=ficelé=, =-e=, _part._, tied, tied up; (pop.) dressed; dressed out.

_Comme le voilà —!_ what a guy he looks!

=ficeler= (fi-slé), _v.a._, to bind, to tie, with string; to do up, to

dress up. _— de fil de fer_; to wire.

=ficeleur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, packer.

=ficelier=, _n.m._, reel, roller (for string).

=ficelle=, _n.f._, pack-thread, twine, string; dodge; stage-trick.

_Montrer la —_; to betray the secret motive.

=fichant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fort.) darting. _Feu —_; darting, plunging

fire; (fig.) annoying.

=fiche=, _n.f._, hook, peg, pin (for a hinge); fish (at cards). _— de

consolation_; small compensation; sop.

=fiché=, =-e=, _part._, driven in; (her.) fitchee. _Aller se faire —_; to

go and be hanged. _Envoyer faire —_; to send to the deuce.

=ficher=, _v.a._, (_past part._, fiché, fichu), to drive in, to thrust

in, to fasten in; (mas.) to pin up; (pop.) to give in a rude manner; to

throw aside. _— un clou_; to drive in a nail. (fam.) _— le_, or _son_,

_camp_; to decamp, to run away; to be off. _Je vous en fiche!_ Is it

though! Would you though!

_se_ =ficher=, _v.r._, (pop.) to throw one’s self down, on, etc.; to

laugh at, to make game of.

=ficheron=, _n.m._, iron-pin.

=fichet=, _n.m._, ivory peg (to mark with).

=fichoir=, _n.m._, peg, clothes-peg.

=fichtre!= _int._, (pop.) the deuce! the devil; hang it! confound it!

=fichu=, _n.m._, neckerchief. _Corps de —_; habit-shirt.

=fichu=, =-e=, _part._, (pop.) pitiful; deuced; done for; thrown aside;

dressed, got up. _Comme le voilà —!_ what a guy he looks!

=fichure=, _n.f._, harpoon.

=ficiforme=, _adj._, fig-shaped.

=ficoïde=, _n.f._, (bot.) ice-plant.

☉=fictice=, _adj._ _V._ =fictif=.

=ficti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, supposed, fictitious, imaginary.

=fiction=, _n.f._, fiction, figment, fabrication; fable.

=fictionnaire=, _adj._, fictitious, founded on fiction.

=fictivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, fictitiously.

=fidéicommis=, _n.m._, (jur.) trust.

=fidéicommissaire=, _n.m._, (jur.) trustee.

=fidéjusseur=, _n.m._, (jur.) surety; guarantor.

=fidéjussion=, _n.f._ _V._ =cautionnement=.

=fidèle=, _adj._, loyal, true, trusty, faithful, exact, accurate, safe,

sure. _Traducteur —_; correct _or_ accurate translator. _Copie —_; exact

copy. _Mémoire —_; retentive _or_ good memory.

=fidèle=, _n.m.f._, faithful friend. _pl._, (rel.) believers; worshipers;

congregation.

=fidèlement= (fi-dèl-mān), _adv._, faithfully, truly, loyally, trustily;

accurately, exactly.

=fidélité=, _n.f._, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty, fealty; secrecy;

exactness, accuracy; retentiveness (of the memory); (jur.) allegiance.

_— éprouvée_; tried fidelity. _Prêter serment de —_; to take an oath of

fidelity.

=fiduciaire=, _n.m._, (jur.) fiduciary. _Circulation —_; paper currency.

_Monnaie —_; paper-money.

=fiduciaire=, _adj._, (jur.) in trust.

=fief= (fièf), _n.m._, fee, fief. _Franc —_; freehold.

=fieffé=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., pop.) arrant, downright, regular. _Fripon

—_; arrant knave.

=fieffer=, _v.a._, to enfeoff, to invest with a fee.

=fiel=, _n.m._, gall; hatred, bitterness, rancor, spleen. _Vésicule du

—_; gall-bladder. _Amer comme —_; as bitter as gall. _Un homme plein de

—_; a man full of malice. _Il a vomi tout son —_; he has vented all his

spleen.

=fiente=, _n.f._, dung. _Appliquer un banc de —_; (manu.) to dung.

=fienter=, _v.a._, to dung.

=fier=, _v.a._, to trust, intrust.

_se_ =fier= (=à=), _v.r._, to trust to; to rely, to depend upon; to put

one’s trust in. _Je me fie à vous_; I trust to you. _Je me fie sur vous_;

I depend on you. _Fiez-vous-y_; (iron.) do not trust to that. _Bien fou

qui s’y fie_; more fool he who relies upon it.

=fi-er= (fi-èr), =-ère=, _adj._, proud, high-spirited, haughty, stout,

bold; (her.) fierce, extreme, remarkable; famous, fine, capital. _Il est

— comme Artaban_; he is as proud as Lucifer. _J’ai fait un — déjeuner_ or

_dîner_; I have had a capital breakfast, dinner; I have dined like a lord.

=fier-à-bras=, _n.m._, (_—_) bully, hector, braggart.

=fièrement= (fièr-mān), _adv._, proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, soundly,

stoutly, boldly; (pop.) preciously, finely, famously.

=fierté=, _n.f._, pride, haughtiness, arrogance; boldness, dignity.

_Rabaisser_, _rabattre_, _la — de quelqu’un_; to bring down, to humble,

any one’s pride.

=fièvre=, _n.f._, fever, feverishness, ague, restlessness, excitement;

heat. _pl._, (med.) ague. _— ardente_; burning fever. _— d’hôpital_;

typhus fever; gaol fever. _— hectique_; hectic fever. _— intermittente_;

intermittent fever, ague. _— lente_; low fever; hectic. _— de lait_; milk

fever. _— tierce_; tertian fever. _— tremblante_; ague. _— de cheval_;

violent fever. _Accès de —_; fit of fever; fit of the ague. _Trembler la

—_; to shake with fever. _Sortir de —_; to recover from a fever. _Donner

la —_; to put in a fever. _Tomber de — en chaud mal_; to fall from the

frying-pan into the fire. _Que la — le serre!_ plague take him! plague on

him! _Avoir la —_; to be feverish.

=fiévreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, feverish; liable to fever; full of fever;

restless.

=fiévreux=, _n.m._, fever-patient. _Salle des —_; fever-ward.

=fiévrotte=, _n.f._, slight fever.

=fifre=, _n.m._, fife; fifer.

=fifrer=, _v.n._, to fife.

=figaro=, _n.m._, barber; go-between, knavish valet.

=figement= (fij-mān), _n.m._, congealing, congealment, coagulation,

curdling.

=figer=, _v.a._, to congeal, to coagulate, to curdle, to curd.

_se_ =figer=, _v.r._, to congeal, to coagulate, to curdle, to curd.

=figue= (fig), _n.f._, (bot.) fig. _Moitié —, moitié raisin_; so so; not

quite the thing; half well, half ill. _Faire la — à_; to despise, to

treat with contumely; to brave, to defy.

=figuerie= (fi-grî), _n.f._, fig-ground.

=figuier= (fi-ghié), _n.m._, fig-tree; (orni.) fig-eater. _— d’Adam_, _—

des banians_; (bot.) banian, banian-tree. _— d’Inde_; opuntia, Indian

fig-tree.

☉=figuline=, _n.f._, pot, vase (of earthenware).

=figurabilité=, _n.f._, figurability.

=figurant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (theat.) figurant (dancer),

supernumerary, super.

=figurati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, figurative, typical.

=figurative=, _n.f._, (Grec. gram.) characteristic.

=figurativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, figuratively.

=figure=, _n.f._, figure, form, shape; countenance, face, appearance,

show; court-card, diagram; representation; symbol, type; (mus.) figured

passage. _Faire —_; to make, to cut, a figure. _À la —_; to one’s face,

in one’s teeth. _Être bien de —_; to be good-looking. _Être mal de —_; to

be ill-looking.

=figuré=, _n.m._, (gram.) figurative sense.

=figuré=, =-e=, _part._, figured; figurative; (mus.) figured; (math.)

figural. _Sens —_; figurative meaning.

=figurément=, _adv._, figuratively.

=figurer=, _v.a._, to figure, to represent, to typify.

_se_ =figurer=, _v.r._, to imagine, to fancy, to picture to one’s self.

_Figurez-vous que_; would you believe that. _Se figure-t-il que...?_ does

he imagine for a moment that...?

=figurer=, _v.n._, to look well, to match, to suit; to make, to cut, a

figure; to flourish, to dance in figures; (theat.) to be a supernumerary.

=figurine=, _n.f._, (paint.) little figure, miniature figure; postage

stamp.

=figuriste=, _n.m._, figurist.

=fil=, _n.m._, thread, wire; yarn; edge; grain; chain, string, series;

crack, flaw (in marble, stone); stream, current (of water). _— de caret_;

rope-yarn. _— retors_; twine. _— à voile_; sail-twine. _— d’emballage_;

pack-thread. _— à plomb_; plumb-line, plumb-rule. _— de la bonne Vierge_;

air-thread, gossamer. _— d’archal_, _— de fer_; iron wire. _— de laiton_;

brass wire. _— d’Ecosse_; cotton. _Le — d’une épée_; the edge of a

sword. _— d’Ariane_; Ariadne’s thread; clew. _Grillage en — métallique_;

wire-work. _À — fin_; fine-grained (of wood). _A gros —_; coarse-grained.

_Aller de — en aiguille_; to go from point to point; minutely. _Aller

contre le —_; to go against the stream; to go against the grain. _Aller

de droit —_; to go straightforwardly. _Avoir du — à retordre_; to have

work cut out for one. _Donner du — à retordre à quelqu’un_; to give no

end of trouble to any one, to annoy any one. _Donner le — à_; to whet,

to sharpen, to put an edge on. _Faire un —_; to spin a yarn. _Mettre_,

_passer_, _au fil de l’épée_; to put to the edge of the sword. _Oter le —

de_; to take the edge off. _Suivre le — de l’eau_ or _du courant_; to go

with the stream. _Ne tenir qu’à un —_; to hang upon a thread. _A toile

ourdie Dieu envoie le —_; make a beginning; God will provide for the

ending. _Finesses cousues de — blanc_; tricks easily found out.

=filage=, _n.m._, spinning; (bot.) cotton-rose; cud-weed.

=filagramme=. _V._ =filigrane=.

=filaire=, _n.f._, (ent.) filaria.

=filament=, _n.m._, filament, thread; fiber.

=filamenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, thready, stringy.

=filandière=, _n.f._, spinster, spinner. _Les sœurs —s_; the fates, the

fatal sisters.

=filandres=, _n.f.pl._, gossamer, air-threads; strings (of leguminous

plants).

=filandreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, stringy, thready.

=filant=, =-e=, _adj._, flowing, ropy; (of stars) shooting.

=filasse=, _n.f._, harl, tow (of flax, hemp).

=filassi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, flax-dresser.

=filateur=, _n.m._, mill-owner; spinner.

=filatrice=, _n.f._, (tech.) silk-winder (pers.).

=filature=, _n.f._, spinning; spinning-mill; rope-walk.

=file=, _n.f._, row, rank, file. _Ranger par —_; to draw up in file.

_Chef de —_; front-rank man. _Par — à droite_, _à gauche_! right _or_

left wheel! _À la —_; one after another.

=filé=, _n.m._, thread (of gold or silver).

=filer=, _v.a._, to spin; to conduct, to carry on; to spin out; (nav.) to

veer. _Machine à —_; spinning-machine. _— sa corde_; to go the way to the

gallows. _— le parfait amour_; to be all love and sentiment.

=filer=, _v.n._, to rope; (milit.) to file; (of cats) to purr; to shoot

(of ships, of stars); to flare (of lights); to cut one’s stick, to take

one’s self off. _Il faut —_; we must be off. _Allons, filez_; come, make

yourself scarce. _Ce sirop file_; this sirup is ropy. _— doux_; to

be all submission, to put up with an insult, to pocket an affront; to

sing small. _Du temps que Berthe filait_; in the good old times. _— à

l’anglaise_; to leave without saying good-bye.

=filerie= (fi-lrî), _n.f._, rope-walk; wire-drawing; wire-mill.

=filet=, _n.m._, string, filament, small thread; fiber; (bot.) fillet;

chine; (arch.) bead (of liquor); dash, drop; streak; gleam; streamlet;

bed-molding; runner (of strawberries); (anat.) frenum, (print.) rule;

string (of the tongue); (man.) bridoon; snaffle-bridle; net; snare; rack

(rail). _— d’or_; fillet of gold. _Un — de vinaigre_; a dash of vinegar.

_Avoir le —_; to be tongue-tied. _Il n’a pas le —_; he has a well-oiled

tongue. _Avoir le — coupé_; to have a glib tongue. _— d’une vis_;

thread of a screw. _Prendre au —_; to catch in a net. _Faiseur de —s_;

net-maker. _Faire tomber dans un —_; to ensnare. _Coup de —_; cast of a

net; haul. _— de voix_; thin voice.

=fileur=, _n.m._, spinner; wire-drawer. _— de cartes_; card-sharper.

=fileuse=, _n.f._, spinner, spinster.

=filial=, =-e=, _adj._, filial.

=filialement= (-al-mān), _adv._, filially.

=filiation=, _n.f._, filiation; (fig.) connection.

=filière=, _n.f._, draw-plate; screw-plate; (carp.) purlin; string,

series; ordeal.

=filiforme=, _adj._, (bot.) filiform; thread-shaped.

=filigrane=, _n.m._, filigrane, filigree-work; filigree; water-mark (in

paper).

=filin=, _n.m._, (nav.) cordage.

=filipendule=, _n.f._, (bot.) dropwort.

*=fille=, _n.f._, girl, female, lass, maiden; daughter; servant-maid;

spinster; offspring. _Petite-—_; grand-daughter. _Arrière-petite-—_;

great grand-daughter. _Belle-—_; daughter-in-law; step-daughter. _—s

d’honneur_; maids of honor. _Vieille —_; old maid. _— de chambre_;

chamber-maid. _— de service_; housemaid. _— de boutique_; shop-girl.

_— de joie_; prostitute. _Rester —_; to be an old maid. _— à marier_;

marriageable daughter.

*=fillette=, _n.f._, lass, young girl.

*=filleul=, _n.m._, godson, godchild.

*=filleule=, _n.f._, goddaughter.

=filoche=, _n.f._, net-work.

=filon=, _n.m._, metallic vein, lode.

=filoselle=, _n.f._, floss-silk.

=filou=, _n.m._, pickpocket, sharper, thief.

=filouter=, _v.a._, to pickpocket, to steal; to cheat, to swindle; to

chisel.

=filouterie= (fi-lout-rî), _n.f._, picking pockets, swindling; cheating,

filching.

=fils= (fiss), _n.m._, son, child, offspring, lad, boy, fellow.

_Petit-—_; grandson. _Arrière-petit-—_; great grandson. _Beau-—_;

son-in-law; step-son. _— de famille_; gentleman’s son; nobleman. _Être

bien — de son père_; to be a chip of the old block. _— de ses œuvres_;

self-made man. _Il est bon —_; he is a good _or_ an easy-going fellow.

=filterie=, _n.f._, twine factory.

=filtrage=, _n.m._, filtering, straining.

=filtrant=, =-e=, _adj._, filtering, straining.

=filtration=, _n.f._, filtration, filtering, straining, percolation.

=filtre=, _n.m._, filter; filtering-machine; philter, love potion. _V._

=philtre=.

=filtrer=, _v.a._, to filter, to strain; to percolate. _Pierre à —_;

filtering-stone.

_se_ =filtrer=, _v.r._, to filter, to be filtered.

=filure=, _n.f._, spinning.

=fin=, _n.f._, end, close, conclusion, termination, issue, expiration,

aim, design, view, object, intention. _Mettre — à_; to put an end to.

_Tirer à sa —_; to be drawing to an end. _Être à sa —_; to be at one’s

last shift. _La — couronne l’œuvre_; all is well that ends well. _Aller_,

_tendre_, _à ses —s_; to pursue one’s point. _— de non-recevoir_; (jur.)

plea to bar; exception. _À ces —s_; for this, for that, end. _Mener à

bonne —_; to bring to an end, to succeed in. _Cheval à toute —_; horse

fitted to ride and drive. _À telle — que de raison_; at any rate, for

such purpose as may be required. _À la —_; at last, at length, in the

end, in the long run. _À la — des —s vous voilà_; at last you have come!

_Qui veut la — veut les moyens_; where there’s a will there’s a way.

_Savoir le fort et le — de son art_; to know every trick of the trade. _—

de siècle_, _adj._, up to date.

=fin=, =-e=, _adj._, fine, thin, refined; acute, ingenious; delicate,

polite; shrewd, cunning, sly; small (of handwriting). _—es herbes_; sweet

_or_ savory herbs. _Diamants —s_; gems, precious stones. _Des traits

—s_; delicate features. _Il a l’oreille —e_; he has a quick ear. _Un —

voilier_; a swift sailer. _Avoir le nez —_; to have a good nose, to be

far-sighted. _C’est un — matois_; he is a knowing fellow. _Le — mot_; the

main point, gist. _Je n’entends pas le — mot de tout cela_; I don’t see

the force of that. _Plus — que lui n’est pas bête_; he who can take him

in is no fool. _Du — fond_; from the very depths of.

=fin=, _n.m._, sharp fellow, keen fellow; gist, main point; (metal.) pure

metal. _Savoir le fort et le — de quelque chose_; to know the long and

the short of anything. _— contre — n’est pas bon à faire doublure_, or,

_—, — et demi_; diamond cut diamond. _Jouer au plus —_; to finesse; to

vie in cunning. _Ecrire en —_; to write small hand.

=final=, =-e=, _adj._, final, last, ultimate.

=finale=, _n.m._, (mus.) finale. _n.f._, (gram.) last syllable.

=finalement= (fi-nal-mān), _adv._, finally, lastly.

=finalité=, _n.f._, finality.

