=lisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, polisher.

=lissoir=, _n.m._, polisher (tool).

=lissure=, _n.f._, polishing, glazing.

=liste=, _n.f._, list, roll, catalogue, schedule. _— civile_; civil list.

_— des jurés_; (jur.) panel.

=listeau=, _n.m._, (nav.) rim.

=listel=, _n.m._, (_listeaux_) (arch.) listel, list, fillet.

=liston=, _n.m._, (her.) scroll.

=lit=, _n.m._, bed; bedstead; layer; stratum; channel, direction, set (of

a current); (fig.) marriage. _— de plume_; feather-bed. _— de parade_;

bed of state. _— de repos_; couch. _— de douleur_; sick-bed. _— de

camp_; field-bed. _— de mort_; death-bed. _— de sangle_; folding-bed. _—

volant_; (nav.) cot, berth. _— à quenouilles_, _— à colonnes_; four-post

bedstead, four-poster. _Quenouille de —_, _colonne de —_; bedpost.

_Descente de —_; carpet for the bedside. _Bois de —_; bedstead. _Se

mettre au —_; to go to bed. _Garder le —_; to keep one’s bed. _Ils font

— à part_; they do not sleep together. _Il a des enfants de deux —s_;

he has children by two wives. _Ruelle de —_; bedside. _— de dessous_;

understratum (of a quarry). _— de la mer_; bed of the sea. _— du vent_;

(nav.) the wind’s eye. _Tenir le — du vent_; to sail close to the wind.

_— de marée_; tide-way. _— de justice_; seat of justice, judicial bench;

(Fr. Hist.) king’s throne. _— de Procruste_; the bed of Procrustes;

(fig.) tyrannical custom, rule, law, etc. _Comme on fait son — on se

couche_; as you make your bed, so you must lie. _Mourir au — d’honneur_;

to die in battle. _Au —!_ (hunt.) tally-ho! _Au saut du —_ or _au sortir

du —_; as you are getting up; in the early morning.

=litanie=, _n.f._, litany, prayers; long-winded story.

=liteau=, _n.m._, haunt (of a wolf); stripe (on table napkins); (tech.)

bracket, ledge. _À —x_; with stripes, striped.

=litée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) haunt, lair.

=literie=, _n.f._, bedding.

=litharge=, _n.f._, (min.) litharge.

=lithargé=, =-e=, _or_ =lithargyré=, =-e=, _adj._, adulterated with

litharge.

=lithiase= _or_ =lithiasie=, _n.f._, (med.) lithiasis.

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

=lithine=, _n.f._, (chem.) lithia.

=lithoclaste=, _n.m._, (surg.) lithoclast (instrument).

=lithocolle=, _n.f._, lithocolla.

=lithogénésie=, _n.f._, lithogenesy.

=lithographe=, _n.m._, lithographer. _Imprimeur —_; lithographic printer.

=lithographie=, _n.f._, lithography; lithograph; lithographic

printing-office.

=lithographier=, _v.a._, to lithograph.

=lithographique=, _adj._, lithographic.

=lithoïde=, _adj._, lithoidal.

=lithologie=, _n.f._, lithology.

=lithologue=, _n.m._, lithologist.

=lithontriptique= _or_ =lithotriptique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.)

lithontriptic.

=lithophage=, _adj._, lithophagous.

=lithophylle=, _n.f._, lithophyl.

=lithophyte=, _n.m._, lithophyte.

=lithosperme=, _n.m._, (bot.) lithospermum; gromil, gromwell.

=lithotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) lithotome.

=lithotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) lithotomy.

=lithotomique=, _adj._, (surg.) lithotomic.

=lithotomiste=, _n.m._, (surg.) lithotomist.

=lithotriteur=, _n.m._, (surg.) lithotritor.

=lithotritie= (-tri-ci), _n.f._, (surg.) lithotrity.

=litière= (-tièr), _n.f._, litter; stable-litter. _Il est sur la —_;

he is in the straw (of a horse); he is ill in bed (pers.). _Faire — de

quelque chose_; to throw away, to waste, to squander.

=litigant=, =-e=, _adj._, litigant.

=litige=, _n.m._, litigation, legal dispute, suit at law; (fig.) strife.

_En —_; litigated, in dispute.

=litigieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, litigious; given to law-suits.

=litispendance=, _n.f._, (jur.) pendency (of a suit).

=litorne=, _n.f._, (orni.) litorn, field-fare.

=litote=, _n.f._, (rhet.) litotes.

=litre=, _n.f._, black band, with hatchment.

=litre=, _n.m._, liter (1.760 pint). _Demi —_; pint.

=litron=, _n.m._, litron; (pop.) reputed quart.

=littéraire=, _adj._, literary.

=littérairement=, _adv._, literarily.

=littéral=, =-e=, _adj._, literal.

=littéralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, literally, word for word, verbatim.

=littéralité=, _n.f._, literality, literalness.

=littérateur=, _n.m._, literary man, scholar, man of letters.

=littérature=, _n.f._, literature, learning.

=littoral=, =-e=, _adj._, littoral, of the sea-coast.

=littoral=, _n.m._, coast, sea-shore, sea-board.

=lituite=, _n.m._, (foss.) lituite.

=liturgie=, _n.f._, liturgy.

=liturgique=, _adj._, liturgic, liturgical.

=liturgiste=, _n.m._, writer on the liturgy.

=lituus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (antiq.) augur’s wand.

=liure=, _n.f._, cord, cart-rope; (nav.) lashing, gammoning (of the

bowsprit).

=livarde=, _n.f._, cord; (nav.) sprit. _Voile à —_; sprit-sail.

=livarder=, _v.a._, (nav.) to sprit.

=livide=, _adj._, livid.

=lividité=, _n.f._, lividness.

=livrable=, _adj._, (com.) deliverable.

=livraison=, _n.f._, delivery (of goods); part, number (of a book).

_Prendre de —_; to receive. _Faire —_; to deliver (goods, etc.). _Par

—s_; in parts, numbers.

=livre=, _n.m._, book, register, volume. _— manuscrit_, _imprimé_;

manuscript, printed book. _— en feuilles_; book in sheets. _— cartonné_;

book in boards. _— broché_; stitched book. _— épuisé_; book out of print.

_— de consignations_; (police) charge-sheet. _— d’occasion_; second-hand

book. _— d’heures_; (c.rel.) prayer-book, primer. _Collationner un —_; to

collate a book. _Mettre un — au jour_; to publish a book. _Un dévoreur

de —s_; a bookworm (pers.). _Parler comme un —_; to speak like a book.

_Traduire à — ouvert_; to translate at sight. _Chanter à — ouvert_; to

sing at sight. _— de compte_; book of accounts. _Grand —_; ledger. _—

journal_; day-book. _— de caisse_; cash-book. _— d’échéances_; bill-book.

_Teneur de —s_; book-keeper. _Tenir les —s_; to keep the books, to keep

the accounts. _Grand —_, _grand — de la dette publique_; register of the

National Debt. _— jaune_; blue book.

=livre=, _n.f._, pound (1 lb., 1 oz., 10¼ dr. avoirdupois); livre (coin);

franc. _— sterling_; pound sterling. _— parisis_; Paris livre ($0·25). _—

tournois_; Tours livre ($0·21). _À la —_; by the pound. _Dix francs la

—_; ten francs a pound.

=livrée=, _n.f._, livery; livery-servants. _— de noce_; wedding-favors.

_En —_; in livery. _Gens de —_; footmen, flunkeys. _Grande —_; full

livery. _Petite —_; undress livery. _Marchandises à —_; goods to be

delivered.

=livrer=, _v.a._, to deliver; to deliver up, over; to betray; to give up;

to commit, to consign. _— de la marchandise à_; to deliver goods to. _—

bataille_; to engage, to give battle. _— un assaut_; to make an assault.

_— une place à l’ennemi_; to deliver up a fortress to the enemy. _— une

ville au pillage_; to give up a town to pillage. _— une bataille_; to

fight a battle.

_se_ =livrer=, _v.r._, to deliver one’s self up, over; to give one’s self

up, over; to surrender one’s self; to devote, to dedicate, to apply,

one’s self to; to confide (in); to trust one’s self to; to riot in; to

expose one’s self to.

=livret=, _n.m._, little book; memorandum-book; workman’s certificate;

time-book; cabman’s license; depositor’s book; multiplication-table; book

(of the play). _— de batteur d’or_; gold-beater’s mold.

=livreur=, _n.m._, deliverer (of goods). _Payez le —_; pay on delivery.

=lixiviation=, _n.f._, (chem.) lixiviation.

=lixiviel=, =-le=, _adj._, (chem., pharm.) lixivial.

=lixivium= (-om), _n.m._, (chem.) lixivium.

=llama=, _n.m._ _V._ =lama=.

=lobe=, _n.m._, lobe; lobe of the ear; (arch.) cusp; (arch.) foil.

=lobé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lobed, lobate.

=lobélie=, _n.f._, (bot.) lobelia, cardinal-flower. _— enflée_; Indian

tobacco, emetic weed.

=lobiole=, _n.f._, small lobe (in lichens).

=lobulaire=, _adj._, lobulary.

=lobule=, _n.m._, (anat.) lobule.

=local=, =-e=, _adj._, local.

=local=, _n.m._, place, habitation, situation, premises, quarters.

=localement=, _adv._, locally.

=localisation=, _n.f._, localization.

=localiser=, _v.a._, to localize.

_se_ =localiser=, _v.r._, to become, to be, localized.

=localité=, _n.f._, locality, place.

=locataire=, _n.m.f._, tenant, lodger; (jur.) lessee. _— à bail_;

lessee. _Recevoir des —s_; to take in lodgers. _— en vertu d’un bail_;

lease-holder. _Principal —_; tenant.

=locati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tenantable; of _or_ belonging to the tenant.

_Valeur —ve_; value in rent. _n.m._, locative (gram.).

=location=, _n.f._, letting, letting out; hiring; renting; (jur.)

location. _Bureau de —_; box-office. _— de livres_; letting out of books,

lending library, circulating library.

=locatis= (-tis), _n.m._, (fam. l.u.) hack, jade.

=loch=, _n.m._, (nav.) log. _Table de —_; log-book. _Jeter le —_; to

heave the log.

=loche=, _n.f._, (ich.) loach, groundling.

=locher=, _v.n._, (of a horse’s shoe) to be loose, to shake. _Il y a là

quelque fer qui loche_; there is a screw loose somewhere.

=lochet=, _n.m._ _V._ =louchet=.

=lochial=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) lochial.

=lochies=, _n.f.pl._, (med.) lochia.

=locman=, _n.m._, coasting pilot. _V._ =lamaneur=.

=locomobile=, _adj._, portable, movable.

=locomobile=, _n.f._, (agri., manu.) traction engine, (portable)

steam-engine.

=locomot-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (anat.) of _or_ producing locomotion;

locomotive.

=locomoti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, locomotive.

=locomotion=, _n.f._, locomotion.

=locomotive=, _n.f._, locomotive, engine, locomotive-engine.

=locrenan=, _n.m._, (coarse cloth) lockram.

=locuste=, _n.f._, (ent.) locust; (zoöl.) shrimp, prawn.

=locution=, _n.f._, expression, mode, form of speech; locution; term,

phrase.

=lods=, _n.m.pl._, (feudal law) only used in the expression: _— et

ventes_; lord’s due.

=lof=, _n.m._, (nav.) loof, luff; weather side, windward. _Aller au —_;

to sail near the wind; to go to windward. _Être au —_; to be to windward.

_— pour —!_ to windward! _Couple de —_; loof-frame. _Largue le —!_ up

tacks and sheets! _Bouter le —_; to trim all sharp. _— tout!_ luff round!

round with her! _— à la risée!_ ease the ship! (in blowy weather). _Virer

— pour —_; to tack, to veer the ship.

=lofer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to luff.

=logarithme=, _n.m._, (math.) logarithm.

=logarithmique=, _adj._, logarithmic.

=logarithmique=, _n.f._, logarithmic curve.

=loge=, _n.f._, lodge, hut, box; booth; stand, stall; kennel, cell, den;

cabin, closet; actor’s dressing-room. _— d’un chien_; dog’s kennel. _— du

tigre_; tiger’s den. _Ouvreuse de —s_; box-opener. _— grillée_; latticed

box. _— découverte_; open box. _Premières —s_; (thea.) first tier of

boxes. _— d’avant scène_; stage box. _— de face_; front box. _Tenir une

—_; (freemasonry) to hold a lodge.

=logeable= (lo-jabl), _adj._, inhabitable, tenantable, fit to live in;

commodious, convenient; that can be housed.

=logement= (lo-jmān), _n.m._, lodgings; residence; dwelling; house-room;

quarters; quartering; (milit.) lodgment; accommodation; (nav.) room. _—

garni_; furnished apartments.

=loger=, _v.n._, to lodge, to live, to put up. _— chez soi_; to live at

home. _— dans une auberge_; to put up at an inn. _— à la belle étoile_;

to sleep in the open air. _Ici on loge à pied et à cheval_; accommodation

for man and beast.

=loger=, _v.a._, to lodge, to harbor; to find room for, to take in, to

put up, to accommodate; to house; to billet, to quarter; to stable. _—

des soldats_; to quarter soldiers.

_se_ =loger=, _v.r._, to lodge, to take up one’s abode; to put up; (fig.)

to lodge itself, to fix itself.

=logette=, _n.f._, little cabin, little box, little cell.

=logeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lodger. _— en garni_; lodging-house

keeper.

=logicien= (-in), _n.m._, logician.

=logique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, logic, logical.

=logiquement=, _adv._, logically.

=logis=, _n.m._, house, dwelling, lodging, lodging-house, inn, home.

_Corps de —_; main building. _On m’attend au —_; I am expected at home.

_Bon — à pied et à cheval_; good accommodation for man and horse. _Au —_;

at home. _La folle du —_; imagination, fancy.

=logographe=, _n.m._, early Greek historian, logographer.

=logogriphe=, _n.m._, logogriph, riddle, enigma.

=logomachie=, _n.f._, logomachy, war of words.

=logos=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (theol.) God the Word; (in Plato’s Philos.) the

Creator of all things.

=loi=, _n.f._, law, precept, command; power, dominion, sway; authority;

rule; (coin) standard. _Homme de —_; lawyer. _Projet de —_; (parliament)

bill. _Présenter un projet de —_; to bring in a bill. _Rejeter un projet

de —_; to throw out a bill. _Hors la —_; outlawed. _Faire —_; to have

force of law. _Faire la —_; to command, to dictate (to). _Se faire une

—_; to make it a point. _Mettre hors la —_; to outlaw. _— annonaire_;

_V._ =annonaire=.

=loin=, _adv._, far, far off, a great way off; at a distance; remote,

distant. _De — en —_; at great intervals, at long distances from each

other. _Au —_; far, far away, far and wide. _De —_; from afar, from a

distance, a long way off. _Revenir de —_; to have a narrow squeak (for

one’s life). _Aller chasser au —_; to go out hunting a great way off. _—

du monde_; far from the world. _— d’ici_; a great way off. _— d’ici!_ be

gone! _— des yeux, — du cœur_; out of sight, out of mind. _Bien — de_;

instead of; far from. _Bien — que_; far from, so far from. _Bien — que

cela soit_; it is so far from being so.

=lointain=, =-e=, _adj._, remote, far distant. _Pays —_; remote country.

=lointain=, _n.m._, distance; distant prospect. _Le — d’un tableau_; the

background of a picture.

=loir=, _n.m._, (mam.) dormouse.

=loisible=, _adj._, optional, lawful, allowable, right. _— à vous de le

faire_; you have a perfect right to do it.

=loisir=, _n.m._, leisure, spare time. _J’ai du —_; I am at leisure.

_Etes-vous de —?_ are you at leisure? _or_ are you disengaged? _À —_;

leisurely, at leisure.

=lok=, _n.m._ _V._ =looch=.

=lollard=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Lollard.

=lombaire=, _adj._, (anat.) lumbar.

=lombard=, _n.m._, pawnbroker; pawn-shop. _V._ =mont-de-piété=.

=lombard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Lombard.

=lombes=, _n.m.pl._, lumbar region, loins.

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

=lombrical=, =-e=, _adj._, lumbrical.

=lomentacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lomentaceous.

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

=londonien=, =-ne=, _n.m.f._, Londoner. _adj._, Londonish.

=londrin=, _n.m._, London cloth.

=long=, =-ue= (lōn, lōng), _adj._, long, slow; tedious; prolonged,

lengthened; diffuse; drawn out. _Le temps est — à qui attend_; it is

weary waiting. _— à manger, — à tout_; slow at meat, slow at everything.

_De —ue main_; of long standing.

