Aide {_m._, a male assistant.
{_f._, a female assistant; aid, help, succor.
Aigle {_m._, male eagle.
{_f._, she-eagle; standard, eagle.
Ange {_m._, angel; (artil.) chain-shot, bar-shot; angel-shot;
(ich.) angel-fish.[1]
{_f._, _not used_.
Apologétique {_m._, Tertullian’s treatise in defense of the early
Christians.
{_f._, apologetics, a part of theology.
Armadille {_m._, wood-louse.
{_f._, armadilla, Spanish fleet to defend Spain’s
possessions in the New World; Spanish frigate
belonging to this fleet.
Asclépiade {_m._, (ancient poet.) asclepiad.
{_f._, (bot.) asclepias, swallow-wort.
Aune {_m._, alder tree.
{_f._, obsolete French measure = one ell.
Barbe {_m._, Barbary horse.
{_f._, beard.
Barde {_m._, a bard, Celtic poet.
{_f._, a thin slice, a rasher of bacon.
Basque {_m._, Biscayan; Basque (nation and language).
{_f._, flap, skirt, tail, of a coat, or any other garment.
Bourgogne {_m._, Burgundy (wine).
{_f._, Burgundy (province).
Brie {_m._, Brie (cheese).
{_f._, Brie (province); rolling-pin.
Bulbe {_m._, (anat.) bulb.
{_f._,[2](bot.) bulb.
Câpre[3] {_m._, ☉pirate; privateer; piratical ship.
{_f._, (bot.) caper.
Carpe {_m._, wrist.
{_f._, (ich.) carp.
Cartouche {_m._, (arch.) cartouch, modillion.
{_f._, cartridge for small firearms.
Caustique {_m._, (med.) caustic.
{_f._, (geom., phys.) caustic curve.
Champagne {_m._, Champagne (wine).
{_f._, Champagne (province).
Chorée {_m._, choreus, choree, trochee.
{_f._, (med.) chorea, St. Vitus’ dance.
Cinquième {_m._, the fifth part; pupil in the 5th form in public
schools.
{_f._, 5th form in public schools.
Cistophore {_m._, (antiq.) Asiatic coin marked with a cist.
{_f._, (antiq.) a female cist-bearer in the feast of Ceres
and Bacchus.
Claque {_m._ opera hat.
{_f._, flap, slap, smack; (thea.) claque, paid clappers.
Cloaque {_m._, sink, receptacle of filth; filthy, dirty place;
filthy person; (anat.) cloaca.
{_f._, (Roman antiq.) common sewer.
Coche {_m._, barge for the conveyance of travelers, track-boat,
coach.
{_f._, sow, she-pig; notch, nick, indentation.
Connétable {_m._, High-Constable.
{_f._, High-Constable’s wife.
Contumace {_m._, a man guilty of contumacy (jur.).
{_f._, contumacy.
Cornette {_m._, cornet, ensign-bearer (cavalry).
{_f._, cornet, mob-cap; (milit.) colors of a company of
cavalry; cornetcy; (nav.) broad pendant.
Cosaque {_m._, Cossack.
{_f._, Cossack dance.
Cosmétique {_m._, cosmetic.
{_f._, the art of using cosmetics.
Cotte {_m._, (ich.) bull-head, miller’s-thumb.
{_f._, ☉petticoat. _— d’armes_; coat of arms. _— de
mailles_; coat of mail. _— morte_; property
left by a deceased monk.
Couple {_m._, a married pair, husband and wife.
{_f._, a brace, two.
Cravate {_m._, Croatian horse; ☉trooper of light cavalry regiments
which bore the same name.
{_f._, cravat, necktie, neckcloth.
Crêpe {_m._, crape.
{_f._, pancake.
Critique {_m._, a critic.
{_f._, criticism.
Custode {_m._, warden.
{_f._, cloth to cover the pyx in which the Host is kept;
curtain of the high altar; ☉curtain.
Décime {_m._, copper coin worth 10 centimes, the tenth part of a
franc; a war tax.
{_f._, tithe formerly levied on ecclesiastical revenues;
_pl._, tax paid formerly to the king by the
holders of benefices.
Dentale {_m._, (conch,) dentalium, dental, tooth-shell.
{_f._, dental, dental consonant.