=finance=, _n.f._, cash, ready money; finance, financiers. _pl._,

finances; exchequer, treasury. _Projet de loi de —_; bill of supply.

=financer=, _v.n._, to lay out money; to come down with one’s own money.

=financier=, _n.m._, financier.

=financi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, financial.

=finasser=, _v.n._, to shuffle, to finesse.

=finasserie= (fi-na-srî), _n.f._, finesse, petty trickery; shirking.

=finasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, artful dodger.

=finaud=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, sly, artful, cunning person, sly-boots;

sly, artful.

=finement= (fi-n-mān), _adv._, artfully, slyly, delicately, ingeniously,

shrewdly; archly.

=finesse=, _n.f._, fineness; delicacy; ingenuity; finesse, artifice,

craftiness, slyness, craft, shrewdness. _User de —_; to display cunning.

_Faire — d’une chose_; to make a secret of a thing. _Entendre — à une

chose_; to put a malicious construction _or_ interpretation on a thing.

_Des —s cousues de fil blanc_; artifices easily seen through.

=finet=, =-te=, _adj._, (l.u.) sly, subtle, cunning.

=finette=, _n.f._, thin stuff, tissue, flannelette.

=fini=, =-e=, _part._, finished, ended, complete. _C’est une affaire —e_;

it is a settled matter.

=fini=, _n.m._, finish, high finish; finite, perfection. _Donner le — à_;

to finish off, _or_ to put the finishing touch to. _Le — et l’infini_;

the finite and the infinite.

=finir=, _v.a._, to finish, to complete, to end, to terminate; to finish

off; to put an end to; to complete, to perfect; to cease, to leave off.

=finir=, _v.n._, to finish; to terminate, to conclude; to be at an end,

to be over; to expire. _En — avec_; to put an end to. _Il ne finira

jamais_; he will never stop. _À n’en plus —_; without end, endless. _Cela

n’en finit pas —_; there’s no end to it. _As-tu fini!_ (pop.) have you

done! _Finissez donc!_ do be quiet! _Voulez-vous finir?_ will you be

quiet?

=finissage=, _n.m._, finishing off.

=finisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, finisher.

=finnois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Finn; Finnish.

=fiole=, _n.f._, vial.

=fion=, _n.m._, (pop.) finishing touch, knack; fugue.

=fioritures=, _n.f.pl._, (mus.) grace-notes.

=firmament=, _n.m._, firmament.

=firman=, _n.m._, firman.

=fisc=, _n.m._, public treasury, fisc.

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

=fiscalité=, _n.f._, (b.s.) fiscal laws, matters.

=fissipare=, _adj._, (zoöl., bot.) fissiparous.

=fissipède=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fissiped.

=fissirostre=, _adj._, (orni.) fissirostral.

=fissirostres=, _n.m.pl._, (orni.) fissirostres.

=fissure=, _n.f._, fissure, cleft; crack, rent.

_se_ =fissurer=, _v.r._, to become fissured.

=fiston=, _n.m._, (fam.) boy, lad, young one.

=fistulaire=, _adj._, fistular, fistuliform.

=fistule=, _n.f._, fistula.

=fistuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fistulous; fistular.

=fixation=, _n.f._, fixation; appointing, fixing, rating, assessment.

=fixe=, _n.m._, fixed, firm, steady, fast, set; appointed, regular;

settled weather. _Traitement —_; regular salary. _Les —s_; (astron.)

fixed stars; (chem.) fixed bodies.

=fixe=, _adj._, fixed, settled, steady, certain, stationary, regular.

_Prix —_; set price. (milit.) _—!_ eyes front! steady!

=fixé=, _n.m._, oil-painting protected by glass.

=fixement=, _adv._, fixedly, wistfully, hard; steadily; in the face.

=fixer=, _v.a._, to fix, to fasten, to stick; to settle; to determine, to

appoint; to attract, to gaze on; to stare at. _— un jour_; to appoint a

day. _— les regards de quelqu’un_; attract any one’s attention. _Je suis

fixé sur son compte_; I have got his measure; I know all about him.

_se_ =fixer=, _v.r._, to fix, to be fixed, to settle down, to be settled,

to elect domicile; to live. _Se — à quelque chose_; to settle upon

anything.

=fixité=, _n.f._, fixity, fixedness, stability.

=fla=, _n.m._, double beat of the drum.

=flabelliforme=, _adj._, (bot.) fan-shaped.

=flac=, _int._, slap, bang.

=flaccidité=, _n.f._, flabbiness, flaccidity.

=flache=, _n.f._, hole in the pavement; plash, puddle, pool; (carp.) flaw.

=flacon=, _n.m._, flagon; flask; vial; smelling bottle.

=flafla=, _n.m._, claptrap, show, dash.

=flagellant=, _n.m._, flagellant.

=flagellation=, _n.f._, flagellation, scourging, lashing, whipping,

flogging.

=flageller= (fla-jèl-lé), _v.a._, to flagellate, to scourge, to lash, to

flog, to whip.

=flagelliforme=, _adj._, whip-shaped.

=flageoler=, _v.n._, to tremble, to shake.

=flageolet= (fla-jo-lè), _n.m._, flageolet; spindle-leg; dwarf

kidney-bean.

=flagorner=, _v.a._, to flatter servilely; to fawn upon, to toady to.

=flagornerie=, _n.f._, sycophancy, base flattery.

=flagorneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, sycophant, toady.

=flagrant=, =-e=, _adj._, flagrant, gross. _En — délit_; in the very act.

=flair=, _n.m._, (hunt.) scent. _Il a le —_; he knows how to find out

things.

=flairer=, _v.a._, to smell, to scent, to detect; to find out. _— quelque

chose_; to smell a rat.

=flaireur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) smeller. _— de cuisine_; sponger; smell-feast.

=flamand=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Fleming; Flemish.

=flamant=, _n.m._, (orni.) flamingo.

=flambant=, =-e=, _adj._, blazing, flaming; flash; (her.) flaming. _—

neuf_; brand-new.

=flambard=, =-e=, _adj._, (pop.) bright, flashy.

=flambard=, _n.m._, sword with a waving blade; (nav.) fishing smack.

=flambe=, _n.f._, (bot.) common iris.

=flambé=, =-e=, _adj._, singed; ruined, done for. _Il est —_; he is done

for. _Mon argent est —_; my money is lost.

=flambeau=, _n.m._, link, taper, torch; candle-stick; light, luminary.

_Porte-—_; (_—-—x_) link-boy. _Les —x de la nuit_; the stars. _À la

lumière des —x_; by torch-light.

=flamber=, _v.a._, to singe, to fumigate; to inflame; to fire. _— une

volaille_; to singe a fowl.

=flamber=, _v.n._, to blaze, to flame, to flare.

=flamberge=, _n.f._, (jest.) sword. _Mettre — au vent_; to draw one’s

sword. _— au vent_; with drawn sword.

=flambergeant=, _n.m._, curlew.

=flamboiement=, _n.m._, flaming, blazing; flare.

=flamboyant=, =-e=, _adj._, flaming, blazing; gleaming, glistening;

(her.) flamboyant.

=flamboyer=, _v.n._, to flame, to blaze, to flare; to flash.

=flamine=, _n.m._, (antiq.) flamen.

=flamme=, _n.f._, flame, blaze, fire, glow, luster; ardor; passion;

(nav.) pendant; (vet.) fleam. _Ce feu ne fait point de —_; that fire does

not blaze. _Jeter de la —_; to flame. _Jeter feu et —_; to fret and fume.

=flammèche=, _n.f._, flake of fire; spark.

=flammerole=, _n.f._, fire-drake; will o’ the wisp.

=flammette=, _n.f._, (vet.) fleam; little flame.

=flan=, _n.m._, custard; a blank coin.

=flanc= (flan), _n.m._, flank, side; entrails; womb, bosom; (nav.)

breast. _Se battre les —s_; to exert one’s self (to no purpose). _Par le

— droit_; (milit.) to the right about. _Prêter le — à_; to lay one’s self

open to. _Être sur le —_; (pop.) to be laid up; to be on one’s back.

=flanchet=, _n.m._, flank of beef _or_ of cod.

=flanconade=, _n.f._, (fenc.) flanconade.

=flandrin=, _n.m._, tall lanky fellow.

=flanelle=, _n.f._, flannel.

=flâner=, _v.a._, to lounge, to saunter, to stroll, to loaf.

=flânerie= (flâ-n-rî), _n.f._, lounging; lounge; stroll; sauntering;

loafing.

=flâneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lounger, stroller, saunterer; loafer.

=flanquant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fort.) flanking.

=flanquement= (flank-mān), _n.m._, (fort.) flanking.

=flanquer=, _v.a._, (arch., fort.) to flank; to defend, to secure, to

guard; to deal (a blow); to strike; to throw; to toss, to fling, to

pitch. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to box any one’s ears. _— à la

porte_; to bundle out. _Je lui ai flanqué une pile_; (triv.) I gave him a

sound licking.

_se_ =flanquer=, _v.r._, to throw one’s self down _or_ in; to fall down;

to poke, to intrude; to give one’s self _or_ each other.

=flaque=, _n.f._, small pool, puddle.

=flaquée=, _n.f._, dash (of water); dab.

=flaquer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to dash (water, etc.).

=flasque=, _adj._, lank, slack, limp, feeble, weak, flabby.

=flasque=, _n.m._, cheek (of gun-carriages).

=flasque=, _n.f._, flask, powder-flask.

=flatir=, _v.a._, (coin.) to flatten.

=flatoir=, _n.m._, (coin.) flattening-hammer.

=flâtrer=, _v.a._, to fire; to cauterize (dogs, etc.).

=flatter=, _v.a._, to flatter, to tickle; to gloss over; to cajole; to

deceive, to delude; to caress, to endear, to make much of, to stroke, to

coax, to fawn; to smooth; to touch gently; to run one’s fingers over.

_Elle aime à s’entendre —_; she likes to be flattered. _Un portrait

flatté_; a flattering likeness. _La musique flatte l’oreille_; music

soothes the ear. _Le chien flatte son maître_; the dog fawns upon his

master.

_se_ =flatter=, _v.r._, to flatter one’s self, to deceive, to delude

one’s self; to hope, to trust, to expect.

=flatterie= (fla-trî), _n.f._, flattery, adulation.

=flatteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, flattering, complimentary; fawning;

gratifying, pleasing; eulogistic.

=flatteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, flatterer.

=flatteusement= (-teuz-mān), _adv._, flatteringly.

=flatueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, flatulent, windy.

=flatulence=, _n.f._, flatulence, wind.

=flatulent=, =-e=, _adj._, flatulent, windy.

=flatuosité=, _n.f._, flatulency.

=fléau=, _n.m._, (agri.) flail; scourge, plague; beam (of a balance);

iron bar (to fasten folding gates).

=flèche=, _n.f._, arrow, dart, shaft; (astron.) sagitta; spire;

(tric-trac) point; tandem (of driving); (nav.) pole; perch (of

carriages); (fort.) bonnet; (arch.) rise. _Tirer une —_; to let fly an

arrow. _Faire — de tout bois_; to leave no stone unturned. _Il ne sait

plus de quel bois faire —_; he does not know which way to turn, he is at

his wit’s end. _— de lard_; flitch of bacon.

=fléchier=, _n.m._, arrow-maker.

=fléchière=, _n.f._, (bot.) arrow-head.

=fléchir=, _v.a._, to bend, to bow; to move, to melt; to persuade, to

touch, to soften. _Se laisser —_; to relent, to give in, to consent.

=fléchir=, _v.n._, to bend, to bow, to yield, to give way, to stagger, to

waver.

=fléchissable=, _adj._, flexible, pliant.

=fléchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, bending, giving way.

=fléchisseur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (anat.) flexor.

=flegmasie=, _n.f._ _V._ =phlegmasie=.

=flegmatique= _or_ =phlegmatique=, _adj._, (med.) phlegmatic, cold, dull,

sluggish, phlegmatic (of the mind). _n._, cold, dull, phlegmatic person.

=flegme= _or_ =phlegme=, _n.m._, phlegm, coldness.

=flegmon=, _n.m._ _V._ =phlegmon=.

=flegmoneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ _V._ =phlegmoneux=.

=flétan=, =flételet=, _or_ =flétau=, _n.m._, (ich.) halibut.

=flétrir=, _v.a._, to wither, to dry up, to cause to fade, to blight,

to blast; to tarnish, to blemish, to brand, to disgrace, to stain, to

dishonor, to stigmatize.

_se_ =flétrir=, _v.r._, to fade, to wither, to tarnish; to dishonor one’s

self; to be branded, to be stigmatized.

=flétrissant=, =-e=, _adj._, dishonoring, blighting.

=flétrissure=, _n.f._, fading, decaying, withering; blemish, blot, brand,

discredit, disgrace; stigma.

=flette=, _n.f._, flat-bottomed boat.

=fleur=, _n.f._, flower, bloom, blossom; choice, best, pick; flourish;

(pharm.) flour. _— de farine_; best flour, whites. _—s d’arbre_; blossoms

of a tree. _Être dans la — de son âge_; to be in the prime of life.

_Être dans toute sa —_; to be in its prime (of a thing). _Avoir la —

d’une chose_; to have the best of a thing. _Semer de —s_; to strew with

flowers. _—s blanches_; whites, fluor-albus. _À — de_; even with, level

with. _À — de terre_; even with the ground. _Fine —_; pick, flower. _À

—s_; flowery, flowered. _Yeux à — de tête_; goggle _or_ prominent eyes.

_Entrer en —_; to flower, bloom. _À — d’eau_; between wind and water.

=fleurage=, _n.m._, pollard.

=fleuraison= _or_ =floraison=, _n.f._, efflorescence, blowing-time,

flowering season.

=fleur de lis=, _n.f._, fleur-de-lis.

=fleurdelisé=, =-e=, _part._, marked with a fleur-de-lis.

=fleurdeliser=, _v.a._, to mark with a fleur-de-lis.

=fleuré=, _adj._, (her.) flowery, flowered.

=fleurer=, _v.n._, to smell, to exhale. _Cela fleure bon_; that smells

nice. (pop.) _for_ =flairer=, _or_ =sentir=.

=fleuret=, _n.m._, silk ferret; (fenc.) foil.

=fleureter=. _V._ =flirter=.

=fleurette=, _n.f._, little flower, floweret; amorous discourse, gallant

speech. _Conter —_; to talk sweet nonsense, to make love to.

=fleuri=, =-e=, _part._, flowery, florid, agreeable. _Teint —_; florid

complexion. _Ecrire d’une manière —e_; to write in a florid style.

=fleurir=, _v.n._, to flower, to blow; to bloom, to blossom; to thrive,

to be in repute, to flourish, to prosper. _Cet arbre fleurissait tous

les ans deux fois_; this tree blossomed twice every year. _Cet auteur

florissait sous le règne de_; that author flourished under the reign

of. _Les arts et les sciences florissaient alors_; arts and sciences

flourished then.

=fleurir=, _v.a._, to ornament with flowers.

_se_ =fleurir=, _v.r._, to adorn one’s self with flowers.

=fleurissant=, =-e=, _adj._, blossoming, blooming.

=fleuriste=, _n.m.f._, florist, floriculturist; artificial-flower-maker;

(in compound words) flower. _Jardinier —_; flower-gardener, nursery-man.

_Jardin —_; flower-garden.

=fleuron=, _n.m._, flower-work (paint., etc.); jewel, ornament; (print.)

tail-piece. _C’est le plus beau — de sa couronne_; it is the brightest

jewel in his crown.

=fleuronné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) having florets; (paleography)

ornamented. (her.) _V._ =fleuré=.

=fleuve=, _n.m._, river (which falls into the sea), stream; (myth.,

paint., sculpt.) river-god. _Le bord d’un —_; the bank of a river.

_L’embouchure d’un —_; the mouth of a river.

=flexibilité=, _n.f._, flexibility, flexibleness, pliancy, suppleness.

=flexible=, _adj._, flexible, pliable, pliant, supple.

=flexion=, _n.f._, flexion, bending.

=flexueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) flexuous.

=flexuosité=, _n.f._, (bot.) flexuosity.

=flibot=, _n.m._, (nav.) fly-boat.

=flibustier= (-tié), _n.m._, buccaneer, freebooter.

=flic-flac=, _n.m._, crack of the whip; flick-flack.

=flint-glass=, _n.m._, flint-glass.

=flirter=, _v.n._, to flirt.

=floc=, _n.m._, flock; tuft, tassel.

=floche=, _n.f._, rag; flock. _adj._, shaggy. _Soie —_; floss-silk.

=flocon=, _n.m._, flake; flock, tuft. _Un — de laine_; a flock of wool.

_Il tombait de la neige à gros —s_; snow fell in great flakes.

=floconneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, flaky.

=flonflon=, _n.m._, tol-de-rol (chorus).

=floraison=, _n.f._ _V._ =flouraison=.

=floral=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) floral. _Jeux floraux_; floral games.

=flore=, _n.f._, (bot.) anthology, flora; (myth.) Flora.

=floréal=, _n.m._, Floreal (the eighth month of the calendar of the first

French republic, from April 20th to May 19th).

=florence=, _n.m._, sarcenet.

=florencé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) flowery.

=florentin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Florentine.

=florentine=, _n.f._, florentine.

=florès= (-rès), _adv._, figure, dash. _Faire —_; to make a show, to cut

a dash.

=florifère=, _adj._, (bot.) floriferous.

=florin=, _n.m._, florin.

=florissant=, =-e=, _adj._, prosperous, flourishing.

=floriste=, _n.m._, florist.

=flosculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) floscular, flosculous.

=floss=, _n.m._, (metal.) floss.

=flot=, _n.m._, wave, billow, flood, surge; tide, flood-tide; crowd (of

persons); stream, torrent. _Les —s de la mer_; the waves of the sea. _Le

bruit des —s_; the roaring of the waves. _Mettre un vaisseau à —_; to set

a ship afloat. _Être à —_; to be afloat. _À —s_; in streams, in torrents;

in crowds. _Demi —_; half-flood, half-tide. _— et jusant_; flood and ebb.