=long=, _n.m._, length; extent. _Cela a dix aunes de —_; that is ten ells

in length. _Être couché_, _étendu_, _tout de son —_; to lie, to be lying,

at full length. _Prendre le plus —_; to go the longest way round. _Tout le

—_; all along. _Tout au —_; along, at large, in detail, in full. _De —

en large_; up and down; to and fro. _En —_; lengthways. _Tirer de —_; to

scamper away; (fig.) to put off, to procrastinate.

=long=, _adv._, much, a great deal. _En savoir —_; to know what’s what.

_En savoir trop —_; to know too much.

=longanimité=, _n.f._, longanimity, forbearance, long-suffering.

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

=longe=, _n.f._, loin; tether, thong. _Une — de veau_; a loin of veal.

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

=longévité=, _n.f._, longevity.

=longimétrie=, _n.f._, longimetry.

=longitude=, _n.f._, (geog.) longitude. _Prendre les —s_; to take the

longitude.

=longitudinal=, =-e=, _adj._, longitudinal.

=longitudinalement=, _adv._, longitudinally.

=long-jointé=, =-e=, _adj._, (man.) long-jointed.

=long-pan=, _n.m._, roof-length.

=longrine= _or_ =longuerine=, _n.f._, girder, sleeper.

=longtemps= (lōn-tān), _adv._, long, a long while, a great while. _Depuis

—_; long since, long ago, long before. _Il y a — que je ne l’ai vu_; I

have not seen him for a great while.

=longue= (long), _n.f._, long syllable; length, course of time. _À la —_;

with _or_ in time, in the long run.

=longuement= (long-mān), _adv._, long, a long time, a great while, at

length.

=longuet=, =-te=, _adj._, longish, somewhat long, pretty long, at great

length.

=longueur= (-gheur), _n.f._, length, extent; slowness, tediousness,

dullness; prolixity. _Trois pieds de —_; three feet in length. _En —_;

lengthwise. _Tirer les choses en —_; to delay, to cause delays; to cause

any affair to drag. _Traîner en —_; to drag; to be protracted; to suffer

delays. _Tirer en —_; to spin out.

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

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

=lopin=, _n.m._, (pop.) lump; bit, morsel, portion, share (of eatables).

_— de terre_; bit of ground.

=loquace= (-kooas), _adj._, loquacious, talkative.

=loquacement=, _adv._, talkatively, loquaciously.

=loquacité= (-kooa-), _n.f._, loquacity, talkativeness.

=loque=, _n.f._, rag, tatter.

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

=loquet=, _n.m._, latch; (of a knife) catch, hasp, clasp. _—

d’écoutilles_; (nav.) hoop of the scuttles.

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

=loquette=, _n.f._, (pop.) scrap, small bit.

=lord=, _n.m._, (_—s_) lord.

=lorette=, _n.f._, lorette, gay woman.

*=lorgnade=, _n.f._, ogle, side-look, side-glance.

*=lorgner=, _v.a._, to leer, to ogle; to look through an opera-glass; to

quiz; to have an eye on. _— une charge_; to have an eye on some post, to

covet.

*=lorgnette=, _n.f._, opera-glass.

*=lorgneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, ogler.

*=lorgnon=, _n.m._, eye-glass, quizzing-glass.

=loriot=, _n.m._, (orni.) oriole.

=lors=, _adv._, then. _Depuis_ or _dès —_; from that time, since then. _—

de_; at the time of. _— même que_; even though. _Pour —_; then, at the

time, since then; so, in that case, therefore.

=lorsque=, _conj._, when; at the time _or_ moment. _— j’arrivai_; when I

arrived.

☉=los=, _n.m._, praise.

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

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

=losanger=, _v.a._, to lozenge.

=lot= (lô), _n.m._, lot; portion, share; prize (in a lottery). _Le — qui

lui est échu_; the portion which has fallen to his share. _Le gros —_;

the first prize (in a lottery).

=loterie= (lo-trî), _n.f._, lottery; raffle. _Mettre à la —_; to put in

the lottery. _Gagner à la —_; to win in the lottery. _Faire une —_; to

raffle. _C’est une —_; (fig.) it is a mere matter of chance.

=loti=, =-e=, _part._, divided into lots; portioned out. _Le voilà bien

—_; he has made a good choice.

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

=lotion=, _n.f._, lotion, wash; ablution.

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

=lotissage=, _n.m._, (chem.) assaying, averaging.

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

=loto=, _n.m._, loto (game of chance).

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

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

=lotus= _or_ =lotos= (-tûs, -tôs), _n.m._, (bot.) lotus, lote.

=louable=, _adj._, laudable, praiseworthy, commendable; honest, honorable.

=louablement=, _adv._, laudably, commendably, praiseworthily.

=louage=, _n.m._, letting out, hire, hiring, renting. _À —_; on hire.

_Donner à —_; to let out, to hire. _Prendre à —_; to rent, to hire. _Un

cheval de —_; a hired horse.

=louange=, _n.f._, praise, commendation, eulogy; glory, credit. _Donner

des —s_; to bestow praise.

=louanger=, _v.a._, to praise up, to flatter, to laud.

=louangeu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, praiser, flatterer, panegyrist;

laudatory, eulogistic.

=louche=, _adj._, squint-eyed; dubious, doubtful, ambiguous, suspicious,

equivocal; not clear; (fig.) (of light) dim, dark; (of weather) foul,

thick.

=louche=, _n.m._, ambiguity, obscurity; suspicious appearance. _Il y a du

— dans sa conduite_; there is something suspicious in his conduct.

=louche=, _n.f._, soup-ladle; dipper.

=louchée=, _n.f._, ladleful.

=loucher=, _v.n._, to squint.

=louchet=, _n.m._, flat spade, mattock.

=louchettes=, _n.f.pl._, goggles.

=loucheu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, squinter, squinting.

=louer=, _v.a._, to let, to let out, to rent, to hire, to hire out, to

lease; to take, to rent. _— une maison à quelqu’un_; to let any one a

house. _Maison à —_; house to let.

_se_ =louer=, _v.r._, to hire one’s self out; to be let; to be let for.

=louer=, _v.a._, to praise, to commend, to laud, to eulogize, to speak

highly of.

_se_ =louer=, _v.r._, to laud, to praise, one’s self; to rejoice at; to

be satisfied _or_ pleased with. _Se — de quelqu’un_; to be well pleased

with any one; to be satisfied with any one. _Qui se loue s’emboue_; self

praise is no recommendation.

=loueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hirer, letter out; ☉praiser, flatterer.

_— de voitures_; job-master.

=lougre=, _n.m._, lugger.

=louis=, _n.m._, louis (an old French coin equal to about $4.60). _—

d’or_; louis d’or.

=loup= (loo), _n.m._, wolf; (med.) lupus; (com.) stock-jobber; black

velvet mask; domino; crowbar; packing stick, burnisher. _Gueule de —_;

(bot.) snap-dragon. _Manger comme un —_; to eat ravenously; to devour.

_Un saut de —_; a ha-ha; a hedge sunk between slopes, _Entre chien et —_;

in the dusk of the evening, at dusk. _Renfermer le — dans la bergerie_;

to set the fox to keep the geese. _Crier au —!_ to cry wolf. _Marcher

à pas de —_; to walk cautiously, stealthily, like a thief. _Mettre

quelqu’un à la gueule du —_; to throw any one into the lion’s mouth. _Il

est connu comme le — blanc_; he is known by everybody. _Quand on parle du

— on en voit la queue_; talk of the devil and he is sure to appear. _La

faim chasse le — hors du bois_; hunger will break through stone walls.

_Il faut hurler avec les —s_; when you are at Rome, you must do as Rome

does. _Avoir vu le —_; to have seen the world; to know what’s what. _Qui

se fait brebis, le — le mange_; daub yourself with honey and you will

never want flies. _Il fait un froid de —_; it is terribly _or_ bitter

cold. _Tenir le — par les oreilles_; to be in a critical situation. _Les

—s ne se mangent pas entre eux_; there is honor among thieves. _Un vieux

— de mer_; an old sea dog, an old salt.

=loup-cerve=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (mam.) she-lynx.

=loup-cervier=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) lynx.

=loupe=, _n.f._, magnifying-glass, lens, eye-glass; (med.) wen; (of

camels) hump; (house painting) cradle.

=loupeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, wenny, knobby.

=loup-garou=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) man-wolf; bugbear; owl, surly dog;

churlish fellow.

=lourd=, =-e=, _adj._, heavy; lumpish, unwieldy; dull, clumsy,

thick-headed; awkward.

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

=lourdement=, _adv._, heavily, plump; clumsily; grossly.

=lourderie=, _n.f._, clumsiness, gross blunder.

=lourdeur=, _n.f._, heaviness, sluggishness; dullness; weight.

☉=lourdise=, _n.f._, gross blunder.

☉=loure=, _n.f._, loure (dance).

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

=loustic=, _n.m._, wag.

=loutre=, _n.f._, otter. _— marine_; sea-otter.

☉=louvat=, _n.m._, young wolf. _V._ =louveteau=.

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

=louver=, _v.a._, (tech.) to sling.

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

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

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

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

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

=louviers=, _n.m._, Louviers cloth.

=louvoyage=, _n.m._, (nav.) tacking about.

=louvoyer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to tack about; to ply by boards; (fig.) to

manœuvre; to dodge.

=louvre=, _n.m._, Louvre (public edifice in Paris); palace, magnificent

house.

=love=, _n.f._, bar (of soap).

=lover=, _v.a._, (nav.) to coil.

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

=loxodromique=, _adj._, loxodromic.

=loyal=, =-e=, _adj._, honest, loyal, honorable, true, fair,

fair-dealing, straightforward, upright; (com.) of good quality,

unadulterated. _Un — chevalier_; a true knight.

=loyalement= (loa-yal-mān), _adv._, fairly, loyally, honestly,

faithfully, uprightly.

=loyauté=, _n.f._, loyalty, honesty, honorableness, fairness,

fair-dealing, integrity.

=loyer=, _n.m._, hire, rent. _Donner à —_; to let. _Prendre une maison

à —_; to hire _or_ rent a house. _Les —s sont élevés dans ce quartier_;

rents are high in this neighborhood.

=lozange=, _n.f._ _V._ =losange=.

=lubie=, _n.f._, crotchet, maggot, whim. _Il lui prend souvent des —s_;

he often takes whims into his head. _À —s_; crotchety, whimsical.

=lubricité=, _n.f._, lubricity, lechery, lewdness.

=lubrifier=, _v.a._, to lubricate.

=lubrique=, _adj._, lecherous, lewd, lascivious, wanton.

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

=lucarne=, _n.f._, skylight, dormer-window, garret-window.

=lucet=, _n.m._, (bot.) whortle-berry.

=lucide=, _adj._, lucid, clear.

=lucidité=, _n.f._, lucidness, lucidity, clearness.

=lucifer= (-fèr), _n.m._, Lucifer.

=lucifuge=, _adj._, shunning the light.

=luciole=, _n.f._, glow-worm; fire-fly.

=lucrati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, lucrative.

=lucre=, _n.m._, lucre, gain.

=lucubrateur=, _n.m._, lucubrator.

=lucubration=, _n.f._ _V._ =élucubration=.

=lucullus=, _n.m._, (_—_) lucullus, lavish entertainer.

=luette=, _n.f._, (anat.) uvula.

=lueur=, _n.f._, glimmer, glimmering, light, glimpse, gleam, spark. _—

blafarde_; pale glimmer. _Faible —_; faint glimmer. _Une — d’espérance_;

a glimpse _or_ ray of hope. _Jeter une faible —_; to glimmer.

=lugubre=, _adj._, lugubrious, doleful, dismal, mournful.

=lugubrement=, _adv._, dolefully, dismally, mournfully.

=lui=, _personal pron._, he; him, to him; her, to her; it, to it. _C’est

—_; it is he. _Parlez-lui_; speak to him, to her. _Donnez-lui-en_; give

him some.

=luire= (luisant, lui), _v.n._, to shine, to glitter; to gleam, to

glisten; to dawn, to appear.

=luisant=, =-e=, _adj._, glistening, glittering, shining, shiny; glossy,

bright, dawning. _Un ver —_; a glow-worm.

=luisant=, _n.m._, gloss.

=luisante=, _n.f._, (astron.) brilliant star.

=luites=, _n.f.pl._ (hunt.) _V._ =suites=.

=lulunithe=, _n.f._, lulunite (small fossil coral).

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

=lumbago= (lon-), _n.m._, lumbago.

=lumière=, _n.f._, light, lamp; daylight, day; touch-hole (of a

fire-arm); information; intelligence, knowledge; insight, wisdom,

sagacity; luminary; (paint.) light. _À la — de_; by the light of.

_Eteindre une —_; to put out a light. _Mettre en —_; to demonstrate, to

bring to light, to elucidate. _Être privé de la —_; to have lost one’s

sight. _La — du soleil_, _du jour_; the light of the sun, of day. _La —

de la raison_; the light of reason.

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

=luminade=, _n.f._ _À la —_; by torchlight.

=luminaire=, _n.m._, luminary, light; lights (of a church). _Le — d’un

enterrement_; lights (at a funeral).

=luminariste=, _n.m._, lamp-lighter, gas-fitter.

=lumineusement= (-neûz-mān), _adv._, luminously.

=lumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, luminous.

=lunaire=, _adj._, lunar.

=lunaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) lunary, moonwort.

=lunaison=, _n.f._, lunation.

=lunatique=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, moon-struck; fantastical, whimsical,

moon-struck, fantastical, whimsical person, lunatic.

=lundi=, _n.m._, Monday.

=lune=, _n.f._, moon; fit, crotchet, whim; moments. _— de mer_; (ich.)

sun-fish. _La — est dans son plein_; the moon is full. _Pleine —_,

_nouvelle —_; full moon, new moon. _Clair de —_; moonlight. _— rousse_;

April moon. _— d’août_; harvest-moon. _— d’eau_; white water-lily.

_Vouloir prendre la — avec les dents_; to attempt impossibilities. _Avoir

des —s_; to have whims. _Faire un trou à la —_; to decamp, to make a

moonlight flitting; to flee from one’s creditors. _Aboyer à la —_; to bay

the moon. _La — de miel_; the honeymoon.

=luné=, _adj._, mooned.

=lunetier=, _n.m._, spectacle-maker; spectacle-seller; optician.

=lunette=, _n.f._, spy-glass, eye-glass; telescope; merry-thought,

wish-bone (of a fowl); seat (of a close-stool, a water-closet); (arch.,

fort., man.) lunette; rim (of a watch case). _pl._, spectacles. _—

d’approche_; spy-glass, small telescope. _— de poche_; pocket spy-glass.

_Porter des —s_; to wear spectacles.

=lunetté=, =-e=, _adj._, spectacled.

=luniforme=, _adj._, luniform, moon-shaped.

=luni-solaire=, _adj._, lunisolar.

=lunule=, _n.f._, (geom.) lune.

=lunulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lunulate.

=lupanar=, _n.m._, house of ill-fame, bawdy house.

=lupercales=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) lupercalia.

=lupin=, _n.m._, (bot.) lupine.

=lupus=, _n.m._, (med.) lupus.

=luride=, _adj._, lurid.

=luridité=, _n.f._, luridness, lurid hue.

=luron=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, jolly fellow, brick, fine fellow,

determined fellow; buxom, bouncing girl.

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

=lustrage=, _n.m._, (manu.) lustring.

=lustral=, =-e=, _adj._, lustral.

=lustration=, _n.f._, lustration.

=lustre=, _n.m._, luster, brilliancy, brightness; renown, distinction,

gloss; splendor; candle-stick, chandelier ornamented with drops of cut

glass; luster (space of five years).

=lustré=, =-e=, _part._, glossy.

=lustrer=, _v.a._, to give a luster, a gloss, to.

=lustrine=, _n.f._, lustring (silk stuff).

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

=lut= (lut), _n.m._, (chem.) luting.

=luter=, _v.a._, (chem.) to lute.

=luth= (lut), _n.m._, (mus.) lute.

=luthéranisme=, _n.m._, Lutheranism.

=luthérien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Lutheran.

=luthier=, _n.m._, lute-maker.

=lutin=, _n.m._, hobgoblin, goblin; sprite; elf, imp; lively person, wild

child. _Faire le —_; to play the deuce.

=lutin=, =-e=, _adj._, roguish, waggish, wanton, sprightly.

=lutiner=, _v.a._, to plague, to tease, to pester.

=lutiner=, _v.n._, to tear about, to play the deuce.

=lutrin=, _n.m._, lectern, reading-desk, choir.

