=plénitude=, _n.f._, plenitude, fullness.

=pléonasme=, _n.m._, pleonasm.

=pléonastique=, _adj._, pleonastic.

=plésiosaure=, _n.m._, (foss.) plesiosaur, plesiosaurus.

=plet=, _n.m._, (nav.) coil.

=pléthore=, _n.f._, plethora.

=pléthorique=, _adj._, plethoric.

=pleu-pleu= _or_ =plui-plui=, _n.m._, (_—_) green woodpecker.

=pleur=, _n.m._, (poet.) lament. _Un — éternel_; a never-ending lament

(V. Hugo). _pl._, tears.

=pleurant=, =-e=, _adj._, weeping, crying.

=pleurard=, _n.m._, puling, squalling child; blubberer.

=pleure=, _n.f._, (anat.). _V._ =plèvre=.

=pleure-misère=, _n.m._, (_—_) grumbler; curmudgeon.

=pleurer=, _v.n._, to cry, to weep over, to shed tears, to bewail, to

mourn; to run (of the eyes). _— comme un enfant_; to cry like a child.

_— amèrement_; to weep bitterly. _— à chaudes larmes_; to shed bitter

tears. _— de joie_; to weep for joy. _— à volonté_; to cry at will. _—

sur quelqu’un_; to weep over any one.

=pleurer=, _v.a._, to weep, to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to deplore

the loss (of); to grudge.

=pleurésie=, _n.f._, pleurisy.

=pleurétique=, _adj._, pleuritic.

=pleureu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, weeper; mourner.

=pleureur=, _n.m._, (mam.) weeper, sapajou.

=pleureu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, weeping, crying, mournful, tearful. _Saule

—_; weeping willow.

=pleureuses=, _n.f.pl._, weeping bands.

=pleureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, weeping, crying.

=pleurnichement= (-nish-mān), _n.m._, whine, whining.

=pleurnicher=, _v.n._, to snivel, to whimper, to whine.

=pleurnicherie= (-ni-shrî), _n.f._, whining.

=pleurnicheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, whimperer, sniveler.

=pleuronecte=, _n.m._, (ich.) pleuronectes.

=pleuropneumonie=, _n.f._, (med.) pleuro-pneumonia.

=pleurs=, _n.m.pl._, tears; crying, weeping; bleeding (of a vine).

_Verser_, _répandre_, _des —_; to shed tears. _Essuyer ses —_; to dry

one’s tears.

=pleutre=, _n.m._, coward; contemptible fellow.

=pleuvoir= (pleuvant, plu), _v.imp._, to rain. _Il pleut à verse_;

it is pouring with rain. _— à petites gouttes_; to drizzle. _— des

hallebardes_; to rain cats and dogs. _L’argent y pleut_; it rains riches

there. _— à seaux_; to rain in torrents. _Comme s’il en pleuvait_; in

quantities, a great quantity, in shoals, in torrents. _Faire —_; to

shower down upon; to pour, send in _or_ down.

=plèvre=, _n.f._, (anat.) pleura.

=plexus= (plèk-sus), _n.m._, (anat.) plexus.

=pleyon=, _n.m._, osier-tie.

=pli=, _n.m._, plait, fold, bend, wrinkle, rumple; tuck, coil;

undulation, depression, wave; cover, letter, envelope, message, crease.

_Cet habit ne fait pas un —_; that coat has not a wrinkle in it. _Sous

le même —_; under the same cover. _Fouiller dans tous les —s et replis_,

_sonder tous les —s et replis_, _du cœur_; to search into the innermost

recesses of the heart. _Un faux —_; a crease (in stuffs). _Il a pris son

—_; he has taken his bent, decided upon his course (of action). _Avoir

des —s au front_; to have wrinkles on one’s forehead. _Le — du bras_;

the bend of the arm. _Un — de terrain_; an undulation _or_ depression

of the ground. _Cela ne fera pas un —_; there will not be the slightest

difficulty, all will go as on wheels. _Prendre un mauvais —_; to get into

bad habits.

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

=pliage=, _n.m._, folding.

=pliant=, =-e=, _adj._, pliant, pliable, bending, flexible, supple.

_Siège —_; a folding-stool.

=pliant=, _n.m._, folding-stool, fold-stool.

=plica=, _n.m._, (med.). _V._ =plique=.

=plicatile=, _adj._, (bot.) plicate, twining.

=pliciforme=, _adj._, in the form of a fold.

=plie=, _n.f._, (ich.) plaice.

=plié=, =-e=, _part._, folded.

=plié=, _n.m._, bend of the knee in dancing.

=pliement= (plî-mān), _n.m._, act of folding.

=plier=, _v.a._, to fold, to fold up; to bend; to bring under. _— une

lettre_; to fold a letter. _— du linge_; to fold up linen. _— les

voiles_; to furl the sails. _— bagage_; to decamp, to pack or make off.

_— son esprit aux volontés d’autrui_; to bend one’s mind, to yield to the

will of others.

_se_ =plier=, _v.r._, to be folded, bent; to bow, to bend. _Je ne saurais

me — à cela_; I cannot stoop to that.

=plier=, _v.n._, to bend; to yield; to give way. _Faire — un arc_; to

bend a bow. _Il vaut mieux — que rompre_; better bend than break. _— sous

l’autorité de quelqu’un_; to yield to any one’s authority. _L’infanterie

plia_; the infantry gave way.

=plieu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, folder.

=plinthe=, _n.f._, (arch.) plinth.

=plioir=, _n.m._, folding-knife; paper-folder.

=plique=, _n.f._, (med.) plica.

=plissé=, _n.m._, kilting, plaits; wrinkling.

=plissement= (plis-mān), _n.m._, folding; plaiting, doubling over;

undulation (of waves).

=plisser=, _v.a._, to plait; to kilt, to wrinkle.

_se_ =plisser=, _v.r._, to form plaits; to be plaited, or wrinkled, to

pucker.

=plissure=, _n.f._, plaiting.