=flottable=, _adj._, navigable (for rafts).

=flottage=, _n.m._, floating of wood, rafting.

=flottaison=, _n.f._, flotation (nav.). _Ligne de —_; load water-line

_or_ mark.

=flottant=, _n.m._, (of hydraulic wheels) float.

=flottant=, =-e=, _adj._, floating, flowing; irresolute, wavering,

fluctuating.

=flotte=, _n.f._, fleet; navy, shipping, cable-buoy; (fishing) float.

=flotté=, =-e=, _part._, floated. _Bois —_; float-wood.

=flottement= (flot-mān), _n.m._, floating; wavering, irresolution;

(milit.) undulation.

=flotter=, _v.n._, to float, to waft; to be irresolute, to fluctuate, to

waver. _Faire — du bois_; to float wood. _v.a._, (nav.) to ease off, to

slacken (cable).

=flotteron=, _n.m._, small float.

=flotteur=, _n.m._, raftsman; (nav.) cable-buoy; water-gauge.

*=flottille=, _n.f._, flotilla.

=flou=, _n.m._, (paint.) softness; delicacy of touch.

=flou=, _adj._, (paint.) light and soft.

=flou=, _adv._, (paint.) lightly.

=flouer=, _v.a._, to cheat; to diddle out of.

=flouerie= (floû-rî), _n.f._, cheating, swindling.

=floueur=, _n.m._, sharper, cheat, gull-catcher.

=flou-flou=, _n.m._, (_—_) rustling, rustle of silk.

=fluant=, =-e=, _adj._, liquid, flowing, flimsy, unresisting, transient;

badly sized (of paper).

=fluate=, _n.m._, (chem.) fluate, fluoride.

=fluaté=, =-e=, _adj._, fluoride of. _Chaux —e_; fluoride of lime.

=fluctuant=, _adj._, fluctuating.

=fluctuation=, _n.f._, fluctuation.

=fluctueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fluctuating, agitated, boisterous.

=fluer=, _v.n._, to flow, to run.

=fluet=, =-te=, _adj._, thin, spare, lean, slender, lank.

=flueurs=, _n.f.pl._, (med.) fluor-albus, whites.

=fluide=, _adj._, liquid, flowing, fluid.

=fluide=, _n.m._, fluid.

=fluidité=, _n.f._, fluidity, fluidness.

=fluor=, _n.m._, (chem.) fluorine; (min.) fluor; fluor-spar. _Spath —_;

fluor, fluor-spar.

=fluorine=, _n.f._, (chem.) fluorine; (min.) fluoride.

=flûte=, _n.f._, (nav.) flute; (mus.) flute; French roll, tall glass

(for champagne). _Jouer de la —_; to play the flute. _— allemande_,

_traversière_; German flute. _Petite —_; piccolo. _Ce qui vient de la —

s’en retourne au tambour_; lightly come, lightly go. _Ajuster ses —s_; to

tune one’s pipes; to prepare one’s measures. _Accordez vos —s_; settle it

between you.

=flûté=, =-e=, _adj._, soft, fluted, fluty; piping; squeaky.

=flûteau=, _n.m._, child’s whistle; (bot.) water-plantain.

=flûter=, _v.n._, to flute, to pipe; to drink hard; to tipple.

=flûteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (b.s.) player on the flute, piper,

(fam.) toper, tippler.

=flûtiste=, _n.m._, flutist, flute-player.

=fluvial=, =-e=, _adj._, fluvial.

=fluviatile=, _adj._, fluviatile, fluviatic.

=flux= (flu), _n.m._, flux, flow, influx, flood; stream, rising; (at

cards) flush. _— de sang_; bloody flux. _— de ventre_; dysentery.

=fluxion=, _n.f._, inflammation; swelling. _pl._, (math.) fluxions. _Une

— de poitrine_; inflammation of the lungs.

=fluxionnaire=, _adj._, (l.u.) subject to inflammation.

=foarre=, =foerre=, =fouarre=, _n.m._, straw (of oats).

=foc=, _n.m._, (nav.) jib, stay-sail. _Grand —_; standing-jib. _Petit —_;

fore stay-sail. _Bâton de —_; jib-boom.

=focal=, _adj._, focal.

=foène=, _n.f._, eel-spear.

=fœtus= (fé-tus), _n.m._, fœtus.

=foi=, _n.f._, faith, belief; fidelity, honor; trust; credit, evidence;

proof, testimony; (milit.) parole; fealty. _N’avoir ni — ni loi_; to

regard neither law nor gospel, _or_ to be utterly reckless, unprincipled.

_Ma —!_ really! faith! to be sure! I declare! _Fausser sa —_; to break

one’s faith. _— de gentilhomme_; as I am a gentleman, on the word _or_

honor of a gentleman. _Garder sa —_; to keep one’s faith. _Manquer à sa

—_; to break one’s faith. _Bonne —_; good faith, honesty, plain-dealing.

_Mauvaise —_; dishonesty, unfairness, false play. _Profession de —_;

creed, belief. _Un homme de bonne —_; an honest man. _Ajouter — à quelque

chose_; to give credit to anything. _Avez-vous — à ces contes-là?_ do you

believe such stories? _En — de quoi_; in testimony whereof. _De bonne —_;

sincerely, honestly, uprightly, in earnest. _Agir de bonne —_; to act

fairly. _Faire — de_; to testify, to prove, to be evidence of.

=foible=. _V._ =faible=.

=foie=, _n.m._, liver. _Maladie de —_; liver-complaint. _Pâté de — gras_;

goose liver pie.

=foin=, _n.m._, hay, grass. _Meule de —_; hay-stack _or_ rick; (of

artichokes) choke. _Grenier à —_; hayloft. _Faire les —s_; to make hay.

_Mettre du — dans ses bottes_; to feather one’s nest. _Avoir du — dans

ses bottes_; to be well off.

=foire=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) diarrhœa; fair (market); fairing. _La — n’est

pas sur le pont_; there is no occasion to be in such a hurry. _Ils

s’entendent comme larrons en —_; they are hand and glove together.

=foirer=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to have diarrhœa; (fig.) to show the white

feather.

=foireu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.ex.) lax, relaxed. _n._, one who has

diarrhœa. _Avoir la mine —se_; to look pale, sick.

=fois=, _n.f._, time, occasion (repetition). _Une — par an_; once a year.

_Deux — par semaine_; twice a week. _Plusieurs —_; several times. _De —

à autre_; from time to time. _Une autre —_; another time. _Une — pour

toutes_; once for all. _Une — autant_; as much again. _À la —_, _tout à

la —_; all together, all at once. _Autant de — que_, _toutes les — que_;

as often as. _Une — n’est pas coutume_; once does not constitute a habit.

_À plusieurs —_; repeatedly. _Y regarder à deux —_; to look twice (before

doing anything). _N’en pas faire à deux —_; not to hesitate a moment.

_Trois — trois_; three times three.

=foison=, _n.f._, plenty, abundance. _À —_; plentifully, abundantly; in

crowds.

=foisonner=, _v.n._, to abound; to increase; to swarm (of animals).

=fol=, =-le=, _adj._ _V._ =fou=.

=folâtre=, _adj._, sportive, frolicsome, playful; wanton.

=folâtrer=, _v.n._, to play, to sport, to toy, to romp, to frolic. _En

folâtrant_; sportively, wantonly.

=folâtrerie=, _n.f._, frolic, prank, gambol, toying, wanton trick.

=foliacé=, =-e=, _adj._, foliaceous.

=foliaire=, _adj._, of leaf, of leaves.

=foliation=, _n.f._, (arch.) feathering; (bot.) foliation.

=folichon=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, wag, frolicsome person; gamesome,

wanton, sportive, fresh, frolicsome. _Un petit —_; a little wag.

=folie=, _n.f._, madness, folly, distraction, lunacy, frenzy; piece of

folly, foolery, foolishness, mania, hobby; country-seat. _Un accès de —_;

a fit of madness. _Faire des —s_; to squander money; to carry on. _Qui

fait la — la boit_; as you brew, so you must drink. _Aimer à la —_; to

love to distraction. _À la —_; madly, passionately.

=folié=, =-e=, _adj._, foliated.

=folio=, _n.m._, folio. _Un in-—_; (_—_) a folio book. _— recto_; first

page. _— verso_; second page.

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

=follement= (fol-mān), _adv._, madly, foolishly, dotingly, extravagantly,

distractedly.

=follet=, =-te=, _adj._, wanton, playful, frolicsome, waggish; downy

(of hair). _Poil —_; down. _Feu —_; ignis fatuus, will-o’-the-wisp,

jack-a-lantern. _Esprit —_; sprite, goblin, hobgoblin.

=follet=, _n.m._, goblin, sprite, elf.

=folliculaire=, _n.m._, (b.s.) pamphleteer.

=follicule=, _n.m._, follicle.

=follicule=, _n.f._, (pharm.) pod (of senna).

=fomentation=, _n.f._, fomentation.

=fomenter=, _v.a._, to foment, to feed. _— des troubles_; to excite

troubles. _— une querelle_; to stir up a quarrel.

=foncé=, =-e=, _adj._, dark, deep (of color); bottomed (of chairs _or_

casks); (meta.) moneyed; well versed in.

=foncement= (fons-mān), _n.m._, sinking (of wells).

=foncer=, _v.a._, to bottom (a cask); to sink (wells); to deepen (of

colors). _v.n._, to dash, to rush upon; to supply funds. _Foncez!_ charge

down! _Se —_, _v.r._, (of color) to deepen; (pop.) to be getting tipsy.

=foncet=, _n.m._, barge-boat.

=fonceur=, _n.m._, sinker (of wells).

=fonci-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, landed; ☉deep-seated, thorough. _Contribution

—ère_; land-tax. _Propriétaire —_; land owner. _Rente —ère_; ground rent.

=foncièrement= (-sièr-mān), _adv._, thoroughly, completely; at the

bottom; in the main.

=fonction=, _n.f._, functions, office. _pl._, functions, duty, office;

working, action. _Entrer en —_; to enter upon one’s duties _or_ upon

office. _Faire ses —s_; to perform one’s duties. _Sortir de —_; to retire

from office. _En —_; acting, at work.

=fonctionnaire=, _n.m._, functionary; officer, office-holder, official.

=fonctionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, functional.

=fonctionnement=, _n.m._, acting, operating, working, action.

=fonctionner=, _v.n._, to work, to act, to operate.

=fond=, _n.m._, bottom, end, lower end, ground; groundwork; foundation;

depth; center, heart, further end, most remote part, main point; basis;

essential part, essence, gist; (paint.) background. _pl._, (print.) inner

margin; (thea.) back-scene; (mining) underground; recess; (nav.) flooring

(of a cap, crown, caul). _Sans —_; bottomless. _Tomber au —_; to fall to

the bottom. _Le — d’un carrosse_; the back of a coach. _— de lit_; wooden

bottom of a bed. _Dans le —_; at bottom, in reality. _Le — d’un bois_;

the heart of a forest. _Il faut venir au —_; we must get to the bottom.

_Voir le — du sac_; to search, probe, a thing to the bottom. _Velours à —

d’or_; velvet with a gold ground. _Des arbres occupent le — du tableau_;

trees occupy the background of the picture. _Le — d’un miroir_; the back

of a looking-glass. _Bas-—_, (_—-—s_) deep water. _Haut-—_, (_—-—s_)

shallow water. _Perdre —_; to get out of one’s depth. _Prendre —_; to

touch bottom. _Donner —_; (nav.) to cast anchor. _Couler à —_; (nav.)

to sink, to run down. _À — de cale_; in the bottom of the hold. _À —_;

thoroughly, fully, to the bottom, perfectly. _Fin —_; lowest depth, very

depths of, innermost recesses; farthest end, extremity, ends of. _Il

possède cette science à —_; he is a thorough master of that science. _Au

—_; in the main, at bottom. _De — en comble_; wholly, from top to bottom,

irretrievably. _Il est ruiné de — en comble_; he is utterly ruined.

_Faire — sur_; (fig.) to rely, to depend on.

=fondage=, _n.m._, casting, smelting, melting.

=fondamental=, =-e=, _adj._, fundamental, essential, radical.

=fondamentalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, fundamentally, essentially,

radically.

=fondant=, =-e=, _adj._, melting, dissolving. _Tableau —_; dissolving

view. _Poire —e_; melting, over-ripe pear.

=fondant=, _n.m._, flux (melting); sweetmeat.

=fondat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, founder, foundress.

=fondation=, _n.f._, foundation; groundwork; basis, bed; bottoming (of

roads); endowment, establishment. _La — d’une colonie_; the establishment

of a colony.

=fondé=, _n.m._, proxy. _— de pouvoirs_, _de procuration_; private

attorney; agent acting under power of attorney, legal representative.

=fondé=, =-e=, _adj._, founded, well-founded; authentic, strong; (fin.)

consolidated. _Être — à_; to have a right to, to have authority to, to be

justified in. _Être — en droit_; to have a just cause.

=fondement= (fond-mān), _n.m._, foundation; groundwork; basis; ground,

cause. _Jeter les —s de la paix_; to lay the foundations of peace. _Ce

bruit est sans —_; that report is without foundation. _Dénué de —_;

groundless.

=fonder=, _v.a._, to lay the foundation, to build, to erect, to found;

to ground, to base, to rest; to establish; to justify; to endow. _— un

empire_; to lay the foundation of an empire.

_se_ =fonder=, _v.r._, to rely, to rest upon, to be grounded, to be

founded. _Se — sur l’analogie_; to be founded upon analogy.

=fonderie= (fon-drî), _n.f._, foundry, foundery, founding; melting-house,

smelting-house. _— de caractères_; letter-foundry, type-foundry.

=fondeur=, _n.m._, founder, melter; smelter (of ore). _— en caractères_;

letter-founder, type-founder.

=fondis=, _n.m._, giving way, sinking, settling.

=fondoir=, _n.m._, melting-house.

=fondre=, _v.a._, to melt, to dissolve, to cast; (paint.) to soften; to

blend. _— une cloche_; to cast a bell.

_se_ =fondre=, _v.r._, to melt; to dissolve; to blend, to coalesce; to be

cast; to be merged, to be fused; to diminish, to disappear suddenly, to

melt away.

=fondre=, _v.n._, to melt down; to melt away; to dissolve; to burst (into

tears); to dart, to pounce upon; to make a stoop (of birds); to fall

away, to vanish. _Il fondit sur lui_; he pounced upon him. _— en larmes_;

to burst into tears.

=fondrière=, _n.f._, bog, quagmire, slough, gully.

*=fondrilles=, _n.f.pl._, grounds, sediment, dregs. _V._ =effondrilles=.

=fonds= (fōn), _n.m._, land, soil, ground; landed property; funds, stock,

capital, principal, cash, ready money; stock in trade, business; subject,

matter. _pl._, funds, stocks. _Article de —_; leading article. _Biens-—_;

landed property. _Acheter des —_; to put money in the funds. _Mettre de

l’argent à — perdus_; to sink money (in an annuity). _Spéculer sur les

— publics_; to speculate in the public funds. _Céder son —_; to give

up one’s business. _Être en —_; to be in cash. _Faire rentrer des —_;

to get in money. _Ce marchand a vendu son —_; that tradesman has sold

his business. _Un — inépuisable de science_; an inexhaustible mine of

knowledge. _— secrets_; service-fund, service-money. _— d’amortissement_;

sinking fund.

=fondue=, _n.f._, (cook.) dish made of cheese and eggs.

=fonger=, _v.n._, to blot (of paper).

=fongible=, _adj._, (jur.) fungible.

=fongosité=, _n.f._, (med.) fungus.

=fongueu-x=, =-se= (-gheû, -z), _adj._, (med.) fungous, proud.

=fongus= (-gus), _n.m._, (med.) fungus.

=fontaine=, _n.f._, fountain; spring; cistern; tap, cock, plug; (for tea)

urn. _De l’eau de —_; spring water. _Il a été à la — de Jouvence_; he has

renewed his youth. _Il ne faut jamais dire: “—, je ne boirai pas de ton

eau”_; we must never say, “I shall never need that,” _or_ “such a thing

will never happen.”

=fontainier=. _V._ =fontenier=.

=fontanelle=, _n.f._, (anat.) fontanel.

☉=fontange=, _n.f._, topknot (ribbon).

=fonte=, _n.f._, melting, casting, cast; cast-iron; brass; smelting;

(print.) font, fount; holster (of saddles). _Fer de —_ or _— de fer_;

cast-iron. _Jeter en —_; to cast. _Métal de —_; gun-metal; brass.

=fontenier=, _n.m._, fountain-maker; turncock.

=fonticule=, _n.m._, (surg.) issue.

=fonts= (fōn), _n.m.pl._, font. _Tenir quelqu’un sur les —_; to stand

godfather, godmother, to any one.

=for=, _n.m._, (l.u.) tribunal, conscience. _— extérieur_; temporal

jurisdiction of the church. _— intérieur_; spiritual jurisdiction; inner

conscience.

=forage=, _n.m._, boring; drilling; wine dues.

=forain=, =-e=, _adj._, foreign, alien, outlandish, traveling, itinerant.

_Marchand —_; hawker, peddler. _Rade —e_; (nav.) open roadstead.

_Spectacle —_; traveling show. _Marchand —_; pork-salesman. _Chemin —_;

carriage road. _Propriétaire —_; absentee landlord.

=foraminé=, _adj._, foraminous.

=forban=, _n.m._, pirate, sea-robber, corsair.

=forçage=, _n.m._, (coin.) overweight.

=forçat=, _n.m._, galley-slave, convict.

=force=, _n.f._, strength, might, force; forcibleness, power, authority;

violence, constraint, necessity; command, vigor, energy, efficacy;

fortitude, resolution; skill, cleverness, proficiency; (nav.) press (of

sail). _pl._, troops, forces. _Les —s lui manquent_; his strength is

failing him. _Frapper de toute sa —_; to strike with all one’s might.

