, enforcement; (milit.) bake-house, bakery, bread-making.

=manutentionner=, v.a., to bake for the army.

=mappemonde= (map-mond), n.f., map of the world. — céleste, planisphere.

=maque=, n.f. V. =macque=.

=maquer=, v.a. V. =macquer=.

=maquereau= (ma-krô), n.m., (ich.) mackerel, (l.ex.) pimp, pander; reddish spot on one’s legs; procurer, brothel-keeper.

=maquerellage=, n.m., (l.ex.) panderism, pimping, procuring.

=maquerelle=, n.f., (l.ex.) procuress.

=maquette=, n.f., (sculpt.) small rough model (in clay, wax); (paint.) rough sketch, lay figure.

*=maquignon=, n.m., (b.s.) horse-dealer; horse-jockey; jockey; jobber. — de charges; (b.s.) agent for the sale of offices. — de mariages; (b.s.) matrimonial agent.

*=maquignonnage=, n.m., (b.s.) horse-dealing; jockeyship; bishoping; underhand work; jobbing.

*=maquignonné=, =-e=, part., trimmed up for sale, bishoped (of horses).

*=maquignonner=, v.a., (b.s.) to jockey, to trim, to bishop (a horse for sale); to job; to carry on any illicit trade.

*=maquilleur=, n.m., (nav.) mackerel-boat.

=maquilleuse=, n.f., face-painter, enameler.

=maquis=, n.m. V. =makis=.

=marabout=, n.m., marabout (priest); ill-favored man, big-bellied copper kettle; (orni.) marabou-stork feathers; a kind of ribbon.

=maraîcher=, n.m., market-gardener.

=marais=, n.m., marsh, feu, bog, swamp, morass; low-lying market-garden ground (Paris). Dessécher un —; to drain a marsh. — salant; salt-marsh. Chasse au —; moor-shooting.

=marasca=, n.m., (hort.) sour cherry.

=marasme=, n.m., (med.) marasmus, consumption, atrophy, emaciation.

=marasquin=, n.m., maraschino.

=marâtre=, n.f., step-mother; unkind, harsh mother.

=maraud=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., scoundrel, rascal, knave; slut, jade.

=maraudage=, n.m., marauding, freebooting.

*=maraudaille=, n.f., rabble, knave.

=maraude=, n.f., marauding; (cabmen’s slang) crawling, plying for hire.

=marauder=, v.n., to maraud; to crawl, to ply for hire.

=maraudeur=, n.m., marauder; crawler.

=maravédis=, n.m., maravedi (small Spanish coin).

=marbre=, n.m., marble; marble, slab, stone for grinding colors, etc.; (print.) imposing-stone, slab. pl., works, statues, etc., made of marble; samples of various kinds of marble. Il est de —; he is made of stone. — jaspé; variegated marble. Plaque de —; slab of marble. — filandreux; fibrous marble. — terrasseux; terrene marble. — du gouvernail; (nav.) barrel of the steering-wheel. Sur le —; (print.) in type.

=marbré=, =-e=, part., adj., marbled. Du papier —; marbled, mottled paper.

=marbrer=, v.a., to marble, to vein, to mottle. Se —; to become marbled.

=marbrerie=, n.f., marble-cutting, marble-work, marble-yard; marble-works.

=marbreur=, n.m., marbler.

=marbrier=, n.m., marble-cutter, marble-polisher; marble-grainer, dealer in marble.

=marbrière=, n.f., marble-quarry.

=marbrure=, n.f., marbling, marble-graining.

=marc= (mar), n.m., mark. Poids de —; eight-ounce weight. Au — la livre or le franc; so many cents in the dollar. — d’or; a duty paid to the king by the titularies of certain offices.

=marc= (mar), n.m., residuum (of anything squeezed, boiled, or strained). — de raisin; skins, husks of grapes after the last pressing. — de café; grounds, grouts of coffee.

=marcassin=, n.m., young wild boar, grice.

=marcassite=, n.f., (min.) marcasite.

=marceline=, n.f., colored silk fabric; (min.) red silicate of manganese.

=marchand=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., merchant, dealer, tradesman, shopkeeper; hawker, peddler, trader, store-keeper; buyer, customer; bidder (at auctions); (orni.) surf-scoter. — en gros; wholesale dealer, merchant. — en détail; retail merchant. — fripier; second-hand clothes dealer. Petit —; chandler. — ambulant, forain; itinerant dealer. N’est pas — qui toujours gagne; we must expect to meet with losses sometimes. Y a-t-il —? is there a bidder, does any one bid? (at auctions). Trouver —; to find a customer, a purchaser. C’est un — de soupe; he’s a regular Squeers. En être le mauvais —; to get the worst of the bargain.

=marchand=, =-e=, adj., merchantable, marketable, saleable, vendible; mercantile, trading; navigable (of rivers). Prix —; trade price, wholesale price. Place —e; trading-place. Vaisseau —; merchantman, merchant-ship. Capitaine —; merchant-captain. Marine —e; merchant-service; mercantile navy.

=marchandage=, n.m., task-work, piece-work; bargaining.

*=marchandailler=, v.n., to haggle.

=marchande=, n.f., tradeswoman. — lingère; linen draper. — d’huîtres; oyster-woman. — de modes; milliner.

=marchander=, v.a., to ask the price of, to cheapen, to bargain for, to haggle for, to chaffer for; to spare; to hesitate to expose; to grudge, to trouble. Ne pas — quelqu’un; not to spare any one, not to mince matters with any one. Il ne marchande pas sa vie; he does not hesitate to expose his life.

se =marchander=, v.r., to be cheapened, to spare each other.

=marchander=, v.n., to haggle, to chaffer, to stand haggling, to bargain; to be irresolute, to hesitate.

=marchandeur=, n.m., task-master, middleman; haggler, bargainer.

=marchandise=, n.f., merchandise, goods, ware, commodity. Faire valoir sa —; to cry up one’s goods, to set one’s self off. — qui plaît est à demi-vendue; please the eye and pick the purse.

=marche=, n.f., walk; walking; gait, march; progress, journey, course, advance; procession; step, stair; move (at chess, drafts); conduct, arrangement; way of proceeding; military frontier, border; marches, borders, between England and Wales, also between England and Scotland. Ce vaisseau a une — avantageuse; that vessel is a fast sailer. Vaisseau construit pour la —; ship built to sail very fast or for speed; clipper. Mettre en —; to set going. Faire une fausse —; to play a false move. Gagner une — sur; to steal a march upon. — d’un poème; progress of a poem. — d’escalier; step of a staircase. — d’un tour; treadle of a lathe. — de deux heures; two hours’ walk or journey. La — de cet homme a été louche dans l’affaire; the conduct of that man in the matter has been suspicious. — militaire, — triomphale; military, triumphal, march. L’armée est en —; the army is on the march. Fermer la —; to close the procession. Ouvrir la —; to lead the way.

=marché=, n.m., market, market-place; market-time; bargain, purchase, price, rate; sale; agreement, contract, treaty. — au blé, aux herbes, au poisson; corn, grass, fish-market. Bon —; cheapness. Conclure un —; to strike a bargain. Acheter, vendre, à bon —; to buy, to sell cheap. Avoir bon — de; to easily get the better of. Faire bon — d’une chose; to hold anything cheap, not to spare; to think little of. Mettre le — à la main à quelqu’un; to offer any one to break off a bargain; to make any one take it or leave it. Vous n’en serez pas quitte à si bon —; you shall not get off so easily. On n’a jamais bon — de mauvaise marchandise; the best is cheapest. Il le paiera plus cher qu’au —; he shall smart for it, he shall repent it or rue it. — d’or; excellent bargain, great bargain. Meilleur — or à meilleur —; cheaper. C’est un — donné; it is absolutely given away. Par-dessus le —; into the bargain. Le — tient tous les jours; the market is held every day. Cours du —; market-price. Est-ce — fuit? is it a bargain?

=marche-palier=, n.f., landing step.

=marchepied= (marsh-pié), n.m., stepping-stone; towing-path; foot-board, footstool; step (of a coach, altar). pl., (nav.) foot-ropes of the yards. Servir de —; to serve as a stepping-stone.

=marcher=, v.n., to walk, to step; to tread; to go, to travel, to march, to wade; to sail, to run, to ply; to move on, to advance, to progress; to go on; to flow, to run, to rank. — en avant, en arrière, à reculons; to walk forward, to walk backward. — à grands pas, sur la pointe du pied; to stride along, to walk on tiptoe. — à quatre pattes; to go on all-fours. — à pas de loup; to walk with stealthy steps. — sur les traces de quelqu’un; to follow in any one’s footsteps. — sur les talons de quelqu’un; to tread on any one’s heels. — sur des épines; to tread on thorns. — de front; to march abreast. — droit; to walk straight. Faire —; to get along, to set going. Je le ferai — droit; I will take care that he behaves well. Cette montre marche bien; this watch keeps good time. Ce navire marche bien; this vessel sails well or is very fast. — sur quelque chose; to tread upon anything. — égal à; to be equal to. — à l’ennemi; to march against the enemy. — à tâtons; to grope or feel one’s way.

=marcher=, n.m., walking, walk; gait, step, pace, treading, tread; ground (on which one walks).

=marcher=, v.a., (hat-making) to press, to felt, to full, to tread.

=marcheu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., pedestrian, walker, (nav.) sailer. Bon —; (nav.) fast-sailing, swift-sailing, vessel; fast sailer.

=marcottage=, n.m., (hort.) layering.

=marcotte=, n.f., (hort.) layer.

=marcotter=, v.a., (hort.) to layer (vines, etc.).

=mardelle=. V. =margelle=.

=mardi=, n.m., Tuesday. — gras; Shrove-Tuesday. — saint; Tuesday before Easter; Tuesday in Passion-week.

=mare=, n.f., pool, pond; trough (used by cider brewers).

=maréage=, n.m., hire, pay (for a voyage).

=marécage=, n.m., marsh, bog, fen, swamp, morass.

=marécageu-x=, =-se=, adj., marshy, fenny, swampy, boggy. Pays —, terrain —; marshy land.

=maréchal=, n.m., farrier, shoeing-smith; marshal, field-marshal. — des logis; sergeant-major (in the cavalry). — ferrant; farrier. — vétérinaire; farrier and veterinary surgeon. — de camp; brigadier, brigadier-general. — de France; Marshal of France. Grand —; grand marshal; earl marshal, lord high steward.

=maréchalat=, n.m., marshalship.

=maréchale=, n.f., field-marshal’s wife.

=maréchalerie=, n.f., farriery.

☉=maréchaussée=, n.f., marshalsea, constabulary; mounted police.

=marée=, n.f., tide, water, flood; (fresh) sea-fish. Haute —, pleine —; high water. Basse —; low water. De —; tidal. Grande —, — de vive eau; spring-tide. — morte; neap tide. La — monte; the tide is coming in. La — descend; the tide is going down, running out. Prendre la —; to take advantage of the tide. — montante; flood. — descendante; ebb. — qui porte au vent; wind-tide. Aller contre vent et —; to pursue one’s course in spite of all difficulties. Avoir vent et —; to sail with wind and tide. Vendeur de —; fishmonger. Cela arrive comme — en carême; that comes like fish in Lent. Ce qui vient de flot s’en retourne de —; lightly come, lightly go. La — n’attend personne; time and tide wait for no man.

=marégraphe=, n.m., tide-gauge.

=marelle=, n.f., hopscotch.

=maremme=, n.f., marshy land on the seashore (in Italy).

=marengo= (-rin-go), n.m., Oxford gray.

=marengo=, n.f., (cook.) marengo, fowl fricasseed with mushrooms.

=mareyeur=, n.m., fish-factor, fish-salesman; fish-carrier.

=margarine=, n.f., (chem.) margarine.

=margarique=, adj., (chem.) margaric.

=margay=, n.m., (mam.) margay, tiger-cat.

=marge=, n.f., margin (of paper, books); freedom, latitude, scope; time, means. Ecrire une note en —; to make a marginal note. Laisser assez de — à quelqu’un; to give any one sufficient scope. Nous avons de la —; we have time enough or to spare.

=margelle=, n.f., curb-stone, edge (of a well).

=marger=, v.a., (print.) to regulate the margin of, to margin.

=margeur=, n.m., (print.) layer on.

=marginal=, =-e=, adj., marginal.

=marginé=, =-e=, part., margined, marginated.

=marginer=, v.a., to margin.

=margot=, n.f., magpie, mag; talkative woman, chatterbox; dim. of =Marguerite=, Madge, Meg, Peggy.

=margotin=, n.m., small bundle of fagots.

*=margouillet=, n.m., (nav.) bull’s eye, wooden thimble.

*=margouillis= (-goo-yee), n.m., (fam.) puddle, dirty plash, sludge, slop; (fig.) difficulty; embarrassment. Laisser quelqu’un dans le —; to leave any one in the lurch.

=margrave=, n.m.f., margrave; margravine.

=margraviat=, n.m., margraviate.

=marguerite=, n.f., daisy; pearl; (nav.) messenger. Reine-—, (—s-—s) China-aster, China-star. Faire —; (nav.) to clap a messenger on the cable. Jeter des —s devant les pourceaux; to cast pearls before swine.

*=marguillerie=, n.f., churchwardenship.

*=marguillier=, n.m., churchwarden.

=mari=, n.m., husband, spouse. Affranchissement de la puissance de —; (jur.) discoverture. Etat de la femme en puissance de —; (jur.) coverture. En puissance de —; (jur.) feme covert, under coverture.

=mariable=, adj., marriageable.

=mariage=, n.m., marriage, matrimony, wedlock; match; wedding; fortune, portion; union, blending. — d’inclination; love match. — de raison, — de convenance; prudent match, marriage for money (or position). — en détrempe; pretended marriage, illicit intercourse. — sous la cheminée; marriage under the rose. — de la main gauche; morganatic marriage. Contrat de —; marriage contract. Promettre en —; to promise in marriage. Rechercher une jeune fille en —; to solicit the hand of a young girl. Prendre en —; to take to wife. — de conscience; private marriage.

=marié=, n.m., married man; bridegroom. pl., married people. Nouveaux —s; newly-married couple.

=mariée=, n.f., married woman; bride. Se plaindre que la — est trop belle; to find fault with a good bargain.

=marier=, v.a., to marry, to give in marriage, to match; to blend; to unite. Il a fort bien marié sa fille; he has married his daughter very advantageously. — la vigne avec l’ormeau; to marry, or to twine, the vine with the elm. — des couleurs; to blend, or to combine, colors.

se =marier=, v.r., to marry, to espouse, to wed, to be married to; to match, to ally, to unite, to blend, to combine, to pair. Il s’est marié très richement; he has made a very rich match. Elle est en âge de se —; she is of an age to marry.

=marie-salope=, n.f., (—s-—s) mud-barge.

=marieu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., match-maker.

=marin=, =-e=, adj., marine; seafaring; sea; sea-going; seaworthy. Avoir le pied —; to be a good sailor; (fig.) not to be put out of countenance.

=marin=, n.m., mariner, seaman, seafaring man, sailor. — d’eau douce; fresh-water sailor, land-lubber.

=marinade=, n.f., marinade, pickled meat; souse; pickles.

=marine=, n.f., sea-affairs; sea-service; navigation; marine; navy; naval forces; taste, smell, of the sea; (paint.) sea-piece, seascape. Officier de —; naval officer. — marchande; mercantile, marine. — militaire or de l’état; royal navy. Soldats, troupes, de la —; marines. Terme de —; sea-term. Sentir la —, or avoir un goût de —; to taste of the sea.

=mariné=, =-e=, part., marinated, pickled; (her.) marine. Des marchandises —es; merchandise spoiled or damaged by the sea.

=mariner=, v.a., to marinate, to pickle, to souse; (nav.) to jerk.

=maringouin=, n.m., (ent.) musquito.

=marinier=, n.m., waterman, bargeman, lighterman; mariner, seaman. Maître —; master-bargeman. Officiers —s; petty officers.

à la =marinière=, n.f. Nager à la —; to swim on the side; (cook.) “marinière” fashion.

=mariniste=, n.m., marine-painter.

=marionnette=, n.f., puppet, marionette; short woman; frivolous, weak-minded woman. pl., puppet-show.

=marital=, =-e=, adj., marital, pertaining to a husband.

=maritalement= (-tal-mān), adv., maritally, as man and wife, matrimonially.

=maritime=, adj., maritime, naval; nautical.

=maritorne=, n.f., ill-made, coarse woman; slattern, slut, dirty woman; (at an inn) maid of all work.

=marivaudage=, n.m., excessively refined style; mannerism, sentimentalism (writing in the style of Marivaux).

=marivauder=, v.n., to aim at over-refinement, to write in the style of Marivaux.

=marjolaine=, n.f., (bot.) sweet marjoram.

☉=marjolet=, n.m., fop, little coxcomb.

=marli=, n.m., catgut, thread gauze.

*=marmaille=, n.f., (fam.) brats, lots of little brats.

=marmelade=, n.f., marmalade. Cette viande est en —; that meat is done to a jelly. Mettre en —; to beat to a jelly. Avoir la mâchoire en —; to have one’s jaw smashed in.

=marmenteau=, adj., reserved, ornamental (of trees).

=marmite=, n.f., pot, saucepan, boiler, copper. Elles servent à faire bouillir la —; they help to make the pot boil. Ecumeur de —s; sponger, parasite. Nez en pied de —; pug nose. — à vapeur; steamer. La — bout dans cette maison; they live well or keep a good table. La — est renversée; they give no more dinner parties, they see no more company.

☉=marmiteu-x=, =-se=, n. and adj., (fam.) pitiful, poor wretch; sad, wretched, whimpering, whining, pitiful, seedy.

=marmiton=, n.m., scullion, kitchen drudge.

=marmonner=, v.a. and n. V. =marmotter=.

=marmoréen=, =-ne=, adj., marmorean.

=marmose=, n.f., (mam.) marmose.

=marmot=, n.m., ☉monkey; (mam.) marmoset; puppet, grotesque figure; brat, little chap. Croquer le —; to dance attendance, to kick up one’s heels, to wait.

=marmotte=, n.f., brat (little girl); (mam.) marmot; woman’s head-dress; (nav.) match-tub. Dormir comme une —; to sleep like a top.

=marmotter=, v.a. and n., to mutter, to mumble, to grumble, to growl.

=marmouset=, n.m., grotesque figure; young monkey (little boy); fire-dog, andiron.

=marnage=, n.m., (agri.) marling, chalking, claying.

=marne=, n.f., (agri.) marl, chalk, clay.

=marner=, v.a., (agri.) to marl, to chalk, to clay.

=marneron=, n.m., (agri.) marler, marl-digger.

=marneu-x=, =-se=, adj., marly.

=marnière=, n.f., marl-pit, clay-pit, chalk-pit.

=maronite=, n.m.f. and adj., Maronite.

=maronner=, v.n., (pop.) to grumble, to growl, to croak. Faire —; to keep waiting a long time; to tease, to plague.

=maroquin=, n.m., morocco-leather, roan. — du Levant; Turkey-leather.

=maroquiner=, v.a., to morocco.

=maroquinerie= (-ki-n-rî), n.f., morocco-leather manufacture.

=maroquinier=, n.m., morocco-tanner.

=marotique=, adj., marotic (imitation of Marot’s style).

=marotisme=, n.m., marotism (imitation of Marot’s style).

=marotte=, n.f., fool’s bauble, cap and bells; fancy, folly, whim, hobby. Chacun a sa —; everybody has his hobby.

=maroufle=, n.m., ragamuffin; booby, clod-hopper, bumpkin, clown, churl.

=maroufle=, n.f., (paint.) lining-paste.

=maroufler=, v.a., (paint.) to line.

=marquant=, =-e=, adj., conspicuous, striking. Personne —e; person of note, of distinction.

=marque=, n.f., mark, cipher, stamp; (com.) private mark; brand (with a hot iron); badge; trace (of footsteps) print; sign; token; testimony; proof, instance; counter (at play); pit (of the small-pox). — de fabricant; manufacturer’s mark. — de la douane; custom-house stamp. — d’honneur; badge of honor. Homme de —; man of note. Donner à quelqu’un une — d’estime; to give any one a proof of esteem. Lettres de —; letters of mark (for seizing vessels). Ville de —; coinage-town. — de beau temps; signs of fine weather. Une — qu’il est venu, c’est qu’il a laissé ceci; a proof that he came, is that he left this. Faire porter ses —s à quelqu’un; (fam.) to leave one’s mark on any one.

=marqué=, =-e=, part., marked, evident, conspicuous, obvious; decided, pronounced; strong, resolute. — de la petite vérole; pitted with small-pox. Homme — au bon coin; a man of the right stamp. — à l’A.; thoroughly reliable, the soul of honor. Ouvrage — au bon coin; excellent work. Attentions —es; marked attentions. Il est né —; he was born with a mark. Avoir les traits —s; to have strongly-marked features.

=marquer=, v.a., to mark, to stamp, to note down; to brand; to stigmatize; to leave marks; to score up; to mark out, to trace out; to mark down, to note; to betoken, to bespeak, to denote; to tell, to mention, to write; to show, to give marks of, to testify, to single out. — son jeu; to mark one’s points at play. Je lui ai marqué que; I wrote to him that. — à quelqu’un sa reconnaissance; to show one’s gratitude to any one. — à quelqu’un ce qu’il doit faire; to specify to any one what he has to do.

=marquer=, v.n., to make its appearance, to show (of a thing); to be remarked, to be evident; to be remarkable, distinguished; to set off; to be of note; to show the hour (of sun-dials); to mark, to show age by the teeth (of horses); (fenc.) to make a full pass. Cela marquerait trop; (fam.) that would attract too much attention. Cet homme ne marque point; that man is in no way remarkable.

=marqueter=, v.a., to speckle, to spot, to inlay.

=marqueterie= (-kè-trî), n.f., marquetry, checkered-work, checker-work, inlaid-work, inlaying, mosaic, patchwork.

=marqueteur=, n.m., inlayer.

=marquette=, n.f., cake (of virgin wax).

=marqueur= (-keur), n.m., marker, scorer, tally-keeper.

=marquis=, n.m., marquis, marquess. — de Carabas; (jest.) great landed proprietor. Faire le —; to give one’s self airs.

=marquisat=, n.m., marquisate.

=marquise=, n.f., marchioness; marquee, awning, verandah; settee; waist-buckle.

=marquiser=, v.a., to style any one a marquis.

se =marquiser=, v.r., to assume the title of marquis.

=marquoir=, n.m., bodkin.

=marraine=, n.f., godmother, sponsor.

=marre=, n.f., mattock, hoe.

☉=marri=, =-e=, adj., sorry, grieved, concerned, troubled.

=marron=, n.m., (bot.) large French chestnut; chestnut; ☉large curl tied with a ribbon; cracker (fire-works); (milit.) mark; unlicensed broker; unlicensed printer; (print.) work printed clandestinely; chestnut color. — d’Inde; horse-chestnut. — d’eau; water-caltrops (fruit). —s glacés; candied chestnuts. Tirer les —s du feu; to pull the chestnuts out of the fire.

=marron=, adj. invariable, maroon, chestnut-color.

=marron=, =-ne=, adj., fugitive, runaway (of slaves); wild (of animals that have been tame); (com.) unlicensed, interloping. Courtier —; (com.) unlicensed broker. Cochon —; wild hog.

=marron=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., runaway slave; maroon; free black slave (of the West Indies).

=marronnage=, n.m., state of a runaway slave; running away (of slaves); carrying on the business of a broker without a license.

☉=marronner=, v.a., to curl the hair with curling-tongs.

