=baragouiner=, _v.n._, to talk gibberish; to gabble. _Comme ces étrangers

baragouinent_; how these foreigners do gabble, jabber.

=baragouiner=, _v.a._, to sputter out. _— un discours_; to sputter out a

speech. _— une langue_; to mangle a language.

=baragouineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, jabberer.

=baraque=, _n.f._, barrack, hut; shed, shanty; booth (at fairs); hovel.

=baraquement=, _n.m._, (milit.) hutting.

=baraquer=, _v.a._, to make barracks; to hut.

_se_ =baraquer=, _v.r._, (milit.) to make huts.

=baraterie=, _n.f._, (nav.) barratry.

=barattage=, _n.m._, churning.

=baratte=, _n.f._, churn.

=baratter=, _v.a._, to churn.

=barbacane=, _n.f._, (fort.) barbacan; outlet.

☉=barbacole=, _n.m._, pedagogue, schoolmaster.

=barbare=, _adj._, savage, merciless, barbarous, rude; barbarian.

=barbare=, _n.m._, barbarian.

=barbarement= (-mān), _adv._, barbarously.

=barbaresque=, _adj._, of Barbary.

=barbarie=, _n.f._, barbarity, rudeness, savageness, cruelty. _Commettre

une —_; to commit a piece of barbarity. _— de langage_, _de style_;

crudeness of language, of style.

=barbarisme=, _n.m._, (gram.) barbarism.

=barbe=, _n.f._, beard; whiskers (of cats, dogs, &c.); (vet.) barbel;

lappet (of caps); (arts) rough edge; beard (of corn, barley, &c.); gills

(of cocks); wattle (of fish). _Jours de —_; shaving days. _— bleue_; blue

beard. _Sainte-—_; (nav.) gun-room. _Jeune —_; beardless boy. _Vieille

—_; old man, graybeard. _Se faire la —_; to shave one’s self. _Se faire

faire la —_; to get one’s self shaved. _Je le lui dirai à sa —_; I’ll

tell it him to his face. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to beard any one, to

show who is master. _Rire dans sa —_; to laugh in one’s sleeve. _La —

d’une plume_; the feather of a quill. _Mouiller en —_; (nav.) to come

with two anchors ahead. _— d’une coiffe_; pinner. _—-de-bouc_; (bot.)

goat’s beard, tragopogon. _—-de-Jupiter_; Jupiter’s beard. _—-de-chèvre_;

meadow sweet. _—-de-moine_; dodder. _—-de-capucin_; bleached dandelion,

endive.

=barbe=, _n.m._, barb, Barbary horse.

=barbes=, _n.f.pl._, lappets, pinners.

=barbé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) barbed, bearded; (bot.) barbated.

=barbeau=, _n.m._, (ich.) barbel; (bot.) bluebottle.

=barbelé=, =-e=, _adj._, bearded, barbed. _Flèche —e_; barbed arrow.

=barbet=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, water-spaniel. _Ce — va bien à l’eau_;

that spaniel takes the water well. _Être crotté comme un —_; to be as

dirty as you like.

=barbette=, _n.f._, (milit.) barbette. _Tirer en —_; to fire in barbe, in

barbette. _Coucher à la —_; to sleep on the floor.

=barbeyer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to shiver.

=barbiche=, _n.f._, billy-goat beard.

=barbichon=, _n.m._, shaggy spaniel puppy.

=barbier=, _n.m._, barber, shaver.

=barbifier=, _v.a._, (fam.) to shave.

*=barbillon=, _n.m._, a little barbel; gill (of a cock); wattle (of a

fish, a turkey).

*=barbillons=, _n.m.pl._, (vet.) barbles.

=barbon=, _n.m._, graybeard, dotard; (bot.) sweet rush. _— odorant_;

lemon grass.

=barbote=, _n.f._, (ich.) eel-pout, loach, groundling.

=barboter=, _v.n._, to dabble, to paddle, to splash about; (nav.) to

shiver.

=barboteur=, _n.m._, tame duck.

=barboteuse=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) dirty drab; street-walker.

=barbotière=, _n.f._, duck-pond; trough.

=barbotine=, _n.f._, (bot.) wormseed.

*=barbouillage=, _n.m._, daub, daubing; scrawl; rigmarole, twaddle.

*=barbouillé=, =-e=, _part._, daubed, besmeared.

*=barbouiller=, _v.a._, to daub, to besmear; to soil, to dirty, to blot;

to scrawl, to scribble; to slur; to stammer, to splutter out; to mumble;

to stumble, to flounder; to bungle. _Il lui a barbouillé le visage_; he

has besmeared his face for him. _On l’a tout barbouillé d’encre_; they

have daubed him all over with ink. _— un plancher_; to daub a floor. _Il

n’écrit pas, il barbouille_; he does not write, he scrawls. _Il ne peint

pas, il barbouille_; he does not paint, he daubs. _— un compliment_;

to stammer out a compliment. _Qu’est-ce qu’il barbouille?_ what is he

mumbling? _— un récit_; to make a bungle of a story. _— une feuille_;

(print.) to slur a sheet.

*_se_ =barbouiller=, _v.r._, to besmear, to injure one’s character.

*=barbouilleur=, _n.m._, dauber, scribbler; mumbler, babbler.

=barbu=, =-e=, _adj._, bearded.

=barbu=, _n.m._, (orni.) barbet.

=barbue=, _n.f._, (ich.) brill.

=barcarolle=, _n.f._, barcarolle.

☉=barce= _or_ =berche=, _n.f._, a small cannon.

=barcelonnette=, _n.f._, child’s cradle, swing-cot.

=bard=, _n.m._, hand-barrow.

=bardane=, _n.f._, (bot.) bur, burdock.

=barde=, _n.f._, barb (iron armor for horses); rasher of bacon.

=barde=, _n.m._, bard, poet.

=bardé=, =-e=, _part._, barded; covered with a thin slice of bacon,

larded. _Un cheval — et caparaçonné_; a horse barded and caparisoned.

_Chapon —_; larded capon.

=bardeau=, _n.m._, shingle (board); (bot.) mealy-tree; (print.)

fount-case.

=bardelle=, _n.f._, pack-saddle.

=barder=, _v.a._, to cover with thin slices of bacon, to lard; to barb a

horse; to remove stones, wood, &c., on a handbarrow.

=bardeur=, _n.m._, stone-carrier.

=bardis=, _n.m._, (nav.) water-board.

=bardit=, _n.m._, (antiq.) Germanic war song.

=bardot=, _n.m._, small mule, pack-mule; drudge, butt, laughing-stock.

=barège=, _n.m._, barege.

=barême=, _n.m._, ready reckoner.

=baret=, _n.m._, roaring of an elephant.

=bareter=, _v.n._, to roar like an elephant.

=barge=, _n.f._, (orni.) godwit; (nav.) a barge; hay-mow, wood-pile.

=barguette= (-ghèt), _n.f._, ferry-boat.

*=barguignage= (-ghi-gnaj), _n.m._, (fam.) hesitation, haggling,

wavering, higgling, dilly-dallying.

*=barguigner= (-ghi-gné), _v.n._, to be irresolute, to haggle, to waver,

to shilly-shally.

*=barguigneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, haggler.

=barigel=, _n.m._, (Italian) chief-constable.

=baril= (-ri), _n.m._, barrel, cask, tub, keg.

*=barille=, _n.f._, barilla.

*=barillet=, _n.m._, rundlet; box; barrel of a watch, (of locks) drum.

=bariolage=, _n.m._, variegation, odd medley of colors, motley.

=barioler=, _v.a._, to streak with several colors, to variegate, to

checker, to dapple.

=bariquaut=, _n.m._ _V._ =barriquaut=.

=baritel=, _n.m._, winding engine. _— à chevaux_; horse-whim, whim-gin.

=barlong=, =-ue=, _adj._, of unequal length.

=barnabite=, _n.m._, monk, barnabite-friar.

=barnache=, _n.f._, (orni.) barnacle.

=baromètre=, _n.m._, barometer, weather-glass. _Le — est au beau temps_;

the barometer is at set fair.

=barométrique=, _adj._, barometrical.

=baron=, _n.m._, baron.

=baronnage=, _n.m._, baronage.

=baronne=, _n.f._, baroness.

=baronnet=, _n.m._, baronet. _Chevalier —_; knight baronet.

=baronnial=, =-e=, _adj._, baronial.

=baronnie=, _n.f._, barony.

=baroque=, _adj._, rough, irregular, uncouth, odd, singular, strange.

=barque=, _n.f._, bark, boat, craft; barge. _— de pêcheur_; fishing boat.

_Conduire la —_; to steer the boat. _Il conduit bien sa —_; he is getting

on very well. _Il sait bien conduire sa —_; he knows how to manage his

affairs. _Patron de —_; barge-master.

=barquée=, _n.f._, boatful of any goods or stores.

=barquerolle=, _n.f._, small barge.

=barrage=, _n.m._, toll-bar; barrier; dam; weir.

=barrager=, _n.m._, toll-gatherer.

=barras=, _n.m._ _V._ =galipot=.

=barre=, _n.f._, bar (of metal or wood); cross-bar; railing; bolt;

division; lever, crow; dash, cross; (nav.) helm, tiller, bar; stripe;

(mus.) bar; bar (of courts of judicature, public assemblies). _Avoir —s

sur quelqu’un_; to have the advantage over any one. _Jouer aux —s_; to

play at base (a game). _— sous le vent!_ (nav.) helm alee! (man.) _—s_;

bars. _Tirer la —_; to close the list. _Je ne fais que toucher —s_; I am

off again immediately.

=barré=, _part._ _V._ =dent=.

=barreau=, _n.m._, bar (for closing); bar (place reserved for

barristers); lawyers, barristers; splat (of chairs). _Fréquenter le —_;

to attend the courts. _Suivre le —_; to be a barrister. _Être reçu_,

_admis_, _au —_; to be called to the bar.

=barrer=, _v.a._, to bar; to bar up; to fence up; to obstruct, to thwart;

to stop up; to cancel; to dash over; to cross off; (her.) to bar; (vet.)

to knit fast (a vein). (fig.) _— quelqu’un_; to throw obstacles in any

one’s way.

=barrette=, _n.f._, man’s cap; cardinal’s cap.

=barricade=, _n.f._, barricade.

=barricader=, _v.a._, to barricade, to obstruct.

=barrière=, _n.f._, rail, bar, barrier, stile; starting post.

=barriquaut=, _n.m._, keg.

=barrique=, _n.f._, large barrel or cask, hogshead.

=barrir=, _v.n._, to trumpet (of elephants).

=barrot=, _n.m._, (nav.) beam.

=barroté=, =-e=, _adj._, (of a vessel) full to the beams.

=barroter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to load (a vessel).

=barrotin=, _n.m._, (nav.) lodge (across deck beam).

=bartavelle=, _n.f._, red partridge.

=baryte=, _n.f._, baryta.

=baryton=, _n.m._, (mus.) baritone; (Greek gram.) barytone.

=bas=, =-se=, _adj._, not high, low; shallow; vile, mean, despicable;

abject, sordid; low, lower; inferior. _La marée est —se_; it is low

water. _—se mer_; low water. _Une rivière —se_; a shallow river. _Les

eaux sont —ses chez lui_; he is hard pushed for money. _Des sentiments

—_; mean sentiments. _Une —se flatterie_; mean flattery. _Avoir l’âme

—se_; to have a sordid soul. _Le — peuple_; the mob, the common people.

_Parler d’un ton —_; to speak in a low voice. _Avoir le cœur haut et la

fortune —e_; to have more spirit than fortune. _Avoir la vue —se_; to be

short-sighted. _Une messe —se_; a low mass. _— étage_; lower story. _Une

—se-fosse_; a dungeon. _Ce — monde_; this lower world. _Les Pays-Bas_;

the Netherlands. _Le Bas-Rhin_; the Lower Rhine. _La Basse-Saxe_; Lower

Saxony. _Les — officiers_; the inferior officers. _J’ai acheté cela à —

prix_; I bought that at a very low price. _Les —ses cartes_; the small

cards. _—se naissance_; mean birth. _Le — bout d’une chose_; the lower

end of a thing. _La —se latinité_; low Latin. _Faire prendre à quelqu’un

un ton plus —_; to make any one lower his tone. _Faire main —se sur_; to

pillage, plunder, lay hands upon. _À porte —se, passant courbé_; one must

bow to circumstances; the low door suits the shrunken frame.

=bas=, _adv._, down, low. _À —!_ down with. _A — le tyran!_ down with the

tyrant! _À — les ministres!_ down with the ministers! _Au plus —_; at

the very lowest. _Bien —_; very low. _En —_; below, down stairs. _Être à

—_; to be ruined. _Être — percé_; to be short of, to be run aground for

money. _Chapeaux —!_ hats off! _Jeter —_; to throw down. _Ici-—_; here

below. _Là-—_; over there, over the way, yonder. _Le malade est encore

bien —_; the patient is still very weak. _Mettre —_; (of animals) to

bring forth, to whelp, to foal, to cub, to lamb, to pup, to kitten; to

lay down; to take off. _Parler —_; to speak low. _Regarder_, _traiter_,

_quelqu’un du haut en —_; to look at, to treat any one contemptuously.

_Tenir —_; to keep in submission, to keep under.

=bas=, _n.m._, lower part; bottom; foot (of a thing); small (of the leg).

_Le — du visage_; the lower part of the face. _Le — de l’escalier_; the

foot of the stairs. _Il y a du haut et du — dans la vie_; there are ups

and downs in life. _Être au —_; to be low (of liquids in casks). _Sa voix

est belle dans le —_; (mus.) his voice is excellent in the lower notes.

=bas=, _n.m._, stocking. _— bleu_; blue-stocking (literary woman). _—

à côtes_, _à jour_; ribbed, open-worked, stocking. _— de laine_, _de

soie_; woolen, silk, stocking. _Cela vous va comme un — de soie_; it

fits you like a glove.

=basalte=, _n.m._, basalt.

=basaltique=, _adj._, basaltic.

=basane=, _n.f._, sheep-leather.

=basané=, =-e=, _adj._, tawny, sun-burnt, swarthy.

=bas-bord=, _n.m._, (_n.p._). (nav.) _V._ =bâbord=.

=bascule=, _n.f._, see-saw; weighing-machine; plyer (of a draw-bridge);

reciprocating motion; rocker (of cradles); lever. _Chaise à —_;

rocking-chair. _Faire la —_; to see-saw. _Fusil à —_; breech-loading gun.

_Pont à —_; weigh-bridge.

=basculer=, _v.n._, to see-saw, to tip off (to fall).

=bas-dessus=, _n.m._, (_—-—_) (mus.) low treble.

=base=, _n.f._, base, basis, bottom, foundation; ground-work,

ground-plot; foot, stock, radix (of logarithms). _La — d’un système_; the

basis of a system. _— des fondations_; (engineering) footing.

=baselle=, _n.f._, (bot.) basella.

=baser=, _v.a._, to found, to fix, to base, to ground, to rest, to settle.

_se_ =baser=, _v.r._, to be fixed; to be grounded; to be founded; to

depend, to rely.

=bas-fond=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) flat, hollow, bottom; (nav.) shoal, shallow,

shallow water.

=basilaire=, _adj._, (anat.) basilar.

=basilic=, _n.m._, (bot.) basil, sweet basil; (erpetology) basilisk,

cockatrice.

=basilicon= _or_ =basilicum=, _n.m._, ointment, basilicon.

=basilique=, _n.f._, (anat., arch.) basilic, basilica.

=basilique=, _adj._, (anat.) basilical.

=basiliques=, _n.f.pl._, Basilic Constitutions.

=basin=, _n.m._, dimity.

=basique=, _adj._, (chem.) basic.

=bas-métier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (manu.) hand-frame.

☉=basoche=, _n.f._, basoche (corporation of lawyers).

=basque=, _n.m.f._, Biscayan; Basque (nation and language).

=basque=, _n.f._, flap, skirt, tail, of a garment. _Être toujours pendu à

la — de quelqu’un_; to be always after any one, pestering anybody.