Didactique {_m._, didactic language, didactic style.
{_f._, the art of teaching.
Dixième {_m._, the tenth part; a tax.
{_f._, (mus.) tenth.
Ébène[4] {_m._, _not used_.
{_f._, ebony, ebon; (fig.) black color.
Écho {_m._, echo.
{_f._, Echo (nymph).
Élève {_m._, male pupil, school-boy.
{_f._, female pupil, school-girl; breeding of horses,
cattle, etc.
Enseigne {_m._, ensign, standard-bearer.
{_f._, sign-board.
Éphémère {_m._, (ent.) ephemera, ephemeran, day-fly, May-fly.
{_f._, spider-wort, _tradescantia virginica_.
Espace {_m._, space, distance, interval.
{_f._, (print.) space, metallic plate to separate words.
Exemple {_m._, example.
{_f._, writing-copy.
Faune {_m._, faun (myth.).
{_f._, fauna.
Faux {_m._, forgery, falsehood.
{_f._, scythe.
Fin {_m._, sharp, astute man; gist, main point; (metal.) pure
metal.
{_f._, end, termination; aim, object, view, design,
intention.
Finale {_m._, (mus.) finale.
{_f._, (gram.) final letter or syllable.
Flasque {_m._, cheek (of a gun-carriage).
{_f._, powder-flask, powder-horn; (nav.) whelp (of the
capstan); board (of bellows).
Follicule {_m._, (anat., bot.) follicle.
{_f._, [5]small sheet of paper; (pharm.) pod of senna.
Foret[6] {_m._, drill (to bore holes).
{_f._, forest.
Foudre {_m._, (st.e.) thunder-bolt, lightning; (paint., sculpt.)
thunder-bolt, Jupiter’s attribute; (fig.)
irresistible eloquence; great general, orator,
hero; divine anger, vengeance; fulmination of
excommunication, etc.; artillery, mines, war;
(poet.) catastrophe, destruction. A tun (cask).
{_f._, thunder-bolt, lightning; (fig.) divine anger,
vengeance; fulmination of excommunication, etc.;
superior eloquence; artillery, mines, etc.
Fourbe {_m._, knave.
{_f._, deceit, craftiness.
Garde {_m._, a guard, a keeper.
{_f._, guarding, guard; watching; keeping.
Garde-robe {_m._, lady’s apron.
{_f._, wardrobe; (bot.) artemisia.
Geste {_m._, gesture, action, movement. _pl._, ☉great deeds of
generals, princes, etc.
{_f._, poem in old French.
Givre {_m._, hoar frost, rime.
{_f._, (her.) snake, serpent, wyvern.
Grave {_m._, (phys.) body, heavy body; (lit.) grave style;
(mus.) flat; wine made at Grave (France).
{_f._, shore, beach (Newfoundland);
{_pl._, gravelly and clayey soil in the department of
Gironde (France).
Greffe {_m._, record-office of a court of justice.
{_f._, graft.
Grêle {_m._, nut-coal.
{_f._, hail; (med.) chalazion, grando, hailstone.
Guérilla {_m._, guerilla-soldier.
{_f._, guerilla, small army of irregulars.
Guide {_m._, a guide.
{_f._, rein.
Havane {_m._, Havana (cigar).
{_f._, Havana (town).
Hymne {_m._, ode, hymn.
{_f._, hymn (church).
Inde {_m._, indigo, indigo blue; logwood.
{_f._, India.
Interligne {_m._, space between printed or written lines; space
between the lines of the stave (mus.).
{_f._, (print.) lead, metallic plate to separate lines.
Jujube {_m._, the extract of jujube (fruit).
{_f._, [7]jujube (fruit).
Laque {_m._, lacker, lacquer.
{_f._, lac, lake, gum-lake.
Lepte {_m._, (ent.) leptus, wheal-worm, harvest-bug.
{_f._, (bot.) a triphyllous plant of the order celastraceæ.
Lévite {_m._, Levite.
{_f._, surtout, overcoat.
Liquide {_m._, a liquid.
{_f._, (gram.) liquid, liquid consonant.
Litre {_m._, liter, French measure of capacity, less than a
quart.
{_f._, band of black cloth bearing the coat of arms of
a deceased person, and hung in church at his
funeral.