=marronnier=, n.m., (bot.) French chestnut-tree, chestnut-tree. — d’Inde; horse-chestnut-tree.

=marrube=, n.m., (bot.) madwort; horehound; bugle-weed.

=mars= (mars), n.m., March; (chem.) Mars (iron); (astron.) Mars; (fig., poet.) war. pl., seed sown in spring. Giboulées de —; April showers. Champ de —; (milit.) large drilling ground. Cela vient comme — en carême; that comes very seasonably, or in the nick of time.

=marseillaise=, n.f., Marseillaise (French national anthem).

=marsouin=, n.m., (mam.) porpoise, sea-hog; ugly wretch. Vilain —; ugly, disagreeable man.

=marsupial=, =-e=, adj., (natural hist.) marsupial.

=martagon=, n.m., (bot.) martagon, mountain-lily, Turk’s-cap.

=marte=, n.f. V. =martre=.

=marteau=, n.m., hammer, clapper; knocker; (ich.) hammer-fish; hammer-oyster. Être entre le — et l’enclume; to be in an embarrassing position. — à deux mains; sledge-hammer. — d’une arbalète; cross. Graisser le —; to fee the porter. Avoir un coup de —; to be somewhat gone in the upper story. Il faut être enclume ou —; you must bite or be bitten. N’être pas sujet au coup de —; to be one’s own master.

=martel=, n.m., ☉hammer. [Only used in: Avoir — en tête; to be very uneasy. Se mettre — en tête; to fret one’s self to death.]

=martelage=, n.m., (tech.) hammering; (of trees) marking.

=martelé=, =-e=, part., hammered; (mus.) brilliant and distinct. Vaisselle —e; hammered plate. Vers —s; labored verses.

=marteler=, v.a., to hammer; to torment, to tease, to vex, to strain, to labor. Il martèle ses vers; he labors his verses.

=martelet=, n.m., little hammer.

=marteleur=, n.m., hammerman.

=martial=, =-e=, adj., martial, warlike, soldierly. Code —, législation —e; articles of war.

=martin=, n.m., (orni.) pastor, (kind of starling) La Saint-—; Martinmas. — pêcheur; kingfisher.

=martiner=, v.a., to tilt, to hammer.

=martinet=, n.m., (orni.) martinet, martlet, swift, sea-martin; flat candlestick, hand-candlestick; tilt-hammer; cat-o’-nine-tails. — de pic; (nav.) peak-halliards of the mizzen.

=martingale=, n.f., (nav., man.) martingale. Jouer à la —; to play double or quits.

=martinisme=, n.m., martinism.

=martiniste=, n.m., martinist.

=martin-pêcheur=, n.m., (—s-—s) (orni.) kingfisher.

=martin-sec=, n.m., (—s-—s) a kind of pear.

=martre=, n.f., (mam.) marten, sable. — zibeline; sable. Prendre — pour renard; to take a cow for a bull.

=martyr=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., martyr. Le commun des —s; the common herd.

=martyre=, n.m., martyrdom. Souffrir le —; to suffer martyrdom. Faire souffrir le — à quelqu’un; to make any one suffer martyrdom.

=martyriser=, v.a., to make any one suffer martyrdom, to make a martyr of; to torment; to torture.

=martyrologe=, n.m., martyrology.

=martyrologiste=, n.m., martyrologist.

=marum= (-rom), n.m., (bot.) cat-thyme.

=mascarade=, n.f., masquerade, mask.

=mascaret=, n.m., eddy of water, violent eddy of the tide, swelling (of waters); bar (of harbors).

=mascarille=, n.m., a delicious kind of mushroom; the flunkey (of Molière’s comedies).

=mascaron=, n.m., (arch.) mask, grotesque figure.

=masculin=, =-e=, adj., masculine, male. Fief —; fee in tail male.

=masculin=, n.m., (gram.) masculine.

=masculiniser=, v.a., to make masculine. Se —, v.r., to become masculine.

=masculinité=, n.f., masculineness, masculinity.

=masque=, n.m., mask; blind, cloak, pretense; masker, masquerader, mummer; face-guard; (paint.) head; (arch.) mask. Il a un bon —; (of actors) his features are expressive. Lever le —; to pull off the mask. Arraches les —s; to tear off the disguise.

☉=masque=, n.f., ugly woman; naughty little girl.

=masqué=, =-e=, part., masked; disguised. Être toujours —; to be always close. Bal —; masked ball, masquerade.

=masquer=, v.a., to mask, to conceal, to cloak, to disguise; (milit.) to mask.

se =masquer=, v.r., to be masked, to mask; to disguise one’s self; (of things) to be disguised.

=massacrant=, =-e=, adj., killing; cross, peevish, surly, dreadful, disagreeable. Humeur —e; awful temper.

=massacre=, n.m., massacre, butchery; slaughter, havoc, waste, squandering; bungler, botcher; (hunt.) head (of a deer newly killed).

=massacrer=, v.a., to massacre, to butcher, to murder, to slay, to slaughter; to bungle, to botch, to destroy; to hack (meat or poultry). Cet acteur a massacré son rôle; that actor murdered his part. — des hardes, des meubles; to spoil clothes, furniture.

=massacreur=, n.m., slaughterer, slayer; bungler, botcher.

=massage=, n.m., shampooing.

=masse=, n.f., mass, heap, lump; earnings; hoard; stock; mace; butt-end, butt; (jur.) creditors, estate (of bankrupts); (com.) capital stock, capital; (tech.) sledge-hammer. — des biens; (jur.) estate. — des biens immeubles; (jur.) real estate. — des biens meubles; (jur.) personal estate. — de plume; fifty pounds of feathers. — de héron; heron’s crest, tuft. — d’eau; typha, reed-mace. En —; in a body, in the mass, by the bulk. Les —s; the people as a whole, the million, the masses. — d’armes; mace. Soulever les —s; to stir up the people.

☉=masse=, n.f., stake, pool (at play).

=massement=, n.m., (milit.) massing of troops.

=massepain= (mas-pin), n.m., marchpane (kind of cake).

=masser=, v.a., (milit.) to mass troops; ☉to stake, to put into the pool (at play); (paint.) to mass; to shampoo.

=massette=, n.f., (bot.) mace-reed, reed-mace; cat’s-tail. — à larges feuilles; great cat’s-tail.

=masseur=, =-se=, n.m.f., shampooer.

=massicot=, n.m., (chem.) massicot, masticot; paper-cutter.

=massier=, n.m., mace-bearer.

=massi-f=, =-ve=, adj., massive, bulky; lumpish; massy, solid; clumsy, heavy, dull. Figure d’argent —; figure of solid silver, of massive silver. Avoir l’esprit —; to be dull-minded.

=massif=, n.m., (gard.) group, clump, cluster (of trees, flowers); grove; solid mass, group, block, (of masonry) wall (of an oven); (mas.) solid mass.

=massivement= (-siv-mān), adv., massively, heavily, solidly; stupidly, dully.

=massiveté=, n.f., massiveness.

=massorah= or =massore=, n.f., masorah, massora.

=massorète=, n.m., masorite.

=massorétique=, adj., massoretic, masoretic.

=massue=, n.f., club, crowbar. Coup de —; dreadful blow, heavy blow, knock-down blow; calamity.

=mastic=, n.m., mastic; cement; putty; (print.) transposition.

=masticage=, n.m., cementing, puttying.

=mastication=, n.f., mastication, chewing.

=masticatoire=, n.m., (med.) masticatory.

=mastigadour=, n.m., (vet.) masticador, slabbering-bit (of a bridle).

=mastiquer=, v.a., to putty; to cement.

=mastiquer=, v.n., to masticate.

=mastodonte=, n.m., (fos.) mastodon.

=mastoïde=, adj., (anat.) mastoid. Apophyse —; mastoid process.

=mastoïdien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), adj., (anat.) mastoidean.

=masturbation=, n.f., masturbation, self-pollution.

=masturber=, v.a., to pollute.

se =masturber=, v.r., to commit self-pollution.

=masulipatan=, n.m., calico (sort of).

=masure=, n.f., ruins; hovel, hut, tumble-down house.

=mat= (mat), =-e=, adj., unpolished, dead, dull; flat, insipid; heavy, sodden; (chess) mated, checkmated. Or —; unpolished gold. Coloris —; dim coloring. Broderie —e; heavy embroidery.

=mat= (mat), n.m., (chess) mate; (tech.) deadening. Donner, faire, échec et —; to checkmate.

=mât= (mâ) n.m., mast; pole. Le grand —; the main-mast. — de perroquet; top-gallant-mast. — de beaupré; bowsprit. — de misaine; fore-mast. — d’artimon; mizzen-mast. Bas — de misaine; lower fore-mast. Petit — de hune; top-mast. — de perroquet de fougue; mizzen top-mast. — de perruche; mizzen top-gallant-mast. — à pible; pole mast. — vertical; mast on end. —s inclinés vers l’arrière; masts hanging abaft. — d’un brin; mast of one piece of wood only. — d’assemblage; made mast. — forcé; mast which is sprung. — jumelé, reclampé, renforcé; mast fished (in a weak place or opposite any spring). — de pavillon; ensign staff. —s de hune de rechange; spare top-masts. —s majeurs; standing masts. Aller à —s et à cordes; to scud under bare poles. —s venus à bas; disabled masts. Caler les —s; to lower the masts. Lieu d’un —; station of a mast. Mettre, or guinder, les —s de hune; to heave the top-masts on end. — de fortune; jury mast. — de rechange; spare mast. — de cocagne; greasy pole.

=matador=, n.m., matador; matadore (at play); magnate, big wig.

=mâtage=, n.m., masting (of a ship).

=matamore=, n.m., hector, bully.

=matasse=, n.f., raw silk; raw cotton.

☉=matassins=, n.m.pl., matachin dance; matachins; (figs.) buffoon.

=maté=, n.m., (bot.) maté; Paraguay tea.

=mâté=, =-e=, adj., (nav.) masted. — en caravelle; fitted with pole top-masts. — en chandelier; masted upright. — en frégate; having bent, inclined, masts. — en vaisseau; masted as a ship of the line. — en fourche; masted with a gaff. — à pible; pole-masted. — en polacre; masted with three pole masts and square sails. — en heu; masted for a sprit. — en galère; masted as a galley. Haut —, trop —; over-masted.

=matelas= (ma-tlâ), n.m., mattress; pad; wadding. — d’un carrosse; squab, cushion, of a coach. — de bourre; flock-bed. — à air; air mattress.

=matelasser= (ma-tla-sé), v.a., to cover with a mattress, to stuff.

=matelassi-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., mattress-maker.

=matelot= (ma-tlô), n.m., seaman, sailor; (nav.) consort-ship. Bon —; able seaman. — de première classe; able-bodied seaman. — à deniers; seaman engaged for a specified time. — à mariage; seaman engaged for the whole voyage. Vaisseau —; good company-keeper.

=matelotage= (ma-tlo-taj), n.m., seamanship; seaman’s wages, pay.

=matelote= (ma-tlot), n.f., (cook.) matelote, fish-stew. À la —; seamanlike, sailor fashion.

=mâter=, v.a., to mast; to toss up (the oars). Machine à —; sheers. Machine à — flottante; sheer-hulk.

=mater=, v.a., to mortify, to harass (with corporal hardships); to bring down, to break down, to curb; to subdue, to conquer; to check-mate. On a bien maté son orgueil; his pride has been sadly brought down. On aura de la peine à la —; she will take some subduing.

=mâtereau=, n.m., (nav.) small mast; spar, pole, staff.

=matérialiser=, v.a., to materialize.

=matérialisme=, n.m., materialism.

=matérialiste=, n.m.f. and adj., materialist; materialistic.

=matérialité=, n.f., materiality.

=matériaux=, n.m.pl., materials, material.

=matériel=, =-le=, adj., material; coarse, gross, rough; massy, heavy, dull. Il est —; he is a matter-of-fact man. Faux —; (jur.) forgery.

=matériel=, n.m., materials, stock, working-stock; stores, apparatus, fittings, plant. — d’une armée; baggage, ammunition, artillery. — de siège; siege apparatus. — d’une imprimerie; printing-office plant.

=matériellement= (-rièl-mān), adv., materially; coarsely, grossly, roughly.

=maternel=, =-le=, adj., maternal, motherly. Parents —s; relations on the mother’s side. Langue —le; mother-tongue.

=maternellement= (-nèl-mān), adv., maternally.

=maternité=, n.f., maternity.

=mâteur=, n.m., (nav.) mast-maker.

=mathématicien= (-siin), n.m., mathematician.

=mathématique=, n.f., mathematics. —s pures; pure mathematics. —s mixtes; mixed mathematics. Etudier les —; to study mathematics. [Rarely used in the singular.]

=mathématique=, adj., mathematical.

=mathématiquement= (-tik-mān), adv., mathematically.

=matière= (ma-ti-èr), n.f., matter; substance, stuff, fluid; subject, cause, reason, motive, grounds; theme, contents. — brute, — première; raw material. —s d’or et d’argent; bullion. S’élever au-dessus de la —; to soar above matter. Donner — à parler; to give occasion for talking. En — de; in point of, in matters of.

=matin=, n.m., morning, noon, forenoon; prime, dawn. Demain —; to-morrow morning. Se lever de grand —; to rise very early. Un beau —; some fine day, or one fine morning. Un de ces quatre —s; one of these fine days.

=matin=, adv., early, early in the morning. De grand, or de bon, —; very early.

=mâtin=, n.m., mastiff; rascal, cur. Mâtin! By Jove! Ce — de; that scoundrel of, that confounded, that cursed.

=matinal=, =-e=, adj., morning; early-rising; early, up early.

=matinalement=, adv., early.

=mâtine=, n.f., hussy, wench. Cette — de; that confounded, or cursed.

=mâtineau=, n.m., little mastiff.

=matinée=, n.f., morning, forenoon, morning’s work; morning performance. Dormir, or faire, la grasse —; to lie in bed late in the morning, to sleep it out.

=mâtiner=, v.a., to serve (of a mastiff); to abuse, to disparage, to snub.

=matines=, n.f.pl., matins.

=matineu-x=, =-se=, adj. (generally), rising early; early riser (of persons).

=matini-er=, =-ère=, adj., morning, of the morning. [Only used in: l’étoile —ère; the Morning-Star.]

=matir=, v.a., to deaden (metals).

=matois=, =-e=, adj. and n., cunning, artful, sly, deep; cunning person, sly dog. C’est un fin —; he’s an artful blade.

=matoisement=, adv., cunningly, slyly.

=matoiserie= (ma-toa-zrî), n.f., cunning, slyness.

=matou=, n.m., tom-cat; ugly person, monkey, curmudgeon.

=matras= (-trâ), n.m., (chem.) matrass.

=matricaire=, n.f., (bot.) matricaria, feverfew.

=matrice=, n.f., matrix, womb; (com.) matrice; (min.) matrix; standard weight, measure, original register.

=matrice=, adj., mother, principal, primitive, unmixed. Eglise —; mother-church. Langue —; mother-tongue. Couleurs —s; primitive, unmixed colors.

=matricide=, n.m., matricide.

=matriculaire=, n.m. and adj., matriculate; matriculated.

=matricule=, n.f. and adj., register, matricula; matriculation, certificate of matriculation; matriculation. Registre —; matriculation book.

=matrimonial=, =-e=, adj., matrimonial.

=matrone=, n.f., matron; ☉midwife.

=matte=, n.f., (metal.) matt. pl., clotted milk, curds.

=maturati-f=, =-ve=, adj., (med.) maturative.

=maturatif=, n.m., (med.) maturant.

=maturation=, n.f., maturation, ripening.

=mâture=, n.f., masting, masts, mast-store; wood for masts, sheer-hack, sheers.

=maturité=, n.f., maturity, ripeness, completion; consideration. Avec —; maturely, with consideration.

=matutinal=, =-e=, adj., (l.u.) matutinal.

=maubèche=, n.f., (orni.) knot, sandpiper.

=maudire= (maudissant, maudit), v.a., to curse, to imprecate, to rue.

=maudissable=, adj., execrable, detestable.

=maudit=, =-e=, part., cursed, accursed, outcast, wretched. — soit le maladroit! deuce take the clumsy fool! — soit...! cursed be...! confound...!

=maugréer=, v.n., to fret and fume, to curse and swear; to grumble.

=maupiteu-x=, =-se=, adj. and n., ☉cruel, pitiless. Faire le —; to look miserable (without cause).

=maure=, n.m. V. =more=.

=mauresque=, adj. V. =moresque=.

=mauricaud=, adj. V. =moricaud=.

=mausolée=, n.m., mausoleum.

=maussade=, adj., sulky, sullen, cross, disagreeable; unpleasant, dull, tedious; awkward; slovenly, clumsy.

=maussadement= (mô-sad-mān), adv., disagreeably, sullenly, peevishly.

=maussaderie= (mô-sa-drî), n.f., unpleasantness, sullenness, sulkiness.

=mauvais=, =-e=, adj., bad, ill, evil; mischievous, ill-natured; injurious; wrong, amiss; unpleasant; contrary, adverse; (print.) battered (of letters); unhandsome. —e nouvelle; bad news. — livre; mischievous, wretched book. Avoir —e mine; to look ill. Prendre quelque chose en —e part; to take a thing ill, in a bad sense, or in bad part. —e tête; hot-headed person. — sujet; worthless fellow, rascal, scoundrel.

=mauvais=, n.m., bad. Il faut prendre le bon et le —; one must take the good with the bad.

=mauvais=, adv., bad, wrong. Sentir —; to have a bad smell. Il fait —; it is bad weather. Trouver — que; to take it ill that.

=mauve=, n.f., mallow; (orni.) sea-gull, sea-mew.

=mauviette=, n.f., lark; field-lark; lath (thin person); poor stick.

=mauvis=, n.m., (orni.) mavis, redwing, throstle.

=maxillaire=, adj., pertaining to the jaw, maxillary.

=maxime=, n.f., maxim. Tenir pour — de; to hold it as a maxim to.

=maximum=, n.m. (—s), (math.) (maxima), highest, height, maximum; acme; (com.) the highest price.

=mayonnaise=, n.f., (cook.) mayonnaise.

=mazagran=, n.m., coffee in a glass (named after the once famous Café Mazagran).

=mazette=, n.f., tit, poor hack (sorry horse); milksop, poor creature; dull-head, duffer (at games). —! (int.) zounds! you don’t say so!

=md.=, (ab. of Marchand) shopkeeper.

=mde.=, (ab. of Marchande) shopkeeper.

=me=, pron., me; to me or at me. Il — blâme; he blames me. Vous — parlez; you speak to me. — voici; here I am.

=meâ-culpâ=, n.m., (—) expression taken from the Confiteor. Dire, faire, son —; to repent; to confess one’s faults.

=méandre=, n.m., meander, winding.

=méat=, n.m., (anat.) meatus, duct, passage.

=mécanicien= (-in), n.m., mechanician; machinist, mechanic; engine-maker; engine-man; engine-driver. Ingénieur —; mechanical engineer. Serruries —; manufacturing locksmith.

=mécanique=, n.f., mechanics; mechanism; machine, machinery, piece of machinery; brake. Serrer la —; to put on the brake.

=mécanique=, adj., mechanic, mechanical, machine-made.

=mécaniquement= (-ni-kmān), adv., mechanically.

=mécaniser=, v.a., to use as a machine; (pop.) to tease, to plague. — les hommes; to use men as mere machines.

=mécanisme=, n.m., mechanism, machinery; structure; mechanical parts.

=mécène=, n.m., Mæcenas (a protector of science, art, and literature).

=méchamment= (mé-sha-mān), adv., wickedly, spitefully, maliciously, ill-naturedly.

=méchanceté= (mé-shans-té), n.f., wickedness, spitefulness, mischievousness; crossness, naughtiness, ill-nature; ill-natured thing, ill-natured remark, reflection, slander.

=méchant=, =-e=, adj., bad, wretched, worthless; wicked, dishonest; sorry, paltry; wicked, ill-natured, mischievous, malicious; wayward, naughty, unkind; (of a horse) vicious. — homme; wicked man. Il a la mine —e; he has an ill-natured look. Un — poète; a sorry, wretched poet.

=méchant=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., wicked person; evil doer, reprobate; naughty child. Faire le —; to be fractious (of a child).

=mèche=, n.f., wick (of a lamp or candle); tinder; match; screw, bit, auger; worm (of cork-screws, wimbles); (surg.) tent; center-bit; whip-lash, lock (of hair). — anglaise; center-bit. Découvrir, éventer, la —; (milit.) to discover the enemy’s match by means of a countermine; to find out the secret of a plot. — de cheveux; lock of hair. Il n’y a pas —; it’s no go; it can’t be done. S’il y a —; if it can be managed.

☉=méchef=, n.m., mischief, mischance; harm.

=mécher=, v.a., to fumigate with brimstone, to sulphur.

=mécompte= (mé-kont), n.m., miscalculation; mistake, error; disappointment, drawback. Il a trouvé bien du —; he has experienced great disappointment.

=mécompter=, v.n., to strike wrong (of clocks).

se =mécompter= (mé-kon-tè), v.r., to miscalculate; to be disappointed; to be out in one’s reckoning. Il s’est mécompté dans son raisonnement; he is out in his reasoning.

=méconium= (-om) n.m., (med.) meconium.

=méconnaissable=, adj., not to be recognized; unrecognizable.

=méconnaissance=, n.f., unthankfulness, ungratefulness, ingratitude.

=méconnaissant=, =-e=, adj., thankless, ungrateful, unmindful.

=méconnaître=, v.a., not to know again, not to recognize; to disown, to disregard, not to know; to ignore, to slight, not to appreciate. Il méconnaît ses parents; he disowns his relations.

se =méconnaître=, v.r., to forget one’s self.

=méconnu=, =-e=, part., unacknowledged; unrecognized; ignored, disowned, disregarded.

=mécontent=, =-e=, adj., dissatisfied, displeased, discontented. Il est — de vous; he is displeased with you. Vous êtes — de tout; you are discontented with everything.

=mécontent=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., dissatisfied person; malcontent. C’est un —; he is a discontented man.

=mécontentement= (-tan-tmān), n.m., discontent, discontentedness, dissatisfaction, displeasure. Donner du — à; to displease.

=mécontenter=, v.a., to discontent, to dissatisfy, to displease.

=mécréance=, n.f., infidelity, unbelief, irreligion.

=mécréant=, n.m., unbeliever, infidel.

=mécroire=, v.n., to disbelieve.

=médaille=, n.f., medal; (arch.) medallion; (of porters) badge, ticket; license. — d’honneur; prize-medal. Chaque — a son revers; everything has its bright and its dark side. Le revers de la —; the dark side of the picture. Tourner la —; to turn the tables. La — est renversée; the tables are turned.

*=médaillé=, =-e=, n.m.f. and adj., with a medal as a reward; (of porters) licensed. n., medalist, prize-winner.

=médailleur=, n.m., die-sinker.

*=médaillier=, n.m., cabinet of medals.

*=médailliste=, n.m.f., medalist.

*=médaillon=, n.m., medallion; locket.

=médecin= (mé-dsin), n.m., physician, doctor. Faire venir le —; to send for the doctor. Il est abandonné des —s; the doctors have given him up. Docteur médecin; doctor of medicine. Un — d’eau douce; a water-gruel doctor. — chirurgien; general practitioner. — empirique; quack doctor. Le temps est un grand —; time cures all ills or time is the great healer.

=médecine= (mé-dsi-n), n.f., medicine, physic. Etudiant en —; medical student. — légale; forensic medicine. — noire; black draught.