_Être à bout de —s_; to be done up. _Mettre des —s sur pied_; to raise

forces. _Assembler ses —s_; to muster one’s forces. _Les —s de terre_;

land forces. _La — de la vérité_; the power of truth. _Céder à la —

majeure_; to yield to superior force. _Dans toute la — du terme_; in

every sense of the word. _De gré ou de —_; whether you like it or no.

_— est restée à la loi_; order was restored. _User de —_, _employer

la —_; to use forcible means. _Faire — de voiles_; to crowd all sail.

_Faire — de rames_; to row with all one’s might. _Maison de —_; house

of correction, bridewell. _Il n’a ni — ni vertu_; he has neither valor

nor virtue. _À — de_; by dint of. _De —_; a match for. _De — à_; strong

enough to; equal to. _À — de bras_; by strength of arm. _À — d’argent_;

with large sums of money. _De —_, _par —_; forcibly, by force, by

forcible means. _À toute —_; absolutely, by all means, at all hazards.

_Travailler à —_; to work hard. _— me fut de_; I was compelled to.

=force=, _adv._, much, a great quantity of, a great deal of; many, a

great many, any number of. _Je leur fis — compliments_; I paid them any

number of compliments. _— gens_; any number of people.

=forcé=, =-e=, _part._, forced, unnatural, strained, far-fetched; (man.)

overreached; compulsory, unavoidable. _C’est —_; it is inevitable; it

must happen. _Vent —_; (nav.) violent, boisterous wind.

=forcément=, _adv._, forcibly, by force, compulsorily; necessarily;

inevitably.

=forcement=, _n.m._, forcing, compelling, compulsion; rape. _— de

recette_; compulsion to refund.

=forcené=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, madman, mad-woman; furious, frantic,

mad, passionate, infuriated; enraged.

=forceps= (-séps), _n.m._, (surg.) forceps.

=forcer=, _v.a._, to force, to compel, to constrain; to impel; to break

open, to wrench, to wrest, to bend, to break through; to run down

(hunt.). _— une porte_; to break open a door. _— une clef_; to force

a key. _— un cheval_; to override _or_ overdo a horse. _— la nature_;

to force or outrage nature. _— sa voix_; to strain one’s voice. _— les

voiles_; to crowd all sail. _— les rames_; to ply the oars. _— le pas_;

to quicken one’s pace.

_se_ =forcer=, _v.r._, to strain, to strain one’s self; to do violence to

one’s feelings.

=forcerie=, _n.f._, forcing house.

=forces=, _n.f.pl._, shears.

=forcet=, _n.m._, whip-cord.

=forclore=, _v.a._, (jur.) to foreclose, to estop.

=forclusion=, _n.f._, (jur.) foreclosure, foreclosing, estoppel.

=foré=, =-e=, _part._, bored, drilled; piped (of keys).

=forer=, _v.a._, to bore, to drill, to perforate, to pierce.

=forestier=, _n.m._, ranger, keeper, forester.

=foresti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, forest, pertaining to forests. _Enlever

au régime des lois —ères_; to disafforest. _Garde —_; forest-ranger,

forester.

=forêt=, _n.f._, forest, forest-land, woodland; roof-timber; den of

thieves, shock (of hair). _Conversion en —_; afforestation. _Convertir

en —_; to afforest. _Déclarer ne plus être —_; to disafforest. _Une — de

cheveux_; a great shock of hair.

=foret=, _n.m._, gimlet, borer, drill.

=forfaire=, _v.n._, to fail in one’s duty; to trespass, to transgress;

to prevaricate; to be false to. _Il a forfait à l’honneur_; he has been

false to honor.

=forfaire=, _v.a._, to forfeit (fief).

=forfait=, _n.m._, forfeit, crime, offense, transgression; contract.

_Entreprendre à —_; to contract for, to take by the job. _À —_; in the

lump; on speculation.

=forfaiture=, _n.f._, forfeiture; prevarication.

=forfanterie= (-fan-trî), _n.f._, romancing, bragging, puffing, boasting.

=forficule=, _n.f._, (ent.) earwig.

=forge=, _n.f._, forge, smithy; farmer’s shop; blacksmith’s shop. _pl._,

iron-works. _Grosse —_; large forge. _— de campagne_; (milit.) traveling

forge. _Maître de —s_; iron-master.

=forgeable= (-jabl), _adj._, forgeable.

=forger=, _v.a._, to forge, to hammer; to invent, to fabricate, to

contrive, to forge, to coin. _— des nouvelles_; to fabricate news. _— des

mots_; to coin words. _Fer forgé_; wrought iron.

_se_ =forger=, _v.r._, to create, to imagine, to conjure up, to fancy.

=forgerie=, _n.f._, iron-works.

=forgeron=, _n.m._, smith, blacksmith. _En forgeant on devient —_;

practice makes perfect.

=forgeur=, _n.m._, forger, hammerman, contriver, inventor, fabricator.

=forhuer= _or_ =forhuir=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to blow, to wind (a horn); to

recall the hounds; to recheat.

=forjet=, _n.m._, jutting out (of a wall).

=forjeter=, _v.n._, (arch.) to jut out.

=forlancer=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to dislodge, to start (game).

=forlonger=, _v.a._, to spin out, to lengthen, to protract. _v.n._, to

get ahead (of a stag).

_se_ =forlonger=, _v.r._, to be spun out, to be drawn out; (hunt.) to

run a length; to get ahead. _Le cerf s’était forlongé_; the stag had got

ahead.

=formaliser=, _v.a._, to offend, to shock.

_se_ =formaliser=, _v.r._, to take exception to, _or_ offense at, to feel

offended.

=formalisme=, _n.m._, formalism.

=formaliste=, _adj._, formal, precise, ceremonious. _Il est trop —_; he

is too precise.

=formaliste=, _n.m._, formalist.

=formalité=, _n.f._, formality, form, ceremony. _Défaut de —_, _manque de

—_; (jur.) informality.

=formariage=, _n.m._, (feudal-law) marriage between serfs belonging each

to a different lord.

=format=, _n.m._, form, size, shape (of a book).

=format-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, formative, creative.

=formation=, _n.f._, formation.

=forme=, _n.f._, form, shape, figure, make; mode, mold, frame; body

(of a hat); mold (in paper-making); (print.) form; seat; stall (of a

choir); bed of gravel; (vet.) ring-bone; (nav.) dock. _— de soulier_;

last of a shoe. _Mettre des souliers en —_; to put shoes on the last.

_— de chapeau_; hat block. _Sans autre — de procès_; without any

further formality. _En —_; formally. _— de procédure_; law proceeding,

procedure. _En la — qui suit_; as follows. _Argument en —_; formal

argument. _Pour la —_; for form’s sake. _— brisée_; stretchers. _Dans les

—s_; _en bonne —_; in due form, in order.

=formé=, =-e=, _adj. & part._, formed; full-grown, mature, matured; set

(of fruit).

=formel=, =-le=, _adj._, formal, express, precise, plain, explicit.

=formellement= (-mèl-mān), _adv._, formally, expressly, precisely,

strictly.

=former=, _v.a._, to form, to frame, to fashion, to compose, to make up,

to bring up, to cut out, to mold, to season; (jur.) to array (a panel).

_— une difficulté_; to raise a difficulty. _— une plainte_; to lodge a

complaint. _— un jeune homme_; to train up a youth.

_se_ =former=, _v.r._, to be made, formed; to be bred, to form, to take,

to assume a form, to take shape, to improve; to resolve one’s self into

(a committee, etc.). _— une idée de quelque chose_; to form an idea of

anything. _Il se formera avec le temps_; he will become polished _or_

improve with time.

=formica-leo=, _n.m._, (_—_) myrmeleon, ant-lion.

=formicant=, _adj._, (med.) (of the pulse) weak and frequent.

=formication=, _n.f._, (med.) formication.

=formidable=, _adj._, formidable, dreadful, frightful; tremendous,

fearful.

=formier=, _n.m._, last-maker.

=formique=, _adj._, (chem.) formic.

=formuer=, _v.a._, (hawking) to mew.

=formulaire=, _n.m._, formulary.

=formule=, _n.f._, formula, form; prescription. _— d’algèbre_; algebraic

formula.

=formuler=, _v.a._, (med.) to write a prescription in due form; to

detail, to state; (jur.) to draw up in due form, to formulate; (alg.) to

reduce to a formula. _Se —_; to be drawn up.

=fornicat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, fornicator.

=fornication=, _n.f._, fornication.

=forniquer=, _v.n._, to fornicate.

=forpaître= _or_ =forpaiser=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to feed at a distance from

the covert.

☉=fors=, _prep._, save, except, but.

=forsenant=, _adj._, (hunt.) eager after game.

=fort=, =-e=, _adj._, strong, stout, powerful, violent, plentiful,

copious; severe (of illness); sturdy, robust, lusty, hardy, able-bodied,

vigorous, able; hard, painful, difficult; skillful, clever; high (of

wind); heavy (of ground, of rain). _Avoir la tête —e_, _l’esprit —_;

to be strong minded. _Un esprit —_; a free-thinker. _Un coffre —_; a

strong box, a safe. _Colle —e_; glue. _Terre —e_; heavy ground. _Place

—e_; stronghold. _Expression —e_; telling expression. _— de poids_;

overweight, too heavy. _À plus —e raison_; so much the more _or_ all the

more reason. _Le plus — en est fait_; the worst is over. _Être — aux

échecs_; to play at chess very well. _Se faire — de_; to undertake, to

take upon one’s self to, to feel confident of being able to. _Se porter

— pour quelqu’un_; to answer for any one. _Trouver plus — que soi_; to

meet with more than one’s match. _C’est plus — que moi_; I cannot help

it. _C’est trop —_, _c’est par trop —_; it is too bad. _Voilà qui est —_;

come! I like that.

=fort=, _n.m._, strongest part of a thing; thickest part (of a wood);

stronghold, fort; strength, skill; depth, heat, height; center. _Le

— d’une affaire_; the main point of a business. _La raison du — est

toujours la meilleure_; might is right. _La critique est son —_;

criticism is his forte. _Dans le — de_ or _au — de l’hiver_; in the depth

of winter. _Dans le — de sa colère_; in the height of his passion. _Dans

le — du combat_; in the heat of the fight. _Au — de la tempête_; in the

height of the storm. _— de la halle_; market-porter. _Le — portant le

faible_, or _du — au faible_; one thing with another; on an average.

_Connaître_, or _savoir_, _le — et le faible de_; to know the ins and

outs of. _Le plus — est fait_; the worst is over, _or_ the most difficult

part is done.

=fort=, _adv._, very, very much, highly, extremely, vastly, exceedingly;

hard, forcibly. _— bien_; very well. _Bien —_; very hard, or very loud.

_— et ferme_; resolutely; for all one is worth. _Il pleut —_; it is

raining fast. _Frapper —_; to strike hard.

=forte=, _adv._, (mus.) forte.

=fortement=, _adv._, strongly, vigorously, with force, stoutly, forcibly,

much; exceedingly.

=forteresse= (for-très), _n.f._, fortress, stronghold.

=fortifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, strengthening, fortifying, invigorating,

bracing.

=fortifiant=, _n.m._, (med.) tonic.

=fortification=, _n.f._, fortification; redoubt.

=fortifier=, _v.a._, to fortify, to strengthen, to invigorate, to brace;

to corroborate, to confirm. _Le bon vin fortifie l’estomac_; good wine is

strengthening.

_se_ =fortifier=, _v.r._, to fortify one’s self, to gather strength, to

grow strong; to make one’s self a proficient; to gain proficiency; to

make one’s self better acquainted; to become skilled.

=fortin=, _n.m._, (milit.) fortlet, little fort.

_à_ =fortiori= (-cio-), _adv._, à fortiori, much more.

=fortitrer=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to avoid the dogs.

=fortitude=, _n.f._, fortitude.

=fortrait=, =-e=, _adj._, (of horses) overworked, spent.

=fortraiture=, _n.f._, overfatigue (of a horse).

=fortuit=, =-e=, _adj._, fortuitous, casual. _Cas —_; mere chance _or_

accident.

=fortuitement= (-tu-it-mān), _adv._, fortuitously, casually,

accidentally, by chance.

=fortune=, _n.f._, fortune, chance, risk, hazard, wealth, luck, success,

property; (myth.) Fortune. _La — lui sourit_; fortune smiles upon him.

_Avoir de la —_; to possess property, to be rich. _Artisan de sa —_;

architect of one’s own fortune. _La — du pot_; pot-luck. _Bonne —_;

good luck, good fortune, windfall. _Mauvaise —_; ill-fortune, ill-luck.

_Courir après la —_; to hunt after riches. _Brusquer la —_; to tempt

fortune. _Faire —_; to make a fortune. _Être en —_; to be lucky, to be

in luck’s way. _Manger sa —_; to squander one’s fortune. _Il faut faire

contre mauvaise — bon cœur_; we must put a good face upon matters. _De

—_; enriched, self-made. _Homme à bonnes —s_; lady-killer; intriguer. _—

de mer_; sea risks. _Demi —_; one-horse carriage.

=fortuné=, =-e=, _adj._, fortunate, lucky; happy.

=forum= (fo-rom), _n.m._, (antiq.) forum.

=forure=, _n.f._, bore, hole drilled.

=fosse=, _n.f._, hole, pit, den, grave; (hort.) trench; cesspool, pipe;

(of the nose) chamber. _Basse-—_; dungeon. _Avoir un pied dans la —_; to

have one foot in the grave. _— de céleri_; celery-trench. _— à fumier_;

dung-hole. _— aux lions_; lion’s den; (nav.) boatswain’s store-room.

_Mettre dans la —_; to lay in the grave. _Mettre la clé sur la —_; to

waive one’s right of inheritance.

=fossé=, _n.m._, ditch, drain; (fort.) moat, fosse. _Mourir au bord

d’un —_; to die in a ditch. _Sauter le —_; to pass the Rubicon, to cast

the die. _Ce qui tombe dans le — c’est pour les soldats_; “findings is

keepings.”

=fossette=, _n.f._, dimple; (play) chuck-farthing; pit of the stomach.

=fossile=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fossil.

=fossoyage=, _n.m._, ditching; grave-digging.

=fossoyer=, _v.n._, to ditch, to dig a trench round.

=fossoyeur=, _n.m._, ditcher, grave-digger; sexton.

=fou= _or_ =fol=, =folle=, _adj._, mad, foolish, wild, insane, senseless,

frolicsome; playful; excessively fond; distracting (of pain); excessive.

_Un fol espoir_; a foolish hope. _Devenir —_; to go mad. _Être — de_; to

be mad for; to be passionately fond of. _Que vous êtes —!_ how foolish

you are! _— à lier_; raving, mad.

=fou=, _n.m._, =folle=, _n.f._, madman, madwoman; madcap; mad-brain;

jester, fool; bishop (at chess); (orni.) booby. _Maison de —s_; lunatic

asylum. _Faire le —_; to play the fool. _Plus on est de —s, plus on rit_;

the more the merrier. _Qui ne sait pas être — n’est pas sage_; it takes a

wise man to make a fool.

=fouace=, _n.f._, buttered roll; hearth-cake.

=fouage=, _n.m._, hearth-money, hearth-penny.

*=fouaille=, _n.f._, (hunt.) quarry.

*=fouailler=, _v.a._, to lash, to whip.

=foudre=, _n.f._, thunder, thunder-bolt, lightning. _Coup de —_; clap of

thunder. _La — est tombée sur_; a thunderbolt fell on. _Lancer la —_; to

hurl the thunderbolt. _Être tué par la —_; to be killed by lightning.

=foudre=, _n.m._, thunderbolt; great orator; great warrior, captain,

hero; a large cask, a tun. _Un — de guerre_; a great captain.

=foudroiement= _or_ =foudroîment= (foo-droa-mān), _n.m._,

thunder-striking, crushing; overwhelming.

=foudroyant=, =-e=, _adj._, terrible, crushing, dreadful; fulminating,

thundering; withering.

=foudroyer=, _v.a._, to thunder-strike; to batter with cannon and

mortars; to riddle with shot; to fulminate, to blast; to crush, to

overwhelm, to ruin, to confound.

=fouée=, _n.f._, bat-fowling; oven-fire; fagot.

=fouenne=, _n.f._ _V._ =faîne=.

=fouet=, _n.m._, whip, horsewhip, lash; whipcord; whipping; whisk; cat,

cat-o’-nine-tails. _— à blancs d’œufs_; egg-whisk. _Faire claquer un

—_; to crack a whip. _Faire claquer son —_; to sound one’s own trumpet.

_Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to whip any one. _Donner des coups de — à_;

to whip. _Se faire donner le —_; to get whipped. _Poulie à —_; (nav.)

tail-block. _Coup de —_; sudden contraction of muscles of leg.

=fouetté=, =-e=, _part._, whipped; streaked (of flowers and fruit). _De

la crème —e_; whipped cream. _Tulipe —e_; streaked tulip.

=fouette-queue=, _n.m._, star-lizard.

=fouetter=, _v.a._, to whip, to horsewhip, to lash, to scourge, to flog;

to whisk; to flick; to toss off, to quaff; (nav.) to lash; (nav.) to flap

back against the masts (of sails). _Il n’y a pas là de quoi — un chat_;

it is a mere trifle. _Il a bien d’autres chiens à —_; he has other fish

to fry. _Fouette! cocher_; whip up _or_ faster, coachman.

=fouetter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to cut (of the wind); to beat _or_ patter

against (of hail, rain, snow); to sweep (of cannon).

=fouetteur=, _n.m._, flogger, whipper.

=fougade= _or_ =fougasse=, _n.f._, (milit.) fougade.

=fouger=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to grub (of wild boars).

=fougeraie= (fou-jrê), _n.f._, fern-plot _or_ brake.

=fougère=, _n.f._, (bot.) fern; brake; (fig.) drinking glass. _—

aquatique_, _fleurie_, _royale_; flowering fern, king’s fern. _—

impériale_, _femelle_; brake. _— musquée_; sweet fern.