Livre {_m._, book.
{_f._, pound (weight, money).
Louche {_m._, ambiguity; equivocalnees; underhand dealing.
{_f._, soup-ladle.
Loutre {_m._, ☉a hat, a muff, etc., made of otter-skin or hair.
{_f._, otter.
Maheutre {_m._, (French hist.) Protestant soldier.
{_f._, a sleeve that was formerly worn, and did not reach
further than the elbow.
Manche {_m._, handle of a tool, a knife, etc.
{_f._, sleeve; the English Channel.
Manœuvre {_m._, day-laborer; bricklayer’s journeyman; (fig.)
bungler; crafty person.
{_f._, (milit., nav.) maneuver; running rigging, cordages
of a ship.
Marengo {_m._, Oxford gray (color).
{_f._, (cook.) marengo (sauce for fowl).
Maroufle {_m._, ragamuffin, lout, rascallion, clodhopper.
{_f._, (paint.) lining-paste.
Martyre {_m._, martyrdom.
{_f._, a female martyr.
Masque {_m._, a mask.
{_f._, ☉ugly woman, ugly girl.
Mémoire {_m._, memorandum; memoir; bill (of large amount).
{_f._, the memory.
Merci {_m._, thanks.
{_f._, mercy, grace, benevolence, favor.
Mestre de {_m._, ☉colonel; general.
Camp {_f._, ☉the 1st company of a regiment.
Minime {_m._, minim, Franciscan monk.
{_f._, ☉(mus.) minim.
Mobile {_m._, mover, spring, motive power; motive; soldier in
the _garde mobile_.
{_f._, the _garde mobile_, a French infantry corps no
longer in existence.
Mode {_m._, mood, mode; method.
{_f._, fashion.
Môle {_m._, pier, jetty.
{_f._, (med.) mole.
Mort {_m._, a dead man.
{_f._, death.
Moufle[8] {_m._, (chem.) muffle.
{_f._, (mec.) tackle (assemblage of pulleys); fingerless
glove.
Moule {_m._, mold, matrix to cast lead, iron, etc.
{_f._, (ich.) mussel.
Mousse {_m._, cabin-boy, apprentice sailor.
{_f._, moss; froth, foam.
Mulle {_m._, (ich.) mullet.
{_f._, ☉rennet, prepared membrane of the calf’s stomach.
Myope {_m._, myope, short-sighted man; (ent.) conops.
{_f._, myope, short-sighted female.
Mystique {_m._, mystic (man).
{_f._, mystic (female); the study of spirituality.
Néphrétique {_m._, (med.) nephritic; man affected with nephritis.
{_f._, nephritic, renal colic.
Nielle {_m._, niello.
{_f._, blight, smut; (bot.) rose campion.
Noël {_m._, Christmas; Christmas carol.
{_f._, _la Noël_ (ellipsis for _la_ fête de _Noël_),
Christmas-day.
Œuvre {_m._, the philosopher’s stone; (arch.) walls; the whole
of the works of an engraver, painter, or composer
of music; argentiferous lead; (jur.) summons to
one who builds upon another man’s ground.
{_f._, work, deed, action; work of the hand; handiwork;
(jewel.) bezel; (nav.) hull of a ship; the works
of a writer.
Office {_m._, divine service; duty; office[9]; employment;
formulary of prayers. _Saint-—_; holy-office,
inquisition.
{_f._, servants’ hall; pantry.
Ombre[10] {_m._, (ich.) umbra, chromis, corvo; umber, grayling,
char; (card game) omber.
{_f._, shade, shadow; spirit, ghost.
Once {_m._, mountain-cat, catamount.
{_f._, ounce (weight); jaguar, ounce.
Orphiques {_m._, Orpheus’ poems; Pythagoreans, votaries of Orpheus.
{_f._, orgies, feast in honor of Bacchus.
Page {_m._, page, young male servant.
{_f._, page of a book, etc.
Paillasse {_m._, clown, merry-andrew.
{_f._, straw-bed, straw-bed ticking.
Palme {_m._, palm; hand (measures).
{_f._, palm; palm-branch; (bot.) palm-tree; pattern of
cashmere shawls; (sculpt., arch.) palm; (her.)
palm; (bot.) Cuban reed; (nav.) a kind of East
Indian ship with two masts.