=ploc=, _n.m._, (nav.) sheathing hair, cow-hair.

=ploiement=, _n.m._, folding.

=plomb= (plon), _n.m._, lead, shot; plumb-line, plummet; custom-house

seal; sink. _De —_; (fig.) heavy; (of clouds _or_ sky) gray, leaden,

of a leaden hue. _Menu —_; small shot. _— en saumon_; pig-lead. _Jeter

son — sur quelque chose_; to have an eye upon anything. _Mine de

—_; black-lead pencil, lead. _— dans la tête_; (fig.) ballast. _À —_;

perpendicularly, directly; vertically; right, or sheer, down. _Sous les

—s_; under the leads. _Tomber à —_; to plumb; to fall vertically.

=plombage=, _n.m._, leading, lead work; plumbing.

=plombagine=, _n.f._, plumbago, black-lead.

=plombé=, _-e_, _part._, leaded; (fig.) of a leaden hue, leaden-colored;

(of sticks) loaded. _Dent —e_; tooth that has been stopped. _Il a le

teint —_; he has a livid complexion.

=plomber=, _v.a._, to lead; to load, to seal, to stop, to mark or stamp

with lead; to stop (a tooth); to plumb. _— le faîte d’un toit_; to lead

the ridge of a roof. _— un mur_; to plumb a wall. _Se —_; to assume a

leaden hue.

=plomberie= (plon-brî), _n.f._, plumbery; lead-making; lead-manufactory;

lead-works.

=plombeur=, _n.m._, (custom-house) stamper. _Rouleau —_; field roller.

=plombeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, leady, leaden.

=plombier=, _n.m._, plumber.

=plombifère=, _adj._, plumbiferous.

=plongé=, =-e=, _part._, immersed; dipped (of candles); sunk (in

despair); weltering (in blood). _Chandelle —e_; dip candle.

=plongeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, plunging. _Vue —e_; view from a

height. _Feu —_; plunging fire (coming from above); raking fire.

=plongée=, _n.f._, (fort.) glacis, slope.

=plongement= (plonj-mān), _n.m._, plunging; dipping; dip; (the sea)

pitching.

=plongeon= (-jon), _n.m._, (orni.) diver; loon; dive, diving. _Faire le

—_; to dive; to duck; (fig.) to flinch; to back out of.

=plonger=, _v.a._, to plunge, to dip, to immerse; to throw, to involve.

_— quelqu’un dans la douleur_; to plunge any one into grief.

_se_ =plonger=, _v.r._, to be plunged.

=plonger=, _v.n._, to dive, to dip; to duck; to take a downward

direction; to welter; to pitch (of ships).

=plongeur=, _n.m._, plunger, diver. _Cloche de_, or _à_, _—_; diving-bell.

=plongeur=, _adj._, (hydr.) plunging, diving.

=ploquer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to felt (a ship’s bottom); to sheath with hair.

=ployable=, _adj._, pliable, easy to bend; flexible.

=ployer=, _v.a._, to bend, to bow; to fold up.

_se_ =ployer=, _v.r._, to be bent, to be folded; to bend, to give way.

=ployer=, _v.n._, to bend; to yield, to submit; to give way.

=pluche=. _V._ =peluche=.

=pluie=, _n.f._, rain; downpour; shower, abundance of. _Un jour de —_; a

rainy day. _Il tombe de la —_; it is raining. _Petite — abat grand vent_;

a little rain lays a great dust. _Après la —, le beau temps_; every cloud

has its silver lining. _— battante_; pelting rain. _Le temps est à la

—_; it looks like rain. _Faire la — et le beau temps_; to be absolute

master, to rule the roost. _Parler de la — et du beau temps_; to talk of

indifferent things. _Une — de fleurs_; flowers in abundance.

=plui-plui=, _n.m._ _V._ =pleu-pleu=.

=plumage=, _n.m._, plumage, feathers.

*=plumail=, _n.m._, feather-broom. _V._ =plumet= _or_ =plumeau=.

=plumasseau=, _n.m._, quill (for harpsichords); feather (of arrows);

(surg.) pledget; feather-broom, duster.

=plumasserie= (-ma-srî), _n.f._, feather-trade.

=plumassier=, _n.m._, feather-merchant (dresser, or seller).

=plume=, _n.f._, feather, plume, quill, pen. _— d’acier_; steel pen.

_Tailler une —_; to mend, to cut a pen. _Mettre la main à la —_; to

take pen in hand. _Se laisser aller au courant de la —_; to write

off-hand. _— de corbeau_; crow-quill. _La belle — fait le bel oiseau_;

fine feathers make fine birds. _Il est au poil et à la —_; he is fit

for anything; fit as a fiddle. _Il y a laissé de ses —s_; he has been

stripped of his feathers. _Passer la — par le bec à quelqu’un_; to baffle

any one. _La fente d’une —_; the slit of a pen. _Le bec d’une —_; the nib

of a pen. _Une bonne —_; a good penman. _Jeter la — au vent_; to allow

chance to decide. _Guerre de —_; paper warfare. _Une — à son chapeau_; a

feather in one’s cap.

=plumeau=, _n.m._, feather-broom, duster; pen-stand.

=plumée=, _n.f._, penful (of ink); plucking goose-feathers; plucking.

=plumer=, _v.a._, to pluck, to plume; to fleece. _— une volaille_; to

pluck a fowl. _— quelqu’un_; to fleece any one; (in rowing) to feather.

_— la poule sans la faire crier_; to fleece the sheep without making it

bleat.

=plumet=, _n.m._, plume, ostrich feather; feather broom.

=plumetis= (plum-tî), _n.m._, feather-stitch.

=plumeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) plumous, feathery.

=plumipède=, _n.m._, plumiped.

=plumiste=, _n.m._, artist in feathers.

=plumitif=, _n.m._, (jur.) minute-book; (fam.) penman, clerk,

scratch-paper.

=plum-pudding=, _n.m._ (_—-—s_). _V._ =pouding=.