=fougon=, _n.m._, (nav.) cook’s galley, caboose.

=fougue= (foug), _n.f._, fury, passion, transport, beat, ardor, fire,

spirit, spiritedness, mettle; (nav.) mizzen-top. _Dans la — de la

colère_; in the heat of passion. _La — de la jeunesse_; the impetuosity

of youth. _Un cheval qui a trop de —_; a horse that has too much mettle.

=fougueu-x=, =-se= (-gheû, -z), _adj._, fiery, hot, hasty, impetuous,

ardent, spirited, animated, passionate, mettlesome, high-mettled. _Cheval

—_; spirited horse.

*=fouille=, _n.f._, excavating; excavation; digging. _Faire des —s_; to

excavate, to make excavations.

=fouille-au-pot=, _n.m._, (_—_) (l.ex.) scullion, turnspit.

*=fouiller=, _v.a._, to excavate, to dig; to search, to pry into, to

rummage; to ransack, to probe to the bottom; to think out; (paint.,

sculpt.) to sink. _— une mine_; to work a mine. _— quelqu’un_; to search

any one.

*_se_ =fouiller=, _v.r._, to search one’s pockets, to feel in one’s

pockets; to search one another.

*=fouiller=, _v.n._, to dig, to search, to rummage, to ransack. _— dans

sa mémoire_; to ransack one’s brain.

*=fouillis=, _n.m._, confusion, medley; jumble, litter, mess; confused

mass (of foliage).

=fouine=, _n.f._, (mam.) martin, beech-martin; martlet; (agri.)

pitchfork, fork; (fishing) gig, fishgig, fizgig, gaff.

=fouiner=, _v.n._, to sneak away, to steal away, to slink off, to steal

off.

=fouir=, _v.a._, to dig, to delve.

=fouissement= (foo-is-mān), _n.m._, digging.

=foulage=, _n.m._, (manu.) fulling.

=foulant=, =-e=, _adj._, pressing down. _Pompe —e_; forcing-pump.

=foulard=, _n.m._, silk handkerchief; scarf.

=foule=, _n.f._, crowd, throng, multitude, concourse, mob, press, shoal,

fry, herd, common herd; (manu.) fulling. _Venir en —_; to flock, to

throng together. _Entrer en —_; to crowd in. _La — des draps_; (manu.)

the fulling of cloth. _Sortir de la —_; _se tirer de la —_; to rise above

the common herd. _En —_; in crowds. _Faire —_; to crowd round.

=foulé=, =-e=, _part._, trodden down, trampled upon, oppressed; (manu.)

milled.

=foulée=, _n.f._, pile (of skins); tread (of steps). _pl._, (hunt.)

foiling, fusee, slot; (man.) appui.

=fouler=, _v.a._, to tread, to trample on, to trample down, to grind

down, to oppress; to gall (animal); to sprain; (agri.) to jam; (manu.)

to full; (manu.) to mill; (hunt.) to beat (a wood). _— la vendange_; to

press the grapes. _— aux pieds_; to trample under foot. _— du drap_; to

full cloth. _— un chapeau_; to work a hat. _— un cheval_; to override a

horse.

_se_ =fouler=, _v.r._, to sprain one’s self. _— le pied_; to sprain one’s

foot. _Ne pas se —_; (fig.) to take things easy.

=fouler=, _v.n._, (print.) to press.

=foulerie= (foo-lrî), _n.f._, fullery.

=fouleur=, _n.m._, wine-presser; fuller.

=fouloir=, _n.m._, (manu.) beater; (artil.) rammer; sponge-rod;

tobacco-plug; plugger.

=fouloire=, _n.f._, (manu.) fulling-board.

=foulon=, _n.m._, fuller. _Chardon à —_; (bot.) teasel, fuller’s thistle.

_Moulin à —_; fulling-mill. _Terre à —_; fuller’s earth.

=foulonnier=, _n.m._, fuller.

=foulque=, _n.f._, (orni.) coot.

=foulure=, _n.f._, sprain, strain; (manu.) fulling; (manu.) milling.

_pl._, (hunt.) foiling, fusee, slot (of a stag); (vet.) warbles.

=four=, _n.m._, oven; bake-house; kidnaping-house, crimping-house; dark

room; furnace; kiln; (metal.) hearth; (fig. and fam.) bungle, mull,

mess, failure. _Mettre le pain au —_; to put the batch into the oven.

_— de campagne_; portable oven. _— à briques_; brick-kiln. _— à chaux_;

lime-kiln. _Gueule de —_; kiln-hole. _Des petits —s_; (cook.) small

cakes. _Pièces de —_; (cook.) pastry. _Charger le —_; to heat the oven.

_Aller au —_; to go to the bake-house. _Ce n’est pas pour vous que le —

chauffe_; that is not meant for you. _Vous viendrez cuire à mon —_; you

will have need of me some day. _Faire —_; to be unsuccessful, to fail, to

be a frost (fam., thea.) _Faire un —_; to commit a blunder.

=fourbe=, _n.f._, cheating, imposture, low villainy, knavery.

=fourbe=, _n.m.f._, cheat; knave, impostor.

=fourbe=, _adj._, deceitful, knavish, crafty.

=fourber=, _v.a._, to cheat, to take in, to gull, to impose upon, to

trick.

=fourberie=, _n.f._, cheating, knavery, imposture, deceit.

=fourbir=, _v.a._, to furbish, polish.

=fourbisseur=, _n.m._, furbisher; sword-cutler.

=fourbissime=, _adj._, most knavish.

=fourbissure=, _n.f._, furbishing; rubbing up.

=fourbu=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) foundered; diseased in the feet. _Rendre

—_; to founder.

=fourbure=, _n.f._, foundering; founder in the feet.

=fourche=, _n.f._, fork, pitchfork. _—s patibulaires_; forked gibbet. _—s

Caudines_; Caudine forks. _Faire la —_; to fork, to branch off. _Faire

une chose à la —_; to do a thing anyhow.

=fourché=, =-e=, _part._, forked, split; cloven; (her.) fourchee. _Croix

—e_; (her.) cross fourchee.

=fourcher=, _v.n._, to fork; to branch off; to trip (of the tongue).

_Chemin qui fourche_; road that branches off. _La langue lui a fourché_;

his tongue tripped.

_se_ =fourcher=, _v.r._, to fork, to branch off.

=fourcher=, _v.a._, (agri.) to fork.

=fourchet=, _n.m._, (vet.) foot-rot.

=fourchetée=, _n.f._, forkful.

=fourchette=, _n.f._, fork; rest (of a musket); forset (of gloves);

sleeve-bit (of a shirt); prop (of carts); wish-bone (of birds);

merry-thought. _Les dents d’une —_; the prongs of a fork. _Déjeuner à la

—_; meat-breakfast. _— du pied d’un cheval_; the frog of a horse’s foot.

_— à découper_ or _grande —_; carving-fork. _La — de l’estomac_; the

breast-bone. _La — d’Adam_; the fingers. _C’est une bonne —_; she is a

hearty eater.

=fourchon=, _n.m._, prong; fork (of a tree).

=fourchu=, =-e=, _adj._, forked; cloven; furcate. _Barbe —e_; forked

beard. _Pied —_; cloven foot. _Chemin —_; road branching off. _Menton —_;

indented chin. _N’avoir pas la langue —e_; to be plain-spoken.

=fourchure=, _n.f._, furcation-fork.

=fourgon=, _n.m._, van, carriage; (milit.) baggage-wagon; poker (of

ovens); (railways) van. _La pelle se moque du —_; the pot calls the

kettle black.

=fourgonner=, _v.n._, to poke the fire (of an oven); to stir, to poke the

fire; to poke, to fumble, to rummage.

=fourmi=, _n.f._, ant, pismire, emmet. _Avoir des —s dans l’oreille_; to

have a tingling in one’s ear.

=fourmilier=, _n.m._, ant-eater.

=fourmilière=, _n.f._, ant-hill, ant-nest; (fig.) swarm; crowd.

*=fourmillement=, _n.m._, tingling; (fig.) swarming, teeming.

*=fourmiller=, _v.n._, to swarm, to abound with, to be full of; to feel a

tingling, to tingle.

=fournage=, _n.m._, charge for baking.

=fournaise=, _n.f._, furnace.

=fournaliste=, _n.m._, stove-maker.

=fourneau=, _n.m._, stove, cooking-range, kitchener, furnace; (milit.)

chamber (mine). _pl._, (nav.) cook’s galley. _— de cuisine_; kitchen

stove. _— portatif_; portable stove. _Le — d’une pipe_; the bowl of a

pipe. _Haut —_; blast furnace.

=fournée=, _n.f._, a batch, baking; kilnful (of bricks); ovenful.

=fourni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, oven-keeper; parish-baker.

=fournil= (-ni), _n.m._, bakehouse.

=fourniment=, _n.m._, ☉powder-flask, powder-horn; (milit.) belt,

shoulder-belt, buffs.

=fournir=, _v.a._, to furnish, to provide, to supply, to stock, to store,

to procure, to afford; to make up, to complete (a sum of money); to draw

a bill; (com.) to meet, to value (on); (fig.) to go over the whole course

(of a horse). _— l’armée de vivres_; to supply the army with provisions.

_— des défenses_; to furnish means of defense.

_se_ =fournir=, _v.r._, to furnish, to supply one’s self; to find one’s

self (in); to deal (with).

=fournir=, _v.n._, to contribute, to supply, to be sufficient, to

suffice. _— à la dépense_; to bear the expense.

=fournissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, (com.) share of capital; capital.

=fournisseur=, _n.m._, contractor, tradesman, purveyor; (theat.)

property-man. _— breveté de_; by appointment to.

=fourniture=, _n.f._, furnishing, providing, supplying; supply,

provision. _Il fait les —s de la maison_; he supplies the family. _— de

salade_; dressing of a salad. _Faire — de_; to supply. _—s de bureau_;

stationery, sundries.

=fourrage=, _n.m._, fodder, provender; forage; (artil.) wad, wadding;

foraging-party. _— vert_; green fodder, grass. _— sec_; dry fodder, hay.

_Envoyer au —_; to send out foraging.

=fourrager=, _v.n._, to forage; to pilfer, to plunder. _— dans un champ_;

to forage in a field. _— au vert_; to forage for grass. _— au sec_; to

forage for hay.

=fourrager=, _v.a._, to forage, to ravage; to rummage; to rake.

=fourragère=, _adj.f._, fit for fodder. _Plantes —s_; plants fit for

fodder.

=fourrageur=, _n.m._, forager; rummager.

=fourré=, _n.m._, thicket; brake, jungle.

=fourré=, =-e=, _part._, furred, interchanged; counter, secret; underhand

(of blows); woody (of countries); mixed (of hay, straw); furred (of

clothing); plated (of metals); stuffed (cook.). _Bois —_; wood full

of thickets and briers. _Pays —_; country full of woods, hedges, etc.

_Coup —_; underhand trick, thrust. _Paix —e_; peace suddenly patched up.

_Médaille —e_; plated medal. _Langue —e_; savory tongue. _Toile —e_;

diaper.

=fourreau=, _n.m._, case, scabbard, sheath, cover; child’s frock; front

fork (of bicycle). _L’épée_, or _la lame_, _use le —_; the sword wears out

the scabbard; the mind is too active for the body. _Coucher dans son —_;

to sleep in one’s clothes.

=fourrer=, _v.a._, to put, to thrust; to cram, to stuff; to beat, to

knock; to line with fur; (nav.) to serve (cables and ropes). _Fourrez

cela dans l’armoire_; put that away into the cupboard. _Il fourre du

latin dans ses discours_; he stuffs his speeches cram full of Latin. _—

quelque chose dans la tête de quelqu’un_; to beat a thing into any one’s

brains or head. _Il fourre son nez partout_; he pokes his nose everywhere.

_se_ =fourrer=, _v.r._, to get, to creep, in; to intrude _or_ thrust

one’s self, to poke one’s self in; to wear warm clothing _or_ furs;

(nav.) to serve (of cables). _Il se fourre partout_; he pokes his nose in

everywhere. _Ne savoir où se —_; not to know where to hide one’s self.

=fourreur=, _n.m._, furrier.

=fourrier=, _n.m._, (obs.) harbinger; (milit.) quartermaster; (nav.)

clerk. _Faire le bon —_; to help one’s self to the best pieces.

=fourrière=, _n.f._, pound, greenyard. _Mettre un cheval en —_; to

impound a horse.

=fourrure=, _n.f._, fur, furred gown; (her.) vair; (nav.) service. _— de

gouttière_; water-way.

=fourvoiement= (-voa-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) going astray, wandering,

blunder, mistake; (fig.) error, going the wrong way.

=fourvoyer=, _v.a._, to mislead, to lead astray, to lead into error; to

baffle, to foil.

_se_ =fourvoyer=, _v.r._, to go astray, to stray, to lose one’s way; to

err grossly, to go on the wrong scent.

=foustanelle=, _n.f._, fustanelle.

=fouteau=, _n.m._, (pop.) beech, beech-tree.

=foutelaie=, _n.f._, beech grove _or_ plantation.

=foyer=, _n.m._, fire-grate, hearth, fire-box (of an engine),

hearthstone; (thea.) lobby, green-room; focus; (of a pipe) bowl; (fig.)

seat, hot-bed, source; home. _— des acteurs_; (thea.) green-room. _— du

public_; (thea.) lobby, crush-room. _Combattre pour ses —s_; to fight

for one’s home. _Aimer à garder son —_; to like quiet, to like to lead a

secluded life.

=frac=, _n.m._, dress coat, dress jacket.

=fracas=, _n.m._, crash, noise; din, bustle, fuss. _Avec —_; with a

crash. _Faire du — dans le monde_; to make a noise or show in the world.

=fracasser=, _v.a._, to break to pieces, to shatter, to shiver.

_se_ =fracasser=, _v.r._, to break to pieces, to be shattered.

=fraction=, _n.f._, breaking; fraction; portion; (arith.) fraction.

=fractionnaire=, _adj._, fractional.

=fractionnement=, _n.m._, dividing into fractions.

=fractionner=, _v.a._, to divide into fractions.

=fracture=, _n.f._, breaking (with violence); rupture; (surg.) fracture.

=fracturé=, =-e=, _adj._, (surg.) fractured.

=fracturer=, _v.a._, (surg.) to fracture.

_se_ =fracturer=, _v.r._, (surg.) to fracture one’s self; to be fractured.

=fragiforme=, _adj._, strawberry-shaped.

=fragile=, _adj._, fragile; brittle; frail. _— comme du verre_; as

brittle as glass. _—!_ glass, with care.

=fragilité=, _n.f._, fragility; brittleness; frailty.

=fragment=, _n.m._, fragment, piece, scrap, particle.

=fragmentaire=, _adj._, fragmentary, fragmental.

=fragon=, _n.m._, (bot.) butcher’s broom.

=frai=, _n.m._, spawn, spawning (of fish); fry (young fish); roe, hard

roe.

=fraîchement= (frèsh-man), _adv._, coolly, freshly; coldly; newly,

recently, just.

=fraîcheur=, _n.f._, coolness, freshness, bloom; coldness, dampness;

floridness, ruddiness; luster, brilliancy; (nav.) flaw of wind.

=fraîchir=, _v.n._, to freshen, to begin to blow fresh, to get cool. _Le

vent fraîchit_; it is beginning to blow.

=fraie=, _n.f._, spawning time.

=frairie=, _n.f._, (fam.) merry-making. _Faire —_, _être en —_; to make

merry, to be merry-making.

=fra-is=, =-îche=, _adj._, cool, fresh, coldish; recent, new; youthful;

florid, ruddy; newlaid (of eggs). _Temps —_; cool weather. _Eau —îche_;

cold water. _Des nouvelles —îches_; fresh news. _Des œufs —_; new-laid

eggs. _Du pain —_; new bread. _Plaie toute —îche_; raw wound. _Du saumon

—_; fresh salmon. _Un teint —_; a florid complexion.

=frais=, _n.m._, cool, coolness, freshness; cool spots; (nav.) gale.

_Mettre du vin au —_; to cool wine. _Il fait —_; it is cool. _Prendre le

—_; to take the air, to go out for an airing. _Bon —_, _joli —_; (nav.)

fresh gale. _Grand —_; strong gale. _Au —_; in the cool of the evening.

=frais=, _n.m.pl._, expense, expenses; charge, charges, cost, outlay.

_Faux —_; incidental expenses; (jur.) untaxable costs. _Menus —_; petty

expenses. _Les — d’un procès_; the costs of a lawsuit. _Tous — faits_;

clear of all charges; all paid. _À grands —_; very expensively. _À peu de

—_; at little cost, cheaply. _Constituer quelqu’un en —_; to put any one

to expense. _Se mettre en —_; to put one’s self to expense. _Recommencer

sur nouveaux —_; to begin anew, to begin over again. _À — communs_;

jointly, at joint expense. _En être pour ses —_; to have lost one’s time

and money. _Faire les — de_; to bear the expense of. _Faire ses —_; to

cover one’s expenses. _Faire des —_; to go to _or_ to incur expense; to

take trouble, to make efforts to please.

=fraise=, _n.f._, (bot.) strawberry; ruff; (fort.) fraise; (hunt.) start;

crow. _— des bois_; wood _or_ wild strawberry. _— de veau_; calf’s crow.

=fraisement= (frèz-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) starlings (of bridges); (fort.)

fraising.

=fraiser=, _v.a._, to plait, to ruffle; (fort.) to fraise; to knead dough

thoroughly.

=fraisette=, _n.f._, small ruff.

=fraisier=, _n.m._, strawberry-plant.

=fraisil= (-zi), _n.m._, coal-dross, breeze.

=framboise=, _n.f._, (bot.) raspberry.

=framboisé=, =-e=, _part._, flavored with raspberries; having a flavor of

raspberries.

=framboiser=, _v.a._, to give a raspberry flavor to.

=framboisier=, _n.m._, raspberry-bush, raspberry-plant.

=framée=, _n.f._, Frankish lance, javelin.