=basquine=, _n.f._, skirt.

=bas-relief=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (sculpt.) basso-relievo, bas-relief.

=basse=, _n.f._, (mus.) bass, bass-string. _— continue_; thorough-bass.

_Contre-—_; double-bass.

=basse=, _n.f._, (nav.) shallow, flat, shoal, ridge of rocks, sand-bank,

breaker.

=basse-contre=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (mus.) bass-counter, lower tenor.

=basse-cour=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_), inner court, poultry-yard, back-yard.

=basse-étoffe=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) mixture of lead and pewter.

=basse-fosse=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) dungeon.

=basse-marche=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) treadle (for weaving).

=bassement= (bâs-mān), _adv._, meanly, pitifully, poorly, despicably,

vilely, sordidly. _Il s’exprime —_; he expresses himself vulgarly.

_Penser —_; to have ignoble thoughts.

=bassesse=, _n.f._, baseness, meanness, vileness, littleness, villany,

servileness; mean, sordid, action. _Avec —_; meanly. _Faire une —_; to do

a base action.

=basset=, _n.m._, (mam.) terrier; basset-hound.

=basset=, =-te=, _adj._, of low stature.

*=basse-taille=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (mus.) bass, (sculpt.) bas-relief.

_V._ =baryton= and =bas-relief=.

=bassette=, _n.f._, basset (game at cards).

=basse-voile=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (nav.) lower sail of a ship.

=bassin=, _n.m._, basin, valley, hollow; pond; (anat.) pelvis; scale

(balance); (nav.) dock. _Droit de —_; dock-due. _Le — d’un port_; the

basin of a harbor; wet dock. _Les —s d’une balance_; the scales of a

balance. _Cracher au —_; (fig.) to contribute, to fork out. _Mettre dans

le —_; (nav.) to dock. _— à flot_; floating dock. _— d’échouage_, or _—

de radoub_; dry dock.

=bassine=, _n.f._, deep, wide pan.

=bassiner=, _v.a._, to warm (a bed); to bathe (with warm lotions), to

foment, to steep; to water.

=bassinet=, _n.m._, pan, fire-pan (of fire-arms); (bot.) crowfoot;

(anat.) calyx.

=bassinoire=, _n.f._, warming-pan.

=bassiot=, _n.m._, small tub (used by distillers).

=basson=, _n.m._, (mus.) bassoon; bassoonist.

=baste=, _n.m._, basto (cards).

☉=baster=, _v.n._, to suffice. Only employed in: _Baste pour cela_; well,

so be it, let that pass. _Baste!_ pooh! nonsense!

☉=basterne=, _n.f._, basterna (cart drawn by oxen).

=bastide=, _n.f._, block house, country-house, villa (in the south of

France).

*=bastille=, _n.f._, Bastille; fortress.

*=bastillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) having inverted battlements.

=bastingage=, _n.m._, (nav.) barricading, netting.

=bastingue= (-ghe), _n.f._, quarter-netting.

=bastinguer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to barricade.

_se_ =bastinguer= (-ghé), _v.r._, (nav.) to barricade, to put up the

netting.

=bastion=, _n.m._, bastion.

=bastionné=, =-e= (-tio-né), _adj._, having bastions.

=bastionner=, _v.a._, to bastion, to fortify.

=bastonnade=, _n.f._, bastinade, bastinado, drubbing.

=bastringue= (-ghe), _n.m._, public-house ball; (pop.) uproar, row,

shindy.

=bastude=, _n.f._, fishing-net (used in the South).

=bas-ventre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) lower part of the abdomen.

☉=bat= (bate), _n.m._, tail of a fish; (nav.) barrel.

=bât= (bā), _n.m._, pack-saddle. _Un cheval de —_; a pack-horse; (fig.)

stupid person. _Vous ne savez pas où le — le blesse_; you know not where

the shoe pinches him.

=bataclan=, _n.m._, uproar, row, shindy. _Et tout le —_; and the rest of

it.

*=bataille=, _n.f._, battle, fight, engagement; battle array;

beggar-my-neighbor. _— rangée_; pitched battle. _Ranger une armée en —_;

to draw up an army in battle-array. _Cheval de —_; war-horse. _Livrer —_,

or _donner —_; to give battle. _Livrer — pour quelqu’un_; to take up the

cudgels for any one. _C’est son cheval de —_; it is his sheet-anchor _or_

stronghold.

*=batailler=, _v.n._, to battle, to fight; to struggle hard.

*=batailleu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, combative, pugnacious, quarrelsome;

disputatious.

*=bataillon=, _n.m._, battalion; (fig.) great number, host, regiment.

_—s_, _pl._, army. _Chef de —_; major.

=bâtard=, =-e=, _adj._, bastard, base-born, illegitimate, spurious;

mongrel; inclined (of writing). _Chien —_; mongrel. _Fruits —s_; spurious

fruits. _Porte —e_; small gateway.

=bâtard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bastard, natural child.

=batardeau=, _n.m._, coffer-dam.

=bâtardière=, _n.f._, nursery of grafted trees.

=bâtardise=, _n.f._, bastardy, spuriousness.

☉=batate= (bot.). _V._ =patate=.

=batavique=, _adj._ _V._ =larme=.

=batayole=, _n.f._, (nav.) stanchion.

=bâté=, =-e=, _part._, saddled with a pack. _Il n’y a point d’âne plus

mal — que celui du commun_; what is everybody’s business is always badly

done.

=bateau=, _n.m._, boat, barge, bark; body of a coach. _— à vapeur_;

steamer, steamboat. _— d’agrément_; pleasure-boat. _— non ponté_; open

boat. _— pêcheur_; fishing-boat. _— délesteur_; ballast-boat, lighter.

_Porter —_; (of rivers) to to be navigable. _— lavoir_, _à lessive_;

washerwoman’s boat. _— de passage_; ferry-boat. _— feu_; light-ship.

_Arriver en trois —x_; to come with great fuss; in great state.

=batelage= (-laj), _n.m._, juggling, juggler’s trick, legerdemain;

boating.

=batelée= (-lée), _n.f._, boat-load, boatful of people; crowd, flock.

=batelet= (-lè), _n.m._, a little boat.

=bateleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, juggler, buffoon, mountebank,

merry-andrew, vaulter, rope-dancer.

=bateli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, waterman, ferryman, boatman.

=bâter=, _v.a._, to load with a pack-saddle.

=bâti=, _n.m._, basting, tacking (of garments).

=bâti=, =-e=, _part._, built. _Un homme bien —_; a well-built man.

=bâtier= (-tié), _n.m._, pack-saddle maker.

=batifolage=, _n.m._, romping.

=batifoler=, _v.n._, to play, to romp.

=batifoleur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) romp.

=bâtiment=, _n.m._, building, pile, structure, edifice, ship, vessel.

_— marchand_; merchant vessel. _— balise_; beacon-ship, light-ship. _—

parlementaire_; (nav.) flag of truce. _Emplacement d’un —_; site of a

building. _— qui menace ruine_; building ready to fall.

=bâtir=, _v.a._, to build, to raise, to erect, to rear up; to found; to

trump up, to tack, to baste (linen, cloth). _C’est — en l’air_; it is

building castles in the air. _— sur le devant_ (triv.); to grow bulky.

=bâtisse=, _n.f._, building, construction (in masonry).

=bâtisseur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) builder; wretched builder.

=batiste=, _n.f._, cambric. _— de coton_; imitation muslin. _— de

France_; French muslin.

=bâton=, _n.m._, stick, staff, cudgel, cane, walking-staff, perch,

truncheon; straight stroke (writing). _— de cannelle_; roll of cinnamon.

_— de commandement_; staff of command. _— de pavillon_; flag-staff.

_Donner des coups de — à quelqu’un_; to cudgel any one. _Il l’a menacé

du —_; he threatened to cane him. _— à deux bouts_; quarter-staff. _Tour

du —_; by-profit. _Faire une chose à —s rompus_; to do a thing by fits

and starts. _Aller à cheval sur un —_; to ride on a stick. _Faire mourir

sous le —_; to beat to death. _Jeter des —s dans les roues_; (fig.) to

put spokes in anybody’s wheels, to raise obstacles. _Sauter le —_; to do

anything in spite of one’s self. _Tour du —_; perquisites, pickings.

=bâtonnat=, _n.m._, the presidentship of the order of French advocates.

=bâtonner=, _v.a._, to cudgel, to cane, to bastinade; to cross out.

=bâtonnet=, _n.m._, cat, tip-cat (boys’ game).

=bâtonnier=, _n.m._, staff-bearer; president of the order of French

advocates.

=bâtonniste=, _n.m._, cudgel-player.

=battage=, _n.m._, threshing (grain); striking (metal).

=battant=, _n.m._, clapper (of bells); leaf (of a table or door); fly (of

a flag).

=battant=, _adj._, at work; beating, pelting; (nav.) ready for battle

(of a ship). _Porte —e_; swing-door. _Tout — neuf_; brand-new. _Mener

quelqu’un tambour —_; to carry it with a high hand over any one. _Par une

pluie —e_; in pelting rain.

=battant-l’œil=, _n.m._, (_—_), morning-cap.

=batte=, _n.f._, wooden sabre; beater; washing-board; (gard.)

turf-beetle. _— à beurre_; churn-staff.

=battellement= (-mān), _n.m._, house-eaves.

=battement= (-mān), _n.m._, clapping (of hands); stamping (of feet);

flapping (of wings); beating (of the heart); shuffling (of cards);

(horl.) beat.

=batte-queue=, _n.m._, wag-tail.

=batterie= (-rî), _n.f._, fight; battery; scuffle; lock (of fire-arms);

beating (of the drum); broadside (of a ship). _Dresser une —_; to erect

a battery. _— de cuisine_; kitchen utensils. _— électrique_; electric

battery.

=batteur=, _n.m._, beater. _— d’or_; goldbeater. _— en grange_; (agri.)

thrasher. _— de pavé_; idler, lounger, loafer.

=batteuse=, _n.f._, (agri.) thrashing-machine.

=battoir=, _n.m._, beetle (of washerwomen); battledoor, racket.

=battologie=, _n.f._, tautology.

=battologique=, _adj._, tautological.

=battre=, _v.a._, to beat, to strike, to bang, to thrash, to whip (a

horse); to shuffle (cards); to gammon; to flag (of a sail against a

mast). (agri.) _— en grange_; to thrash. _— un noyer_; to thrash a

walnut-tree. _— du beurre_; to churn milk. _— monnaie_; to coin money;

(fig.) to raise money. _— le fusil_; to strike a light. _— en retraite_;

to beat a retreat. _— quelqu’un de ses propres armes_; to foil a man with

his own weapons. _— la mesure_; to beat time. _— les cartes_; to shuffle

the cards. _— le pavé_; to loaf about. _— la semelle_; to beat the hoof,

to be upon the tramp. _— le bois_; to beat the wood for game. _— la

campagne_; to rave, to talk, nonsense; to beat about the bush.

_se_ =battre=, _v.r._, to fight, to combat, to scuffle. _Se — à qui aura

quelque chose_; to scramble for something.

=battre=, _v.n._, to beat, to pant, to throb; to be loose (of a

horse-shoe). _Le pouls lui bat fort_; his pulse beats fast. _Le cœur me

bat_; my heart beats. _Le fer de ce cheval bat_; the shoe of that horse

is loose. _— des mains_; to applaud. _— de l’aile_; to flutter. _— froid

à quelqu’un_; to give any one the cold shoulder.

=battu=, =-e=, _part._, beaten, fought.

=battue=, _n.f._, (hunt.) battue, beat.

=batture=, _n.f._, gold-lacquering; (nav.) flat, shallow.

=bau=, _n.m._, (nav.) beam. _Demi-—_; half-beam. _Maître —_;

midship-beam. _Faux —_; orlop beam.

=baud=, _n.m._, stag-hound.

=baudet=, _n.m._, ass; sawyer’s trestle; donkey.

=baudir=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to cheer the pack.

=baudrier=, _n.m._, baldrick, shoulder-belt, belt.

=baudroie=, _n.f._, (ich.) sea-devil, frog-fish.

=baudruche=, _n.f._, gold-beater’s skin.

=bauge=, _n.f._, lair of a wild boar; dirty hovel; (mas.) pugging-mortar.

=baume=, _n.m._, balm; balsam; balm-mint. _Je n’ai pas de foi dans son

—_; I have no faith in his plan, promises.

=baumier=, _n.m._, balm-tree.

=bauque=, _or_ =baugue=, _n.f._, grass-wrack.

=bauquière=, _n.f._, (nav.) clamp.

=bavard=, =-e=, _adj._, prating, talkative, loquacious, babbling.

=bavard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, prater, babbler, chatterer.

=bavardage=, _n.m._, babbling, prattling, garrulity.

=bavarder=, _v.n._, to babble, to prattle, to blab, to jabber.

=bavarderie=, _n.f._, babbling, prating, garrulity, loquacity.

=bavardin=, =-e= (l.u.). _V._ =bavard=.

=bavardiner=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to talk; to prate, to prattle.

=bavardise=, _n.f._, (l.u.) babbling, prating.

=bavaroise=, _n.f._, bavaroise (an infusion of tea or milk and some

syrup).

=bave=, _n.f._, drivel, slaver, dribble; foam; slime.

=baver=, _v.n._, to drivel, to slabber, to slaver, to dribble.

=bavette=, _n.f._, bib, slabbering-bib. _Tailler des —s_; to gossip.

=baveu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, driveling, slabbering.

=baveu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, driveler, dribbler.

=baveuse=, _n.f._, (ich.) blenny.

=bavoché=, =-e=, _part._, (engr.) uneven, smeary.

=bavocher=, _v.a._, (engr.) to render uneven, to smear.

=bavochure=, _n.f._, unevenness, smearing.

=bavolet=, _n.m._, rustic head-gear.

=bavure=, _n.f._, seam (in molding); blister (on pipes).

=bayadère=, _n.f._, Bayadere (dancing-girl).

=bayart=, _n.m._, hand-barrow.

=baye=. _V._ =baie=.

☉=bayer=, _v.n._, to gape, to hanker after. _— après les richesses_; to

hanker after riches. _— aux corneilles_; to stand gaping in the air.

=bayette=, _n.f._, baize.

☉=bayeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gaper, starer.

=bayonnette=. _V._ =baïonnette=.

=bazar=, _n.m._, bazaar, hovel, concern.

=bazat=, _n.m._, Jerusalem cotton, bazat.

=bdellium= (-om), _n.m._, gum resin.

=béant=, =-e=, _adj._, gaping, yawning, wide open. _Gouffre —_; open pit,

yawning chasm. _Bouche —e_; gaping mouth, all agape.

=béat=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, devout person; (b.s.) sanctimonious

individual.

=béat=, =-e=, _adj._, (b.s.) sanctimonious.

=béatement=, _adv._, sanctimoniously.

=béatification=, _n.f._, beatification.

=béatifier=, _v.n._, to beatify.

=béatifique=, _adj._, beatifical, blissful.

*=béatilles=, _n.f.pl._, tit-bits, dainties.

=béatitude=, _n.f._, beatitude, blessedness.

=beau= _or_ =bel=, =belle=, _adj._, [_bel_ before nouns singular

beginning with a vowel or _h_ mute], beautiful, fine, lovely, handsome;

fair; smart, spruce; glorious; lofty, noble; seemly, becoming. _Une

belle journée_; a fine day. _C’est un beau parleur_; he is a fine-spoken

man. _Se faire beau_; to make one’s self smart. _Comme vous voilà beau

aujourd’hui!_ how spruce you are to-day! _Une belle femme_; a handsome

woman. _De beaux traits_; handsome features. _Un beau teint_; a fair

complexion. _Le beau sexe_; the fair sex. _Le temps se met au beau_; the

weather is clearing up. _À beau jeu, beau retour_; one good turn deserves

another. _Donner beau jeu à quelqu’un_; to give any one good cards, to

give any one fair play. _Avoir beau jeu_; to have good cards, to have

fair play. _Prendre sa belle_; to seize the opportunity. _Faire un beau

coup_; to make a lucky hit. _Une belle âme_; a lofty soul. _Il fait beau

se promener aujourd’hui_; it is fine weather for walking to-day. _Il en

fait de belles_; he is going on at a fine rate, playing fine tricks. _Il

m’en a compté de belles_; he told me a lot of lies. _Il m’en a compté

de belles sur votre compte_; he abused you right and left to me. _Belle

demande!_ a fine request to make! _Il l’a échappé belle_; he has had a

narrow escape of it. _Charles le Bel_; (of France) Charles the Fair.