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

=plupart=, _n.f._, most, most part, the greatest part; generality,

majority (of); most people. _La — du monde prétend_; most people say. _La

— de ses amis l’abandonnèrent_; most of his friends forsook him. _La —

écrivent_; most people write. _Pour la —_; mostly. _Les hommes sont pour

la — intéressés_; the generality of men are selfish. _La — du temps_;

generally, mostly, in most cases.

=pluralité=, _n.f._, plurality.

=pluriel=, =-le=, _adj._, (gram.) plural.

=pluriel=, _n.m._, (gram.) plural.

=plus=, _adv._, more, over, most; also, moreover; further; besides;

item; plus; no more, not any more, no longer, not again; never again.

_— savant que lui_; more learned than he. _Il a — d’argent que moi_; he

has more money than I. _Il m’en coûte — qu’a vous_; it costs me more

than it does you (to have to say it, etc.). _Il a — de vingt ans_; he

is more than twenty. _Nous sommes — qu’à moitié persuadés_; we are more

than half convinced. _Je n’y retournerai —_; I will go there no more. _—

je la vois, — je la hais_; the more I see her, the more I hate her. _—

loin_; further. _— près_, _de — près_; nearer. _— de larmes_; no more

tears. _N’avoir — rien_; to have nothing left. _Il y a —_; what is more.

_Il y en a tant et —_; there is enough and to spare. _Au —_, _tout au

—_; at most, at the most. _Il a tout au — trente ans_; he is thirty at

most. _De —_; besides, moreover, again, furthermore, nay. _De —, il faut

remarquer_; we must observe besides. _D’autant —_; the more so. _De — en

—_; more and more. _Il s’enrichit de — en —_; he grows richer and richer

every day. _Ni — ni moins_; neither more nor less. _Vous avez beau dire,

il n’en sera ni — ni moins_; you may talk as much as you please, it

will be so. _— ou moins_; more or less, thereabout. _Qui —, qui moins_;

some more, some less. _Sans — différer_; without further delay. _Sans —

de façon_; without any more ado. _— tard_, _— loin_, _— près_; later,

farther, nearer. _Qui — est_; what is more. _N’être —_; to be no more.

_Deux fois —_; twice as much. _Deux fois de —_; twice more. _Je n’ai —

qu’à_; it only remains for me to.

=plus=, _n.m._, more; most. _Le — que je puisse faire_; the most I can do.

=plusieurs=, _pron._ and _adj._, _m.f.pl._, several, some.

=plus-pétition=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (jur.) exorbitant demand.

=plus-que-parfait= (plus-kĕ-par-fè), _n.m._ (_n.p._), (gram.) pluperfect

tense.

=plus-value=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (fin.) superior value.

=plutocratie=, _n.f._, plutocracy.

=plutonique=, _adj._, (geol.) plutonic.

=plutôt=, _adv._, rather, sooner, in preference to. _— mourir que faire

une lâcheté_; rather die than do a dishonorable thing. _Voyez —_; look,

or see, for yourself!

=pluvial=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) pluvial.

=pluvial=, _adj._, of rain, rainy. _Eau —e_; rainwater.

=pluvier=, _n.m._, plover.

=pluvieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rainy, showery, wet. _Un jour —_; a rainy day.

=pluviomètre=, _n.m._, pluviometer, rain-gauge, udometer.

=pluviôse=, _n.m._, Pluviose, fifth month of the calendar of the first

French republic, from January 20th to February 18th or 19th.

=pneumatique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, pneumatics; pneumatic. _Machine —_;

air-pump.

=pneumatocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) pneumatocele.

=pneumatologie=, _n.f._, pneumatology.

=pneumatose=, _n.f._, (med.) pneumatosis.

=pneumonie=, _n.f._, pneumonia.

=pneumonique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, (med.) pneumonic.

=pochade=, _n.f._, (paint.) rough sketch; (pop.) set to, mauling.

=poche=, _n.f._, pocket; pouch; sack; bag; rabbit-net; purse-net; small

fiddle; crop (of a bird); sack (of an abscess, etc.); (needlework)

pucker; wrinkle (in clothes); kit (of a violin). _Fouiller dans ses —s_;

to search one’s pockets. _Un mouchoir de —_; a pocket handkerchief.

_Mettre en —_; to pocket. _Jouer de la —_; to come down with the money.

_Acheter chat en —_; to buy a pig in a poke. _Argent de —_; pocket-money.

_Connaître comme sa —_; to know perfectly.

=poché=, =-e=, _part._, blotted (of writing); poached (of eggs); black

(of the eyes). _Des œufs —s_; poached eggs. _Avoir les yeux —s au beurre

noir_; to have one’s eyes black and blue.

=pocher=, _v.a._, to poach; to bruise. _— les yeux à quelqu’un_; to give

any one a pair of black eyes. _Se faire — les yeux_; to get one’s eyes

blacked.

=pochet=, _n.m._, nose-bag.

=pocheter= (posh-té), _v.a._, to keep in one’s pocket.

=pocheter=, _v.n._, to be kept in one’s pocket.

=pochette=, _n.f._, ☉pocket; net (for rabbits); small fiddle, kit.

=podagraire=, _n.f._, (bot.) goatweed, goutwort.

=podagre=, _n.f._, podagra, gout in the feet.

=podagre=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, gouty person; afflicted with the gout,

gouty, podagrical.

=podestat=, _n.m._, podesta (magistrate in Italy).

=podosperme=, _n.m._, (bot.) funiculus.

=poêle=, _n.f._, frying-pan. _Tomber de la — dans le feu_; to jump out of

the frying-pan into the fire.

=poêle= _or_ =poile=, _n.m._, stove.

=poêle=, _n.m._, pall (at a funeral); (c.rel.) canopy.

=poêlée=, _n.f._, panful.

=poêlette=, _n.f._, small pan.

=poêlier=, _n.m._, stove-maker.

=poêlon=, _n.m._, saucepan (small).

