=bouture=, _n.f._, (hort.) slip; cutting.

=bouvart= _or_ =bouveau=, _n.m._, young bull.

=bouverie= (boo-vrî), _n.f._, ox-stall.

=bouvet=, _n.m._, joiner’s grooving-plane.

=bouvi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, cowherd, drover, ox-drover, (fig.)

churl.

*=bouvillon=, _n.m._, young bullock, steer.

*=bouvreuil=, _n.m._, (boo-) bullfinch.

=bovine=, _adj._, bovine. _Peste —_; cattle plague.

=boxe=, _n.f._, boxing.

=boxer=, _v.n._, to box.

_se_ =boxer=, _v.r._, to box.

=boxeur=, _n.m._, boxer. _Combat de —s_; boxing-match.

=boyard=, _n.m._, boyard (Russian nobleman).

=boyau=, _n.m._, bowel, gut, cat-gut; (hort.) branch; hose, pipe. _Corde

à —_; catgut. _— de tranchée_; branch of a trench (fort.) _Descente de

—x_; rupture.

=boyauderie=, _n.f._, gut-works.

=boyaudier=, _n.m._, gutspinner.

=brabançon=, =-ne=, _adj._, Brabantine.

=brabant=, _n.m._, Belgian plow.

=bracelet= (bra-slè), _n.m._, armlet, bracelet, bangle.

=brachial=, =-e= (-ki-), _adj._, (anat.) brachial.

=brachygraphie= (-ki-), _n.f._, brachygraphy.

=brachylogie= (-ki-) _n.f._, (rhet.) brachylogy.

=braconnage=, _n.m._, poaching.

=braconner=, _v.n._, to poach, to steal game.

=braconnier=, _n.m._, poacher.

=bractée=, _n.f._, (bot.) bract, bractea.

=bractéifère=, _adj._, (bot.) bracteate.

=bractélé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =bractéifère=.

=brague= (brag), _n.f._, (nav.) breeching. _pl._, breeches.

=braguette=, _n.f._ _V._ =brayette=.

=brahmane=, =brahme=, _n.m._, Brahmin.

=brahmanique=, _adj._, Braminical.

=brahmanisme=, _n.m._, Braminism.

=brai=, _n.m._, resin, rosin, pitch.

=braie=, _n.f._, napkin, clout; (nav.) coat. _pl._, breeches, trousers.

_S’en tirer les —s nettes_; to get off unharmed, to get clear off.

*=braillard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bawler, brawler, squaller.

*=braillard=, =-e=, _adj._, brawling, squalling; obstreperous.

=braillement=, _n.m._, squalling.

*=brailler=, _v.n._, to bawl, to be noisy.

=brailleu-r=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._ _V._ =braillard=.

=braiment=, _n.m._, braying of an ass.

=braire=, _v.n._, to bray; (fig.) to cry, to whine.

=braise=, _n.f._, live coals; embers, burning coal. _Il l’a donné chaud

comme —_; he blurted it all out. _Tomber de la poêle dans la —_; from

the frying-pan into the fire. _Passer sur une chose comme un chat sur la

—_; to pass lightly over a subject; to skip over.

=braiser=, _v.a._, (cook.) to bake, to braise.

=braisier=, _n.m._, brazier.

=braisière=, _n.f._, oven.

=brame=. _V._ =brahmane=.

=bramement=, _n.m._, (hunt.) belling.

=bramer=, _v.n._, (of deer) to bell.

=bramin= _or_ =bramine=, _n.m._ _V._ =brahmane=.

☉=bran=, _n.m._, bran; (pop.) excrement. _— de son_; coarse bran;

sawdust. _— de judas_; freckles.

=bran!= _int._ (l.ex.) _— de lui!_ a fig for him!

=brancard=, _n.m._, stretcher, litter, hand-barrow; shaft (of a cart).

=brancardier=, _n.m._, (milit.) ambulance-man, litter-bearer.

=branchage=, _n.m._, branches, boughs; horns.

=branche=, _n.f._, branch, bough, stick, arm; pin-wire; part, division;

(arch.) branch; side (of a ladder); branch (of a family); (bot.) grain.

_A —s_; branched. _Sauter de — en —_; to go from one thing to another.

_Jeune —_; twig. _—s gourmandes_; proud wood. _S’accrocher à toutes les

—s_; to try every possible means, whether fair or foul. _Être comme

l’oiseau sur la —_; to be unsettled.

☉=brancher=, _v.a._, to hang on a tree.

=brancher=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to perch, to roost; to branch off.

=branche-ursine=, _or_ =branc-ursine=, _n.f._, (_—_) (bot.) brank-ursine.

=branchial=, =-e=, _adj._, (ich.) branchial. _Opercule —_; gill-cover.

=branchier=, _adj.m._, brancher, percher.

=branchies= (-shi), _n.f.pl._, fish-gills.

=branchu=, =-e=, _adj._, ramous, forked, bifurcated; two-horned.

=brandade=, _n.f._, ragout (of cod).

=brande=, _n.f._, heath, heather.

=brandebourg=, _n.m._, gimp, braid; facing.

☉=brandevin=, _n.m._, wine-brandy.

*=brandillement=, _n.m._, tossing, swinging.

*=brandiller=, _v.a._, to swing, to shake to and fro.

*_se_ =brandiller=, _v.r._, to swing.

*=brandilloire=, _n.f._, swing, see-saw; (agri.) swing-plough.

=brandir=, _v.a._, to brandish, to swing; to flourish; (carp.) to pin.

=brandon=, _n.m._, torch, wisp of lighted straw; fire-brand, flake of

fire. _— de discorde_; cause of discord.

=brandonner=, _v.a._, to place brands in to mark the seizure of a field.

=branlant=, =-e=, _adj._, shaking, loose; wagging, tottering.

=branle=, _n.m._, jogging, push, shake, swing, tossing, motion, shaking;

peal; sort of dance, brawl; hammock; (nav.) hammock. _Être en —_; to be

in motion. _Donner le —_; to set going. _Mener le —_; to lead the dance.

=branle-bas=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) clearing, for action. _Faire le —_; to

clear the decks. _—!_ up all hammocks!

=branlement= (branl-mān), _n.m._, jogging; shaking, swinging; tottering.

=branle-queue=, _n.m._, (_—_) (orni.) wag-tail; dish-washer.

=branler=, _v.a._, to jog, to wag, to move, to shake, to brandish.

_se_ =branler=, _v.r._, to move.

=branler=, _v.n._, to shake, to jog, to totter, to rock; to stir, to

move, to wag; to give way, to waver. _— dans le manche_; to shake in the

handle, to be unsteady, irresolute, to be shaky. _Tout ce qui branle ne

tombe pas_; a creaking gate hangs long, _or_ threatened men live long.

=branloire=, _n.f._, see-saw; swing.

=braque=, _n.m._, brach-hound; a hare-brained fellow; mad-cap.

☉=braquemart=, _n.m._, cutlass; broadsword.

=braquement= (brak-mān), _n.m._, pointing (of ordnance).

=braquer=, _v.a._, to set, to turn, to level, to point. _— un canon_; to

level a cannon. _— une lunette_; to point a telescope.

=bras=, _n.m._, arm; power; sconce (candelabrum); arm (of anchors,

capstans, levers, seats); brace (of yards); handle; shaft (of litters);

(mec.) side rod; arm (of a horse); claw (of a crawfish). _Être blessé au

—_; to be wounded in the arm. _Il a le — en écharpe_; he has his arm in

a sling. _Recevoir quelqu’un à — ouverts_; to receive any one with open

arms. _Demeurer les — croisés_; to stand with folded arms. _À pleins

—_; by armfuls. _Un — de mer_; an arm of the sea. _À force de —_; by

strength of arms. _Ne vivre que de ses —_; to live by the labor of one’s

hands. _Avoir quelqu’un sur les —_; to have any one to maintain. _Avoir

de grandes affaires sur les —_; to have great concerns in hand. _J’ai

sur les — un puissant ennemi_; I have to do with a powerful enemy. _Les

— m’en sont tombés_; I was struck dumb with surprise. _Se jeter entre

les — de quelqu’un_; to fly to any one for protection. _Tendre les — à

quelqu’un_; to offer one’s aid to any one. _Moulin à —_; handmill. _Les

— de la mort_; the jaws of death. _À tour de —_; with all one’s might.

_A —-le-corps_; in one’s arms. _Saisir quelqu’un à —-le-corps_; to seize

any one round the body. _— dessus — dessous_; arm in arm. _Avoir les —

longs_; to have great influence. _En prendre long comme le —_; to take an

ell; to impose upon.

=braser=, _v.a._, to braze, to solder.

=brasier=, _n.m._, quick clear fire; red-hot fire; brazier, furnace.

*=brasillement= (-mān), _n.m._, (nav.) glittering, glancing, sparkling of

the sea.

*=brasiller=, _v.a._, to sparkle (of the sea).

=brasque=, _n.f._, brasque (cement made of clay and charcoal dust).

=brasquer=, _v.a._, to cover with brasque.

=brassage=, _n.m._, stirring up; mashing, brewing; (coin.) mixing.

=brassard=, _n.m._, brace (armor), armlet, arm-guard.

=brasse=, _n.f._, (nav.) fathom, six feet, stroke. _Pain de —_; a twenty

or twenty-five pound loaf.

=brassée=, _n.f._, armful; stroke (swimming).

=brasser=, _v.a._, to brew, to mash; to stir; to hatch, to work, to plot.

=brasserie=, _n.f._, brewery, brewhouse.

=brasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, brewer.

=brasseyage=, _n.m._, (nav.) bracing.

=brassiage=, _n.m._, (nav.) sounding.

=brassière=, _n.f._, shoulder-strap, brace, bodice with shoulder straps;

restraint. _Être en —s_; to be under restraint.

=brassin=, _n.m._, brewing tub; mash-tub; boiling (quantity boiled or

brewed).

=brassoir=, _n.m._, (metal.) stirring-stick.

=brasure=, _n.f._, brazing, soldering.

=bravache=, _n.m._, bully, swaggerer, blusterer.

=bravade=, _n.f._, bravado, boast, bluster.

=brave=, _adj._, brave, gallant, true; smart, fine, spruce; honest;

good, kind. _— capitaine_; gallant captain. _Il est — comme l’épée qu’il

porte_; he is as true as steel. _Il n’est — qu’en paroles_; he is only

brave as far as words go. _Un homme —_; an honest man. _Vous voilà bien

— aujourd’hui_; how smart you are to-day. _C’est un — homme_; he is an

honest, worthy fellow. _C’est un — garçon_; he is a capital fellow; a

brick.

=brave=, _n.m._, brave _or_ courageous man; (b.s.) ruffian, bully. _Faux

—_; blustering bully. _Faire le —_; to play the bully. _— à trois poils_;

hard-fighter; man of real courage, right down plucky, regular game. _En

—_; bravely, gallantly.

=bravement= (-mān), _adv._, bravely, stoutly, valiantly, manfully;

skillfully, finely.

=braver=, _v.a._, to defy, to set at defiance, to bid defiance, to dare,

to beard, to face, to brave. _— les autorités_; to set the authorities at

defiance. _— la mort_; to face death.

=braverie= (-vrî), _n.f._, boasting; finery, fine clothes.

=bravo=, _n.m._, (bravi _or_ bravos) bravo, hurrah; hired assassin;

applause.

=bravo!= _adv._, bravo! well done! capital!

=bravoure=, _n.f._, bravery, courage, manhood, gallantry; (mus.) bravura.

_Il a fait preuve de —_; he has given proofs of courage.

=brayer= (bra-ié), _n.m._, (surg.) truss, bandage.

=brayer= (brè-ié), _v.a._, (nav.) to pay over.

=brayette= (bra-iète), _n.f._, flap (of trousers); (bot.) cowslip.

=brayon= (bra-ion), _n.m._, trap (for vermin).

=break= (brèke), _n.m._, (_—s_) break (carriage).

=bréant= _or_ =bruant=, _n.m._, (orni.) bunting, yellow-hammer.

=brebis=, _n.f._, ewe; sheep. _pl._, flock. _— égarée_; stray sheep.

_Troupeau de —_; flock of sheep. _Une — galeuse_; a scabby sheep. _Mener

paître les —_; to lead the sheep to pasture. _Il ne faut qu’une — galeuse

pour gâter tout un troupeau_; one scabby sheep will taint a whole flock.

_Qui se fait —, le loup le mange_; daub yourself with honey, and you’ll

never want for flies. _À — tondue, Dieu mesure le vent_; God tempers the

wind to the shorn lamb. _Faire un repas de —_; to eat a dry meal. _La —

galeuse_; the black sheep. _— comptées, le loup les mange_; we must watch

as well as count.

=brèche=, _n.f._, breach, flaw, rupture, hiatus; notch, gap. _Battre en

—_; to batter in, to breach. _Monter à la —_; to mount the breach. _La —

d’un couteau_; the notch of a knife. _Faire — à un pâté_; to make a gap

in a pie. _C’est une — à l’honneur_; it is a breach of honor.

=brèche=, _n.f._, (min.) breccia.

=brèche-dent=, _adj._, (_—_) that has lost a front tooth or two;

broken-mouthed.

=brèche-dent=, _n.m.f._, (_—_) person who has lost a front tooth.

=brechet=, _n.m._, breastbone, brisket.

=bredi-breda=, _adv._, (fam.) hastily.

=bredindin=, _n.m._, (nav.) garnet.

=brédissure=, _n.f._, (med.) locked jaw.

*=bredouillage=, _n.m._, jabbering, sputtering.

*=bredouille=, _n.f._, (trictrac) lurch. _Jouer —_; to play lurches.

_Sortir —_; to go away as one came. _Revenir —_; to return with an empty

bag (of sportsmen). _Se coucher —_; to go to bed supperless.

*=bredouillement=, _n.m._, stuttering, stammering, faltering.

*=bredouiller=, _v.n._, to stammer, to stutter, to falter.

*=bredouilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, stammerer, stutterer.

=br-ef=, =-ève=, _adj._, brief, short, concise, succinct. _Une réponse

brève_; a brief reply. _Avoir le parler —_; to be a man of few words.

=bref=, _adv._, in a few words; in short, in fine, to be short.

=bref=, _n.m._, brief (pope’s pastoral letter); church calendar.

=brège=, _n.f._, salmon-net, close-net.

=bregin=, _n.m._, close-net.

*=bréhaigne=, _adj._, barren, sterile.

*=bréhaigne=, _n.f._, (pop.) barren, sterile woman.

=brelan=, _n.m._, brelan (game at cards); pair-royal; gaming-house.

_Tenir —_; to keep a gaming-house.

=brelander=, _v.n._, to gamble, to be a gamester.

=brelandi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, gamester, gambler.

=brelique-breloque=, _adv._, at random; higgledy-piggledy; slap-dash.

=brelle=, _n.f._, raft, float of wood.

=breloque=, _n.f._, charm, gewgaw, toy, trinket. _V._ =berloque=.

☉=breluche=, _n.f._, drugget, linsey-woolsey.

=brème=, _n.f._, (ich.) bream.

=breneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.ex.) dirty, soiled.

=brequin=, _n.m._, wimble, bit of a wimble.

=brésil=, _n.m._, Brazil-wood.

*=brésiller=, _v.a._, to break small, to cut small; to dye with

Brazil-wood.

*=brésillet=, _n.m._, Brazil or Jamaica-wood.

=breste=, _n.f._, catching birds with lime.

*=brétailler=, _v.n._, (b.s.) to tilt, to fight.

*=brétailleur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) bruiser, bully.

=bretaudé=, =-e=, _adj._, crop-eared.

=bretauder=, _v.a._, to crop badly (animals).

=bretelle=, _n.f._, strap; brace. _En avoir jusqu’aux —s_; to be over

head and ears in trouble.

=breton=, =-ne=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, of Brittany.