Pantomime {_m._, pantomimist, pantomime.
{_f._, dumb-show, pantomime.
Pâque[11] {_m._, Easter (Christian religion).
{_f._, Passover, Easter (Jewish religion).
Parallèle {_m._, comparison; (geog.) parallel of latitude.
{_f._, (geom.) parallel line; (fort.) trench, trenches.
Part {_m._, (jur.) new-born child, infant; birth.
{_f._, share, portion, part; concern, interest, part, side.
Peau-rouge {_m._, American Indian. Red-skin.
{_f._, (no hyphen) any one’s skin when it is red, or
redder than usual.
Pendule {_m._, pendulum.
{_f._, time-piece.
Période {_m._, highest point, acme, height.
{_f._, period, epoch.
Personne {_m._, (pron.) nobody, anybody.
{_f._, (noun) a person.
Physique {_m._, a person’s constitution, body.
{_f._, natural philosophy.
Pique {_m._, spade (cards).
{_f._, pike (weapon); tiff, pique, quarrel.
Pivoine {_m._, (orni.) bull-finch.
{_f._, (bot.) peony, piony.
Plane {_m._, (bot.) plane-tree; inside surface of scissors
blades.
{_f._, joiner’s plane; spoke-shave, drawing-knife; (ich.)
plaice.
Platine {_m._, (metal.) platinum.
{_f._, lock (of small fire-arms); metallic-plate.
Podagre {_m._, a podagrical man, _i.e._ one having the gout in his
feet.
{_f._, podagra, gout in the feet.
Poêle {_m._, pall; stove.
{_f._, frying-pan.
Polacre or {_m._, ☉Polish cavalry.
Polaque {_f._, (nav.) polacca, polacre.
Politique {_m._, politician.
{_f._, politics; policy.
Ponte {_m._, punter (gambling).
{_f._, laying of eggs.
Poste {_m._, post, situation.
{_f._, post, mail, post-office; buckshot.
Poulpe {_m._, (mol.) poulp, octopus.
{_f._, pulp, pap.
Pourpre {_m._, purple (color); (her.) purpure; (chem.) purple;
(med.) purples.
{_f._, purple, coloring matter extracted from _buccinum
lapillus_; stuff, fabric dyed in purple; (fig.)
vivid red color; sovereign dignity, cardinal’s
dignity.
Prétexte {_m._, pretense, pretext.
{_f._, (Rom. ant.) prætexta.
Primevère {_m._, ☉spring season.
{_f._, (bot.) primrose, cowslip, oxlip.
Pupille {_m._, a male ward.
{_f._, a female ward; pupil of the eye.
Pyrrhique {_m._, pyrrhic (poet.).
{_f._, pyrrhic, military dance.
Quadrille {_m._, quadrille (card game); quadrille, a dance; (mus.)
quadrille.
{_f._, troup of horses in a tournament.
Quadruple {_m._, quadruple, fourfold; (Spanish coin) doubloon.
{_f._, Spanish gold coin worth about £3 8s.
Quatrième {_m._, fourth; 4th floor; pupil of the 4th form in public
schools.
{_f._, 4th form in public schools; (piquet) quart.
Queux {_m._, ☉cook.
{_f._, whetting-stone, hone.
Réciproque {_m._, like, like for like, tit for tat.
{_f._, (log.) converse.
Réclame {_m._, (hawking) cry, sign to bring back a hawk to the lure
or to the fist.
{_f._, (print.) catch-word; primer; editorial advertisement
in newspapers; (c.rel.) part of the responses
recited in the versicle; (thea.) cue.
Régale {_m._, organ stop imitating the human voice; regal (musical
instrument).
{_f._, the king’s right to receive the revenue of a vacant
bishopric.
Réglisse {_m._, _du réglisse_ (popular ellipsis for _du_ jus de
_réglisse_) extract of liquorice, Spanish juice.
{_f._, (bot.) liquorice, licorice; liquorice root.
Relâche {_m._, (thea.) non-performance.
{_f._, (nav.) putting into port.
Remise {_m._, coach let on hire, livery-coach.
{_f._, coach-house; (com.) remittance.
Rencontre {_m._, (her.) rencounter.