=médeciner= (mé-dsi-né), v.a., to physic, to doctor.

se =médeciner=, v.r., to physic, to doctor one’s self.

=médial=, =-e=, adj., (gram.) medial.

=médian=, =-e=, adj., (anat.) mesial, middle.

=médianoche=, n.m., meat-supper (after midnight).

=médiante=, n.f., (mus.) mediant.

=médiastin=, n.m., (anat.) mediastine.

=médiat=, =-e=, adj., mediate.

=médiatement= (mé-dia-tmān), adv., mediately.

=médiat-eur=, n.m., =-rice=, n.f., mediator, mediatrix. adj., mediatory.

=médiation=, n.f., mediation.

=médiatisation=, n.f., mediatization.

=médiatiser=, v.a., to mediatize.

=médical=, =-e=, adj., medical. Matière —e; materia medica.

=médicament=, n.m., medicament.

=médicamentaire=, adj., concerning medicines.

=médicamentation=, n.f., doctoring, physicking.

=médicamenter=, v.a., to physic, to doctor.

se =médicamenter=, v.r., to physic, to doctor one’s self.

=médicamenteu-x=, =-se=, adj., medicamental.

=médication=, n.f., medication.

=médicinal=, =-e=, adj., medicinal.

=médimne=, n.m., (antiq.) medimnus.

=médiocre=, adj., mediocre, middling, ordinary, moderate, passable, indifferent.

=médiocre=, n.m., mediocrity.

=médiocrement=, adv., middlingly, indifferently, tolerably; poorly, hardly, barely.

=médiocrité=, n.f., mediocrity; moderate competence, moderate fortune, very ordinary performance.

=médique=, adj., Median.

=médionner=, v.a., to average; to take the average.

=médire=, v.n., to slander, to speak ill of, to backbite, to traduce. — de son prochain; to speak ill of one’s neighbor.

=médisance=, n.f., slander, scandal, backbiting; piece of slander.

=médisant=, =-e=, adj. and n., slanderous, scandalous; slanderer. Il ne faut pas croire les —s; slanderers are not to be believed.

=méditati-f=, =-ve=, adj. and n., meditative; meditative person.

=méditation=, n.f., meditation, thought.

=méditer=, v.a., to meditate, to think over, to consider, to reflect; to contemplate, to plan. — la ruine de quelqu’un; to plot any one’s ruin.

=méditer=, v.n., to contemplate. Passer sa vie à —; to spend one’s life in meditation.

=méditerrané=, =-e=, adj., mediterranean, midland, inland. La mer —e; the Mediterranean Sea.

=méditerranéen=, =-ne=, adj., mediterranean.

=médium= (-om), n.m., (—s) medium; middle.

=médius=, n.m., middle-finger.

=médullaire= (mé-dul-ler), adj., medullary, medullar; (bot.) pithy.

=méduse=, n.f., (zoöl.) medusa, sea-nettle, jellyfish.

=meeting=, n.m., (—s) meeting.

=méfaire=, v.n., to do evil, to do harm, wrong.

=méfait=, n.m., misdeed; crime.

=méfiance=, n.f., mistrust, distrust, suspicion, caution. La — est mère de la sûreté; safe bind, safe find.

=méfiant=, =-e=, adj., mistrustful, distrustful, suspicious; cautious.

se =méfier= (=de=), v.r., to mistrust, to distrust, to suspect; to beware, to mind; to be on one’s guard (against).

=mégalosaure= or =mégalosaurus=, n.m., (foss.) megalosaurus.

=mégapode=, n.m., jungle-fowl.

=mégarde=, n.f., inadvertence. Par —; inadvertently.

=mégathérium=, n.m., (—s) (foss.) megatherium.

=mégère=, n.f., (myth.) Megæra; shrew, vixen, termagant.

=mégie=, n.f., tawing, leather-dressing.

=mégisser=, v.a., to taw.

=mégisserie= (mé-gi-srî), n.f., tawing, leather-dressing.

=mégissier=, n.m., tawer, leather-dresser.

*=meilleur=, =-e=, adj., better, preferable, more comfortable, best. Le —; the best.

*=meilleur=, n.m., best; best wine. Le — du conte or de l’histoire; the best of the story. Le — n’en vaut rien; the bad is the best.

=meistre= or =mestre=, n.m., (nav.) mast, main mast. Mât de —; main mast (of ships with lateen sails).

=méjuger=, v.a., to misjudge.

se =méjuger=, v.r., to overreach one’s self.

=mélampyre=, n.m., (bot.) cow-wheat.

=mélancolie=, n.f., melancholy, sadness, melancholia. Chasser la —; to drive away the spleen. Il n’engendre point la —; he is a merry fellow.

=mélancolique=, adj., melancholy, dismal, gloomy; sad, dull; stern. Séjour —; dismal abode.

=mélancoliquement= (-lik-mān), adv., sadly, gloomily, sorrowfully, mournfully.

=mélange=, n.m., mixture, mingling, crossing; medley; mash (for brewing). pl., miscellaneous works, miscellanea. Un bonheur sans —; unalloyed happiness. Sans —; unmixed, unblended; (fig.) pure, unalloyed.

=mélanger=, v.a., to mix, to mingle, to blend; to cross; to mash, to intermix, to dash.

se =mélanger=, v.r., to mix, to mingle, to blend, to temper; to be mashed.

=mélasse=, n.f., molasses, treacle.

=mêlé=, =-e=, part., mixed; miscellaneous; medley (of verses); irregular; (of rhymes) mixed.

=mêlée=, n.f., conflict; fray, fight, scramble, squabble; thick of the fight; altercation, dispute, clash.

=mêler=, v.a., to mingle, to mix, to mix up; to blend; to intersperse, to temper; to put in; to jumble; to bring in, to implicate, to involve; to shuffle (cards); to entangle. — du fil; to entangle thread. — les cartes; to shuffle the cards. — une serrure; to force a lock. Il est mêlé dans une mauvaise affaire; he is mixed up in a bad business.

se =mêler=, v.r., to mingle, to be mingled, to be mixed; to tamper; to blend; to trouble one’s self about; to intermeddle; to interfere (with, in); to take upon one’s self, to presume; to take part in; to dabble in; to set one’s self to do; to engage in. Se — dans la foule; to mingle with the crowd. Se — de; to meddle with, to intermeddle. Mêlez-vous de vos affaires; mind your own business. De quoi vous mêlez-vous? what business is that of yours? Se — ensemble; to commingle.

=mélèze=, n.m., (bot.) larch, larch-tree.

=mélianthe=, n.m., (bot.) honey-flower.

=mélilot=, n.m., (bot.) melilot, sweet-trefoil.

=méli-mélo=, n.m., (—) (fam.) medley, jumble.

=mélinet=, n.m., (bot.) honeywort.

=mélique=, n.f., adj., (bot.) melic grass. Poésie —; melic poetry.

=mélisse=, n.f., (bot.) balm-mint, garden-balm. Eau de — or eau des Carmes; melissa water.

=mellifère=, adj., melliferous.

=mellifères=, n.m.pl., melliferous insects.

=mellification=, n.f., mellification.

=melliflu=, =-e=, adj., mellifluous, honeyed, sweet.

=meillifluité=, n.f., mellifluence.

=mellithe=, n.f., honey-stone, mellite.

=mélodie=, n.f., melody, melodiousness, sweetness, harmony.

=mélodieusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., melodiously, musically, sweetly.

=mélodieu-x=, =-se=, adj., melodious, musical, tuneful.

=mélodique=, adj., (mus.) melodious.

=mélodramatique=, adj., melodramatic.

=mélodramaturge=, n.m., melodramatist.

=mélodrame=, n.m., melodrama.

=mélomane=, n.m., melomaniac, person music-mad.

=mélomanie=, n.f., melomania.

=melon=, n.m., melon; (fig.) jockey-cap, hunting-cap; (of persons) simpleton, muff, flat. — musqué; musk-melon. — d’eau; watermelon.

=meloné=, =-e=, adj., melon-shaped.

=melongène= or =mélongène=, n.f., mad-apple, egg-plant.

=melonnière=, n.f., melon-pit; melon-bed.

=mélopée=, n.f., (mus.) melopœia.

=méloplaste=, n.m., (mus.) sounding-board; meloplast.

=mémarchure=, n.f., sprain (in a horse’s leg).

=membrane=, n.f., (anat.) membrane, film; (orni.) web.

=membraneu-x=, =-se=, adj., membranous, filmy.

=membre=, n.m., member; limb; (nav.) ribtimber.

=membré=, =-e=, adj., limbed. Bien —; having well-made and well-proportioned limbs.

=membru=, =-e=, adj., large-limbed, stout-limbed.

=membrure=, n.f., limbs, frame; cord (to measure fire-wood); ribs, timbers (of a ship); (carp.) split-board.

=même=, adj., same; self; very own. Une seule et — origine; one and the same origin. C’est la — chose; it is all one. Moi-même; myself. Eux-—s; themselves. C’est la bonté —; she is goodness itself. La — chose; the same thing. La chose —; the very thing.

=même=, adv., even, also, likewise. Il lui a tout donné, — ses habits; he has given him everything, even to his clothes. Les plus sages — le font; even the wisest do it. Quand — il me l’aurait dit; even though he had said it me. À — de; in a position to, able to. Mettre à —; to enable. Boire à — la bouteille; to drink out of the bottle itself. Vous êtes à — de rendre service à cet homme; you are in a position to do that man a service. Il vous a mis à — de le faire; he has enabled you to do it. De —; the same; so; like. Faites de —; do the same. Tout de —; all the same, in the same manner. De — que; in the same manner as, so as, as.

=même=, n.m., same, same thing. Cela revient au —; it comes to the same thing or it is all the same. Faire au —; (at billiards) to pocket straight. Faire or refaire au —; to take in, to cheat; to give like for like; to pay back in his own coin; to give (any one) as good as he brings.

=mêmement=, adv., also, even, likewise.

=mémento= (-min-), n.m., (—s) memento, reminder, hint.

=mémoire=, n.f., memory, recollection, remembrance; commemoration; fame. Avoir une — de lièvre; to have a very short memory. — fidèle; retentive memory. Je n’en ai pas la moindre —; I have not the slightest recollection of it. De — d’homme on n’a vu telle chose; such a thing has not been seen within the memory of man. Des choses dignes de —; things worthy of commemoration. Remettre dans la —, conserver la — de; to remind, to remember. Rappeler quelque chose à la — de quelqu’un; to bring anything to any one’s recollection, to remind any one of anything. En — de; in memory of. Réhabiliter la — d’un défunt; to restore the fair fame of any one. À la — de; in memory of. Si j’ai bonne —; if I remember rightly.

=mémoire=, n.m., memorial; memorandum; bill, account. Dresser un —; to draw up a memorial. — acquitté; bill receipted. — d’apothicaire; exorbitant bill.

=mémorable=, adj., memorable.

=mémorandum= (-dom), n.m., memorandum; memorandum-book; memorial.

=mémorati-f=, =-ve=, adj., (fam.) mindful; recollecting. Être — de quelque chose; to remember anything.

=mémorial=, n.m., memorial; (com.) waste-book.

=mémorialiste=, n.m., memorialist.

=menaçant=, =-e=, adj., menacing, threatening. D’une manière —e; threateningly.

=menace=, n.f., menace, threat. — en l’air; empty threat. Paroles de —; threatening words.

=menacer=, v.a., to threat, to threaten, to menace; to forebode, to portend; to impend. — de la main; to threaten to strike (any one). L’air nous menace d’un orage; the air presages a storm or there is thunder in the air. — ruine, — de tomber; to totter, to be on the point of ruin, to decay, to threaten to fall.

=ménade=, n.f. V. =bacchante=.

=ménage=, n.m., housekeeping, household; housewifery, house; household goods; family; husbandry, economy, saving. Toile de —; home-spun linen. Liqueurs de —; home-made wines. Tenir —, être en —; to keep house, to be a house-keeper. Entrer en —; to begin housekeeping. Rompre son —; to leave off housekeeping. Dépense de —; household expenses. — de garçon; bachelor’s household. Faire bon —; to live well together. Pain de —; household bread. Toile de —; homespun cloth. Femme de —; charwoman. Elle entend bien le —; she is a good house-wife. Vivre de —; to live sparingly. Faire le —; to do the housework. Mettre en —; to settle any one.

=ménagement= (-na-jmān), n.m., regard, respect, consideration; circumspection, caution, discretion; management, conduct.

=ménager=, v.a., to husband, to manage, to spare, to be sparing, to save, to be saving; to take care of, to be careful of, to conduct carefully; to treat with caution, to treat gently, to treat kindly, to treat with respect, to humor, to bring about; to reserve; to procure; to contrive; to dispose, to arrange, to prepare; to help to. — son bien; to husband one’s fortune. — quelqu’un; to treat any one with respect, consideration. Je n’ai rien à —; I have no measures to keep. Pour — notre faiblesse; out of compassion for our weakness. — les termes; to weigh what one says. — l’occasion; to improve the opportunity. — ses forces; to spare one’s strength. — ses amis; to forbear being troublesome to one’s friends. — son crédit; to make the most of one’s credit. Je lui ai ménagé une place; I helped him to get a situation. — ses ressources; to husband one’s resources. — une agréable surprise à; to prepare, to procure, an agreeable surprise for. — une étoffe; to make the most of a stuff. — un escalier dans un bâtiment; to contrive a staircase in a house. — la chèvre et le chou; to hold with the hare and run with the hounds. Qui vaut aller loin ménage sa monture; he who wishes to live long avoids excess.

se =ménager=, v.r., to take care of one’s self; to spare one’s self; to behave with care, with caution, to conduct one’s self cautiously. Se — avec quelqu’un; to keep in, to keep on good terms, with any one. Se — entre deux partis contraires; to steer a successful course between two adverse parties, and remain friendly with both.

=ménager=, v.n., to save, to save up. Il ménage pour ses enfants; he is saving up for his children.

=ménag-er=, =-ère=, adj., thrifty, saving, sparing, provident, frugal.

=ménager=, n.m., economist; thrifty, saving, frugal, sparing man. Être bon — du temps; to husband one’s time well.

=ménagère=, n.f., economical housewife; thrifty, saving, frugal, sparing woman; housewife; housekeeper; (of things) cruet-frame, cruet-stand.

=ménagerie= (-na-jrî), n.f., menagerie.

=mendiant=, =-e=, n. and adj., beggar, mendicant; beggar-woman; (c.rel.) mendicant-friar, mendicant. Les quatre —s; the four orders of mendicant friars; raisins, figs, almonds, and nuts (at dessert).

=mendicité=, n.f., beggary, mendicity; beggars; vagrancy. La — est interdite; begging is forbidden, or no begging allowed.

=mendier=, v.a. and n., to beg; to beg for; (b.s.) to solicit meanly, to implore. Il mendie son pain; he begs his bread. — sa vie; to live by begging.

=mené=, =-e=, part. adj., led. — par sa femme; henpecked.

=meneau=, n.m., (arch.) mullion.

=menée=, n.f., underhand dealing, secret practice, plot, conspiracy; track. Suivre la —; (hunt.) to follow the track.

=mener=, v.a., to carry, to conduct, to lead, to drive (a carriage), to bring; to direct, to head, to command, to guide, to sway, to influence; to introduce, to take, to take along with; to amuse; to lead about, to manage, to steer; to handle; to humbug, to bamboozle. — les bêtes aux champs; to drive the cattle to the fields. — paître les vaches; to take, to drive, cows to pasture. — quelqu’un en prison; to convey any one to jail. — un enfant par la lisière; to have a child in leading-strings. — quelqu’un à la baguette; to rule any one with a tight hand. — tambour battant; to carry it with a high hand over. — un grand train; to make a great show. — le branle; to take the lead. Menez-moi chez le ministre; introduce me to the minister. — de front; to have several things on hand. — bien sa barque; to manage one’s affairs well.

=mener=, v.n., to drive; to lead, to conduct, to go. Ce chemin mène à la ville; this road leads to the town. Cela ne mène à rien; that leads to nothing, that is of no use.

=ménestrel=, n.m., minstrel.

=ménétrier=, n.m., village fiddler.

=meneur=, n.m., driver; agent for wet-nurses; leading man, ringleader.

=meneuse=, n.f., female agent for wet-nurses, baby-farmer.

=menhir=, n.m., (—s) (archæology) druidical-stone; menhir (standing-stone).

=méniane=, n.f., (arch.) verandah, balcony (in Italy).

=ménianthe=, n.m., (bot.) bog-bean, marsh-trefoil.

=menin=, n.m., young nobleman attached to the person of the Dauphin, minion, favorite (French hist.).

=méninge=, n.f., (anat.) meninges.

=méningite=, n.f., (med.) meningitis.

=ménippée=, adj. and n.f., of satires in the style of those of the philosopher Menippus. Satire —, la —; a satire which appeared in 1593 against the party of the Ligue (French hist.).

=ménisperme=, n.m., (bot.) menispermum, moon-seed.

=ménisque=, n.m., (opt.) meniscus.

=ménologe=, n.m., menology.

=menotte=, n.f., (fam.) little hand (of a child). pl., handcuffs, manacles. Mettre les —s à; to handcuff.

=mense=, n.f., (of abbeys) income, revenue, stock; ☉table, board (food).

=mensole=, n.f., (archit.) keystone.

=mensonge=, n.m., lie, falsehood, untruth, story; error, illusion, vanity. Débiter des —s; to tell lies. Tout petit —, — de rien, — de marchand; white lie.

=mensong-er=, =-ère=, adj., lying, untrue, deceitful, false, counterfeit, illusory.

=mensongèrement=, adv., falsely, deceitfully, untruely; illusively.

=menstrue=, n.m., (chem.) menstruum.

=menstruel=, =-le=, adj., (med.) menstrual. Flux —; menses, catamenia.

=menstrues=, n.f., (physiology) menses, catamenia.

=mensuel=, =-le=, adj., monthly.

=mensuellement=, adv., monthly.

=mensurabilité=, n.f., mensurability.

=mensurable=, adj., mensurable.

=mental=, =-e=, adj., mental.

=mentalement= (-tal-mān), adv., mentally.

=menterie= (man-trî), n.f., story, fib, falsehood, untruth.

=menteu-r=, =-se=, adj., lying, false, deceitful.

=menteu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., liar, story-teller, fibber. Un — de profession; a confirmed liar.

=menthe=, n.f., (bot.) mint. — aquatique; water-mint. — verte; spearmint. — poivrée; peppermint.

=mention=, n.f., mention, mentioning, naming.

=mentionner=, v.a., to mention, to make mention of, to name.

=mentir= (mentant, menti), v.n., to lie, to tell a lie, a story, a falsehood, an untruth; to fib, to speak false. Gardez-vous bien de —; beware of lying. Il en a menti; he is a liar. Il n’enrage pas pour —; he does not stick at a lie. Se — à soi-même; to belie one’s self. À beau — qui vient de loin; (prov.) travelers tell fine tales or lie with impunity. Sans —, à ne point —; to tell the truth, in fact, indeed, candidly, really.

=menton=, n.m., chin. — en galoche; turned-up chin. — à double étage; double chin. — qui avance; prominent chin. Avoir deux —s; to be double-chinned.

=mentonnet=, n.m., (mec.) ear, tipper; catch.

=mentonni-er=, =-ère=, adj., (anat.) of the chin.

=mentonnière=, n.f., chin-piece, chin-band, chin-strap; bandage for the chin.

=mentor= (min-), n.m., mentor, guide, tutor.

=menu=, =-e=, adj., small, slender, spare, thin, inconsiderable, petty, minor. Le — peuple; the common people, the lower classes. — plomb; small shot. — gibier; small game. — bétail; small cattle. —s plaisirs; pocket-money.

=menu=, n.m., minute detail, particulars. Le — d’un repas; the bill of fare. Un paquet de —; a bundle of small linen. Par le —; minutely, in detail.

=menu=, adv., small, fine; minutely; with quick and short steps. Il pleuvait dru et —; the rain fell fine and fast. Marcher, trotter, dru et —; to walk with short and quick steps.

*=menuaille=, n.f., small money; fry, small fish; trash.

=menuet=, n.m., minuet.

=menuiser=, v.a. and n., to do carpenter’s work.

=menuiserie= (-nui-zrî), n.f., joinery, joiner’s work; carpentry.

=menuisier=, n.m., joiner, carpenter and joiner. — en bâtiments; house-carpenter.

=menuisière=, n.f., carpenter’s wife.

=menuisière=, adj.f., (ent.) carpenter. Abeille —; carpenter-bee.

=ménure=, n.f., lyre-bird; lyre-pheasant.

=méphitique=, adj., mephitic.

=méphitisme=, n.m., mephitis, mephitism.

=méplat=, n.m., (paint.) flat, flat part, flattish curve.

=méplat=, =-e=, adj., (carp., paint.) flat, flatwise.

se =méprendre=, v.r., to mistake; to make a mistake; to be mistaken; to be under a mistake; to misapprehend; (fig.) to forget one’s self, to be wanting in respect. Vous vous méprenez; you mistake; you forget yourself. C’est à ne pas s’y —; you cannot make a mistake. C’est son père, à s’y —; you would easily take him for his father; he is the dead-spit of his father.

=mépris=, n.m., contempt, scorn, contumely. pl., contumelious language, contemptuous treatment. Avoir du — pour quelqu’un; to feel contempt for any one. Au — des lois; in defiance of the laws. Témoigner du — pour; to evince contempt for. Tomber dans le —; to fall into contempt. La familiarité engendre le —; familiarity breeds contempt.

=méprisable=, adj., contemptible, despicable.

=méprisablement=, adv., despicably.

=méprisant=, =-e=, adj., contemptuous, scornful.

=méprise=, n.f., mistake, oversight, misunderstanding; misapprehension; error. Lourde —; gross mistake. Faire une grande —; to make a great mistake.

=mépriser=, v.a., to contemn, to despise, to scorn; to slight; to set at naught; to undervalue; to disregard.

=mer= (mèr), n.f., sea, deep, ocean, main; tide, water; jar (frequently replenished). La haute —; main sea; high sea; high water. — basse; shallow sea, low water. Port de —; sea-port. Un coup de —; (nav.) a sea. Homme de —; seafaring man. Loup de —; expert seaman, Jack Tar; old salt. D’outre-—; beyond the seas. En pleine —; on the open sea, on the high seas. Chercher quelqu’un par — et par terre; to look for any one high and low. C’est la — à boire; it is an endless task, an impossibility. Porter de l’eau à la —; to carry coals to Newcastle. La — est belle; the sea is smooth. Tenir la —; to keep at sea. Tenir bien la —; to be a good sea-boat. Jeter, tomber, à la —; to throw, to fall, overboard. Embarquer un coup de —; to ship a sea. Gros coup de —; heavy sea. Mettre à la —; to put to sea. Pouvoir tenir la —; (nav.) to be seaworthy (of a ship). En —; at sea. Prendre la —; to go to sea. Mal de —; seasickness. Il y avait beaucoup or pas mal de —; there was a good sea on. Ecumeur de —; sea-rover. Entouré par la —; sea-girt. Apporté par —; sea-borne.

=mercadet=, n.m., jobber.

=mercantile=, adj., mercantile, commercial; (fig.) grasping, sordid.

*=mercantille=, n.f., (l.u.) petty trading; hucksterage.

=mercenaire=, adj., mercenary, venal.

=mercenaire=, n.m., mercenary, hireling.

=mercenairement= (-nèr-mān), adv., mercenarily.

=mercerie=, n.f., mercery, haberdashery.

=merci=, n.f. (n.p.), mercy, discretion, will, pleasure. Crier —; to cry for mercy. Don d’amoureuse —; lady’s favors. Se mettre, or être, à la — de quelqu’un; to be, to place one’s self, at any one’s mercy, discretion.