=lutte=, _n.f._, wrestling; struggle, contest, strife. _S’exercer à la

—_; to practice wrestling. _De haute —_; by main force, with a high hand.

_De bonne —_; by fair play.

=lutter=, _v.n._, to wrestle; to struggle, to contend, to strive

(against), to cope with, to vie with. _— contre la tempête_; to strive

against the storm. _— contre la tentation_; to struggle against

temptation.

=lutteur=, _n.m._, wrestler.

=luxation=, _n.f._, (surg.) luxation, dislocation.

=luxe=, _n.m._, luxury; display, splendor, magnificence, exuberance,

profusion; extravagance, excess. _Objets de —_; fancy goods. _C’est du

—_; that is unnecessary, superfluous, useless, uncalled for.

=luxé=, _part._, luxated, dislocated.

=luxer=, _v.a._, (surg.) to luxate, to dislocate.

_se_ =luxer=, _v.r._, to become luxated.

=luxueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, magnificent, rich, sumptuous.

=luxueusement=, _adv._, luxuriously, sumptuously, richly.

=luxure=, _n.f._, lust, lewdness.

=luxuriance=, _n.f._, luxuriance.

=luxuriant=, =-e=, _adj._, luxuriant.

=luxurieusement=, _adv._, lustfully, lewdly.

=luxurieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lustful, lewd, wanton.

=luzerne=, _n.f._, lucern, lucern-grass.

=luzernière=, _n.f._, lucern field.

=lycanthrope=, _n.m._, person affected with lycanthropy.

=lycanthropie=, _n.f._, lycanthropy.

=lycée=, _n.m._, lyceum, college, high-school, public-school.

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

=lychnide=, _n.f._, (bot.) lychnis.

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

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

=lycopside=, _n.f._, lycopsis, bugloss.

=lydien=, =-ne=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Lydian.

=lymphatique=, _adj._, (med.) lymphatic.

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

=lynx= (links), _n.m._, lynx. _Avoir des yeux de —_; to be lynx-eyed.

=lyre=, _n.f._, lyre; (fig.) talent of the poet, poetry; (astron., anat.)

lyra. _Jouer de la —_; to play on the lyre.

=lyrique=, _n._ and _adj._, lyric; lyrical. _Vers —s_; lyrical verses.

_Poète —_; lyrical poet. _Théâtre —_; opera-house.

=lyrisme=, _n.m._, dignified and poetic style; poetic enthusiasm.

=lysimachie=, _n.f._, lysimachia, loose-strife, willow herb. _— bleue_;

purple loose-strife. _— jaune_; willow-herb.

=lysimaque=, _n.f._, (bot.) loose-strife.

=lythrode=, _n.f._, (min.) lythrode.

M

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

=m.= (abbrev. of _Majesté_), M., Majesty; (abbrev. of _Monsieur_) Mr.,

Mister.

=m’=, (contraction of _Me_), me. _V._ =me=.

=ma=, _possessive adj._ _f._, my. [_Mon_ is used for the feminine before a

vowel or _h_ mute.] _— chère_; my dear. _Mon âme_; my soul. _V._ =mon=.

=mâ=, _n.m._, china grass.

=m.a.=, (abbrev. of _Maison Assurée_) house insured.

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

=mabolo=, _n.m._, date-plum.

=macabre=, _adj._, used only in the expression, _danse —_; the dance of

death.

=macadam=, _n.m._, road metal, macadam.

=macadamiser=, _v.a._, to macadamize.

=macaire=, _n.m._, swindler, cheat.

=macaque=, _n.m._, dog-faced monkey, baboon.

=macaron=, _n.m._, macaroon.

=macaronée=, _n.f._, (poet.) macaronic.

=macaroni=, _n.m._, macaroni.

=macaronique=, _adj._, (poet.) macaronic.

=macédoine=, _n.f._, dish consisting of a medley of fruit _or_

vegetables; medley, hotch-potch, olio.

=macer=, _v.a._ _V._ =masser=.

=macération=, _n.f._, maceration.

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

=macérer=, _v.n._, (chem.) to soak, to stand.

_se_ =macérer=, _v.r._, to macerate one’s body; to be macerated; (fig.)

to mortify one’s self.

=machabées= (-ka-), _n.m.pl._, Maccabees.

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

=mâchecoulis= _or_ =mâchicoulis=, _n.m._, (fort.) machicolation.

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

=mâchefer= (mâsh-fèr), _n.m._, dross of iron, slag, clinkers; scoria,

hammerslag; offal, puddler’s offal.

=mâchelière=, _n.f._ and _adj._, jaw-tooth, grinder, of the jaw. _Dents

—s_; jaw-teeth, grinders.

=mâchement=, _n.m._, chewing, munching.

=mâchemoure=, _n.f._, ship biscuit dust.

=mâcher=, _v.a._, to chew, to masticate, (of a horse) to champ (the bit);

to eat ravenously. _— à vide_; to chew the air; (fig., fam.) to delude

one’s self with false expectations. _— de haut_; (fam.) to eat without

appetite. _Il faut lui — tous ses morceaux_; everything must be ready

made to his hand. _Ne pas — ce qu’on pense_; not to hesitate saying what

one feels, not to mince matters, to speak one’s mind. _On lui avait mâché

sa besogne_; the work had been cut and dried for him.

_se_ =mâcher=, _v.r._, to be chewed.

=mâcheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, high feeder, trencher-man, muncher. _—

de tabac_; chewer of tobacco.

=machiavélique=, _adj._, Machiavelian.

=machiavélisme=, _n.m._, Machiavelism.

=machiavéliste=, _n.m._, Machiavelian.

=mâchicatoire=, _n.m._, masticatory.

=mâchicoulis=, _n.m._ _V._ =mâchecoulis=.

=machinal=, =-e=, _adj._, mechanical, automatic, instinctive.

=machinalement=, _adv._, mechanically, instinctively.

=machinateur=, _n.m._, machinator, plotter, contriver.

=machination=, _n.f._, machination; plot; contrivance.

=machine=, _n.f._, machine, engine, implement; machinery, piece of

mechanism, apparatus, appliance, intrigue, system, plan, plot; (fam.)

so and so, thingummy. _— pneumatique_; air-pump. _— soufflante_;

blowing-machine. _— à colonne d’eau_; water pressing engine. _— à détente

de vapeur_; expansion steam-engine. _— à simple effet_; single-acting

engine. _— à double effet_; double-acting machine. _— à basse_, _à

haute_, _à moyenne pression_; low, high, mean pressure engine. _— à

vapeur_; steam-engine. _— de vingt chevaux_; engine of twenty horse

power. _— à mâter_; (nav.) shears (for masting ships). _La — va bien_,

_fonctionne bien_; the machinery, the engine, works well. _— de recours_;

pilot-engine. _La — ronde_; (poet., fam.) the earth, the Universe. _C’est

une pure —_, _ce n’est qu’une —_; (of persons without energy) he, she, is

a mere machine. _—!_ (fam.) so and so, _or_ what’s his name.

=machiner=, _v.a._, to machinate, to contrive, to plot; to plan, (coin)

to mill, to edge. _Il machine votre perte_; he is plotting your ruin.

=machiniste=, _n.m._, machinist, engineer, engine-man; (theat.)

stage-carpenter, scene-shifter.

=mâchoire=, _n.f._, jaw, jawbone. _Jouer_, _s’escrimer_, _de la —_; to

eat with avidity, to guzzle. _C’est une vraie —_; he is a blockhead.

_Avoir la — pesante_, _lourde_; to express one’s self awkwardly, with

difficulty. _— d’étau_; vice chaps.

=mâchonner=, _v.a._, to chew with difficulty; to mumble, to munch, to

champ (the bit). _Que mâchonnez-vous entre vos dents?_ what are you

mumbling between your teeth?

=mâchonneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, mumbler.

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

=mâchurer=, _v.a._, to daub, to smear, to smudge, to blacken; (print.) to

maculate.

=macis=, _n.m._, mace (spice).

=m.a.c.l.= (initial letters of the words _Maison Assurée contre

l’Incendie_), house insured against fire.

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

=macle=, _n.f._, (bot.) water-caltrop; (min.) macle; sort of net; (her.)

mascle. _V._ =macre=.

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

=maçon=, _n.m._, mason, bricklayer; mason, freemason. _C’est un vrai —_;

he is a bungler.

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

=maçonner=, _v.a._, to do mason’s work, masonry; to plaster; to bungle,

to do badly. _— une porte_; to wall up a door. _Voyez comme il a maçonné

cela_; see in what a slovenly manner he has done that.

=maçonnerie= (-so-n-rî), _n.f._, masonry, mason’s work; stone-work;

masonry, free-masonry. _— en liaison_; bound masonry. _— brute_; ashlar.

_— de blocaille_; rubber-work. _— maillée_; net-work.

=maçonnique=, _adj._, masonic.

=macquage=, _n.m._, breaking (of hemp).

=macque=, _n.f._, tewing beetle.

=macquer=, _v.a._, to tew, to break hemp.

=macre= _or_ =macle=, _n.f._, (bot.) water-caltrop.

=macreuse=, _n.f._, (orni.) black-diver, king-duck. _Avoir un sang de —_;

to have a cold, frigid disposition.

=macrocosme=, _n.m._, (philos.) macrocosm.

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

=maculature=, _n.f._, (print.) macule, waste sheet of printed paper;

coarse brown paper.

=macule=, _n.f._, stain, spot; (astron.) macula. _Agneau sans —_; lamb

without spot.

=maculer=, _v.a._, to blot, to spot, to maculate.

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

=madame=, _n.f._, madam, mistress, my lady, ma’am. _Monsieur vaut bien

—_; the husband is as good as the wife. _Faire la —_; to give one’s self

airs, to play the grand lady. _C’est une grosse —_; (pop.) she is a rich

lady. _— y est-elle?_ is your mistress, _or_ Mrs. so and so, at home? _—

la duchesse_; your grace. _— votre mère_; your mother. _Jouer à la —_; to

play at lords and ladies.

=madapolam=, _n.m._, long-cloth.

=madéfaction=, _n.f._, (pharm.) madefaction.

=madéfier=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to madefy.

=madeleine=, _n.f._, (_—s_) tea-cake, bun; early pear; used also in:

_pleurer comme une —_; to weep like a Magdalen.

=madelonnette= (ma-dlo-nèt), _n.f._, repentant woman. _—s_; Magdalen

asylum (for repentant women), female penitentiary.

=mademoiselle= (mad-moa-zèl), _n.f._, miss. _— votre sœur_; your sister.

_— désire-t-elle attendre?_ would you like to wait, Miss?

=madère=, _n.m._, Madeira; Madeira wine. _Gâteau au —_; tipsy cake.

=madone=, _n.f._, madonna.

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

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

=madré=, =-e=, _adj._, speckled, spotted, mottled; cunning, sly, sharp.

_C’est un — compère_; he is a sly fellow, a knowing card.

=madré=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, cunning, sharp, sly person. _Un fin —_; a

cunning blade.

=madrépore=, _n.m._, (polypes) madrepore.

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

=madrigal=, _n.m._, madrigal.

=madrure=, _n.f._, speckling, spotting; mottling.

=maëstral=, _n.m._ _V._ =mistral=.

=mafflé=, =-e=, _or_ =mafflu=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam., l.u.)

chub-cheeked person; chub-cheeked.

=magasin=, _n.m._, magazine, warehouse, storehouse; shop, store; stock;

magazine (serial); basket (of a coach). _— de nouveautés_; linen-draper’s

shop. _Marchandise en —_; stock. _Le — des jeunes Demoiselles_; the Young

Ladies’ Magazine. _Garçon de —_; warehouseman; counter-jumper.

=magasinage=, _n.m._, warehousing; warehouse-rent. _Droit de —_; store

dues.

☉=magasiner=, _v.a._ _V._ =emmagasiner=.

=magasinier=, _n.m._, warehouse-keeper.

=magdaléon=, _n.m._, (pharm.) magdaleon.

=mage=, _n.m._, magian. _pl._, magi, wise men of the East.

☉=mage= _or_ =maje=, _adj._, first, chief. Only used in the expression:

_juge —_; chief-justice.

=magenta=, _n.m._ and _adj._, magenta (color).

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

=magie=, _n.f._, magic. _— blanche_; natural magic. _— noire_; black art,

witchcraft. _La — du style_; the magic of the style.

=magique=, _adj._, magic, magical. _Baguette —_; magic wand. _Lanterne

—_; magic-lantern.

=magisme=, _n.m._, magianism.

=magister= (-tèr), _n.m._, country schoolmaster; pedant, pedagogue;

(Scotch) dominie.

=magistère=, _n.m._, grand mastership of the order of Malta; ☉(chem.,

pharm.) magistery, magistral.

=magistral=, =-e=, _adj._, magisterial, masterly; authoritative,

dictatorial; principal, sovereign. _Remède —_; sovereign remedy. _Parler

d’un ton —_; to speak in an authoritative tone. _Ligne —e_; principal

outline.

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

=magistrat=, _n.m._, magistrate, judge, corporation, municipal council

(in some French towns).

=magistrature=, _n.f._, magistracy bench. _— assise_; judges, bench. _—

debout_; body of public prosecutors. _V._ =parquet=.

=magnan=, _n.m._, silk-worm.

*=magnanerie=, _n.f._, silk-worm nursery.

*=magnanier=, _n.m._, silk-worm breeder.

*=magnanime=, _adj._, magnanimous, high-minded, noble.

*=magnanimement=, _adv._, magnanimously.

*=magnanimité=, _n.f._, magnanimity, high-mindedness.

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

*=magnésie=, _n.f._, magnesia. _Sulfate de —_; Epsom salts.

=magnésium=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (chem.) magnesium.

*=magnétique=, _adj._, magnetic.

*=magnétiser=, _v.a._, to magnetize, to mesmerize.

*=magnétiseur=, _n.m._, magnetizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer.

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

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

Mary).

*=magnificence=, _n.f._, magnificence, splendor, grandeur; lavishness;

largess, bounty.

*=magnifico=, _n.m._, magnifico (grandee).

*=magnifier=, _v.a._, to magnify, to extol, to exalt, to praise.

*=magnifique=, _adj._, magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, grand;

ostentatious, vain.

*=magnifiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, magnificently, gorgeously,

splendidly, grandly.

=magnolia= _or_ =magnolier= (mag-no-), _n.m._, (bot.) magnolia.

=magot=, _n.m._, (mam.) magot; baboon; booby; ill-favored man; grotesque

figure (of china); hoard of money, hidden treasure.

=mahaleb=, _n.m._, (bot.) mahaleb.

☉=maheutre= _or_ =mahoitre=, _n.f._, sleeve.

☉=maheutre=, _n.m._, Protestant soldier of the 16th century (French

hist.).

=mahométan=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Mahometan, Mohammedan.

=mahométisme=, _n.m._, Mahometanism, Mohammedanism.

=mahonille=, _n.f._, Virginian stock.

=mahou=, _n.m._, coarse woolen cloth.

=mahratte=, _n.m._, Mahratta.

=mai=, _n.m._, May; may-pole. _Bois de —_; (bot.) hawthorn. _Planter le

—_; to set up the may-pole. _Plantation de —_; may-pole dance.

=maidan=, _n.m._, (_—s_) market-place (in the East).

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

=maïeur=, _n.m._, (local ex.) mayor.

=maigre=, _adj._, meager, lean, thin, spare, slender; poor, sorry,

scanty, dry, barren; (of coal) close-burning. _— échine_; bare-bones

(pers.). _— comme un hareng_; as lean as a shotten herring, as thin as a

lath. _Jours —s_; fish-days. _Repas —_; fish meal. _Soupe —_; herb soup

(made without meat). _— chère_; poor living, poor fare. _— repas_; sorry

meal. _Sujet —_; barren subject. _Ecriture —_; scraggy handwriting.

=maigre=, _n.m._, lean; (ich.) umbrina; any food save meat. _Faire —_;

to abstain from meat. _Traiter en —_; to treat to a fish dinner, _or_ to

give no meat. _En —_; (carp.) sharply, scantily.

=maigrelet=, =-te=, _adj._, thin, thinnish, lean, spare.

=maigrement=, _adv._, meagerly, poorly, sorrily, sparingly.

=maigret=, =-te=, _adj._, lean, poor, thin, spare.

=maigreur=, _n.f._, leanness, meagerness; slenderness, thinness,

sorriness, poorness, spareness, scantiness, barrenness.

=maigrir=, _v.n._, to grow lean, to become lean; to grow thin, to become

thin; to fall away, to waste away. _Il maigrit à vue d’œil_; he grows

perceptibly thinner.