_Philippe le Bel_; (of France) Philip the Fair. _Philippe le Beau_; (of

Spain) Philip the Handsome. _Le beau monde_; the fashionable world.

_Mourir de sa belle mort_; to die a natural death. _Au beau milieu_;

in the very middle. _La belle plume fait le bel oiseau_; fine feathers

make fine birds. _Déchirer à belles dents_; to criticize mercilessly, to

rend any one. _Il fera beau quand j’y retournera_; it will be a long day

before I go there again. _Être dans de beaux draps_; to be in a pretty

pickle.

=beau=, =bel=, =belle=, _adv._ _De plus belle_; with renewed ardor, worse

than ever. _Tout beau_; gently, not so fast. _Avoir beau faire_; to try

in vain. _J’ai beau faire_; it is in vain that I try. _Avoir beau dire_;

to speak in vain. _J’ai beau dire_; it is useless for me to speak. _Bel

et bien_; entirely, quite, altogether. _Bel et bon_; all very fine. _Voir

tout en beau_; to see everything through rose-colored spectacles. _Faire

le beau_; (of dogs) to beg. _Jouer la belle_; to play the rubber.

=beau=, _n.m._, =belle=, _n.f._, beauty; beau, belle; charmer.

=beaucoup=, _adv._, many much; a great many, a great deal; deeply;

considerably; far. _Avoir — d’argent_; to have much money. _Avoir —

d’enfants_; to have many children. _Il a — de patience_; he has a great

deal of patience. _À — près_; by a great deal; near. _Il n’est pas à —

près aussi riche qu’un tel_; he is not nearly so rich as so-and-so. _Il

s’intéresse — à votre affaire_; he is deeply interested in your case. _De

—_; by far. _Vous l’emportez de — sur lui_; you are far superior to him.

_Vous le surpassez de —_; you are far beyond him. _Il s’en faut de — que

son ouvrage soit achevé_; his work is very far from being finished. _À —

moins_; for much less. _— de bruit pour rien_; much ado about nothing.

=beau-fils=, _n.m._, (_—x-—_) son-in-law.

=beau-frère=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) brother-in-law.

=beau-père=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) father-in-law.

=beaupré=, _n.m._, (nav.) bowsprit.

=beau-semblant=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) pretense, feint.

=beauté=, _n.f._, beauty; fineness, comeliness, prettiness, loveliness,

elegance, agreeableness, neatness. _Tache de —_; beauty-spot. _Être

dans toute sa —_; to be in one’s prime, at the height of one’s beauty.

_Conserver sa —_; to preserve, to keep up, one’s beauty. _Avoir un —

pour_; to be sweet upon.

=bébé=, _n.m._, baby, baby-doll.

=bec=, _n.m._, beak; bill, nib, rostrum; burner; lamp; snout; spout;

socket; mouth-piece. _Le — de certains poissons_; the snout of some

fishes. _Le — d’une aiguière_; the spout of an ewer. _Le — d’une plume_;

the nib of a pen. _— de lampe_; socket of a lamp. _— de gaz_; gas-burner.

_— d’une ancre_; bill of an anchor. _—-de-lièvre_, (_—s-—_) harelip.

_Blanc-—_, (_—s-—s_) greenhorn; youngster. _—-en-ciseaux_, (_—s-—_)

(orni.) cutwater. _Coups de —_; pecking. _Donner des coups de —_; to

peck. _Percer à coups de —_; to peck through. _Coup de —_; wipe, taunt.

_Tour de —_; kiss, buss. _Causer — à —_; to have a private talk with.

_Avoir le — bien effilé_; to have one’s tongue well hung. _Elle n’a que

le —_; she is all tongue. _Avoir le — gelé_; to be tongue-tied. _Avoir —

et ongles_; to have teeth and nails. _Faire le — à quelqu’un_; to give

one his cue. _Faire le petit —_; to mince. _Tenir quelqu’un le — dans

l’eau_; to keep in suspense. _S’humecter le —_; to wet one’s whistle.

_Se prendre de — avec quelqu’un_; to have a quarrel with any one. _Mener

quelqu’un par le —_; to lead any one by the nose. _Passer la plume par le

—_; to frustrate, to balk. _Se laisser passer la plume par le —_; to let

one’s self be taken in.

=bécabunga=, _or_ =beccabunga=, _n.m._, (bot.) beccabunga, brook-lime.

*=bec-à-cuiller=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (orni.) spoonbill.

=bécard= _or_ =beccard=, _n.m._, female salmon.

=bécane=, _n.f._, bike, bicycle.

=bécarre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (mus.) natural.

=becasse=, _n.f._, woodcock; idiot. _Brider la —_; to cozen any one.

_C’est une —_; she is a goose.

=bécasseau=, _n.m._, young woodcock; dunlin, sand-piper.

=bécassine=, _n.f._, (orni.) snipe.

=bec-courdé=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =avocette=.

=bec-croisé=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) crossbill.

=bec-d’âne= (bé-da-n), _n.m._, (_—s-—_) mortise-chisel.

=bec-de-corbin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) bill-head; (nav.) ripping-iron.

=bec-de-grue=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) crane’s bill, stork’s bill (bot.).

=bec-de-lièvre=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) harelip; harelipped person.

=becfigue=, _n.m._, (orni.) fig-pecker.

=bec-fin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) warbler.

=béchamel=, _n.f._, (cook.) cream-sauce.

=bécharu=, _n.m._, (orni.) flamingo.

=bêche=, _n.f._, grafting-tool; spade.

=bêcher=, _v.a._, to dig.

=béchique=, _adj._, (med.) bechic, cough-relieving.

=bec-jaune=, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =béjaune=.

=becqué=, _adj._, (her.) beaked.

=becquée= _or_ =béquée=, _n.f._, a billful. _Donner la — à un oiseau_; to

feed a bird.

=becqueter= _or_ =béqueter=, _v.a._, to peck.

_se_ =becqueter= _or_ =béqueter=, _v.r._, to peck one another; to beak;

to bill.

=bécune=, _n.f._, (ich.) trumpet-fish, sea-snipe.

=bedaine=, _n.f._, (jest.) paunch. _Remplir_, _farcir sa —_; to stuff

one’s belly.

=bédane=, _n.m._, mortise-chisel, paring-chisel.

=bedeau=, _n.m._, beadle.

=bédégar=, _n.m._, (phar.) bedeguar.

=bedon=, _n.m._, ☉tabret, drum. _adj._, barrel-bellied.

=bédouin=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Bédouin.

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

=bée=, _n.f._, mill-dam. _V._ =abée=.

=béer=. _V._ =bayer=.

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

=bégaiement= _or_ =bégayement= (-ghê-mān), _n.m._, stammering, faltering.

=bégayer=, _v.n._, to stammer; to lisp; to falter.

=bégayer=, _v.a._, to stammer out, to stutter, to lisp.

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

=bègue= (bèg), _adj._, stammering, stuttering.

=bègue=, _n.m.f._, stammerer, stutterer.

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

=bégueule=, _adj._, prudish, squeamish, strait-laced.

=bégueulerie= (-gheul-rî), _n.f._, prudery, affected austerity,

squeamishness.

=béguin= (-ghin), _n.m._, hood, child’s cap; beguin, monk, beghard.

_Avoir un — pour_; to be sweet upon.

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

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

=bégum= (-gom), _n.f._, begum.

=béhémoth=, _n.m._, behemoth, hippopotamus.

=béhen= (-hène), _n.m._, (bot.) behen.

=beige=, _adj._, (of wool); natural, undyed.

=beige=, _n.f._, unbleached serge.

*=beignet=, _n.m._, fritter.

=beïram=. _V._ =bairam=.

=béjaune=, _n.m._, (falconry) eyas, nias; ninny; blunder, silliness,

mistake. _Montrer à quelqu’un son —_; to show any one his ignorance.

_Payer son —_; to pay one’s footing.

=bel=, _adj.m._ _V._ =beau=.

=bélandre=, _n.f._, (nav.) bilander.

=bêlant=, =-e=, _adj._, bleating.

=belée=, _n.f._, (nav.) white hawser.

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

=bélemnite=, _n.f._, (foss.) belemnite.

=bêler=, _v.n._, to bleat. _Brebis qui bêle perd sa goulée_; (prov.) too

much talk, no dinner.

=belette=, _n.f._, weasel, fitchet.

=belge=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Belgian.

=belgique=, _adj._, Belgic.

=belle=, =belif=, _or_ =bellif=, _n.m._, (her.) gules.

=bélier=, _n.m._, ram; battering-ram; Aries (one of the signs of the

zodiac).

=bélière=, _n.f._, sheep-bell, clapper-bell.

=bélître=, _n.m._, rascal, scoundrel, ragamuffin.

=belladone=, _n.f._, belladonna, deadly nightshade.

=bellâtre=, _n.m._, insipid beauty; fop, coxcomb. _adj._, beauish,

foppish.

=belle=, _n.f._ _V._ =beau=.

=belle=, _adj._ _V._ =beau=.

=belle-dame=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =arroche=.

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

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

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

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

=bellement= (-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) softly.

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

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

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

=belligérant=, =-e= (bel-li-), _n._ and _adj._, belligerent, engaged in

war.

=belligérer=, _v.n._, to make war.

=belliqueu-x=, =-se= (bel-li-), _adj._, warlike, martial, valiant;

bellicose, quarrelsome.

=bellissime=, _adj._, (l.u.) extremely fine.

=bellot=, =-te=, _adj._, pretty, neat, natty.

=beluge=, _n.m._, (ich.) beluga.

=belvéder= (-dère), _or_ =belvédère=, _n.m._, turret, terrace, belvidere.

=belzébuth=, _n.m._, Beelzebub.

=bémol=, _n.m._, (mus.) flat, bemol.

=bémol=, _adj._, flat.

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

=ben= (bène), _n.m._, (bot., pharm.) ben; ben-nut. _Noix de —_; ben-nut,

oil-nut.

=bénarde=, _n.f._, mortise dead-lock. _Serrure —_; opening and shutting

on both sides. _Clé —_; solid-key, pin-key.

=bénédicité=, _n.m._, grace (before meals).

=bénédictin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, _adj._, Benedictine.

=bénédiction=, _n.f._, consecration, benediction, blessing, benison.

_La — d’une église_; the consecration of a church. _Pays de —_; country

of plenty. _Maison de —_; house of piety. _Combler de —s_; to load with

blessings. _Donner la —_; to bless. _Quelle —!_ what a blessing! _En —_;

blessed, held sacred.

=bénéfice=, _n.m._, benefice, living; benefit, advantage, profit;

privilege. _À —_; (com.) at a premium. _— brut_; gross profit. _— net_;

net profit. _— à charge d’âmes_; a living with care of souls. _Il faut

prendre le — avec les charges_; we must take it for better or worse.

_Avoir une représentation à —_; (thea.) to take a benefit.

☉=bénéficence=, _n.f._, beneficence, favor.

=bénéficiaire=, _adj._ _Héritier —_; heir liable to no debts above the

value of the assets.

=bénéficiaire=, _n.m.f._, beneficiary, recipient; (thea.) person who

takes a benefit.

=bénéficial=, =-e=, _adj._, beneficiary (of livings).

=bénéficier=, _n.m._, beneficed clergyman, incumbent.

=bénéficier=, _v.a._, to extract metal from its ore.

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

=benêt=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, booby, fool, simpleton; silly.

☉=bénévole=, _adj._, gentle, kind, kindly. _Lecteur —_; kind, gentle,

reader.

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

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

=béni=, =-e=, _part._, blessed, praised. _V._ =bénit=.

*=bénignement=, _adv._, benignly, kindly, graciously.

*=bénignité=, _n.f._, benignity, graciousness, kindness.

*=béni-n=, =-gne=, _adj._, benign, kind, gentle, good-natured, placid;

(med.) mild.

=bénir=, _v.a._, to bless, to praise; to wish well; to hallow; to

consecrate. _Dieu vous bénisse_; God bless you.

=bénit=, =-e=, _part._, hallowed, consecrated. _Du pain —_; consecrated

bread. _De l’eau —e_; holy-water. _Eau de cour_; empty promises.

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

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

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

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

=benzine=, _n.f._, benzine.

=benzoate= (bin-), _n.m._, (chem.) benzoate.

=benzoïque= (bin-), _adj._, (chem.) benzoic.

*=béquillard=, _n.m._, (pop.) old cripple.

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

*=béquiller=, _v.n._, to walk on crutches.

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

shore up.

=ber= (bère), _n.m._, (nav.) cradle.

=berbère=, _n.m._ and _f._, Berber.

=berbéris=, _n.m._, (bot.) barberry.

*=bercail=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) sheepfold, fold.

=berce=, _n.f._, (bot.) cow-parsnip.

=berceau=, _n.m._, cradle; place of one’s infancy; arbor, bower; (arch.)

vault; (nav.) cradle; (fig.) source, origin, infancy.

=bercelle=, _n.f._, pincers (used by enamelers).

=bercelonnette=, _n.f._ _V._ =barcelonnette=.

=bercement=, _n.m._, rocking, lulling; deception, delusion.

=bercer=, _v.a._, to rock, to lull asleep; to lull, to amuse, to feed

with hope; to delude, to flatter.

_se_ =bercer=, _v.r._, to delude one’s self, to feed on, to cradle. _Il

se berce de vaines espérances_; he deludes himself with vain hopes. _Le

diable le berce_; he is always on the rack. _J’ai été bercé de cela_; I

have heard that from my cradle.

=berceuse=, _n.f._, rocker; rocking-chair.

=béret=, _n.m._, cap; Tam o’ Shanter.

=bergame=, _n.f._, bergamot.

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

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

=berger=, _n.m._, shepherd; swain, lover. _L’heure du —_; the happy,

favorable, moment.

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

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

=bergerie=, _n.f._, sheepfold, pen; _pl._, pastorals.

=bergeronnette=, _n.f._, young shepherdess, lass; (orni.) dish-washer,

wagtail.

=béril=, _n.m._ _V._ =béryl=.

=berle=, _n.f._, smallage, water-parsnip.

=berline=, _n.f._, traveling-coach, berlin.

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

=berloque= _or_ =breloque=, _n.f._, (milit.) dinner-drum, breakfast-drum.

(fig.) _Battre la —_; to talk at random.

=berlue=, _n.f._, dimness of sight, dazzling. _Avoir la —_; to be

dim-sighted; (fig.) to be blind, not to see further than one’s nose.

=berme=, _n.f._, (fort.) berme.

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

=bernable=, _adj._, deserving to be laughed at, ridiculous.

=bernacle=, _n.f._ _V._ =barnacle=.

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

=berne=, _n.f._, tossing in a blanket; banter. _En —_; (nav.) awaft.

_Mettre le pavillon en —_; to set up the flag at half-mast.

=bernement=, _n.m._ _V._ =berne=.

=berner=, _v.a._, to toss in a blanket; to ridicule, to make a fool of,

to deride, to laugh at.

=berneur=, _n.m._, chaffer, banterer, sneerer.

=bernique=, _int._, (pop.) no use; not a bit of it, no go. _Je croyais le

trouver chez lui, mais —_; I thought I should find him in the house, but

the bird had flown!

=berniquet=, _n.m._, (pop.) bran-basket. Only used in the expressions:

_Être au —_; to be reduced to beggary. _Mettre quelqu’un au —_; to reduce

any one to beggary.

=bernous=, _n.m._, bernous, hooded cloak.

=berret=, _n.m._ _V._ =béret=.

=béryl=, _n.m._, beryl.

=besace=, _n.f._, wallet. _Être à la —_; to be reduced to beggary.