{_f._, encounter, rencounter, accidental meeting; accident,
chance, collision; meeting; accidental fight;
opportunity, occurrence, case; juncture.
Rhingrave {_m._, count of the Rhine.
{_f._, ☉knee-breeches.
Romaïque {_m._, Romaic, modern Greek language.
{_f._, the Greek national dance.
Rossinante {_m._, Rosinante, Don Quixote’s horse.
{_f._, Rosinante, a sorry horse, a jade.
Sagittaire {_m._, (astron.) Saggitarius.
{_f._, (bot.) arrow-head, adder’s-tongue.
Sarde {_m._, a native of Sardinia.
{_f._, (ich.) whale; scomber; sardan; Brazilian sardine or
pilchard.
Satyre {_m._, (myth.) satyr.
{_f._, (Grec. ant.) satyric tragedy.
Scolastique {_m._, scholastic; school-man.
{_f._, scholasticism.
Scolie {_m._, (geom.) scholium.
{_f._, scholium, annotation; (Grec antiq.) table-song.
Scytale {_m._, (zoöl.) a species of very venomous snakes.
{_f._, (antiq.) staff used in Sparta as a cypher to write
secret dispatches.
Septième {_m._, seventh, seventh part, seventh day.
{_f._, (piquet) septième; (mus.) seventh.
Serpentaire {_m._, (astron.) Serpentarius; (orni.) secretary-bird,
snake-eater.
{_f._, (bot.) dragon’s-wort.
Silène {_m._, (myth.) Silenus; Satyr, attendant of Bacchus; (ent.)
a South European butterfly.
{_f._, (bot.) catch-fly.
Sixième {_m._, sixth, sixth part; sixth day; pupil of the 6th class
in public schools.
{_f._, (piquet) seizième; 6th class in public schools.
Solde {_m._, balance of an account.
{_f._, soldier’s pay.
Somme {_m._, nap, slumbers, doze, sleep.
{_f._, a sum of money; total; load, burden.
Souris {_m._, smile.
{_f._, mouse.
Statère[12] {_m._, (antiq.) stater (coin).
{_f._, (antiq.) statera, Roman balance.
Statuaire {_m._, sculptor.
{_f._, the art of making statues, statuary.
Stipe {_m._, (bot.) stipe; caudex.
{_f._, (bot.) stipa, feather-grass; ☉a tax on leases.
Superbe {_m._, proud, haughty man.
{_f._, arrogance, haughtiness, vainglory.
Technique {_m._, (arts) material execution, technicalities.
{_f._, technics.
Teneur {_m._, keeper, accountant; _teneur de livres_; book-keeper.
{_f._, text, terms, purport, tenor, contents, of writings.
Terre-neuve {_m._, Newfoundland dog.
{_f._, Newfoundland.
Tirelire {_m._, ☉song, carol of the lark.
{_f._, money-box.
Tonique {_m._, (med.) tonic.
{_f._, (mus.) tonic, key-note, key.
Topique {_m._, (rhet., med.) tonic.
{_f._, (rhet.) the art of finding topic or arguments.
Tour {_m._, turn; tour; lathe; trick.
{_f._, tower.
Triomphe {_m._, triumph.
{_f._, triumph (card-game).
Trochée {_m._, (poet.) trochee.
{_f._, (agri.) brushwood.
Troisième {_m._, third; third floor; pupil of the 3d class in public
schools.
{_f._, 3d class in public schools.
Trolle {_m._, globe-flower, trollius.
{_f._, (hunt.) trolling.
Trompette {_m._, trumpeter.
{_f._, trumpet.
Trouble {_m._, confusion, disorder, disturbance, dispute, quarrel;
_pl._ troubles, broils, commotions.
{_f._, hoop-net (for fishing).
Vague {_m._, space, emptiness; vagueness; looseness; uncertainty.
{_f._, sea-wave, billow.
Vapeur {_m._, steamer, steam-boat.
{_f._, steam; vapor.
Vase {_m._, vase.
{_f._, mud, slime, mire.
Vigogne {_m._, hat made of vicugna wool.
{_f._, (zoöl.) vicugna.
Voile {_m._, veil.
{_f._, sail.
Vulnéraire {_m._, (pharm.) vulnerary.
{_f._, (bot.) kidney-vetch, woundwort.