=merci=, n.m., thanks; thank you. Dieu —; thank God! Grand —! much obliged! Sa —; (old) thanks to him.

=merci=, adv., thank you, I have had quite enough, I’d rather not.

=merci-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., mercer, haberdasher. Petit —; haberdasher.

=mercredi=, n.m., Wednesday. — des Cendres; Ash-Wednesday.

=mercure=, n.m., (astron.) Mercury; quick-silver.

=mercuriale=, n.f., harangue, lecture, reprimand, curtain lecture, censure, rebuke; rating; averages, average prices of grain; (bot.) mercurialis.

=mercuriel=, =-le=, adj., mercurial. Onguent —; mercurial ointment.

=merde=, n.f., dirt, dung; excrements (of man and animals). —! you be blowed!

=mère=, n.f., mother; (of animals) dam; (fig.) cause, source, reason. Belle-—, (—s-—s) mother-in-law; step-mother. Grand’—, (— —s), (pop.) —-grand, (—s-—) grandmother. Dure-—, (n.p.) dura mater. Pie-—, (n.p.) pia mater. Eau —; mother water. L’oisiveté est la — de tous les vices; idleness is the mother of all vices. — nourrice; foster-mother. La — patrie; the mother-country. Notre — commune; our mother-earth.

=mère=, adj., mother; chief, primitive. — goutte; unpressed wine. — laine; fine wool.

=méreau=, n.m., counter, ticket, check.

=mérelle=, n.f. V. =marelle=.

=méridien= (-in), n.m., meridian.

=méridien=, =-ne=, adj., meridian.

=méridienne= (-di-è-n), n.f., siesta, afternoon nap; meridian line. Faire la —; to take an afternoon nap.

=méridional=, =-e=, adj., meridional, southern.

=méringue= (-ringh), n.f., meringue (cake).

=mérinos= (-nôs), n.m., merino sheep; merino (stuff).

=merise=, n.f., wild cherry.

=merisier=, n.m., wild cherry-tree.

=méritant=, =-e=, adj., meritorious, worthy, deserving.

=mérite=, n.m., merit, worth; desert, talent, attainments. Il sera traité selon ses —s; he shall be dealt with according to his deserts. Se donner le — de quelque chose; to assume the merit of anything. Se faire un — de; to make a merit of. Remplir son —; to act up to one’s reputation.

=mériter=, v.a. and n., to deserve, to merit; to earn; to procure, to gain; to need, to require. Il mérite d’être récompensé; he deserves to be rewarded. Cette nouvelle mérite confirmation; that news requires confirmation. Cela ne mérite pas qu’on en parle; that is not worth mentioning.

=mérithalle=, n.m., (bot.) internode.

=méritoire=, adj., meritorious.

=méritoirement= (-toâr-mān), adv., meritoriously.

=merlan=, n.m., (ich.) whiting; (b.s.) journeyman hair-dresser.

=merle=, n.m., (orni.) blackbird. — aquatique; water-ouzel. C’est un fin —; he is a cunning blade or fellow. Dénicheur de —s; person not to be trusted. On ne prend pas les vieux —s à la pipée; old birds are not to be caught with chaff.

=merlette=, n.f., (her.) martlet, hen blackbird.

=merlin=, n.m., (nav.) marline; cudgel; cleaver, chopper, pole-ax (tool).

=merlon=, n.m., (fort.) merlon.

=merluche=, n.f., (ich.) dried haddock; stockfish; salt-cod.

=merlus=, n.m., hake; haddock.

=merrain=, n.m., broad lath, planks, stave-wood, (hunt.) horn (of deer); (cooperage) clap-board.

*=merveille=, n.f., wonder, marvel, miracle, prodigy. À —; admirably done, wonderfully well, capitally. Faire des —s; to perform wonders. Promettre monts et —s; to promise wonders. Mes affaires vont à —; my affairs are going on admirably, swimmingly. Se porter à —; to be in splendid health, to be very fit.

*=merveilleuse=, n.f., affected lady.

*=merveilleusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., wonderfully, admirably; wonderfully well.

*=merveilleu-x=, =-se=, adj., wonderful, wondrous, marvelous; remarkable.

*=merveilleux=, n.m., wonderful, marvelous part; marvelous, exquisite; coxcomb, swell, dandy, beau.

=mes= (mè), adj.m.f.pl., my.

=mésadvenir= or =mésavenir=, v.imp., (l.u.) to come to any harm, to turn out ill.

=mésair= or =mézair=, n.m., (man.) prancing.

=mesaise=, n.m., uncomfortableness, uneasiness.

=mésalliance=, n.f., misalliance, disparagement, bad match.

=mésallier=, v.a., to disparage; to marry (beneath one); (fig.) to lower, to degrade.

se =mésallier=, v.a., to disparage one’s self; to lower or degrade one’s self; to contract a misalliance; to marry beneath one.

=mésange=, n.f., titmouse, tomtit, tit.

=mésangette=, n.f., bird trap.

=mésarriver= or =mésavenir=, v.imp., to come to any harm, to happen unluckily, to turn out ill.

=mésaventure=, n.f., mischance, mishap, misadventure.

=mésembryanthème=, n.m., (bot.) fig-marigold.

=mésentère=, n.m., (anat.) mesentery.

=mésentérique=, adj., (anat.) mesenteric.

=mésestime=, n.f., bad opinion, disesteem; disfavor, discredit, disrepute.

=mésestimer=, v.a., to disesteem, to undervalue, to depreciate, to despise.

=mésintelligence=, n.f., misunderstanding, variance, disagreement.

=mésinterprétation=, n.f., misinterpretation, misconstruction.

=mésinterpréter=, v.a., to misinterpret, to misconstrue.

=mesmérisme=, n.m., mesmerism.

=mésoffrir=, v.n., to underbid.

=mesquin=, =-e=, adj., mean, shabby; paltry, poor, pitiful; niggardly, illiberal.

=mesquinement= (-ki-n-mān), adv., shabbily, meanly.

=mesquinerie= (-ki-n-rî), n.f., meanness, shabbiness; mean or paltry thing; stinginess, paltriness.

=mess=, n.f., (—) (milit.) mess, officers’ table.

=message=, n.m., message; errand.

=messag-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., messenger, fore-runner, harbinger; carrier. Les hirondelles sont les —ères du printemps; swallows are the fore-runners or harbingers of spring.

=messagerie= (mé-sa-jri), n.f., stage-coach office; stage-coach, coach, stage; carriage of goods; goods traffic, goods department. —s liners; steam packets.

=messaline=, n.f., dissolute woman, strumpet.

=messe=, n.f., (c.rel.) mass. — haute, grand’— (—-—s); high mass, grand mass. Petite —, — basse; low mass. — des morts, — de requiem; mass for the dead. — de minuit; midnight service. — du Saint Esprit; invocation. Livre des —; prayer-book, church-service. Près du moutier a — le dernier; the nearer the church, the farther from God.

=messéance=, n.f., unseemliness, unbecomingness.

=messéant=, =-e=, adj., unseemly, unbecoming.

=messeigneurs=, n.m.pl., my lords.

=messeoir= (mé-soâr), v.n., to be unbecoming; not to befit, to ill-become.

=messidor=, n.m., Messidor, the tenth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from June 19th to July 18th.

=messie=, n.m., Messiah.

=messier=, n.m., keeper of standing crops, of vineyards.

=messieurs= (mè-sieû), n.m.pl., gentlemen, Messrs.

=messin=, =-e=, adj., native of Metz.

=messire jean=, n.m., (—s-—s) a variety of pear.

=mestre=, n.m. (nav.). V. =meistre=.

☉=mestre de camp=, n.m., colonel (of a horse or infantry regiment). — général; brigadier-general.

☉=mestre de camp=, n.f., the first company of a regiment.

=mesurable=, adj., measurable.

=mesurage=, n.m., measurement, measuring; gauging, surveying, metage.

=mesure=, n.f., measure, gauge, standard; dimension; (mus.) measure, bar; (fenc.) proper distance; (poet.) meter, measure; bound; extent, limit, compass; moderation, prudence; precaution; decorum; calculation, reckoning; propriety. Il a comblé la —; he has heaped up the measure. Au fur et à — que; in proportion as; according to. Observer la —; to keep time. Battre la —; to beat time. Chanter, or aller, en —; to keep time in singing. Ne point garder de — avec une personne; to have no regard, no consideration, for a person. Cette idée passe la — de son esprit; that idea is beyond the compass of his intellect. Outre —; excessively, beyond measure. À — que; in proportion as. À —; in proportion, accordingly. À la —; by measure, on draught. A — que l’un avançait, l’autre reculait; as one advanced, the other retired. Vous n’avez qu’à travailler, et on vous paiera à —; you need only work, and you’ll be paid accordingly. Sans —; beyond all measure, immeasurably, unguardedly. Se mettre en — de; to prepare to do anything, to get ready, to arrange. Prendre ses —s; to take one’s precautions.

=mesuré=, =-e=, part., measured, regular; cautious; circumspect, guarded, prudent. Il est très — dans ses discours; he is very guarded in what he says.

=mesurer=, v.a., to measure, to gauge; to proportion, to survey, to compare, to consider, to weigh, to examine. — les autres à son aune; to measure other people’s corn by one’s own bushel. À brebis tondue Dieu mesure le vent; God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. — ses discours; to be cautious in what one says.

se =mesurer=, v.r., to measure one’s self; to be measured; to vie, to contend, to cope with; to try one’s strength; to measure swords.

=mesureur=, n.m., measurer, meter, gauger.

=mésusage=, n.m., misuse, abuse.

=mésuser=, v.n., to misuse, to abuse.

=métabole=, n.f., (rhet.) metabola.

=métacarpe=, n.m., (anat.) metacarpus.

=métacarpien=, =-ne=, adj., metacarpal.

=métacentre=, n.m., (geom. nav.) metacenter.

=métachronisme= (-kro-), n.m., metachronism.

=métacisme=, n.m., metacism.

=métairie=, n.f., land (held on condition that the landlord shall receive half the produce); small farm, dairy-farm; farmhouse.

=métal=, n.m., metal, ore. — vierge; native ore. — blanc anglais; Britannia metal. — blanc d’Alger; nickel silver, German silver. — appliqué sur un autre; charge. — précieux; precious metal.

=métalepse=, n.f., (rhet.) metalepsis.

=métallifère= (-tal-li-), adj., metalliferous.

=métallique= (-tal-lik), adj., metallic.

☉=métallique=, n.f. V. =métallurgie=.

=métallisation= (-tal-li-), n.f., (chem.) metallization.

=métalliser= (-tal-li-), v.a., (chem.) to metallize.

=métallographie= (-tal-lo-), n.f., metallography.

=métalloïde=, n.m., (chem.) metalloid.

=métallurgie= (-tal-lur-), n.f., metallurgy.

=métallurgique= (-tal-lur-), adj., metallurgic.

=métallurgiste= (-tal-lur-), n.m., metallurgist.

=métamorphique=, adj., metamorphic.

=métamorphisme=, n.m., metamorphism.

=métamorphose=, n.f., metamorphosis, transformation.

=métamorphoser=, v.a., to metamorphose, to transform.

se =métamorphoser=, v.r., to metamorphose one’s self; to be, or become, metamorphosed; to change, to alter; to become changed.

=métaphore=, n.f., (rhet.) metaphor.

=métaphorique=, adj., metaphorical.

=métaphoriquement= (-rik-mān), adv., metaphorically.

=métaphrase=, n.f., metaphrase.

=métaphraste=, n.m., metaphrast.

=métaphysicien= (-in), n.m., metaphysician.

=métaphysique=, n.f., metaphysics.

=métaphysique=, adj., metaphysical.

=métaphysiquement= (-zik-mān), adv., metaphysically.

=métaphysiquer=, v.n., (fam.) to subtilize.

=métaplasme=, n.m., (gram.) metaplasm.

=métastase=, n.f., (med.) metastasis.

=métatarse=, n.m., (anat.) metatarsus.

=métathèse=, n.f., (gram.) metathesis.

=métayage=, n.m., leasing of farms (on condition of giving to the owner half the produce).

=métay-er=, n.m., =-ère=, n.f., metayer, farmer; small farmer, dairy farmer; (f.) farmer’s wife.

*=méteil=, n.m., meslin, maslin (mixture of wheat and rye). Passe-—; wheat-rye.

*=méteil=, adj., of wheat mixed with rye.

=métempsycose=, n.f., metempsychosis, transmigration of souls.

=métempsycosiste=, n.m.f., one who believes in metempsychosis.

=métemptose=, n.f., (astron.) metemptosis.

=météore=, n.m., meteor, fire-ball.

=météorique=, adj., meteoric.

=météorisation=, n.f., (vet.) wind, flatulence.

=météorisé=, =-e=, adj., (med.) flatulent, distended.

=météorolithe=, n.m., meteorite, aerolite.

=météorologie=, n.f., meteorology.

=météorologique=, adj., meteorological.

=méthode=, n.f., method, system; custom, way. Cet homme a une étrange —; that man has a strange way with him.

=méthodique=, adj., methodical, systematical.

=méthodiquement= (-dik-mān), adv., methodically, systematically.

=méthodisme=, n.m., methodism.

=méthodiste=, n.m.f., methodist.

=méticuleusement=, adv., fastidiously, minutely, nicely.

=méticuleu-x=, =-se=, adj., over-scrupulous, fastidious, nice.

=métier= (-tié), n.m., trade, handicraft, business, calling, craft, profession; loom, frame; framework. — à bas; stocking-frame. — à tisser; power frame. — à broder; tambour-frame. — à la main; hand-loom. De son —; by trade, by profession. Homme de —; mechanic, handicraftsman. Avoir le cœur au —; to have one’s heart in anything. Il n’a pas le cœur au —; his heart is not in it. Le — des armes; the profession of arms. Il est du —; he is in the same trade, he belongs to the same fraternity; he is of the craft. C’est un tour de son —; that’s a trick of his. Jouer, or servir, un tour de son —; to play a trick. Chacun son —, et les vaches sont bien gardées; every one to his trade. Faire — de; to make a trade of. Faire au —; to work on a frame. Corps de —; corporation, guild. Sur le —; (fig.) on the stocks.

=méti-f=, =-ve=, adj. V. =métis=.

=métis= (-tîs), =-se=, n. and adj., creole, mongrel; of mongrel breed, half-bred, cross-bred; hybrid; mixed. Toile —se; union cloth. Se tenir —; (fig.) to trim one’s sails; to steer a middle course (Montaigne).

=métissage=, n.m., cross-breeding.

=métisser=, v.a., to cross (animals).

=métonomasie=, n.f., metonomasy.

=métonymie=, n.f., (rhet.) metonymy.

=métope=, n.f., (arch.) metope.

=métoposcopie=, n.f., metoposcopy.

=métoposcopique=, adj., metoposcopical.

=mètre=, n.m., meter (1.093633 yards); (poet.) meter.

=métrer=, v.a., to measure (by the meter).

=métreur=, n.m., (arch.) measurer; appraiser, valuer.

=métrique=, n.f., scansion, versification.

=métrique=, adj., metrical.

=métrologie=, n.f., metrology.

=métromane=, n.m.f., metromaniac.

=métromanie=, n.f., metromania.

=métropole=, n.f., mother country, metropolis, capital, metropolitan see.

=métropolitain=, =-e=, adj., metropolitan. Eglise —e; mother-church.

=métropolitain=, n.m., metropolitan, bishop, archbishop; underground railway (in Paris).

=métrorrhagie=, n.f., (med.) metrorrhagia, uterine hemorrhage.

=mets= (mê), n.m., dish, food, viands.

=mettable=, adj., fit to be worn, wearable.

=metteur=, n.m., putter, layer. — en œuvre; setter, mounter (of jewels). — en pages; (print.) maker-up, clicker. — en scène; getter up (of plays); stage manager. — au point; carver.

=mettre= (mettant, mis), v.a., to put, to put out, to put in, to invest (money); to put on, to wear; to place, to lay, to set; to bring; to reduce, to carry; to employ; to contribute, to devote, to give; to stake, to bid. — au jour; to bring to light; to give birth to. — à jour; to bring up to date. — en ordre; to set in order. — la charrue devant les bœufs; to put the cart before the horse. — des paroles en musique; to set words to music. — de la prose en vers; to turn prose into verse. — du fard, du rouge; to paint one’s face. — par écrit; to put or set down in writing. — une chose au net; to make a fair copy. — un habit; to put on a coat. — le couvert; to lay the cloth. — un officier aux arrêts; to put an officer under arrest. — quelqu’un en état de; to enable any one to. — une chose en tête à quelqu’un; to persuade any one to do a thing, to suggest the doing of anything. — un livre au jour; to publish a book. — un vaisseau à l’eau; to launch a ship. — quelqu’un à la besace; to reduce any one to beggary. — un arrêt à exécution; to execute a decree. — bas; to bring forth, to litter. — quelqu’un dehors; to turn any one out of doors. — quelqu’un au fait; to inform any one of a thing, of what is going on, of the state of matters. — quelqu’un à l’amende; to fine any one. — quelqu’un à la raison; to bring any one to reason. — deux personnes mal ensemble; to set two persons by the ears. — une affaire en compromis; to submit a thing to arbitration. — quelqu’un en peine; to make any one uneasy. — quelqu’un en colère; to put any one into a passion. — quelqu’un au désespoir; to drive any one to despair. — ordre à ses affaires; to put one’s affairs in order. Il met son nez partout; he thrusts his nose everywhere. — en pages; (print.) to make up, to click. — du sien; to contribute something; to invest some money; to make concessions; to meet half way; to give a helping hand. Mettez cinq cents francs; make it a hundred dollars.

se =mettre=, v.r., to put or place one’s self; to sit down; to stand, to lie down; to dress; to begin; to set about; to take to, to apply one’s self to, to get into; to spread, to break out. Se — à table; to sit down to table. Se — à la fenêtre; to place one’s self at the window. Se — en danger; to get into danger. Se — en colère; to get into a passion. Se — sur son quant-à-soi; to give one’s self airs. Se — dans le commerce; to turn tradesman; to take to trade. Se — à son aise; to take one’s ease. Se — sur les rangs pour une charge; to enter as a candidate for a place. Se — en voyage; to set out upon a journey. Se — en route, en chemin, en marche; to start, to go forward, to make a move. Se — bien; to dress well. Se — mal avec quelqu’un; to fall out with any one. Se — en tête; to take it into one’s head. Se — bien avec; to get on good terms with. Se — mal avec; to quarrel with, to fall out with. La peste se mit dans l’armée; the plague broke out in the army. Il se met à tout; he turns his hand to everything. Se — à parler; to begin to speak. S’y —; to set about it, to turn to, to buckle to.

=mettre=, v.n., to set, to put. — en mer; to put to sea.

=meublant=, =-e=, adj., serving to furnish; fit for furniture. Meubles —s; movables, house-hold goods.

=meuble=, n.m., piece of furniture; utensil. pl., furniture, household goods, belongings. — de famille; heirloom. — à demeure fixe; fixture. Se mettre dans ses —s; to furnish apartments of one’s own, to set up a house.

=meuble=, adj., movable; personal. Biens —s et immeubles; personal property. Terre —; light mellow land.

=meublé=, =-e=, part., furnished. Être bien —; to have one’s house, one’s rooms, well furnished. Avoir la bouche bien —e; to have a fine set of teeth.

=meubler=, v.a., to furnish, to stock, to store. — sa mémoire; to store one’s memory. — une maison; to furnish a house. — une ferme; to stock a farm.

se =meubler=, v.r., to get furniture of one’s own.

=meubler=, v.n., to look well, to be ornamental.

=meuglement=, n.m. V. =beuglement=.

=meugler=, v.n. V. =beugler=.

=meulard=, n.m., large millstone; grindstone.

=meule=, n.f., millstone; grindstone; burr; base (of a deer’s head); (agri.) cock, stack, rick; (ich.) sun-fish. — inférieure, — gisante; nether millstone, bedder. — supérieure; upper millstone, runner. Pierre à —s; burrstone. — de fromage; round flat cheese.

=meulerie=, n.f., millstone or grindstone yard.

=meulier=, n.m., millstone or grindstone maker.

=meulière=, n.f. and adj., millstone, burrstone, millstone-quarry. Pierre —; millstone.

=meulon=, n.m., stubble-stack or rick; cock (of hay); haulm-stack; shock or stock (of corn).

=meunerie= (meû-n-rî), n.f., miller’s trade; flour mill.

=meunier=, n.m., miller; (ich.) chub. Se faire d’évêque —; (fig.) to come down in the world.

=meunière=, n.f., miller’s wife; (orni.) long-tailed titmouse.

=meurt de faim=, n.m., (—) half-starved wretch.

=meurt de soif=, n.m.f., drunkard.

=meurtre=, n.m., murder, manslaughter, homicide; sin, great shame, great pity. Crier au —; to cry murder; to complain bitterly. Au —! murder!

=meurtri=, =-e=, part., bruised, black and blue, contused. Il est tout — de coups; he is covered with bruises.

=meurtri-er=, =-ère=, n. and adj., assassin, murderer; murderess; murdering, murderous, deadly; bloody; killing, homicidal.

=meurtrière=, n.f., (fort.) loophole.

=meurtrir=, v.a., to bruise, to contuse, to make black and blue; (fig.) to supple (leather); to soften (colors).

=meurtrissure=, n.f., bruise, contusion.

=meute=, n.f., pack (of hounds). Chef de —; whipper-in, leader of the band.

☉=mévendre=, v.a., to undersell.

=mévente=, n.f., ☉underselling; (com.) not selling, lack of sale.

=mézair=, n.m. V. =mésair=.

=mézéréon=, n.m., (bot.) mezereon.

=mezzanine=, n.f., (arch.) mezzanine.

=mezzo-termine=, n.m., (—) medium, middle course; mean.

=mezzotinto=, n.m., (—) mezzotint.

=mgr.=, (ab. of Monseigneur) my lord.

=mi=, invariable particle, mid, middle, half. Joined to the names of the months, or to the word carême, it forms with them feminine compound nouns which require the article; la mi-carême; Mid-Lent; la mi-août; the middle of August. It may also be joined to the nouns corps, jambe, chemin, mur, côte, terme, sucre, when the compound words thus formed require the preposition à and do not admit of the article: à mi-côte; half-way up the hill. À —-chemin; half-way. À —-mât; half-mast high. À —-jambe; half-way up the leg; past the knees. A mi-corps; up to the waist. V. =mi-parti=.

=mi=, n.m., (mus.) E, mi.

=miasmatique=, adj., miasmatic, malarious.

=miasme=, n.m., miasma, miasm, noxious exhalation.

=miaulement= (miôl-mān), n.m., mewing.

=miauler=, v.n., to mew.

=mica=, n.m., (min.) mica, glimmer, glist, Muscovy glass.

=micacé=, =-e=, adj., micaceous.

=micaschiste=, n.m., (min.) mica-schist, mica-slate.

=miche=, n.f., round loaf; small loaf, hunch, lump.

=michel=, n.m., Michael. La Saint —, (n.f.) Michaelmas. — Morin; Jack of all trades.

=micmac=, n.m., secret practice, underhand trick or dealing, intrigue; jobbery, foul-play.

=micocoulier=, n.m., (bot.) nettle-tree.

=microcosme=, n.m., microcosm.

=micrographie=, n.f., micrography.

=micromètre=, n.m., (astron.) micrometer.

=microscope=, n.m., microscope; magnifying-glass. Voir tout avec un —; to exaggerate everything.