=brette=, _n.f._, (jest.) long sword, rapier.

=bretté=, =-e=, _adj._, matched, indented, jagged.

=bretteler=, _v.a._, (arch.) to indent.

=bretter=, _v.a._, (arch.) to indent.

=bretteur=, _n.m._, bully, fighter.

=bretture=, _n.f._, teeth, notches (in tools).

*=breuil=, _n.m._, inclosed copse, thicket.

=breuvage=, _n.m._, beverage, potion, draught, liquor, drink; (vet.)

drench.

=brève=, _n.f._, short syllable; (mus.) short note.

=brevet=, _n.m._, warrant, brevet; (milit.) commission; patent; license

(of printers). _— d’apprentissage_; indentures.

=breveté=, =-e= (brèv-), _part._, patented.

=breveté=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, patentee.

=breveter= (brèv-), _v.a._, to patent, to license.

=bréviaire=, _n.m._, breviary.

=brévité=, _n.f._, (gram.) shortness (of syllables).

=bribe=, _n.f._, hunch. _pl._, scraps, bits; odd ends.

=bric-à-brac=, _n.m._, (_—_) odds and ends; old stores; curios. _Marchand

de —_; dealer in old iron, old pictures, old stores, curios.

=brick=, _n.m._, (nav.) brig.

=bricole=, _n.f._, breast-collar of a horse; rebound of a ball (at

tennis); back stroke (at billiards); strap; (nav.) pitching, rolling.

_De_ or _par —_; indirectly, unfairly, by a fluke.

=bricoler=, _v.n._, (billiards, tennis) to hit a back stroke; (fig.) to

cadge, to dodge, to shuffle.

=bride=, _n.f._, bridle, reins, check, curb; string (of a woman’s cap,

bonnet); loop (for a button); (surg.) frenum. _Mettre la — à un cheval_;

to put a bridle upon a horse. _Tenir la — haute à un cheval_; to keep a

tight rein. _Lui tenir la — courte_; to shorten the rein. _Lâcher la —_;

to give rein, to give head. _Courir à toute —_, _à — abattue_; to run at

full speed. _Tourner —_; to turn back. _Tenir quelqu’un en —_; to keep

any one within bounds, to curb. _À cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la

—_; one does not look a gift-horse in the mouth. _Laisser_ or _mettre la

— sur le cou_; to give head entirely; (fig.) to let any one have his own

way.

=bridé=, =-e=, _part._, bridled. _Oison —_; silly creature.

=brider=, _v.a._, to bridle; to tie fast, to fasten; to restrain, to

curb, to keep under; to check. _— l’ancre_; (nav.) to shoe the anchor. _—

ses désirs_; to curb one’s desires. _— son cheval par la queue_; to begin

at the wrong end. _Mon habit me bride sous les bras_; my coat is too

tight under the arms.

=bridon=, _n.m._, snaffle-bridle.

=brie=, _n.f._, rolling-pin. _Fromage de Brie_; Brie cheese.

=bri-ef=, =-ève=, _adj._, short, brief, curt.

=brièvement= (-èv-mān), _adv._, briefly, succinctly, in short.

=brièveté= (-èv-té), _n.f._, brevity, shortness, briefness, conciseness,

succinctness.

=brigade=, _n.f._, (milit.) brigade; gang, troop, body.

=brigadier=, _n.m._, corporal (of cavalry); sergeant (of police); (nav.)

bowman.

=brigand=, _n.m._, brigand, highwayman, robber; ruffian, thief.

=brigandage=, _n.m._, robbery, brigandage, plunder.

=brigandeau=, _n.m._, cheat, rogue, knave.

=brigander=, _v.n._, to rob, to plunder.

=brigandine=, _n.f._, coat of mail, brigandine.

=brigantin=, _n.m._, brigantine, brig.

=brigantine=, _n.f._, small brigantine.

*=brignole=, _n.f._, French plum.

=brigue= (brig), _n.f._, intrigue, bribery; canvassing; cabal, faction.

=briguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to canvass for, to solicit, to seek, to court,

to stand for, to seek, to aspire to.

=brigueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, canvasser, solicitor.

*=brillamment= (-mān). _adv._, brilliantly, in a brilliant manner; in

brilliant fashion.

*=brillant=, =-e=, _adj._, brilliant, shining, sparkling, glittering,

bright, showy, effulgent, beaming, radiant; robust, blooming (of health).

_Esprit —_; sparkling wit. _—s appas_, _charmes —s_; dazzling charms.

_Affaire —e_; (milit.) famous action.

*=brillant=, _n.m._, brilliancy, brightness, splendor, radiancy,

refulgence, resplendency, luster; brilliant (diamond).

*=brillanté=, =-e=, _adj._, cut into a brilliant. _n.m._, diaper, damask.

*=brillanter=, _v.a._, to cut into a brilliant. _— son style_; (fig.) to

load it with false ornaments.

*=briller=, _v.n._, to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to glisten, to be

bright, sparkling; to play, to blaze, to dawn, to lighten, to flourish,

to gleam, to glare. _Tout ce qui — n’est pas or_; all that glitters is

not gold.

=brimbale=, _n.f._, brake, handle of a pump.

=brimbaler=, _v.n._, (fam., l.u.) to ring, to swing, to toss.

=brimborion=, _n.m._, nicknack, bauble, gewgaw.

=brin=, _n.m._, blade, slip, slender stalk; sprig, shoot; bit, jot. _Un

— de romarin_; a sprig of rosemary. _Un beau — de bois_; a fine straight

piece of timber. _Un beau — d’homme_; a tall well-set youth. _Beau — de

fille_; fine slip of a girl. _Un — de paille_; a straw. _Un — de fil_; a

bit of thread. _Il n’y en a —_; there is none at all. _Un — de feu_; a

bit of fire. _De_, or _en_, _—_; (of wood) unhewn.

=brinde=, _n.f._, health, toast. _Porter des —s_; to drink toasts. _Être

dans les —s_; to be drunk, tipsy.

*=brindille=, _n.f._, sprig, twig.

=bringuebale=, _n.f._ _V._ =brimbale=.

=brio=, _n.m._, dash, spirit, pluck, go; raciness, vivacity.

=brioche=, _n.f._, bun, cake; mistake, blunder.

=brion=, _n.m._, (bot.) tree-moss.

*=briquaillon=, _n.m._, brickbat.

=brique=, _n.f._, brick. _— anglaise_; Bath brick.

=briquet=, _n.m._, steel, flint, tinder-box; short saber, dirk; (dog)

beagle, harrier. _Battre le —_; to strike a light. _— pneumatique_; fire

syringe. _Pierre à —_; flint.

=briquetage= (brik-taj), _n.m._, brick-work; imitation brick-work.

=briqueté= (brik-), _part._, bricked; brick-like.

=briqueter= (brik-), _v.a._, to brick; to imitate brick-work.

=briqueterie= (brik-trî), _n.f._, brick-field, brick-making.

=briqueteur= (brik-teur), _n.m._, bricklayer.

=briquetier= (brik-tié), _n.m._, brick-maker.

=briquette=, _n.f._, compressed, patent fuel.

=bris=, _n.m._, (jur.) breaking open (of doors, prisons); wreckage,

fragment; rigging (the market).

=brisant=, _n.m._, breaker, breakwater.

*=briscambille=, _n.f._ _V._ =brusquembille=.

=brise=, _n.f._, breeze. _— carabinée_; stiff gale.

=brisé=, =-e=, _part._, broken to pieces; harassed, fatigued; folding;

(her.) rompu. _Lit —_; folding-bed. _Chaise —e_; folding-chair. _Porte

—e_; folding-door.

☉=brise-cou=, _n.m._, (_—_) break-neck pace; (man.) rough-rider. _V._

=casse-cou=.

=brise-eau=, _n.m._, (_—_) breakwater.

=brisée=, _n.f._, fan-joint (of umbrellas).

=brisées=, _n.f.pl._, boughs cut off; footsteps, wake, shoes, heels,

ground. _Marcher sur les — de quelqu’un_; to follow in any one’s

footsteps. _Aller sur les — de quelqu’un_; to walk in any one’s shoes, to

poach on any one’s preserves. _Reprendre ses —_; to retrace one’s steps.

=brise-glace=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) ice-breaker; starling (of a

bridge).

=brise-lames=, _n.m._, (_—_) breakwater.

=brisement= (briz-mān), _n.m._, breaking, dashing (of waves);

heartrending; contrition.

=brise-pierre=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) stone-crusher.

=briser=, _v.a._, to break to pieces, to dash to pieces; to flaw, to

burst, to crack, to knock off, to shatter, to shiver, to snap, to crush,

to crash; to bruise. _Être brisé_; to feel sore all over.

=briser=, _v.n._, (nav.) to break, to dash. _Brisons-là_; let us say no

more on the subject; enough!

_se_ =briser=, _v.r._, to break, to be dashed to pieces; to fold up.

=brise-raison=, _n.m._, (_—_) wrong-headed person.

=brise-scellé=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (l.u.) seal-breaker.

=brise-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) person that breaks everything; rough, clumsy

fellow.

=briseur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) one who breaks anything. _— d’images_;

image-breaker, iconoclast.

=briseuse=, _n.f._, breaker, breaker-engine.

=brise-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (gard.) screen.

=brisoir=, _n.m._, brake (for flax).

=brisque=, _n.f._, a card game; trump.

=brisure=, _n.f._, break, folding-point; catch, fastening; (her.)

rebatement.

=britannique=, _adj._, British, Britannic.

=broc= (brô), _n.m._, large jug; pot, spit. _De bric et de —_; anyhow;

by hook or by crook. _Manger de la viande de — en bouche_; to have one’s

meat hot from the spit.

=brocantage=, _n.m._, dealing in second-hand goods, broker’s business;

bartering.

=brocanter=, _v.n._, to deal in second-hand goods; to exchange, to barter.

=brocanteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, a dealer in second-hand goods;

broker.

=brocard=, _n.m._, taunt, jeer; joke, scoff; lampoon.

=brocarder=, _v.a._, to taunt, to jest, to jeer.

=brocardeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scoffer, jeerer.

=brocart=, _n.m._, brocade.

=brocatelle=, _n.f._, brocatel; (min.) brocate.

=brochage=, _n.m._, stitching (books).

=brochant=, _part._, (her.) _— sur le tout_; over all.

=broche=, _n.f._, spit; needle to knit with; spindle; skewer; spigot, peg

(of casks); gudgeon (of locks); tusk (of wild boars); brooch (jewel);

iron-pin. _Mettre la viande à la —_; to spit the meat.

=broché=, =-e=, _adj._, stitched (books); embossed (linen); figured

(stuffs).

=brochée=, _n.f._, spitful, rod full of candles.

=brocher=, _v.a._, to stitch (a book); to figure (stuffs); to emboss

(linen); to knit (stockings); to strike (a nail into a horse’s foot); to

do things in a hurry, to dispatch. _— une comédie_, etc.; to polish off a

comedy, etc.

=brochet=, _n.m._, pike, jack.

=brocheter= (brosh-té), _v.a._, (cook.) to skewer.

=brocheton= (brosh-ton), _n.m._, small pike, pickerel.

=brochette=, _n.f._, little skewer; meat (roasted on skewers); pin.

_Elever des oiseaux à la —_; to feed birds by hand. _Enfant élevé à la

—_; child brought up with great care.

=brocheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, knitter; book-stitcher.

=brochoir=, _n.m._, smith’s shoeing-hammer.

=brochure=, _n.f._, stitching; book stitched and covered with a wrapper;

pamphlet, tract.

=brocoli=, _n.m._, broccoli.

=brodé=, =-e=, _part._, embroidered.

=brodequin= (brod-kin), _n.m._, buskin, sock; half-boot, laced-boot

(generally of women and children). _Chausser le —_; to go on the comic

stage.

=broder=, _v.a._, to embroider; to adorn, to embellish a story, to

exaggerate, to amplify.

=broderie= (bro-drî), _n.f._, embroidery; embellishment; exaggeration,

amplification.

=brodeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, embroiderer. _— mécanique_;

embroidering machine.

=brodoir=, _n.m._, bobbin, frame.

=broie=, _n.f._, brake (for hemp).

=broiement= (broa-mān), _n.m._, grinding, powdering, pounding,

pulverization.

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

=bromure=, _n.m._, (chem.) bromide.

=bronchade=, _n.f._, stumbling, tripping.

=bronchement= (bronsh-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) flinching, stumbling. _V._

=bronchade=.

=broncher=, _v.n._, to stumble, to trip, to reel; to blunder, to falter,

to fail, to flinch. _Il n’y a si bon cheval qui ne bronche_; it is a good

horse that never stumbles.

=bronches=, _n.f.pl._, (anat.) bronchi, bronchiæ, bronchial tubes.

=bronchies=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =branchies=.

=bronchique=, _adj._, (anat.) bronchial.

=bronchite=, _n.f._, (med.) bronchitis.

=bronchotomie= (-ko-), _n.f._, (surg.) bronchotomy.

=bronze=, _n.m._, bronze; bronze-figure, medal; (fig.) iron

(insensibility), impudence, brass. _Un cœur de —_; a heart of iron, steel.

=bronzer=, _v.a._, to bronze, to paint in bronze color; to tan (face).

_— un canon de fusil_; to bronze the barrel of a musket. _Bronzé par le

hâle_; sunburnt, tanned by the sun.

=broquart=, _n.m._, (hunt.) brocket.

=broquette=, _n.f._, tin tack, small nail.

☉=brossailles=. _V._ =broussailles=.

=brosse=, _n.f._, brush; painter’s brush. _— à dents_; tooth-brush. _— à

habits_; clothes-brush. (fig.) brush-wood, cover.

=brossée=, _n.f._, (fam.) brushing; drubbing, thrashing.

=brosser=, _v.a._, to brush, to rub with a brush.

_se_ =brosser=, _v.r._, to brush one’s self.

=brosser=, _v.n._, to run through woods or bushes; to scour.

=brosserie= (bros-rî), _n.f._, brushmaking business; brush manufactory.

=brosseur=, _n.m._, (milit.) an officer’s servant.

=brossier=, _n.m._, brushmaker; brusher.

=brou=, _n.m._, husk, peel, shell (of walnuts). _— de noix_; walnut

brandy.

=brouée=, _n.f._, fog, mist, drizzle, blight.

=brouet=, _n.m._, thin broth, porridge. _— noir_; black broth.

=brouette=, _n.f._, wheelbarrow; barrow; bath-chair.

=brouetter=, _v.a._, to wheel in a barrow.

=brouetteur=, _n.m._, bath-chairman.

=brouettier=, _n.m._, barrow man.

=brouhaha=, _n.m._, hubbub, uproar, hurly-burly.

*=brouillamini=, _n.m._, confusion; disorder.

*=brouillard=, _n.m._, fog, mist, haze, damp; (com.) waste-book. _Un —

épais_; a dense fog. _Je n’y vois que du —_; I am muddled.

*=brouillard=, _adj._, blotting. _Du papier —_; blotting paper.

*=brouillasser=, _v.imp._, to drizzle. _Il brouillasse_; it is drizzling.

*=brouille=, _n.f._, quarrel, falling out, misunderstanding,

disagreement, discord, broil. _Être en — avec_; to be on bad terms with,

to disagree with.

*=brouillé=, =-e=, _part._, jumbled, at variance. _Des œufs —s_; buttered

or scrambled eggs. _Nous sommes —s_; we have fallen out. _Un teint —_; a

mottled complexion. _Être — avec la justice_; to be in the clutches of

the law.

*=brouillement=, _n.m._, mixing together, jumbling.

*=brouiller=, _v.a._, to throw into confusion, to mix together, to blend,

to stir up, to shake, to jumble, to shuffle, to confound; to set at

variance; to embroil, to confuse; to puzzle. _— deux personnes l’une avec

l’autre_; to set two people at variance. _Vous me brouillez_; you put me

out.