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

*=maille=, _n.f._, mesh; stitch; ring, link; mail; speck (on the wings

of partridges); web (in the eye); haw (in the eyes of animals); doit,

stiver. _Cotte de —s_; coat of mail. _Ils ont toujours — à partir

ensemble_; they have always a crow to pluck with each other, a bone to

pick with one another. _N’avoir ni sou ni —_; not to have a farthing, to

have nothing to bless one’s self with.

=maillé=, =-e=, _adj._, stitched; mailed; speckled, spotted. _Fer —_;

wire-netting.

*=maillechort=, _n.m._, German silver; nickel silver.

*=mailler=, _v.a._, to stitch; to lattice, to mail.

_se_ =mailler=, _v.r._, to grow, _or_ get, speckled.

=mailler=, _n.m._, pack-horse, sumpter horse.

*=maillet=, _n.m._, mallet, beetle.

*=mailloche=, _n.f._, mallet, beetle.

=maillon=, _n.m._, stitch, running knot.

*=maillot=, _n.m._, swaddling-band; swaddling-clothes; (of acrobats)

tights, fleshings. _Enfant au —_; child in arms.

*=maillure=, _n.f._, (hawking) spots, speckles.

=main=, _n.f._, hand; handwriting; lead, trick, deal (at cards); hook (at

the end of a well-rope); handle; hand-shovel; body-loop (of carriages);

paw (of some animals). _— de papier_; quire of paper. _En lever la —_; to

take one’s oath to anything. _En mettre la — au feu_; to stake one’s life

on anything. _Mettre l’épée à la —_; to draw one’s sword. _Mettre le pain

à la — à quelqu’un_; to put any one in the way of making a livelihood.

_Donner la — à quelqu’un_; to give one’s hand to any one, to assist any

one, to give any one a helping hand. _Baiser les —s à quelqu’un_; to kiss

any one’s hands. _Tendre la —_; to hold out one’s hand, to lend a helping

hand. _Donner les —s à une chose_; to consent to a thing. _Cheval de —_;

led horse. _Cela est sous votre —_; that is under your very nose. _Il

est sous sa —_; he is dependent upon him; he is in his power. _Mettre

la — sur quelqu’un_; to lay hands upon any one. _Il n’y va pas de —

morte_; he strikes hard, he hits with a vengeance. _Tenir la — à quelque

chose_; to take anything in hand, to see that a thing is done. _Un coup

de —_; (milit.) bold, unexpected attack, surprise; a bold stroke. _Tour

de —_; sleight of hand. _En venir aux —s_; to come to blows. _En être

aux —_; to be engaged (of troops). _Faire — basse sur_; to lay violent

hands on, to plunder. _Tenir la — haute à quelqu’un_; to keep a tight

hand over any one. _Il l’a fait haut la —_; he did it as easily as could

be. _Mettre la dernière — à un ouvrage_; to put the finishing stroke

to a work. _Battre des —s_; to clap one’s hands. _Faire crédit de la —

à la bourse_; to trust no further than one can see. _Mettre la — à une

chose_; to set one’s hand to a thing. _Mettre la — à la pâte_; to put

one’s shoulder to the wheel. _Faire — basse sur_; to plunder, to kill,

to slaughter; to seize, to lay hands on. _Il a la — bonne_; he is very

handy. _Mettre la — à l’œuvre_; to set about a work. _Mettre la dernière

— à une chose_; to put the finishing touch to anything. _Être en —_;

to be in hand, to have in hand. _Avoir la — légère_; to be free with

one’s hand. _Lâcher la —_; to give the rein, to give head; to give more

liberty; to lower one’s pretensions. _J’ai toujours l’argent à la —_; I

am always laying out money. _Se faire la —_; to keep one’s hand in. _Se

perdre la —_; to get rusty. _Il en a les —s nettes_; his hands are clean

of it. _Je m’en lave les —s_; I wash my hands of it. _J’en mettrais ma —

au feu_; I would stake my life on it. _Ils se tiennent tous par la —_;

they go hand in hand together. _Les —s m’en sont tombées_; I was amazed,

astounded. _Froides —s, chaudes amours_; cold hand, warm heart. _Avoir

la —_; to have the deal, to lead, to play first. _Avoir la — crochue_;

to be light-fingered. _De la — à la bouche, se perd souvent la soupe_;

there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. _À la —_; in hand, by

hand; ready. _Une chambre grande comme la —_; a room not fit to swing a

cat in. _A deux —s_; with both hands. _À pleines —s_; largely, liberally,

plentifully. _À toutes —s_; fit for anything; (man.) fitted to ride

and drive. _A — armée_; by main force. _À la portée de la —_; within

reach. _De longue —_; long since, of old standing. _De — en —_; from

one to another, from hand to hand. _En un tour de —_; in a trice, in a

twinkling. _Sous —_; underhand, clandestinely. _Sous la —_; at hand. _En

—_; in hand. _Hors —_, _hors la —_; off-side. _En — propre_; personally,

into one’s own hands. _— courante_; (com.) waste-book.

=main chaude=, _n.f._, hot cockles (game).

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

hand labor.

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

=main-forte=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) assistance, help, aid. _Prêter — à

quelqu’un_; to lend a helping hand to any one.

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

=mainmise=, _n.f._, (jur.) seizure.

=mainmortable=, _adj._, (jur.) subject to mortmain.

=mainmorte=, _n.f._, (jur.) mortmain.

=maint=, =-e=, _adj._, many. _— homme_; many a man. _—es fois_; many a

time.

=maintenant= (min-tnān), _adv._, now, and now, at this time, at present,

this moment, nowadays, by this time.

=maintenir= (min-tnir), _v.a._, to sustain, to keep together; to

maintain, to keep up; to secure; to enforce, to preserve.

_se_ =maintenir=, _v.r._, to hold out, to stand one’s ground, to maintain

one’s position; to subsist, to last, to be in force; to keep up, to be

kept up, to be maintained. _Se — dans les bonnes grâces de_; to keep

one’s self in the good graces of.

=maintenue=, _n.f._, confirmation of; possession.

=maintien= (-ti-in), _n.m._, maintenance, preservation; keeping up;

carriage, deportment, bearing; attitude, demeanor.

=maïolique= _or_ =majolique=, _n.f._, old Spanish _or_ Italian

earthenware, faïence.

=mairain=, _n.m._ _V._ =merrain=.

=maire=, _n.m._, mayor.

=mairie=, _n.f._, mayoralty; town-hall.

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

=mais= (mè), _conj._, but; why. _— encore_; but yet. _—, qu’ai-je fait?_

why, what have I done? _—, oui_; why, yes; yes, of course. _—, non_; why,

no; no, of course. _Je n’en puis —_; I cannot help it; I have nothing to

do with it.

=maison=, _n.f._, house, household, home, habitation; family, race;

(com.) firm. _Le devant_, _le derrière_, _d’une —_; the front, the

back, of a house. _— de campagne_; country-house, country-seat.

_— seigneuriale_; mansion. _— de ville_, _— commune_; town-hall.

_À la —_; at home. _Tenir —_; to keep house. _Faire — nette_; to dismiss

all the servants; to make a clean sweep (of servants). _Faire — neuve_;

to change all one’s servants. _Garder la —_; to keep at home; to be

confined to the house. _Petites-—s_; mad-house. _— garnie_; furnished

house. _— d’éducation_; school, boarding-school. _— de jeu_; gaming-house.

_La — du roi_; the king’s household.

=maisonnée=, _n.f._, whole house _or_ family. _Faire des demandes par

dessus les —s_; to make most unreasonable demands.

=maisonnette=, _n.f._, small house, cottage, lodge.

=maître=, _n.m._, master, owner, proprietor, landlord; ruler;

instructor, teacher, governor, director; chief, head; (nav.) boatswain.

_— d’école_; school-master. _— de pension_; boarding-school, _or_

house, master. _— d’étude_; usher. _— de chapelle_; precentor. _—

de conférences_; lecturer. _— de forges_; iron-master. _— Jacques_;

factotum; Jack-of-all-work. _— à danser_, _— de danse_; dancing-master.

_— d’armes_; fencing-master. _— des hautes œuvres_; executioner.

_—-des-arts_; master of arts. _— d’hôtel_; steward, butler, major-domo.

_Un petit-—_; (_—s-—s_) a beau, a dandy; a fop. _— homme_; superior man.

_Se rendre — de la conversation_; to monopolize the whole conversation.

_Vous êtes le — d’y aller_; you are at perfect liberty to go there. _Il

a trouvé son —_; he has met with his match. _Tel —, tel valet_; like

master, like man. _Compter de clerc à —_; to render a minute account.

_Heurter en —_; to rap hard. _De main de —_, _en —_; in a masterly manner.

_— clerc_; chief clerk (of a lawyer). _Le —-autel_ (_—s-—s_); the

high-altar. _— câble_; sheet cable. _— d’équipage_; boatswain (of a ship

of war). _— canonnier_; master-gunner. _— de port_; harbor-master. _— de

vaisseau_; commander of a merchant-ship. _Ce tableau est d’un grand —_;

that picture is by a great master. _Coup de —_; masterly stroke. _Main de

—_; masterly hand. _Un — gonin_; an arch cheat.

=maîtresse=, _n.f._ and _adj._, sweetheart, lady-love, mistress;

teacher, governess; landlady. _adj._, chief, head, leading, governing;

main, consummate. _Petite-—_; lady of studied elegance. _— de pension_;

school-mistress. _— d’hôtel_; landlady, hotel-keeper. _— femme_; superior

woman. _— ancre_; sheet anchor.

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

=maîtriser=, _v.a._, to master, to domineer, to lord it over, to get

master of, to get under; to overcome, to subdue, to control, to manage.

_— ses passions_; to control one’s passions.

=majesté=, _n.f._, majesty. _Crime de lèse-—_; high-treason. _Sa —_; His

_or_ Her Majesty.

=majestueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, majestically.

=majestueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, majestic.

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

finger.

=majeur=, =-e=, _adj._, major, greater; superior, main, chief, paramount;

important; of age, of full age; (mus.) major. _Force —e_; superior force;

absolute necessity; “vis major.”

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

=majolique=, _n.f._, majolica.

=major=, _n.m._, major. _Etat-—_; (milit.) staff, staff-officers,

headquarters. _— de place_; town commandant. _Tambour —_; drum major.

=majorat=, _n.m._, entail; entailed estate.

=majordome=, _n.m._, major-domo.

=majorité=, _n.f._, majority, full age. _Arriver à sa —_; to come of age.

=majuscule=, _n.f._ and _adj._, capital; large, capital letter.

=maki=, _n.m._, (mam.) lemur.

=makis= _or_ =maquis=, _n.m._, thicket, brushwood, bush (in Corsica).

=mal=, _n.m._, evil, ill; harm, hurt, pain, ache, sickness, distemper,

complaint; hardship; pity; mischief; misfortune; trouble, difficulty,

labor. _— du pays_; homesickness, nostalgia. _Les maux de la vie_; the

evils of life. _Rendre le bien pour le —_; to return good for evil. _De

deux maux il faut choisir le moindre_; of two evils, choose the least.

_Il a eu plus de peur que de —_; he was more frightened than hurt. _Il

faut éviter le — et faire le bien_; do good and shun evil. _Quel — y

a-t-il à cela?_ what harm is there in that? _Induire quelqu’un à —_; to

lead any one into evil. _Penser à —_; to mean harm, to meditate evil. _Il

a — au côté_; he has a pain in his side. _Un — de tête_; a headache. _La

tête me fait —_; my head aches. _— de dents_; tooth-ache. _— d’yeux_;

sore eyes. _Vous me faites —_; you hurt me. _Avoir — à_; to have a pain

or pains in. _Faire —_; to ache, to be painful, to hurt. _Faire du — à_;

to injure, to harm, to be injurious to. _— d’aventure_; whitlow. _— de

mer_; sea-sickness. _— de cœur_; qualmishness. _En —_; amiss, ill, in

a bad sense. _Aux grands maux les grands remèdes_; desperate diseases

require desperate remedies. _Tomber de fièvre en chaud —_; to fall out

of the frying-pan into the fire. _Dire du — de son prochain_; to speak

ill of one’s neighbor. _Prendre en —_; to take offense at. _Mener_ or

_conduire à —_; to bring to a bad end. _Tourner à —_; to end badly;

to take a bad turn. _Tourner en —_; to misinterpret; to put a wrong

construction on. _Avoir — au cœur_; to feel sick. _J’ai — à la tête_; I

have a headache.

=mal=, _adv._, ill, wrong, amiss, badly; uncomfortably; on bad terms. _Il

écrit —_; he writes badly. _Cela va —_; things are going badly. _Vous

vous y prenez —_; you go the wrong way to work. _Cet habit vous sied —_,

or _vous va —_; that coat does not become you. _De — en pis_; from bad

to worse. _Se trouver —_; to faint; to feel faint. _Mettre — avec_; to

set at variance with. _Être — dans ses affaires_; to be low in the world.

_Être — avec quelqu’un_; to be on bad terms with any one. _— à propos_;

improperly, unseasonably. _Pas —_; not badly; not a little, not a few.

_Être fort —_; to be very ill. _Être au plus —_; to be past recovery.

_N’être pas —_; not to be bad-looking. _Trouver —_; to find amiss. _C’est

— à lui de_; it is wrong of him to.

=malachite= (-kit), _n.f._, (min.) malachite.

=malacie=, _n.f._, (med.) malacia, depraved appetite.

=malacologie=, _n.f._, malacology.

=malactique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) emollient.

=malade=, _adj._, sick, ill, diseased; unwell, poorly, bad, sickly,

infirm; affected, attacked. _— à la mort_; sick unto death. _Avoir l’air

—_; to look ill. _Bras —_; sore arm. _Ces plantes sont —s_; those plants

are diseased. _Rendre —_; to make ill.

=malade=, _n.m.f._, sick person, sufferer, invalid; patient. _pl._,

sufferers.

=maladie=, _n.f._, illness, sickness, malady, disease, complaint,

disorder, distemper; passion, fondness, mania. ☉_— du pays_;

homesickness, nostalgia. _Faire une —_; to have an illness. _— noire_;

hypochondria.

=maladi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, sickly, puny, ailing, unhealthy.

=maladivement=, _adv._, unhealthily, morbidly.

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

=maladministration=, _n.f._, maladministration.

☉=maladrerie=, _n.f._, hospital for lepers.

=maladresse=, _n.f._, awkwardness, clumsiness, unskillfulness, awkward

thing, blunder; (fig.) bad shot. _—!_ bad shot!

=maladroit=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, awkward person; awkward, clumsy,

stupid, unskillful. _Vous êtes un —!_ what an awkward fellow you are!

_C’est une —e_; she is an awkward, clumsy woman.

=maladroitement= (-droat-mān), _adv._, clumsily, awkwardly.

=malaga=, _n.m._, Malaga (wine).

=malaguette= _or_ =maniguette=, _n.f._, Guinea-pepper.

=malai= _or_ =malais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Malay.

=malai=, _n.m._, Malay language.

=malaise=, _n.m._, uncomfortableness, uneasiness, discomfort. _Sentir

du —_; to feel uncomfortable. _Être dans le —_; to be in straitened

circumstances.

=malaisé=, =-e=, _adj._, hard, difficult, rough, toilsome; inconvenient;

straitened in circumstances, hard up.

=malaisément=, _adv._, with difficulty, with trouble.

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

=malandreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, having rotten knots (of wood); (fig. and

fam.) sickly, seedy.

=malandrin=, _n.m._, brigand, highwayman, robber, ruffian, marauder.

=mal-appris=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, unmannerly, ill-bred; ill-bred

person, churl, vulgar fellow.

=malart=, _n.m._, wild drake.

=malavisé=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-advised, imprudent, ill-informed, unwise,

silly, ill-judged.

=malaxer=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to work up.

=malbâti=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, ill-favored person; ill-shaped, gawky.

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

=malchance=, _n.f._, ill-luck, mishap, mischance.

☉=malcontent=, _n.m._, disaffected man, malcontent. _Les —s_; (French

hist.) the Malecontents, name of a party at the court of Charles IX.

_Coiffé à la —_; with hair cut short.

☉=malcontent=, =-e=, _adj._, displeased, dissatisfied, discontented,

malcontent.

=maldisant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, slanderer; slanderous.

=mâle=, _n.m._, male; cock.

=mâle=, _adj._, male, manly, manful, vigorous, virile; masculine, he.

_Air —_; manliness. _Voix —_; manly voice. _Style —_; vigorous style.

=malédiction=, _n.f._, malediction, curse. _Donner sa — à_; to curse.

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

=maléfice=, _n.m._, witchcraft, sorcery.

=maléficié=, =-e=, _adj._ bewitched; (fig.) worn out, broken down,

decrepit.