_Mettre à la —_; to bring one to beggary.

=besacier=, _n.m._, one who carries a wallet, a beggar.

=besaigre=, _adj._, (of wine) sourish, tartish. _Tourner au —_; to turn

sour.

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

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

=besi=, _n.m._, a species of pear.

☉=besicles=, _n.f.pl._, spectacles; barnacles.

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

*=besogne=, _n.f._, work, business, labor, job, piece of work. _Mettre

la main à la —_; to set to work. _Mettre quelqu’un à la —_; to set any

one to work. _Vous avez fait là une belle —_; you have made a pretty mess

of it. _Aimer — faite_; to hate work. _S’endormir sur la —_; to be slack

about one’s work. _Tailler de la — à quelqu’un_; to cut out work for, to

give trouble to, any one. _Être accablé de —_; to be over head and ears

in work. _Abattre de la —_; to get through a lot of work. _Aller vite en

—_; to act quickly; not to mince matters.

☉*=besogner=, _v.n._, to work, to labor.

*=besogneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, necessitous, needy.

=besoin=, _n.m._, need, want, occasion, emergency; distress, necessity,

requirement. _Avoir — de quelque chose_; to want something. _Je n’en ai

pas —_; I have no occasion for it. _J’en ai plus — que vous_; I want it

more than you do. _Il est dans le —_; he is in distress. _N’avoir — de

rien_; to want nothing. _Au —_; at a pinch, in case of need. _Il l’a

assisté dans le —_; he was a friend to him in his distress. _Autant qu’il

est —_; as much as is needful. _Il n’est pas — de_, _il n’est pas — que_;

it is not necessary to, there is no occasion for. _Pour subvenir à ses

—s_; to supply one’s wants. _On connaît les amis au —_; a friend in need

is a friend indeed.

=besson=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n._, twin.

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

=bestial=, =-e=, _adj._, beastly, bestial, brutish.

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

=bestialité= (-tia-), _n.f._, bestiality.

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

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

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

=bêta=, _n.m._, =bêtasse=, _n.f._, blockhead, simpleton, fool. _C’est un

gros —_; he is a stupid fellow.

*=bétail=, _n.m._, (_bestiaux_) cattle. _Gros —_; horned cattle. _Menu

—_; small cattle.

=bête=, _n.f._, beast, brute, dumb creature, beast; fool, blockhead,

stupid creature, fool; beast (game at cards). _— à laine_; sheep. _— à

cornes_; horned beast. _— de somme_; beast of burden. _— brute_; brute

beast. _— de la Vierge_; ladybird. _Une bonne —_; a good-natured fool.

_C’est une maligne —_; he is a spiteful animal. _C’est ma — noire_; he,

she, it, is my pet aversion. _Faire la —_; to play the fool, to stand in

one’s own light. _Remonter sur sa —_; to get on one’s legs again. _Morte

la —, mort le venin_; dead men tell no tales.

=bête=, _adj._, silly, stupid, foolish, nonsensical. _Il est — à manger

du foin_; he is a perfect idiot. _Pas si —_; not such a fool, not so

green?

=bétel=, _n.m._, (bot.) betel.

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

=bêtise=, _n.f._, silliness, stupidity, tomfoolery, silly thing,

absurdity. _C’est sa — qui l’a perdu_; his stupidity was the ruin of him.

_Il a fait une —_; he did a stupid thing. _Quelle —!_ what an absurdity!

_Il a dit une —_; he said a silly thing. _Il ne dit que des —s_; he talks

nothing but nonsense. _C’est de la —_; it’s all nonsense. _Faire des —s_;

to play pranks.

=bétoine=, _n.f._, (bot.) betony.

=bétoire=, _n.m._, drain-pit, drain-hole.

=béton=, _n.m._, beton, concrete.

=bette=, _n.f._, (bot.) beet.

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

=bétyle=, _n.f._, (myth.) idol-stone.

=beuglement=, _n.m._, bellowing, lowing.

=beugler=, _v.n._, to bellow, to low. _Il se mit à —_; he began to roar

like a bull.

=beurre=, _n.m._, butter. _— fondu_; butter melted. _Pot de —_; jar of

butter. _Pot à —_; butter-jar. _— noir_; brown butter. _Faire son —_; to

make nice pickings. _Promettre plus de — que de pain_; to promise more

than one can perform. _On ne peut manier le — qu’on ne se graisse les

doigts_; you cannot touch pitch without soiling your fingers.

=beurré=, _n.m._, butter-pear.

=beurrée=, _n.f._, slice of bread and butter.

=beurrer=, _v.a._, to butter.

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

=beurrier=, _n.m._, butter-dish.

=beurri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, butter-man, butter-woman. _Il

n’est bon que pour la beurrière_; (of a book) it is only fit for the

cheesemonger’s shop.

=bévue=, _n.f._, blunder, oversight, mistake. _Une — grossière_; an

egregious mistake. _Faiseur de —s_; blunderer.

=bey=, _n.m._, bey.

=bezet=, _n.m._ _V._ =besas=.

=bézoard=, _n.m._, (phar.) bezoar.

=bezole=, _n.m._, (ich.) bezola.

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

=biais=, _n.m._, bias, slope; slant, sloping, askew; way, manner, shift,

subterfuge. _Couper une étoffe de —_; to cut on the bias, cross. _Prendre

une affaire du bon —_, _du mauvais —_; to go the right, the wrong, way to

work. _User de —_; use subterfuges.

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

=biaiser=, _v.n._, to slope, to slant, to lean; to use shifts, evasions.

_C’est un homme qui biaise_; he is a shuffler.

=biaiseur=, _n.m._, shuffler, shifter.

=biangulaire=, _adj._, biangulated.

=bibelot=, _n.m._, bauble, trinket, nicknack, gewgaw.

=biberon=, _n.m._, the lip of a cruet; feeding-bottle. _Elever un enfant

au —_; to bring up a child by hand.

=biberon=, =-ne=, _n.m._ and _n.f._, tippler, toper.

=bible=, _n.f._, Bible.

=bibliographe=, _n.m._, bibliographer.

=bibliographie=, _n.f._, bibliography.

=bibliographique=, _adj._, bibliographical.

=bibliolithe=, _n.f._, bibliolite.

=bibliomane=, _n.m._, bibliomaniac.

=bibliomanie=, _n.f._, bibliomania.

=bibliophile=, _n.m._, lover of books.

=bibliopole=, _n.m._, bibliopole, bibliopolist.

=bibliothécaire=, _n.m._, librarian, library-keeper.

=bibliothèque=, _n.f._, library; book-case, book-shelves. _C’est une —

vivante_; he is a walking library.

=biblique=, _adj._, biblical.

=bibliste=, _n.m._, biblist.

=bibus=, _n.m._, trifle. _Des raisons de —_; paltry reasons.

=bicarbonate=, _n.m._, (chem.) bicarbonate.

=biceps= (-sèps), _n.m._, (anat.) biceps.

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

=biche=, _n.f._, hind; roe. _À pied de —_; claw-footed.

=bichette=, _n.f._, little dear, love (child).

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

=bichonner=, _v.a._, to curl.

_se_ =bichonner=, _v.r._, to curl one’s hair.

=biconcave=, _adj._, bi-concave.

=bicoque=, _n.f._, little paltry town; hut, hovel.

=bicorne=, _adj._, bicornered, two-horned.

=bicornu=, =-e=, _adj._, bicornous.

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

=bidenté=, =-e=, _adj._, bidental.

=bidet=, _n.m._, pony, nag; bidet (bath).

=bidon=, _n.m._, can; camp-kettle; canteen.

=bief= (bié), _or_ =biez= (bié), _n.m._, mill-course, mill-race; reach

(canals).

=bielle=, _n.f._, crank, connecting-rod.

=bien= (bi-in), _n.m._, good, benefit, welfare, wellbeing, blessing;

gift; boon, mercy; endowment; estate; property; gains; _pl._, good

things; goods; chattels. _Le souverain —_; the sovereign good. _Les —s de

la terre_; the good things of the earth. _Rendre le — pour le mal_; to

render good for evil. _Cela ne fait ni — ni mal_; that does neither good

nor harm. _Cela fait du —_; that does one good. _Dire du — de quelqu’un_;

to speak well of any one. _Grand — vous fasse_; much good may it do you.

_Un homme de —_; an honest, virtuous man. _Les gens de —_; good men. _En

tout — et tout honneur_; with honorable intentions. _— clair et liquide_;

unencumbered estate. _— embarrassé_; encumbered estate. _— engagé_,

_hypothéqué_; mortgaged estate. _Avoir du — au soleil_; to have landed

property. _Avoir du — mal acquis_; to have ill-gotten gains. _Dépenser_,

_manger son —_; to spend one’s fortune. _Le — public_; public weal.

_Abondance de —s ne nuit pas_; store is no sore. _Mener à —_; to bring

to a successful issue. _Le mieux est l’ennemi du —_; leave well alone.

_Périr corps et —s_; (of ships) to go down with all hands. _Séparation de

corps et de —s_; judicial separation (_a mensâ et thoro_).

=bien= (bi-in), _adv._, well; right; proper, properly; finely; in a fine

plight, pickle, mess; comfortable; well off; on good terms; in favor;

good-looking; much; certainly; truly; indeed; quite; full; completely;

formally; clearly; expressly; very; far; very much; very well; many;

great many; a great deal. _Il se conduit —_; he behaves well. _Il se

porte —_; he is well. _Il parle — français_; he speaks French well.

_Assez —_; pretty well. _Fort —_; very well. _Passablement —_; tolerably

well. _Ils sont fort — ensemble_; they are on very good terms. _On est

fort — ici_; this is a very comfortable place. _Je suis très — ici_; I am

quite comfortable here. _Cette femme est —_; that woman is good-looking.

_Cette jeune personne se tient —_; that young lady has a good carriage.

_— trouvé_; cleverly thought of. _C’est —_; that’s right. _Tout va —_;

all’s right. _Je me trouve — de ce nouveau régime_; I am all the better

for this new diet. _Il est — dans ses affaires_; he is well to do. _Nous

voilà —_; we are in a fine pickle. _Voilà — du bruit pour un rien_; here

is a mighty deal of stir about nothing. _Il y avait — du monde_; there

were many people. _Il est déjà — loin_; he is very far off by this time.

_Vous êtes — bon_; you are very kind. _— mieux_; far better. _Il a été

— attrapé_; he has been finely caught. _Il a été — battu_; he has been

soundly beaten. _J’en ai — assez de tout ce monde_; I am heartily sick of

all these people. _Il y a — dix lieues d’ici_; it is fully ten leagues

away. _Je l’ai — pensé_; I thought so. _Je vous l’avais — dit_; I told

you so. _Il y a — là de quoi plaisanter!_ a fine matter truly for joking!

_Auriez-vous — l’assurance de le nier?_ would you really be bold enough

to deny it? _C’est être — prompt_; this is being rather hasty. _Je le

savais —_, _je m’en doutais —_; I knew as much, I suspected as much. _—

lui a pris de_; it was well for him he did so. _Je le veux —_; I have no

objection. _Voulez-vous — me donner son adresse?_ would you be so good as

to give me his address? _Regardez-moi —_; look at me steadfastly.

=bien-aimé=, =-e=, _adj._ & _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) beloved, well-beloved,

darling, dear, lief.

=bien-dire=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (fam.) fine speaking. _Le bien faire vaut

mieux que le —_; to act well is better than to talk well. _Être sur son

—_; to be on one’s best behavior.

=bien-disant=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) well-spoken.

=bien-être=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) well-being, welfare, comfort, comforts.

_Tout le monde cherche son —_; every one looks after his own comforts.

=bienfaisance=, _n.f._, beneficence, bounty, munificence. _Société de —_;

benevolent society. _Œuvre de —_; charity.

=bienfaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, beneficent, kind, gracious, bountiful,

munificent.

=bienfait=, _n.m._, good term, good office, kindness, benefit, favor,

pleasure, courtesy. _Combler de —s_; to load with favors. _On oublie plus

tôt les —s que les injures_; services are sooner forgotten than injuries.

_Un — n’est jamais perdu_; a kindness is never thrown away.

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

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

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

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

=bien que=, _conj._, though, although. _Bien qu’il le sache, il n’en

parle pas_; although he knows it, he says nothing about it. _Si —_; so

that.

=bienséance=, _n.f._, decency, decorum, propriety, seemliness;

conveniency; manners. _Garder la —_, _les —s_; to observe decorum.

=bienséant=, =-e=, _adj._, decent, becoming, fitting, seemly, beseeming,

decorous, fit.

☉=bien-tenant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) person in

possession.

=bientôt=, _adv._, soon, ere long, shortly. _À —!_ good-bye for the

present.

*=bienveillance=, _n.f._, benevolence, good-will, protection, favor,

friendliness, kindness. _Gagner la — de quelqu’un_; to win any one’s good

will.

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

=bienvenir=, _v.n._ Only used in the expression: _Se faire — de_; to

ingratiate one’s self into any one’s favor.

=bienvenu=, =-e= (bi-in-vnu), _adj._, welcome. _C’est un homme qui est —

partout_; he is welcome everywhere. _Soyez le —_; be welcome.

=bienvenue=, _n.f._, welcome; footing. _Payer sa —_; to pay one’s

footing. _Souhaiter la — à_ (_quelqu’un_); to greet (any one).

☉=bienvoulu=, =-e=, _adj._, beloved, loved.

=bière=, _n.f._, beer. _Petite —_; small beer. _Débit de —_; ale-house.

_Ce n’est pas de la petite —_; it is no joke.

=bière=, _n.f._, coffin, bier.

=bièvre=, _n.m._, beaver, castor.

=biez=, _n.m._ _V._ =bief=.

=biffer=, _v.a._, to cancel, to strike off; to run the pen through; to

blot out.

=bifide=, _adj._, (bot.) bifid.

=biflore=, _adj._, (bot.) biflorous.

=bifolié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) two-leaved.

=bifteck=, _n.m._, beefsteak (_Châteaubriand_); rump-steak. _— d’ours_;

bear-steak (_A. Dumas_).

=bifurcation=, _n.f._, bifurcation.

=bifurqué=, =-e=, _adj._, bifurcated, forked.

_se_ =bifurquer=, _v.r._, to be forked, bifurcated.

=bigame=, _adj._, guilty of bigamy.

=bigame=, _n.m.f._, bigamist.

=bigamie=, _n.f._, bigamy.

=bigarade=, _n.f._, Seville orange.

=bigaradier=, _n.m._, Seville orange-tree.

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

=bigarreau=, _n.m._, bigaroon (cherry).

=bigarreautier=, _n.m._, bigarreautier, bigaroon-tree.

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

=bigarrure=, _n.f._, medley, mixture.

=bigéminé=, =-e=, _adj._, bigeminate.

=bigle=, _adj._, (l.u.) squint-eyed.

=bigler=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to squint.

*=bignonie=, _n.f._, trumpet-flower.

=bigorne=, _n.f._, beaked anvil, bickern.

=bigorneau=, _n.m._, periwinkle.

=bigot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bigot; devotee; hypocrite.

=bigot=, =-e=, _adj._, bigoted.

=bigoterie= (-trî), _n.f._, bigotry. _Donner dans la —_; to turn bigot.

=bigotisme=, _n.m._, bigotry.

=bigoudis=, _n.m._, curling pin, roller.

=bigourneau=. _V._ =bigorneau=.

=bigue= (big-) _n.f._, (nav.) sheers.

=bihoreau=, _n.m._, night heron.

=bijon=, _n.m._, (l.u.). _V._ =térébenthine=.

=bijou=, _n.m._, jewel, trinket. _Cet enfant est son —_; that child is

his darling. _Venez, mon —_; come, darling.

=bijouterie= (-trî), _n.f._, jewelry.

=bijouti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, jeweler.

=bijugué=, =-e=, (-ghé), _adj._, bijugous.

=bilabié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) bilabiate.

=bilan=, _n.m._, (com.) balance-sheet; schedule. _Déposer son —_; to stop

payment; to become bankrupt.

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

=bilboquet=, _n.m._, cup and ball; curling-pipe. _C’est un véritable —_;

he is a giddy-headed fellow.