_se_ *=brouiller=, _v.r._, to be out, to put one’s self out, to confound

one’s self; to fall out with any one. _Le temps se brouille_; the weather

is spoiling. _Se — avec la justice_; to fall foul of the law, to fall

into the clutches of the law.

*=brouiller=, _v.n._, to blunder, to mar.

*=brouillerie= (broo-), _n.f._, misunderstanding, disagreement, coolness,

variance.

*=brouillon=, _n.m._, rough draft, rough copy; waste-book.

*=brouillon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, blunderer, bungler, mar-all,

mar-plot.

*=brouillon=, =-ne=, _adj._, mischief-making; blundering.

=brouir=, _v.a._, to blight, to blast, to nip, to parch.

=brouissure=, _n.f._, blight, scorching.

*=broussailles=, _n.f.pl._, bushes, brushwood, brambles.

=brousse=, _n.f._, brushwood, undergrowth.

=broussin=, _n.m._, excrescence from a tree.

=brout=, _n.m._, browse.

=broutant=, =-e=, _adj._, browsing.

=broutement=, _n.m._, browsing.

=brouter=, _v.a.n._, to browse, graze. _L’herbe sera bien courte s’il ne

trouve de quoi —_; the grass must be very short, if he cannot get a bite.

=broutilles=, _n.f.pl._, sprigs, small-wood, chat-wood; (fig.) trinkets,

nicknacks.

=brouture=, _n.f._, browsing.

=broyer=, _v.a._, to grind, to pound, to beat small, to bruise; to break

(hemp). _— l’encre_; (print.) to bray the ink. _— du noir_; to be in a

brown study.

=broyeur=, _n.m._, grinder, pounder, hemp or flax-breaker.

☉=broyon=, _n.m._, brayer (for printer’s ink).

=bru=, _n.f._, daughter-in-law.

=bruant=, _n.m._, (orni.) yellow-hammer.

=brucelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) brownwort; _pl._, tweezers.

*=brugnon=, _n.m._, nectarine.

=bruine=, _n.f._, small drizzling rain.

=bruiner=, _v.imp._, to drizzle.

=bruire=, _v.n._, to rustle, to rattle; (of the wind) to roar, to sough.

=bruissement= (-mān), _n.m._, rustling noise, rattling, roaring;

whirring, (of the wind) soughing.

=bruit=, _n.m._, noise, bustle, din, racket, creaking, knocking, sound,

clamor, buzz; quarrel, dispute; fame, name, reputation; report, talk;

rumor. _— d’une arme à feu_; report of a firearm. _Faire un — sourd_;

to rumble, to hum. _Au — des cloches_, or _du canon_; at the ringing of

the bells, the roar of the guns. _On le fit entrer sans —_; he was let

in noiselessly. _Cet événement fait du —_; that affair is making a great

noise. _Ils ont eu du — ensemble_; they came to high words. _Il s’est

répandu un —_; a rumor has spread. _Un faux —_; a false report. _Il court

un —_; it is reported. _Il n’est — que de_; there’s no talk but of.

_Grand — petite besogne_; great cry, little wool.

=brûlable=, _adj._, (l.u.) fit to be burnt.

=brûlant=, =-e=, _adj._, burning, scorching, hot, burning hot, torrid;

eager, earnest, ardent.

=brûlé=, _n.m._, burning. _Cela sent le —_; that smells of burning.

=brûlé=, =-e=, _part._, burnt.

=brûle-gueule=, _n.m._, (_—_) short pipe.

=brûlement= (-mān), _n.m._, burning.

_à_ =brûle-pourpoint=, _adv._, (of shooting) close to; point-blank;

to one’s face, in one’s teeth; unreservedly. _adj._, irrefutable. _Un

argument —_; an irrefutable argument.

=brûler=, _v.a._, to burn, to consume by fire, to cauterize; to parch, to

scorch, to blast, to scar, to swelter. _— de fond en comble_; to burn to

the ground. _— la cervelle à quelqu’un_; to blow any one’s brains out.

_Son style brûle le papier_; his style is full of fire. _— de l’encens

devant quelqu’un_; to flatter any one excessively. _— une étape_; to pass

a halting-place without stopping. _— le pavé_; to dash along at full

tilt. _— ses vaisseaux_; not to go back.

=brûler=, _v.n._, to burn, to be on fire; to be all in a flame. _Les

mains lui brûlent_; his hands burn. _Je brûle de vous revoir_; I am

impatient, longing to see you again. _— d’un feu lent_; to be consumed by

degrees.

_se_ =brûler=, _v.r._, to burn one’s self, to be burnt, to scorch. _Venir

se — à la chandelle_; to burn one’s wings at the candle. _— la cervelle_;

to blow one’s brains out. _— les doigts_; to burn one’s fingers.

=brûlerie=, _n.f._, (l.u.) burning; brandy-distillery.

=brûle-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) save all.

=brûleur=, _n.m._, incendiary, firer; (fig.) blackguard.

=brûloir=, _n.m._, =brûloire=, _n.f._, burner, roaster.

=brûlot=, _n.m._, fire-ship; firebrand, incendiary.

=brûlure=, _n.f._, burn, scald, scalding.

=brumaire=, _n.m._, Brumaire, second month of the calendar of the first

French republic, from Oct. 23rd to Nov. 21st.

=brumal=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) brumal, winterly, wintry.

=brume=, _n.f._, fog, haze, mist.

=brumeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, foggy, hazy, misty.

=brun=, =-e=, _adj._, brown, dark, dun, dusk; gloomy, sad. _Il commence à

faire —_; it is beginning to be dusk.

=brun=, _n.m._, brown; dark person. _— châtain_; chestnut brown. _—

clair_; light brown. _— foncé_; dun-colored.

=brunâtre=, _adj._, brownish.

=brune=, _n.f._, dusk (of the evening); dark woman, dark girl.

=brunelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) self-heal.

=brunet=, =-te=, _adj._, brownish.

=brunette=, _n.f._, dark woman, dark girl; ☉love ballad.

=bruni=, _n.m._, (tech.) burnish.

=brunir=, _v.a._, to brown, to make brown, to darken; to burnish.

_se_ =brunir=, _v.r._, to turn dark or brown.

=brunir=, _v.n._, to turn brown.

=brunissage=, _n.m._, burnishing.

=brunisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who burnishes, burnisher.

=brunissoir=, _n.m._, burnisher (tool).

=brunissure=, _n.f._, burnishing; browning.

=brusque=, _adj._, blunt, abrupt, rough, gruff, short-crusted, sudden,

unexpected.

*=brusquembille=, _n.f._, game at cards.

=brusquement=, _adv._, bluntly, abruptly, roughly, hastily, gruffly.

=brusquer=, _v.a._, to offend; to treat roughly, bluntly, to be sharp

with any one. _Il brusque tout le monde_; he is abrupt with everybody. _—

une chose_; to do a thing in haste. _— l’aventure_; to decide at once. _—

la fortune_; to tempt fortune.

=brusquerie=, _n.m._, bluntness; abruptness, roughness, gruffness;

suddenness, hastiness.

=brut= (brut), =-e=, _adj._, rough, raw, crude, unpolished, unhewn,

coarse, unfashioned; clownish, awkward; rude, ill-bred. _Diamant —_;

rough diamond. _Sucre —_; brown sugar. _Bête —e_; (fam.) brute beast.

_Produit —_; gross produce; gross returns. _Vin —_; unadulterated wine.

=brut= (brut), _adv._, (com.) gross.

=brutal=, =-e=, _adj._, brutal, brutish, surly, bearish, churlish,

cynical.

=brutal=, _n.m._, brute.

=brutalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, brutally, brutishly, rudely, churlishly.

=brutaliser=, _v.a._, to bully; to use one brutally.

=brutalité=, _n.f._, brutality, brutishness; outrageous language. _Dire

des —s à quelqu’un_; to abuse any one in a brutal manner.

=brute=, _n.f._, brute, beast; brutal person.

=bruyamment= (bru-ia-mān), _adv._, noisily, loudly, clamorously.

=bruyant=, =-e= (bru-iān, -te), _adj._, noisy, blustering, clamorous,

clattering, loud.

=bruyère= (bru-ièr), _n.f._, heath, sweet-heather. _Coq de —_; grouse.

=bryon=, _n.m._ _V._ =brion=.

=bryone=, _n.f._, (bot.) bryony.

=buanderie= (-drî), _n.f._, wash-house, laundry.

=buandi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, bleacher; washerman, washerwoman.

=bubale=, _n.m._, species of buffalo.

=bube=, _n.f._, pimple, blotch.

=bubon=, _n.m._, (med.) bubo.

=bubonocèle=, _n.m._, (med.) bubonocele.

=bucarde=, _n.m._, (conch.) heart-shell, cockle.

=buccal=, =-e=, _adj._, buccal.

=buccin= (buk-sin), _n.m._, (conch.) whelk; (mus.) bass-trombone.

=buccinateur=, _n.m._, (anat.) buccinator.

=bucentaure=, _n.m._, Bucentaur.

=bucéphale=, _n.m._, Bucephalus (Alexander’s horse).

=bûche=, _n.f._, billet, chump of wood, lump of coal, log; dull-pated

fellow, blockhead.

=bûcher=, _n.m._, wood-house; funeral-pile, pyre, stake.

=bûcher=, _v.a._, (carp.) to rough-hew, to cut down; (fig.) to fag at, to

work hard, to drudge.

=bûcheron= (bûsh-ron), _n.m._, woodcutter.

=bûchette=, _n.f._, stick of dry wood.

=bucoliaste=, _n.m._, bucolic, writer of bucolics.

=bucolique=, _adj._, bucolic. —s, _n.f.pl._, bucolics; (fam.)

rattle-traps.

=budget=, _n.m._, budget. _Le — de l’Etat_; the state budget. _Le — de la

marine_; the naval estimates. _Le — de la guerre_; the army estimates.

_Le — d’un ménage_; household expenses.

=budgétaire=, _adj._, pertaining, relating, to the budget.

=buée=, _n.f._, ☉lye, washing in lye; steam, reek.

=buffet=, _n.m._, cupboard, sideboard; refreshment-room; service (of

plate). _— d’orgues_; organ-case.

=buffle=, _n.m._, buffalo; buff-leather; buff.

=buffleterie= (-fle-trî), _n.f._, belts, straps, &c., (of a soldier).

=buffletin=, _n.m._, young buffalo.

=bufonite=, _n.f._, (foss.) bufonite.

=bugle=, _n.f._, (bot.) bugle.

=buglosse=, _n.f._, (bot.) bugloss.

=bugrane=, _n.f._, (bot.) rest-harrow.

=buhotier=, _n.m._, shrimp-net.

=buie=, _n.f._, pitcher, jug.

=buire=, _n.m._, vase, jug, beaker, flagon.

=buis=, _n.m._, box; box-tree, box-wood. _— piquant_; butcher’s broom.

=buissaie=, _n.f._, grove of box-trees.

=buisson=, _n.m._, bush, thicket. _— ardent_; (bot.) evergreen thorn.

_Trouver — creux_; to find the birds flown.

=buissonner=, _v.n._, (bot.) to bush.

=buissonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bushy, woody.

=buissonni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._ Only used in the expressions: _Lapins

buissonniers_; thicket-rabbits. _Faire l’école buissonnière_; to play the

truant.

=bulbe=, _n.f._, (bot.) bulb.

=bulbe=, _n.m._, (anat.) bulb.

=bulbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bulbous.

=bulbifère=, _adj._, (bot.) bulbiferous.

=bullaire= (-lèr), _n.m._, collection of papal bulls.

=bulle=, _n.f._, bubble; (med.) bubble, blister; (metal.) bead. _—

d’eau_; water-bubble. _— d’air_; air-bubble.

=bulle=, _n.f._, pope’s bull. _La — d’or_; the golden bull.

=bulle=, _adj._, whity-brown (of paper). _Papier —_; whity-brown paper.

=bullé=, =-e=, _adj._, authentic; by pope’s bull.

=bulletin=, _n.m._, paper, circular, voting paper; (milit.) bulletin;

bulletin, official report. _— de bagages_; luggage-ticket.

=bunium=, _n.m._, earth-nut; pig-nut.

=buphthalme=, _n.m._, (bot.) ox-eye.

=buplèvre=, _n.m._, (bot.) hare’s-ear.

=bupreste=, _n.m._, (ent.) burn-cow; golden beetle.

=buraliste=, _n.m._, office-keeper, clerk; money-taker.

=burat=, _n.m._, drugget; bunting.

=buratine=, _n.f._, poplin.

=bure=, _n.f._, drugget; fustian, rough serge (of monk’s dress), baize;

(min.) shaft, pit-hole.

=bureau=, _n.m._, bureau, writing-table, desk; office; board, bench (in

a court of judicature); committee; court (personages). _— de tabac_;

tobacconist’s shop. _Chef de —_; head clerk; chief of a department.

_Déposer sur le —_; (parliament) to lay upon the table. _Payer à —

ouvert_; (com.) to pay on demand. _Prendre l’air du —_; to see how

matters stand; to call in at the office. _Vent du —_; aspect of affairs.

_— de placement_; registry office for servants, etc.

☉=bureau=, _n.m._, drugget.

=bureaucrate=, _n.m._, bureaucrat, clerk in a public office; red-tapist.

=bureaucratie=, _n.f._, bureaucracy, red-tapeism.

=burette=, _n.f._, cruet; vase, flagon; (bicycle) oil-can.

=burgau=, _n.m._, =burgaudine=, _n.f._, burgau; burgau mother of pearl.

=burgrave=, _n.m._, Burgrave.

=burgraviat=, _n.m._, Burgraviate.

=burin=, _n.m._, graver, graving-tool; (fig.) pen.

=buriner=, _v.a._, to engrave.

=burlesque=, _adj._, burlesque, merry, comical, jocose, jocular,

ludicrous. _Vers —s_; doggerel verses.

=burlesque=, _n.m._, burlesque.

=burlesquement=, _adv._, comically, ludicrously, in a jocose way.

=burnous=, _n.m._ _V._ =bernous=.

=bursal=, =-e=, _adj._, fiscal.

=busard=, _n.m._, (orni.) buzzard; (fig.) blockhead, dolt.

=busc=, _n.m._, busk (of stays); mitre (of locks).

=buse=, _n.f._, (orni.) buzzard; (fig.) blockhead. _On ne sauvait faire

d’une — un épervier_; one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

=busqué=, _part._, busked; curved, arched.

=busquer=, _v.a._, to put a busk in; (of skirts) to shorten, to draw up.

_se_ =busquer=, _v.r._, to wear a busk.

☉=busquière=, _n.f._, busk-case.

=busserole=, _n.f._, (bot.) whortle-berry.

=buste=, _n.m._, (sculpt.) bust; head and shoulders. _Portrait en —_;

half-length portrait.

=but=, _n.m._, mark; object, end, aim, purpose, design, view; goal.

_Viser au —_; to aim at the mark. _Le — de ses désirs_; the object of

his desires. _Se proposer un —_; to have an object in view. _Arriver

le premier au —_; to be the first to reach the goal. _— à —_; without

any odds, evens. _Jouer — à —_; to play even. _De — en blanc_; bluntly,

without any preamble; point-blank.

=butant=, _adj._ _V._ =boutant=.

=bute=, _n.f._, farrier’s knife.

=butée=, _n.f._, (arch.) abutment-pier. _V._ =buttée=.

=buter=, _v.n._, to hit the mark; to stumble; to aim at. _Ce cheval bute

à chaque pas_; that horse stumbles at every step.

=buter=, _v.a._, (gard.) to earth up; (arch.) to prop up. _— un mur_; to

prop a wall with a buttress. _— un arbre_; to heap up earth round the

root of a tree. _— du céleri_; to earth up celery.