=maléfique=, _adj._, (astrol.) malevolent, malignant.

=malemort=, _n.f._, tragic death; bad end.

=malencontre=, _n.f._, mishap, mischance, untoward accident.

=malencontreusement= (-treûz-man), _adv._, unluckily, untowardly.

=malencontreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, unlucky, untoward. _Evénement —_;

untoward event.

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

=malentendu=, _n.m._, misunderstanding, misapprehension; mistake;

misconception.

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

=mal-être=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) uncomfortableness, uneasiness, painful

sensation.

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

=malfaçon=, _n.f._, bad work; cheat, trickery.

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

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

=malfaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, malevolent, mischievous, unhealthy;

injurious, prejudicial. _Nourriture —e_; unwholesome food.

=malfait=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-made, ill-shaped, deformed; badly done;

ill-advised.

=malfaiteur=, _n.m._, malefactor, evil-doer.

=malfamé=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-famed.

=malformation=, _n.f._, malformation.

=malgracieusement=, _adv._, ungraciously, rudely, uncivilly.

=malgracieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rude, ungracious, uncivil, churlish.

=malgré=, _prep._, in spite of; notwithstanding, against the will of. _Il

l’a fait — moi_; he did it in spite of me. _— cela_; nevertheless; for

all that; yet.

=malhabile=, _adj._, unskillful, awkward.

=malhabilement=, _adv._, unskillfully, awkwardly.

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

=malherbe=, _n.f._, deadly carrot.

=malheur=, _n.m._, misfortune; mischance, mishap; unhappiness,

unfortunate thing; calamity; disaster; accident; adversity; poverty;

disgrace, woe. _Par —_; unhappily, unluckily. _De —_; unlucky,

ill-omened. _Oiseau de —_; bird of ill-omen. _Avoir du —_; to be

unfortunate. _Jouer de —_; to be unlucky. _Être en —_; to have a run of

ill luck. _Porter —_; to bring ill luck. _Il n’y a qu’heur et — en ce

monde_; hap and mishap govern the world. _C’est un petit —_; it is but a

slight misfortune. _Un — ne vient jamais seul_; misfortunes never come

singly. _À quelque chose — est bon_; it is an ill wind that blows no one

any good. _Quel —!_ what a misfortune! _— à vous!_ woe betide you! _— aux

vaincus!_ woe to the vanquished! _Pour comble_, or _pour surcroît de —_;

to crown all; as a crowning misfortune.

=malheureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, unfortunately, unluckily,

unhappily.

=malheureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, unfortunate, unlucky, unsuccessful,

disastrous, fatal, unpleasant, disagreeable; unhappy; miserable,

wretched, poor, needy. _Il est né —_; he was born unfortunate. _Il mène

une vie fort —se_; he leads a most unhappy life. _Faire une fin —se_; to

come to an unhappy end.

=malheureu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, unhappy person, wretched being;

poor wretch, wretch; naughty child. _Ce — fera une mauvaise fin_; the

wretch will come to a bad end. _—!_ wretch that you are!

=malhonnête=, _adj._, dishonest; impolite; uncivil; rude. _n.m.f._, rude

fellow, saucy baggage.

=malhonnêtement= (-nêt-mān), _adv._, dishonestly; unpolitely, rudely,

uncivilly.

=malhonnêteté= (-nêt-té), _n.f._, impoliteness, rudeness, incivility;

rude action; dishonesty, knavery. _Il est d’une — révoltante_; he is

shockingly rude.

=malice=, _n.f._, malice, maliciousness, spite; roguishness, archness;

prank, waggish thing, roguish thing, trick, dodge.

=malicieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, maliciously, malignantly; archly,

roguishly, slyly.

=malicieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, malicious, malignant, mischievous; roguish,

waggish, arch; spiteful, sly. _Un enfant —_; a roguish child.

*=malignement=, _adv._, malignantly, maliciously.

*=malignité=, _n.f._, malignity, malice; maliciousness.

=malin=, _n.m._, devil, evil spirit, fiend.

=mali-n=, *=-gne=, _adj._, malicious, mischievous, malignant; waggish,

arch, roguish; shrewd; sly, knowing, clever, cunning. _L’esprit —_, _le —

esprit_; the evil one, Satan. _Un regard —_; an arch look. _Il est trop —

pour se laisser attraper_; he is too shrewd to be caught. _Fièvre —gne_;

malignant fever.

=mali-n=, _n.m._, *=-gne=, _n.f._, malignant, malicious person; sly,

shrewd, acute person; knavish person. _C’est un —_; he is a sly one, a

knowing one.

=maline=, _n.f._, (nav.) spring-tide.

=malines=, _n.f._, Mechlin, Mechlin lace.

=malingre=, _adj._, poorly, sickly, weakly, puny.

=malintentionné=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, evil-minded person, evil-minded,

ill-disposed. _Il est — à votre égard_; he is ill-disposed towards you.

=malique=, _adj._, (chem.) malic.

=malitorne=, _n._ and _adj._, awkward, ungainly, dowdy person; awkward,

ungainly, gawky, clumsy.

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

=mallard=, _n.m._, small grindstone.

=malle=, _n.f._, trunk; peddler’s box; mail, mail-coach; mail. _Faire_,

_défaire_, _sa —_; to pack up, to unpack.

=malléabilité= (mal-lé-), _n.f._, malleability.

=malléable= (mal-lé-), _adj._, malleable.

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

=malle-poste=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) mail-coach.

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

=mallette=, _n.f._, small trunk; portmanteau.

=mallier=, _n.m._, shaft-horse, wheeler.

=malmener=, _v.a._, to use ill, to maltreat, to handle roughly; to bully,

to abuse.

=malotru=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, ill-bred person; uncouth person, lout,

boor.

*=malpeigné=, _n.m._, dirty fellow, dirty pig. _adj._, unkempt.

=malplaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, unpleasant, disagreeable.

=malpropre=, _adj._, dirty, slovenly, squalid, untidy; unfit for.

=malproprement=, _adv._, dirtily, slovenly, squalidly.

=malpropreté=, _n.f._, dirtiness, uncleanliness, slovenliness; dirt,

filth.

=malsain=, =-e=, _adj._, unhealthy, sickly; unwholesome, injurious,

dangerous; not good for. _Cet air est —_; that air is injurious to, not

good for, health.

=malséance=, _n.f._, unbecomingness, unseemliness, impropriety.

=malséant=, =-e=, _adj._, unbecoming, unseemly, improper.

=malsonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-sounding, offensive.

=malt= (malt), _n.m._, malt.

=maltage=, _n.m._, maltage.

=malté=, =-e=, _adj._, malted.

=malteur=, _n.m._, maltman, maltster.

=maltraiter=, _v.a._, to maltreat; to treat harshly, to use ill, to

abuse, to handle roughly; to wrong, to injure.

=malvacée=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, malvaceous plant; malvaceous.

*=malveillance=, _n.f._, malevolence, ill-will, malice.

*=malveillant=, =-e=, _adj._, malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed,

ill-natured, spiteful.

*=malveillant=, _n.m._, evil-minded person.

=malversation=, _n.f._, malversation, malpractice, embezzlement, fraud.

=malverser=, _v.n._, to be guilty of malversation, of malpractices; to

embezzle.

=malvoisie=, _n.f._, Malmsey.

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

=maman=, _n.f._, mamma, mother. _Bonne —_, _grand’—_; grandmother,

granny. _Une grosse —_; a fat woman.

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

=mamelle=, _n.f._, breast; teat; udder. _Un enfant à la —_; a child at

the breast.

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

mountain).

=mamelonné=, =-e=, _adj._, mammillated.

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

=mameluk= (ma-mlook), _n.m._, Mameluke.

=mamillaire= (-mil-lèr), _adj._, (anat.) mammillary.

=mammaire= (mam-mèr), _adj._, (anat.) mammary.

=mammalogie= (mam-ma-), _n.f._, mammalogy.

=mammalogiste= (mam-ma-), _n.m._, mammalogist.

=mammifère= (mam-mi-), _n.m._ and _adj._, mammifer; mammiferous.

=mammiforme= (mam-mi-) _adj._, mammiform.

=mammon=, _n.m._, Mammon.

=mammouth=, _n.m._, mammoth.

=m’amour=, (obsolete abbreviation of _ma amour_) my love, lovee. _—s_;

marks of love, caresses, soft nothings; wheedling, coaxing. _Faire des

—s_; to fawn upon, to coax, to wheedle.

=manant=, _n.m._, ☉peasant; clown, clodhopper.

*=mancenille=, _n.f._, (bot.) manchineel.

*=mancenillier=, _n.m._, manchineel-tree.

=manche=, _n.m._, handle; neck (of musical instruments). _— à gigot_;

bone-holder. _— de gigot_; knuckle-bone (of mutton); finger-board (of a

violin); tail (of a plow). _— de couteau_; knife handle. _Il branle dans

le —_; he hesitates; he is irresolute. _Jeter le — après la cognée_; to

throw the rope after the bucket (_i.e._ to give up in despair).

=manche=, _n.f._, sleeve; (geog.) channel; (at play) rubber, game,

heat; (nav.) flexible pipe, hose. _Bouts de —_; half-sleeves. _Grandes

—s_; pudding-sleeves. _—s pendantes_; hanging-sleeves. _— à —_; even

(at play). _Avoir une personne dans sa —_; to have somebody at one’s

disposal. _C’est une autre paire de —s_; that is quite another thing _or_

a horse of another color _or_ quite another pair of shoes. _J’ai gagné la

première —_; I have won the first game (of the rubber) _or_ first heat

(racing). _— à vent_; (nav.) windsail.

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

=manchon=, _n.m._, muff.

=manchot=, =-te=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, one-handed, one-armed person;

one-handed, one-armed. _Il n’est pas —_; he is no fool.

=manchot=, _n.m._, (orni.) penguin.

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

=mandant=, _n.m._, (jur.) employer; (com.) principal; constituent,

elector.

=mandarin=, _n.m._, mandarin.

=mandarine=, _n.f._, mandarin orange.

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

=mandat=, _n.m._, (jur.) warrant, mandate, authority, charge, commission;

(com.) draft; check; money-order; order. _— de comparution_; summons to

appear. _— d’arrêt_, _— d’amener_; warrant. _— de_ or _sur la poste_;

money-order. _— de dépôt_; commitment. _— de perquisition_; search

warrant. _— de banque_; bank-post bill.

=mandataire=, _n.m._, mandatory; proxy, attorney, representative, agent.

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

order for.

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

bishop).

=mander=, _v.a._, to write, to write word, to send word, to send for; to

inform, to acquaint, to let know. _Je lui ai mandé de venir_; I have sent

him word to come. _On a mandé le médecin_; the doctor was sent for.

=mandibule=, _n.f._, (anat.) mandible, jaw.

☉*=mandille=, _n.f._, livery-coat.

=mandoline=, _n.f._, mandolin.

=mandoliniste=, _n.m._, mandolin-player.

=mandore=, _n.f._, mandore (sort of lute).

=mandragore=, _n.f._, (bot.) mandrake.

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

=mandrin=, _n.m._, mandrel, (tech.) chuck, punch.

=manducation=, _n.f._, manducation.

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

=manège=, _n.m._, manege, horsemanship; riding-school; manœuvre, by-play,

trick, intrigue.

=mânes=, _n.m.pl._, manes, shade, ghost, shades.

=manet=, _n.m._, drift-net.

=maneton=, _n.m._, lever-handle.

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

=manganèse=, _n.m._, manganese.

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

=mangeaille= (-jâ-i), _n.f._, food (for birds, cats); (b.s.) victuals,

grub, eatables.

=mangeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, eating. _Être bien —_; to eat

heartily; to be a hearty eater.

=mangeoire= (-joâr), _n.f._, manger, crib.

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

=manger=, _v.a._, to eat; to eat up; to consume; to squander away,

to run through. _Salle à —_; dining-room. _— son bien_; to squander

one’s property. _À —_; to eat. _Donner à —_; to give food, to keep an

eating-house. _— du bout des doigts_; to pick a bit here and there; to

nibble at one’s food. _— des yeux_; to look daggers at. _On mange bien

dans cet hôtel_; the cooking is excellent in that hotel. _— ses mots_; to

clip one’s words. _Les gros poissons mangent les petits_; (fig.) might

overcomes right.

_se_ =manger=, _v.r._, to eat each other; to eat each other up; to hurt

each other, to look daggers at one another; (gram.) to be cut off,

elided, not pronounced.

=manger=, _v.n._, to eat; to take one’s meals; to feed. _Il mange dans la

main_; he eats out of your hand (of an animal). _Donnez-moi à —_; give me

something to eat.

=manger=, _n.m._, eating, victuals, food. _Le — et le boire_; eating and

drinking.

=mangerie= (man-jrî), _n.f._, (pop.) eating; exaction, extortion,

imposition.

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

=mangeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, eater; great eater; spendthrift. _Un —

de viandes apprétées_; a lazy fellow. _— de petits enfants_; braggart. _—

de livres_; a book-worm.

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

=mangle=, _n.f._, (bot.) mangle (fruit).

=manglier=, _n.m._, (bot.) mangrove, mangle.

=mangonneau=, _n.m._, mangonel (an engine formerly used for throwing

stones).

=mangoustan=, _n.m._, (bot.) mangostan.

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

=mangue= (mang), _n.f._, (bot.) mango.

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

=maniable=, _adj._, easy to be handled, workable; tractable, manageable,

supple, pliable.

=maniaque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, maniac. _adj._, mad, furious, eccentric;

crotchety.

=manichéen= (-in), =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Manichean.

=manichéisme=, _n.m._, Manicheism.

=manichordion= (-kor-), _n.m._, manichord, manicordon.

=manicle=, _n.f._ _V._ =manique=.

=manie=, _n.f._, mania, madness, folly, fancy, whim, hobby; inveterate

habit.

=maniement= _or_ =manîment=, _n.m._, handling; wielding; management, use,

conduct, handling of money. _— des armes_; manual exercise. _Le — des

deniers_; the management of money.

=manier=, _v.a._, to feel, to handle; to touch; to use, to wield, to ply,

to manage, to govern. _Il sait bien — le ciseau_; he is a fine sculptor.

_Au —_; by the touch, by handling. _— une affaire_; to manage a business.

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

=manière=, _n.f._, manner, way, fashion, sort, kind; style, mannerism,

affectation, fuss; attitude. _La — dont je lui ai parlé_; the way in

which I spoke to him. _De — ou d’autre_; somehow or other. _Chacun a sa

—_; every one has his own way of doing. _— de parler_; mode of speech.

_De la bonne —_; handsomely. _Par — d’acquit_; for form’s sake. _La — de

cet auteur est grande_; that author’s style is grand. _De la même —_; in

the same manner. _Il a des —s agréables_; he has pleasing manners. _De

— que_ or _de — à ce que_; so that. _Il est une des plus grandes —s du

siècle_; he is one of the finest stylists of the century.

=maniéré=, =-e=, _adj._, affected, unnatural, forced. _Air —_; affected

air.

=maniériste=, _n.m._, mannerist.

=manieur=, _n.m._, handler, manager.

=manifestation=, _n.f._, manifestation.

=manifeste=, _adj._, manifest, evident.

=manifeste=, _n.m._, manifesto.

=manifestement=, _adv._, manifestly.

=manifester=, _v.a._, to manifest, to make known, to display, to show. _—

sa pensée_; to make known one’s thought.

_se_ =manifester=, _v.r._, to manifest one’s self, to assert one’s self,

to be made manifest.

=manigance=, _n.f._, manœuvre, underhand dealing, intrigue.

=manigancer=, _v.a._, to contrive, to plot, to concoct. _Se —_; to be

brewing, to be concocted.

=maniguette=, _n.f._ _V._ =malaguette=.

=maniguière=, _n.f._, net (for catching eels).

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

=manioc=, =manihot=, _or_ =manioque=, _n.m._, (bot.) manioc, cassado,

tapioca, cassava.

=manipulateur=, _n.m._, manipulator.

=manipulation=, _n.f._, manipulation.

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

=manipuler=, _v.a._ and _n._, to manipulate.

=manique= _or_ =manicle=, _n.f._, hand-leather.

=maniveau=, _n.m._, osier-stand; punnet.

=manivelle=, _n.f._, handle, winch, crank, (fig.) drudgery, daily round.

_La — d’un gouvernail_; the whipstaff of a helm.

=manne= (mâ-n), _n.f._, manna; (fig.) balm, gift. _— en larmes_; manna in

flakes. _— céleste_; manna from Heaven.

=manne= (ma-n), _n.f._, hamper, flat basket. _— d’enfant_; cradle. _— à

marée_; fish-crate.