=poêlonnée=, _n.f._, saucepanful.

=poème=, _n.m._, poem.

=poésie=, _n.f._, poetry; poesy.

=poète=, _n.m._, poet; poetess. _Méchant —_; wretched poet, poetaster. _—

lauréat_; poet laureate. _Elle est —_; she is a poetess.

=poétereau= (po-é-trô), _n.m._, poetaster; rhymester.

=poétesse=, _n.f._, (l.u.) poetess.

=poétique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, poetics; poetical.

=poétiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, poetically.

=poétiser=, _v.n._, ☉to versify, to poetize; to make poetical.

=poids= (poâ), _n.m._, weight; heaviness; gravity; burden, load; moment,

importance, consequence, consideration. _Le — d’un fardeau_; the weight

of a burden. _Cela est de —_; that is full weight. _Un — de dix livres_;

a ten-pound weight. _Avoir du —_; to weigh; (fig.) to be influential, to

have influence. _Faire bon —_; to give good weight. _Vendre une chose

au — de l’or_; to sell a thing extremely dear. _Le — des affaires_; the

burden of affairs.

*=poignant=, =-e=, _adj._, poignant; acute, keen; stinging; painful, sad.

*=poignard=, _n.m._, poniard, dagger. _Coup de —_; stab. _Ce fut un coup

de — pour elle_; she was cut to the quick by it, it was a crushing blow

for her.

*=poignarder=, _v.a._, to poniard, to stab, to wound, to grieve to the

heart; to kill.

_se_ =poignarder=, _v.r._, to stab one’s self.

=poigne=, _n.f._, (pop.) grasp, gripe, clutch; (fig.) strength, vigor.

*=poignée=, _n.f._, handful; handle; hilt (of swords); bunch (of keys);

shake (of the hand). _À —s_; by handfuls. _Jeter de l’argent à —_; to

throw money about like shells. _Prendre à —_; to grasp tightly.

*=poignet=, _n.m._, wrist; wrist-band (of linen); cuff (of a gown).

=poil=, _n.m._, hair (of animals); hair (of persons other than that of

the head); wool (of some animals); beard; nap (of cloth, of hats); color

(of horses); (bot.) bristle, wool; (fig.) boldness, courage, resolution.

_— de chèvre_; goat’s hair, mohair. _— follet_; down; soft hair. _— de

drap_; nap of cloth. _Monter un cheval à —_; to ride a horse bareback.

_Il y a laissé de son —_; he was pretty well fleeced there. _Être au — et

à la plume_; to be fit for anything. _Faire le — à un cheval_; to trim a

horse; (fig.) to outdo, to cut out. _De quel — est ce cheval?_ what is

the color of that horse? _— bai_; bay. _Reprendre du — à la bête_; to be

at it again; to begin again. _Chercher du — aux œufs_; to split hairs.

=poile=, _n.m._ _V._ =poêle=.

=poilu=, =-e=, _adj._, hairy, shaggy; (bot.) bristly, pilose.

*=poincillade=, _n.f._, (bot.) (Barbadoes) flower-fence.

=poinçon=, _n.m._, punch, puncheon; bodkin; stiletto, awl, pointer;

stamp, die; puncheon (cask); (carp.) king-post; stamp (of coins).

=poinçonnage=, _n.m._, stamping.

=poinçonner=, _v.a._, to stamp.

=poinçonneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m._, stamper, puncher. _n.f._, stamping machine.

=poindre=, _v.n._, to peep, to dawn, to break; to appear, to begin. _Le

jour commençait à —_; day was beginning to break. _Le poil commence à lui

— au menton_; his beard is beginning to grow.

=poindre=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to sting. _Oignez vilain, il vous poindra,

poignez vilain, il vous oindra_; save a thief from the gallows and he

will cut your throat. _Quel taon vous point?_ why, what’s the matter with

you? (lit., what gnat has stung you).

=poing=, _n.m._, fist, hand. _Coup de —_; punch, cuff. _Se battre à coups

de —_; to fight with fisticuffs. _Fermer le —_; to clinch, clench one’s

fist. _À — fermé_; with clinched, clenched fist. _Faire le coup de — avec

quelqu’un_; to have a set-to with any one. _Il sait faire le coup de —_;

he knows how to box. _Pieds et —s liés_; bound hand and foot.

=point=, _adv._, no, not; not at all; none (_more emphatic than_ =pas=).

_Je ne l’ai — vu_; I have not seen him. _Il n’a — d’argent_; he has no

money at all. _— du tout_; not at all. _— d’amitié sans vertu_; there

can be no friendship without virtue.

=point=, _n.m._, point; dot, mark; full stop; period; speck; hole (of a

strap, etc.); break (of day); (needlework) stitch; moment, difficulty,

state, case, terms; place, quarter; (nav.) tack (of the sheets). _— de

côté_; pain in the side, stitch. _Un —_; full stop. _— d’interrogation_;

note of interrogation. _— d’admiration_, _— d’exclamation_; note of

exclamation. _Lettre de deux —s_; (print.) two-line letter. _Il ne met

jamais de — sur les i_; he never dots his i’s. _Mettre les —s sur les i_;

to dot one’s i’s; to be very punctilious, to mind one’s P’s and Q’s. _—

d’orgue_; (mus.) pause. _— d’appui_; fulcrum. _— d’Angleterre_; Brussels

point (lace). _Faire venir quelqu’un à son —_; to bring any one over to

one’s views. _Il fut sur le — d’être tué_; he was very near being killed.

_À —_; in the nick of time. _À — nommé_; at the appointed time. _Tout

vient à — à qui sait attendre_; patience and time bring everything to

pass, _or_ all comes to him who knows how to wait. _Un — fait à temps

en sauve mille_; a stitch in time saves nine. _L’affaire est réduite à

ce —_; the matter has come to this point _or_ pitch. _Au plus haut —_;

to the highest pitch. _Au dernier —_; in the highest degree. _C’est un

— arrêté_; it is a thing agreed upon. _Avoir un — de côté_; to have a

stitch in one’s side. _Faire un — à_; (needlework) to put a stitch in.