=microscopique=, adj., microscopic, microscopical.

=microzoaire=, n.m., (zoöl.) microscopic animalcule, infusory.

=miction=, =micturition=, n.f., (med.) micturition.

=midi=, n.m., noon, noonday, noontide, mid-day, twelve o’clock (in the day); meridian; south; southern aspect, southern railway. À —; at noon, at twelve o’clock. Le — de la vie; the meridian of life. À l’heure de —; at the hour of twelve. Sur le coup de —; on the stroke of twelve. — est sonné; it has struck twelve. Chercher — à quatorze heures; to look for knots in a bulrush, to create difficulties where there are none. — vrai; true meridian. — moyen; mean meridian. Les régions du —; the regions of the south.

=mie=, n.f., crum, crumb; (very little bit).

=mie=, adv., (l.u.) not, not a jot, not at all, not in the least.

=mie=, n.f., (ab. of amie) dear, sweet, love; nurse. Ma —; my darling, my sweet, sweetheart, my love. Il appelle sa —; he is calling his nurse.

=miel=, n.m., honey. Mouche à —; honey-bee. Rayon de —; honey-comb. Ruche à —; bee-hive. ☉— aérien; manna. On prend plus de mouches avec du — qu’avec du vinaigre; fair means go farther than foul. La lune de —; the honey-moon.

=miélaison=, n.f., honey-time.

=miellat=, n.m., (bot.) honey-dew.

=miellé=, =-e=, adj., honey-colored; honeyed, sweet, bland; covered with honey.

=mielleusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., sweetly, blandly, honey-like.

=mielleu-x=, =-se=, adj., honeyed, fair-spoken; sweet, bland; mawkish. Paroles —ses; honeyed words.

=mien=, =-ne= (mi-in, mi-è-n), adj., (l.u.) mine. Un — frère; a brother of mine. Le —, la —ne, les —s, les —nes, (pron.) mine, my own. Je ne demande que le —; I only ask for my own. Les —s; my friends, my relations. Faire des miennes; to play tricks, pranks, or follies. [Used as adjective in the singular only, and always with the indefinite article un, une.]

=miette=, n.f., crumb, bit, particle, morsel. Ramasser les —s; to pick up the crumbs. Mettre en —s; to crumble.

=mieux=, adv., better; rather, best, more, more correctly, more properly, more comfortable. J’aimerais —; I had rather. En —; for the better. De — en —; better and better. Je me porte le — du monde; I am as well as can be. Le — que je pourrai; as well as I can. Il a fait du — qu’il a pu; he has done his best. À qui — —; in emulation of one another, in eager rivalry. C’est on ne peut —; it cannot be better or cannot be improved upon. Disons —; or rather, to speak more correctly. Vous feriez —; you had better. Valoir —; to be better, to be worth more. Faute de —; for want of something better. Avoir — que cela; to have much better or dearer than that. Tant —; so much the better. Je ne demande pas —; nothing would give me greater pleasure.

=mieux=, n.m., better; best, best thing, best plan; improvement. Le — est l’ennemi du bien; let well alone. Il y a du — dans son état; he is better. Faire de son —, faire du — qu’on peut; to do one’s best, to do the best one can. Au —; at best; for the best. Pour le —; for the best.

=mieux=, adj., better. Il n’y a rien de —; there is nothing better.

=mieux-disant=, =-e=, adj., better or best spoken; more or most eloquent.

=mieux-être=, n.m., better or best condition; improvement in one’s condition; increase of comfort.

=mieux-faisant=, =-e=, adj., best-acting, most kind, most generous; (hist.) the (best) horse in a tournament.

=mièvre=, adj., (fam.) arch, roguish; quaint, affected style of writing.

=mièvrerie= or =mièvreté=, n.f., (fam.) roguishness, archness; piece of roguery, prank; affectedness, quaintness in writing.

*=mignard=, =-e=, adj., delicate, pretty; mincing. Manières —es; mincing manners.

*=mignardement=, adv., delicately, daintily, mincingly.

*=mignarder=, v.a., to cocker, to fondle, to cuddle, to indulge. — un enfant; to cocker a child. — son style; to be over nice in writing. Se —; to take great care of one’s self.

*=mignardise=, n.f., delicacy, delicateness; mincing over nicety; fondling, cockering, cuddling; (bot.) feathered pink.

*=mignon=, =-ne=, adj., delicate, pretty, neat, tiny. Bouche —ne; pretty, small mouth. Pied —; neat foot. Argent —; spare money, pocket-money.

*=mignon=, n.m., darling, pet, favorite; minion.

*=mignonne=, n.f., darling, fondling, favorite; a kind of pear; (print.) emerald, minion.

*=mignonnement=, adv., delicately, finely, nicely.

*=mignonnette=, n.f., mignonette (sort of lace); ground pepper; (bot.) feathered pink.

☉*=mignoter=, v.a., (fam.) to fondle; to cocker; to cuddle.

☉*se =mignoter=, v.r., (fam.) to cocker one’s self, to nurse one’s self.

☉*=mignotise=, n.f., (fam.) blandishment, endearment; caress.

=migraine=, n.f., sick- or nervous-headache.

=migrat-eur=, =-rice=, adj., migrating, migratory.

=migration=, n.f., migration.

=migratoire=, adj., migratory.

=mijaurée=, n.f., (fam.) affected, finical woman; humbug.

=mijoter=, v.a., (cook.) to cause to simmer; (fam.) to fondle, to cocker; (fig.) to contrive, to plot, to brew.

se =mijoter=, v.r., (fam.) to cocker one’s self, to nurse one’s self; (cook.) to boil gently, to simmer.

=mikado=, n.m., (—s) Mikado.

=mil=, adj., one thousand. [Used for the first thousand in dates of the Christian era only.] L’an — huit cent cinquante; the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

=mil=, n.m., (bot.) millet.

=milady= (-lè-), n.f. (miladies), my lady.

=milan=, n.m., (orni.) kite.

=milandre=, n.m., (ich.) tope.

=milaneau=, n.m., young kite.

=milésiaque=, adj., Milesian.

=miliaire=, n.f. and adj., (med., anat.) miliaria; miliary. Fièvre —; miliaria, miliary fever.

=miliasse=, n.f., hominy, hasty-pudding.

=milice=, n.f., militia; soldiery, soldiers; ☉war, warfare. Soldat de la —; militiaman. Tirer pour la —; to ballot for the militia.

=milicien= (-si-in), n.m., militiaman.

=milieu=, n.m., middle, midst, heart, center; expedient, medium, mean, way, expedient, second course; sphere, society, company. Au — de la foule; in the midst of the crowd. Au beau —; in the very middle. Au — des hommes; among men. L’air est le — dans lequel nous vivons; the air is the medium in which we live. Il faut savoir garder le juste —; we must know how to observe the golden mean. — de salon; center ottoman.

=milieu=, adj., middle. [Only used in the expression le point —; the middle point.]

=militaire=, n.m. and adj., military man, soldier, military, soldiery; soldierly, soldierlike, warlike, military. L’art, la discipline, —; military art, discipline.

=militairement= (-tèr-mān), adv., militarily.

=militant=, =-e=, adj., (theol.) militant. L’église —e; the church militant.

=militer=, v.n., to militate, to make (for or against). Cette raison milite pour moi; that reason militates in my favor.

=mille=, n.m. and adj., thousand, a thousand, one thousand. Les — et une nuits; the thousand and one nights. On a dit cela — et — fois; that has been said thousands of times. Le premier —; the first thousand. L’an —; the year one thousand.

=mille=, n.m., mile (= 1,608 mètres).

*=mille-feuille=, n.f., (—) (bot.) milfoil, yarrow.

=mille-fleurs=, n.f., (—) all-flower. Eau de —; extract of all flowers; (med.) cow-water (taken as a remedy). Huile de —; oil of cow-dung. Rossolis de —; all-flower cordial.

=millénaire= (mil-lé-), adj., millenary.

=millénaire=, n.m., millennium; millenarian.

=millénarisme=, n.m., millenarianism.

☉=millepède=, n.m. V. =mille-pieds=.

=mille-pertuis=, n.m., (—) (bot.) St.-John’s-wort.

=mille-pieds=, n.m., (—) (ent.) milliped.

=millépore=, n.m., millepore.

=millésime= (mil-lé-zi-m), n.m., date, year (of a medal, coin, monument).

*=millet=, n.m., (bot.) millet grass, millet.

=milliaire=, n.m. and adj., milestone; miliary. Borne —, pierre —; milestone. — doré; (milliarum aureum) the milestone set up by Augustus in the Forum.

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

=milliasse=, n.f., (fam.) thousands, swarms (vast number).

=millième=, n.m. and adj., thousandth.

=millier=, n.m., thousand, thousand-weight. — de fer; thousand-weight of iron. Un — d’arbres; a thousand trees. Des — d’arbres; thousands of trees. On en trouve par —s; they are to be found in thousands.

=milligramme=, n.m., milligram (French weight; ·0154 grain).

=millilitre=, n.m., milliliter (French measure; ·06103 cubic inch).

=millimètre=, n.m., millimeter (French measure; ·03937 inch).

=million=, n.m., million.

=millionième=, n.m. and adj., millionth.

=millionnaire=, n.m.f. and adj., millionaire; person extremely rich; worth millions. C’est un —, il est —; he is a millionaire, he is worth millions.

=millouin= or =milouin=, n.m., (orni.) pochard, canvas-back duck.

=milord= (-lor), n.m., (milords) lord, my lord; your lordship (French); cab, phaeton (private); (pop.) rich man. C’est un —; he is a nabob.

=milréis= (-is), n.m., milreis (Portuguese coin).

=mime=, n.m. and adj., (antiq.) mime; mimer; mimic; mimical.

=mimer=, v.a., to mimic.

=mimi=, n.m.f., darling, puss, pet, sweetheart.

=mimique=, n.f. and adj., art of imitating, mimicry; mimic, mimical.

=mimosa=, n.f., (bot.) mimosa (the sensitive-plant). [In botanical language this and all other names of plants ending in a are masculine.]

=mimule=, n.m., (bot.) monkey-flower.

=minable=, adj., (fam.) pitiful, wretched-looking; seedy, shabby.

=minage=, n.m., (feudalism) toll-dues, corn-duty.

=minaret=, n.m., minaret; (mining) shaft.

=minauder=, v.n., to mince, to simper, to smirk, to be lackadaisical.

=minauderie= (mi-nô-drî), n.f., affected, lackadaisical manners; lackadaisicalness, simpering, smirking.

=minaudi-er=, =-ère=, adj. and n., affected, lackadaisical; affected, lackadaisical person.

=mince=, adj., thin, slender, puny, shallow, poor, slight, scanty; trivial, vulgar. Esprit —; shallow wit. C’est un homme bien —; he is but a shallow man. Taille —; slim or slender waist. Il est d’un —; he is as shallow as you like, or as they make them.

=mine=, n.f., look, aspect, mien, appearance; show; air, figure, style. Il a la — trompeuse; he has a deceitful look. — fière; proud look. Il ne faut pas juger des gens à la —; people should not be judged by their looks. Homme de bonne —; good-looking man. De mauvaise —; ill-looking. Avoir bonne —; to look well. Avoir mauvaise —; to look ill. Il a la — d’être riche; he looks like a rich man. J’ai bien la — de payer vos folies; it seems as if I shall have to pay for your follies. Faire — d’être fâché; to pretend to be angry. Faire bonne — à quelqu’un; to greet any one pleasantly. Faire mauvaise — à; to receive coldly, to look daggers at. Faire bonne — à mauvais jeu; to put a good face on matters. Faire la — à quelqu’un; to pout at any one. Faire la —; to look displeased. Payer de —; to be all outside show.

=mine=, n.f., mine; ore; source, store; plot, secret; mine (French measure, 78 liters); (Grec. antiq.) mina. — d’or; gold-mine. — de charbon de terre; coal-pit. Le puits de la —; the shaft of the mine. — de plomb; lead-mine; plumbago, black-lead pencil. — d’argent cornée; soft silver-ore. — d’argent rouge; silver-ore (mixed with arsenic and sulphur). — à bocarder; ore rough from the mine. — élevée; upright mine. — profonde; mine with downward lodes. — sèche; hard ore. —s vives; rich mines. Faire jouer une —; (milit.) to spring a mine. Eventer la —; (milit.) to discover and destroy the enemy’s mine; (fig.) to discover the plot; to baffle any one’s designs.

=miner=, v.a., to mine, to undermine, to sap; to hollow, to waste, to wear away; to consume, to waste by slow degrees, to impair, to prey upon. — un bastion; (milit.) to mine a bastion. L’eau mine la pierre; water wears away stone. Cette maladie le mine; that disease is wearing him away. Se —; to become undermined.

=mineral=, n.m., ore. — lavé; buddled ore. Extraire le —; to dig out ore. — brut; raw ore.

=minéral=, n.m., mineral.

=minéral=, =-e=, adj., mineral.

=minéralisateur=, n.m., (chem., min.) mineralizer.

=minéralisat-eur=, =-rice=, adj., (chem., min.) mineralizing.

=minéralisation=, n.f., (chem., min.) mineralization.

=minéraliser=, v.a., (chem., min.) to mineralize.

=minéralogie=, n.f., mineralogy.

=minéralogique=, adj., mineralogical, mineralogic.

=minéralogiste=, n.m., mineralogist.

☉=minéralogue= (-log), n.m. V. =minéralogiste=.

=minerve=, n.f., (myth.) Minerva; (fam.) head, brain, brains, reason. Tirer quelque chose de sa —; (fam.) to draw, to get, anything from one’s head, from one’s brains. Arbre de —; (poet.) olive-tree. Oiseau de —; (poet.) the owl.

=minet=, n.m., =-te=, n.f., puss, kitten.

=mineur=, n.m., miner, underminer, pitman.

=mineur=, =-e=, adj., minor, under age; minor, less, lesser; (mus.) minor. Frère —; Minorite, Franciscan.

=mineur=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., minor; (jur.) infant.

=mineur=, n.m., (mus.) minor mode; (in convents) minor.

=mineure=, n.f., (log.) minor.

=miniature=, n.f., miniature. Portrait en —; miniature-portrait. Peintre en —; miniature-painter.

=miniaturiste=, n.m.f., miniature-painter.

=mini-er=, =-ère=, adj., pertaining to mines.

=minière=, n.f., ore; pit.

à =minimâ=, adv. Appel à —; (jur.) appeal by the crown when a sentence is too lenient.

=minime=, adj., very small, very slender, very trifling, trifling, inconsiderable.

=minime=, n.m., Minim (monk).

☉=minime=, n.f., (mus.) minim.

=minimum= (-mom), n.m., (—s) (math.) (minima), minimum, lowest.

=ministère=, n.m., ministry, agency; services; administration, department, functions; minister’s office; ministration. Le — public; public authorities; magistrates. Cela n’est pas de mon —; that does not belong to my office. Le — des affaires étrangères, de l’intérieur, de la guerre; the foreign, the home, the war, office.

=ministériel=, =-le=, adj., ministerial.

=ministériellement= (-rièl-mān), adv., ministerially.

=ministre=, n.m., minister; clergyman, rector, vicar; servant. Le premier —; the prime minister, the premier. — d’état; minister of state. — du commerce; president of the board of trade. Les —s de l’autel; the priests. — de la Marine; first Lord of the Admiralty. — de l’Intérieur; the Home Minister. — des Affaires Etrangères; the Foreign Minister.

=minium= (-om), n.m., (n.p.) (min.) minium, red lead.

=minois=, n.m., pretty face, looks, air, appearance.

=minon=, n.m., puss; kitten.

=minoratif=, n.m., (med.) laxative, gentle aperient.

=minorati-f=, =-ve=, adj., laxative.

=minorité=, n.f., minority, nonage; (jur.) infancy.

=minot=, n.m., ☉minot (French measure, 39 liters); (nav.) bumkin.

=minotaure=, n.m., (myth.) minotaur.

=minoterie=, n.f., flour export trade; flour mill, flour store.

=minotier=, n.m., miller, flour dealer; flour-exporter.

=minuit=, n.m., midnight, twelve o’clock at night. En plein —; at the dead of night, in the middle of the night.

=minuscule=, adj., (of letters) small, very small.

=minuscule=, n.f., (print.) small letter.

=minute=, n.f., minute (of time); moment, instant; small hand (writing); first draught, rough draught, minute, copy; draught; (astron., arch., geom.) minute. Homme à la —; punctual man. Vous êtes toujours à la —; you are always punctual. Faire la — de; to make a rough draught of; to take the minutes of. Sablier de —; minute-glass. —! stop a bit!

=minuter=, v.a., to draw up, to make a rough draught; to minute down; (l.u.) to design, to intend, to purpose.

=minuterie= (mi-nu-trî), n.f., (horl.) minute wheel-work; minute-wheels; minutes marked on a dial.

=minutie= (-ci), n.f., trifle, minutiæ.

=minutieusement= (-ci-eûz-mān), adv., minutely.

=minutieu-x=, =-se=, adj., minute; circumstantial.

=mioche=, n.m.f., (fam.) brat, urchin.

=mi-parti=, =-e=, adj., bipartite, divided into two equal but different parts; half and half. Les avis ont été —s; the votes were equally divided.

=miquelet= (mi-klè), n.m., soldier; Spanish bandit.

☉=miquelot= (mi-klô), n.m., begging-pilgrim. Faire le —; to put on a sanctified, a sanctimonious, air.

=mirabelle=, n.f., (bot.) mirabelle (plum).

=miracle=, n.m., miracle, wonder. À —; miraculously, extremely well, wonderfully well. Faiseur de —s; miracle-monger. Crier —; to cry out wonderful! Crier au —; to declare a thing a miracle. Opérer des —s; to work miracles. C’est un — de beauté; she or it is wonderfully beautiful. C’est un — de vous voir; it is a wonder to see you. Le beau —! not so wonderful after all; or why, is that all!

=miraculeusement= (-leûz-mān), adv., miraculously, wonderfully.

=miraculeu-x=, =-se=, adj., miraculous, wonderful, marvelous.

=mirage=, n.m., mirage; looming; (fig.) shadow, outline, delusion.

=mirauder=, v.a. V. =mirer=.

=mire=, n.f., (artil.) aim; (of firearms) sight, foresight. Prendre sa —; to take aim. Point de —; aim, point aimed at; object, end, in view.

=miré=, adj., (hunt.) with tusks curved inwards (of boars).

=mirer=, v.a., to aim, to take aim, to aim at, to have in view; to look at; to examine; to candle (eggs). — une place; to aim at a situation. — des œufs; to try eggs (by holding them up to the light).

se =mirer=, v.r., to look at one’s self in a glass; to admire one’s self; (of things) to be reflected. Se — dans ses plumes; to take pride in one’s beauty and dress.

=mirer=, v.n., (nav.) to loom, to appear indistinctly; (of precious stones) to have but few angles, few facets; to take aim.

=mirette=, n.f., (bot.) Venus’s looking-glass. V. =miroir=.

=mirifique=, adj., wonderful, marvelous; admirable, splendid.

=mirliflore=, n.m., exquisite, fop, dandy, coxcomb, spark, beau.

=mirlirot=, n.m., corruption of =mélilot=, q.v.

=mirliton=, n.m., reed-pipe; bag-wig; tol-de-rol-lol.

=mirmidon= or =myrmidon=, n.m., (hist.) Myrmidon; shrimp, pygmy (pers.).

=mirobolant=, =-e=, adj., prodigious, wonderful, stupendous.

=miroder=, v.a. V. =mirauder= and =mirer=.

=miroir=, n.m., mirror, looking-glass, glass; (opt.) mirror, speculum. Etamer un —; to foliate a looking-glass. — ardent; burning-mirror. Des œufs au —; fried eggs. — de Vénus; (bot.) Venus’s looking-glass.

=miroitant=, =-e=, adj., reflecting (like a mirror), glistening, glittering, shimmering.

=miroité=, =-e=, adj., shot, shiny, glittering, glistening; shimmered; reflected; (of horses) dapple-bay.

=miroitement=, n.m., reflection of the light by polished surfaces; flashing, shine, glittering, brilliancy, radiance.

=miroiter=, v.n., to reflect light, to flash, to shine, to glisten, to glitter, to shimmer; to radiate. v.a., to reflect, to mirror.

=miroiterie= (mi-roa-trî), n.f., looking-glass trade or business, mirror-trade.

=miroiterie=, n.f., mirror trade; looking-glass manufactory.

=miroitier= (-tié), n.m., looking-glass maker.

=miroton=, n.m., (cook.) miroton, beef collope (with onions); (of fruits) stewed.

=mise=, part. adj., put; dressed, clad, attired.

=misaine=, n.f., (nav.) foresail. Mât de —; foremast. Voile de —; foresail.

=misanthrope=, n.m., misanthrope, misanthropist, man-hater, hater of mankind.

=misanthropie=, n.f., misanthropy.

=misanthropique=, adj., misanthropic; misanthropical.

=miscellanées=, n.m.pl., miscellanea, miscellany.

=mischna=, n.f. (n.p.), mischna, mishna.

=miscibilité=, n.f., miscibility.

=miscible=, adj., miscible; mixable.

=mise=, n.f., laying, placing; dress, manner of dressing; deposit, investment, outlay, disbursement; stake; bidding (at auctions); capital, share of capital; (l.u.) circulation (of coin). — à l’eau; launch (of a ship). — hors; (com.) outlay. Cet homme est de —; that man is presentable. Cette raison n’est pas de —; that reason will not pass or will not hold water. Cette étoffe n’est pas de —; that stuff is not worn, is not in fashion, not fashionable. Avoir une — simple; to dress plainly. Sa — était de cinq francs; he had staked five francs. — en possession; taking possession. — en accusation; impeachment, indictment. — en arrestation; arrest, apprehension. — à exécution; carrying out. — en jugement; trial. — en musique; setting to music. — en perce; tapping (of a cask). — à prix; upset price. — en prévention; (jur.) commitment. — en pot; potting. — en justice; bringing into court. — à terre; setting or putting down. — en terre; burial, interment. — en vigueur; putting into force. — en liberté; enlargement, release, discharge. — en scène; (thea.) getting up of a dramatic piece. — en vente; putting up for sale. — en œuvre; working up (of anything); preparation; employing, using, setting. — en pages; (print.) clicking, making-up. — en train; setting to work, starting; (print.) making ready. — en vigueur; enforcement, putting into force. De —; acceptable, admissible.

=miser=, v.n., (local ex.) to bid (at auctions).

=misérable=, adj., miserable, wretched; wicked; sorry, worthless.

=misérable=, n.m.f., wretch, miserable wretch, miscreant. C’est un —; he is a villain, a miscreant. C’est une —; she is a wretch. Les —s; the wretched, the outcasts.

=misérablement=, adv., miserably, wretchedly; worthlessly, wickedly.

=misère=, n.f., misery, wretchedness, distress, want; trouble, plague, grievous thing, helplessness; trifle, trifling thing. Il est mort de faim et de —; he died of starvation and want. Prendre le collier de —; to make one’s self a drudge. La — des membres; the helplessness of the limbs.

=miséréré=, n.m., (med.) iliac passion; (c.rel.) miserere (51st psalm).

=miséricorde=, n.f., mercy, tenderness, mercifulness; pardon, quarter, grace, forgiveness, pitifulness; small seat. Crier —; to cry for mercy. Il ne mérite point de —; he deserves no mercy. Faire —; to show mercy. À tout péché —; all offenses should be forgiven. —! il va se tuer; mercy upon me! he will kill himself.

=miséricordieusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., mercifully, compassionately.