=franc= (fran), _n.m._, franc (French coin worth $0.193); (hort.)

seedling. _Au marc le —_; at the rate of so much in the dollar.

=franc=, =-he= (fran, frānsh), _adj._, free, unconstrained, exempt

from; frank, downright, open, sincere; entire, full; complete; true,

real; mere; arrant; staunch, right; very; whole, clear; (paint.) bold.

_— de port_; post-paid. _Compagnie —he_; free-company. _Cœur —_; open

heart. _Être — du collier_; to draw freely (of horses); (fig.) to be

eager, obliging, honest. _Un — charlatan_; a downright quack. _Une —he

coquette_; an arrant jilt. _Avoir son — parler avec_; to speak one’s

mind, to speak out; not to mince matters. _— Taupins_. _V._ =taupins=.

=franc=, _adv._, frankly, freely, plainly, openly, sincerely; clean,

quite, completely, entirely.

=fran-c=, =-que=, _n._ and _adj._, Frank; Frankish.

=français=, =-e=, _adj._, French. _La langue —e_; the French tongue. _À

la —e_; in the French fashion.

=français=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Frenchman, Frenchwoman.

=français=, _n.m._, French. _Entendre le —_; to understand French.

_Parler —_; to speak French; to call a spade a spade. _En bon —_; in

plain terms; like a true Frenchman. _Parler — comme une vache espagnole_;

to murder the French language. _Les Français_ = le Théâtre Français.

=franc-alleu=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =alleu=.

=francatu=, _n.m._, a kind of apple.

_de_ =franc-étable=, _adv._, (nav.) collision, foul.

=franc-fief=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a fief possessed by a commoner.

=franc-funin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (nav.) white hawser.

=franchement= (frānsh-mān), _adv._, frankly, freely, openly, plainly,

sincerely, unreservedly, ingenuously, boldly; really, frankly speaking.

_J’avoue — que_; I readily admit that.

=franchir=, _v.a._, to leap, to get over; to clear; to pass, to pass

over, to overstep, to go beyond, to break through; to cross, to traverse;

to surmount; (nav.) to head (the sea). _Il a franchi le fossé_; he

has jumped over the ditch. _— une barrière_; to clear a bar. _— les

montagnes_; to cross the mountains. _— les bornes du devoir_; to overstep

the bounds of duty. _— le pas_; to take a resolution. _— le mot_; to let

out the word. _— une difficulté_; to overcome a difficulty.

=franchise=, _n.f._, franchise, exemption, immunity, freedom (of a city);

frankness, sincerity, openness, candor, plainness; (paint.) boldness,

freedom. _Parler avec —_; to speak frankly. _— du coloris_; (paint.)

freedom of coloring. _En — de droit_; duty-free.

=franchissable=, _adj._, passable, capable of being crossed.

=franchissement=, _n.m._, leap over, leaping.

=francisation=, _n.f._, gallicizing; (com.) registering as a French ship.

=franciscain=, _n.m._, Franciscan, gray friar.

=franciser=, _v.a._, to frenchify, to gallicize.

_se_ =franciser=, _v.r._, to become French.

=francisque=, _n.f._, battle ax.

=franc-maçon=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) freemason.

=franc-maçonnerie=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) freemasonry.

=franco=, _adv._, free of expanse, pre-paid. _Ecrire —_; address,

post-paid.

=francolin=, _n.m._, (orni.) francolin.

=franc-parler=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) liberty _or_ freedom of speech.

=franc-quartier=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (her.) quarter, franc-quarter.

=franc-réal=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) sort of pear.

☉=franc-tenancier=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) free-holder.

=franc-tillac=, _n.m._, (nav.) flush-deck.

=franc-tireur=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (milit.) sharp-shooter, skirmisher;

volunteer.

=frange=, _n.f._, fringe, valance.

=frangé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) fimbriate.

=franger=, _v.a._, to fringe, to valance.

=franger= _or_ =frangier=, _n.m._, fringe-maker.

=frangipane=, _n.f._, almond-cake.

=frangipanier=, _n.m._, (bot) red jasmine.

=franque=, _adj.f._, Frankish.

=franquette=, _n.f._, (l.u.) frankness. _À la bonne —_; frankly, freely,

sincerely.

=frappant=, =-e=, _adj._, striking, impressive.

=frappe=, _n.f._, (coin.) stamp; set of matrices.

=frappé=, =-e=, _part._, struck; iced (of liquids); strong and close (of

cloth); powerful, forcible. _— d’étonnement_; struck with wonder. _Vers

bien —s_; spirited verses.

=frappé=, _n.m._, (mus.) fall (of the foot).

=frappe-main=, _n.m._, (n.p.) hot-cockle.

=frappement= (frap-mān), _n.m._, striking, clapping (of hands).

=frapper=, _v.a._, to strike, to smite, to slap, to tap, to hit; to make

an impression; to affect, to move; to astonish, to surprise; to frighten;

to stamp, to coin; to ice (liquids); (nav.) to seize. _— vivement_; to

rap. _— avec le pied_; to stamp. _— légèrement_; to pat. _— la terre du

pied_; to stamp one’s foot upon the ground. _— monnaie_; to coin money.

_— un coup_; to strike a blow.

_se_ =frapper=, _v.r._, to strike one’s self; to strike one another; to

be impressed _or_ affected; to be filled with gloom _or_ dismay.

=frapper=, _v.n._, to knock, to strike, to rap. _— à la porte_; to knock

at the door. _— juste_; to strike home. _Entendre —_; to hear a knock.

=frappeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, beater; striker. _adj._, striking,

rapping. _Esprit —_; spirit-rapper.

=frasque=, _n.f._, freak, prank, trick.

=frater= (-tèr), _n.m._, surgeon’s boy; saw-bones; village barber;

(milit., nav.) barber.

=fraternel=, =-le=, _adj._, fraternal, brotherly.

=fraternellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, fraternally.

=fraterniser=, _v.n._, to fraternize.

=fraternité=, _n.f._, fraternity, brotherhood.

=fratricide= (murder), _n.m._, (pers.) _m.f._, fratricide. _adj._,

fratricidal.

=fraude= (frôd), _n.f._, fraud, deceit, imposition, fraudulency. _En —_;

fraudulently. _Faire une —_; to commit a fraud. _Passer en —_; to smuggle.

=frauder=, _v.a._, to defraud, to smuggle.

=fraudeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, defrauder, smuggler.

=frauduleusement= (-leûz-mān), _adv._, fraudulently.

=frauduleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fraudulent.

=fraxinelle=, _n.f._, fraxinella, white dittany, bastard dittany.

=frayer=, _v.a._, to trace out, to open out, to mark out; to rub against,

to graze, to brush; to make, to prepare, to show. _Qui n’est pas frayé_;

unbeaten, untrodden. _Chemin frayé_; beaten path _or_ track. _Le coup n’a

fait que — sa botte_; the blow only grazed his boot.

_se_ =frayer=, _v.r._, to open for one’s self; to prepare (a way); to

carve out.

=frayer=, _v.n._, to wear away; to keep company, to frequent, to be on

good terms; (of fishes) to milt, to spawn. _Ces deux hommes ne frayent

pas ensemble_; these two men do not agree together.

=frayère=, _n.f._, spawning-place.

=frayeur=, _n.f._, fright, terror, dread, fear. Être saisi de —; to be

seized with terror.

=frayoir=, _n.m._, (hunt.) fray, rub.

=frayure=, _n.f._, (hunt.) rubbing, fraying.

=fredaine=, _n.f._, frolic, prank, freak. _Faire des —s_; to play pranks;

to sow one’s wild oats.

=fredon=, _n.m._, (mus.) trill, shake; (at cards) pair-royal.

=fredonnement= (-do-n-mān), _n.m._, humming.

=fredonner=, _v.a._ and _n._, to hum.

=fredonneur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, hummer.

=frégate=, _n.f._, frigate; (orni.) frigate bird.

=frégaté=, _adj._, frigate-built.

=frégaton=, _n.m._, frigatoon.

=frein=, _n.m._, bit, bridle; curb, check; brake; drag, skid, brake (of

carriages); (fig.) restraint; (anat.) frænum, ligament. _Ronger son —_;

to champ the bit; to fret one’s self. _Mettre un — à sa langue_; to

bridle one’s tongue. _Il faut mettre un — à sa cruauté_; his cruelty must

be curbed. _Serrer le —_; (rail.) to apply, to put on, the brake.

=frelampier=, _n.m._, scamp, rascally fellow.

=frelatage=, _n.m._, adulteration, sophistication.

=frelater=, _v.a._, to adulterate, to sophisticate. _Ce vin est frelaté_;

this wine is adulterated. _Ouvrages frelatés_; spurious works.

=frelaterie= (-la-tri), _n.f._, sophistication, adulteration. _V._

=frelatage=.

=frelateur=, _n.m._, sophisticator, adulterator.

=frêle=, _adj._, frail, fragile; faint, weak.

=frêler=, _v.n._, to crackle (of hair, feathers).

=freloche=, _n.f._, gauze-net, butterfly-net.

=frelon=, _n.m._, (ent.) hornet, drone; (bot.) knee-holly.

=freluche=, _n.f._, tuft (of silk); hair-thread.

=freluquet=, _n.m._, puppy, coxcomb, prig.

=frémir=, _v.n._, to shudder, to tremble, to quiver, to shake; to

vibrate, to murmur, to rustle, to moan; to simmer. _— de colère_; to

tremble with anger. _J’entendais — le feuillage_; I heard the leaves

rustling.

=frémissant=, =-e=, _adj._, quivering, trembling.

=frémissement= (-mis-mān), _n.m._, shudder, shuddering, quivering,

trembling; roaring; vibration; murmuring (of water); simmering. _—

cataire_; (med.) thrill, purring tremor of the heart.

=frênaie=, _n.f._, ash-grove.

=frêne=, _n.m._, ash, ash-tree.

=frénésie=, _n.f._, frenzy, madness, fury.

=frénétique=, _adj._, distracted, frantic, raving.

=frénétique=, _n.m.f._, raving, distracted person.

=fréquemment= (-ka-mān), _adv._, frequently, often.

=fréquence=, _n.f._, frequency; quickness (of the pulse).

=fréquent=, =-e=, _adj._, frequent. _Pouls —_; quick pulse.

=fréquentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) frequentative.

=fréquentatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) frequentative.

=fréquentation=, _n.f._, frequenting, frequentation; company.

=fréquenter=, _v.a._, to frequent, to keep company with, to resort to; to

haunt.

=fréquenter=, _v.n._, to frequent, to visit often, to associate (with);

to converse (with).

=frère=, _n.m._, brother; fellow-Christian; friar, monk. _— aîné_; elder

brother. _— cadet_; younger brother. _—s jumeaux_; twins. _Demi-—_;

half-brother. _— consanguin_; brother by the father’s side. _— utérin_;

brother by the mother’s side. _— de lait_; foster-brother. _Beau-—_,

(_—x-—s_) brother-in-law. _— lai_, _— convers_; lay-brother. _—

chapeau_; assistant brother. _Faux —_; false brother, false friend. _—

d’armes_; brother in arms. _Il est bon —_; he is a jolly fellow.

=frérot=, _n.m._, (fam.) little brother.

=fresaie=, _n.f._, (orni.) white-owl, screech-owl. _V._ =effraie=.

=fresque=, _n.f._, fresco. _Peindre à —_; to paint in fresco.

=fressure=, _n.f._, (cook.) pluck; fry; haslet.

=fret= (frè), _n.m._, freight. _Prendre du —_; to take in freight.

=fréter=, _v.a._, to charter; to freight.

=fréteur=, _n.m._, freighter; charterer.

*=frétillant=, =-e=, _adj._, frisky, wriggling; fidgety.

*=frétillement=, _n.m._, frisking, wriggling; (fig.) itching, longing.

*=frétiller=, _v.n._, to frisk, to wriggle; (fig.) to itch, to long, to

be impatient. _Les pieds lui frétillent_; he is impatient to be off. _La

langue lui frétille_; he is longing to speak.

=fretin=, _n.m._, small fry, young fish; trash, rubbish.

=frettage=, _n.m._, hooping, binding.

=frette=, _n.f._, (tech.) iron hoop, band, ring.

=fretté=, =-e=, _adj._, hooped, iron-bound; (her.) fretty.

=fretter=, _v.a._, to hoop, to bind.

=freux=, _n.m._, rook.

=friabilité=, _n.f._, friability.

=friable=, _adj._, friable, crisp, short.

=friand=, =-e=, _adj._, dainty, nice, fond of; partial to. _Avoir le goût

—_; to have a nice taste. _Un morceau —_; a delicate morsel. _Être — de_;

to be fond of, partial to.

=friand=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, epicure, dainty person.

=friandise=, _n.f._, daintiness, dainty, nicety, tit-bit. _Aimer les —s_;

to be fond of dainties.

=fricandeau=, _n.m._, (cook.) fricandeau; veal-stew.

=fricassée=, _n.f._, (cook.) fricassee.

=fricasser=, _v.a._, to fricassee; (pop.) to squander away, to waste, to

dissipate.

=fricasseur=, _n.m._, bad cook; (fig.) spendthrift, rake.

=friche=, _n.m._, waste _or_ fallow land. _Laisser une terre en —_; to

let a piece of ground lie fallow.

=fricot=, _n.m._, (pop.) ragout, stew.

=fricoter=, _v.n._, (pop.) to feast. _v.a._, (fig., pop.) to squander.

=fricoteur=, _n.m._, (pop.) feaster; fast liver; (milit.) marauder.

=friction=, _n.f._, friction, rubbing. _Gants à —s_; flesh-gloves.

=frictionner=, _v.a._, (med.) to rub.

_se_ =frictionner=, _v.r._, (med.) to rub one’s self.

=frictionneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, professional rubber.

=frigidité=, _n.f._, frigidity.

=frigorifique=, _adj._, frigorific.

=frileu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chilly; (pop.) funky, cowardly.

=frileux=, _n.m._, chilly person; (pop.) coward, funk.

=frileuse=, _n.f._, lady’s warm cap.

=frimaire=, _n.m._, Frimaire, the third month of the calendar of the

first French republic, from November 21st to December 20th.

=frimas=, _n.m._, rime, hoar-frost. _Saison des —_; the wintry season.

=frime=, _n.f._, (triv.) show, pretense, joke, fun of the thing. _Il n’en

a fait que la —_; he only made a show of it, it was all pretense.

=fringale=, _n.f._, (fam.) sudden pang of hunger. _Avoir la —_; to feel

hungry all of a sudden.

=fringant=, =-e=, _adj._, brisk, nimble, frisky; smart, dapper. _Cheval

—_; frisky horse.

=fringuer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to frisk; to skip.

=friolerie= (frio-lrî), _n.f._, dainty.

=friolet=, _n.m._, sort of pear.

=fripe=, _n.f._, rag; scrap; eatable.

=friper=, _v.a._, to rumple; to spoil, to wear out; (pop.) to gobble

down, to eat greedily, to devour; (pop.) to waste, to dissipate, to

squander.

_se_ =friper=, _v.r._, to get rumpled.

=friperie= (fri-prî), _n.f._, frippery, old clothes; old clothes’ trade;

rag-fair. _Se jeter_, _tomber_, _sur la — de quelqu’un_; to fall foul of

any one.

=fripe-sauce=, _n.m._, (_—_) (l.ex.) greedy-guts, glutton; bad cook.

=fripi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, dealer in old clothes,

furniture-broker.

=fripon=, =-ne=, _adj._, knavish, roguish, rascally.

=fripon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, knave, rogue, cheat, swindler, rascal.

_Un tour de —_; a knavish trick.

=friponneau=, _n.m._, little rogue, rascal, cheat.

=friponner=, _v.a._ and _n._, to cheat, to pilfer.

=friponnerie= (-po-n-rî), _n.f._, knavish trick, roguishness, knavery.

=friquet=, _n.m._, tree-sparrow; (utensil) slice.

=frire=, _v.a._ and _n._, to fry. _Il n’y a rien à —_; (pop.) there is

nothing to eat, there is nothing to be gained. _Il n’a plus de quoi —_;

he is quite ruined.

=frisage=, _n.m._, curling, rolling; lattice-work, trellis.

=frise=, _n.f._, (arch., paint., sculpt.) frieze; dreadnought. _Cheval de

—_; (fort.) cheval-de-frise.

=friser=, _v.a._, to curl, to frizz (hair), to crisp; to graze, to glance

upon, to touch lightly, to approach, to border upon. _Elle frise la

quarantaine_; she is close upon forty.

_se_ =friser=, _v.r._, to curl, to curl one’s hair; to fall into curl.

=friser=, _v.n._, to curl; (print.) to slur.

=frisotter=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to be curled, to frizzle.

_se_ =frisotter=, _v.r._, (b.s.) to be curled, to frizzle one’s self.

=frisquette=, _n.f._, (print.) frisket.

=frisson=, _n.m._, shivering, cold fit; chill; shudder, thrill. _Avoir le

—_; to have the shivers. _Cela donne le —_; that makes one shudder.

=frissonnant=, _adj._, shuddering, shivering.

=frissonnement= (-so-n-mān), _n.m._, shivering, shudder, flutter.

=frissonner=, _v.n._, to shiver, to shudder; to quake, to tremble.

=frisure=, _n.f._, curling, crisping; curls.

=frit=, =-e=, _part._, (pop.) ruined, undone. _Il est —_; he is done for.

_Tout est —_; all is over.

=fritillaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) fritillary.

=fritte=, _n.f._, (glass-making) frit.

=friture=, _n.f._, frying; thing fried; fried fish; butter for frying.

=frivole=, _adj._, frivolous, trifling, shallow, futile.

=frivolité=, _n.f._, frivolity, frivolousness; (needlework) tatting.

=froc=, _n.m._, frock, garment (of monks). _Prendre le —_; to turn

monk. _Jeter le — aux orties_; to throw off the cowl; to give up one’s

profession.

=frocaille=, _n.f._, (b.s.) monks.

=frocard=, _n.m._, (b.s.) monk.