_— de vue_; point of view, prospect; (fig.) light, sight, opinion. _— du

vent_; (nav.) tack. _— d’honneur_; point of honor. _De tout —_; in every

respect, entirely. _De — en —_; exactly, in particular, in detail. _—s

cardinaux_; cardinal points. _— du compas_; point of the compass. _Rendre

des — à_; to be more than a match for, to give odds (at a game). _Faute

d’un —_; for a trifle. _La viande est cuite à —_; the meat is done to a

turn.

=pointage=, _n.m._, (artil., nav.) pointing, leveling.

=pointal=, _n.m._, (carp.) prop, girder.

=pointe=, _n.f._, point (sharp end); (print.) bodkin; pungency, tartness,

sharpness; witticism; tack, tin-tack (nail, rivet, French nail);

etching-needle; head (of an arrow, of a lance); (fenc.) small sword;

(agri., geog.) point. _La — d’une épée_; the point of a sword. _— d’une

plume_; nib of a pen. _La — du jour_; the break, the dawn, of day.

_Marcher sur la — du pied_; to walk on tiptoe. _Tourner la — du pied en

dehors_; to turn one’s toes out. _Tailler en —_; to cut point-wise. _Se

terminer en —_; to end in a point. _Faire une —_; (milit.) to deviate

from the line; (fig.) to turn aside. _Pousser sa —_; to pursue one’s

point, to persist (in); to go on (with). _Avoir une — de vin_; to be

slightly excited, flustered. _— d’une épigramme_; point of an epigram.

_Faire la —_; (man.) to rear. _— de terre_; foreland.

=pointé=, =-e=, _adj._, pointed.

=pointement= (point-mān), _n.m._, (artil.) pointing, leveling.

=pointer=, _v.a._, to pierce, to stick; to stab; to prick, to mark; to

point; to dot; to sharpen; (print.) to register. _— la carte_; (nav.) to

point the chart. _— un canon_; to point a cannon.

=pointer=, _v.n._, to point, to dot; to spring up, to soar, to fly high;

to keep, to appear, to come out; (man.) to rear.

=pointeur=, _n.m._, pointer, marker, checker; (artil.) artillery-man (who

points the gun).

*=pointillage=, _n.m._, (engr.) dotting, stippling.

*=pointillé=, _n.m._, (engr.) dotting, stippling.

*=pointille=, _n.f._, trifle, trifling point; bickering, cavil (about a

trifling subject).

*=pointiller=, _v.n._, to dot, to stipple; to cavil, to carp at.

=pointiller=, _v.a._, to nettle, to tease.

*=pointillerie=, _n.f._, bickering, caviling, hair-splitting.

*=pointilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, caviling, particular, punctilious,

captious. _Un critique —_; a carping critic.

=pointu=, =-e=, _adj._, pointed, sharp, sharp-pointed, peaked. _Chapeau

—_; sugar-loaf hat.

=pointure=, _n.f._, (print.) point; (of shoes) size.

=poire=, _n.f._, (bot.) pear; weight (of a steel-yard). _— d’angoisse_;

choke-pear. _Entre la — et le fromage_; at dessert. _— à poudre_;

powder-horn, powder-flask. _Garder une — pour la soif_; to lay up

something for a rainy day. _—s secrètes_; pear-bit (of a bridle). _— de

Messire Jean_; a kind of very sweet pear.

=poiré=, _n.m._, perry.

=poireau= _or_ =porreau=, _n.m._, (bot.) leek; (vet.) wart.

=poirée=, _n.f._, (bot.) white beet.

=poirier=, _n.m._, pear-tree.

=pois=, _n.m._, (bot.) pea, peas, pease. _Cosse de —_; pea-cod. _—

ramés_; branch peas. _— carrés_; marrow-fats. _— chiches_; chick-peas;

dwarf pea. _— cassés_; split peas. _— verts_ or _petits —_; green peas.

_Il donne un — pour avoir une fève_; he gives a sprat to catch a herring.

=poison=, _n.m._, poison, venom.

=poissard=, =-e=, _adj._, vulgar, low. _Style —_; Billingsgate style.

=poissarde=, _n.f._, fishwoman, fish-fag; low or vulgar woman.

=poisser=, _v.a._, to pitch, to do over with pitch; to make sticky.

=poisseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pitchy, gluey, sticky.

=poisson=, _n.m._, fish; half a gill. _pl._, (astron.) Pisces. _— de mer_,

_de rivière_; sea-fish, river-fish. _Colle de —_; isinglass. _— d’avril_;

April fool. _— rouge_; gold-fish. _— juif_; hammer-fish. _Donner un —

d’avril à quelqu’un_; to make an April fool of any one. _Être comme un —

sur la paille_; to be like a fish out of water.

*=poissonnaille=, _n.f._, small fish _or_ fry.

=poissonnerie= (-so-n-rî), _n.f._, fish-market.

=poissonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, abounding in fish, full of fish.

=poissonnier=, _n.m._, fishmonger, fish-salesman.

=poissonnière=, _n.f._, fishmonger (woman); fish-kettle.

=poitrail=, _n.m._, breast (of a horse); breast-piece (of harness);

(arch.) breast-summer.

=poitrinaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, consumptive.

=poitrine=, _n.f._, chest, breast, lungs; brisket. _Maladie de —_;

consumption. _Une fluxion de —_; inflammation of the lungs. _Il a bonne

—_; he has good lungs.

=poivrade=, _n.f._, pepper sauce.

=poivre=, _n.m._, pepper. _— en grains_; whole pepper. _— de la

Jamaïque_; all-spice, Jamaica-pepper. _— et sel_; (of the beard) grizzly.

=poivrer=, _v.a._, to pepper, to put pepper in; (of a bill) to lay it on,

to fleece.

=poivrier=, _n.m._, pepper-plant; pepper-box.