_se_ =buter=, _v.r._, to be bent on; to stick to; to contradict, to

oppose.

=butin=, _n.m._, booty, pillage, spoils, prize, plunder.

=butiner=, _v.n._, to spoil, to pillage, to plunder, to get booty, to

pilfer; to collect, to gather.

=butiner=, _v.a._, (fig.) to pilfer.

=butome=, _n.m._, (bot.) flowering rush; water-gladiole.

=butor=, _n.m._, (orni.) bittern; churl, dull fellow.

=butorde=, _n.f._, coarse, pig-headed woman.

=butte=, _n.f._, rising ground, ridge, knoll, mound, bank. _Être en — à_;

to be exposed to.

=buttée=, _n.f._ _V._ =butée=.

=butter=, _v.a._, (gard.) to earth up.

=butter=, _v.n._ _V._ =buter=.

=buttoir=, _n.m._, ridging-plow; buttress; (rail.) buffer-stop; catch-peg.

=butyreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, butyrous; buttery.

=buvable=, _adj._, drinkable, fit to drink.

=buvard=, _n.m._, blotting-case, blotting-pad. _Papier —_; blotting paper.

=buvetier= (buv-tié), _n.m._, keeper of a tavern.

=buvette=, _n.f._, refreshment-room, tap-room, shades, public house.

=buveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, drinker; toper.

=buvoter=, _v.n._, to sip, to tipple.

=bysse=, _n.m._ _V._ =byssus=.

=byssus=, _n.m._, (bot., antiq.) byssus.

=byzantin=, =-e=, _adj._, Byzantine style.

C

=c=, _n.m._, the third letter of the alphabet, c.

=c.=, (ab.) (com.) _compte_; account.

=c’= (contraction of _ce_, and used only before the verb _être_), this,

it.

=ça=, _adv._, here. _— et là_; here and there, up and down, to and fro.

=ça=, _int._, now. _— voyons!_ now, let us see! _Or — commencez!_ come,

begin!

=ça=, _pron._, (for _cela_) that. _Donnez-moi —_; give me that. _Comme

—_; like that; so. _Comment vous portez-vous? comme ci comme —_; how do

you do? only so-so.

=cabalant=, =-e=, _adj._, caballing.

=cabale=, _n.f._, cabal; cabala.

=cabaler=, _v.n._, to cabal, to plot.

=cabaleur=, _n.m._, caballer, intriguer.

=cabaliste=, _n.m._, cabalist.

=cabalistique=, _adj._, cabalistic.

=caban=, _n.m._, cloak with a hood.

=cabanage=, _n.m._, camp, hutting.

=cabane=, _n.f._, cot, hut, shed, cabin, cottage; flat-bottomed boat on

the Loire.

=cabaner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to capsize (a boat).

=cabaner=, _v.n._, (nav.) to capsize.

=cabanon=, _n.m._, cell (prison).

=cabaret=, _n.m._, wine-shop, tavern, pot-house; china tea- or

coffee-service, liqueur-service, tray; (bot.) asarum. _Pilier de —_;

tavern haunter, tippler. _— borgne_; pot-house.

=cabareti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, publican, tavern-keeper.

=cabas=, _n.m._, basket; cottage bonnet; wicker-work carriage,

rumbling-carriage.

☉=cabasset=, _n.m._, helmet.

=cabéliau=, _n.m._, (ich.) keeling.

=cabestan=, _n.m._, capstan, capstern, hand-winch. _Grand —_; main

capstan. _— volant_; crab. _Envoyer un homme au —_; to send a man to the

capstan (to be punished).

*=cabillaud=, _n.m._, (ich.) cod (live cod).

=cabine=, _n.f._, (nav.) cabin.

=cabinet=, _n.m._, closet, study, cabinet; practice (of a professional

man); summer-house; office (of an attorney, a barrister); cabinet,

cabinet-council. _— de lecture_; reading-room. _— de toilette_;

dressing-room. _— de bains_; bath-room. _— d’aisance_; water-closet.

_Affaires de —_; chamber practice (of lawyers).

=câble=, _n.m._, cable. _Filer du —_; (nav.) to pay out, to veer more

cable; (fig.) to spin out the time. _— de remorque_; tow-cable. _Bitter

le —_; to bit the cable. _Maître —_; sheet-cable. _— d’affourche_; small

bower-cable. _— de touée_; stream-cable.

=câblé=, _n.m._, thick cord.

=câblé=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) cabled, twisted.

=câbleau= _or_ =câblot=, _n.m._, cablet, small cable; mooring-rope,

painter.

=câblée=, _n.f._, cable’s length.

=câbler=, _v.a._, to twist threads into a cord; to make ropes or cables.

=cabliau=, _n.m._ _V._ =cabillaud=.

=cablogramme=, _n.m._, cablegram.

=caboche=, _n.f._, pate, noddle, nob; head-piece, hobnail. _Grosse —_;

logger-head. _Être bonne —_; to have a good head-piece.

=cabochon=, _n.m._, polished but uncut precious stone; (tech.) fancy

brass nail.

=cabochon=, _adj._, (of stones) polished only, but uncut.

=cabosse=, _n.f._, cacao pod.

=cabot=, _n.m._, (ich.) bull-head. _V._ =chabot=.

=cabotage=, _n.m._, coasting, coasting-trade. _Vaisseau de —_;

coasting-vessel.

=caboter=, _v.n._, to coast.

=caboteur=, _n.m._, coaster.

=cabotier=, _n.m._, coasting-vessel.

=cabotin=, _n.m._, (b.s.) strolling player; low comedian.

=cabre=, _n.f._, gin; (nav.) sheers.

_se_ =cabrer=, _v.r._, to prance, to rear, to rise up; to fly into a

passion; to be refractory. _Faire se — un cheval_; to make a horse rear.

=cabrer=, _v.a._, to provoke any one, to make any one fly into a passion;

to offend, to shock.

=cabri=, _n.m._, kid.

=cabriole=, _n.f._, caper; (man.) cabriole.

=cabrioler=, _v.n._, to caper, to cut capers.

=cabriolet=, _n.m._, cabriolet, cab, gig. _— à pompe_; curricle. _Place

de —_; cab-stand.

=cabrioleur=, _n.m._, caperer.

=cabus=, _adj._, (of cabbages) headed.

=caca=, _n.m._, child’s excrement. _Faire —_; to do one’s excrement.

=cacade=, _n.f._, (l.u., l.ex.) mess, mistake, failure, mull.

=cacao=, _n.m._, cacao, chocolate-nut.

=cacaotier= _or_ =cacaoyer=, _n.m._, cacao-tree.

=cacaoyère=, _n.f._, cacao-plantation.

=cacatois=, _n.m._, (nav.) royal, mast-top.

=cacatois= _or_ =kakatoès=, _n.m._, (orni.) cockatoo.

=caccaber=, _v.n._, to cry (of partridges).

=cachalot=, _n.m._, cachalot; spermaceti-whale.

=cache=, _n.f._, hiding-place; (hunt.) stake-net.

=caché=, =-e=, _part._, hid, hidden. _Ressorts —s_; hidden, secret

springs. _N’avoir rien de — pour quelqu’un_; to keep nothing secret from

anyone, to have no secrets for. _Jeu —_; underhand game.

=cache-cache=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) hide and seek.

=cachectique= (shèk-), _adj._, (med.) cachetic.

=cache-entrée=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) drop (of a key-hole).

=cachement= (kash-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) concealing, hiding.

=cachemire=, _n.m._, cashmere.

=cache-nez=, _n.m._, muffler, comforter.

*=cache-peigne=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) head-ornament to conceal the

comb.

=cacher=, _v.a._, to hide, to secrete, to conceal, to disguise, to lurk;

to abscond. _Cachez votre jeu_; hide your cards. _— son jeu_; to hide, to

mask, one’s play. _— son nom_, _son âge_; to conceal one’s name, one’s

age. _— sa vie_; to lead a secluded life.

_se_ =cacher=, _v.r._, to hide, to secrete one’s self; to lurk; to

abscond.

=cachet=, _n.m._, seal (of private individuals); stamp; ticket. _Lettre

de —_; lettre-de-cachet, (arbitrary warrant of imprisonment). _— de

chiffres_, _d’armes_; seal with a cipher, with a coat of arms. _—

volant_; flying seal. _Courir le —_; to give private lessons in town,

to go about teaching. _Son style a un — particulier_; his style has a

certain stamp, characteristic, character all its own.

=cacheté=, =-e=, _part._, sealed. _Soumissions —es_; sealed tenders.

=cacheter= (kash-té), _v.a._, to seal, to seal up. _Cire à —_;

sealing-wax. _Pain à —_; wafer.

=cachette=, _n.f._, hiding-place. _En —_; secretly, by stealth.

=cacheu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, sneak, sly-boots.

=cachexie= (-shè-ksi), _n.f._, (med.) cachexy.

=cachot=, _n.m._, dungeon; (milit.) black hole.

=cachotte=, _n.f._, tobacco-pipe without a heel.

=cachotterie= (-sho-trî), _n.f._, mysterious ways, secret practice (about

trifles).

=cachotti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, mysterious, sly.

=cachou=, _n.m._, cachou.

=cacique=, _n.m._, cazique _or_ cacique (Indian chief).

=cacis=. _V._ =cassis=.

=cacochyme= (-shim), _adj._, (med.) cachochymic.

=cacochymie= (-shi-), _n.f._, (med.) cacochymy.

=cacoèthe=, _adj._, (med.) (ulcers) malignant, incurable.

=cacographie=, _n.f._, cacography.

=cacolet=, _n.m._, mule-litter, pannier. _En —_; on panniered mules.

=cacologie=, _n.f._, cacology.

=cacophonie=, _n.f._, cacophony.

=cacotrophie=, _n.f._, (med.) cacotrophy.

=cactier= _or_ =cactus=, _n.m._, (bot.) torch-thistle, cactus.

=cadastral=, =-e=, _adj._, referring to the register of lands; pertaining

to real estate.

=cadastre=, _n.m._, register of the survey of lands.

=cadastrer=, _v.a._, to survey.

=cadavéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cadaverous, wan, ghastly.

=cadavérique=, _adj._, (anat.) of a dead body.

=cadavre=, _n.m._, corpse, dead body. _C’est un — ambulant_; he is a

walking ghost.

=cadeau=, _n.m._, present, gift. _Faire — de_; to make a present of.

=cadédis= (-diss), _int._, zounds, faith!

=cadenas= (-nâ), _n.m._, padlock; clasp, snap. _— à secret_; secret

padlock. _Enfermer sous —_; to padlock.

=cadenasser=, _v.a._, to padlock; to clasp.

=cadence=, _n.f._, time (in dancing); (mus.) quivering, shake; (man.,

harmony) cadence. _Aller en —_; to keep time.

=cadencé=, =-e=, _part._, cadenced, numbered, harmonious.

=cadencer=, _v.a._, to cadence, to harmonize; (mus.) to time, to shake,

to trill.

=cadène=, _n.f._, (l.u.) chain; chain-gang (of convicts).

=cadenette= (-nett), _n.f._, hair-cue, tress (of hair).

=cadet=, =-te=, _adj._, younger, junior (of two). _Branche —te_; younger

branch.

=cadet=, _n.m._, (milit.) cadet; younger brother; younger son; junior (of

two), (fam.) young fellow. _C’est un jeune — de haut appétit_; he is an

extravagant young gentleman.

=cadette=, _n.f._, younger sister, younger daughter; paving stone; long

billiard cue.

=cadi=, _n.m._, cadi (Turkish judge).

=cadis=, _n.m._, sort of woolen serge.

=cadisé=, _n.m._, kind of drugget.

=cadmie=, _n.f._, (chem., metal.) oxide of zinc.

=cadmium=, _n.m._, cadmium.

=cadogan=, _n.m._ _V._ =catogan=.

=cadole=, _n.f._, latch, little bolt.

=cadran=, _n.m._, dial-plate, dial.

=cadrat=, _n.m._, (print.) quadrat. _— creux_; quotation.

=cadratin=, _n.m._, (print.) M quadrat. _Demi —_; N quadrat.

=cadrature=, _n.f._, (horl.) movement; dial-work.

=cadre=, _n.m._, frame (for a picture); (nav. milit.); list of officers;

framework; skeleton; limits. _Être sur les —_; (nav.) to be on the sick

list.

=cadrer=, _v.n._, to agree, to square with, to tally; to suit, to fit in

with.

=cadrille=, _n.f._, check, square.

=cadriller=, _v.a._, to rule (in squares), to checker.

=cadu-c=, =-que=, _adj._, decrepit; broken-down; decayed, crazy; lapsed,

null, void (of legacies); (bot.) deciduous. _Age —_; decrepit old age.

_Devenir —_; to decay. _Legs —_; lapsed legacy (barred by limitation).

_Le mal —_; the falling sickness, epilepsy.

=caducée=, _n.m._, caduceus, Mercury’s wand; tipstaff.

=caducité=, _n.f._, caducity; decay, decline.

=cæcum= (sékom), _n.m._, (anat.) cæcum.

=cafard=, =-e=, _adj._, hypocritical, sanctimonious.

=cafard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, canter, hypocrite; tell-tale; humbug,

sneak.

=cafard=, _n.m._, (ent.) cockroach. _V._ =blatte=.

=cafarderie=, _n.f._, cant, hypocrisy, false devotion.

=cafardise=, _n.f._, (l.u.) piece of hypocrisy; cant.

=café=, _n.m._, coffee; coffee-house; coffee (berry). _Tasse de —_; cup

of coffee. _Rôtir_, _moudre_, _prendre_, _du —_; to roast, to grind, to

drink, coffee. _— au lait_; coffee with milk. _— à la crème_; coffee with

cream. _— chantant_; music-hall.

=caféier=, _n.m._ _V._ =cafier=.

=caféière=, _n.f._, coffee-plantation.

=cafetan=, _or_ =caftan=, _n.m._, caftan (Turkish garment).

=cafetier=, _n.m._, coffee-house keeper.

=cafetière=, _n.f._, coffee-pot.

=cafier=, _or_ =caféier=, _n.m._, coffee-tree.

=cafre=, _n.m.f._, Caffre.

=cage=, _n.f._, cage; coop (for fowls); (tech.) frame; casing, housing.

_Mettre un homme en —_; to put a man in prison, or under lock and key.

_La belle — ne nourrit pas l’oiseau_; all is not gold that glitters.

=cagée=, _n.f._, cage-full.

*=cagnard=, =-e=, _adj._, lazy, skulking, slothful.

*=cagnard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, lazy-bones, skulker. _C’est un —_; he

is a skulker, loafer.

*=cagnarder=, _v.n._, to loaf.

*=cagnardise=, _n.f._, laziness, slothfulness, skulking.

*=cagne=, _n.f._, (l.u.) slut.

*=cagneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knock-kneed, splay-footed.

=cagot=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) bigoted, hypocritical.

=cagot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (fam.) bigot.

=cagoterie=, _n.f._, (fam.) affected devotion, hypocrisy, bigotry.

=cagotisme=, _n.m._, (fam.) bigotry, false devotion.

=cagoule=, _n.f._, a monk’s cloak.

=cague=, _n.f._, Dutch sloop.

=cahier=, _n.m._, paper-book; copy-book; quarter of a quire of paper;

book (manuscript); sheet. _— des charges_; specifications. _— des

frais_; bill of costs.

=cahin-caha=, _adv._, (fam.) so-so, lamely, poorly, slowly, reluctantly.

=cahot=, _n.m._, jerk; jolt of a coach.

=cahotage=, =cahotement=, _n.m._, jolting, jerking.

=cahotant=, =-e=, _adj._, rough, jolting.

=cahoter=, _v.n._, to jolt, to toss about.

=cahoter=, _v.a._, to jolt, to jog, to jerk.

=cahute=, _n.f._, hut, crib, hovel; (nav.) small cabin.