=miséricordieu-x=, =-se=, adj., merciful, compassionate, forgiving, pitiful.

=miss=, n.f., (—) miss, young lady.

=missel=, n.m., missal; mass-book, prayer-book.

=mission=, n.f., mission. Envoyer en —; to send on a mission. Remplir une —; to perform a mission.

=missionnaire=, n.m., missionary.

=missive=, n.f. and adj., missive.

=mistigri=, n.m., pam, loo (card game).

=mistral= or =maëstral=, n.m., (local ex.) north-west wind (in southern France).

=mistress=, n.f., (n.p.) Mrs.

=mitaine=, n.f., mitten; (fig.) caution.

=mite=, n.f., (ent.) mite; maggot; moth; tick.

=mité=, =-e=, adj., moth-eaten, mity.

☉=mithridate=, n.m., (pharm.) mithridate. Vendeur de —; quack; braggadocio.

=mitigation=, n.f., mitigation.

=mitigé=, =-e=, part., mitigated. Peine —e; modified penalty.

=mitiger=, v.a., to mitigate, to soften, to make less severe, to modify, to temper, to allay, to assuage, to abate; to qualify.

=miton=, n.m., woman’s long mitten.

=mitonnage=, n.m., simmering.

=mitonner=, v.n., to lie soaking or stewing; to soak, to stew, to simmer.

=mitonner=, v.a., to cocker, to fondle, to cuddle. — quelqu’un; to humor any one. — une affaire; to prepare an affair gradually. Il aime qu’on le mitonne; he likes to be cockered.

se =mitonner=, v.r., to nurse one’s self, to cocker one’s self; (cook.) to simmer.

=mitoyen=, =-ne= (mi-toa-yin, -iè-n), adj., middle; intermediate; midway; joint property. Mur —; party-wall. Cloison —ne; partition wall between two rooms.

=mitoyenneté= (-toa-ie-n-té), n.f., joint property; claims of two neighbors to a wall, hedge, or ditch; party-right.

*=mitraillade=, n.f., discharge, fire of grape-shot.

*=mitraille=, n.f., ☉old iron, scrap-iron, scrap-metal; grapeshot; case-shot, canister-shot, canister; small change, coppers; (nav.) langrage, langrel-shot. Charge à —; case-shot.

=mitrailler=, v.a. and n., to fire grapeshot, to riddle with grapeshot.

=mitrailleuse=, n.f., (artil.) mitrailleuse, machine gun; Gatling gun.

=mitre=, n.f., miter; chimney-pot (shaped like a miter).

=mitré=, =-e=, adj., mitered.

=mitron=, n.m., journeyman baker; paper cap.

=mitte=, n.f., cesspool exhalation; stench; eye-sore from ditto.

=mixte=, adj., mixed; mixt; (bot.) common (of buds).

=mixte=, n.m., mixed body, compound.

*=mixtiligne=, adj., (geom.) mixtilineal, mixtilinear.

=mixtion= (miks-ti-on), n.f., (pharm.) mixture.

=mixtionner= (miks-tio-né), v.a., to mix, to mingle.

=mixture=, n.f., (pharm.) mixture.

=mlle.= ab. of Mademoiselle.

=mm.= ab. of Messieurs.

=mme.= ab. of Madame.

=mnémonique=, adj., mnemonic, mnemonical.

=mnémonique= or =mnémotechnie=, n.f., mnemonics, mnemotechny.

=mobile=, adj., movable; changeable, unsteady, variable; quick, lively, mobile.

=mobile=, n.m., mover, spring, motive power; a soldier of the militia. Premier —; prime mover; primum mobile; ringleader. L’intérêt est le plus grand — des hommes; interest is the prime mover in human actions.

=mobile=, n.f., militia.

=mobiliaire=, adj., movable, personal.

=mobili-er=, =-ère=, adj., movable; personal, of personal property. Succession —ère; inheritance of personal property.

=mobilier=, n.m., ☉movables; furniture.

=mobilisable=, adj., (milit.) that can be mobilized.

=mobilisation=, n.f., act of making movable; conversion into movables; (milit.) mobilization.

=mobiliser=, v.a., to convert into movables; (milit.) to draft for active service, to mobilize.

=mobilité=, n.f., mobility, variableness, inconstancy, unsteadiness, unfixedness, instability, fickleness. — de caractère; versatility of disposition.

=mocassin=, n.m., moccasin (shoe).

=modale=, n.f. and adj., (log.) modal.

=modalité=, n.f., (log.) modality.

=mode=, n.f., mode, fashion, vogue; way, custom, manner. pl., millinery. C’est la dernière —; it is the newest fashion. Un habit à la —; a fashionable coat. Se mettre à la —; to dress in the fashion. Être à la —; to be in fashion. Du bœuf à la —; a-la-mode beef. Marchande de —s; milliner. Tante à la — de Bretagne; father or mother’s first cousin; cousin once removed. Nièce à la — de Bretagne; daughter of first cousin.

=mode=, n.m., (gram., log., mus.) mode, way, manner, mood.

=modelage= (mo-dlaj), n.m., modeling.

=modelé= (mo-dlé), n.m., (sculp.) model (imitation). adj., modeled.

=modèle=, n.m., model, copy, pattern, sample, design. — d’écriture; copy-slip. Conformez-vous au —; keep to the pattern. Faire le métier de —; to serve as a model. — parfait; perfect model, paragon.

=modeler= (mo-dlé), v.a., to model, to form, to shape, to mold.

se =modeler=, v.r., to take for one’s pattern, to take pattern by or upon. Il se modèle sur son frère; he takes pattern by his brother.

=modeler=, v.a., to model.

=modeleur= (mo-dleur), n.m., modeler.

=modénature=, n.f., (arch.) proportion, profile and sweep of a cornice molding.

=modérat-eur=, n.m., =-rice=, n.f., moderator, moderatrix.

=modération=, n.f., moderation; abatement, diminution; mitigation.

=modéré=, =-e=, adj., moderate, reasonable, temperate.

=modérément=, adv., moderately, in moderation.

=modérer=, v.a., to moderate, to abate; to restrain, to restrict; to lessen, to reduce. — ses passions; to curb one’s passions. — le zèle de quelqu’un; to restrain any one’s zeal.

se =modérer=, v.r., to moderate, to moderate one’s self, to keep one’s temper; to restrain one’s self. Le temps s’est modéré; the weather has become calmer.

=moderne=, adj., modern. À la —; in the modern style.

=moderne=, n.m., modern, modern style.

=moderner=, v.a., (arch., l.u.) to modernize.

=moderniser=, v.a., to modernize.

=moderniste=, n.m., modernist.

=modeste=, adj., modest, unassuming, unpretending, quiet, simple, plain, moderate, poor.

=modestement=, adv., modestly, quietly, simply, plainly.

=modestie=, n.f., modesty, coyness, simplicity, plainness; moderation.

=modicité=, n.f., smallness, lowness, moderateness, reasonableness.

=modificati-f=, =-ve=, adj., modifying.

=modificatif=, n.m., (gram.) modifying word.

=modification=, n.f., modification.

=modifier=, v.a., to modify, to change, to alter.

se =modifier=, v.r., to become modified.

*=modillon=, n.m., (arch.) modillion.

=modique=, adj., moderate, small.

=modiquement= (-dik-mān), adv., moderately.

=modiste=, n.m.f., man-milliner; milliner.

=modulat-eur=, =-rice=, n. and adj., modulating; modulator.

=modulation=, n.f., modulation.

=module=, n.m., (arch.) module; (alg.) modulus; diameter (of medals).

=moduler=, v.a. and n., to modulate.

=moelle=, n.f., marrow, pith; (of the land) fat; medulla. Os à —; marrow-bone. — d’arbre; pith of a tree. — épinière; spinal marrow.

=moelleusement=, adv., softly, easily, with softness; (paint.) with mellowness.

=moelleux=, n.m., (paint.) mellowness; softness.

=moelleu-x=, =-se=, adj., full of marrow, marrowy; pithy; soft; mellow. Voix —se; mellow voice. Vin —; mellow vine (full of body and flavor). Discours —; pithy discourse.

=moellon=, n.m., ashlar; rough-stone, ragstone. — brut; rubble, sandstone (for grinding mirrors). Maçonnerie de —; ashlar-work.

=mœurs=, n.f.pl., manners, morals, morality; habits, inclinations, ways; customs. Avoir des —; to be a man of morals. N’avoir pas de —; to be immoral, dissolute. Un homme sans —; an unprincipled man. Les — des animaux; the habits of animals.

=mofette= or =moufette=, n.f., (l.u.) fire-damp (mines); ☉(chem.) any poisonous gas; (mam.) mephitic weasel. — atmosphérique; azote, azotic gas.

=mogol=, n.m., Mogul.

=mohair=, n.m., mohair, stuff.

=mohican=, n.m., Mohican.

=moi=, personal pron., I, me, to me. —! trahir le meilleur de mes amis! what! I betray my best friend! C’est —; it is I. Venez à —; come to me. Quant à —; as for me. —-même; myself. À —! help! help! here! here! Parlez-—; speak to me. Donnez-le-—; give it me. De vous à —; between you and me; from you to me.

=moi=, n.m., self, ego.

=moïdore=, n.m., moidore (Portuguese coin).

=moignet=, n.m., long-tailed tit.

*=moignon=, n.m., stump (of limbs, tree).

*=moinaille=, n.f., (b.s.) monkish crew.

=moindre=, adj., less, least, shorter, lower, inferior. Le —; least, shortest, smallest, lowest; meanest, slightest. La — chose; the least thing. Je n’en ai pas le — souvenir; I have not the least recollection of it.

=moindrement=, adv., (old) less, least. Le — du monde; in the slightest degree. Pas le — du monde; not in the least bit.

=moine=, n.m., monk, friar; warming-pan, bed-warmer; (print.) friar. — lai; lay-monk. Gras comme un —; as fat as a pig. L’habit ne fait pas le —; it is not the cowl that makes the friar.

=moineau=, n.m., sparrow. adj., (of horses) cropped. — franc; house-sparrow. Tirer sa poudre aux —x; to waste one’s powder and shot.

=moinerie= (moa-n-rî), n.f., monkhood, monks.

=moinesse=, n.f., (jest.) nun.

*=moinillon=, n.m., petty monk or friar.

=moinotin=, n.m., (ornith.) coal-tit.

=moins=, adv., less, under, wanting, to; minus. Parlez —; speak less. En — de; in less than. De — en —; less and less, fewer and fewer. Rien —; much less. Du —; at least, at any rate, at all events, at the very least. C’est — que rien; it is next to nothing. Ni plus ni —; neither more nor less. Il ne s’agit de rien — que de sa vie; nothing less than his life is at stake. Il n’est rien — que sage; he is anything but prudent. Il n’y a rien de — vrai que cette nouvelle; no news can be further from the truth than this. Il est une heure — un quart; it wants a quarter to one. A —; for less. Vous ne l’aurez pas à —; you shall not have it for less. À — de; for less than; unless. À — que; unless. —-value, (—-—s) inferior value.

=moins=, n.m., least, less; (alg.) minus. C’est le — que vous puissiez faire; it is the least you can do. Pas le — du monde; not in the least. Au —; at least. Pour le —; at least, at the least. Tout au —; at the very least. C’est pour ce soir, au moins! it is for to-night, mind!

=moirage=, n.m., (manu.) watering (stuffs), mottling.

=moire=, n.f., (manu.) watering; moire antique; watered silk.

=moiré=, =-e=, adj., (manu.) waved, watered, mottled. n.m., watering. — de soie; watered silk. — de laine; moreen.

=moirer=, v.a., (manu.) to water (stuffs), to mottle, to wave. Se —; to be watered.

=mois=, n.m., month; monthly allowance; month’s pay. Au —; by the month. Au — de; in the month of. Par —; monthly, so much a month.

=moise=, n.f., (carp.) couple, brace, binding piece.

=moiser=, v.a., (carp.) to bridge over, to bind, to couple.

=moisi=, n.m., moldiness, mustiness.

=moisi=, =-e=, part., moldy, musty.

=moisir=, v.a., to mold, to make moldy, to make musty.

se =moisir=, v.r., to grow moldy, to grow musty.

=moisir=, v.n., to grow moldy, musty.

=moisissure=, n.f., moldiness, mustiness.

=moissine=, n.f., a bundle of vine-branches with the grapes hanging to them.

=moisson=, n.f., harvest; harvest-time; (poet.) year. Fête de la —; harvest home. Faire la —; to cut the corn, to gather in the harvest.

=moissonner=, v.a., to reap, to cut down, to crop, to mow. — un champ; to reap a field. Se —; to be reaped.

=moissonneu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., reaper, harvestman, harvest-woman.

=moissonneuse=, n.f., (agri.) reaping machine.

=moite=, adj., moist, damp, clammy.

=moiteur=, n.f., moisture, dampness.

=moitié= (-tié), n.f., moiety, half; (fam.) better half, wife. C’est trop cher de —; it is too dear by half. Je l’ai laissé à — chemin; I left him half way. Être, or se mettre, de — avec quelqu’un; to go halves with any one.

=moitié=, =de moitié=, =à moitié=, adv., half, by half.

=moka=, n.m., mocha. Du café —; mocha coffee.

=mol=, adj.m. V. =mou=.

=molaire=, n.f. and adj., molar-tooth, mill-tooth, jaw-tooth; molar.

=môle=, n.m., mole, jetty-head; pier.

=môle=, n.f., (med.) mole.

=moléculaire=, adj., molecular.

=molécule=, n.f., molecule, particle.

=molène=, n.f., (bot.) mullen, mullein.

=molestation=, n.f., molestation, annoyance.

=molester=, v.a., to molest, to trouble, to vex, to annoy.

=molette=, n.f., rowel (of a spur); (vet.) wind-gall; muller (for colors); (of hair) feather; (rope-making) whirl; (hort.) turf-knife, turfing-iron.

=molinisme=, n.m., molinism.

=moliniste=, n.m., molinist.

=molinosisme=, n.m., quietism, Molinos’ system.

=mollah=, n.m. (—s), mollah.

=mollasse=, adj., flabby, flimsy, sodden.

=molle=, n.f., (ich.) sun-fish.

=molle=, adj.f. V. =mou=.

=mollement= (mol-mān), adv., softly, slackly; feebly; indolently, effeminately. Vivre —; to lead an effeminate life.

=mollesse=, n.f., softness, laxity, slackness, tameness, weakness, indolence; effeminacy. Vivre dans la —; to live in effeminacy.

=mollet=, =-te=, adj., soft; light (of bread). Des œufs —s; soft-boiled eggs. Lit —; soft bed. Pain —; light bread.

=mollet=, n.m., calf (of the leg).

=molletière=, n.f., legging.

=molleton= (mol-ton), n.m., swan-skin.

=mollification=, n.f., mollification, softening.

=mollifier=, v.a., to mollify, to soften. Se —; to become soft.

=mollir=, v.n., to soften, to grow soft; to mellow (of fruit); to slacken, to flag, to abate, to faint, to yield, to give way. Le vent mollit; the wind is going down. v.a., (nav.) to ease.

=mollusque=, n.m., mollusk.

=molosse=, n.m., American bat; watch-dog; (ants) molossus.

=moly=, n.m., wild garlic.

=molybdène=, n.m., (min.) molybden, molybdena.

=môme=, n.m., brat, urchin.

=moment=, n.m., moment, instant; proper time; occasion, point, interval; (mec.) momentum. Attendez un —; stop a moment. Il a des —s de bonté; he has fits of kindness. Voici le — de se décider; now is the time for decision. Un —, j’ai à vous parler; one moment, I want to speak to you. Au — de; on the point of, just as. Au — où, au — que; the instant that, just as. Du — que; as soon as, since; the moment that. Du — que vous le voulez; since you will have it so. Je l’attends d’un — à l’autre; I expect him every moment. Dans le —; in a moment, in a minute. En ce —; at this moment. À tout —, à tous —s; every instant, at every turn. Par —s; at times, at intervals.

=momentané=, =-e=, adj., momentary.

=momentanément=, adv., momentarily, for the moment, temporarily, for the time being.

=momerie= (mô-mrî), n.f., mummery.

=momie= (mô-), n.f., mummy; dark thin person; old fogy.

=momification=, n.f., mummification.

=momifier=, v.a., to mummify. Se —; to become mummified; to get very thin.

=mon=, possessive adj. m., =ma=, f., =mes=, pl.m.f., my. Mon père, ma mère et mes enfants; my father, mother, and children. Mon âme; my soul. Mon unique ressource; my only resource. Mon bon et digne ami; my good and worthy friend. [Mon is used instead of ma (in the feminine) before a vowel or silent h.]

=monacal=, =-e=, adj., monachal, monkish.

=monacalement= (-kal-mān), adv., like a monk.

=monachisme= (-shism), n.m., monachism.

=monade=, n.f., monad.

=monadelphie=, n.f., (bot.) monadelphia.

=monandrie=, n.f., (bot.) monandria.

=monarchie= (-shi), n.f., monarchy.

=monarchique= (-shik), adj., monarchical, monarchic.

=monarchiquement= (-shik-mān), adv., monarchically.

=monarchiser= (-shi-zé), v.a., to monarchize.

=monarchiste= (-shist), n.m., monarchist.

=monarque=, n.m., monarch, lord.

=monastère=, n.m., monastery, convent.

=monastique=, adj., monastic, monastical.

=monaut=, adj.m., one-eared (of animals).

=monbin=, n.m., (bot.) hog-plum.

=monceau=, n.m., heap, pile; drift, mass; lot.

=mondain=, =-e=, n. and adj., worldling; worldly, worldly-minded; mundane; earthly.

=mondainement= (-dè-n-mān), adv., mundanely, in a worldly way.

=mondanité=, n.f., worldliness, worldly vanities.

=monde=, n.m., world, universe; mankind, men; people; company, society, set; servants, retinue, attendants; customers. Faire le tour du —; to go round the world. L’autre —; the next world. Dans l’autre —; hereafter. Il n’est plus du —; he is dead. L’an du —; in the year of the world. Il voit beaucoup de —; he sees a great deal of company. Peu de —, pas grand —; few people, not many people. Avoir du —; to have company, visitors; to entertain. Connaître son —; to know whom one has to deal with. Le mieux du —; the best in the world. Pour tout au —; for all the world; for anything. Le beau —; people of fashion, the fashionable world. Le petit —; little people. Ainsi va le —; such is the world. Tout votre — est-il arrivé? has all your party arrived? Venir au —; to come into the world. C’est vieux comme le —; it is as old as the hills. Il y a un — fou; there is a great crush. Se moquer du —; to make fun of people. C’est le bout du —; it is the utmost you will get. Tout le — et son père; all the world and his wife. Savoir son —; to know how to behave.

=monde=, adj., (rel.) clean.

=mondé=, =-e=, part., cleansed. De l’orge —; hulled or husked barley.

=monder=, v.a., to cleanse; to hull, to husk (barley).

=mondificati-f=, =-ve=, adj., (med.) cleansing.

=mondifier=, v.a., (med.) to cleanse, to wash.

=mondor=, n.m., man made of money, rolling in money.

=mondrain=, n.m., sand-hill, sand-mound.

=monétaire=, adj., monetary.

=monétisation=, n.f., making and stamping of money, minting, monetization.

=monétiser=, v.a., to give currency to paper-money, to monetize.

=mongol=, =-e=, adj., mongolian, mogul.

=moniteur=, n.m., monitor, adviser, prefect (at school); Gazette.

=monition=, n.f., (ecc.) monition.

=monitoire=, n.m., adj., (ecc.) monitory.

=monitor=, n.m., (nav.) monitor.

=monitorial=, =-e=, adj., (ecc.) monitory.

=monnaie=, n.f., coin, money; change; mint; coinage; currency. Hôtel de la —; the mint. Fausse —; counterfeit coin. Battre —; to coin money; to raise money. Papier —; paper money. — de compte; nominal money. — courante; current money, currency. — faible; light money. — légale; legal tender. — de singe; sham coin; soft sawder, blarney. Petite —; small change. Donnez-moi la — d’un franc; give me change for a franc. Payer en — de singe; to laugh at one’s creditors, instead of paying them. Rappeler la —; to call in money. Donner, or rendre, à quelqu’un la — de sa pièce; to pay any one back in his own coin.

=monnayage=, n.m., coining, minting. Droit de —; mintage.

=monnayer=, v.a., to coin, to mint, to stamp.

=monnayeur=, n.m., coiner, minter. Faux —; coiner of base money; forger.

=mono=, a prefix from Gr. μόνος.

=monocéros=, n.m., monoceros, unicorn, narwhal.

=monochrome=, n.m. and adj., monochrome.

=monocle=, n.m., (single) eye-glass.

=monocorde=, n.m., monochord.

=monocotylédone=, n.f. and adj., (bot.) monocotyledon, endogen; monocotyle, monocotyledonous, endogenous.

=monodie=, n.f., monody.

=monœcie= (-nè-sî), n.f., (bot.) monœcia.

=monogame=, n.m.f. and adj., monogamist; monogamous.

=monogamie=, n.f., monogamy.

=monogrammatique=, adj., monogrammatic, monogrammic.

=monogramme=, n.m., monogram.

=monographie=, n.f., monography.

=monoïque=, adj., (bot.) monœcious, monœcian.

=monolithe=, n.m. and adj., monolith; monolithic, monolithal.

=monologue= (-log), n.m., monologue; soliloquy.

=monomane=, n.m.f. and adj., monomaniac; monomaniacal.

=monomanie=, n.f., monomania.

=monôme=, n.m., (alg.) monomial.

=monomètre=, n.m., monometer.

=monopétale=, adj., (bot.) monopetalous.

=monophylle=, adj., (bot.) monophyllous.

=monopole=, n.m., monopoly.

=monopoleur=, n.m., monopolist.

=monopolisa-teur=, =-trice=, n. and adj., monopolizing; monopolizer.

=monopolisation=, n.f., monopolization.

=monopoliser=, v.a., to monopolize.

=monoptère=, adj., (arch.) monopteral.

=monorime=, adj., (poet.) with but one rhyme, being a monorhyme.

=monosépale=, adj., (bot.) monosepalous.

=monosperme=, adj., (bot.) monospermous.

=monostique=, n.m., monostich.

=monosyllabe=, n.m. and adj., (gram.) monosyllable; monosyllabic.

=monosyllabique=, adj., monosyllabic.

=monothéisme=, n.m., monotheism.

=monothéiste=, n.m. and adj., monotheist; monotheistic.

=monotone=, adj., monotonous.

=monotonie=, n.f., monotony, sameness.

=monotriglyphe=, n.m., (arch.) monotriglyph.

=mons.=, n.m., ab. of Monsieur, sir; master so and so (used in contempt).

*=monseigneur=, n.m. (messeigneurs, nosseigneurs), my lord; your Grace; sir; your Royal or Imperial Highness; (in thieves’ slang) jemmy, crowbar.

=monseigneuriser=, v.a., (jest.) to style my lord; to break open, to jemmy.

=monsieur= (meu-sieu), n.m., sir, gentleman; this gentleman, the gentleman; the king of France’s eldest brother. — A.; Mr. A. Non, —; no, sir. — dit; the gentleman says; this gentleman says; Mr. (so-and-so) says. Ce —; that gentleman; (ironically) that man, that fellow. — le Président; Mr. President. — le maire; Mr. Mayor. Faire le —; to play the fine gentleman. C’est un vilain —; he is a nasty fellow. — veut-il déjeuner? would you like breakfast, sir? — votre père; your father.

=monstre=, n.m., monster.

=monstrueusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., monstrously, prodigiously.

=monstrueu-x=, =-se=, adj., monstrous, prodigious.