=poivrière=, _n.f._, spice-box; pepper-box; (fort.) sentry-box.

=poix=, _n.f._, pitch; shoemakers’ wax. _Cela tient comme —_; that sticks

like pitch.

=polacre= _or_ =polaque=, _n.f._, (nav.) polacca, polacre.

☉=polacre= _or_ =polaque=, _n.m._, Polack (Polish).

=polaire=, _adj._, polar. _Etoile —_; polar star.

=polarisation=, _n.f._, polarization.

=polariser=, _v.a._, to polarize.

=polarité=, _n.f._, (phys.) polarity.

=polatouche=, _n.m._, flying-squirrel.

=polder= (pol-dèr), _n.m._, polder (tract of low land reclaimed from the

sea by means of high embankments, in Holland and Belgium).

=pôle=, _n.m._, (astron., geog.) pole. _— arctique_; arctic pole. _—

antarctique_; antarctic pole. _—s de l’aimant_; magnetic poles.

=polémarque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) polemarch.

=polémique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, polemics, controversy, disputation;

polemic, polemical.

=polémoscope=, _n.m._, polemoscope.

=polenta=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) a sort of pap.

=poli=, =-e=, _adj._, polished, bright, glossy, smooth; polite, civil;

refined.

=poli=, _n.m._, polish, finish, gloss.

=police=, _n.f._, police; police-regulations; (fig.) polity, government;

(print.) font; policy (of insurance). _Commissaire de —_; commissary or

inspecter of police. _Espion de —_; police-spy. _Être mandé à la police_;

to be sent for to the police-office. _Faire la — d’une salle_; to keep

order in a hall. _Faire la — des rues_; to keep the streets clear. _Salle

de —_; (milit.) guard-room. _Bonnet de —_; foraging-cap. _Tribunal de —_;

police-court.

=policement=, _n.m._, civilizing.

=policer=, _v.a._, to establish a regular government; to civilize, to

polish, to refine.

=polichinelle=, _n.m._, punch, buffoon; merry-andrew.

=poli-couteaux=, _n.m._, knife-cleaner.

=poliment=, _adv._, politely.

=polir=, _v.a._, to polish, to polish up, to brighten, to burnish;

to make polite, to civilize, to refine. _— un discours_; to polish a

discourse. _— une langue_; to polish a language.

_se_ =polir=, _v.r._, to polish (of a thing); to become refined (of

people).

=polissage=, _n.m._, polishing, finishing.

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

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

=polissoire=, _n.f._, shining-brush.

=polisson=, _n.m._, blackguard; low fellow, ragamuffin; scamp;

mischievous child.

=polisson=, =-ne=, _adj._, mischievous, idle, blackguard; rude.

=polissonne=, _n.f._, gadabout (girl who runs about the streets).

=polissonner=, _v.n._, to play the blackguard, to crack broad jokes; (of

children) to run about the streets.

=polissonnerie= (-so-n-rî), _n.f._, blackguardism, blackguard trick,

broad, smutty joke.

=polissure=, _n.f._, polishing.

=politesse=, _n.f._, politeness, civility, good breeding, polite thing,

kindness, attention, compliment. _Faire une —_; to do a polite thing. _Ce

serait une — de votre part de_; it would be kind of you to.

=politicien=, _n.m._, politician.

=politique=, _adj._, political, politic, prudent, wise.

=politique=, _n.m._, politician, statesman. _C’est un rusé —_; he is a

crafty politician.

=politique=, _n.f._, policy; politics, statecraft; prudence. _Etudier

la —_; to study politics. _Parler —_; to talk politics. _— extérieure_;

foreign politics; foreign policy.

=politiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, politically, (fig.) shrewdly.

=politiquer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to talk politics, to meddle with politics.

=polka=, _n.f._, polka.

=polker=, _v.n._, to dance the polka.

=poll=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (pol.) poll.

=pollen= (pol-lè-n), _n.m._, (bot.) pollen.

=pollicitation= (pol-li-), _n.f._, (jur.) pollicitation.

=pollué=, =-e= (pol-lué), _adj._, polluted, defiled.

=polluer= (pol-lué), _v.a._, to pollute, to defile, to profane.

_se_ =polluer=, _v.r._, to pollute one’s self.

=pollution=, (pol-lu-), _n.f._, pollution, profanation.

=polonais=, =-e=, _adj._, Polish.

=polonais=, _n.m._, Pole; Polonese, Polish (language).

=polonaise=, _n.f._, polonaise (dress, dance, tune).

=poltron=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, coward, poltroon, skulker; cowardly,

dastardly, chicken-hearted.

=poltronnerie= (-tro-n-rî), _n.f._, cowardice, poltroonery, cowardly

action.

=poly-=, a prefix from Gr. πολύς.

=polyacoustique=, _adj._, polyacoustic.

=polyadelphie=, _n.f._, polyadelphia.

=polyandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) polyandria.

=polyarchie=, _n.f._, polyarchy.

=polychreste=, _adj._, (pharm.) polycrest.

=polychrome=, _adj._, (tech.) of many colors.

=polyèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) polyhedron.

=polygala= _or_ =polygale=, _n.m._, (bot.) polygala, milkwort.

=polygame=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, polygamist; polygamous.

=polygamie=, _n.f._, polygamy; (bot.) polygamia.

=polygarchie=, _n.f._ _V._ =polyarchie=.

=polyglotte=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, polyglot.

=polygone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (fort., geom.) polygon; ordnance-yard,

practice-ground; polygonal.

=polygraphe=, _n.m._, polygraph (instrument for multiplying copies of a

writing); manifold writer.

=polygraphie=, _n.f._, polygraphy.

=polygynie=, _n.f._, polygynia.

=polymathie=, _n.f._, polymathy (knowledge of many arts and sciences).

=polymathique=, _adj._, polymathic.

=polymorphe=, _adj._, polymorphous.

=polymorphisme=, _n.m._, polymorphy.