=mannequin= (ma-n-kin), _n.m._, hamper; small hamper; (paint.)

lay-figure, dummy, puppet; insignificant person. _Figure qui sent le —_;

unnatural figure. _C’est un vrai —_; he is a mere automaton.

=mannequiné=, =-e=, _adj._, unnatural. _Ces figures sont —es_; (paint.)

those figures are unnatural, smack of the lay-figure.

=manœuvre=, _n.f._, handiwork, handcraft, working, manœuvre, move,

management, tactics; (nav.) rope; working (a ship); (milit.) drill.

_pl._, (nav.) rigging. _—s courantes_; running-rigging. _—s dormantes_;

standing-rigging. _Officier qui entend la —_; officer expert in working a

ship. _Amarrer une —_; to make a rope fast.

=manœuvre=, _n.m._, workman, journeyman-mason, laborer; bungler; crafty

person. _Ce n’est qu’un —_; he is a mere mechanic. _Travail de —_; manual

labor.

=manœuvrer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to manœuvre; to work (a ship). _— les

voiles_; to work the sails. _Faire — des soldats_; to drill soldiers.

=manœuvrier=, _n.m._, able seaman; tactician.

=manoir=, _n.m._, manor, mansion, manor-house.

=manomètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) manometer.

=manométrique=, _adj._, (phys.) manometrical.

=manouvrier=, _n.m._, day-laborer, workman, hodman.

=manquant=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, absentee, defaulter; missing,

absent, wanting, failing, short.

=manque=, _n.m._, want, lack, need; shortcoming, failure, defect;

(riding) stumble. _Il a trouvé dix francs de —_; he found he was ten

francs short. _— de_; for want of. _— de touche_; (at billiards) miss.

=manqué=, =-e=, _part._, defective; abortive, miscarried; a failure;

spoilt. _Une affaire —e_, _un coup —_; a failure. _Un poète —_; a

would-be poet.

=manquement= (man-kmān), _n.m._, omission, shortcoming, oversight,

failure, want, slip, breach.

=manquer=, _v.n._, to miss, to fail; to be wanting; to be wanting in

respect; to be deficient; to miss fire; to stand in need of; to forfeit,

to break; to be insolvent; to be near, to have need; to be out, in want,

of; to decay; to miscarry; to give way, to infringe, to disregard,

to disappoint. _Arme à feu qui manque_; a fire-arm that misses fire.

_Marchand qui a manqué_; bankrupt merchant. _Le cœur lui manque_; her

heart fails her. _Les forces lui manquent_; his strength fails him.

_Le pied lui a manqué_; his foot slipped. _L’argent lui manque_; he is

short of money. _Rien ne vous manquera_; you shall want for nothing. _La

poudre leur manque_; they are short of powder. _L’affaire a manqué_; the

business has miscarried, the affair has fallen through. _— à son devoir_;

to fail in one’s duty. _— à sa parole_; to break one’s word. _— à un

rendezvous_; to fail to keep an appointment. _Je n’y manquerai pas_; I

will not fail. _Il ne manque de rien_; he wants for nothing, _or_ has all

he wants. _Il ne manque pas de vanité_; he does not lack vanity. _— de

parole_; to fail in one’s promise. _— d’argent_; to be in want of money.

_Ne manquez pas de vous y trouver_; do not fail to be there. _Il a manqué

de tomber_; he was very near falling. _— à quelqu’un_, _— de respect à

quelqu’un_; to be disrespectful to _or_ wanting in respect to. _Il manque

de tout_; he is destitute of everything. _Vous me manquez_; I miss you.

_Je vous manque_; you miss me. _Il ne manquait plus que cela!_ that was

the last straw _or_ that crowns all _or_ what next, I wonder! _La —

belle_; (lit. to miss a fine opportunity) to have a narrow escape.

=manquer=, _v.a._, to miss, to lose. _Il a manqué son coup_; he has

missed his aim. _— une occasion_; to lose an opportunity.

_se_ =manquer=, _v.r._, to forget what is due to one’s self, to be

wanting in self-respect, to forget one’s honor, to prove false.

=mansarde=, _n.f._, attic, garret, roof. _Fenêtre en —_; attic window.

_Toit en —_; curb roof.

=mansardé=, =-e=, _adj._, with attics, garrets.

=manse=, _n.f._, (feudality) revenue (of abbeys). _V._ =mense=.

=mansuétude=, _n.f._, mildness, meekness, gentleness, forbearance.

=mante=, _n.f._, mantle (woman’s). _— religieuse_; (ent.) praying mantis.

=manteau=, _n.m._, cloak; mantle, train, cape; mask, pretense; (her.)

mantling. _S’envelopper de son —_; to wrap one’s self up in one’s cloak.

_Le — royal_; the royal mantle. _Cela se vend sous le —_; that is sold

clandestinely. _Garder les —x_; to stand sentinel; to take no share in.

_— de cheminée_; mantel-piece.

=mantelet= (man-tlè), _n.m._, short cloak; mantlet; (fort.) mantlet. _—s

de sabords_; (nav.) port-lid; (of a coach) apron.

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

=mantelure= (man-tlur), _n.f._, mantling.

*=mantille=, _n.f._, mantilla.

=manuel=, =-le=, _adj._, manual, portable.

=manuel=, _n.m._, manual, hand-book, text-book.

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

=manufacture=, _n.f._, manufacture, making, make; manufactory; mill,

works, factory.

=manufacturer=, _v.a._, to manufacture. _Se —_; to be manufactured.

=manufacturi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, manufacturing.

=manufacturier=, _n.m._, manufacturer.

=manumission=, _n.f._, manumission.

_in_ =manus=, _n.m._ _V._ =in manus=.

=manuscrit=, =-e=, _adj._, manuscript matter.

=manuscrit=, _n.m._, manuscript.

=manutention=, _n.f._, management, care, making, fabrication; (l.u.)

upholding, enforcement; (milit.) bake-house, bakery, bread-making.

=manutentionner=, _v.a._, to bake for the army.

=mappemonde= (map-mond), _n.f._, map of the world. _— céleste_,

planisphere.

=maque=, _n.f._ _V._ =macque=.

=maquer=, _v.a._ _V._ =macquer=.

=maquereau= (ma-krô), _n.m._, (ich.) mackerel, (l.ex.) pimp, pander;

reddish spot on one’s legs; procurer, brothel-keeper.

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

=maquerelle=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) procuress.

=maquette=, _n.f._, (sculpt.) small rough model (in clay, wax); (paint.)

rough sketch, lay figure.

*=maquignon=, _n.m._, (b.s.) horse-dealer; horse-jockey; jockey; jobber.

_— de charges_; (b.s.) agent for the sale of offices. _— de mariages_;

(b.s.) matrimonial agent.

*=maquignonnage=, _n.m._, (b.s.) horse-dealing; jockeyship; bishoping;

underhand work; jobbing.

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

*=maquignonner=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to jockey, to trim, to bishop (a horse

for sale); to job; to carry on any illicit trade.

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

=maquilleuse=, _n.f._, face-painter, enameler.

=maquis=, _n.m._ _V._ =makis=.

=marabout=, _n.m._, marabout (priest); ill-favored man, big-bellied

copper kettle; (orni.) marabou-stork feathers; a kind of ribbon.

=maraîcher=, _n.m._, market-gardener.

=marais=, _n.m._, marsh, feu, bog, swamp, morass; low-lying market-garden

ground (Paris). _Dessécher un —_; to drain a marsh. _— salant_;

salt-marsh. _Chasse au —_; moor-shooting.

=marasca=, _n.m._, (hort.) sour cherry.

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

=marasquin=, _n.m._, maraschino.

=marâtre=, _n.f._, step-mother; unkind, harsh mother.

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

=maraudage=, _n.m._, marauding, freebooting.

*=maraudaille=, _n.f._, rabble, knave.

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

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

=maraudeur=, _n.m._, marauder; crawler.

=maravédis=, _n.m._, maravedi (small Spanish coin).

=marbre=, _n.m._, marble; marble, slab, stone for grinding colors, etc.;

(print.) imposing-stone, slab. _pl._, works, statues, etc., made of

marble; samples of various kinds of marble. _Il est de —_; he is made

of stone. _— jaspé_; variegated marble. _Plaque de —_; slab of marble.

_— filandreux_; fibrous marble. _— terrasseux_; terrene marble. _— du

gouvernail_; (nav.) barrel of the steering-wheel. _Sur le —_; (print.) in

type.

=marbré=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, marbled. _Du papier —_; marbled, mottled

paper.

=marbrer=, _v.a._, to marble, to vein, to mottle. _Se —_; to become

marbled.

=marbrerie=, _n.f._, marble-cutting, marble-work, marble-yard;

marble-works.

=marbreur=, _n.m._, marbler.

=marbrier=, _n.m._, marble-cutter, marble-polisher; marble-grainer,

dealer in marble.

=marbrière=, _n.f._, marble-quarry.

=marbrure=, _n.f._, marbling, marble-graining.

=marc= (mar), _n.m._, mark. _Poids de —_; eight-ounce weight. _Au — la

livre_ or _le franc_; so many cents in the dollar. _— d’or_; a duty paid

to the king by the titularies of certain offices.

=marc= (mar), _n.m._, residuum (of anything squeezed, boiled, or

strained). _— de raisin_; skins, husks of grapes after the last pressing.

_— de café_; grounds, grouts of coffee.

=marcassin=, _n.m._, young wild boar, grice.

=marcassite=, _n.f._, (min.) marcasite.

=marceline=, _n.f._, colored silk fabric; (min.) red silicate of

manganese.

=marchand=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, merchant, dealer, tradesman,

shopkeeper; hawker, peddler, trader, store-keeper; buyer, customer;

bidder (at auctions); (orni.) surf-scoter. _— en gros_; wholesale dealer,

merchant. _— en détail_; retail merchant. _— fripier_; second-hand

clothes dealer. _Petit —_; chandler. _— ambulant_, _forain_; itinerant

dealer. _N’est pas — qui toujours gagne_; we must expect to meet with

losses sometimes. _Y a-t-il —?_ is there a bidder, does any one bid? (at

auctions). _Trouver —_; to find a customer, a purchaser. _C’est un — de

soupe_; he’s a regular Squeers. _En être le mauvais —_; to get the worst

of the bargain.

=marchand=, =-e=, _adj._, merchantable, marketable, saleable, vendible;

mercantile, trading; navigable (of rivers). _Prix —_; trade price,

wholesale price. _Place —e_; trading-place. _Vaisseau —_; merchantman,

merchant-ship. _Capitaine —_; merchant-captain. _Marine —e_;

merchant-service; mercantile navy.

=marchandage=, _n.m._, task-work, piece-work; bargaining.

*=marchandailler=, _v.n._, to haggle.

=marchande=, _n.f._, tradeswoman. _— lingère_; linen draper. _—

d’huîtres_; oyster-woman. _— de modes_; milliner.

=marchander=, _v.a._, to ask the price of, to cheapen, to bargain for, to

haggle for, to chaffer for; to spare; to hesitate to expose; to grudge,

to trouble. _Ne pas — quelqu’un_; not to spare any one, not to mince

matters with any one. _Il ne marchande pas sa vie_; he does not hesitate

to expose his life.

_se_ =marchander=, _v.r._, to be cheapened, to spare each other.

=marchander=, _v.n._, to haggle, to chaffer, to stand haggling, to

bargain; to be irresolute, to hesitate.

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

=marchandise=, _n.f._, merchandise, goods, ware, commodity. _Faire valoir

sa —_; to cry up one’s goods, to set one’s self off. _— qui plaît est à

demi-vendue_; please the eye and pick the purse.

=marche=, _n.f._, walk; walking; gait, march; progress, journey, course,

advance; procession; step, stair; move (at chess, drafts); conduct,

arrangement; way of proceeding; military frontier, border; marches,

borders, between England and Wales, also between England and Scotland.

_Ce vaisseau a une — avantageuse_; that vessel is a fast sailer.

_Vaisseau construit pour la —_; ship built to sail very fast _or_ for

speed; clipper. _Mettre en —_; to set going. _Faire une fausse —_; to

play a false move. _Gagner une — sur_; to steal a march upon. _— d’un

poème_; progress of a poem. _— d’escalier_; step of a staircase. _—

d’un tour_; treadle of a lathe. _— de deux heures_; two hours’ walk

_or_ journey. _La — de cet homme a été louche dans l’affaire_; the

conduct of that man in the matter has been suspicious. _— militaire_, _—

triomphale_; military, triumphal, march. _L’armée est en —_; the army is

on the march. _Fermer la —_; to close the procession. _Ouvrir la —_; to

lead the way.

=marché=, _n.m._, market, market-place; market-time; bargain, purchase,

price, rate; sale; agreement, contract, treaty. _— au blé_, _aux herbes_,

_au poisson_; corn, grass, fish-market. _Bon —_; cheapness. _Conclure un

—_; to strike a bargain. _Acheter_, _vendre_, _à bon —_; to buy, to sell

cheap. _Avoir bon — de_; to easily get the better of. _Faire bon — d’une

chose_; to hold anything cheap, not to spare; to think little of. _Mettre

le — à la main à quelqu’un_; to offer any one to break off a bargain; to

make any one take it or leave it. _Vous n’en serez pas quitte à si bon

—_; you shall not get off so easily. _On n’a jamais bon — de mauvaise

marchandise_; the best is cheapest. _Il le paiera plus cher qu’au —_; he

shall smart for it, he shall repent it or rue it. _— d’or_; excellent

bargain, great bargain. _Meilleur —_ or _à meilleur —_; cheaper. _C’est

un — donné_; it is absolutely given away. _Par-dessus le —_; into the

bargain. _Le — tient tous les jours_; the market is held every day.

_Cours du —_; market-price. _Est-ce — fuit?_ is it a bargain?

=marche-palier=, _n.f._, landing step.

=marchepied= (marsh-pié), _n.m._, stepping-stone; towing-path;

foot-board, footstool; step (of a coach, altar). _pl._, (nav.) foot-ropes

of the yards. _Servir de —_; to serve as a stepping-stone.

=marcher=, _v.n._, to walk, to step; to tread; to go, to travel, to

march, to wade; to sail, to run, to ply; to move on, to advance, to

progress; to go on; to flow, to run, to rank. _— en avant_, _en arrière_,

_à reculons_; to walk forward, to walk backward. _— à grands pas_, _sur

la pointe du pied_; to stride along, to walk on tiptoe. _— à quatre

pattes_; to go on all-fours. _— à pas de loup_; to walk with stealthy

steps. _— sur les traces de quelqu’un_; to follow in any one’s footsteps.

_— sur les talons de quelqu’un_; to tread on any one’s heels. _— sur des

épines_; to tread on thorns. _— de front_; to march abreast. _— droit_;

to walk straight. _Faire —_; to get along, to set going. _Je le ferai

— droit_; I will take care that he behaves well. _Cette montre marche

bien_; this watch keeps good time. _Ce navire marche bien_; this vessel

sails well _or_ is very fast. _— sur quelque chose_; to tread upon

anything. _— égal à_; to be equal to. _— à l’ennemi_; to march against

the enemy. _— à tâtons_; to grope or feel one’s way.

=marcher=, _n.m._, walking, walk; gait, step, pace, treading, tread;

ground (on which one walks).

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

=marcheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, pedestrian, walker, (nav.) sailer.

_Bon —_; (nav.) fast-sailing, swift-sailing, vessel; fast sailer.

=marcottage=, _n.m._, (hort.) layering.

=marcotte=, _n.f._, (hort.) layer.

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

=mardelle=. _V._ =margelle=.

=mardi=, _n.m._, Tuesday. _— gras_; Shrove-Tuesday. _— saint_; Tuesday

before Easter; Tuesday in Passion-week.

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

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

=marécage=, _n.m._, marsh, bog, fen, swamp, morass.

=marécageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, marshy, fenny, swampy, boggy. _Pays —_,

_terrain —_; marshy land.

=maréchal=, _n.m._, farrier, shoeing-smith; marshal, field-marshal. _—

des logis_; sergeant-major (in the cavalry). _— ferrant_; farrier. _—

vétérinaire_; farrier and veterinary surgeon. _— de camp_; brigadier,

brigadier-general. _— de France_; Marshal of France. _Grand —_; grand

marshal; earl marshal, lord high steward.

=maréchalat=, _n.m._, marshalship.

=maréchale=, _n.f._, field-marshal’s wife.

=maréchalerie=, _n.f._, farriery.

☉=maréchaussée=, _n.f._, marshalsea, constabulary; mounted police.

=marée=, _n.f._, tide, water, flood; (fresh) sea-fish. _Haute —_,

_pleine —_; high water. _Basse —_; low water. _De —_; tidal. _Grande

—_, _— de vive eau_; spring-tide. _— morte_; neap tide. _La — monte_; the

tide is coming in. _La — descend_; the tide is going down, running out.