=bile=, _n.f._, bile; gall, anger, spleen. _Echauffer la — à quelqu’un_;

to provoke any one’s anger. _Décharger sa —_; to vent one’s anger. _Ne

pas se faire de —_; to take things easily.

=biliaire=, _adj._, (med.) biliary.

=bilieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bilious; choleric, passionate, angry. _Au

teint —_; bilious looking.

=bilingue=, _adj._, double-tongued, bilingual.

=bill=, _n.m._, (_—s_) bill (projet de loi).

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

*=billarder=, _v.n._, to strike a ball twice; to strike the two balls

together.

*=bille=, _n.f._, billiard-ball; marble taw (to play with); a log, balk

(of timber). _Faire une —_; to hole a ball.

*=billebaude=, _n.f._, hurly-burly, confusion. _À la —_; in confusion, in

disorder.

*=billet=, _n.m._, note, letter; bill, hand-bill; ticket, label;

promissory note; billet (for quartering soldiers); note of hand;

circular letter. _— à vue_, _à ordre_; bill payable at sight, to order.

_— payable à présentation_; bill payable on demand. _— de complaisance_;

accommodation bill. _— véreux_; unsafe bill. _— échu_; bill due. _Faire

les fonds d’un —_; to provide for a bill. _J’en ai fait mon —_; I gave

my promissory note for it. _— de banque_; bank-note. _— à porteur_; to

bearer. _— à ordre_; to order. _— doux_; love-letter. _— d’entrée_;

entrance-ticket. _— blanc_; a blank. _— de logement_; billet.

_— d’aller_; single ticket. _— d’aller et retour_; return ticket.

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

=billeter=, _v.a._, to ticket, to label; to billet.

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

*=billevesée=, _n.f._, idle story, foolish trash, crochet, stuff,

nonsense.

=billion=, _n.m._, one thousand millions.

*=billon=, _n.m._, base coin; place where base coin is received (to be

melted); (agri.) ridge. _Monnaie de —_; copper money.

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

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

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

to ridge.

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

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

=bilobé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) bilobate.

=biloculaire=, _adj._, (bot.) bilocular.

=bimane=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (zoöl.) bimanous.

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

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

=bimbelotier= (bim-blo-), _n.m._, toyman.

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

=binaire=, _adj._, binary.

=binard=, _n.m._, wagon, trolley, truck.

=biné=, =-e=, _adj._, binated.

=biner=, _v.a._ and _v.n._, (agri.) to dig again, to dress a second time;

to say two masses in a day.

=binet=, _n.m._, save-all. _Faire —_; to be miserly.

=binette=, _n.f._, hoe; face, phiz. _Quelle —!_ what a face, to be sure!

=binocle=, _n.m._, double eye-glass; binocle.

=binoculaire=, _adj._, binocular.

=binôme=, _n.m._, (alg.) binomial.

=biographe=, _n.m._, biographer.

=biographie=, _n.f._, biography.

=biographique=, _adj._, biographical.

=biologie=, _n.f._, biology.

=biologique=, _adj._, biological.

=bipédal=, =-e=, _adj._, bipedal.

=bipède=, _n.m._, biped. _— antérieur_; (man.) fore limbs of a horse. _—

postérieur_; hind limbs.

=bipède=, _adj._, two-legged, bipedal.

=bipenne=, _n.f._, two-edged ax.

=biquadratique= (-koua-), _adj._, (alg.) biquadratic.

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

=biquet=, _n.m._, kid; assay scales.

=birème=, _n.f._, bireme.

=biribi=, _n.m._, biribi (a game of chance); back lining (of a shoe);

punishment regiment in Algeria.

=birloir=, _n.m._, window-catch holder.

=bis= (bi), =-e=, _adj._, brown; tawny, swarthy. _Du pain —_; brown

bread. _À — à blanc_; anyhow.

=bis= (bîss), _int._, twice; encore. _Crier —_; to encore.

=bisaïeul=, _n.m._, great-grandfather.

=bisaïeule=, _n.f._, great-grandmother.

=bisaille=, _n.f._, whole meal; field pea.

=bisannuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (bot.) biennial.

*=bisbille=, _n.f._, quarrel, bickering, jangling.

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

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

=bischof= _or_ =bishof=, _n.m._, bishop (liquor).

=biscornu=, =-e=, _adj._, outlandish, odd, queer.

=biscotin=, _n.m._, sweet biscuit.

=biscuit=, _n.m._, biscuit, sea-bread; hard kind of brick; semi-vitrified

porcelain. _S’embarquer sans —_; to embark on an enterprise unprepared.

_— à la cuiller_; Savoy biscuit.

=bise=, _n.f._, north wind, cold wind; blast.

=biseau=, _n.m._, (cook.) kissing-crust; beveling; basil; (carp.) feather

edge; (print.) side-stick.

=biseauter=, _v.a._, to bevel; to cheat in gambling. _Cartes biseautées_;

corner-bent cards.

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

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

=biset=, _n.m._, rock-dove or pigeon; coarse gray cloth; national guard

on duty in private clothes.

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

=bismuth=, _n.m._, bismuth, tin-glass.

=bison=, _n.m._, (mam.) bison.

=bisonne=, _n.f._, gray cloth used for lining.

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

=bisque=, _n.f._, (cook.) bisk soup, cullis; odds (at tennis). _Avoir

quinze et — sur la partie_; to have the odds in one’s favor.

=bisquer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to be vexed, to be riled. _Faire —_; to vex,

plague, rile.

=bissac=, _n.m._, wallet; (fig.) beggary.

=bissection=, _n.f._, (geom.) bisection.

=bisser=, _v.a._, to encore.

=bissexe=, _adj._, bisexous, bisexual.

=bissexte=, _n.m._, bissextile.

=bissextil=, =-e=, _adj._, bissextile. _Année —e_; leap-year.

=bissexuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (bot.) bisexous, bisexual.

=bissus= (-sus), _n.m._ _V._ =byssus=.

☉=bistoquet=, _n.m._, billiard-mace.

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

=bistouri=, _n.m._, (surg.) bistoury, knife.

=bistourné=, =-e=, _adj._, twisted, crooked.

=bistourner=, _v.a._, to twist.

=bistre=, _n.m._, (paint.) bister.

=bistré=, =-e=, _adj._, color of bister; swarthy, dusky, tawny. _Teint

—_; swarthy complexion.

=bistreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, of bister.

=biterné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) biternate.

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

=bitte=, _n.f._, (nav.) bitt.

=bitter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to bitt (a cable).

=bitton=, _n.m._, (nav.) timber-head.

=bitume=, _n.m._, bitumen.

=bituminer=, _v.a._, to bituminate.

=bitumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bituminous.

=bivalve=, _adj._, bivalvular.

=bivalve=, _n.m._, bivalve.

=bivouac= _or_ =bivac=, _n.m._, bivouac.

=bivouaquer= _or_ =bivaquer=, _v.n._, to bivouac.

=bizarre=, _adj._, odd, fantastical, singular, strange, whimsical,

extravagant, out of the way.

=bizarre=, _n.m._ _V._ =bizarrerie=.

=bizarrement=, _adv._, oddly, fantastically, whimsically, queerly,

strangely.

=bizarrerie= (-rar-rî), _n.f._, caprice, extravagance, whim, singularity,

oddness.

=blafard=, =-e=, _adj._, dim, dull, wan, lurid. _Lumière —e_; dim, lurid

light.

=blague= (blag), _n.f._, tobacco-pouch; (pop.) fudge, humbug; hoax. _La

bonne —!_ what a joke!

=blaguer= (-ghé), _v.a._ and _n._, (pop.) to hoax, to humbug; to draw the

long bow.

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

=blaireau=, _n.m._, badger, shaving-brush.

=blâmable=, _adj._, blamable, faulty, culpable.

=blâme=, _n.m._, blame, reproach, obloquy, disapprobation, reprehension.

_Action digne de —_; blameable action. _Déverser le — sur_; to cast

the blame on. _Eviter le —_; to avoid being blamed. _Donner le — à

quelqu’un_; to blame any one. _Rejeter le — sur_; to throw the blame on.

_Tout le — en tombe sur lui_; all the blame falls upon him.

=blâmer=, _v.a._, to blame, to censure, to disapprove, to find fault

with. _On ne saurait le —_; he cannot be blamed.

=blanc=, =-he= (blan, blansh), _adj._, white; clean; hoar, hoary;

(print.) open (of type); blank (of verses). _— comme neige_; as white as

snow. _Gelée —he_; hoar frost. _Vers —s_; blank verse. _C’est bonnet —,

et — bonnet_; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. _Rouge

soir et — matin, c’est la journée du pèlerin_; evening red and morning

gray sets the traveler on his way. _Du linge —_; clean linen. _Passer une

nuit —che_; to have a sleepless night.

=blanc=, _n.m._, white, blank. _—-seing_; blank signature. _Le — de

l’œil_; the white of the eye. _— d’Espagne_; whiting. _— de baleine_;

spermaceti. _— de céruse_; ceruse. _— de plomb_; white lead. _— de

chaux_; whitewash. _— de volaille_; breast of a fowl. _De but en —_;

bluntly. _Dire tantôt —, tantôt noir_; to say first one thing, then

another. _Se manger le — des yeux_; to look daggers at one another.

_Ligne de —_; (print.) white line. _Tirage en —_; (print.) working the

white paper. _Tirer en —_; (print.) to work the white paper. _En —_; left

blank. _Le —_; the target.

=blanc-bec=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) beardless youth, youngster; (b.s.)

greenhorn.

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

=blanchâtre=, _adj._, whitish, somewhat white.

=blanche=, _n.f._, minim (in music).

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

=blancher=, _n.m._, tanner (of small skins).

=blancherie=, _n.f._ _V._ =blanchisserie=.

=blanchet=, _n.m._, strainer; (print.) blanket.

=blancheur=, _n.f._, whiteness; hoariness, cleanliness; light; purity,

innocence, virtue.

=blanchiment=, _n.m._, bleaching, blanching, washing. _Le — de l’argent_;

the washing of silver. _Mettre des chandelles au —_; to bleach candles.

=blanchir=, _v.a._, to whiten, to make white; to whitewash; to wash, to

bleach, to make clean; to blanch; to boil off, to scald (fruits, greens);

(print.) to white over; to plane, to rough down. _— un plafond_; to

whitewash a ceiling. _— des toiles_; to bleach linen. _— les flans_;

(coin.) to blanch planchets. _— du linge_; to wash linen. _On me

blanchit_; they find me in washing. _On blanchit aujourd’hui chez nous_;

this is washing-day with us. _— un ais_; to plane a board. _— à neuf_; to

clear-starch.

=blanchir=, _v.n._, to whiten, to grow white, to foam. _Il commence à —_;

he is getting gray. _Tête de fou ne blanchit jamais_; a fool’s head is

never gray.

_se_ =blanchir=, _v.r._, to whiten, to wash.

=blanchissage=, _n.m._, washing. _— de fin_ or _à neuf_; clear-starching.

=blanchissant=, =-e=, _adj._, that whitens, grows white, foaming.

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

=blanchisseur=, _n.m._, washerman, bleacher.

=blanchisseuse=, _n.f._, washerwoman, laundress. _— de fin_;

clear-starcher.

=blanc-manger=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (cook.) blancmange.

=blanc-seing=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) signature in blank.

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

=blanquette=, _n.f._, blanket (pear); blanquette (wine); ragoût with

white sauce; (bot.) corn-salad; (ich.) white-bait. _V._ =blanchaille=.

=blaque=, _n.f._ _V._ =blague=.

=blaser=, _v.a._, to blunt, to pall; to cloy, to sicken, to surfeit. _Il

est blasé sur les plaisirs_; he has lost all sense of enjoyment. _Il est

blasé sur tout_; he is sick of everything.

_se_ =blaser=, _v.r._, to be palled, surfeited, used up.

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

=blasonner=, _v.a._, to blazon; (fam.) to criticize, to traduce, to

blacken.

=blasphémat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, blasphemer.

=blasphématoire=, _adj._, blasphemous.

=blasphème=, _n.m._, blasphemy.

=blasphémer=, _v.a._, to blaspheme.

=blasphémer=, _v.n._, to blaspheme, to curse.

=blatier=, _n.m._, corn-chandler, dealer in corn.

=blatte=, _n.f._, (ent.) mill-moth. _— d’Amérique_; cockroach. _V._

=cafard=.

=blaude=, _n.f._ _V._ =blouse=.

=blé=, _n.m._, wheat, corn; grain. _—-froment_; wheat. _—-seigle_; rye.

_Grands —s_; wheat and rye. _Petits —s_; oats, barley. _— méteil_; wheat

and rye. _— de Turquie_; Indian corn. _— noir_, _— sarrasin_; buckwheat.

_— barbu_; stiff wheat. _Du — en herbe_; corn in the blade. _Serrer du

—_; to house corn. _Manger son — en herbe_; to spend one’s money before

one has it. _Facteur en —_; corn-factor. _Halle au —_; corn exchange.

=bleime=, _n.f._, (vet.) bleyme.

=blême=, _adj._, sallow, pale, ghastly, wan.

=blêmir=, _v.n._, to turn or grow pale.

=blende=, _n.f._, (min.) mock ore; blende.

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

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

=blèsement=, _n.m._, lisping.

=bléser=, _v.n._, to lisp.

=blessant=, =-e=, _adj._, offensive, shocking.

=blessé=, =-e=, _part._, wounded, hurt, diseased.

=blesser=, _v.a._, to wound, to cut, to hurt, to pinch, to offend, to

injure, to grate, to fret, to wring, to shock, to gall. _Cela me blesse_;

that hurts me. _Mes souliers me blessent_; my shoes pinch me. _Cette

phrase blesse l’oreille_; that sentence grates upon the ear. _— la vue_;

to offend the eye. _— les oreilles chastes_; to offend chaste ears. _—

l’honneur de quelqu’un_; to wound any one’s honor. _— les convenances_;

to offend against propriety.

_se_ =blesser=, _v.r._, to hurt or cut one’s self; to take offense.

=blessure=, _n.f._, wound, cut, hurt. _Les —s faites à l’honneur_; the

wounds inflicted upon one’s honor. _Gratification pour —_; (milit.)

smart-money. _Coups et —s_; aggravated assault.

=blet=, =-te=, _adj._, (fruit) soft, sleepy. _Poire blette_; sleepy pear.

=blète= _or_ =blette=, _n.f._, (bot.) blite, strawberry-spinach; kind of

amaranth, flower-gentle.

=bleu=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—s_) blue. _Avoir les yeux —s_; to be blue-eyed.

_Cordon —_; first-rate cook. _Conte —_; tale of a tub, fairy tale. _Il

m’a battu tout —_; he has beaten me black and blue.

=bleu=, _n.m._, (_—s_) blue, blueness. _— de Prusse_; Prussian blue. _—

d’azur_; smalt. _— de cobalt_; cobalt blue. _— de ciel_; sky blue. _Petit

—_; bad, sourish wine.

=bleuâtre=, _adj._, bluish, somewhat blue.

=bleuet=, _n.m._ _V._ =bluet=.

=bleuette=, _n.f._ _V._ =bluette=.

=bleuir=, _v.a._, to make blue, to blue.

=blindage=, _n.m._, sheeting, iron-plating, armor-plating; (milit.)

poling.

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

=blindes=, _n.f.pl._, (fort.) blinds.

=bloc=, _n.m._, lump, bulk, mass; block, log; stocks. _Acheter en —_; to

buy in a lump.

=blocage=, _n.m._, rubble.

=blocage=, _n.m._, (print.) turned letter, turning.

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

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

=blocus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (milit.) investment; (nav.) blockade. _Lever le

—_; to raise the blockade.

=blond=, =-e=, _adj._, flaxen, fair, light. _Des cheveux —s_; light hair.

_Un homme —_; a fair man. _Il est délicat et —_; he is a dainty spark,

difficult to please.

=blond=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, fair, light color; fair person. _—

ardent_; sandy color. _— cendré_; light yellow. _— doré_; golden.