=polynôme=, _n.m._, (alg.) polynome, polynomial.

=polype=, _n.m._, polyp, polypus. _— du nez_; polypus (in the nose).

=polypétale=, _adj._, (bot.) polypetalous.

=polypeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) polypous.

=polyphone=, _adj._, polyphonic.

=polyphylle=, _adj._, polyphyllous.

=polypier=, _n.m._, polypier, coral.

=polypode=, _n.m._, (bot.) polypody.

=polyptique=, _n.m._, (feudality) register of rents, taxes.

=polyscope=, _n.m._, polyscope.

=polyspaste=, _n.m._, polyspast.

=polysperme=, _adj._, polyspermous.

=polystyle=, _adj._, (arch.) polystyle.

=polysyllabe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, polysyllable; polysyllabic,

polysyllabical.

=polysyllabique=, _adj._, polysyllabic, polysyllabical.

=polytechnicien=, _n.m._, cadet of the Paris Polytechnic School.

=polytechnique= (-tèk-nik), _adj._, polytechnic. _Ecole —_; Polytechnic

School (French national military and civil-service academy).

=polythéisme=, _n.m._, polytheism.

=polythéiste=, _n.m._ and _adj._, polytheist; polytheistic,

polytheistical.

=polytric=, _n.m._, (bot.) golden maiden-hair, hair-moss.

=pomifère=, _adj._, pomiferous.

=pommade=, _n.f._, pomatum (for the hair); lip-salve; (man.) vault,

vaulting.

=pommader=, _v.a._, to pomade.

=pomme=, _n.f._, apple; ball, knob; head (of a cabbage, of a lettuce,

of a walking-stick). _— sauvage_; crab, crab-apple. _— d’Adam_; Adam’s

apple. _— de discorde_; apple of discord, bone of contention. _—

d’amour_; tomato. _— de terre_; potato. _— de chêne_; oak-apple. _—

de coloquinte_; bitter-apple. _— de pin_; pineapple; fir-apple. _— de

choux_, _de laitue_; head of a cabbage, of a lettuce. _— de canne_; head

_or_ handle of a cane. _— de lit_; ball at the top of a bed-post. _—s de

pavillon_; (nav.) trucks of the ensign-staff. _—s de girouette_; (nav.)

acorns of the vanes.

☉=pommé=, _n.m._, cider.

=pommé=, =-e=, _part._, grown to a round head, cabbaged; (fig., fam.)

complete, downright. _Laitue —e_; cabbage-lettuce. _Un fou —_; a

downright fool. _Une sottise —e_; an egregious blunder.

=pommeau=, _n.m._, pummel (of saddles, swords).

=pommelé=, =-e=, _adj._, dappled, mottled; cloudy (with dappled clouds).

_Cheval gris-—_; dapple-gray horse.

_se_ =pommeler= (po-m-lé), _v.r._, to become dappled. _Le ciel s’est

pommelé_; the sky has become dappled.

=pommelle=, _n.f._, roller-bolt (of carriages); grating (of pipes);

drain-pipe; strainer.

=pommer=, _v.n._, (hort.) to cabbage, to grow to a round head.

=pommeraie= (po-mrê), _n.f._, apple-orchard.

=pommette=, _n.f._, pommel, knob, ball; cheek-bone.

=pommier=, _n.m._, apple-tree; apple-roaster.

=pomoyer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to underrun (cables).

=pompe=, _n.f._, pomp; splendor; ceremony, state; dignity, majesty.

_Marcher en grande —_; to march in great state. _— funèbre_; funeral

pomp. _— du style_; loftiness of style. _Entrepreneur de —s funèbres_;

undertaker.

=pompe=, _n.f._, pump. _Piston d’une —_; plug, sucker, of a pump.

_— à feu_; steam-pump. _— aspirante_; suction-pump. _— à incendie_;

fire-engine. _— à vapeur_; steam-pump _or_ engine. _— d’arrosement_;

watering-engine, garden engine. _—s funèbres_; funerals, burials. _La —

est haute_; the pump sucks. _La — se décharge_; the pump has lost water.

_— à bière_; beer-engine. _À la —_; on draught. _À la —!_ (nav.) pump

ship, ho!

=pomper=, _v.n._, to pump.

=pomper=, _v.a._, to pump, to suck up. _— l’humidité_; to suck up the

moisture.

=pompeusement= (-peûz-mān), _adv._, pompously, with great pomp.

=pompeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pompous, stately, lofty. _Style_, _discours —_;

lofty style, speech.

=pompier=, _n.m._, fireman; pump-maker.

=pompon=, _n.m._, top-knot (of horses); ear-knot; (milit.) tuft.

=pomponné=, =-e=, _part._, decked out, tricked out.

=pomponner=, _v.a._, (fam.) to ornament, to deck out, to dress. _— son

style_; to trick out one’s style.

_se_ =pomponner=, _v.r._, (fam.) to dress one’s self up.

☉=ponant=, _n.m._, west; western ocean (in contradistinction to the

Mediterranean).

=ponçage=, _n.m._, pumicing; pouncing.

=ponce=, _n.f._, Pontius; pumice; (drawing) pounce. _Pierre —_;

pumice-stone.

=ponceau=, _n.m._, (bot.) corn-poppy; culvert; archway; one-arched

bridge; red color, poppy-color, flame-color.

=ponceau=, _adj._, poppy-colored.

=poncer=, _v.a._, to pumice; (drawing) to pounce. _— de la vaisselle_; to

rub plate with pumice-stone.

=ponceu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pumiceous.

=poncif=, _n.m._ _V._ =poncis=.

=poncire=, _n.m._, poncire lemon.

=poncis=, _n.m._, (drawing, engr.) pounced drawing.

=ponction=, _n.f._, (surg.) puncture, tapping.

=ponctionner=, _v.a._, (med.) to tap, to puncture.

=ponctualité=, _n.f._, punctuality.

=ponctuation=, _n.f._, punctuation; vowel-pointing.