_Prendre la —_; to take advantage of the tide. _— montante_; flood. _—

descendante_; ebb. _— qui porte au vent_; wind-tide. _Aller contre vent

et —_; to pursue one’s course in spite of all difficulties. _Avoir vent

et —_; to sail with wind and tide. _Vendeur de —_; fishmonger. _Cela

arrive comme — en carême_; that comes like fish in Lent. _Ce qui vient

de flot s’en retourne de —_; lightly come, lightly go. _La — n’attend

personne_; time and tide wait for no man.

=marégraphe=, _n.m._, tide-gauge.

=marelle=, _n.f._, hopscotch.

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

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

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

=mareyeur=, _n.m._, fish-factor, fish-salesman; fish-carrier.

=margarine=, _n.f._, (chem.) margarine.

=margarique=, _adj._, (chem.) margaric.

=margay=, _n.m._, (mam.) margay, tiger-cat.

=marge=, _n.f._, margin (of paper, books); freedom, latitude, scope;

time, means. _Ecrire une note en —_; to make a marginal note. _Laisser

assez de — à quelqu’un_; to give any one sufficient scope. _Nous avons de

la —_; we have time enough _or_ to spare.

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

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

=margeur=, _n.m._, (print.) layer on.

=marginal=, =-e=, _adj._, marginal.

=marginé=, =-e=, _part._, margined, marginated.

=marginer=, _v.a._, to margin.

=margot=, _n.f._, magpie, mag; talkative woman, chatterbox; dim. of

=Marguerite=, Madge, Meg, Peggy.

=margotin=, _n.m._, small bundle of fagots.

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

*=margouillis= (-goo-yee), _n.m._, (fam.) puddle, dirty plash, sludge,

slop; (fig.) difficulty; embarrassment. _Laisser quelqu’un dans le —_; to

leave any one in the lurch.

=margrave=, _n.m.f._, margrave; margravine.

=margraviat=, _n.m._, margraviate.

=marguerite=, _n.f._, daisy; pearl; (nav.) messenger. _Reine-—_,

(_—s-—s_) China-aster, China-star. _Faire —_; (nav.) to clap a messenger

on the cable. _Jeter des —s devant les pourceaux_; to cast pearls before

swine.

*=marguillerie=, _n.f._, churchwardenship.

*=marguillier=, _n.m._, churchwarden.

=mari=, _n.m._, husband, spouse. _Affranchissement de la puissance de

—_; (jur.) discoverture. _Etat de la femme en puissance de —_; (jur.)

coverture. _En puissance de —_; (jur.) feme covert, under coverture.

=mariable=, _adj._, marriageable.

=mariage=, _n.m._, marriage, matrimony, wedlock; match; wedding; fortune,

portion; union, blending. _— d’inclination_; love match. _— de raison_,

_— de convenance_; prudent match, marriage for money (_or_ position).

_— en détrempe_; pretended marriage, illicit intercourse. _— sous la

cheminée_; marriage under the rose. _— de la main gauche_; morganatic

marriage. _Contrat de —_; marriage contract. _Promettre en —_; to promise

in marriage. _Rechercher une jeune fille en —_; to solicit the hand of a

young girl. _Prendre en —_; to take to wife. _— de conscience_; private

marriage.

=marié=, _n.m._, married man; bridegroom. _pl._, married people.

_Nouveaux —s_; newly-married couple.

=mariée=, _n.f._, married woman; bride. _Se plaindre que la — est trop

belle_; to find fault with a good bargain.

=marier=, _v.a._, to marry, to give in marriage, to match; to blend; to

unite. _Il a fort bien marié sa fille_; he has married his daughter very

advantageously. _— la vigne avec l’ormeau_; to marry, _or_ to twine, the

vine with the elm. _— des couleurs_; to blend, _or_ to combine, colors.

_se_ =marier=, _v.r._, to marry, to espouse, to wed, to be married to; to

match, to ally, to unite, to blend, to combine, to pair. _Il s’est marié

très richement_; he has made a very rich match. _Elle est en âge de se

—_; she is of an age to marry.

=marie-salope=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) mud-barge.

=marieu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, match-maker.

=marin=, =-e=, _adj._, marine; seafaring; sea; sea-going; seaworthy.

_Avoir le pied —_; to be a good sailor; (fig.) not to be put out of

countenance.

=marin=, _n.m._, mariner, seaman, seafaring man, sailor. _— d’eau douce_;

fresh-water sailor, land-lubber.

=marinade=, _n.f._, marinade, pickled meat; souse; pickles.

=marine=, _n.f._, sea-affairs; sea-service; navigation; marine; navy;

naval forces; taste, smell, of the sea; (paint.) sea-piece, seascape.

_Officier de —_; naval officer. _— marchande_; mercantile, marine. _—

militaire_ or _de l’état_; royal navy. _Soldats_, _troupes_, _de la —_;

marines. _Terme de —_; sea-term. _Sentir la —_, or _avoir un goût de —_;

to taste of the sea.

=mariné=, =-e=, _part._, marinated, pickled; (her.) marine. _Des

marchandises —es_; merchandise spoiled _or_ damaged by the sea.

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

=maringouin=, _n.m._, (ent.) musquito.

=marinier=, _n.m._, waterman, bargeman, lighterman; mariner, seaman.

_Maître —_; master-bargeman. _Officiers —s_; petty officers.

_à la_ =marinière=, _n.f._ _Nager à la —_; to swim on the side; (cook.)

“marinière” fashion.

=mariniste=, _n.m._, marine-painter.

=marionnette=, _n.f._, puppet, marionette; short woman; frivolous,

weak-minded woman. _pl._, puppet-show.

=marital=, =-e=, _adj._, marital, pertaining to a husband.

=maritalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, maritally, as man and wife,

matrimonially.

=maritime=, _adj._, maritime, naval; nautical.

=maritorne=, _n.f._, ill-made, coarse woman; slattern, slut, dirty woman;

(at an inn) maid of all work.

=marivaudage=, _n.m._, excessively refined style; mannerism,

sentimentalism (writing in the style of Marivaux).

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

Marivaux.

=marjolaine=, _n.f._, (bot.) sweet marjoram.

☉=marjolet=, _n.m._, fop, little coxcomb.

=marli=, _n.m._, catgut, thread gauze.

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

=marmelade=, _n.f._, marmalade. _Cette viande est en —_; that meat is

done to a jelly. _Mettre en —_; to beat to a jelly. _Avoir la mâchoire en

—_; to have one’s jaw smashed in.

=marmenteau=, _adj._, reserved, ornamental (of trees).

=marmite=, _n.f._, pot, saucepan, boiler, copper. _Elles servent à faire

bouillir la —_; they help to make the pot boil. _Ecumeur de —s_; sponger,

parasite. _Nez en pied de —_; pug nose. _— à vapeur_; steamer. _La — bout

dans cette maison_; they live well _or_ keep a good table. _La — est

renversée_; they give no more dinner parties, they see no more company.

☉=marmiteu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam.) pitiful, poor wretch; sad,

wretched, whimpering, whining, pitiful, seedy.

=marmiton=, _n.m._, scullion, kitchen drudge.

=marmonner=, _v.a._ and _n._ _V._ =marmotter=.

=marmoréen=, =-ne=, _adj._, marmorean.

=marmose=, _n.f._, (mam.) marmose.

=marmot=, _n.m._, ☉monkey; (mam.) marmoset; puppet, grotesque figure;

brat, little chap. _Croquer le —_; to dance attendance, to kick up one’s

heels, to wait.

=marmotte=, _n.f._, brat (little girl); (mam.) marmot; woman’s

head-dress; (nav.) match-tub. _Dormir comme une —_; to sleep like a top.

=marmotter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to mutter, to mumble, to grumble, to growl.

=marmouset=, _n.m._, grotesque figure; young monkey (little boy);

fire-dog, andiron.

=marnage=, _n.m._, (agri.) marling, chalking, claying.

=marne=, _n.f._, (agri.) marl, chalk, clay.

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

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

=marneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, marly.

=marnière=, _n.f._, marl-pit, clay-pit, chalk-pit.

=maronite=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Maronite.

=maronner=, _v.n._, (pop.) to grumble, to growl, to croak. _Faire —_; to

keep waiting a long time; to tease, to plague.

=maroquin=, _n.m._, morocco-leather, roan. _— du Levant_; Turkey-leather.

=maroquiner=, _v.a._, to morocco.

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

=maroquinier=, _n.m._, morocco-tanner.

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

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

=marotte=, _n.f._, fool’s bauble, cap and bells; fancy, folly, whim,

hobby. _Chacun a sa —_; everybody has his hobby.

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

=maroufle=, _n.f._, (paint.) lining-paste.

=maroufler=, _v.a._, (paint.) to line.

=marquant=, =-e=, _adj._, conspicuous, striking. _Personne —e_; person of

note, of distinction.

=marque=, _n.f._, mark, cipher, stamp; (com.) private mark; brand (with

a hot iron); badge; trace (of footsteps) print; sign; token; testimony;

proof, instance; counter (at play); pit (of the small-pox). _— de

fabricant_; manufacturer’s mark. _— de la douane_; custom-house stamp.

_— d’honneur_; badge of honor. _Homme de —_; man of note. _Donner à

quelqu’un une — d’estime_; to give any one a proof of esteem. _Lettres de

—_; letters of mark (for seizing vessels). _Ville de —_; coinage-town. _—

de beau temps_; signs of fine weather. _Une — qu’il est venu, c’est qu’il

a laissé ceci_; a proof that he came, is that he left this. _Faire porter

ses —s à quelqu’un_; (fam.) to leave one’s mark on any one.

=marqué=, =-e=, _part._, marked, evident, conspicuous, obvious;

decided, pronounced; strong, resolute. _— de la petite vérole_; pitted

with small-pox. _Homme — au bon coin_; a man of the right stamp. _— à

l’A._; thoroughly reliable, the soul of honor. _Ouvrage — au bon coin_;

excellent work. _Attentions —es_; marked attentions. _Il est né —_; he

was born with a mark. _Avoir les traits —s_; to have strongly-marked

features.

=marquer=, _v.a._, to mark, to stamp, to note down; to brand; to

stigmatize; to leave marks; to score up; to mark out, to trace out;

to mark down, to note; to betoken, to bespeak, to denote; to tell, to

mention, to write; to show, to give marks of, to testify, to single

out. _— son jeu_; to mark one’s points at play. _Je lui ai marqué que_;

I wrote to him that. _— à quelqu’un sa reconnaissance_; to show one’s

gratitude to any one. _— à quelqu’un ce qu’il doit faire_; to specify to

any one what he has to do.

=marquer=, _v.n._, to make its appearance, to show (of a thing); to be

remarked, to be evident; to be remarkable, distinguished; to set off;

to be of note; to show the hour (of sun-dials); to mark, to show age by

the teeth (of horses); (fenc.) to make a full pass. _Cela marquerait

trop_; (fam.) that would attract too much attention. _Cet homme ne marque

point_; that man is in no way remarkable.

=marqueter=, _v.a._, to speckle, to spot, to inlay.

=marqueterie= (-kè-trî), _n.f._, marquetry, checkered-work, checker-work,

inlaid-work, inlaying, mosaic, patchwork.

=marqueteur=, _n.m._, inlayer.

=marquette=, _n.f._, cake (of virgin wax).

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

=marquis=, _n.m._, marquis, marquess. _— de Carabas_; (jest.) great

landed proprietor. _Faire le —_; to give one’s self airs.

=marquisat=, _n.m._, marquisate.

=marquise=, _n.f._, marchioness; marquee, awning, verandah; settee;

waist-buckle.

=marquiser=, _v.a._, to style any one a marquis.

_se_ =marquiser=, _v.r._, to assume the title of marquis.

=marquoir=, _n.m._, bodkin.

=marraine=, _n.f._, godmother, sponsor.

=marre=, _n.f._, mattock, hoe.

☉=marri=, =-e=, _adj._, sorry, grieved, concerned, troubled.

=marron=, _n.m._, (bot.) large French chestnut; chestnut; ☉large curl

tied with a ribbon; cracker (fire-works); (milit.) mark; unlicensed

broker; unlicensed printer; (print.) work printed clandestinely; chestnut

color. _— d’Inde_; horse-chestnut. _— d’eau_; water-caltrops (fruit). _—s

glacés_; candied chestnuts. _Tirer les —s du feu_; to pull the chestnuts

out of the fire.

=marron=, _adj. invariable_, maroon, chestnut-color.

=marron=, =-ne=, _adj._, fugitive, runaway (of slaves); wild (of animals

that have been tame); (com.) unlicensed, interloping. _Courtier —_;

(com.) unlicensed broker. _Cochon —_; wild hog.

=marron=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, runaway slave; maroon; free black slave

(of the West Indies).

=marronnage=, _n.m._, state of a runaway slave; running away (of slaves);

carrying on the business of a broker without a license.

☉=marronner=, _v.a._, to curl the hair with curling-tongs.

=marronnier=, _n.m._, (bot.) French chestnut-tree, chestnut-tree. _—

d’Inde_; horse-chestnut-tree.

=marrube=, _n.m._, (bot.) madwort; horehound; bugle-weed.

=mars= (mars), _n.m._, March; (chem.) Mars (iron); (astron.) Mars; (fig.,

poet.) war. _pl._, seed sown in spring. _Giboulées de —_; April showers.

_Champ de —_; (milit.) large drilling ground. _Cela vient comme — en

carême_; that comes very seasonably, _or_ in the nick of time.

=marseillaise=, _n.f._, Marseillaise (French national anthem).

=marsouin=, _n.m._, (mam.) porpoise, sea-hog; ugly wretch. _Vilain —_;

ugly, disagreeable man.

=marsupial=, =-e=, _adj._, (natural hist.) marsupial.

=martagon=, _n.m._, (bot.) martagon, mountain-lily, Turk’s-cap.

=marte=, _n.f._ _V._ =martre=.

=marteau=, _n.m._, hammer, clapper; knocker; (ich.) hammer-fish;

hammer-oyster. _Être entre le — et l’enclume_; to be in an embarrassing

position. _— à deux mains_; sledge-hammer. _— d’une arbalète_; cross.

_Graisser le —_; to fee the porter. _Avoir un coup de —_; to be somewhat

gone in the upper story. _Il faut être enclume ou —_; you must bite _or_

be bitten. _N’être pas sujet au coup de —_; to be one’s own master.

=martel=, _n.m._, ☉hammer. [Only used in: _Avoir — en tête_; to be very

uneasy. _Se mettre — en tête_; to fret one’s self to death.]

=martelage=, _n.m._, (tech.) hammering; (of trees) marking.

=martelé=, =-e=, _part._, hammered; (mus.) brilliant and distinct.

_Vaisselle —e_; hammered plate. _Vers —s_; labored verses.

=marteler=, _v.a._, to hammer; to torment, to tease, to vex, to strain,

to labor. _Il martèle ses vers_; he labors his verses.

=martelet=, _n.m._, little hammer.

=marteleur=, _n.m._, hammerman.

=martial=, =-e=, _adj._, martial, warlike, soldierly. _Code —_,

_législation —e_; articles of war.

=martin=, _n.m._, (orni.) pastor, (kind of starling) _La Saint-—_;

Martinmas. _— pêcheur_; kingfisher.

=martiner=, _v.a._, to tilt, to hammer.

=martinet=, _n.m._, (orni.) martinet, martlet, swift, sea-martin; flat

candlestick, hand-candlestick; tilt-hammer; cat-o’-nine-tails. _— de

pic_; (nav.) peak-halliards of the mizzen.

=martingale=, _n.f._, (nav., man.) martingale. _Jouer à la —_; to play

double or quits.

=martinisme=, _n.m._, martinism.

=martiniste=, _n.m._, martinist.

=martin-pêcheur=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) kingfisher.

=martin-sec=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a kind of pear.

=martre=, _n.f._, (mam.) marten, sable. _— zibeline_; sable. _Prendre —

pour renard_; to take a cow for a bull.

=martyr=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, martyr. _Le commun des —s_; the common

herd.

=martyre=, _n.m._, martyrdom. _Souffrir le —_; to suffer martyrdom.

_Faire souffrir le — à quelqu’un_; to make any one suffer martyrdom.

=martyriser=, _v.a._, to make any one suffer martyrdom, to make a martyr

of; to torment; to torture.

=martyrologe=, _n.m._, martyrology.

=martyrologiste=, _n.m._, martyrologist.

=marum= (-rom), _n.m._, (bot.) cat-thyme.

=mascarade=, _n.f._, masquerade, mask.