=monstruosité=, n.f., monstrosity, anomaly.

=mont=, n.m., mount, mountain. Le — Etna; mount Etna. Aller par —s et par vaux; to go up hill and down dale. —-de-piété (—s-—); mont-de-piété, pawn-shop, lombard-house. Commissionnaire au —-de-piété; pawnbroker. Mettre au —-de-piété; to pawn. —s et merveilles; wonderful things, wonderful tales, wonders.

=montage=, n.m., carrying up; taking up; (arts) mounting, setting, putting together.

*=montagnard=, =-e=, adj., mountain, highland.

*=montagnard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., mountaineer, highlander; democrat of the Convention and of the National Assembly of France, 1793.

*=montagne=, n.f., mountain; party of the democrats in the Convention and in the National Assembly of France, 1793. Chaîne de —s; range, ridge, of mountains. Pays de —s; mountainous, hilly country. La — a enfanté une souris; the mountain has brought forth a mouse.

*=montagneu-x=, =-se=, adj., mountainous, hilly.

=montanisme=, n.m., montanism.

=montaniste=, n.m., montanist.

=montant=, n.m., (of a ladder, etc.) upright; amount, sum total; coming in or rising tide; ☉next for promotion; (carp.) upright, door-post; high flavor, pungency; energy, smartness.

=montant=, =-e=, adj., ascending, rising; flowing, coming in; high-necked (of dresses); (milit.) relieving. Un chemin —; a hilly road. La marée —e; the flowing tide. Une robe —e; a high-necked dress. La garde —e; (milit.) the relieving guard. En —; upward, up-hill. Aller en —; to rise; to go up hill.

=monte=, n.f., (of animals) serving, covering season.

=montée=, n.f., stair, staircase, pair of stairs; flight; acclivity, ascent; rise, slope; (arch.) height.

=monter=, v.n., to go up, to come up, to get up, to ascend, to mount, to ride; to rise; to boil up (of liquids); to come in; to grow up, to shoot, to increase; to amount. — et descendre; to go up and down. — sur un arbre; to climb up a tree. — à sa chambre; to go up to one’s room. — à cheval; to ride. — en chaire; to mount the pulpit. Montez! come up! up with you! — sur le Parnasse; to turn poet. La marée monte; the tide is coming in.

=monter=, v.a., to mount, to carry up, to lift up; to make up; to raise, to prepare; to wind up; to equip, to furnish, to stock; to mount, to ride; to put together; to furnish, to supply. — une montre; to wind up a watch. — un diamant; to set a diamond. — sa lyre; to tune one’s lyre. — le gouvernail; to hang the rudder. — un vaisseau; to have the command of a vessel. — un canot; to man a boat. — la garde; to mount guard. — un cheval; to mount a horse; to train a horse. Faire —; to send up, to store up; to take up, to bring up.

se =monter=, v.r., to amount; to rise; to be or to get excited; to supply one’s self, to take in a stock, a supply (of).

=monteur=, n.m., setter, mounter (of jewels).

=montfaucon=, n.m., (near Paris) the gibbet, the gallows.

=montgolfière=, n.f., fire-balloon.

=monticule=, n.m., hillock, knoll.

=montie= (-tî), n.f., (bot.). V. =mouron=.

=mont-joie=, n.f., (—s-—) title of the first king at arms in France; ancient war-cry of the French.

☉=mont-joie=, n.f., (—s-—) cairn.

=montoir=, n.m., mounting, riding; horse-block; near side. Côté du —; near side. Côté hors —; off-side. Difficile, doux au —; difficult, easy to mount or ride.

=montrable=, adj., showable, presentable.

=montre=, n.f., watch; sample; show, pattern, parade; show-case, show-window, exhibition. — à réveil; alarum-watch. — marine; chronometer. — à répétition; repeating-watch, repeater. — à double boîte; double-cased watch. — à savonnette; hunting-watch. — détraquée; watch out of order. Boîte de —; watch-case. Il est une heure à ma —; it is one o’clock by my watch. Faire — de son esprit; to show off one’s wit. En —; prominently; (com.) in the window. Affiche de —; show-card.

=montrer=, v.a., to show, to exhibit, to point out; to teach; to set forth, to intimate. — une chose au doigt; to point out a thing. — la porte à quelqu’un; to show any one the door. — quelqu’un du doigt; to point one’s finger at any one. Se faire — du doigt; to get pointed at. Cela montre la corde; that is threadbare.

se =montrer=, v.r., to show one’s self; to appear; to prove one’s self to be; to look; to turn out.

=montreur=, n.m., shower, showman.

=montueu-x=, =-se=, adj., hilly, mountainous.

=monture=, n.f., animal for riding; nag; mounting, setting (of gems); head-stall (of a bridle). — d’un fusil; stock of a gun. — d’éperon; spur leather. Qui veut aller loin ménage sa —; (prov.) he who wishes to live long, avoids excess.

=monument=, n.m., monument; tomb; memorial.

=monumental=, =-e=, adj., monumental.

=moquable=, adj., laughable, ridiculous.

=moque=, n.f., (local) mug; (nav.) dead-eye, dead-block. — à un trou; heart. — de civadière de trélingage; sprit-sail sheet-block.

se =moquer=, v.r., to mock, to jeer, to deride, to make game of, to make fun of, to make a fool of, to ridicule, to laugh at; to set at defiance, to disregard; to jest; to scoff at. On s’est moqué de lui; they laughed at him. Se faire — de soi; to get laughed at. Je m’en moque; what do I care. Je ne m’en moque pas mal; I don’t care a straw. Vous vous moquez, je pense; you are in jest, I suppose.

=moquerie= (mo-krî), n.f., mockery, scoff, scorn, jeer, derision, jest.

=moquette=, n.f., Wilton carpet; velvet pile; decoy-bird.

=moqueu-r=, =-se=, adj., mocking, sneering, scornful, jeering, deriding.

=moqueu-r=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., derider, mocker, scoffer, quiz, wag. — d’Amérique; mocking-bird.

*=morailles=, n.f.pl., horse-twitchers.

*=moraillon=, n.m., hasp, clasp.

=moraine=, n.f., (geol.) moraine.

=moral=, =-e=, adj., moral, mental.

=moral=, n.m., mental faculties, mind; spirit, morale, spirits (of troops, etc.). Il faut vous remonter le —; you must cheer up or shake off your depression of spirits.

=morale=, n.f., ethics; morals, moral philosophy, morality; rebuke, lecture. Il faut lui faire une bonne —; you must give him a good lecture. Faire de la —; to moralize, to lecture.

=moralement= (-ral-mān), adv., morally.

=moralisation=, n.f., moralization.

=moraliser=, v.n., to moralize.

=moraliseur=, n.m., (b.s.) moralizer.

=moraliste=, n.m., moralist, moralizer.

=moralité=, n.f., morality, morals; moral reflection; moral sense or responsibility.

=moraves=, adj., Moravian brethren. V. =hernutes=.

=morbide=, adj., (paint., sculpt.) soft, delicate; (med.) morbid.

=morbidesse=, n.f., (paint.) morbidezza; suppleness, ease, elegance of attitude, manners, gait; softness, delicacy.

=morbifique=, adj., morbific.

=morbleu!= int., zounds!

=morce=, n.f., curb-stone, binding-stone.

=morceau=, n.m., bit, piece, morsel, fragment, snack, mouthful. — délicat or bon —; tit-bit. Aimer les bons —x; to love good things. Il a ses —x taillés; he has just enough to live on or he must not go beyond his orders. Manger un —; to eat a morsel, a mouthful. — d’ensemble; (mus.) concerted piece. Mettre en —x; to tear to pieces.

=morceler=, v.a., to parcel, to parcel out, to partition, to cut up; to mangle.

se =morceler=, v.r., to be parceled out.

=morcellement= (-sèl-man), n.m., dividing into parcels, parceling out, partition, subdivision.

=mordache=, n.f., rice-chops, tongs; gag.

=mordacité=, n.f., mordacity, corrosiveness; virulency, bitterness, sarcasm, causticity.

=mordant=, =-e=, adj., biting; cutting, sarcastic, keen, sharp; poignant. Style —; sarcastic, cutting style.

=mordant=, n.m., (dy. gilding) mordant; sarcasm, keenness, point.

=mordicant=, =-e=, adj., mordant, corrosive; biting, acrid, pungent.

=mordicus= (-kus), adv., tenaciously, stoutly, doggedly.

☉=mordienne= (-di-èn), n.f., only used in the phrase À la grosse —; unceremoniously, bluntly.

=mordieu=, int., zounds! s’death!

*=mordiller=, v.a., to nibble, to bite at, to gnaw.

=mordoré=, =-e=, adj., reddish brown.

=mordorure=, n.f., reddish brown (color).

=mordre=, v.a., to bite, to nibble; to corrode, to gnaw; to carp at, to find fault with. — la poussière; to bite the dust. Chien qui aboie ne mord pas; barking dogs do not bite.

se =mordre=, v.r., to bite one’s self. Se — la langue, les lèvres; to bite one’s tongue, one’s lip; (fig.) to repent, to be annoyed. S’en — les doigts; to repent of anything.

=mordre=, v.n., to bite, to nibble; to eat away; to hold fast, to take effect, to take to, to like; to get on with, to come at; to criticize; to censure; (print.) to cover. Je n’ai jamais pu — au Latin; I was never able to take to Latin. Il ne saurait y —; it is beyond his reach; he will never attain to it. — à l’hameçon; to take, to snap at, or swallow, the bait.

=mordu=, =-e=, adj., (bot.) premorse (ending abruptly, as if bitten off).

=more=, n.m., Moor; blackamoor.

☉=moreau=, adj., extremely black. Cheval —; jet-black horse.

=morelle=, n.f., (bot.) nightshade.

=morène=, n.f., (bot.) frogbit.

=moresque=, adj., Moorish, moresque.

=moresque=, n.f., morris-dance; (paint.) moresque.

=moret= or =mouret=, n.m., (bot.) whortleberry.

=morfil=, n.m., wire edge (of knives, of razors); elephant’s tusks, (unwrought) ivory.

=morfondre=, v.a., to chill.

se =morfondre=, v.r., to catch cold, to be chilled; to wait in vain, to dance attendance; (vet.) to morfounder. La pâte se morfond; the dough is losing its heat. Il s’y est morfondu; he wasted much time over it.

=morfondu=, =-e=, adj., chilled, frozen; disappointed, downcast; kept waiting.

=morfondure=, n.f., (vet.) morfoundering; (old) cold, chill, catarrh.

=morganatique=, adj., morganatic; left-handed (of marriages).

=morgeline=, n.f., (bot.) chickweed.

=morgue= (morg.), n.f., haughty look, haughtiness; arrogance, self-sufficiency, conceit; inspection room (of a prison); morgue, dead-house.

☉=morguer= (ghé), v.a., to dare, to brave, to defy, to beard.

=moribond=, =-e=, adj. and n., moribund, dying, in a dying state; person in a dying state.

=moricaud=, =-e=, n. and adj., blackamoor; blackish; nigger.

=morigéner=, v.a., to school, to reprimand; to form the morals of, to educate.

*=morille=, n.f., (bot.) moril (mushroom).

*=morillon=, n.m., black grape; (orni.) tufted duck; rough emerald.

=morio=, n.m., (zoöl.) Camberwell beauty, white-edged butterfly.

=morion=, n.m., morion.

=morne=, n.m., hill, hillock (West Indies).

=morne=, adj., dull, gloomy, mournful, dejected, depressed; dreary, dismal, dull.

=morné=, =-e=, adj., blunted (of arms).

=mornifle=, n.f., slap in the face.

=morose=, adj., morose, sullen, sour, surly, peevish.

=morosité=, n.f., moroseness, sullenness, surliness.

=morphée=, n.m., Morpheus. Être dans les bras de —; (fig.) to be asleep. Les pavots de —; sleep.

=morphine=, n.f., morphia.

=morpion=, n.m., (l.ex.) crab-louse; (pers. pop.) vermin, dirty fellow.

=mors=, n.m., bit (of a bridle); curb, check, restraint. Les chevaux prirent le — aux dents; the horses ran away. Prendre le — aux dents; to take fright; to run headlong into pleasure; to fly into a passion; to buckle to, to work in good earnest.

=morse=, n.m., morse, sea-horse, walrus.

=morsure=, n.f., bite, biting; sting.

=mort=, n.f., death, decease; (hunt.) mort. Avoir la — sur les lèvres; to look like death. Avoir la — dans l’âme; to be sick at heart, to be in despair; to be intensely grieved. Être à l’article de la —; to be at the point of death, at death’s door. Mourir de sa belle —; to die a natural death. Mourir de — violente; to die a violent death. Mettre à —; to put to death, to slay, to kill. Il a la — entre les dents; he has one foot in the grave. À —; mortally, to the death. Les affres de la —; the terrors of death. À la vie, à la —; forever; in life and death. La peine de —; capital punishment.

=mort=, =-e=, part., dead, defunct; lifeless, insensible; dormant; stagnant; still, inanimate. Un enfant —-né (—-—s); a still-born child. Une fille —-née (—-—s); a still-born girl. Le feu est —; the fire is out. Argent —; money lying dead, idle. Couleur —e; faint color. —e-saison, (—s-—s) slack season. —e-eau; neap tide. Tête —e; (chem.) caput mortuum. Il n’y a pas de main —e; he strikes hard (i.e. like a blacksmith). —e la bête, — le venin; dead men do not bite. Mort-bois; V. =bois=. Morte-eau; eau morte; V. =eau=. Morte-paye; V. =paye=. Œuvres —es; (nav.) upper works.

=mort=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., dead person, deceased; dead body, corpse. Enterrer les —s; to bury the dead. Le jour des —s; All Souls’-day. Faire le —; to pretend to be dead. Faire un — or faire une partie du —; (at cards) to play dummy whist. Prendre le —; to take dummy.

=mortadelle=, n.f., (Italian) sausage.

*=mortaillable=, adj., (feudalism) in bondage.

=mortaisage=, n.m., mortising.

=mortaise=, n.f., mortise.

=mortaiser=, v.r., to mortise.

=mortalité=, n.f., mortality.

=mortel=, =-le=, adj., mortal, deadly; grievous, extreme, excessive; long, tedious.

=mortel=, n.m., =-le=, n.f., mortal.

=mortellement= (-tèl-mān), adv., mortally, deadly, grievously, dreadfully.

=mortellerie=, n.f., stone-breaking.

=mortellier=, n.m., stone-breaker.

=mortier= (-tié), n.m., (artil., mas.) mortar; mortier (cap of the president of a court of justice); mortar (vessel). Président à —; chief justice.

=mortifère=, adj., mortiferous, deadly.

=mortifiant=, =-e=, adj., mortifying, humiliating.

=mortification=, n.f., mortification, humiliation.

=mortifier=, v.a., to mortify, to vex, to humiliate, to humble, to subdue. — de la viande; to make meat tender.

se =mortifier=, v.r., to mortify one’s self; to grow tender (of meat).

=mort-ivre=, adj. V. =ivre mort=.

=mortuaire=, adj., mortuary. Drap —; pall. Registre —; death register. Extrait —; certificate of death. Droit —; burial fee.

=morue=, n.f., cod, codfish.

=morve=, n.f., snot, mucus; (vet.) glanders.

=morveau=, n.m., (l.ex.) thick mucus.

=morveu-x=, =-se=, adj., snotty; (vet.) glandered. Cheval —; horse that has the glanders. Qui se sent —se mouche; (prov.) if the cap fits, wear it.

=morveu-x=, n.m., =-se=, n.f., (in contempt) child, brat, urchin; despicable, mean fellow. Petit — va! you little scamp, you!

=morvolant=, n.m., silk mixed with floss.

=mosaïque=, adj., Mosaic, of, from Moses.

=mosaïque=, n.f., mosaic, mosaic-work, tessellated pavement.

=mosaïste=, n.m., mosaist, worker in mosaics.

=mosarabe=, n.m. V. =mozarabe=.

=moscouade=, n.f., muscovado (unrefined sugar).

=mosquée=, n.f., mosque.

=mot=, n.m., word; expression; saying, sentence; motto; note, line, memorandum; answer (to a riddle); cue, hint, intimation; (mil.) parole, watchword. À bon entendeur, demi-— suffit; a word to the wise is sufficient. — usité, — inusité; word in use, obsolete word. — à double entente; ambiguous word, bearing a double interpretation. Jeu de —s; play upon words. — forgé; coined word. Gros —s; high words. — d’ordre; watch-word, pass-word. — de passe; pass-word. Trancher le —; to speak out, to speak one’s mind, not to mince matters. Tenir le —; to take the bet. Ne dire —, ne pas souffler —; not to utter, not to breathe, a word. Qui ne dit — consent; silence gives consent. Donner le — à quelqu’un; to give any one the word, the cue. Bon —; witticism. — pour rire; jest, joke. Il lui a dit un — à l’oreille; he whispered a word in his ear. Prendre quelqu’un au —; to take any one at his word. Ils se sont donné le —; they understand one another, they have passed the word round. — à —, — pour —; word for word. En un —; in a word, in short. À ces —s; at those words, so saying. Avoir le — pour rire; to be ready with a joke; to be full of fun. Au bas —; at the least. Entendre à demi —; to take a hint. C’est mon dernier —; it is the last concession I can make; I will take nothing less. Savoir le fin —; to understand the upshot of anything. Si c’est là le fin —; if that is the upshot of, or the last word. Je vous enverrai un —; I shall send you word, or a reminder. Envoyez-moi un —; let me know or send me a line.

=motacille=, n.f., wag-tail.

*=motelle=, n.f., (ich.) burbot, rockling.

=motet=, n.m., (mus.) motet.

=moteur=, n.m., mover, author; motive power, propeller, contriver; (anat.) motor.

=mot-eur=, =-rice=, adj., motive, propelling, driving.

=motif=, n.m., motive, incentive, incitement; ground, cause; (mus.) subject; (paint.) design, pattern. Pour quel —? on what ground? on what score? Faire valoir les —s; (jur.) to show cause.

=motion=, n.f., motion. Faire appuyer, faire adopter, une —; to make, to support, to carry, a motion.

=motiver=, v.a., to allege, to assign, as a motive; to be the cause of, to justify, to bring about; to lead to. Se —, v.r., to be founded or justified.

=motte=, n.f., clod; ball of earth; turf (fuel); lump, roll (of butter).

se =motter=, v.r., (hunt.) to lurk behind a clod.

=motteux=, n.m., (orni.) fallow-finch; wheatear.

=motu proprio=, adv., on one’s own impulse, spontaneously, of one’s own accord.

=motus!= (-tûs), int., mum! silence! not a word!

=mou=, =mol=, adj.m., =molle=, f., soft, mellow; weak; slack, feeble, nerveless, flabby; inactive; sluggish; tame, effeminate, careless, luxurious. Cire molle; soft wax. Poires molles; mellow pears. Style mou; nerveless style. Mer molle; (nav.) slack water. [Mol is used in the masc. before a vowel or h mute.]

=mou=, n.m., soft; slack (of a rope); lights (of animals).

=mouchage=, n.m., snuffing (of candles).

=mouchard=, n.m., or =mouche=, (l.u.) n.f., spy, police-spy, informer.

=moucharder=, v.a., to inform, to spy, to spy upon.

=mouche=, n.f., fly; patch (on the face); beauty-spot; button (of a foil); (astron.) musca; (of a target) bull’s-eye; (nav.) fen-boat; loo (at cards). Prendre la —; to take offense easily, to be touchy. Gober les —s; to stand gaping. Faire d’une — un éléphant; to make a mountain of a molehill. Quelle — vous a piqué? why, what’s the matter with you? what ails you? what whim have you got into your head? Des pieds de —s; scrawl (writing). —s volantes; (med.) motes in the eyes. Faire des pieds de —s; to write an illegible scrawl. C’est une fine —; he, she is a sly dog. Chiures de —s; fly-blows. —-guêpe, (—s-—s) (ent.) wasp-fly. — bleue; blue-bottle. — à feu; fire-fly. — abeille; drone. — à miel; honey-bee. On prend plus de —s avec du miel qu’avec du vinaigre; more is done by kindness than by harshness.

=moucher=, v.a., to wipe the nose of; to snuff; ☉(fam.) to spy, to dog. Mouchez cet enfant; wipe that child’s nose. — une chandelle; to snuff a candle.

se =moucher=, v.r., to blow one’s nose. Mouchez-vous; blow your nose. Ne pas se — du pied or du coude; to be up to snuff; to be no fool; to do things in grand style.

=moucher=, v.n., to clear one’s nose.

=moucherolle=, n.m., (orni.) fly-catcher.

=moucheron=, n.m., gnat, midge, very small fly; snuff (of a candle).

=mouchet=, n.m., (orni.) bog-rush.

=moucheté=, =-e=, adj., spotted, speckled, flecked. Cheval —; dappled, spotted horse. Fleuret —; capped foil.

=moucheter=, v.a., to spot, to speckle, to fleck; to cap (of foils).

=mouchettes=, n.f.pl., snuffers.

=moucheture=, n.f., spot, speck, speckle; (surg.) scarification; spottedness, speckledness.

=moucheur=, n.m., candle-snuffer; nose-blower.

=mouchoir=, n.m., handkerchief. — de cou; neckerchief. — de poche; pocket handkerchief. Jeter le —; to throw the handkerchief (game). Elle a réfusé le —; (fig.) she would have nothing to say to him.

=mouchure=, n.f., snuff (of a candle).

=mouçon=, n.f. V. =mousson=.

=moudre= (moulant, moulu), v.a., to grind, to mill, to crush. — du blé; to grind corn. — de coups; to beat soundly. J’ai le corps tout moulu; I am bruised all over. Il viendra — à notre moulin; he will want us some day.

=moue=, n.f., pout, pouting; wry face, grimace. Faire la — à quelqu’un; to make a wry face at any one. Faire la —; to pout.

=mouée=, n.f., (hunt.) reward, hound’s fee.

=mouette=, n.f., (orni.) gull, sea-mew.

=moufette=, n.f. V. =mofette=.

=mouflard=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., (pop.) bloated face.

=moufle=, n.f., (mec.) tackle; tackle-block; fingerless glove, mitten.

=mouflé=, =-e=, adj., used only in poulie —e; single pulley connected with others in a tackle-block.

=moufle=, n.m., (chem.) muffle.

=mouflon=, n.m., (zoöl.) moufflon, wild sheep.

=mouillade=, n.f., wetting.

*=mouillage=, n.m., anchorage, roadstead, soaking, wetting, watering. Être au —; to be at anchor; to lie or ride at anchor. Droits de —; harbor dues; keelage.

*=mouillé=, =-e=, part., wet, watery; (of the letter l) liquid; (of ships) moored, anchored. Poule —e; milksop (pers.).

*=mouille-bouche=, n.f., (— or —-—s) a kind of pear.

*=mouiller=, v.a., to wet, to moisten, to steep; to moor (a ship). — l’ancre; (nav.) to let go the anchor.

*=mouiller=, v.n., (nav.) to anchor, to cast anchor.

*=mouillette=, n.f., sippet (to eat with boiled eggs).

*=mouilloir=, n.m., water-can (in which women dip their fingers when they spin).

*=mouillure=, n.f., wetting, watering, sprinkling.

=moujik=, n.m., (—s) moujik, Russian peasant.

=moulage=, n.m., molding; grinding, milling; mill-work, machinery of a mill, mill-stone spindle; ☉measuring (of wood).

=moulard=, n.m., moularde, n.f., grindstone-dust.