=caïc= _or_ =caïque=, _n.m._, yawl, long-boat, levantine-boat.

=caiche=, _n.f._, (nav.) ketch.

=caïd=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Arab military chief or judge.

=caïeu=, _n.m._, (hort.) sucker, off-shoot.

*=caille=, _n.f._, (orni.) quail.

=caillé=, _adj._, curdled, clotted.

*=caillé=, _n.m._, curdled milk, curds.

*=caillebot=, _n.m._, guelder-rose.

*=caillebotis=, _n.m._, (nav.) grating of the hatches.

*=caillebotté=, =-e=, _part._, curdled.

*=caillebotte=, _n.f._, mass of curds.

*=caillebotter=, _v.n._, to curdle.

*=caille-lait=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) cheese-rennet.

*=caillement=, _n.m._, curdling, coagulating.

*=cailler=, _v.a._, to curdle, to clot, to curd.

*_se_ =cailler=, _v.r._, to coagulate, to turn to curds.

*=cailletage=, _n.m._, gossiping, idle talk, tittle-tattle.

*=cailleteau=, _n.m._, young quail.

=cailleter=, _v.n._, to gossip, to chatter.

*=cailletot=, _n.m._, young turbot.

*=caillette=, _n.f._, rennet; gossip; chatterer.

*=caillot=, _n.m._, clot of blood; coagulum.

*=caillotis=, _n.m._, kelp (ashes of seaweed).

*=caillot-rosat=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a kind of pear.

*=caillou=, _n.m._, flint, flint-stone, pebble.

*=cailloutage=, _n.m._, stoning, graveling, ballasting; flint-ware,

pebble-work.

*=caillouter=, _v.a._, to macadamize, to gravel, to ballast.

*=caillouteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pebbly, flinty.

*=cailloutis=, _n.m._, broken stones, gravel; broken flint.

=caïmacan=, _n.m._, caimacan (a Turkish officer).

=caïman=, _n.m._, American crocodile, caiman.

=caimand=. _V._ =quémand=.

=caimander=. _V._ =quémander=.

=caimandeu-r=, =-se=. _V._ =quémandeur=.

=caïque=, _n.m._ _V._ =caïc=.

=caisse=, _n.f._, case, box, chest, trunk; coffer, till; cash-room,

counting-house; cylinder (of a drum); (anat.) drum (of the ear); body (of

a coach); pay-office. _— de médicaments_; medicine chest. _— militaire_;

military chest. _La — du régiment_; the regimental chest. _Avoir tant

d’argent en —_; to have so much money in hand. _Les —s de l’Etat_; the

coffers of the state. _Livre de —_; cash-book. _Tenir la —_; to keep the

cash. _— de secours mutuels_; sick-fund. _— des pensions_; pension fund.

_Faire la —_; to make up the cash account. _— d’amortissement_; sinking

fund. _— d’épargne_; savings-bank. _— d’escompte_; discounting bank.

_Grosse —_; big drum. _Battre la —_; to beat the drum. _Bander la —_; to

brace the drum. _Tenir la —_; to act as cashier. (jest.) _Sauver la —_;

to run off with the till.

=caissier=, _n.m._, treasurer, cashier.

=caisson=, _n.m._, (milit.), ammunition wagon, caisson, chest; (nav.)

locker; (arch.) coffer; compartment ceiling; sunk-panel; (artil.) limber.

_Les —s des vivres_; the provision wagons. _— à poudre_; powder-chest.

=cajoler=, _v.a._, to cajole, to coax, to wheedle.

=cajolerie=, _n.f._, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling.

=cajoleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, cajoler, coaxer, wheedler.

=cal=, _n.m._, callosity; (med.) callus.

=calade=, _n.f._, (man.) calade; descent, slope.

=calage=, _n.m._, wedging, lowering, sinking.

=calaison=, _n.f._, load water line; sea-gauge.

=calambour=, _n.m._, calambac (wood).

=calamendrier=, _n.m._, (bot.) common wall-germander.

=calament=, _n.m._, (min. bot.) calamint.

=calaminaire=, _adj._, (l.u.) belonging to calamine.

=calamine=, _n.f._, (min.) calamine.

=calamite=, _n.f._, (min.) calamite.

=calamité=, _n.f._, calamity, distress.

=calamiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, distressful, calamitous.

=calandrage=, _n.m._, calendering, hot-pressing, mangling.

=calandre=, _n.f._, (ent.) weevil; mangle, calender; (orni.) calandra.

=calandrer=, _v.a._, to calender, to press, to smooth, to mangle.

=calandreur=, _n.m._, mangler, calenderer.

=calangue=, _n.f._, (nav.) creek, cove.

=calao=, _n.m._, (orni.) horn-bill.

=calatrava=, _n.m._, a Spanish military order.

=calcaire=, _adj._, calcareous.

=calcaire=, _n.m._, limestone.

=calcanéum= (-om), _n.m._, (anat.) calcaneum, os calcis, heel-bone.

=calcédoine=, _n.f._, (min.) chalcedony.

=calcédonieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chalcedonic.

=calcin=, _n.m._, calcined glass.

=calcinable=, _adj._, calcinable.

=calcination=, _n.f._, calcination.

=calciner=, _v.a._, to calcine, to burn.

_se_ =calciner=, _v.r._, to calcine.

=calcis=, _n.m._, (orni.) night-hawk.

=calcite=. _V._ =chalcite=.

=calcium= (-om), _n.m._, calcium.

=calcographie=, _n.f._, calcography.

=calcul=, _n.m._, calculation, ciphering, arithmetic, computation,

reckoning, counting, estimate, forecast; design, selfish motive; (med.)

calculus; stone in the bladder. _— différentiel_; differential calculus.

_— approximatif_; rough calculation. _Il apprend le —_; he learns

arithmetic. _De — fait_; everything included.

=calculable=, _adj._, computable, calculable.

=calculant=, =-e=, _adj._, calculating, reckoning; designing.

=calculateur=, _adj._, calculating.

=calculateur=, _n.m._, calculator, reckoner, accountant; schemer.

=calculatoire=, _adj._, calculatory.

=calculer=, _v.a._, to calculate, to compute, to reckon, to estimate; to

forecast, to contrive, to devise; to determine.

=calculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) calculous.

=calculeu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, person affected with calculus.

=cale=, _n.f._, (nav.) hold (of a ship); wedge, prop; ducking,

keel-hauling (punishment); (tech.) block, quay. _— de construction_;

stocks. _— de magasin_, _d’un quai_; slip. _À fond de —_; at the bottom

of the hold. _Eau de —_; bilge water. _Donner la — à un matelot_; to give

a sailor a ducking. _— sèche_; dry ducking. _Être à fond de —_; (fam.) to

be hard up, to be at the end of one’s resources.

=calebasse=, _n.f._, (bot.) calabash; gourd; (fig. & fam.) pate, nob,

noddle.

=calebassier=, _n.m._, calabash tree.

=calèche=, _n.f._, calash; barouche, open carriage.

=caleçon=, _n.m._, drawers, pair of drawers.

=caleçonnier=, _n.m._, one who makes drawers.

=calédonien=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Caledonian.

=caléfacteur=, _n.m._, cooking apparatus, kitchener, cooking-stove.

=caléfaction=, _n.f._, calefaction, heating.

=calembour=, _n.m._, pun.

=calembouriste=, _n.m._, a punster.

=calembredaine=, _n.f._, fib, fetch, quibble, subterfuge.

=calencar=, _n.m._, a kind of Indian chintz.

=calence=, _n.f._, want of work. _En —_; out of work.

=calender= (-dèr), _n.m._, kind of dervis.

=calendes=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) calends; convocation of the country

clergy. _Renvoyer aux — grecques_; to put off till doomsday.

=calendrier=, _n.m._, calendar, almanac. _Vieux —_; the old calendar (old

style). _Nouveau —_, _— grégorien_; the new, the Gregorian, calendar.

=calenture=, _n.f._, (med.) calenture.

=calepied=, _n.m._, toe-clip (bicycle).

=calepin=, _n.m._, note-book, memorandum-book.

=caler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to lower, to strike; to support, to wedge up. _—

les voiles_; to strike sail. _Cale tout!_ let go amain! _— la voile_; to

yield, to sing small.

=caler=, _v.n._, to have more or less draught, to sink. _Ce navire cale

trop_; that ship draws too much water. _—_; (at marbles) to knuckle down.

_—_; (school) to keep away from.

=calfait=, _n.m._, (nav.) calking iron.

=calfat=, _n.m._, (nav.) calker.

=calfatage=, _n.m._, (nav.) calking.

=calfater=, _v.a._, (nav.) to calk.

=calfatin=, _n.m._, (nav.) calker’s boy.

=calfeutrage=, _n.m._, stopping of chinks.

=calfeutrer=, _v.a._, to stop up the chinks, to make air tight.

_se_ =calfeutrer=, _v.r._, to be stopped up (of chinks); to be made air

tight.

=calibre=, _n.m._, caliber, bore (of a gun); caliber, size (of a bullet);

diameter of a body; kind, sort, stamp; caliber.

=calibrer=, _v.a._, to give the caliber to, to take the caliber of; to

proportion.

=calice=, _n.m._, chalice, communion-cup; (bot.) calyx, flower-cup;

grief, sacrifice. _Boire le — jusqu’à la lie_; to drink the cup to the

dregs. _Boire_, _avaler_, _le —_; to swallow the pill.

=calicinal=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) calycinal, calycine.

=calicot=, _n.m._, calico; counter-jumper.

=califat=, _n.m._, califate, caliphate, kalifate.

=calife=, _n.m._, calif, caliph, kalif.

_à_ =califourchon=, _adv._, astride, astraddle.

=califourchon=, _n.m._, hobby. _C’est son —_; it is his hobby.

=câlin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, wheedler, cajoler. _C’est une petite —e_;

she is a little wheedler.

=câlin=, =-e=, _adj._, wheedling, cajoling, caressing, coaxing, fondling.

_Cet homme a l’air —_; that man has a wheedling look about him.

=câliner=, _v.a._, to fondle, to cajole, to wheedle.

_se_ =câliner=, _v.r._, to coddle one’s self, to take one’s ease, to give

one’s self up to indolence, to nurse one’s self.

=câlinerie=, _n.f._, wheedling, cajolery, fondling, caressing.

=caliorne=, _n.f._, (nav.) winding-tackle.

=calleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, callous, hard, horny.

=calligraphe=, _n.m._, caligraphist, good penman.

=calligraphie=, _n.f._, caligraphy, calligraphy, penmanship.

=calligraphique=, _adj._, caligraphic.

=callisthénie=, _n.f._, calisthenics.

=callosité= (kal-lo-), _n.f._, callousness; callosity.

=calmande=, _n.f._, calamanco; woolen stuff; (ich.) whiff.

=calmant=, _n.m._, (med.) composing draught; anodyne, sedative.

=calmant=, =-e=, _adj._, anodyne, calming, soothing.

=calmar=, _n.m._, ☉pen-case; (ich.) calamary.

=calme=, _adj._, still, quiet, serene, calm; dispassionate, unruffled,

composed, collected; (com.) dull.

=calme=, _n.m._, stillness, calmness, tranquillity, quiet, calm,

composure. _— plat_; (nav.) dead calm.

_se_ =calmer=, _v.r._, to become calm, to calm one’s self; to compose

one’s self; to get appeased, to blow over, to subside, to abate.

=calmer=, _v.a._, to still, to quiet, to appease, to allay, to pacify, to

calm, to soothe.

=calmer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to lull, to fall to a calm. _Le vent calme_; the

wind is dropping.

=calmie=, _n.f._, (nav.) lull.

=calomel= _or_ =calomélas=, _n.m._, calomel.

=calomniat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, calumniator, slanderer.

=calomnie=, _n.f._, calumny, slander.

=calomnier=, _v.a._, to calumniate, to slander.

=calomnieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, calumniously, slanderously.

=calomnieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, calumnious, slanderous.

=calonière=, _n.f._, (pop.) pop-gun. _V._ =canonnière=.

=calorifère=, _n.m._, hot-air stove or pipe.

=calorimètre=, _n.m._, calorimeter.

=calorifique=, _adj._, calorific.

=calorique=, _n.m._, caloric, heat.

=calotte=, _n.f._, calotte, smoking-cap; skull-cap (of priests); (surg.)

head-piece; (anat.) pan (of the brain); (arch.) calotte; box on the ears;

cap of valve (mech.). _La — rouge d’un cardinal_; the red calotte of a

cardinal. _Donner des —s à_; to box any one’s ears.

=calotter=, _v.a._, to box the ears of.

=calottier=, _n.m._, calotte-maker; cap-maker.

=caloyer=, _n.m._, caloyer (Greek monk).

=calque=, _n.m._, tracing, calquing; imitation, copy.

=calquer=, _v.a._, to counter-draw, to trace; to copy, to imitate

closely. _— à la pointe_; to trace with a point. _— à la vitre_; to

counter-draw on glass.

=calquoir=, _n.m._, tracing-point.

=calumet=, _n.m._, pipe, calumet.

=calus= (-luss), _n.m._, callus; callousness; callosity; (med.) callus.

=calvaire=, _n.m._, mount Calvary; a calvary.

=calvanier=, _n.m._, (agri.) day-laborer, stacker.

=calville=, _n.m._, calville (apple).

=calvinien=, =-ne= (-i-in, -i-è-n), _adj._, Calvinistic.

=calvinisme=, _n.m._, Calvinism.

=calviniste=, _n.m._, Calvinist.

=calviniste=, _adj._, Calvinistic.

=calvitie= (-sî), _n.f._, baldness. _— des paupières_; loss of the

eye-lashes.

=camaïeu=, _n.f._, cameo; (paint.) camaieu; cameo brooch; monotonous play.

*=camail=, _n.m._, (_—s_) hood, capuchin, cardinal (garment); bishop’s

purple ornament worn over the rochet.

=camaldule=, _n.m._, monk of the Order of St. Benedict.

=camarade=, _n.m.f._, comrade, fellow, mate, chum; female companion;

playmate, play-fellow; fellow-laborer; fellow-servant. _— de collège_;

college companion. _— de classe_; school-fellow. _— de lit_; bed-fellow.

_— de voyage_; fellow-traveler. _— de malheur_; fellow-sufferer. _— de

chambre_; chum.

=camaraderie=, _n.f._, companionship, intimacy, close friendship;

coterie, clique; party spirit.

=camard=, =-e=, _adj._, flat-nosed, snub; flat.

=camard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, flat-nosed person. _La —e_; (pop.) death.

*=camarilla=, _n.f._, camarilla (a coterie).

=camarine=, _n.f._, (bot.) crow-berry.

=cambiste=, _n.m._, cambist.

=cambouis=, _n.m._, coom, cart-grease.

=cambre=, _n.f._, cambering, curving, arching.

=cambré=, =-e=, _part._, bent, cambering, having a fall (in the back);

arched, well-set. _Pont de navire —_; cambering deck.

=cambrer=, _v.a._, to bend, to curve, to arch. _— la forme d’un soulier_;

to give the bend to a last, to block (boots).

_se_ =cambrer=, _v.r._, to camber; to take a sweep; to warp; to draw

one’s self up (by throwing the chest forward).

*=cambrillon=, _n.m._, stiffener (of a shoe).

=cambrioleu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, house-thief; house-breaker; burglar.

=cambriolage=, _n.m._, house-entering, house-breaking; burglary.

=cambrure=, _n.f._, bend, flexure, incurvation, arch, curve.

=cambuse=, _n.f._, (nav.) store-room.

=cambusier=, _n.m._, (nav.) steward’s mate, store-keeper.

=came=, _n.f._, (conch.) chama; heart-cockle; (tech.) peg-cam; cog. _V._

=chame=.

=camée=, _n.m._, a cameo.

=camélée=, _n.f._, (bot.) widow-wail.

=caméléon=, _n.m._, chameleon.