=mascaret=, _n.m._, eddy of water, violent eddy of the tide, swelling (of

waters); bar (of harbors).

=mascarille=, _n.m._, a delicious kind of mushroom; the flunkey (of

Molière’s comedies).

=mascaron=, _n.m._, (arch.) mask, grotesque figure.

=masculin=, =-e=, _adj._, masculine, male. _Fief —_; fee in tail male.

=masculin=, _n.m._, (gram.) masculine.

=masculiniser=, _v.a._, to make masculine. _Se —_, _v.r._, to become

masculine.

=masculinité=, _n.f._, masculineness, masculinity.

=masque=, _n.m._, mask; blind, cloak, pretense; masker, masquerader,

mummer; face-guard; (paint.) head; (arch.) mask. _Il a un bon —_; (of

actors) his features are expressive. _Lever le —_; to pull off the mask.

_Arraches les —s_; to tear off the disguise.

☉=masque=, _n.f._, ugly woman; naughty little girl.

=masqué=, =-e=, _part._, masked; disguised. _Être toujours —_; to be

always close. _Bal —_; masked ball, masquerade.

=masquer=, _v.a._, to mask, to conceal, to cloak, to disguise; (milit.)

to mask.

_se_ =masquer=, _v.r._, to be masked, to mask; to disguise one’s self;

(of things) to be disguised.

=massacrant=, =-e=, _adj._, killing; cross, peevish, surly, dreadful,

disagreeable. _Humeur —e_; awful temper.

=massacre=, _n.m._, massacre, butchery; slaughter, havoc, waste,

squandering; bungler, botcher; (hunt.) head (of a deer newly killed).

=massacrer=, _v.a._, to massacre, to butcher, to murder, to slay, to

slaughter; to bungle, to botch, to destroy; to hack (meat or poultry).

_Cet acteur a massacré son rôle_; that actor murdered his part. _— des

hardes_, _des meubles_; to spoil clothes, furniture.

=massacreur=, _n.m._, slaughterer, slayer; bungler, botcher.

=massage=, _n.m._, shampooing.

=masse=, _n.f._, mass, heap, lump; earnings; hoard; stock; mace;

butt-end, butt; (jur.) creditors, estate (of bankrupts); (com.) capital

stock, capital; (tech.) sledge-hammer. _— des biens_; (jur.) estate. _—

des biens immeubles_; (jur.) real estate. _— des biens meubles_; (jur.)

personal estate. _— de plume_; fifty pounds of feathers. _— de héron_;

heron’s crest, tuft. _— d’eau_; typha, reed-mace. _En —_; in a body, in

the mass, by the bulk. _Les —s_; the people as a whole, the million, the

masses. _— d’armes_; mace. _Soulever les —s_; to stir up the people.

☉=masse=, _n.f._, stake, pool (at play).

=massement=, _n.m._, (milit.) massing of troops.

=massepain= (mas-pin), _n.m._, marchpane (kind of cake).

=masser=, _v.a._, (milit.) to mass troops; ☉to stake, to put into the

pool (at play); (paint.) to mass; to shampoo.

=massette=, _n.f._, (bot.) mace-reed, reed-mace; cat’s-tail. _— à larges

feuilles_; great cat’s-tail.

=masseur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, shampooer.

=massicot=, _n.m._, (chem.) massicot, masticot; paper-cutter.

=massier=, _n.m._, mace-bearer.

=massi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, massive, bulky; lumpish; massy, solid; clumsy,

heavy, dull. _Figure d’argent —_; figure of solid silver, of massive

silver. _Avoir l’esprit —_; to be dull-minded.

=massif=, _n.m._, (gard.) group, clump, cluster (of trees, flowers);

grove; solid mass, group, block, (of masonry) wall (of an oven); (mas.)

solid mass.

=massivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, massively, heavily, solidly; stupidly,

dully.

=massiveté=, _n.f._, massiveness.

=massorah= _or_ =massore=, _n.f._, masorah, massora.

=massorète=, _n.m._, masorite.

=massorétique=, _adj._, massoretic, masoretic.

=massue=, _n.f._, club, crowbar. _Coup de —_; dreadful blow, heavy blow,

knock-down blow; calamity.

=mastic=, _n.m._, mastic; cement; putty; (print.) transposition.

=masticage=, _n.m._, cementing, puttying.

=mastication=, _n.f._, mastication, chewing.

=masticatoire=, _n.m._, (med.) masticatory.

=mastigadour=, _n.m._, (vet.) masticador, slabbering-bit (of a bridle).

=mastiquer=, _v.a._, to putty; to cement.

=mastiquer=, _v.n._, to masticate.

=mastodonte=, _n.m._, (fos.) mastodon.

=mastoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) mastoid. _Apophyse —_; mastoid process.

=mastoïdien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) mastoidean.

=masturbation=, _n.f._, masturbation, self-pollution.

=masturber=, _v.a._, to pollute.

_se_ =masturber=, _v.r._, to commit self-pollution.

=masulipatan=, _n.m._, calico (sort of).

=masure=, _n.f._, ruins; hovel, hut, tumble-down house.

=mat= (mat), =-e=, _adj._, unpolished, dead, dull; flat, insipid; heavy,

sodden; (chess) mated, checkmated. _Or —_; unpolished gold. _Coloris —_;

dim coloring. _Broderie —e_; heavy embroidery.

=mat= (mat), _n.m._, (chess) mate; (tech.) deadening. _Donner_, _faire_,

_échec et —_; to checkmate.

=mât= (mâ) _n.m._, mast; pole. _Le grand —_; the main-mast. _— de

perroquet_; top-gallant-mast. _— de beaupré_; bowsprit. _— de misaine_;

fore-mast. _— d’artimon_; mizzen-mast. _Bas — de misaine_; lower

fore-mast. _Petit — de hune_; top-mast. _— de perroquet de fougue_;

mizzen top-mast. _— de perruche_; mizzen top-gallant-mast. _— à pible_;

pole mast. _— vertical_; mast on end. _—s inclinés vers l’arrière_;

masts hanging abaft. _— d’un brin_; mast of one piece of wood only. _—

d’assemblage_; made mast. _— forcé_; mast which is sprung. _— jumelé_,

_reclampé_, _renforcé_; mast fished (in a weak place or opposite any

spring). _— de pavillon_; ensign staff. _—s de hune de rechange_; spare

top-masts. _—s majeurs_; standing masts. _Aller à —s et à cordes_; to

scud under bare poles. _—s venus à bas_; disabled masts. _Caler les

—s_; to lower the masts. _Lieu d’un —_; station of a mast. _Mettre_, or

_guinder_, _les —s de hune_; to heave the top-masts on end. _— de

fortune_; jury mast. _— de rechange_; spare mast. _— de cocagne_;

greasy pole.

=matador=, _n.m._, matador; matadore (at play); magnate, big wig.

=mâtage=, _n.m._, masting (of a ship).

=matamore=, _n.m._, hector, bully.

=matasse=, _n.f._, raw silk; raw cotton.

☉=matassins=, _n.m.pl._, matachin dance; matachins; (figs.) buffoon.

=maté=, _n.m._, (bot.) maté; Paraguay tea.

=mâté=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) masted. _— en caravelle_; fitted with pole

top-masts. _— en chandelier_; masted upright. _— en frégate_; having

bent, inclined, masts. _— en vaisseau_; masted as a ship of the line.

_— en fourche_; masted with a gaff. _— à pible_; pole-masted. _— en

polacre_; masted with three pole masts and square sails. _— en heu_;

masted for a sprit. _— en galère_; masted as a galley. _Haut —_, _trop

—_; over-masted.

=matelas= (ma-tlâ), _n.m._, mattress; pad; wadding. _— d’un carrosse_;

squab, cushion, of a coach. _— de bourre_; flock-bed. _— à air_; air

mattress.

=matelasser= (ma-tla-sé), _v.a._, to cover with a mattress, to stuff.

=matelassi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, mattress-maker.

=matelot= (ma-tlô), _n.m._, seaman, sailor; (nav.) consort-ship. _Bon —_;

able seaman. _— de première classe_; able-bodied seaman. _— à deniers_;

seaman engaged for a specified time. _— à mariage_; seaman engaged for

the whole voyage. _Vaisseau —_; good company-keeper.

=matelotage= (ma-tlo-taj), _n.m._, seamanship; seaman’s wages, pay.

=matelote= (ma-tlot), _n.f._, (cook.) matelote, fish-stew. _À la —_;

seamanlike, sailor fashion.

=mâter=, _v.a._, to mast; to toss up (the oars). _Machine à —_; sheers.

_Machine à — flottante_; sheer-hulk.

=mater=, _v.a._, to mortify, to harass (with corporal hardships); to

bring down, to break down, to curb; to subdue, to conquer; to check-mate.

_On a bien maté son orgueil_; his pride has been sadly brought down. _On

aura de la peine à la —_; she will take some subduing.

=mâtereau=, _n.m._, (nav.) small mast; spar, pole, staff.

=matérialiser=, _v.a._, to materialize.

=matérialisme=, _n.m._, materialism.

=matérialiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, materialist; materialistic.

=matérialité=, _n.f._, materiality.

=matériaux=, _n.m.pl._, materials, material.

=matériel=, =-le=, _adj._, material; coarse, gross, rough; massy, heavy,

dull. _Il est —_; he is a matter-of-fact man. _Faux —_; (jur.) forgery.

=matériel=, _n.m._, materials, stock, working-stock; stores, apparatus,

fittings, plant. _— d’une armée_; baggage, ammunition, artillery. _— de

siège_; siege apparatus. _— d’une imprimerie_; printing-office plant.

=matériellement= (-rièl-mān), _adv._, materially; coarsely, grossly,

roughly.

=maternel=, =-le=, _adj._, maternal, motherly. _Parents —s_; relations on

the mother’s side. _Langue —le_; mother-tongue.

=maternellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, maternally.

=maternité=, _n.f._, maternity.

=mâteur=, _n.m._, (nav.) mast-maker.

=mathématicien= (-siin), _n.m._, mathematician.

=mathématique=, _n.f._, mathematics. _—s pures_; pure mathematics. _—s

mixtes_; mixed mathematics. _Etudier les —_; to study mathematics.

[Rarely used in the singular.]

=mathématique=, _adj._, mathematical.

=mathématiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, mathematically.

=matière= (ma-ti-èr), _n.f._, matter; substance, stuff, fluid; subject,

cause, reason, motive, grounds; theme, contents. _— brute_, _— première_;

raw material. _—s d’or et d’argent_; bullion. _S’élever au-dessus de

la —_; to soar above matter. _Donner — à parler_; to give occasion for

talking. _En — de_; in point of, in matters of.

=matin=, _n.m._, morning, noon, forenoon; prime, dawn. _Demain —_;

to-morrow morning. _Se lever de grand —_; to rise very early. _Un beau

—_; some fine day, _or_ one fine morning. _Un de ces quatre —s_; one of

these fine days.

=matin=, _adv._, early, early in the morning. _De grand_, or _de bon_,

_—_; very early.

=mâtin=, _n.m._, mastiff; rascal, cur. _Mâtin!_ By Jove! _Ce — de_; that

scoundrel of, that confounded, that cursed.

=matinal=, =-e=, _adj._, morning; early-rising; early, up early.

=matinalement=, _adv._, early.

=mâtine=, _n.f._, hussy, wench. _Cette — de_; that confounded, _or_

cursed.

=mâtineau=, _n.m._, little mastiff.

=matinée=, _n.f._, morning, forenoon, morning’s work; morning

performance. _Dormir_, or _faire_, _la grasse —_; to lie in bed late in

the morning, to sleep it out.

=mâtiner=, _v.a._, to serve (of a mastiff); to abuse, to disparage, to

snub.

=matines=, _n.f.pl._, matins.

=matineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ (generally), rising early; early riser (of

persons).

=matini-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, morning, of the morning. [Only used in:

_l’étoile —ère_; the Morning-Star.]

=matir=, _v.a._, to deaden (metals).

=matois=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, cunning, artful, sly, deep; cunning

person, sly dog. _C’est un fin —_; he’s an artful blade.

=matoisement=, _adv._, cunningly, slyly.

=matoiserie= (ma-toa-zrî), _n.f._, cunning, slyness.

=matou=, _n.m._, tom-cat; ugly person, monkey, curmudgeon.

=matras= (-trâ), _n.m._, (chem.) matrass.

=matricaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) matricaria, feverfew.

=matrice=, _n.f._, matrix, womb; (com.) matrice; (min.) matrix; standard

weight, measure, original register.

=matrice=, _adj._, mother, principal, primitive, unmixed. _Eglise —_;

mother-church. _Langue —_; mother-tongue. _Couleurs —s_; primitive,

unmixed colors.

=matricide=, _n.m._, matricide.

=matriculaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, matriculate; matriculated.

=matricule=, _n.f._ and _adj._, register, matricula; matriculation,

certificate of matriculation; matriculation. _Registre —_; matriculation

book.

=matrimonial=, =-e=, _adj._, matrimonial.

=matrone=, _n.f._, matron; ☉midwife.

=matte=, _n.f._, (metal.) matt. _pl._, clotted milk, curds.

=maturati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) maturative.

=maturatif=, _n.m._, (med.) maturant.

=maturation=, _n.f._, maturation, ripening.

=mâture=, _n.f._, masting, masts, mast-store; wood for masts, sheer-hack,

sheers.

=maturité=, _n.f._, maturity, ripeness, completion; consideration. _Avec

—_; maturely, with consideration.

=matutinal=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) matutinal.

=maubèche=, _n.f._, (orni.) knot, sandpiper.

=maudire= (maudissant, maudit), _v.a._, to curse, to imprecate, to rue.

=maudissable=, _adj._, execrable, detestable.

=maudit=, =-e=, _part._, cursed, accursed, outcast, wretched. _— soit

le maladroit!_ deuce take the clumsy fool! _— soit...!_ cursed be...!

confound...!

=maugréer=, _v.n._, to fret and fume, to curse and swear; to grumble.

=maupiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._, ☉cruel, pitiless. _Faire le —_; to

look miserable (without cause).

=maure=, _n.m._ _V._ =more=.

=mauresque=, _adj._ _V._ =moresque=.

=mauricaud=, _adj._ _V._ =moricaud=.

=mausolée=, _n.m._, mausoleum.

=maussade=, _adj._, sulky, sullen, cross, disagreeable; unpleasant, dull,

tedious; awkward; slovenly, clumsy.

=maussadement= (mô-sad-mān), _adv._, disagreeably, sullenly, peevishly.

=maussaderie= (mô-sa-drî), _n.f._, unpleasantness, sullenness, sulkiness.

=mauvais=, =-e=, _adj._, bad, ill, evil; mischievous, ill-natured;

injurious; wrong, amiss; unpleasant; contrary, adverse; (print.)

battered (of letters); unhandsome. _—e nouvelle_; bad news. _— livre_;

mischievous, wretched book. _Avoir —e mine_; to look ill. _Prendre

quelque chose en —e part_; to take a thing ill, in a bad sense, _or_ in

bad part. _—e tête_; hot-headed person. _— sujet_; worthless fellow,

rascal, scoundrel.

=mauvais=, _n.m._, bad. _Il faut prendre le bon et le —_; one must take

the good with the bad.

=mauvais=, _adv._, bad, wrong. _Sentir —_; to have a bad smell. _Il fait

—_; it is bad weather. _Trouver — que_; to take it ill that.

=mauve=, _n.f._, mallow; (orni.) sea-gull, sea-mew.

=mauviette=, _n.f._, lark; field-lark; lath (thin person); poor stick.

=mauvis=, _n.m._, (orni.) mavis, redwing, throstle.

=maxillaire=, _adj._, pertaining to the jaw, maxillary.

=maxime=, _n.f._, maxim. _Tenir pour — de_; to hold it as a maxim to.

=maximum=, _n.m._ (_—s_), (math.) (maxima), highest, height, maximum;

acme; (com.) the highest price.

=mayonnaise=, _n.f._, (cook.) mayonnaise.

=mazagran=, _n.m._, coffee in a glass (named after the once famous Café

Mazagran).

=mazette=, _n.f._, tit, poor hack (sorry horse); milksop, poor creature;

dull-head, duffer (at games). _—!_ (int.) zounds! you don’t say so!

=md.=, (ab. of Marchand) shopkeeper.

=mde.=, (ab. of Marchande) shopkeeper.

=me=, _pron._, me; to me _or_ at me. _Il — blâme_; he blames me. _Vous —

parlez_; you speak to me. _— voici_; here I am.

=meâ-culpâ=, _n.m._, (_—_) expression taken from the Confiteor. _Dire_,

_faire_, _son —_; to repent; to confess one’s faults.