_Courtiser la brune et la —e_; to make love to a number of women.

=blonde=, _n.f._, blond, blond-lace.

=blondier=, _n.m._, blonde-lace maker.

=blondin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, a fair-complexioned person; spark. _Un

beau —_; a fine young spark.

=blondir=, _v.n._, to grow light or fair.

=blondissant=, =-e=, _adj._, yellowish, golden.

=bloqué=, _n.m._, ball holed (at billiards).

=bloquer=, _v.a._, to blockade; to block up, to fill up (cavities in

walls with mortar); (print.) to turn; to hole a ball (billiards).

_se_ =blottir=, _v.r._, to squat, to cower, to crouch, to lie close to

the ground.

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

pinafore.

=blouser=, _v.a._, to hole (at billiards); to cheat. _Il m’a blousé_; he

has cheated me.

_se_ =blouser=, _v.r._, to hole one’s own ball; to blunder; to be in the

wrong box.

=bluet=, _n.m._, (bot.) bluebottle, corn-flower; (orni.) bluebird,

kingfisher.

=bluette=, _n.f._, spark, flash, flake of fire; (lit.) literary trifle;

smart production.

=blutage=, _n.m._, bolting, sifting (of flour).

=bluteau= _or_ =blutoir=, _n.m._, bolter, bolting-mill.

=bluter=, _v.a._, to bolt, to sift (meal).

=bluterie= (-trî), _n.f._, bolting-room.

=boa=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (erpetology) boa; fur tippet.

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

=bobine=, _n.f._, bobbin; spool, reel.

=bobiner=, _v.a._, to wind on a bobbin, to spool.

=bobineuse=, _n.f._, winder.

=bobo=, _n.m._, hurt, sore. _Avoir —_; to have a slight ailment.

=bocage=, _n.m._, grove, coppice.

=bocag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of groves, shady.

=bocal=, _n.m._, short-necked bottle; glass bowl; large phial; carboy

mouthpiece.

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

=bocardage=, _n.m._, (metal.) crushing, pounding, stamping.

=bocarder=, _v.a._, (metal.) to stamp, to pound.

=bock=, _n.m._, glass of beer.

=bodruche=. _V._ =baudruche=.

=bœuf=, _n.m._, ox, bull; beef. _Troupeau de —s_; drove of oxen.

_Accoupler_, _découpler_, _les —s_; to yoke, to unyoke, oxen. _Du — à la

mode_; a-la-mode beef. _Un —_; a dull-pated, heavy fellow. _Mettre la

charrue devant les —s_; to put the cart before the horse. _Le — gras_;

the fatted ox, prize ox.

=bœufs= (beû), _n.m.pl._, oxen.

=boghei= (-gay), _n.m._, (_—s_) light gig, buggy.

=bogue= (bog), _n.f._, chestnut-bur.

=bohé= _or_ =bohea=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, bohea tea.

=bohème=, _n.m.f._, =bohémien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, gipsy, bohemian,

tramp.

=boïard=, _n.m._ _V._ =boyard=.

=boire= (buvant, bu), _v.a._, to drink, to imbibe; to absorb. _— un

affront_; to pocket an affront. _— le calice jusqu’à la lie_; to drain

the cup to the dregs. _Qui fait la folie, la boit_; as you brew, so you

must drink.

=boire=, _v.n._, to drink, to tipple; to blot, to be puckered (of

needlework). _— à la ronde_; glasses round. _— à la santé de quelqu’un_;

to drink any one’s health. _C’est un homme qui boit_; he is a drunkard.

_— à longs traits_; to drink long draughts. _— sec_; to drink hard, neat.

_— comme un trou_; to drink like a fish. _A —_; some drink. _Ce papier

boit_; this paper blots. _Qui a bu, boira_; habit is second nature. _Le

vin est tiré, il faut le —_; in for a penny, in for a pound.

=boire=, _n.m._, drink, drinking. _Le — et le manger_; eating and

drinking. _Elle lui apprête son — et son manger_; she prepares his meals

for him.

=bois=, _n.m._, wood, forest; timber; horns (of a deer, &c.); cross

(of Christ); bedstead; stock (of a gun); staff (of a lance). _Un — de

haute futaie_; a wood of lofty trees. _Un — taillis_; a copse. _— mort

sur pied_; dead wood. _Mort-—_; wood of little value, such as hawthorn,

bramble, &c. _La lisière d’un —_; the skirt, edge of a wood. _La faim

chasse le loup du —_; hunger will break through stone walls. _— puant_;

beau trefoil. _— de rose_; tulipwood. _— de gaiac_; lignum vitæ. _—

de Sainte-Lucie_; Mahaleb. _— de palissandre_; violet ebony. _— sur

pied_; standing wood. _— d’équarrissage_; square timber. _— en grume_;

round timber. _Le fil du —_; the grain of the wood. _— de sciage_;

sawn timber. _— de refend_; cleft timber. _— chablis_; wind-fallen

wood. _— de charpente_; timber, straight timber. _— de charronnage_;

wheel-wrights’ timber. _— de construction pour la marine_; ship timber.

_— de chauffage_; firewood. _— flotté_; floated wood. _— d’araignée_;

crow-foot. _Faire du —_; to get wood. _Une voie de —_; load of wood. _Un

train de —_; a float of wood. _Il ne sait plus de quel — faire flèche_;

he does not know which way to turn, what to be at. _Je sais de quel — il

se chauffe_; I know what metal he is made of. _Il est du — dont on fait

les flûtes_; he will chime in with anything. _Trouver visage de —_; to

find no one at home. _Un — de lit_; a bedstead. _Le — tortu fait le feu

droit_; the end justifies the means.

=boisage=, _n.m._, wood-work.

=boisé=, =-e=, _adj._, woody, abounding with wood, wooded. _Chambre —e_;

wainscoted room.

=boisement=, _n.m._, planting land with trees, timbering, afforestation.

=boiser=, _v.a._, to put woodwork to; to timber.

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

=boiseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, woody, ligneous.

=boisseau=, _n.m._, bushel.

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

=boisselier=, _n.m._, cooper, bushel-maker.

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

=boisson=, _n.f._, drink, beverage, drinking, drunkenness. _Être adonné à

la —_; to be addicted to drinking. _Être pris de —_; to be intoxicated.

=boîte=, _n.f._, ripeness, maturity of wine. _En —_; matured.

=boîte=, _n.f._, box; case (of a watch, a rudder). _— de montre_;

watch-case. _— à poudre_; powder-box. _— à savon_; soap-tray. _— à thé_;

tea-caddy. _— aux lettres_; letter-box.

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

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

=boiter=, _v.n._, to be lame, to walk lame, to limp, to halt, to hobble.

_— d’un pied_; to walk lame of one foot. _En boitant_; limpingly.

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

=boiteu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, lame person; lame, halt, hobbling;

limping. _Le Diable —_; the Devil on two sticks. _Attendre le —_; to bide

one’s time. _Il ne faut pas clocher devant les —_; you must not remind

people of their infirmities.

=boîtier=, _n.m._, surgeon’s case of instruments.

=bol=, _n.m._, a large pill, bolus; (min.) bole; bowl, basin,

finger-glass.

=bolaire=, _adj._, (min.) bolary.

=bolet=, _n.m._, (bot.) boletus.

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

=bolus=, _n.m._ _V._ =bol=.

=bombance=, _n.f._, feasting, junketing. _Faire —_; to feast.

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

=bombardement=, _n.m._, bombardment.

=bombarder=, _v.a._, to bombard.

=bombardier=, _n.m._, bombardier.

☉=bombasin=, _n.m._, bombazine.

=bombe=, _n.f._, bomb-shell, ball. _La — a crevé en l’air_; the bomb has

burst in the air. _Voûte à l’épreuve de la —_; bomb-proof vault. _Gare la

—!_ look out for squalls!

=bombé=, =-e=, _adj._, arched; barreled; convex.

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

=bomber=, _v.a._, to cause anything to bulge, to jut, to swell out, to

arch, to curve, to barrel (of roads).

=bomber=, _v.n._, to bulge, to jut out.

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

=bombeur=, _n.m._, maker of convex glasses.

=bombonne=, _n.f._, big can, drum.

=bombyx=, _n.m._, (ent.) bombyx, silkworm.

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

=bon=, =-ne=, _adj._, good, kind; favorable; fine, convenient,

advantageous, profitable, proper; safe, solvent; full; silly, foolish;

wholesome; easy, good-natured. _—!_ good! _C’est —_; all right, very

good. _Cela ne présage rien de —_; that bodes no good. _En — état_;

sound. _—ne foi_; plain dealing, uprightness. _— sens_; sensibleness.

_Faire —ne chère_; to live well. _À — appétit il ne faut point de

sauce_; a good appetite needs no sauce. _Une —ne fois_; once for all.

_Vous êtes trop —_; you are too kind. _C’est une —ne personne_; she

is a good creature. _— à prendre_; worth taking. _— à boire_; good to

drink. _À quoi — tant de peines?_ what is the use of so much trouble?

_—ne nourriture_; wholesome food. _Voilà ce qu’il y a de —_; that’s one

comfort. _Prendre quelque chose en —ne part_; to take a thing well. _Les

— comptes font les — amis_; short reckonings make long friends. _Tout

lui est —_; all is fish that comes to his net. _C’est une —ne tête_; he

has a good head-piece. _À — jour, —ne œuvre_; the better the day, the

better the deed. _De —ne heure_; early. _Il est encore de —ne heure_; it

is still early. _À la —ne heure!_ good! well done! that’s something like.

_Se donner du — temps_; to divert one’s self. _Trouver —_; to approve, to

like. _Sentir —_; to have a good smell. _Tenir —_; to hold out. _Il ne

fait pas — avoir affaire à lui_; it is dangerous to meddle with him. _La

lui garder —ne_; to owe any one a grudge. _Être homme à —nes fortunes_;

to be a lady-killer. _Il y va de —ne foi_; he plays fair and square. _Si

— vous semble_; if you think proper. _Vous êtes — vous!_ I like you! _De

— cœur_; heartily. _De —ne foi_; sincerely. _La faire courte et —ne_; to

have a short but merry life. _Que vous êtes —!_ how silly you are! _Tout

de —_; in earnest. _À quelque chose malheur est —_; it’s an ill wind that

blows good to no one. _Faire —ne mine à mauvais jeu_; to put a good face

upon matters. _À — vin, point d’enseigne_; good wine needs no bush. _Une

—ne fuite vaut mieux qu’une mauvaise attente_; discretion is the better

part of valor.

=bon=, _n.m._, good quality, what is good in a thing; the best, the

fun of a thing; voucher, check, bond. _Il a cela de — qu’il ne ment

jamais_; he has this good quality, that he never tells a lie. _Le — de

l’histoire_; the cream of the story.

=bon=, _int._, well, good, right.

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

=bonasse=, _adj._, simple, foolish; silly, credulous; soft, complying.

=bonbon=, _n.m._, bonbon, sweetmeat, comfit.

=bonbonnière=, _n.f._, sweetmeat box; snug little house.

=bon-chrétien= (-kré-), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) Bartlett pear.

=bond=, _n.m._, bound, skip, gambol; caper, leap, jump. _Faire un —_; to

make a bound. _Second —_; rebound. _Prendre la balle au —_; to catch the

ball at the bound; to seize time by the forelock. _Il m’a fait faux —_;

he has given me the slip. _Il s’élança d’un — par-dessus la muraille_; he

cleared the wall at a bound. _Par sauts et par —s_; by leaps and bounds.

_Il ne va que par sauts et par —s_; he only works by fits and starts.

_Tant de — que de volée_; anyhow, _or_ by hook or by crook.

=bondé=, =-e=, _adj._, quite full, full to the bung.

=bonde=, _n.f._, sluice; bung, bung-hole.

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

=bondir=, _v.n._, to bounce, to bound, to rebound; to caper, to skip, to

frisk. _Il bondissait de rage_; he bounded with rage. _Cela fait — le

cœur_; that makes one’s heart leap.

=bondissant=, =-e=, _adj._, bounding, skipping, frisking.

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

=bondon=, _n.m._, bung; bunghole.

=bondonner=, _v.a._, to bung, to stop with a bung, to close up.

=bondonnière=, _n.f._, bung-borer (tool).

=bonduc=, _n.m._, (bot.) nickar-tree.

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

=bonheur= (bo-neur), _n.m._, happiness, prosperity, felicity, welfare,

blessing, good fortune, good luck, chance, happy thing. _Envier le —

d’autrui_; to envy another’s prosperity. _Le — de l’Etat_; the welfare of

the state. _Faire le — de quelqu’un_; to delight any one. _Avoir du —_;

to be lucky. _Être en —_; to be fortunate. _Par —_; luckily. _Porter —_;

to bring good luck. _Jouer de —_; to be lucky, in luck’s way. _Au petit

—_; happen what may, I will chance it.

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

credulity.

=bonhomme= (bo-nom), _n.m._, (bonshommes) simple, good-natured man; old

codger. _Vieux —_; old fellow, old buffer, fogy. _Petit —_; little fellow.

☉=bonhommeau=, _n.m._ _V._ =bonhomme=.

=boni=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (fin.) bonus.

=boniface=, _adj._, simple, artless.

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

=bonifier=, _v.a._, to better, to improve, to ameliorate; to make up, to

make good.

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

=bonisseur=, _n.m._, showman’s puffer; speech.

=bonjour=, _n.m._, good morning, good day, compliments. _Je vous souhaite

le —_; I wish you good morning.

=bonne=, _n.f._, nursery-maid; lady’s-maid; good friend; fine story. _—

à_, or _pour_, _tout faire_; maid of all work.

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

=bonne-dame=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =arroche=.

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

=bonnet=, _n.m._, cap. _— de laine_; woolen cap. _— de nuit_; night-cap.

_Gros —_; big wig, person of importance. _Opiner du —_; to adopt the

opinion of another; to vote blindly. _Triste comme un — de nuit_; as dull

as ditch water. _Jeter son — par-dessus les moulins_; to throw off all

restraint; to be reckless. _Avoir la tête près du —_; to be hot-headed.

_Ce sont deux têtes dans un —_; they are hand and glove together. _C’est

— blanc et blanc —_; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.

_Prendre sous son —_; to invent, make up a tale. _Y jeter son —_; to give

it up.

=bonnetade=, _n.f._, capping, half-capping (jest).

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

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

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

=bonnetier= (bo-n-tié), _n.m._, hosier.

=bonnette=, _n.f._, (fort.) bonnet; (nav.) studding sail; (of a telescope

or camera) cap.

=bonsoir=, _n.m._, good evening, good night; not if I know it. _— et

bonne nuit!_ a good night’s rest to you!

=bonté=, _n.f._, goodness, excellence, kindness, attention,

good-heartedness, favor. _Abuser de la — de quelqu’un_; to take advantage

of any one’s goodness. _Avoir la — de_; to be so good as to.

=bonze=, _n.m._, bonze (Buddhist priest).

☉*=boquillon=, _n.m._, woodman, feller of wood.

=boracique=, _adj._ _V._ =borique=.

=borax= (-raks), _n.m._, borax.

=borborygme=, _n.m._, (med.) borborygm, rumbling.

=bord=, _n.m._, shore; bank, strand, side, margin; brink, edge, brim,

skirt; rim, border, extremity; hem, edging, lace; (nav.) board; (nav.)

broadside; (nav.) tack. _Le — de la mer_; the seashore. _Le — d’une

rivière_; the bank of a river. _Le — d’un précipice_; the brink of a

precipice. _Le — d’une table_; the edge of a table. _Le — d’un chapeau_;

the rim of a hat. _Le — d’un bateau_; the side of a boat. _Le — d’une

robe_; the skirt of a gown. _J’ai son nom sur le — des lèvres_; I have

his name on the tip of my tongue. _À pleins —s_; full to the brim.

_J’allai à son —_; I went aboard his ship. _Coucher à —_; to sleep on

board ship. _Tourner_, _changer_, _virer_, _de —_; to tack about, to

veer. _Courir même — que l’ennemi_; to stand on the same tack with the

enemy. _— au large_; standing off shore. _— à terre_; standing in shore.