=froid=, _n.m._, cold, coldness, chilliness, frigidity; unconcern;

lukewarmness, dullness; gravity, reserve. _Transir de —_; to benumb with

cold. _Il est tout raide de —_; he is quite stiff with cold. _Avoir —_;

to be cold. _Mourir de —_; to be perished with cold. _Grelotter de —_; to

shiver with cold. _Prendre —_; to catch cold. _Il y a du — entre eux_;

there is a coolness between them. _Les grands —s_; extreme cold; depth of

winter. _À —_; coldly; in cold blood.

=froid=, =-e=, _adj._, cold, frigid, lifeless; lukewarm, cool,

indifferent, dispassionate, dull; reserved, distant. _Temps —_; cold

weather. _— comme glace_; as cold as ice. _— aux yeux_; want of

pluck, funk. _Un homme —_; a cold sort of man. _Un homme de sang-—_;

a cool-headed man. _Battre — à quelqu’un_; to give any one the cold

shoulder. _N’avoir pas — aux yeux_; not to be afraid of one’s shadow, to

be game, plucky.

=froidement= (froad-mān), _adv._, coldly, frigidly, lukewarmly,

dispassionately, lifelessly.

=froideur=, _n.f._, coldness, chilliness; lukewarmness, indifference,

coolness.

=froidure=, _n.f._, coldness (of the weather); cold; (fig.) winter.

=froissement= (froas-mān), _n.m._, bruising, rumpling, crumpling; (fig.)

clashing; hurt, slight, affront; annoyance, vexation.

=froisser=, _v.a._, to bruise, to strike, to dash, to clash with; to

rumple, to crumple; to gall, to offend, to hurt, to wound. _Je ne

voudrais pas le —_; I should not like to hurt his feelings.

_se_ =froisser=, _v.r._, to take offense.

=froissure=, _n.f._, bruise, rumple, crumple.

=frôlement= (frôl-mān), _n.m._, grazing, rustling, rustle; contact, touch.

=frôler=, _v.a._, to graze, to touch slightly in passing; to brush past;

to rub (seeds) in one’s hands.

_se_ =frôler=, _v.r._, to graze, to touch one another, to rub up against,

to brush past.

=fromage=, _n.m._, cheese. _— mou_; soft cheese. _— à la crème_;

cream-cheese. _— de cochon_; brawn.

=fromag-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, cheesemonger.

=fromager=, _n.m._, cheese-mold; (bot.) silk-cotton-tree.

=fromagerie= (-ma-jrî), _n.f._, cheese-dairy, cheese-trade.

=fromageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cheesy.

=froment=, _n.m._, wheat. _De —_; wheaten.

=fromentacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) frumentaceous.

=fromental=, _n.m._, rye-grass; oat-grass.

=fronce=, _n.f._, (needlework) gather; (paper) crease.

=froncement= (frons-mān), _n.m._, contraction, knitting (of the brows);

frowning; frown; pursing; gathering.

=froncer=, _v.a._, to contract (the brow); to knit, to wrinkle; to purse

(the lips); to gather (needlework).

_se_ =froncer=, _v.r._, to contract, to pucker, to wrinkle; to grow dark

(of the brow).

=froncis=, _n.m._, gathering, fold.

=frondaison=, _n.f._, (bot.) foliation, foliage.

=fronde=, _n.f._, sling; (surg.) bandage; (wars of the) Fronde (French

hist.).

=frondée=, _n.f._, sling-shot.

=fronder=, _v.a._, to sling, to fling; to blame, to censure; to reflect

upon, to find fault with.

=fronderie= (fron-drî), _n.f._, (French hist.) riot of the Fronde; riot,

disturbance.

=frondeur=, _n.m._, slinger; censurer, fault-finder, critic; rioter.

=front=, _n.m._, forehead, brow, face, front; boldness, impudence, brass.

_La jeunesse au — riant_; youth with its smiling face. _— d’airain_;

brazen-face. _Le — d’un bâtiment_; the front of a building. _De —_; in

front, abreast. _Faire — à_; to face.

=frontal=, _n.m._, frontal; frontal bone; (surg.) head-bandage.

=frontal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) frontal.

=fronteau=, _n.m._, frontlet; frontal; (nav.) breast-work.

=frontière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, frontier, border, confine, limit.

=frontispice=, _n.m._, frontispiece.

=fronton=, _n.m._, (arch.) pediment, fronton; (nav.) poop-rail.

=frottage=, _n.m._, rubbing; polishing, waxing.

=frottée=, _n.f._, (pop.) a drubbing.

=frottement= (frot-mān), _n.m._, rubbing, friction.

=frotter=, _v.a._, to rub; to polish, to wax, to dry-rub; to bang, to

pommel, to warm (the ear) of. _Se faire —_; to get a drubbing.

_se_ =frotter=, _v.r._, to rub one’s self; to provoke (any one); to come

in contact with; to meddle (with anything). _Se — les yeux_; to rub one’s

eyes. _Ne vous y frottez pas_; do not meddle with it. _Ne vous frottez

pas à lui_; do not provoke him. _Qui s’y frotte s’y pique_; meddle, and

smart for it.

=frotter=, _v.n._, to rub.

=frotteur=, _n.m._, rubber, dry-rubber, scrubber, floor-polisher.

=frottis=, _n.m._, (paint.) light touch.

=frottoir=, _n.m._, rubbing-cloth, razor-cloth, rough-towel, scrubber.

=frouer=, _v.n._, to pipe, to call (birds).

=frou-frou=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) rustling of silk, etc.

=froufrouter=, _v.n._, to rustle.

=fructidor=, _n.m._, Fructidor, the twelfth month of the calendar of the

first French republic, from August 18th to September 16th.

=fructifère=, _adj._, (bot.) fructiferous, fruit.

=fructification=, _n.f._, fructification.

=fructifier=, _v.n._, to be fruitful, to fructify, to bear fruit, to

thrive, to prosper.

=fructueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adj._, fruitfully, profitably.

=fructueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fruitful; fertile, profitable.

=frugal=, =-e=, _adj._, frugal, sparing.

=frugalement= (-gal-mān), _adv._, frugally.

=frugalité=, _n.f._, frugality; thrift.

=frugivore=, _adj._, frugivorous.

=fruit=, _n.m._, fruit; dessert; offspring; advantage, benefit, profit;

utility; effect, result; (mas.) batter. _— hâtif_; early fruit. _—

indigène_; native fruit. _— tardif_; late fruit. _— à noyau_; stone

fruit. _— à pépin_; kernel fruit. _Avec —_; profitably. _— sec_; (school)

blockhead, dunce. _Tirer du — de_; to derive benefit from.

=fruité=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) fructed.

=fruiterie= (frui-trî), _n.f._, fruit-loft, fruit-trade.

=fruiti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, fruit, fruit-bearing. _Arbre —_; fruit-tree.

_Jardin —_; orchard, fruit garden.

=fruiti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, fruiterer, green-grocer; fruit-woman.

=fruition=, _n.f._, fruition, enjoyment.

=frusquin=, _n.m._, (triv.) one’s all. _Son saint —_; one’s all; all

one’s toggery.

=fruste=, _adj._, worn, defaced, corroded (of coins). _n.m._, defaced

effigy.

=frustratoire=, _adj._, frustratory.

=frustrer=, _v.a._, to defraud, to frustrate, to disappoint, to baulk,

to foil; to baffle. _Il a frustré ses créanciers_; he has defrauded his

creditors.

=fuchsia=, _n.m._, fuchsia.

=fuchsine=, _n.f._, (chem.) fuchsine, an aniline red dye.

=fucus= (-kus), _n.m._, (bot.) fucus, wrack, sea-wrack.

=fugace=, _adj._, fugitive; flying; fleeting; transient.

=fugiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, fugitive, gliding, flitting; transient,

fleeting, short-lived. _Des plaisirs —s_; transient pleasures.

=fugiti-f=, _n.m._, =-ve=, _n.f._, fugitive, runaway, wanderer.

=fugue= (fug), _n.f._, (mus.) fugue; wild prank, lark. _Faire une —_; to

take to one’s heels; to have a lark.

=fuie=, _n.f._, small pigeon-house, coop.

=fuir= (fuyant, fui), _v.n._, to flee, to fly; to run away; to elude, to

shun, to avoid, to eschew; to shift about; to leak; (paint.) to appear at

a distance; to recede. _Ce tonneau fuit_; this cask leaks.

=fuir=, _v.a._, to fly, to avoid, to shrink from.

_se_ =fuir=, _v.r._, to fly from one’s self; to shun, to avoid one

another.

=fuite=, _n.f._, flight, running away, shunning; evasion, shift,

subterfuge; running out, leakage. _Prendre la —_; to run away. _Mettre en

—_; to put to flight.

=fulgurant=, _adj._, (meteorology) attended with lightning; flashing,

vivid, sharp.

=fulguration=, _n.f._, (chem.) fulguration; lightning.

=fulgurite=, _n.m._, (phys.) fulgurite.

=fuligineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fuliginous.

=fuliginosité=, _n.f._, fuliginosity.

=fulmicoton=, _n.m._, (chem.) gun-cotton.

=fulminant=, =-e=, _adj._, fulminant, fulminating.

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

=fulmination=, _n.f._, fulmination.

=fulminer=, _v.n._, to storm, to thunder; (chem.) to fulminate, to

explode.

=fulminer=, _v.a._, (ecc.) to fulminate, to issue forth.

=fulminique=, _adj._, (chem.) fulminic.

=fumable=, _adj._, smokable.

=fumade=, _n.f._, dunging.

=fumage=, _n.m._, lacquering (of silver wire).

=fumant=, =-e=, _adj._, smoking, reeking, fuming.

=fumé=, =-e=, _adj._, smoked, manured; (fig. and pop.) done for.

=fumé=, _n.m._, (engr.) smoke-proof.

=fumée=, _n.f._, smoke; fume, reek; vanity, phantom, bubble; dream, vain

hope. _pl._, (hunt.) fumet, dung of deer; fumes. _Des tourbillons de —_;

volumes of smoke. _S’exhaler en —_; to evaporate in smoke. _Il n’y a

point de — sans feu_; there is no smoke without fire.

=fumer=, _v.n._, to smoke; to reek, to steam; to fret and fume.

=fumer=, _v.a._, to smoke, to smoke-dry; (agri.) to dung, to manure. _—

des jambons_; to smoke hams. _— un champ_; to dung a field.

=fumerolle=, _n.f._, fumarole.

=fumeron= (fu-mron), _n.m._, half-burnt charcoal.

=fumet=, _n.m._, flavor (of meat), bouquet (of wines); raciness; (hunt.)

scent. _Ce vin a un bon —_; that wine has a fine flavor _or_ bouquet.

=fumeterre= (fum-tèr), _n.f._, (bot.) fumitory, fumiter.

=fumeur=, _n.m._, smoker.

=fumeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fumous, fumy.

=fumier=, _n.m._, manure, dung, muck; dung-hill; trash, rubbish. _Mourir

sur un —_; to die in a ditch.

=fumifuge=, _adj._, smoke-expelling.

=fumigation=, _n.f._, fumigation.

=fumigatoire=, _adj._, (med.) fumigating.

=fumiger=, _v.a._, to fumigate.

=fumiste=, _n.m._, chimney-doctor _or_ curer; chimney-builder.

=fumivore=, _n.m._ and _adj._, smoke-consumer; smoke-consuming.

=fumoir=, _n.m._, (tech.) smoking-shed, smoking-house; (in a private

house) smoking-room _or_ smoke-room.

=fumure=, _n.f._, (agri.) dressing; dunging, manuring.

=funambule=, _adj._, funambulatory.

=funambule=, _n.m._, funambulist, rope-dancer.

=fune=, _n.f._, (nav.) rope, line; (pisc.) drag-rope.

=funèbre=, _adj._, funeral, funereal, mournful, melancholy, dismal,

ominous.

*=funérailles=, _n.f.pl._, funeral, obsequies.

=funéraire=, _adj._, funeral, funereal.

=funeste=, _adj._, fatal; melancholy; baneful, disastrous, distressing;

deadly.

=funestement=, _adv._, fatally, disastrously.

=funiculaire=, _n.m._, cable railway.

=fungus= (fon-gus), _n.m._ _V._ =fongus=.

=funicule=, _n.m._, (bot.) funiculus, funicle.

=funin=, _n.m._, (nav.) white hawser.

=fur=, _n.m._ _À — et à mesure_, _au — et à mesure_; in proportion,

gradually as, as fast as. _On le paye au — et à mesure de l’ouvrage_; he

is paid in proportion to the quantity of work done.

=furet=, _n.m._, ferret. _Chasser au —_; to hunt with a ferret. _C’est

un —_; he is a ferreter _or_ a Paul Pry.

=fureter= (fur-té), _v.n._, to ferret, to ferret out, to search out, to

rummage.

=fureter=, _v.a._, to ferret out, to hunt after news, to be on the

lookout for.

=fureteur= (fur-teur), _n.m._, ferreter, Paul Pry; pryer. _— de

nouvelles_; news-hunter.

=fureur=, _n.f._, fury, madness, rage, wildness; mania, frenzy, passion.

_Quand il entre en —_; when he gets into a fury. _Lorsque la — le prend_;

when he is seized with a fit of passion. _Cette actrice fait —_; that

actress is quite the rage. _Être transporté de —_; to be transported

with rage. _Il a la — du jeu_; he has a passion for gambling. _Avec —_;

furiously.

=furfuracé=, =-e=, _adj._, furfuraceous; scurvy.

=furibond=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, furious, raging, wild; furious-looking.

=furibonder=, _v.n._, to be in a rage, to fume.

=furie=, _n.f._, fury, rage, heat, height; (myth.) Fury. _Entrer en —_,

_se mettre en —_; to get into a rage. _Dans la — du combat_; in the heat

of the battle. _C’est une —_; she is a very fury, _or_ a termagant.

=furieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, furiously; prodigiously, with a

vengeance.

=furieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, furious, mad, enraged, raging, fierce, savage,

impetuous; monstrous, confounded, tremendous.

=furin=, _n.m._, deep water, open sea, high seas.

=furolles=, _n.f.pl._, fiery exhalations.

=furoncle=, _n.m._, (med.) furuncle, boil; gathering; (vet.) ambury.

=furti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, furtive, stealthy, secret. _Entrer d’un pas —_;

to steal in.

=furtivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, furtively, stealthily, by stealth,

secretly.

=fusain=, _n.m._, (bot.) prickwood, spindle-tree; (for drawing) charcoal.

=fusarolle=, _n.f._, (arch.) fusarole.

=fuseau=, _n.m._, spindle, bobbin; distaff. _Jambes de —_; spindle legs.

=fusée=, _n.f._, spindleful, bobbinful; (vet.) splint, splinter; (surg.)

fistula; (artil., her., horl.) fusee; rocket; (of oars) dolphin;

barrel (of a kitchen-jack). _— d’amorce_; (artil.) tube. _— courante_;

line-rocket _or_ sky-rocket. _— porte amarre_; (nav.) life-saving

apparatus. _Avoir une — à démêler avec quelqu’un_; to have a bone to pick

with anyone. _Une — volante_; a sky-rocket.

=fuséen=, _n.m._, (artil.) rocket-gunner.

=fuselé=, =-e=, _adj._, slender, tapering, spindle-shaped.

=fuser=, _v.n._, to expand, to spread (insensibly); to liquefy, to

dissolve, to meet; (fig.) to unite.

=fusibilité=, _n.f._, fusibility.

=fusible=, _adj._, fusible.

=fusiforme=, _adj._, (bot.) spindle-shaped, fusiform.

=fusil= (-zi), _n.m._, steel (to strike a light; to sharpen knives);

tinder-box; musket, gun. _Pierre à —_; flint. _Il fut tué d’un coup

de —_; he was killed by a musket shot. _Un coup de —_; a gun-shot,

musket shot, report of a gun. _— à deux coups_; double-barreled gun.

_— de chasse_; fowling-piece. _— de munition_; musket. _— à piston_;

percussion-gun. _— à vent_; air-gun. _— à aiguille_; needle-gun. _Canon

de —_; gun-barrel. _Portée de —_; musket range. _À portée de —_; within

musket range.

=fusilier=, _n.m._, fusileer.

*=fusillade=, _n.f._, discharge _or_ volley of musketry, firing, shooting.

*=fusiller=, _v.a._, to shoot (down); to execute (mil.).

*_se_ =fusiller=, _v.r._, to fire at each other.

=fusion=, _n.f._, fusion, melting; coalition; blending.

=fusionnement=, _n.m._, amalgamation, fusion; coalescence, union.

=fusionner=, _v.a._ and _n._, to unite, to amalgamate; to blend. _Se —_,

_v.r._, to coalesce.

=fustet=, _n.m._, smoke-tree, Venetian sumach, fustic.

=fustigation=, _n.f._, fustigation, whipping, flogging.

=fustiger=, _v.a._, to flog, to scourge, to whip.

=fût=, _n.m._, stock (of a gun or pistol); shaft (of a column); cask;

barrel (of a drum); case (of an organ).

=futaie=, _n.f._, forest of high, lofty trees; forest trees. _Demi-—_;

forest of half-grown trees. _Haute —_; forest of full-grown trees.

_Arbre de haute —_; full-grown forest trees. _Bois de haute —_; wood of

full-grown forest trees, timber-trees, timber.

*=futaille=, _n.f._, small cask, barrel. _— en botte_; barrel-staves.

=futaine=, _n.f._, fustian.

=futé=, =-e=, _adj._, sharp, cunning, sly.

=futée=, _n.f._, joiner’s putty.

=futile=, _adj._, futile, frivolous, trifling.

=futilité=, _n.f._, futility, trifle; frivolity.

=futur=, =-e=, _adj._, future.

=futur=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, intended (husband, wife). _Sa —e_; his

intended wife.

=futur=, _n.m._, futurity; (gram.) future.

=futurition=, _n.f._, futurition.