=caméléopard=, _n.m._, camelopard.

=camélia= _or_ =camellia=, _n.m._, (bot.) camelia.

=cameline=, _n.f._, (bot.) camelina, gold of pleasure.

=camelot= (-lô), _n.m._, (stuff) camlet; cheap Jack, peddler, hawker; (of

newspapers) news-boy, paper-boy.

=camelote= (-lott), _n.f._, worthless merchandise, trash, stuff; bosh.

=camelotine=, _n.f._, a sort of camlet.

=camérier=, _n.m._, chamberlain (of the pope).

=camériste=, _n.f._, maid of honor; waiting-woman, lady’s maid;

chambermaid.

=camerlingat=, _n.m._, camerlingate (at Rome).

=camerlingue=, _n.m._, camerlingo (papal officer).

=camion=, _n.m._, minikin-pin; little cart; truck; dray, wagon; (paint.)

kettle.

=camionnage=, _n.m._, carting, carriage (in a dray).

=camionneur=, _n.m._, drayman.

☉=camisade=, _n.f._, (milit.) night attack, camisade.

=camisard=, _n.m._, Camisard (French Calvinist).

=camisole=, _n.f._, petticoat bodice. _— de force_; strait waistcoat _or_

jacket.

*=camomille=, _n.f._, camomile.

=camouflet=, _n.m._, whiff of smoke (in the face); affront, snub; rap

over the knuckles.

=camp= (kān), _n.m._, camp; (fig.) army, party. _Lever le —_; to break up

the camp. _Prendre le —_; to pack off.

*=campagnard=, =-e=, _adj._, rustic, countrified, rural.

*=campagnard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, countryman, peasant; clodhopper,

clown. _C’est une —e_; she is a hoyden.

*=campagne=, _n.f._, country, fields, plain; seat, estate, country-house;

field, campaign; (nav.) voyage, cruise. _Gens de la —_; peasantry.

_Comédiens de —_; strolling players. _En pleine_ or _rase —_; in the open

country, plain. _Battre la —_; to scour the country; to wander about; to

be delirious; to blunder, to bungle. _Les armées sont en —_; the armies

have taken the field. _Pièces de —_; field pieces. _Faire une —_; to make

a campaign. _Ouvrir la —_; to open the campaign. _Tenir la —_; to keep

the field. _Mettre ses amis en —_; to set one’s friends to work. _— de

croisière_; cruising voyage. _Être à la —_; to be in the country. _Être

en —_; to be in the field; to be at work; to be out (not at home). _La —

de Rome_; the campagna. _Parties de —_; picnics.

*=campagnol=, _n.m._, field-mouse.

=campane=, _n.f._, (arch.) bell; (sculp.) ornament with fringe and

tassels.

=campanelle= _or_ =campanette=, _n.f._, bell-flower, Canterbury-bell.

=campanile=, _n.m._, (arch.) campanile, bell-tower.

=campanule=, _n.f._, campanula, bell-flower. _— gantelée_; throat-wort.

_— raiponce_; rampion bell-flower. _— à feuilles rondes_; hare-bell.

=campanulé=, =-e=, _adj._, campanulate, bell-shaped.

=campé=, =-e=, _part._, encamped; (fig.) well set up. _Bien — sur ses

jambes_; firmly planted on his legs.

=campêche=, _n.m._, (bot.) campeachy wood, logwood, blood-wood.

=campement= (kānp-mān), _n.m._, (milit.) encampment, encamping; camp

detachment. _Matériel de —_; camping apparatus. _Effets de —_; camping

baggage.

=camper=, _v.n._, to encamp, to pitch tents. _Faire — son armée_; to

encamp one’s army.

=camper=, _v.a._, to camp, to seat, to fix, to stand before, to clap

down. _— là quelqu’un_; to leave any one in the lurch.

_se_ =camper=, _v.r._, to stand before, to sit down, to clap one’s

self down. _Il se campa dans un fauteuil_; he sat himself down in an

arm-chair. _— devant une glace_; to stand bravely before a mirror.

☉=camphorata=, _n.f._ _V._ =camphrée=.

=camphre=, _n.m._, camphor.

=camphré=, =-e=, _adj._, camphorate, camphorated.

=camphrée=, _n.f._, camphorosma.

=camphrier=, _n.m._, (bot.) camphor-tree.

=campine=, _n.m._, fine fat pullet.

=campos=, _n.m._, play-day, holiday, relaxation. _Les écoliers demandent

—_; the boys ask for a holiday. _Prendre —_; to take a holiday.

=camus=, =-e=, _adj._, flat-nosed; disappointed, baulked; dumbfounded.

_Un vilain —_; an ugly flat-nosed fellow. _La —e_; (pop.) death, grim

death.

*=canaille=, _n.f._, rabble, riff-raff, mob; scum; scoundrel; noisy

children, brats. _Hors d’ici, —!_ begone, you scoundrel! _Vile —_;

miserable scum. _Ces —s de domestiques_; these rascally servants!

=canaillerie=, _n.f._, blackguardism.

=canal=, _n.m._, canal, pipe; conduit, duct; drain; tube; spout;

watercourse (of water-mills); channel, bed, strait; (arch.) fluting,

means. _Creuser un —_; to dig a canal. _Ce pays est tout coupé de

canaux_; that country is quite intersected with canals. _— latéral_,

_— de dérivation_; lateral drain. _— de cheminée_; chimney-flue. _—

d’irrigation_; trench for irrigation. _— thoracique_; thoracic duct. _—

de larmier_; (arch.) channel of a coping. _Il est le — de toutes les

grâces_; all favors come through him. _Faire —_; to cross a strait.

=canaliculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) channeled, furrowed.

=canalisation=, _n.f._, canalization.

=canaliser=, _v.a._, to establish canals, to intersect with canals.

=canamelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) sugar-cane; reed.

=canapé=, _n.m._, sofa, couch.

=canaque=, _adj._, Kanaka, wild, savage.

=canard=, _n.m._, drake, duck; hoax; water-spaniel. _— privé_; tame duck.

_— ordinaire_; mallard. _Dire des —s à_; to hoax. _Cet homme est un —

privé_; that man is a sort of decoy-duck.

=canard=, =-e=, _adj._, for ducks. _Bâtiment —_; vessel that pitches.

_Chien —_; water-spaniel.

=canardeau=, _n.m._, young duck.

=canarder=, _v.a._, to shoot from under a shelter; to hoax, to gammon.

=canarder=, _v.n._, (nav.) to pitch (of a ship); (mus.) to goose.

☉=canardier=, _n.m._, wild-duck shooter; hoaxer.

=canardière=, _n.f._, place for catching wild-ducks; loop-hole (to shoot

through); duck-gun; decoy-pond.

=canari=, _n.m._, canary, canary-bird; flat.

=cancan=, _n.m._, tittle-tattle; scandal; tale-bearing; noise; indecent

dance. _Faire des —s_; to tittle-tattle, to invent scandalous stories.

=cancaner=, _v.n._, to tattle, to invent scandalous stories; to dance the

cancan.

=cancani-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, lover of tittle-tattle.

=cancer= (-sèr), _n.m._, (med., astron.) cancer.

=cancéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) cancerous.

=cancre=, _n.m._, crab, cray-fish; miser; dunce (at school).

=cancrelat=, _n.m._, cockroach.

=candélabre=, _n.m._, candelabrum, sconce.

=candeur=, _n.f._, openness of heart, frankness, candor, ingenuousness.

=candi=, _n.m._, sugar-candy, candy.

=candi=, =-e=, _adj._, candied.

=candidat=, _n.m._, candidate.

=candidature=, _n.f._, candidature.

=candide=, _adj._, fair, open, frank, candid, ingenuous, sincere.

=candidement= (-mān), _adv._, openly, frankly, candidly.

_se_ =candir=, _v.r._, to candy. _Faire se —_; to candy.

=cane=, _n.f._, female duck.

=canéficier=, _n.m._, cassia-tree. _V._ =casse=.

=canepetière=, _n.f._, (orni.) lesser bustard.

=canepin= (ka-n-pin), _n.m._, kid skin (for gloves).

=caner=, _v.n._, to shirk danger, to funk, to show the white feather.

=caner=, _v.a._, to leave undone, shirk.

=canescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) canescent.

=caneter=, _v.n._, to waddle.

=caneton= (ka-n-ton), _n.m._, young duck, duckling.

=canette=, _n.f._, small duck, young duck; (her.) duck without legs; a

measure for beer; (pop.) marbles.

=canevas= (ka-n-vâ), _n.m._, canvas; sail-cloth; sketch, rough draught;

(mus.) canvas. _Tracer son —_; to prepare one’s ground-work. _Faire le —

d’une comédie_; to sketch out, to compose the skeleton of a play.

=canezou=, _n.m._, woman’s jacket.

☉=cangrène=, _n.f._ _V._ =gangrène=.

=cangue=, _n.f._, a kind of pillory used in China.

=caniche=, _n.m.f._, poodle-dog, water-spaniel.

=caniculaire=, _adj._, canicular. _Les jours —s_; the dog-days.

=canicule=, _n.f._, dog-days; (astron.) canicule, dog-star.

=canif=, _n.m._, penknife.

=canin=, =-e=, _adj._, canine. _Dent —e_; canine tooth. _Lettre —e_; the

letter R.

=caniveau=, _n.m._, (arch.) channel-stone.

=cannage=, _n.m._, (l.u.) cane-work; caning.

=cannaie=, _n.f._, cane-brake, cane-field.

=canne=, _n.f._, walking-stick; long measure; cane, reed; glassblower’s

pipe. _— à sucre_; sugar-cane. _— à épée_; sword-stick. _— à vent_;

air-gun.

=canneberge= (-bèrj), _n.f._, cranberry, moorberry.

=cannelas= (-lâ), _n.m._, cinnamon, candied cinnamon.

=canneler=, _v.a._, to flute, to channel, to groove.

=cannelle=, _n.f._, cinnamon bark. _— blanche_; canella.

=cannelle= _or_ =cannette=, _n.f._, spigot; tap, cock.

=cannelier=, _n.m._, cinnamon-tree.

=cannelon= (ka-n-lon), _n.m._, fluted mold (for ices).

=cannelure=, _n.f._, channeling, fluting, grooving. _— à côtes_; fluting

with intervals. _— avec rudentures_; fluting enriched with cables. _— à

vive arête_; fluting without intervals. _—s plates_; square fluting.

=cannequin=, _n.m._, sort of cotton stuff.

*=cannetille=, _n.f._, wire-ribbon.

=cannibale= (can-ni-bal), _n.m._, man-eater, cannibal.

=cannibalisme=, _n.m._, cannibalism; ferocity.

=canon=, _n.m._, cannon, gun; cylinder, tube, pipe; barrel (of a gun,

of a quill); (ecc.) canon law, rule; catalogue of saints; (mus.) canon;

(print.) canon; (man.) canon-bit; leg (of trousers). _L’âme d’un —_; the

chamber of a cannon. _La lumière_, _la culasse_, _le recul_, _d’un —_;

the touch-hole, the breech, the recoil, of a cannon. _L’affût d’un —_;

a gun-carriage. _Enclouer un —_; to spike a gun. _Une pièce de —_; a

piece of ordnance. _Gros —_; (print.) canon. _Petit —_; (print.) two-line

English. _— de dix livres_; ten-pounder. _Un coup de —_; a cannon-shot.

_De la poudre à —_; gunpowder. _Être à portée de —_; to be within

cannon-shot. _Être hors de portée de —_; to be beyond cannon range.

_— de retraite_; (milit.) gun-fire; (nav.) stern-chaser. _— démarré_;

cannon drawn in to be loaded. _— rayé_; rifled gun. _À — rayé_; rifled,

rifle-barreled. _— renforcé_; cannon whose breech is thicker than its

bore. _— d’un soufflet_; nose, nozzle pipe of a pair of bellows. _— de

gouttière_; spout of a gutter. _Les —s d’un concile_; the canons of a

council. _Ecole de droit —_; school of canon law. _— des Ecritures_; the

sacred canon. _Le — de la messe_; the canon of the mass. _— enluminé_;

illuminated canon.

=canonial=, =-e=, _adj._, canonical.

=canonicat=, _n.m._, canonry, canonship, prebend; (fig.) sinecure.

=canonicité=, _n.f._, canonicity.

=canonique=, _adj._, canonical.

=canoniquement= (-mān), _adv._, canonically.

=canonisation=, _n.f._, canonization.

=canoniser=, _v.a._, to canonize.

=canoniste=, _n.m._, canonist.

=canonnade=, _n.f._, cannonading, cannonade.

=canonnage=, _n.m._, gunnery.

=canonner=, _v.a._, to attack with heavy artillery, to cannonade.

_se_ =canonner=, _v.r._, to cannonade.

=canonnier=, _n.m._, gunner.

=canonnière=, _n.f._, _adj._, ☉loop-hole; tent; tilt; drain-hole;

pop-gun. _—_, or _chaloupe —_ (nav.); gun-boat.

=canot=, _n.m._, ship’s-boat, cutter, yawl. _— de sauvetage_; life-boat.

=canotage=, _n.m._, boating, aquatics.

=canotier=, _n.m._, rower, oarsman; boat-keeper; bargeman; straw hat.

=cantabile= (-lé), _n.m._, (mus.) cantabile.

=cantal=, _n.m._, cantal (sort of cheese).

=cantalabre=, _n.m._, door-case, casing.

=cantaloup=, _n.m._, musk-melon.

=cantate=, _n.f._, (mus.) cantata.

*=cantatille=, _n.f._, cantatilla.

=cantatrice=, _n.f._, eminent singer.

=cantharide=, _n.f._, (ent.) cantharis, Spanish fly; (pharm.) (_pl._)

cantharides.

=canthus=, _n.m._, (anat.) canthus, corner of the eye.

=cantilène=, _n.f._, (mus.) cantilena, melody.

=cantine=, _n.f._, bottle-case; (milit.) canteen.

=cantini-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, sutler, canteen-woman.

=cantique=, _n.m._, song, canticle, hymn.

=canton=, _n.m._, canton, district; (her.) canton.

=cantonade=, _n.f._, (theat.) wings. _Parler à la —_; to speak to an

actor off the stage; (fig.) to speak to empty benches.

=cantonal=, =-e=, _adj._, cantonal.

=cantonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch., her., milit.) cantoned.

=cantonnement= (-to-n-mān), _n.m._, (milit.), cantonment.

=cantonner=, _v.a._, (milit.) to canton.

_se_ =cantonner=, _v.r._, to take up a position, quarters, abode; to

fortify one’s self.

=cantonner=, _v.n._, (milit.) to be cantoned.

=cantonnier=, _n.m._, road-man; (rail.) plate-layer; signal-man.

=cantonnière=, _n.f._, signal-woman; valance.

=canule=, _n.f._, clyster-pipe, injection tube; faucet, quill; (fig.)

bore, plague.

=canzone=, _n.f._, (mus.) canzone.

=caolin=, _n.m._ _V._ =kaolin=.

=caoutchouc=, _n.m._, caoutchouc, India-rubber; (bot.) gum-tree.

=cap=, _n.m._, cape, headland, point, promontory, foreland; (nav.) head.

_Doubler un —_; to double a cape. _Où est le —?_ (nav.) how is her head?

_Mettre le — sur_; to steer for. _Avoir le — au large_; to stand off. _De

pied en —_; from top to toe.

=capable=, _adj._, able, fit, capable; calculated to, apt to. _Il est —

de vous desservir_; he is capable of doing you an ill office. _Il est —

de tout_; he is capable of any thing. _C’est un homme —_; he is a clever

man. _Avoir l’air —_; to put on a conceited, bumptious, knowing look.

_Faire le —_; to affect capability, to look as if you were in the know.

_Prendre un air —_; to assume a knowing look.

=capablement=, _adv._, (l.u.) ably, skillfully.