_— à —_; alongside.

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

=bordé=, _n.m._, hem, edging, bordering.

=bordeaux=, _n.m._, claret, Bordeaux wine.

=bordée=, _n.f._, (nav.) broadside; volley; salvo; stretch, tack.

_Lâcher_, or _tirer_, _une —_; to fire a broadside. _Une — d’injures_; a

shower of abuse. _Courir des —s_; to tack about.

=bordel=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) brothel.

=bordelais=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, of Bordeaux.

=bordement=, _n.m._, edge.

=border=, _v.a._, to edge, to hem, to skirt, to bind, to lace, to border;

(nav.) to gather (the sheets); to plank; to lay (a deck); to tuck up

(bed-clothes); to line (a road). _Les soldats bordent la côte_; soldiers

line the coast. _— les côtés d’un vaisseau_; to plank a ship. _— les

ponts_; to lay a ship’s decks. _— une écoute_; to tally a sheet. _Borde

au vent!_ haul aft the sheets.

=bordereau=, _n.m._, (com.) account, memorandum, note.

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

=bordier=, _n.m._, lop-sided ship.

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

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

=bore=, _n.m._, (chem.) boron.

=boréal=, =-e=, _adj._, boreal, northern.

=borée=, _n.m._, Boreas, North-wind.

*=borgne=, _n._ and _adj._, one-eyed person; blind of one eye; one-eyed;

dark, obscure, paltry. _Changer son cheval — contre un aveugle_; to

change for the worse. _Au royaume des aveugles les —s sont rois_; among

the blind, the one-eyed is king.

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

=borique=, _adj._, (chem.) boracic.

=bornage=, _n.m._, settling bounds, fixing limits.

=borne=, _n.f._, landmark; boundary, limit, confine; bounds; mile-stone,

spur-post. _Mettre des —s à son ambition_; to set bounds to one’s

ambition. _Cela passe toutes les —s_; that is going beyond all bounds.

_Être planté là comme une —_; to stand there like a post.

=borné=, =-e=, _part._, bounded, limited, confined; narrow, mean, small;

shallow. _Esprit fort —_; narrow mind.

=borne-fontaine=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) water-post.

=borner=, _v.a._, to set landmarks; to bound, to set bounds to, to limit,

to circumscribe, to restrict, to terminate, to confine. _— son ambition_;

to set bounds to one’s ambition.

_se_ =borner=, _v.r._, to keep within bounds, to restrain one’s self. _Il

faut se — à cela_; we must be content with that, or not go beyond that.

=bornous= (-noos), _n.m._, _V._ =bernous=.

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

=bosan=, _n.m._, bosa (Turkish beverage).

=bosel=, _n.m._, (arch.) torus.

=bosphore=, _n.m._, Bosphorus.

=bosquet=, _n.m._, grove, thicket.

=bossage=, _n.m._, (arch.) bossage, embossment, relief.

=bosse=, _n.f._, hunch, hump; bump; bruise; knob, protuberance, lump;

bunch; boss; embossment; (sculp.) relievo, relief, embossment; (paint.)

bust; boss (at tennis). _Ne demander que plaie et —_; to think of nothing

but mischief or fighting. _Ouvrage relevé en —_; embossed piece of work.

_Ouvrage de demi —_; figure in half-relief. _Donner dans la —_; to fall

into the snare, to be duped, to be caught. _Travailler en —_; to emboss.

=bosselage= (bos-laj), _n.m._, embossing.

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

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

=bosselure= (bos-lur), _n.f._, embossment.

=bosser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to stopper.

=bossette=, _n.f._, (arch., man.) boss, stud.

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

=bossu=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, hunchback; hunchbacked, humpbacked,

deformed, uneven, crooked, tortuous. _— par-devant_; pigeon-breasted.

_Rire comme un —_; to split one’s sides with laughter.

=bossuer=, _v.a._, to bruise, to dent, to batter.

_se_ =bossuer=, _v.r._, to get bruised, dented.

=bostangi=, _n.m._, (_—s_) soldier of the Turkish militia.

=boston=, _n.m._, boston (game at cards).

=bostrychite= (-kit), _n.f._, (min.) bostrychite.

=bot=, _adj._, club-footed. _Pied —_; (subst.) club-foot. _C’est un pied

—_; he is club-footed.

=bot=, _n.m._, Dutch-boat.

=botanique=, _n.f._, botany.

=botanique=, _adj._, botanical.

=botaniste=, _n.m._, botanist.

=botargue=, _n.f._ _V._ =boutargue=.

=botte=, _n.f._, boot (man’s only); Wellington boot; bunch, bundle,

truss; (fenc.) pass, thrust, lunge; step of a coach; cask; clod of

dirt or snow; wine vessel, butt. _—s à genouillère_; jack-boots. _—s à

l’écuyère_; top-boots. _Souliers —s_; Blucher boots. _—s retroussées_,

_—s à revers_; top-boots. _—s de sept lieues_; ogre’s boots. _—s fines_;

dress boots. _Tirant de —_; boot-strap. _Tige de —_; boot-leg. _Tire-—_;

boot-jack. _Mettre du foin dans ses —_; to feather one’s nest. _A propos

de —s_; about nothing. _Graisser ses —_; to prepare for a journey, for

death. _Décrotter_, _cirer_, _des —s_; to clean, to polish, boots. _Une

— d’asperges_; a bundle of asparagus. _Une — de foin_; a truss of hay.

_Porter une — à quelqu’un_; (fenc.) to make a pass, a lunge, at one.

_Parer une —_; to parry a pass. _Il lui a porté une vilaine —_; he served

him a very scurvy trick.

=botté=, =-e=, _adj._, booted, with boots on.

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

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

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

=botter=, _v.a._, to make, to supply any one with, boots; to boot

anybody. _Ce bottier botte bien_, _mal_; this bootmaker makes boots well,

badly. (fam.) _Cela me botte_; that suits me down to the ground.

_se_ =botter=, _v.r._, to put one’s boots on; to get one’s shoes clogged

with dirt; to ball (of horses); (milit.) to boot. _Cet homme se botte

bien_, _mal_; this man wears well made, badly made, boots.

=bottier=, _n.m._, bootmaker, shoemaker.

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

=boubie=, _n.f._, (orni.) booby, gannet.

=bouc=, _n.m._, he-goat; goat-skin; pulley. _— émissaire_; scape-goat.

=boucage=, _n.m._, (bot.) burnet saxifrage.

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

=boucaner=, _v.a._, to smoke (meat, hides).

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

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

=boucaro=, _n.m._, boucaro, red clay.

=boucassin=, _n.m._, lining.

=boucaut=, _n.m._, cask, hogshead.

=bouche=, _n.f._, mouth; lips; tongue; muzzle (of a cannon); voice;

victuals; eating, living; cooks (of a sovereign); mouth, opening,

aperture (of canals, rivers); plug-hole, fire-plug. _Dépense de —_;

household expenses. _Munitions de —_; provisions. _— à —_; face to face.

_— béante_; open-mouthed. _De —_; by word of mouth. _Être sur sa —_; to

be given to gluttony. _Que l’imposture ne souille point votre —_; let

not falsehood sully your lips. _— close_; keep it to yourself; mum’s the

word! _Il dit cela de —, mais le cœur n’y touche_; he says one thing and

thinks another. _Fermer la — à quelqu’un_; to stop any one’s mouth. _Il

dit tout ce qui lui vient à la —_; he says whatever comes uppermost.

_Faire la petite —_; to be difficult to please, dainty. _Elle n’en fait

point la fine —_; she does not mince it. _Faire la — en cœur_; to screw

up one’s mouth, to look captivating. _Cela rend la — amère_; that leaves

a bitter taste in the mouth. _Garder une chose pour la bonne —_; to keep

a tit-bit till the last. _Cela fait venir l’eau à la —_; that makes one’s

mouth water. _Prendre sur sa —_; to stint one’s self. _Selon ta bourse,

gouverne ta —_; you must cut your coat according to your cloth. _Il

arrive bien des choses entre la — et le morceau_; there is many a slip

between the cup and the lip. _Cheval qui a bonne —_; hard-feeding horse.

_Un cheval qui n’a ni — ni éperon_; a horse that obeys neither bridle

nor spur. _Un homme fort en —_; a man that out-talks everybody. _Il y en

avait à — que veux-tu_; there was enough and to spare.

=bouchée=, _n.f._, mouthful. _Ne faire qu’une — de quelqu’un_; to make

but a mouthful of any one, to beat any one with ease.

=bouche-nez=, _n.m._, stench-trap.

=boucher=, _v.a._, to stop, stuff, choke up; to obstruct. _— une

bouteille_; to cork a bottle. _— un tonneau_; to bung a barrel. _— la vue

d’un voisin_; to obstruct a neighbor’s view. _Se — les oreilles_; to stop

one’s ears. _Se — le nez_; to hold one’s nose. _— un trou_; to stop up a

gap, to pay a debt.

=boucher=, _n.m._, butcher. _— en gros_; carcass-butcher.

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

=boucherie= (boo-shrî), _n.f._, shambles, butchery, market; slaughter,

carnage, massacre.

=bouche-trou=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) a stop-gap.

=bouchoir=, _n.m._, oven-door, lid, stopper.

=bouchon=, _n.m._, cork, stopper; ☉darling; wisp (of straw, &c.); packet

(of linen); pot-house. _Frotter un cheval avec un — de paille_; to rub

down a horse with a wisp of straw. _— de cabaret_; tavern-bush (kind of

game).

=bouchonner=, _v.a._, to rub down (a horse).

=bouchonnier=, _n.m._, corkcutter.

=bouchot=, _n.m._, fishing-hurdles; mussel-bed.

=bouchure=, _n.f._, quickset hedge.

=boucle=, _n.f._, buckle; ring; curl, ringlet, lock; (arch.) knocker;

(nav.) staple, ring. _Des —s d’oreilles_; ear-rings. _Mettre une perruque

en —s_; to curl a wig. _Mettre en —_; to put in irons.

=bouclé=, =-e=, _part._, buckled, curled. _Cheveux —s_; curly hair.

=boucler=, _v.a._, to buckle; to put a ring to; to curl (hair); (hunt.)

to ferret out.

_se_ =boucler=, _v.r._, to curl one’s hair.

=boucler=, _v.n._, to curl, to put out, bulge.

=bouclier=, _n.m._, buckler, shield; defense, protection; (ich.)

lump-fish. _Levée de —s_; rising in arms; insurrection.

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

=bouddhique=, _adj._, Buddhistic.

=bouddhisme=, _n.m._, Buddhism.

=bouddhiste=, _n.m._ and _f._, Buddhist.

=bouder=, _v.n._, to pout, to look sour, to sulk; to pout at; not to be

able to play (dominoes); (hort.) to be stunted.

_se_ =bouder=, _v.r._, to be sulky with, to be cool, towards each other.

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

=boudeu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, sulky, sullen.

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

=boudin=, _n.m._, black pudding; (nav.) pudding; (arch.) torus;

saddle-bag, cloak-bag; spring (of a coach); long curl; sausage-finger.

=boudinage=, _n.m._, slubbing, roving.

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

=boudineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, rover, slubber.

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

=boudinoir=, _n.m._, roving-machine.

=boudoir=, _n.m._, boudoir, lady’s private-room.

=boue=, _n.f._, dirt, mire, mud; filth; meanness; sordidness; sediment

(of ink). _Je n’en fais pas plus de cas que de la — de mes souliers_; I

don’t value it more than the dirt on my shoes. _Une âme de —_; a mean

soul. _Tirer quelqu’un de la —_; to raise any one from the dunghill.

_Traîner quelqu’un dans la —_; to load any one with abuse.

=bouée=, _n.f._, (nav.) buoy. _— de sauvetage_; life-buoy.

=boueur=, _n.m._, scavenger, dustman.

=boueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dirty, miry; muddy; foul. _Chemin —_; dirty

road. _Ecriture —se_; thick writing.

=bouffant=, =-e=, _adj._, puffed.

☉=bouffante=, _n.f._, hoop, farthingale.

=bouffarde=, _n.f._, (pop.) short pipe. _Téter_ or _fumer sa —_; to have

a whiff, to blow one’s cloud.

=bouffe=, _n.m._, buffoon. _pl._, Italian opera (in Paris). _Aller aux

—s_; to go to the Italian opera.

=bouffée=, _n.f._, puff, gust, blast, whiff; fit. _Par —s_; by fits and

starts.

=bouffer=, _v.n._, to puff, to swell, to rise, to bulge.

=bouffer=, _v.a._, to blow (meat).

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

=bouffi=, =-e=, _adj._, puffed up, swollen, inflated. _Des joues —es_;

puffed out cheeks. _— d’orgueil_; puffed up with pride. _Ange —_; chubby

child.

=bouffir=, _v.a._, to puff up, to swell, to bloat.

=bouffissure=, _n.f._, swelling, puffing up; turgidness, bombast.

=bouffon=, _n.m._, buffoon, jester, clown; merry-andrew, jack-pudding,

droll. _Un mauvais —_; a sorry jester. _Faire le —_; to play the buffoon.

=bouffon=, =-ne=, _adj._, jocose, facetious, comical.

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

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

=bouge=, _n.m._, little closet, hole, wretched den, hovel; bulge of a

cask.

=bougeoir= (-joar), _n.m._, flat candlestick, chamber-candlestick;

taper-stand.

=bougeotte=, _n.f._, pigeon-hole.

=bouger=, _v.n._, to stir, to budge, to wag, to fidget. _Il ne bouge de

cette maison_; he is always at that house.

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

=bougier=, _v.a._, to wax.

=bougonner=, _v.n._, to grumble, to scold, to jaw, to mum.

=bougran=, _n.m._, buckram.

=bougre=, _n.m._, blackguard; fellow. _Bon —_; good sort of fellow.

_Mauvais —_; nasty fellow, ugly customer.

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

*=bouillant=, =-e=, _adj._, boiling, boiling-hot, scalding-hot,

piping-hot; hot, fiery, hasty, eager, fierce, hot-headed. _Jeunesse —e_;

fiery youth. _— de colère_; boiling with anger. _— d’impatience_; burning

with impatience.

*=bouille=, _n.f._, fishing-pole.

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

*=bouillerie=, _n.f._, boilery.

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

*=bouilli=, _n.m._, boiled beef, bouilli.

*=bouillie=, _n.f._, pap (for infants); pulp (to make paper). _Faire de

la — pour les chats_; fruitless labor, profitless undertaking.

*=bouillir=, _v.n._, to boil, to simmer. _Faire — à demi_; to parboil. _—

à gros bouillons_; to boil fast. _— à petits bouillons_; to boil gently;

to simmer. _Cela sert à faire — la marmite_; that helps to make the pot

boil.

*=bouillir=, _v.a._, to boil. Only used in the popular and figurative

expression: _— du lait à quelqu’un_; to say something very pleasant to

somebody.

*=bouilloire=, _n.f._, boiler, kettle.

*=bouillon=, _n.m._, broth; bubble, ripple, bubbling; ebullition,

transport; puff (of a lady’s dress). _— en tablette_; portable broth,

meat-tablet. _— de poulet_; chicken broth. _— de veau_; veal-broth. _—

coupé_; broth diluted with water. _Prendre un —_; to take some broth.

_Boire un —_; to swallow a mouthful (in bathing); to meet with a loss.

_— pointu_; clyster. _L’eau sort de la roche à gros —s_; the water comes

gushing out of the rock. _Un — d’eau_; a bubbling fountain.

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

*=bouillonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, bubbling, gurgling.

*=bouillonnement= (-io-n-mān), _n.m._, bubbling up, spouting or gushing

out; ebullition, effervescence, agitation.

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

=bouillonner=, _v.a._, to put puffs to. _— une robe_; to put puffs to a

dress.

*=bouillotte=, _n.f._, foot-warmer.

*=bouillotte=, _n.f._, bouillotte (game at cards).

=bouin=, _n.m._, (dy.) head of silk.

=bouis=, _n.m._, glazing-stick.

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

=boulaie=, _n.f._, (l.u.) birch plantation.