=fuyant=, =-e=, _adj._, flying, fleeting; fleeing, retreating; receding

(of the forehead); fading (of colors); (paint.) tapering. _Echelle —e_;

tapering scale.

=fuyard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, _adj._, fugitive, runaway.

G

=g=, _n.m._, the seventh letter of the alphabet, g.

=gaban=, _n.m._ _V._ =caban=.

=gabarage=, _n.m._, lighterage.

=gabare=, _n.f._, lighter, flat-bottomed barge, store-ship,

transport-ship.

=gabari= _or_ =gabarit=, _n.m._, mold, model, build (of a ship); (rail.)

carriage-gage.

=gabarier=, _n.m._, lighterman; master of a store-ship.

☉=gabatine=, _n.f._, flam, humbug, hoax. _Donner de la — à quelqu’un_; to

bamboozle any one.

=gabegie=, _n.f._, (pop.) fraud, deceit.

=gabelage= (ga-blaj), _n.m._, drysalting time; excise mark.

=gabeler= (ga-blé), _v.a._, to dry (salt).

=gabeleur= (ga-bleur), _n.m._, salt-dryer.

=gabelle=, _n.f._, gabel, salt-tax, duty on salt. _Frauder la —_; to

defraud the excise.

=gabet=, _n.m._, vane.

=gabier=, _n.m._, (nav.) top-man.

=gabion=, _n.m._, (fort.) gabion.

=gabionnade=, _n.f._, (milit.) gabionade.

=gabionner=, _v.a._, (fort.) to cover with gabions.

=gâche=, _n.m._, staple, wall-hook.

=gâcher=, _v.a._, to mix mortar; to rinse; (fig.) to bungle, to make a

mess of, to botch; to sell under price.

=gâchette=, _n.f._, staple, spring (of a lock); follower (of a firelock).

=gâcheur=, _n.m._, mason’s laborer; bungler; one who sells under price

(fig.). _C’est un —_; he is a bungler, a botcher.

=gâcheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, splashy, sloppy. _Chemin —_; sloppy road.

=gâchis=, _n.m._, slop, mess, pickle, hash. _Faire du — de_; to make a

hash of, to make a mess of. _Être dans le —_, _avoir du —_; to be in a

mess, in a pickle.

=gade=, _n.m._, (ich.) codfish.

=gadelle=, _n.f._, red-currant.

=gadellier=, _n.m._, red-currant bush.

=gadoïde=, _n.m._, (ich.) codfish.

=gadcuard=, _n.m._, nightman, scavenger.

=gadoue=, _n.f._, filth, night-soil, sewage matter; (pop.) trollop.

=gaélique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Gaelic.

=gaffe=, _n.f._, (nav.) gaff, boat-hook.

=gaffeau=, _n.m._, small boat-hook.

=gaffer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to hook.

=gage=, _n.m._, pawn, pledge; security, deposit; token, testimony; stake,

forfeit (play); (jur.) lien. _—s_; wages, hire, pay; (fig.) assurance,

promise, proof. _Prêter sur —s_; to lend money on pawned articles.

_Prêteur sur —s_; pawn-broker. _Mettre en —_; to pawn. _Donner en —_;

to pawn. _Retirer un —_; to redeem a pledge. _Jouer aux —s_; to play at

forfeits. _Casser aux —s_; to dismiss from service, to discharge, to

cashier. _À —s_; hired, paid. _Prendre à —s_; to hire.

=gager=, _v.a._, to hire; to lay, to lay a wager, to hold a wager, to

bet, to stake; to pay wages to, to pay; (fig.) to predict, to be almost

certain. _— avec quelqu’un_, _contre quelqu’un_; to lay a wager with,

against any one. _— le double contre le simple_; to bet two to one. _— sa

vie_; to stake one’s life. _Gage que si_, _gage que non_; I bet it is, I

bet it is not.

=gagerie= (gaj-rî), _n.f._ _V._ =saisie=.

=gageu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._ _V._ =parieur=.

=gageure= (ga-jur), _n.f._, bet, wager, stake, stakes. _Faire une —_;

to lay a wager. _Soutenir la —_; to stick to a thing, to maintain one’s

ground, opinion. _La — est la preuve des sots_; betting marks the fool.

=gagiste=, _adj._, (jur.) by pledge. _Créancier —_; pledgee, bailee.

=gagiste=, _n.m._, hireling; (thea.) supernumerary; (jur.) pledgee,

bailee.

*=gagnage=, _n.m._, pasturage, pasture-land.

*=gagnant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, winner.

*=gagnant=, =-e=, _adj._, winning.

*=gagne-denier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_), laborer, laboring man, day-laborer.

*=gagne-pain=, _n.m._, (_—_) bread-winner; means of subsistence,

livelihood, daily bread.

*=gagne-petit=, _n.m._, (_—_) knife-grinder.

=gagné=, =-e=, _adj._, gained, won. _Donner —_; to give in, to own one’s

self beaten. _Avoir ville —e_; to carry the day, to gain one’s point.

_Crier ville —e_; to make sure of success; to cry victory (before it is

won).

*=gagner=, _v.a._, to gain, to make; to earn, to get; to win; to prevail

upon; to gain over, to bribe; to allure, to attract, to entice; to carry,

to make one’s self master of; to prepossess; to deserve; to seize, to

come over; to reach, to overtake, to get to, to come to, to arrive at; to

catch. _— sa vie avec peine_; to work hard for one’s living. _Vous n’y

gagnerez rien_; you will gain nothing by it. _— une bataille_; to gain

a battle. _— un pari_; to win a bet. _— la partie_; to win the game. _—

son procès_; to win one’s case. _Je n’ai pu — cela sur lui_; I could not

prevail upon him to do that. _— quelqu’un_; to win any one’s money (at

play). _— quelqu’un_; to draw, to win, any one over. _— la contrescarpe_;

to carry the counterscarp. _J’y gagnai une pleurésie_; I caught pleurisy

there. _— un rhume_; to catch a cold. _La faim me gagne_; I am beginning

to feel hungry. _La nuit nous gagnera_; night will overtake us. _— le

logis_; to reach home. _— du chemin_, _— du pays_; to gain ground; to

get forward, to get on. _— du temps_; to gain time. _— du pied_, _— les

champs_; to run away, to reach the open. _— le devant_; to get the start.

_— quelqu’un de vitesse_; to get the start of any one; to be beforehand

with any one. _— le dessus_; to get the better of. _— un vaisseau_; to

gain ground on a ship. _— la volonté d’un cheval_; to break, to subdue, a

horse.

*_se_ =gagner=, _v.r._, to gain, to earn, to make, to acquire; to be

catching, to be contagious.

*=gagner=, _v.n._, to gain, to make, to earn, to get, to reach; to win

(at cards, in a lottery). _— à être connu_; to improve upon acquaintance.

_Qui épargne gagne_; a penny saved is a penny earned.

*=gagneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, winner, gainer.

=gai=, =-e=, _adj._, gay, merry, lively, exhilarating, mirthful,

cheerful; blithe, buxom, gladsome, pleasant; (of colors) gaudy, bright,

vivid; (mus.) allegro. _Vert —_; light green. _Temps —_; exhilarating

weather. _Il a le vin —_; he is very merry in his cups. _— comme un

pinson_; as gay as a lark, as merry as a grig. _Être fort —_; to be in

excellent spirits. _Il est — comme un bonnet de nuit_; he is as dull as

ditch-water.

=gai=, _adv._, (l.u.) gaily, merrily.

=gaiac=, _n.m._, (bot.) guaiac, guaiacum, holy-wood, wood of life; Indian

wood. _Bois de —_; lignum-vitæ; (bot.) lignum-vitæ tree. _Gomme_, or

_résine_, _de —_; guaiacum.

=gaiement= _or_ =gaîment= (ghè-mān), _adv._, gaily, merrily, cheerfully,

cheerily, briskly, blithely, jovially, laughingly; willingly, heartily.

=gaieté= _or_ =gaîté=, _n.f._, gayety, merriment, mirth, glee;

cheerfulness, blitheness, merriness, mirthfulness, joviality,

sportiveness, good humor; youthful frolic. _Cheval qui a de la —_; (man.)

mettlesome horse. _De — de cœur_; wantonly, out of sheer wantonness.

_Être en —_; to be sprung.

*=gaillard=, =-e=, _adj._, joyful, joyous, jovial, jolly, merry, lively;

blithe, buxom, light-hearted; libertine, wanton; broad; tipsy; sprung

(half-tipsy); cool, fresh (of the wind). _Nous étions tous un peu —s_; we

were all rather sprung. _Vent —_; cool wind.

=gaillard=, _n.m._, lively, merry, jovial fellow; fellow, blade, jolly

dog. _Gros —_; great big fellow. _Petit —_; sly dog. _— résolu_;

determined dog.

=gaillard=, _n.m._, (nav.) castle. _— d’arrière_; quarter-deck. _—

d’avant_; forecastle. _Sur le — d’avant_; before the mast.

*=gaillarde=, _n.f._, gaillard (dance); wanton; (print.) bourgeois.

*=gaillardement=, _adv._, joyously, merrily, blithely; boldly, briskly.

*=gaillardise=, _n.f._, sprightliness, liveliness, mirth, jollity;

broad, free, wanton language. _Dire des —s_; to make use of free, wanton

language.

*=gaillet=, _n.m._, (bot.) _V._ =caille-lait=.

=gain=, _n.m._, gain, profit, emolument, lucre; winning, gaining. _—

net_; clear gain, net profit. _—s nuptiaux_, _—s de survie_; (jur.)

whatever is left to the survivor (husband or wife). _Amour du —_; love of

lucre. _— de jeu_; winnings. _Tirer du — de_; to profit by. _Vivre de son

—_; to live by one’s winnings. _Avoir — de cause_; to carry the day, to

win. _Donner — de cause à_; to yield to any one. _Se retirer sur son —_;

to retire upon one’s winnings.

=gaine=, _n.f._, scabbard, sheath; (of a clock) case; (bot.) ochrea;

(archi.) terminal; (nav.) canvas-edging. _— de pavillon_; canvas edging

of an ensign.

=gainerie=, _n.f._, sheath-making.

=gainier=, _n.m._, sheath-maker, scabbard-maker; (bot.) judas-tree.

=gaîté=. _V._ =gaieté=.

=gala=, _n.m._, gala. _Habite de —_; full, _or_ court, dress.

=galactomètre=, _n.m._, lactometer.

=galamment= (ga-la-mān), _adv._, gracefully; with gallantry, courteously,

in a courtly manner; handsomely, genteelly; gallantly, bravely, nobly.

=galane=, _n.f._, (bot.) tortoise-flower.

=galanga=, _n.m._, (bot.) galangale, galanga.

=galant=, =-e=, _adj._, honest, upright; civil; liberal, generous;

gallant, courteous; fine, flattering, complimentary, genteel. _C’est un

— homme_; he is a man of honor. _Un homme —_; a courteous, polite man,

ladies’ man. _Un billet —_; a love-letter. _Humeur —e_; gay humor. _En

— homme_; like a gentleman, gallantly. _Manières —es_; gallant manners.

_Femme —e_; courtesan, gay woman.

=galant=, _n.m._, gallant, wooer, sweetheart, suitor, lover; sharp

fellow. _Faire le —_; to court the ladies. _Un vert galant_; a dashing

ladies’ man, a devoted admirer of the fair sex. _— d’hiver_; (bot.)

snow-drop.

=galanterie= (ga-lan-trî), _n.f._, politeness, gallantry (towards the

ladies), flattering, courteous compliment; present; intrigue, love

affair; (med.) syphilis. _Dire des —s_; to flirt with. _Ce n’est qu’une

—_; it is but a mere compliment.

=galantin=, _n.m._, dangler, beau.

=galantine=, _n.f._, galantine; (bot.) snow-drop. _— perce-neige_;

snow-drop.

☉=galantiser=, _v.a._, to dangle after.

☉_se_ =galantiser=, _v.r._, to admire one’s self.

=galaxie=, _n.f._, (astron.) Galaxy, Milky-Way.

=galbanum= (-non), _n.m._, (bot.) galbanum. _Donner du — à quelqu’un_; to

raise false hopes.

=galbe=, _n.m._, (arch.) graceful sweep; entasis; swelling; outline,

curve, sweep (of the face).

=gale=, _n.f._, itch; scab; mange; scurf (of vegetables, fruit). _Être

méchant comme la —_; to be very spiteful. _N’avoir pas la — aux dents_;

to be a glutton.

=galé=, _n.m._, gale, sweet-willow, Dutch myrtle.

=galéace= _or_ =galéasse=, _n.f._, (nav.) galeas.

=galée=, _n.f._, (print.) galley. _Coulisse de —_; galley-slice.

=galéga=, _n.m._, (bot.) galega, goat’s rue.

=galène=, _n.f._, (min.) galena. _— de fer_; wolfram. _Fausse —_;

mock-lead.

=galénique=, _adj._, (med.) galenic, galenical.

=galénisme=, _n.m._, (med.) galenism.

=galéniste=, _n.m._, (med.) galenist.

=galeobdolan=, _n.m._, (bot.) yellow archangel.

=galéopsis=, _n.m._, (bot.) galeopsis; stinking dead-nettle, blind-nettle.

_se_ =galer=, _v.r._, (pop.) to scratch, _or_ to rub, one’s self. _v.a._,

to scratch, to claw.

=galère=, _n.f._, galley, row-galley; organ-builder’s plane; Spanish

wagon. _Être condamné aux —s_; to be condemned to the galleys. _Tenir

—_; to maintain a galley. _Vogue la —_; happen _or_ come what may.

_Qu’allait-il faire dans cette —?_ what business had he there _or_

whatever induced him to get into that scrape? _C’est une vraie —_; it is

frightful drudgery.

=galerie= (ga-lri), _n.f._, gallery, lobby, corridor; (fig.) spectators,

lookers on, company; (nav.) stern gallery, balcony; passage; (mec.)

foot-board; (mining) level, drift, creep-hole; (thea.) gallery;

(furniture) beading, rim; (for curtains) cornice. _Petite —_; (arch.)

heading. _— principale_; (arch.) body-range (of vaults); (mining)

foot-board. _— d’allongement_; (mining) main level. _— d’écoulement_;

(engineering) drainage, drain-gallery; (mining) adit; offtake; drift;

thirl. _— du faux pont_; (nav.) gangway. _— en saillie_; (arch.)

bartizan. _Faire —_; to look on (at balls); to be a wall-flower. _— de

tableaux_; picture-gallery.

=galérien= (-ri-in), _n.m._, galley-slave, convict.

=galerne=, _n.f._, (nav.) northwesterly wind.

=galet=, _n.m._, shuffle-board; pebble, shingle; shingly beach; gravel;

(locksmith’s work) roller.

=galetas= (gal-tâ), _n.m._, garret, attic; hole, hovel.

=galette=, _n.f._, broad thin cake; sea-biscuit. _Plat comme une —_; flat

as a pancake.

=galeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, itchy; scabby; mangy; scurfy (of plants,

trees). _Chien —_; mangy dog. _Brebis —se_; scabby sheep. _Arbre —_;

scurfy tree. _Qui se sent — se gratte_; (prov.) if the cap fits, wear it.

=galeu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mangy fellow.

=galhauban=, _n.m._, (nav.) back-stay. _Rides de —s_; laniards of the

back-stays. _—s volants_; preventer back-stays.

=galimafrée=, _n.f._, (cook.) hotch-potch, hash, mishmash.

=galimatias= (-tiâ), _n.m._, fustian, nonsense; balderdash, rigmarole,

gibberish.

=galion=, _n.m._, (nav.) galleon.

=galiote=, _n.f._, galliot; half-galley, bark, boat, ketch, tub; (bot.)

bennet. _— à bombes_; bomb-ketch. _— de Hollande_; track-scout.

=galipot=, _n.m._, white resin.

=galipoter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to pitch.

=galle=, _n.f._, oak-apple, gall. _Noix de —_; gall-nut. _—s de chêne_;

oak galls.

=gallerie=, _n.f._, bee-moth.

=gallican=, =-e= (gal-li-), _adj._, Gallican, French.

=gallicanisme=, _n.m._, Gallicanism.

=gallicisme= (gal-li-), _n.m._, gallicism.

=gallinacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (orni.) gallinaceous.

=gallinacés= (gal-li-), _n.m.pl._, (orni.) gallinaceæ.

=galline=, _n.f._, (ich.) sapphirine garnet; swallow-fish; tub-fish.

=gallique= (gal-lik), _adj.m._, (chem.) gallic. _Acide —_; gallic acid;

(geog.) Gallic.

=gallois=, =-e=, _adj._, Welsh.

=gallois=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Welshman; Welshwoman.

=gallois=, _n.m._, Welsh language.

=gallon=, _n.m._, (measure of capacity) gallon.

=galoche=, _n.f._, galosh, clog; (nav.) clamp. _Un menton de —_; a

long-pointed chin. _— de fer_; (nav.) hanging clamp.

=galon=, _n.m._, galoon, lace, gimp; grocer’s round box; officers’

stripes.

=galonner=, _v.a._, to lace, to adorn with gold or silver-lace. _Habit

galonné_; laced coat.

=galonnier=, _n.m._, gold-lace maker; silver-lace maker.

=galop= (ga-lô), _n.m._, gallop, galloping; (dance) gallop; (pop.)

scolding, reprimand. _Petit —_; hand gallop. _— raccourci_, _demi-—_;

canter. _Grand —_ or _— de charge_; full gallop.

=galopade=, _n.f._, galloping; gallop; (fam.) blowing up.

=galopant=, =-e=, _adj._, galloping.

=galoper=, _v.n._, to gallop; to run on; to run about; to dance the

gallop. _Faire — un cheval_; to make a horse gallop.

=galoper=, _v.a._, to gallop; to pursue; to run after; to seize upon.

=galopin=, _n.m._, errand boy; young scoundrel; blackguard; rogue, imp.

☉=galoubet=, _n.m._, (mus.) tabor-pipe.

=galuchat=, _n.m._, dog-fish skin; shark-skin.