=capacité=, _n.f._, extent, size, capaciousness; ability, capacity;

(nav.) bulk, burden, tonnage. _Manquer de —_; to lack capacity.

=caparaçon=, _n.m._, caparison, trappings.

=caparaçonner=, _v.a._, to caparison (a horse).

=cape=, _n.f._, cloak with a hood; riding-hood; cape; (nav.) try-sail.

_Rire sous —_; to laugh in one’s sleeve. _N’avoir que la — et l’épée_; to

be titled, but penniless. _Roman de — et d’épée_; romantic, melodramatic

story. _Être à la —_; (nav.) to try, to be lying to. _À la —!_ bring to!

=capéer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to lie to.

=capelan=, _n.m._, beggarly priest; (ich.) caplin.

=capelet=, _n.m._, (vet.) capped hock.

=capeline=, _n.f._, hood; (of armor) capeline.

=capendu=, _n.m._, capender (apple).

=caperon=. _V._ =capron=.

=capharnaüm=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (fig. fam.) place of confusion; Babel,

bear-garden.

=capillaire= (-pil-lèr), _adj._, capillary.

=capillaire=, _n.m._, (anat.) capillary; (bot.) maiden-hair;

Venus’s-hair. _Sirop de —_; capillaire.

=capillarité=, _n.f._, (phys.) capillarity, capillary attraction or

repulsion.

=capilotade=, _n.f._, hash, ragout; thrashing, drubbing; slandering.

_Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to beat black and blue.

=capitaine=, _n.m._, captain. _— d’infanterie_; infantry captain. _— de

cavalerie_; captain of cavalry. _— de vaisseau_; post-captain. _— au

long cours_; captain of a trading vessel (going to foreign parts). _—

de pavillon_; flag-captain. _— d’armes_; master-at-arms. _— de port_;

harbor-master. _Grade de —_; captaincy.

=capitainerie=, _n.f._, captaincy.

=capital=, =-e=, _adj._, capital, main, chief, leading, important. _Les

sept péchés capitaux_; the seven capital sins. _Peine —e_; capital

punishment.

=capital=, _n.m._, capital; principal; stock. _Mettre un — à fonds

perdu_; to sink a capital. _Rembourser le —_; to reimburse the principal.

=capitale=, _n.f._, capital, chief city; capital letter.

=capitalisation=, _n.f._, capitalization.

=capitaliser=, _v.a._, to capitalize. _Se —_, _v.r._, to be capitalized.

=capitaliste=, _n.m._, capitalist, moneyed man.

=capitan=, _n.m._, braggadocio, swaggerer, bully.

=capitane=, _n.f._, (nav.) admiral’s galley.

=capitan-pacha=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) Turkish admiral.

=capitation=, _n.f._, capitation, poll-tax.

=capiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, heady, strong. _Bière —se_; strong beer. _Vin

—_; heavy wine.

=capitole=, _n.m._, Capitol (of Rome, of the United States).

=capitolin=, _adj._, capitoline.

=capiton=, _n.m._, (com.) cappadine.

=capitonner=, _v.a._, to stuff, to pad (armchairs, &c.); to tuft, to

button.

☉=capitoul=, _n.m._, capitoul (alderman, town-councillor at Toulouse).

☉=capitoulat=, _n.m._, capitoulship.

=capitulaire=, _adj._, capitulary.

=capitulaire=, _n.m._, capitular, capitulary.

=capitulairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, capitularly.

=capitulant=, _adj._, capitulary.

=capitulant=, _n.m._, capitular, capitulary.

=capitulation=, _n.f._, capitulation; convention, compromise. _Amener à

une —_; to bring to terms. _— de conscience_; a conscientious compromise.

=capitule=, _n.m._, capitule (part of the Liturgy).

=capituler=, _v.n._, to capitulate, to compound. _— avec sa conscience_;

to compound with one’s conscience, to silence it by concessions.

=caplan=, (ich.). _V._ =capelan=.

=capon=, _n.m._, mean fellow, sneak; cheat, coward; (nav.) cat-tackle.

_Poulie de —_; cat-block.

=caponner=, _v.n._, to trick, to cheat; to be cowardly, to hang back.

=caponner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to cat (the anchor).

=caponnière=, _n.f._, (fort.) rifle-pit.

=caporal=, _n.m._, corporal; (of tobacco) sort of “shag.”

=capot=, _n.m._, (nav.) hood (of ladders).

=capot=, _adj._, capot (at cards); silly. _Faire —_; to capot, to win all

the tricks, to beat hollow. _Être —_; to have lost all the tricks; (fig.)

to look foolish; to be balked. _Faire —_; (nav.) to capsize, to upset.

=capote=, _n.f._, large cloak with a hood; (soldier’s) great-coat;

capuchin, hood, mantle.

=capraire=, _n.f._, (bot.) goat-weed, capraria.

=câpre=, _n.f._, (bot.) caper.

=capriçant= _or_ =caprisant=, _adj._, (med.) bounding, unequal (of the

pulse).

=caprice=, _n.m._, caprice, whim, humor, freak; fit, flight, sally;

(mus.) caprice. _Les —s de la mode_; the caprices, freaks of fashion.

_Les —s de la fortune_; the fickleness of fortune. _Composer de —_; to

compose when the spirit moves, when the fit is on.

=capricieusement= (-mān), _adv._, capriciously, fantastically,

whimsically.

=capricieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, capricious, whimsical, fickle, freakish,

skittish.

=capricorne=, _n.m._, (astron.) Capricorn; (ent.) capricorn-beetle.

=câprier=, _n.m._, (bot.) caper-bush.

=caprification=, _n.f._, caprification.

=caprifiguier= (-ghié), _n.m._, wild fig-tree.

=capripède=, _n.m._, goat-footed; satyr.

=capron= _or_ =caperon=, _n.m._, the hautbois-strawberry.

=capronier=, _n.m._, the hautbois-strawberry plant.

=capselle=, _n.f._, (bot.) cassweed; shepherd’s pouch.

=capsulaire=, _adj._ (bot.) capsulary; (anat.) capsular.

=capsule=, _n.f._, (bot.) capsule, pod; (anat.) capsula; percussion, cap

(of fire-arms).

☉=captal=, _n.m._, chief, lord.

=captateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) inveigler (one who uses undue influence).

=captation=, _n.f._, inveigling, undue influence, captation.

=captatoire=, _adj._, inveigling.

=capter=, _v.a._, to court, to coax, to win by bribery. _— la

bienveillance de quelqu’un_; to curry the favor of any one. _— les

suffrages_; to bribe, to win unfairly, to get by bribery.

=captieusement= (-sieûz-mān), _adv._, captiously, insidiously, cunningly,

deceitfully.

=captieu-x=, =-se= (-cieu-), _adj._, captious, insidious.

=capti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, captive.

=capti-f=, _n.m._, =-ve=, _n.f._, captive.

=captiver=, _v.a._, to captivate, to charm, to enslave; to bring under.

_— l’attention_; to captivate attention. _La beauté qui le captive_; the

beauty that enslaves him. _— la bienveillance_; to win any one’s favor.

_se_ =captiver=, _v.r._, to lay a restraint upon oneself; to cling to

(tenaciously); (fig.) to cringe, to fawn upon.

=captivité=, _n.f._, captivity, bondage. _Racheter de —_; to ransom from

captivity.

=capture=, _n.f._, capture, seizure; prize, booty.

=capturer=, _v.a._, to capture; to apprehend, to arrest.

=capuce=, _n.f._, _or_ =capuchon=, _n.m._, hood, cowl.

=capuchonné=, =-e=, _adj._, hooded.

=capuchonner=, _v.a._, (man.) to arch the neck (of a horse).

=capucin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, capuchin friar, capuchin nun. _Tomber

comme des —s de cartes_; to tumble over one another.

=capucinade=, _n.f._, stupid sermon.

=capucine=, _n.f._, (bot.) nasturtium; (nav.) standard; band (of a

soldier’s musket).

=capucinière=, _n.f._, (b.s.) capuchin friary.

=capulet=, _n.m._, hood, cap.

=caput-mortuum=, _n.m._, (chem.) caput-mortuum; worthless remains.

=caquage=, _n.m._, dressing and curing of herrings; barreling (of powder).

=caque=, _n.f._, keg, barrel. _La — sent toujours le hareng_; what is

bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

=caquer=, _v.a._, to cure; to barrel.

=caquet=, _n.m._, cackle (of geese, &c.); tittle-tattle, idle talk,

gossip, scandal. _Avoir bien du —_; to be a chatter-box. _Rabattre_,

_rabaisser_, _le — a quelqu’un_; to take anyone down a peg or two. _— bon

bec_; dame prattler.

=caquetage= (kak-taj), _n.m._, tattling, cackling.

=caquète=, _n.f._, carp-tub.

=caqueter= (kak-té), _v.n._, to cackle, to chatter, to gossip, to babble.

=caqueterie= (kak-trî), _n.f._, babbling, prattling, gossiping.

=caqueteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, prattler, tattler, idle prater,

gossip.

=caqueur=, _n.m._, fish-curer.

=car=, _conj._, for, because, as.

=carabé=, _n.m._, yellow, amber.

=carabin=, _n.m._, saw-bones, medical student.

=carabinade=, _n.f._, (l.u.) (student’s, soldier’s) trick; discharge of

carbines.

=carabinage=, _n.m._, rifling.

=carabine=, _n.f._, carbine, rifle.

=carabiné=, =-e=, _adj._, rifled; (nav.) stiff (of the wind).

☉=carabiner=, _v.n._, to skirmish.

=carabiner=, _v.a._, to rifle a gun-barrel.

=carabinier=, _n.m._, carabineer, rifleman.

=caraco=, _n.m._, woman’s jacket.

=caracole=, _n.f._, (man.) circling caracole. _En —_; winding.

=caracoler=, _v.n._, to caracole, to circle.

=caracouler=, _v.n._, to coo. _V._ =roucouler=.

=caractère=, _n.m._, character, letter, type, print; hand-writing; stamp,

badge, mark, dignity, temper, humor, spirit, expression; aspect; (arith.)

digit; charm, spell. _— lisible_; legible print. _Beaux —s_; fine type.

_Le — d’un auteur_; the stamp of an author. _Un homme d’un bon —_; a

good-natured man. _Ne pas démentir son —_; to act up to one’s character.

_Il est sorti de son —_; he lost his temper. _Avoir_, _montrer_, _du —_;

to have spirit, to show spirit. _C’est un homme à —_; he is a spirited,

determined man.

=caractériser=, _v.a._, to characterize, describe, define, mark,

distinguish.

=caractéristique=, _adj._, characteristic.

=caractéristique=, _n.f._, (gram., math.) characteristic; (logarithms)

index.

=carafe=, _n.f._, decanter, flagon, water-bottle.

=carafon=, _n.m._, cooler; small decanter; quarter bottle.

*=caragne=, _n.f._, aromatic resin, caranna.

=caraïte=, _n.m._, caraite (Jewish sectarian).

=carambolage=, _n.m._, (billiards) cannon; (pop.) affray, shindy; (fig.)

rebound (against).

=caramboler=, _v.n._, (billiards) to cannon.

=caramboleur=, _n.m._, good cannon-player.

=caramel=, _n.m._, burnt sugar, caramel. _— au beurre_; butter-scotch,

toffee.

=carapace=, _n.f._, turtle-shell, carapace.

=carapat=, _n.m._, oil of palma Christi.

=caraque=, _n.f._, carack (Portuguese Indiaman).

=caracas=, _n.m._, cocoa.

=carat=, _n.m._, (gold) carat; small diamonds sold by weight.

=caratch=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), tribute.

=caravane=, _n.f._, caravan, convoy. _Marcher en —_; to walk in a band.

_Faire ses —s_; to lead a dissipated life.

=caravanier=, _n.m._, leader of caravan.

*=caravansérail=, _n.m._, a caravansary (inn).

=caravanséraskier=, _n.m._, keeper of a caravansary.

=caravelle=, _n.f._, caravel (Portuguese boat).

=carbatine=, _n.f._, green hide, skin.

=carbazotique=, _adj._, (chem.) carbazotic.

=carbonarisme=, _n.m._, carbonarism.

=carbonaro=, _n.m._, carbonaro.

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

☉=carboncle=. _V._ =escarboucle=; =furoncle=; =rubis=.

=carbone=, _n.m._, (chem.) carbon.

=carboné=, =-e=, _adj._, carbonated.

=carboneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (chem.) carbonaceous.

=carbonique=, _adj._, carbonic.

=carbonisation=, _n.f._, carbonization.

=carboniser=, _v.a._, to carbonize.

=carbonnade=, _n.f._, (cook.) carbonade.

=carburateur=, _n.m._, carburettor (motor).

=carbure=, _n.m._, (chem.) carburet, carbide.

=carburé=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) carbureted.

=carcajou=, _n.m._, American badger.

=carcan=, _n.m._, iron collar; carcan (pillory); carcanet (collar of

jewels).

=carcasse=, _n.f._, carcass, skeleton, bones; (arch.) shell, framework;

body; fish-basket.

=carcinomateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) carcinomatous.

=carcinome=, _n.m._, (med.) carcinoma.

=cardage=, _n.m._, act of carding, carding.

=cardamine=, _n.f._, (bot.) land-cress, lady’s smock.

=cardamome=, _n.m._, (bot.) cardamom.

=cardasse=, _n.f._, (bot.) nopal.

=carde=, _n.f._, chard (stalk in the leaves of some plants); card

(instrument for combing wool or flax); carding machine.

=cardée=, _n.f._, quantity carded.

=carde-poirée=, _n.f._, (bot.) chard of beet.

=carder=, _v.a._, to card, to comb. _Se —_; to be carded.

=cardère=, _n.f._, (bot.) teasel.

=carderie=, _n.f._, carding-house; card-manufactory.

=cardeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, carder, wool-comber.

=cardiaire=, _adj._ (zoöl.) _Ver —_; a parasite bred in the heart. (bot.)

_V._ =cardère=; =chardon à foulon=.

=cardialgie=, _n.f._, cardialgy, heartburn.

=cardialogie=, _n.f._, cardiology.

=cardiaque=, _n.m._, (med.) cardiac.

=cardiaque=, _adj._, (med., anat.) cardiac.

=cardier=, _n.m._, wool card-maker.

=cardinal=, _adj._, cardinal, chief, principal, first.

=cardinal=, _n.m._, cardinal; (orni.) cardinal.

=cardinalat=, _n.m._, cardinalate, cardinalship.

=cardinale=, _n.f._, (bot.) cardinal flower.

=cardine=, _n.f._, (ich.) flat-fish, whiff.

=cardon=, _n.m._, (bot.) cardoon.

=cardonnette=, _n.f._ _V._ =chardonnette=.

=carême=, _n.m._, Lent, Lent-sermons. _Faire le —_; to keep Lent.

_Provisions de —_; fish and vegetables. _Cela vient comme marée en —_;

that comes in the very nick of time. _Face de —_; pale or wan face.

_Arriver comme mars en —_; to be sure to happen; to come like clock-work.

_Arriver comme marée en —_; to come in the nick of time.

=carême-prenant=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) carnival time; Shrove Tuesday;

masker; reveler.

=carénage=, _n.m._, careening.

=carence=, _n.f._, (jur.) absence of assets, insolvency. _Procès-verbal

de —_; declaration of insolvency.

=carène=, _n.f._, (nav.) keel; bottom, careen; (bot.) keel. _Demi-—_;

(nav.) parliament-heel. _En —_; keel-shaped.

=caréné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) keeled, keel-shaped.

=caréner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to careen.

=caressant=, =-e=, _adj._, caressing, endearing, fond, tender; fawning.

=caresse=, _n.f._, caress, endearment. _Il ne faut pas se fier aux —s de

la fortune_; we must not trust to the smiles of fortune.