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

=boulanger=, _v.a._, to make bread. _Du pain bien boulangé_; well-made

bread.

=boulanger=, _v.n._, to bake.

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

=boule=, _n.f._, bowl, ball, pate, head, noddle, sconce. _Il est rond

comme une —_; he is as round as a ball. _Un jeu de —_; a bowling-green.

_Jouer à la —_; to play at bowls. _Avoir la —_; to play first.

_Boule-de-neige_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) snow-ball. _— d’eau chaude_; hot water

bottle. ☉_A la — vue_; in haste, carelessly. _—_; (for voting) ballot.

(pop.) _Perdre la —_; to lose one’s head.

=bouleau=, _n.m._, birch, birch-tree.

=bouledogue=, _n.m._, bull-dog.

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

=boulet=, _n.m._, bullet, ball; fetlock-joint (of a horse); (man.)

boulet. _Un — de canon_; a cannon-ball. _Un coup de —_; a cannon-shot. _—

rouge_; red-hot ball. _— ramé_; chain-shot, bar-shot. _Condamner au —_;

(milit.) to condemn to chain and ball. _Tirer à —s rouges sur quelqu’un_;

to load any one with abuse.

=bouleté=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) upright on fetlock-joint. _V._ =juché=.

=boulette=, _n.f._, forced-meat ball; pellet, paper-bullet, blunder.

_Faire des —s_; to commit blunders.

=bouleux=, _n.m._, thick-set horse; heavy hack; drudge. _Un bon —_; a

plodding man, a drudge.

=boulevard= _or_ =boulevart= (bool-var), _n.m._, bulwark, rampart;

boulevard.

=bouleversement= (bool-vers-mān), _n.m._, destruction, ruin; overthrow;

overthrowing; overturning; commotion, confusion, disorder.

=bouleverser= (bool-vèr-) _v.a._, to overthrow; to throw down, to

subvert; to agitate, to trouble, to throw into commotion; to upset; to

unsettle, to unhinge, to convulse. _Cela m’a tout bouleversé_; it has

quite unhinged me.

☉_à la_ =boule vue=, _adv._ _V._ =boule=.

=boulier=, _n.m._, bag-net (fishing).

=boulimie=, _n.f._, (med.) bulimy.

=boulimique=, _adj._, bulimic.

=boulin=, _n.m._, pigeon-hole; (mas.) pigeon-cove; putlog. _Trous de —_;

scaffolding-holes.

=bouline=, _n.f._, (nav.) bowline, gantlet. _Aller à la —_; to sail close

to the wind; to tack about. _Courir la —_; to run the gantlet.

=bouliner=, _v.n._, to sail close to the wind.

=bouliner=, _v.a._, to haul to windward. _— une voile_; to haul a sail to

windward.

=boulingrin=, _n.m._, bowling-green, grass-plot.

=boulinier=, _n.m._, (nav.) _Un bon —_; a ship that sails well to

windward.

=bouloir=, _n.m._, (mas.) larry, pole.

=boulon=, _n.m._, bolt, large iron pin.

=boulonnement=, _n.m._, bolting, pinning.

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

=boulot=, =-te=, _adj._, fat, dumpy, squatty.

=boulotter=, _v.n._, to jog along.

☉=bouque=, _n.f._, channel, strait, mouth, passage.

☉=bouquer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to kiss forcibly; to yield, to truckle.

=bouquet=, _n.m._, bunch, cluster, tuft; nosegay, bouquet, posy;

birth-day ode, sonnet; birth-day present; flavor, aroma (of wine). _Un —

de plumes_; a plume of feathers. _Un — de pierreries_; a sprig of jewels.

_Un — de bois_; a cluster of trees. _Fleur qui vient en —s_; flower that

grows in bunches. _— de fusées_; bunch of rockets. _Réserver une chose

pour le —_; to keep a thing for the last. _Et maintenant, pour le —!_ and

now, to cap the story!

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

=bouquetière=, _n.m._, flower-girl.

=bouquetin=, _n.m._, wild goat, ibex.

=bouquin=, _n.m._, old he-goat; buck-hare; old book. _Mauvais —_;

worthless book; (of pipes) mouth-piece.

=bouquiner=, _v.n._, to buck, to couple (of hares); to hunt after, to

read, old books.

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

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

=bouquiniste=, _n.m._, dealer in old books.

=bouracan=, _n.m._, a sort of camlet, barracan.

=bouracanier=, _n.m._, barracan maker.

=bourbe=, _n.f._, mire, mud, dirt.

=bourbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, miry, muddy, sloughy, sloshy.

=bourbier=, _n.m._, slough, puddle, mire, mud; lurch, plunge, scrape,

danger. _Il s’est mis dans le —_; he has got himself into a scrape.

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

=bourcette=. _V._ =mâche=.

=bourdaine=, _or_ =bourgène=, _n.f._, black alder.

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

=bourde=, _n.f._, fib, sham, humbug, lie. _Donner une — a quelqu’un_; to

tell any one a fib.

=bourder=, _v.n._, to fib, to sham, to humbug.

=bourdeur=, _n.m._, fibber, shammer.

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

=bourdon=, _n.m._, drone; pilgrim’s staff; great bell; (mus.) drone;

humble-bee; great bell; (print.) out, omission.

=bourdonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, humming, buzzing.

=bourdonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, buzz, buzzing; hum, humming; murmur;

tinkling noise.

=bourdonner=, _v.n._, to buzz, to hum, to murmur.

=bourdonner=, _v.a._, to hum; to bore; to pester.

=bourdonnet=, _n.m._, (surg.) dossil.

=bourdonneur=, _n.m._, humming-bird, colibri.

=bourg=, _n.m._, borough, market-town.

=bourgade=, _n.f._, small market-town, straggling village.

=bourgène=, _n.f._ _V._ =bourdaine=.

=bourgeois=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (-joâ, -joaz), burgess, citizen,

townsman, commoner; master, mistress, owner of a merchant-ship;

contractor. _Un bon —_; a substantial citizen. _Un petit —_; a humble

citizen. _Être en —_; (of officers) to be dressed in plain clothes.

=bourgeois=, =-e=, _adj._, middle-class; belonging to, or becoming,

a citizen, citizenlike; private; plain; common. _Famille —e_; good

middle-class family. _Avoir l’air —_, _les manières_, _—es_; to be

common in one’s gait and manners. _Cuisine —e_; plain, homely cooking.

_Pension —_; private boarding-house. _Comédie —e_; private theatricals.

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

=bourgeoisie= (-joa-zî), _n.f._, middle-class, citizenship, citizens.

_Droit de —_; freedom of a city. _Haute —_; upper middle-class, gentry.

_Caution —_; good security.

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

=bourgeonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, budding.

=bourgeonné=, =-e=, _part._, budded, pimpled.

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

=bourgeonner= (-jo-né), _v.n._, to bud, to shoot, to put forth young

shoots; to break out in pimples.

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

=bourgmestre=, _n.m._, burgomaster.

*=bourgogne=, _n.m._, Burgundy wine.

=bourgépine= (-ghé-), _n.f._, (bot.) buckthorn.

*=bourguignon=, =-ne= (-ghi-), _n._ and _adj._, Burgundian, of Burgundy.

=bourlet=, _n.m._ _V._ =bourrelet=.

=bournous=. _V._ =bernous=.

=bourrache=, _n.f._, (bot.) borage.

=bourrade=, _n.f._, blow with a musket butt; beating, home-thrust; taunt;

(hunt.) snapping.

=bourras=, _n.m._ _V._ =bure=.

=bourrasque=, _n.f._, squall; relapse; fresh attack (of a disease);

vexation; caprice; fit of anger, of ill-humor.

=bourre=, _n.f._, hair, fluff (of animals); stuff, trash; flock (of

wool); floss (of silk); wad (of fire-arms); kind of down (on the buds of

trees). _Lit de —_; flock-bed.

=bourreau=, _n.m._, hangman, executioner; tormentor, tyrant, butcher. _Un

— d’argent_; a spendthrift.

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

=bourreler= (boor-), _v.a._, to torment, to sting; to torture, to rack,

to goad.

=bourrelet= _or_ =bourlet=, _n.m._, pad; cushion; sand-bag; swelling

(about the loins); padded cap; (of horses) collar.

=bourrelier= (boor-), _n.m._, harness-maker.

=bourrelle=, =-ment=, _n.m._, torment, torture.

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

=bourrer=, _v.a._, to ram; to thrash; to abuse; to stuff, to wad; to cram

with food; ☉to nonplus; (hunt.) to snap. _— de coups_; to give a sound

thrashing to.

_se_ =bourrer=, _v.r._, to cram one’s self with food; to abuse each other.

=bourrer=, _v.n._, (of horses) to bolt.

=bourriche=, _n.f._, game-basket.

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

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

=bourriqui-er=, =-ère=, _n.m.f._, donkey-driver.

=bourrir=, _v.n._, to whir (of partridges).

=bourroir=, _n.m._, tamping-bar.

=bourru=, =-e=, _adj._, cross, morose, peevish, crabbed, moody, wayward,

surly, snappish; unfermented.

=bourse=, _n.f._, purse; hair-bag; purse-net; saddle-bag; scholarship;

foundation; (anat.) sac; (bot.) wrapper; (surg.) suspensory bandage;

(com.) exchange. _Coupeur de —_; cut-throat. _Avoir la —_; to keep the

money. _Faire — commune_; to live in common. _Faire — à part_; to keep

one’s own money. _La — ou la vie!_ your money or your life! _Aller à la

—_; to go to the Exchange, to go on ’Change. _Loger le diable en sa —_;

to be penniless. _Avoir toujours la — à la main_; to be always dipping

into one’s purse. _Sans — délier_; without expense.

=bourses=, _n.f.pl._, scrotum.

=boursette=, _n.f._, small purse.

=boursicaut=, _n.m._, small purse; small sum.

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

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

=bourson=, _n.m._, fob, little pocket.

=boursouflage=, _n.m._, bombast, fustian.

=boursouflé=, =-e=, _adj._, bloated; bombastic, inflated, turgid. _Style

—_; turgid style.

=boursoufler=, _v.a._, to bloat, to make turgid, to puff up.

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

=bousage=, _n.m._, dunging.

=bousard= _or_ =bouzard=, _n.m._, deer’s dung.

=bousculade= _or_ =bousculement= (boos-kul-mān), _n.m._, jostling,

hustling; bullying.

=bousculer= (boos-) _v.a._, to turn upside down, to throw into disorder;

ta jostle, to hustle, to squeeze.

=bouse= (booz), _n.f._, cow-dung.

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

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

*=boursilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mud-wall builder, bungler,

botcher.

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

=boussole=, _n.f._, sea compass, compass; mariner’s needle; guide,

direction.

=boustrophédon=, _n.m._, (antiq.) boustrophedon.

=bout=, _n.m._, end, extremity, tip; top, point; bit; nipple; muzzle,

ferrule; fag-end. _Le — des doigts_; the finger-ends. _Savoir une chose

sur le — des doigts_; to have a thing at one’s finger’s ends, to know it

perfectly. _Brûler la chandelle par les deux —s_; to burn the candle at

both ends, to be a bad manager. _Le bas —_; the lower end. _Le — de la

langue_; the tip of the tongue. _Le — de la mamelle_; the nipple of the

breast. _—s de manches_; false sleeves. _—s d’aile_; pinions. _Bâton à

deux —s_; quarter staff. _Au — d’une heure de conversation_; after an

hour’s conversation. _Tenir le haut —_; to get the upper hand. _Se tenir

sur le — des pieds_; to stand on tip-toe. _Patience, nous ne sommes pas

au —_; have patience, we have not done yet. _Tirer un coup de pistolet à

— portant_; to fire off a pistol point-blank. _Rire du — des dents des

lèvres_; to laugh in a forced manner. _Un — de ruban_; a bit of ribbon.

_Il est économe de —s de chandelle_; he is penny wise and pound foolish.

_Mettre la patience de quelqu’un à —_; to exhaust any one’s patience.

_Pousser quelqu’un à —_; to drive any one to extremities. _Venir à —

de_; to succeed, to get through anything. _On ne saurait venir à — de

cet enfant_; this child cannot be managed. _À tout — de champ_; at every

turn. _Au — du compte_; after all; upon the whole. _D’un — à l’autre_;

from beginning to end. _Au — de l’aune faut le drap_; the last straw

breaks the camel’s back. _Jusqu’au — des ongles_; to one’s finger-tips.

_Laisser voir le — de l’oreille_; to reveal one’s true character.

_—-rimé_. _V._ =bout-rimé=.

=boutade=, _n.f._, (boo-) whim, fit, start, caprice, frolic, freak. _Par

—s_; by fits and starts.

=boutant=, _adj._, (arch.) supporting. _Arc-—_; buttress.

=boutargue= _or_ =botargue=, _n.f._, botargo.

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

=bouté=, =-e=, _adj._, (man.) straight-legged. _Cheval —_;

straight-legged horse.

=boute-en-train=, _n.m._, (_—_) stallion kept with mares; bird piper.

_Être le —_; to be the life and soul of the company.

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

☉=boute-hors=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) boom; outrigger; good command of

words. _Jouer au —_; to try to oust one another, to play at beggar my

neighbor.

*=bouteille=, _n.f._, bottle; bottleful; bubble; bottle case. _Boucher

une —_; to cork a bottle. _Déboucher une —_; to uncork a bottle. _Mise

en —_; bottling. _Faire sauter le bouchon d’une —_; to crack a bottle

(instead of uncorking it). _N’avoir rien vu que par le trou d’une —_; to

know nothing of the world.

☉*=bouteiller=. _V._ =boutillier=.

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

☉=bouter=, _v.a._, to pare, to flesh, to put.

=bouter=, _v.n._, (of wine) to become ropy.

=bouterolle= (boo-trol), _n.f._, chape (of a scabbard).

=boute-selle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) signal to saddle.

☉=boute-tout-cuire=, _n.m._, (_—_) (fam.) a spend-all, glutton.

=bouteuse=, _n.f._, pin-sticker.

=bouteux=, _n.m._, putting-net, shrimp-net.

☉*=boutillier=, _n.m._, cup-bearer.

=boutique=, _n.f._, shop; merchandise of a shop; tools; implements; well

for fish. _Garçon de —_; shop-boy. _Demoiselle de —_; shop-girl. _Cela

vient de votre —_; that is your doing. _— bien fournie_; a well-stocked

shop. _Il a vendu toute sa —_; he has left off business, or disposed of

his business.

=boutiqu-ier= (boo-), _n.m._, =-ière=, _n.f._, tradesman; shopkeeper;

vulgar fellow. _adj._, shoppy.

=boutis=, _n.m._, (hunt.) rooting-place.

=boutisse= (boo-), _n.f._, (mas.) header, bondstone.

=boutoir=, _n.m._, snout of a wild boar; buttress; parer; currier’s

knife. _Coup de —_; rough answer; disagreeable proposal; stunner.

=bouton=, _n.m._, button; stud; bud; nipple; pimple; gem; knob; sight (of

a gun); (chem.) button. _— à queue_; shank button. _— d’or_; buttercup.

_Le — d’une serrure_; the knob, button of a lock. _Serrer le — à

quelqu’un_; to keep a tight hand over; to press hard upon.

=boutonné=, =-e=, _part._, buttoned, pimpled; (fig.) reserved. _Nez —_;

nose full of red pimples. _C’est un homme —_; he is very reserved.

=boutonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, budding, buttoning.

=boutonner=, _v.a._, to button; (fenc.) to touch.

_se_ =boutonner=, _v.r._, to button one’s coat.

=boutonner=, _v.n._, to bud, to button.

=boutonnerie= (boo-to-n-rî), _n.f._, button-trade.

☉=boutonnet=, _n.m._, little bud, button, gem.

=boutonnier=, _n.m._, button-maker.

=boutonnière=, _n.f._, button-hole; (fig.) cut, gash.

=bout-rimé=, _n.m._, poetry made on given rhymes.

=bouts-rimeur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) person who fills up given rhymes.

*=bout-saigneux=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) scrag-end.