=moule=, n.m., matrix, mold, cast; netting, pin. — à beurre; butter-print. Faire un —; to take a cast. Jeter en —; to cast in a mold. Cela ne se jette pas en —; (prov.) that cannot be done easily. Fait au —; (fig.) beautifully shaped.

=moule=, n.f., (conch.) mussel.

=moulé=, =-e=, part., adj., molded; cast; printed, shaped, formed. Lettre —e; printed letter. Chandelle —e; molded candle.

=moulé=, n.m., (pop.) print, printed letters, type.

=mouler=, v.a., to cast, to mold, to shape, to form, to print.

se =mouler=, v.r., to mold one’s self. — sur un autre; to take another for one’s model.

=mouleur=, n.m., molder.

=moulin=, n.m., mill. — à blé; corn-mill. — à vent; wind-mill. — à bras; hand-mill. — à eau; water-mill. — à vapeur; steam-mill. — à café; coffee-mill. C’est un — à paroles; she is a chatterbox. Faire venir l’eau au —; to bring grist to the mill. Jeter son bonnet par dessus les —s; to throw off all restraint, to be regardless of consequences.

=moulinage=, n.m., (manu.) grinding, milling; silk-throwing.

=mouliner=, v.a., to eat away wood (of worms); to throw (silk).

=moulinet=, n.m., small windlass, capstan; small mill. Faire le — avec une épée; to twirl a sword about.

=moulineur= or =moulinier=, n.m., silk-thrower.

☉=moult= (moo), adv., much, very much.

=moulu=, =-e=, part., ground; bruised.

=moulure=, n.f., (arch.) molding.

=mourant=, =-e=, n. and adj., dying person; dying, expiring; fading, going down gradually.

=mouret=, n.m. V. =moret=.

=mourine=, n.f., (ich.) eagle-ray.

=mourir= (mourant, mort), v.n., to die, to depart this life; to perish, to drop off, to go off, to expire, to stop; to go out (of fire); to be out (at play). Être mort au monde; to be dead to the world. — de faim; to die of starvation; to starve. — de soif; to be dying with thirst. — de froid; to perish from cold. — d’envie; to long for. — de chagrin; to die of a broken heart. Il la fera — de chagrin; he will break her heart. — de rire; to die with laughter. C’est un meurt de faim; he is a pauper, a starveling.

se =mourir=, v.r., to be dying; to be dying out (of fire). Cet homme se meurt; this man is dying. [Only used in present and imperfect indicative.]

=mouron=, n.m., (bot.) pimpernel; chickweed; (ent.) eft.

=mourre=, n.f., (game) mora; Buck-buck, how many fingers do I hold up?

=mousquet=, n.m., musket, match-lock.

☉=mousquetade=, n.f., musket-shot, volley of musketry.

☉=mousquetaire=, n.m., musketeer.

=mousqueterie= (-kè-trî), n.f., musketry, volley of musketry.

=mousqueton=, n.m., musketoon, carbine; pendant (of a watch-chain).

=mousse=, n.f., moss; froth, foam; lather, effervescence. Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas de —; a rolling stone gathers no moss.

=mousse=, n.m., cabin-boy, ship-boy.

☉=mousse=, adj., blunt, dull (of tools).

=mousseline= (moos-li-n), n.f., muslin.

=mousser=, v.n., to froth, to foam, to effervesce, to lather. Faire —; to froth; to puff.

=mousseron= (moos-ron), n.m., mushroom.

=mousseu-x=, =-se=, adj., foaming, frothy; (of wine) sparkling. Rose —se; moss-rose.

=moussoir=, n.m., chocolate-stick.

=mousson=, n.f., monsoon.

=moussu=, =-e=, adj., mossy, moss-grown.

=moustache=, n.f., moustache, mustachio; whisker (of animals). Relever sa —; to twirl up one’s moustache. Brûler la — à quelqu’un; to fire a pistol in any one’s face. Donner sur la — à quelqu’un; to hit any one in the face. Vieille —; veteran; old gray-beard.

=moustiquaire=, n.f., musquito-net.

=moustique=, n.m., musquito.

=moût=, n.m., must (wine not fermented); wort.

=moutard=, n.m., (pop.) brat, youngster.

=moutarde=, n.f., mustard. Graine de —; mustard-seed. S’amuser à la —; to trifle one’s time away. Il m’a fait monter la — au nez; he made me lose my temper. C’est de la — après dîner; it is a day after the fair.

=moutardier=, n.m., mustard-pot; mustard-maker; (orni.) black-martin, swift.

☉=moutier=, n.m., convent, monastery.

=mouton=, n.m., sheep; mutton; sheep-leather; rammer; beetle, monkey (rammer); (pers.) lamb, ninny, decoy, prison-spy. pl., (of the sea) white horses, white-crested waves. Un troupeau de —s; a flock of sheep. Revenons à nos —s; let us return to our subject.

☉*=moutonnaille=, n.f., flock of sheep.

=moutonné=, =-e=, adj., fleecy, curled; (of the sea) white with foam.

=moutonner=, v.a. and n., to make woolly, fleecy; to curl to frizzle; (nav.) to foam; (of a crowd) to rear their heads; to worm anything out of any one; to spy upon, to denounce.

=moutonneu-x=, =-se=, adj., woolly; foamy, rough (of waves).

=moutonni-er=, =-ère=, adj., fleecy, woolly; sheep-like, silly.

=mouture=, n.f., grinding; charge for grinding; meslin of wheat, rye, and barley. Tirer d’un sac deux —s; to get a double profit on anything.

=mouvance=, n.f., (feudalism) tenure.

=mouvant=, =-e=, adj., moving, shifting, unstable; (jur.) depending on; (her.) issuant; animated, busy. Sable —; quicksand.

=mouvement= (moov-mān), n.m., movement, motion, progress, advance, march; move, manœuvre; fluctuation; (mus.) time; (paint.) animation, life, bustle, stir; spirit; impulse, emotion, disturbance, commotion; (horl.) works; animation, sparkle (of style); bursts (of eloquence). Se donner du —; to bestir one’s self. — naturel; natural impulse. Faire une chose de son propre —; to do a thing of one’s own accord. Se mettre en —; to stir, to start; (mil.) to move forward, to advance.

=mouver=, v.a., (gard.) to loosen, to stir.

=mouvoir= (mouvant, mu), v.a., to move, to stir; to prompt, to stir up, to actuate; to excite.

se =mouvoir=, v.r., to move, to stir, to be moved. Faire se —; to set in motion.

=moxa=, n.m., (surg.) moxa.

=moye= (moa), n.f., soft part (of stone).

=moyen= (moa-yin) n.m., means, way, manner; medium; power, possibility; (jur.) plea; (log.) mean; (math.) middle term. pl., means, resources; pecuniary circumstances; abilities, talents; parts. Il n’y a pas — de faire cela; that is not to be done. Je n’en ai pas le —; I have not the ability to do it; I can’t afford it. Le — de lui parler? how can one manage to speak to him? Contribuer chacun selon ses —s; to contribute each according to his means. Il a beaucoup de —s; he is very clever; he has plenty of brains. Voies et —s; ways and means. Au — de; by means of, with the help of. Trouver —; to find means, to contrive, to manage. Faire valoir ses —s; to make the most of one’s talents.

=moyen=, =-ne= (moa-yin, -yè-n), adj., mean, middle, middle-sized, average. Le — âge; the Middle Ages. Terme —, chiffre —; average, mean, on an average.

=moyennant= (moa-iè-nān), prep., by means of, with the help of; in consideration of, in return for.

=moyennant que=, conj., provided that, on condition that.

=moyenne=, n.f., average; (math.) mean, medium; (writ.) round hand. — approximative; rough average. Sur une — de; at an average of. En —; on an average; (of writing) in round hand.

☉=moyennement= (moa-iè-n-mān), adv., moderately, indifferently.

☉=moyenner=, v.a., to mediate, to procure, to bring about.

=moyer=, v.a., to saw (freestone).

=moyette=, n.f., (agri.) shock, stook.

=moyeu=, n.m., nave (of a wheel); preserved plum; ☉yolk of an egg.

=mozarabe=, n.m., Muzarab.

=mozarabe=, or =mozarabique= adj., muzarabic.

=mr.= (ab. of Monsieur), Mr., Mister.

=m’sieu=, n.m. (pop. for Monsieur), sir, mister.

=ms.=, =msc.=, (ab. of Manuscrit), ms., manuscript.

=mss.= (ab. of Manuscrits,) mss., manuscripts.

=muabilité=, n.f. V. =mutabilité=.

=muable=, adj., mutable, changeable.

=muance=, n.f., (mus.) changing a note. En —; (of the voice) breaking.

=mucate=, n.m., mucic acid combined.

à =muche-pot=, adv. V. =musse-pot= (à).

=mucilage=, n.m., mucilage.

=mucilagineu-x=, =-se=, adj., mucilaginous.

=mucosité=, n.f., mucus, phlegm.

=mucus= (-kus), n.m., mucus.

=mue=, n.f., molting; molting season; cast-skin, slough; mew, coop (cage). Être en —; to be molting; to break (of the voice).

=muer=, v.n., to molt, to cast its skin, to cast horns; to mew; (of the voice) to break, to change. Ce chien mue; that dog is shedding its coat. Sa voix mue; his voice is breaking.

=muet=, =-te=, adj., dumb, mute, speechless; taciturn, secret; (of maps) in outline; (of evidence) presumptive, circumstantial; silent (of letters). Il est sourd-—, sourd et —; he is deaf and dumb. La frayeur le rendit —; terror struck him dumb. Scène —te; dumb show.

=muet=, n.m., =-te=, n.f., dumb man, dumb woman.

=muette=, n.f., mew, mews; hunting-lodge.

=muezin=, n.m., (—s) muezzin.

=mufle=, n.m., snout, muzzle (of animals); face, phiz, mug (of persons). — de veau; (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout. Quel —! what a face!

=mufleau=, n.m., (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout.

=muflier=, n.m., (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout.

=mufti= or =muphti=, n.m., (—s) mufti.

=muge=, n.m., (ich.) mullet, gray mullet.

=mugir=, v.n., to bellow, to low; to roar, to groan; to sough (of the wind).

=mugissant=, =-e=, adj., bellowing, roaring.

=mugissement= (-jis-mān), n.m., bellowing, lowing; roaring; soughing (of the wind).

☉=mugot=, n.m. V. =magot=.

=muguet=, (-ghè) n.m., (bot.) lily of the valley, May-lily; (med.) thrush; ☉(fam.) beau, fop. — des bois; woodruff.

=mugueter= (mug-té), v.a., (fam., l.u.) to play the gallant, to flirt.

☉=muid=, n.m., hogshead (measure).

=mulasse=, n.f., young mule.

=mulâtre=, adj., mulatto.

=mulâtr-e=, n.m., =-esse=, n.f., mulatto.

☉=mulcter=, v.a., (jur.) to fine, to punish; to vex, to ill-treat.

=mule=, n.f., slipper; she-mule. pl., chilblains in the heels, kibes; (vet.) chaps. La — du pape; the pope’s slipper. Baiser la — du pape; to kiss the pope’s toe. Ferrer la —; to get the market-penny (of servants).

=mulet=, n.m., he-mule; (bot., orni.) mule; working-bee; (ich.) mullet. Garder le —; to be kept waiting, to dance attendance.

=muletier= (mul-tié), n.m., muleteer.

=mulle=, n.m., (ich.) surmullet.

☉=mulle=, n.f. V. =caillette=.

=mulle=, adj., (com.) of inferior quality (of madder).

=mulot=, n.m., field-mouse.

=multangulaire=, adj., (bot.) multangular.

=multangulé=, =-e=, adj., multangular.

=multi=, a prefix from Latin multus.

=multicapsulaire=, adj., (bot.) multicapsular.

=multicolore=, adj., of many colors, many-colored.

=multifide=, adj., (bot.) multifid.

=multiflore=, adj., (bot.) multiflorous, many-flowered.

=multiforme=, adj., multiform.

=multilatère=, adj., multilateral, many-sided.

=multiloculaire=, adj., (bot.) muitilocular.

=multinôme=, n.m., (l.u.) (alg.) multinominal. V. =polynôme=.

=multipare=, adj., multiparous.

=multipartite=, adj., (bot.) multipartite.

=multipède=, adj., multiped.

=multiple=, n.m. and adj., (arith.) multiple.

=multipliable=, adj., multipliable.

=multipliant=, adj., multiplying. n.m., multiplying-glass.

=multiplicande=, n.m., (arith.) multiplicand.

=multiplicateur=, n.m., (arith.) multiplier.

=multiplication=, n.f., multiplication. Table de —; multiplication table.

=multiplicité=, n.f., multiplicity.

=multiplié=, =-e=, adj., multifarious, multiplied, manifold, repeated, frequent.

=multiplier=, v.a., to multiply.

se =multiplier=, v.r., to multiply; to be repeated, to be everywhere.

=multiplier=, v.n., to multiply.

=multitude=, n.f., multitude.

=multivalve=, n.f. and adj., multivalve; multi-valvular.

=muni=, =-e=, part., supplied, furnished, provided (with); possessed (of); fortified.

=municipal=, =-e=, adj., municipal.

=municipal=, n.m., municipal officer; municipal guard. Conseiller —; member of the town council. Musique —e; town-band.

=municipalité=, n.f., municipality.

=munificence=, n.f., munificence, bounty.

=munir=, v.a., to provide (with), to supply, to furnish (with); to arm, to fortify, to secure.

se =munir=, v.r., to provide one’s self, to be provided, to be supplied, to be furnished (with).

=munition=, n.f., ammunition. pl., military stores, provisions. —s de bouche; provisions. —s de guerre; ammunition.

=munitionnaire=, n.m., (milit.) contractor; commissary of stores.

=muphti=, n.m. V. =mufti=.

=muqueu-x=, =-se=, adj., mucous.

=mur=, n.m., wall. — mitoyen; partition wall. — de clôture; inclosure-wall. — d’appui; wall breast-high, parapet wall. — blanc; dead wall. Mettre quelqu’un au pied du —; to nonplus any one, to drive into a corner.

=mûr=, =-e=, adj., ripe, mature, matured; worn out, shabby (of clothes). L’âge —; mature age. Du vin —; wine fit for drinking.

=murage=, n.m., walling.

*=muraille=, n.f., thick, high wall; rampart.

*=muraillement=, n.m., (mas.) walling.

=mural=, =-e=, adj., mural.

=mûre=, n.f., (bot.) mulberry. — sauvage, — de ronce, — de haie; blackberry.

=mûrement= (mûr-mān), adv., maturely. J’y ai — réfléchi; I have deeply reflected upon it.

=murène=, n.f., (ich.) muræna.

=murer=, v.a., to wall; to wall up; to brick up; to immure; to screen, to veil.

=murex= (-rèks), n.m., (conch.) murex.

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

=muriatique=, adj., (chem.) muriatic. Acide —; muriatic acid.

=mûrier=, n.m., mulberry-tree.

=mûrir=, v.n., to ripen, to grow ripe, to mature.

=mûrir=, v.a., to ripen, to mature, to bring to perfection or completeness. Se —; to ripen.

=murmurant=, =-e=, adj., murmuring, babbling, purling; muttering, grumbling.

=murmurateur=, n. and adj. m., murmurer, grumbler; discontented, murmuring, grumbling person.

=murmure=, n.m., murmur; murmuring, grumbling, muttering; whispering; prattling; babbling; purl (of a brook); soughing (of the wind).

=murmurer=, v.n., to murmur, to grumble, to mutter; to whisper; to gurgle, to prattle, to purl, to babble, to sough.

=murmurer=, v.a., to mutter, to whisper. Que murmurez-vous là? what are you muttering there?

se =murmurer=, v.r., to be whispered, to be whispered about.

=muron=, n.m., blackberry; wild raspberry.

=murrhin=, =-e=, adj., murrhine.

=musagète=, adj., (myth.) chief of the Muses (of Apollo).

*=musaraigne=, n.f., (mam.) shrew-mouse.

=musard=, =-e=, n. and adj., loiterer, dawdler; loitering, dawdling.

=musarder=, v.n., to loiter, to dawdle.

=musarderie=, n.f., loitering, trifling; dawdling.

=musc= or =porte-musc=, n.m., (—) (mam.) musk, musk-deer.

=musc=, n.m., musk (scent).

=muscade=, n.f., nutmeg; juggler’s ball. Noix —; nutmeg.

=muscadet=, n.m., muscadet (wine).

=muscadier=, n.m., nutmeg-tree.

=muscadin=, n.m., musk-lozenge; ☉beau, dandy, fop, spark.

=muscat=, n.m. and adj., muscatel, muscadine, muscadel (a kind of grapes, of wine, of pears).

=muscatelline=, n.f., (bot.) adoxa, moschatel.

=muscle=, n.m., muscle.

=musclé=, =-e=, adj., strongly marked (of the muscles).

=musculaire=, adj., muscular.

=musculature=, n.f., (sculpt., paint.) muscularity, muscling.

=musculeu-x=, =-se=, adj., muscular, brawny, musculous.

=muse=, n.f., Muse.

=muse=, n.f., (hunt.) rutting-time.

=museau=, n.m., muzzle, snout, nose, face.

=musée=, n.m., museum. — de tableaux; picture-gallery.

=museler= (mu-zlé), v.a., to muzzle, to silence, to gag.

=muselière=, n.f., muzzle.

=musellement=, n.m., muzzling; (fig.) gagging, silencing.

=muser=, v.n., to loiter, to trifle, to moon, to dawdle; (hunt.) to begin to rut. Qui refuse muse; you may lose by refusing.

=muserolle= (muz-rol), n.f., nose-band, musrole.

=musette=, n.f., bagpipe; tune for ditto; nose-bag (for horses).

=muséum= (-om), n.m., (—s) museum.

=musical=, =-e=, adj., musical.

=musicalement= (-kal-mān), adv., musically.

=musicien=, n.m., =-ne=, n.f., (-in, -è-n), musician.

=musico=, n.m., (—s) (in the Netherlands) a low music hall; gaff; pot-house.

=musicomane=, n.m., (l.u.) person extremely fond of music. V. =mélomane=.

=musicomanie=, n.f., (l.u.) passion for music. V. =mélomanie=.

=musi-f= or =mussi-f=, =-ve=, adj., (chem.) mosaic. Or —; mosaic-gold, ormolu.

=musique=, n.f., music; band, musicians. Mettre des vers en —; to set verses to music. Être réglé comme un papier de —; to be as regular as clockwork. Nous ferons de la —; we shall have some music. La — du régiment; the regimental band.

=musiquer=, v.n., to strum (on the piano).

=musoir=, n.m., pier-head, jetty-head.

=musqué=, =-e=, adj., musked, perfumed; studied, unnatural; odd, strange.

=musquer=, v.a., to perfume with musk, to musk, to scent.

se =musquer=, v.r., to scent one’s self with musk.

à =musse-pot=, adv., in concealment, secretly. V. =à muche-pot=.

☉se =musser=, v.r., to hide one’s self; to lurk in a corner.

=mussulman=, =-e=, n. and adj., Mussulman; Mahometan, Mohammedan.

=mustelle=, n.f., (ich.) whistle-fish.

☉=musurgie=, n.f., (mus.) musurgy.

=mutabilité=, n.f., mutability, changeableness.

=mutation=, n.f., mutation, change.

=muter=, v.a., to sulphur (wine-casks).

=mutilat-eur=, =-rice=, n. and adj., mutilator; mutilating.

=mutilation=, n.f., mutilation; maiming; mangling, garbling.

=mutiler=, v.a., to mutilate; to maim; to disfigure, to garble.

=mutin=, =-e=, adj., obstinate, stubborn, unruly, fractious; riotous, seditious, rebellious.

=mutin=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., obstinate person; refractory child; mutineer, rioter.

=mutiné=, =-e=, part., mutinous, riotous. Peuple —; riotous people. Les flots —s; the raging waves.

se =mutiner=, v.r., to mutiny, to be refractory, unruly. Cet enfant se mutine; that child is getting unruly.

=mutinerie= (-ti-n-rî), n.f., mutiny, riot, sedition; unruliness.

=mutisme=, n.m., dumbness, speechlessness.

=mutualité=, n.f., mutuality.

=mutuel=, =-le=, adj., mutual, reciprocal. Société de secours —s; benefit or friendly society.

=mutuellement= (-èl-mān), adv., mutually, reciprocally.

=mutule=, n.f., (arch.) mutule.

=myélite=, n.f., (med.) inflammation of the spinal marrow.

=myographie=, n.f., myography.

=myologie=, n.f., myology.

=myope=, n.m.f. and adj., myope, short-sighted person; short-sighted.

=myope=, n.m., (ent.) conops.

=myopie=, n.f., myopia, myopy, short-sightedness.

=myose=, n.f., (med.) myosis.

=myosotis=, n.m., (bot.) myositis, forget-me-not, scorpion-grass.

=myosure=, n.f., (bot.) mouse-tail.

=myotomie=, n.f., myotomy.

=myriade=, n.f., myriad.

=myriagramme=, n.m., myriagramme (22·0485 lbs. avoirdupois).

=myriamètre=, n.m., myriametre (6·2138 miles).

=myriapode=, n.m., (ent.) myriapod.

=myrmidon=, n.m. V. =mirmidon=.

=myrobolan=, n.m., (bot.) myrobalan.

=myrobolan=, =-te=, adj. V. =mirobolant=.

=myrobolanier=, n.m., myrobalan-tree.

=myrrhe=, n.f., myrrh.

=myrrhis= (mir-ris), n.m., (bot.) myrrhis.

=myrte=, n.m., myrtle.

=myrtiforme=, adj., myrtiform.

=myrtille=, n.f., (bot.) bilberry.

=mystagogue= (-gog), n.m., (antiq.) mystagogue.

=mystère=, n.m., mystery, secret, secrecy; fuss, ado; importance. Sans autre —; without further ado. Approfondir un —; to probe a mystery. Mettre du — à; to make a mystery of.

=mystérieusement= (-eûz-mān), adv., mysteriously.

=mystérieu-x=, =-se=, adj., mysterious.

=mysticisme=, n.m., mysticism.

=mysticité=, n.f., mysticism.

=mystificateur=, n.m., hoaxer, mystifier. adj., mystifying, hoaxing.

=mystification=, n.f., hoaxing, hoax, mystification.

=mystifier=, v.a., to hoax, to mystify.

=mystique=, adj., mystical, mystic.

=mystique=, n.m.f., (pers.) mystic.

=mystique=, n.f., (philos.) the study of spirituality.

=mystiquement= (-tik-mān), adv., mystically.

=mythe=, n.m., myth, fable, fiction.

=mythique=, adj., mythic, mythical.

=mythologie=, n.f., mythology.

=mythologique=, adj., mythological, fabulous.

=mythologiste= or =mythologue=, n.m., mythologist.

=myure=, adj., (med.) sinking (of the pulse).

N

=n= (èn), n.f. (ne), n.m., the fourteenth letter of the alphabet, n.

=n’= (contraction of Ne), not.

=nabab=, n.m., nabob.

=nababie=, n.f., nabobship.

=nable=, n.m., (nav.) scuttle-hole; plug-stopper.

=nabot=, n.m., =-e=, n.f., (jest.) shrimp, manikin; (pers.) dwarf.

=nacarat=, n.m., nacarat.

=nacarat=, adj. invariable, nacarat.

=nacelle=, n.f., wherry, small boat, skiff; (of balloon) car; (arch.) scotia, casement.

=nacre=, n.f., mother-of-pearl.

=nacré=, =-e=, adj., nacreous, pearly.

=nadir=, n.m., (astron.) nadir.

=naevus=, n.m., birth-mark, mole.