=caressé=, =-e=, _part._, caressed; polished, finished off, chiseled.

_Ces tableaux sont très —s_; these pictures have a peculiar richness of

finish.

=caresser=, _v.a._, to caress, to fondle, to stroke; to fawn upon,

to make much of, to flatter, to cajole, to wheedle. _— l’orgueil de

quelqu’un_; to pamper any one’s pride. _— une chimère_; to cherish, to

hug, a visionary scheme.

=caret=, _n.m._, rope-maker’s reel; (erpetology) tortoise. _Fil de —_;

rope-yarn.

=carex= (-rèks), _n.m._, (bot.) carex.

=cargaison=, _n.f._, cargo, ship-load, freight.

=cargue= (karg), _n.f._, (nav.) brail.

=carguer= (-ghè), _v.a._, (nav.) to brail up, to clew up. _— une voile_;

to clew up a sail.

=cargueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, (nav.) reefer; top-block.

=cariatide=, _n.f._, (arch.) caryatide.

=caribou=, _n.m._, (mam.) caribou.

=caricature=, _n.f._, caricature.

=caricaturer=, _v.a._, to caricature, to ridicule.

=caricaturiste=, _n.m._, caricaturist.

=carie=, _n.f._, brown rust; fire-blast; (med.) caries, decay.

=carier=, _v.a._, to make carious, to rot.

_se_ =carier=, _v.r._, to grow carious, rotten. _Dent cariée_; carious

tooth.

*=carillon=, _n.m._, chime, peal; musical bells, chimes; clutter, racket.

_À double —_; soundly, lustily. _Le — des verres_; the jingling of

glasses.

*=carillonnement=, _n.m._, chiming, jingling.

*=carillonner=, _v.n._, to chime; to ring the changes; to jingle, to

clatter.

*=carillonneur=, _n.m._, chimer, bell-ringer; change-ringer.

=carlette=, _n.f._, square slate.

=carlin=, _n.m._, carlin (Italian coin); pug-dog.

=carline=, _n.f._, (bot.) carline-thistle.

=carlingue= (-linghe), _n.f._, (nav.) carline, carling. _— de cabestan_;

keelson, step.

=carliste=, _n.m.f._, Carlist (partisan of Charles).

=carliste=, _adj._, Carlist.

=carlovingien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Carlovingian.

*=carmagnole=, _n.f._, carmagnole (jacket); carmagnole (revolutionary

song and dance).

=carmagnole=, _n.m._, violent Jacobin.

=carme=, _n.m._, Carmelite friar, white friar. _—s déchaussés_;

barefooted Carmelites. _Eau des —s_; carmelite water.

=carme=, _n.m._, (tric-trac) two fours.

=carmeline=, _n.f._, carmeline wool.

=carmélite=, _n.f._ and _adj._, Carmelite nun.

=carmin=, _n.m._, carmine.

=carminati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) carminative.

=carminati-f=, _n.m._, (med.) carminative.

=carnage=, _n.m._, carnage, slaughter, butchery, destruction, havoc.

=carnassi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, carnivorous, flesh-eating.

=carnassier=, _n.m._, feline animal; flesh-eater.

=carnassière=, _n.f._, game-bag.

=carnation=, _n.f._, carnation, flesh-tint, flesh-color, complexion.

=carnaval=, _n.m._, a carnival; guy.

=carne=, _n.f._, corner, edge (of a table, &c.).

=carné=, =-e=, _adj._, of a carnation color.

=carnet=, _n.m._, note-book, memorandum-book. _— d’échéances_; bill-book.

_— de chèques_; check book.

=carnier=, _n.m._ _V._ =carnassière=.

=carnification=, _n.f._, (med.) carnification.

_se_ =carnifier=, _v.r._, (med.) to carnify.

=carnivore=, _adj._, carnivorous.

=carnosité=, _n.f._, carnosity.

*=carogne=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) hag, jade, impudent slut.

=carolus= (-lus), _n.m._, carolus (old French coin).

=caronade=, _n.f._, (artil.) carronade.

=caroncule=, _n.f._, (anat., bot.) caruncle.

=carotide=, _adj._, (anat.) carotid.

=carotide=, _n.f._, (anat.) carotid.

=carotidien=, _adj.m._, (anat.) carotid. _Canal —_; carotid canal.

=carotique=, _adj._, (med.) comatose.

=carotte=, _n.f._, carrot. _— de tabac_; roll of tobacco. (fig.) _Quelle

—!_ what a chouse!

=carotter=, _v.n._, to live on little; to play low; to chouse, to diddle.

=carotti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (triv.). _V._ =carotteur=.

=carotteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, timid player; petty jobber; cheat,

trickster.

=caroube= _or_ =carouge=, _n.f._, (bot.) carob-bean.

=caroubier=, _n.m._, carob-tree, St. John’s bread tree.

=carouble=, _n.f._, skeleton-key.

=caroubleur=, _n.m._, house-breaker.

=carpe=, _n.f._, (ich.) carp. _Saut de —_; somerset. _Faire la — pâmée_;

to sham fainting. _Muet comme une —_; dumb as an oyster.

=carpe=, _n.m._, (anat.) wrist.

=carpeau=, _n.m._, small carp.

=carpien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n) _adj._, (anat.) carpal.

*=carpillon=, _n.m._, (ich.) young carp.

=carquois=, _n.m._, quiver. _Il a vidé son —_; he has shot his bolt.

=carrare=, _n.m._, Carrara marble.

=carre=, _n.f._, back and shoulders (of any one). _La — d’un chapeau_;

the crown of a hat. _La — d’un habit_; the part of a coat from the waist

upwards. _La — d’un soulier_; the square toe of a shoe. _Un homme d’une

bonne —_; a broad-shouldered man. _Lame à trois —s_; three-edged sword.

=carré=, _n.m._, square; landing, floor; printing demy (of paper). _Un

— de tulipes_; a square bed of tulips. _Un — d’eau_; a square sheet of

water. _— de toilette_; dressing-case. _— des officiers_; ward-room.

=carré=, =-e=, _adj._, square, quadratic; well-set, well-knit; plain,

straightforward; demy (of paper); (rhet.) flowing. _Partie —e_; party of

four (two men and two women).

=carreau=, _n.m._, (med.) tabes mesenterica.

=carreau=, _n.m._, square; lozenge; square tile or brick; small

flag-stone; ground, floor; pane (of glass); cushion, hassock; tailor’s

goose; diamond (at cards); (gard.) bed, square; (arch.) stretcher; rubber

(file); ☉square-headed arrow, cross-arrow. _Brochet —_; very large pike.

_Tomber sur le —_; to fall on the floor. _Coucher sur le —_; to sleep on

the floor. _Jeter quelqu’un sur le —_; to send any one sprawling upon

the ground. _Rester sur le —_; to be killed on the spot. _Etoffes à —x_;

stuff checks. _C’est un valet de —_; he is a contemptible fellow.

=carrefour=, _n.m._, cross-way or street, cross-road, quadrant, crowded

thoroughfare. _Les —s d’une ville_; the public places of a town. _—

des auteurs_; Grub-street. _Langage de —_; low, vulgar language;

Billingsgate. _Orateur de —_; stump-orator.

=carrelage=, _n.m._, tile-flooring, brick-paving.

=carreler=, _v.a._, to pave (a floor) with square tiles, bricks, stones;

to cobble.

=carrelet=, _n.m._, (ich.) flounder; square net; shoemaker’s awl.

=carrelette=, _n.f._, flat file.

=carreleur=, _n.m._, floor-tiler, brick-pavior; tramping cobbler.

=carrelier=, _n.m._, a tile-maker.

=carrelure=, _n.f._, new-soling of shoes.

=carrément=, _adv._, squarely; plainly, straightforwardly. _Couper —_; to

cut square. _Tracer un plan —_; to draw a plan square.

=carrer=, _v.a._, to square.

_se_ =carrer=, _v.r._, to strut, to stalk; to double one’s stake (at

_bouillotte_—a card game). _Se — dans son fauteuil_; to sit in state.

=carrick=, _n.m._, box-coat, cape; gig.

=carrier=, _n.m._, a quarry-man.

=carrière=, _n.f._, race-ground, course, &c.; career, race; course;

scope; play, vent; quarry. _Le bout de la —_; the goal. _Parcourir la —_;

to run round, to run over the course. _Donner — à son imagination_; to

give scope, free vent to one’s imagination. _Se donner —_; to throw off

all restraint. _Donner — à un cheval_; to give a horse his head. _— de

marbre_; marble quarry.

=carriole=, _n.f._, covered cart, jaunting car, pleasure-van; wretched

carriage.

=carrossable=, _adj._, (of roads) practicable for carriages. _Route —_;

carriage road.

=carrosse=, _n.m._, four-wheeled carriage, coach. _— de remise_;

livery-coach. _— de louage_; hackney-coach. _Mener un —_; to drive

a carriage. _Aller en —_; to ride in a coach. _Rouler —_; to keep a

carriage; to live in grand style.

=carrossée=, _n.f._, coachful, carriageful.

=carrosserie=, _n.f._, coach-making; coach-building.

=carrossier=, _n.m._, coachmaker, carriage-builder; coach-horse.

=carrousel=, _n.m._, tournament; roundabout.

☉=carrousse=, _n.f._, carouse. _Faire —_; to carouse, to drink hard.

=carrure=, _n.f._, breadth of shoulders.

=cartahu=, _n.m._, (nav.) whip; girt-line. _Poulie de —_; single block.

=cartayer=, _v.n._, to avoid ruts.

=carte=, _n.f._, pasteboard; card, postcard; label, ticket; map, chart;

bill; bill of fare; account. _Un jeu de —s_; a pack of cards. _Les

basses —s_; the small cards. _—s préparées_; marked cards. _Donner les

—s_; to deal. _Battre les —s_; to shuffle. _Faire des tours de —s_; to

play tricks with cards. _Mettre aux —s_; to pay the card money. _Château

de —s_; gingerbread _or_ jerry-built house. _Brouiller les —s_; to sow

discord. _Voir le dessous des —s_; to be in the secret; “in the Know.”

_Avoir — blanche_; to have full power. _Tirer les —s_; to tell fortunes

(with cards). _— de géographie_; map, chart. _Faire la — d’un pays_; to

map out a country. _— topographique_; topographical chart. _— marine_;

sea-chart. _Perdre la —_; to lose one’s wits. _Dîner à la —_; to dine

from the bill of fare.

=cartel=, _n.m._, challenge, cartel; dial-case, clock; frieze-panel,

frame; (milit., nav.) cartel. _— d’armoiries_; (her.) shield.

=carterie=, _n.f._, card-making, card-factory.

=carteron=, _n.m._ _V._ =quarteron=.

=cartésianisme=, _n.m._, Cartesian philosophy.

=cartésien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Cartesian.

=carthaginois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Carthaginian.

=carthame=, _n.m._, (bot.) carthamus, safflower.

=cartier=, _n.m._, playing-card maker.

=cartilage=, _n.m._, (anat.) cartilage, gristle.

=cartilagineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cartilaginous, gristly.

=cartisane=, _n.f._, foil-card. _Dentelle à —_; vellum-lace.

=cartomancie=, _n.f._, cartomancy.

=cartomancien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, fortune-teller (by cards).

=carton=, _n.m._, pasteboard; (paint.) cartoon; bandbox; case; hat-box;

bonnet-box; (print.) four-page cancel. _— lissé_; glazed pasteboard. _—

de pâté_; mill board. _Les —s de Raphaël_; the cartoons of Raphael. _— de

dessins_; portfolio of drawings.

=cartonnage=, _n.m._, (book-bind.) boarding.

=cartonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (book-bind.) in boards.

=cartonner=, _v.a._, to put in boards.

=cartonnerie=, _n.f._, pasteboard manufactory.

=cartonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, binder, boarder (of books).

=cartonnier=, _n.m._, pasteboard-maker, seller.

=carton-pierre=, _n.m._, (_n.p._), statuary pasteboard.

=cartouche=, _n.m._, escutcheon, shield, ring; (arch.) cartouch,

modillion.

=cartouche=, _n.f._, cartouch, case-shot, canister-shot (of cannon);

cartridge.

=cartouchier=, _n.m._, (nav.) cartridge-box, _or_ pouch.

=cartouchière=, _n.f._, cartridge-box.

=cartulaire=, _n.m._, cartulary.

=carus=, _n.m._, (med.) deep coma.

=carvi=, _n.m._, (bot.) caraway; caraway-seed.

=caryatide=. _V._ =cariatide=.

=caryophyllée=, _adj.f._, (bot.) caryophyllous.

=caryophyllées=, _n.f.pl._, caryophyllæ.

=caryophylloïde=, _n.f._, caryophilloid.

=cas=, _n.m._, case, event, esteem, value; needs, concern; (jur., math.,

gram., med.) case. _Un — pendable_; a hanging matter. _Un — imprévu_;

an unforeseen case. _Un tout en —_; sunshade. _Au —_, _en — que cela

soit_; in case it should turn out to be. _Auquel —_; in which case. _Le

— échéant_; if such should be the case; in that case. _En tel —_, _en

pareil —_; in such a case. _Hors le —_; unless, except, save. _C’est le

— de parler_; it is the time to speak out. _Faire grand — de quelqu’un_;

to have a great esteem for any one, to value highly. _Faire peu de —_; to

make light of, to slight. _En tout —_; at all events, however. _En — de

besoin_; in case of need. _C’est le — ou jamais_; it is now or never. _Il

n’est pas dans le — de vous nuire_; he is not in a position to harm you.

_C’est bien le — de le dire_; you may indeed well say so. _Un en —_; a

snack (in case of need).

=casani-er=, =-ère=, _n._ and _adj._, domestic person, domestic, retired,

stay at home, home-bird.

=casaque=, _n.f._, great coat, cassock. _Tourner —_; to change sides, to

rat.

=casaquin=, _n.m._, short gown, jacket.

=cascade=, _n.f._, cascade, waterfall; leap, bound. _Un discours plein de

—s_; a jumbled, jerky speech.

=cascarille=, _n.f._, cascarilla.

=cascatelle=, _n.f._, cascade (of Tivoli).

=case=, _n.f._, division; cabin, dwelling-place, small house, hut; box

(for animals); pigeon-hole, compartment; point (backgammon); square

(chess, draughts); (nav.) berth.

=casé=, =-e=, _part._, placed. _Le voilà —_; he is provided for.

=caséeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, caseous, cheesy.

=casemate= (kaz-mat), _n.f._, (fort.) casemate; dungeon, cell.

=casematé=, =-e=, _adj._, casemated.

=caser=, _v.n._, (backgammon) to make a point.

=caser=, _v.a._, to place, to find a place for, to provide for; to

arrange, put in order.

_se_ =caser=, _v.r._, to take up one’s abode, one’s quarters, to get

settled.

=caserne=, _n.f._, barracks. _— de pompiers_; fire-brigade station.

_Intendant de —_; barrack-master.

=casernement=, _n.m._, quartering in barracks.

=caserner=, _v.a._, to quarter in barracks.

=caserner=, _v.n._, to be in barracks.

=casier=, _n.m._, set of pigeon-holes; rack, ledger-rack.

*=casilleux=, _adj.m._, brittle.

=casimir=, _n.m._, kerseymere cloth.

=casino=, _n.m._, casino, club.

=casoar=, _n.m._, (orni.) cassowary.

=casque=, _n.m._, helmet, casque, head-piece; (bot.) hood; (her.) helmet,

casque; (conch.) helmet-shell.

=casquette=, _n.f._, cap (of a man or boy).

=cassable=, _adj._, breakable.

=cassade=, _n.f._, sham, flam; lie, fib, cheat.

=cassage=, _n.m._, breakage.

*=cassaille=, _n.f._, the breaking up (of ground).

=cassant=, =-e=, _adj._, brittle, apt to break; (of a man) abrupt, bluff,

gruff.