=ponctué=, =-e=, _part._, punctuated, dotted. _Plante —e_; dotted plant.

_Ligne —e_; dotted line.

=ponctuel=, =-le=, _adj._, punctual, exact.

=ponctuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, punctually, exactly.

=ponctuer=, _v.a._, to punctuate, to point.

=pondage=, _n.m._, poundage (duty per pound).

=pondérabilité=, _n.f._, ponderability.

=pondérable=, _adj._, ponderable.

=pondération=, _n.f._, (phys.) ponderation; poising, balancing.

=pondérer=, _v.a._, to poise, to balance.

=pondeuse=, _n.f._, layer; laying (of hens).

=pondre=, _v.a._, to lay eggs.

=poney=, _n.m._, pony.

=pongo=, _n.m._, (mam.) pongo, black orang.

=pont=, _n.m._, bridge; deck (of a ship); flap (of trousers). _—-levis_,

(_—s-—_) drawbridge. _— tournant_; swing-bridge. _— dormant_; fixed

bridge. _— suspendu_; suspension-bridge. _— tube_; tubular bridge. _—

à bascule_; weigh-bridge. _Faire un — d’or à quelqu’un_; to make great

pecuniary concessions to any one. _— aux ânes_; asses’ bridge (the 47th

proposition in France, instead of the 5th in America). _La foire n’est

pas sur le —_; (prov.) there is no need to be in such a hurry. _Les —s et

chaussées_; department of roads and bridges. _— volant_; (nav.) hanging

stage. _Premier —_; lower deck. _Second —_; upper deck of a two-decker.

_Troisième —_; upper deck of a three-decker. _Faux —_; spar-deck. _—

arqué_; cambered deck. _— coupé_; half-deck. _Entre —_; orlop deck,

between decks. _Equipage de —_; pontoon train. _Se porter comme le Pont

Neuf_; to be in splendid health; to be as fit as a fiddle. _C’est vieux

comme le Pont Neuf_; it is as old as the hills _or_ Queen Anne is dead.

=pont-aqueduc=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) aqueduct-bridge.

=ponte=, _n.f._, laying of eggs.

=ponte=, _n.m._, punter (cards); (ombre) ponto, the ace of hearts _or_

diamonds.

=ponté=, =-e=, _adj._, decked (of a ship).

=ponter=, _v.n._, (play) to punt.

=pontet=, _n.m._, trigger-guard; saddle-tree.

=pontife=, _n.m._, pontiff. _Le souverain —_; the sovereign pontiff, the

pope.

=pontifical=, _n.m._, pontifical.

=pontifical=, =-e=, _adj._, pontifical.

=pontificalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, pontifically.

=pontificat=, _n.m._, pontificate.

=pontin=, _adj._, Pontine. _Les marais —s_; the Pontine marshes (between

Rome and Naples).

=pont-levis=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) drawbridge; flap (of trousers); (man.)

pontlevis.

=pont-neuf=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) street-ballad, popular song.

=ponton=, _n.m._, pontoon, bridge of boats; hulk; convict-ship.

=pontonage=, _n.m._, bridge-toll; hire of a ferry-boat; pontage.

=pontonnier=, _n.m._, toll-collector; (milit.) pontonier.

=pontuseau=, _n.m._, water-line (in paper).

=pope=, _n.m._, pope (priest of the Greek church).

=popeline=, _n.f._, poplin.

=poplité=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) popliteal.

=populace=, _n.f._, populace, mob, rabble.

=populaci-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, low, vulgar.

=populaire=, _adj._, popular, vulgar. _n.m._, populace, rabble.

=populairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, popularly.

=populariser=, _v.a._, to popularize, to make popular.

_se_ =populariser=, _v.r._, to make one’s self popular.

=popularité=, _n.f._, popularity.

=population=, _n.f._, population.

=populeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, populous.

=populo=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (jest.) plump little boy, chubby-cheeks.

=poracé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) porraceous.

=porc= (pork), _n.m._, hog, pig, pork; porker; swine. _— marin_;

porpoise. _Soie de —_; hog’s bristles. _Gardeur de —s_; swine-herd. _—

frais_; pork. _Côtelette de —_; pork-chop. [The final c of porc is silent

before words beginning with a consonant.]

=porcelaine=, _n.f._, porcelain, china, chinaware; china vase or vases.

_Terre à —_; china-clay.

=porcelainier=, _n.m._, workman in a porcelain manufactory, china

manufacturer.

=porcelet=, _n.m._, young pig; porket; (insect) wood-louse.

=porc-épic= (por-ké-pik), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) porcupine.

=porchaison=, _n.f._, wild-boar season.

=porche=, _n.m._, porch, portal.

=porch-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, swineherd.

=porcherie=, _n.f._, pig-sty, piggery.

=porcine=, _adj.f._, porcine.

=pore=, _n.m._, pore.

=poreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, having pores, porous.

=porisme=, _n.m._, (geom.) porism; (antiq.) corollary.

=porosité=, _n.f._, porosity.

=porphyre=, _n.m._, (min.) porphyry; (pharm.) slab (for grinding).

=porphyrisation=, _n.f._, grinding (with a muller), pulverization.

=porphyriser=, _v.a._, to grind; to porphyrize; to pound, to powder, to

pulverize.

=porque=, _n.f._, sow; (nav.) rider. _— de fond_; floor-riders. _Allonges

de —_; futtock-riders. _Aiguillettes de —_; upper futtock-riders.

=porracé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =poracé=.

=porreau=, _n.m._ _V._ =poireau=.

=porrection=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) presentation of the instruments.

=porrigo=, _n.m._, (med.) porrigo, ring-worm.

=port=, _n.m._, port, haven, harbor, sea-port town; wharf, quay; postage,

carriage (of parcels); aspect; presence, bearing, gait, portliness;

(nav.) burden; (mus.) grace note, portamento. _— de mer_; sea-port.

_— de toutes marées_; deep-water harbor. _— à marée_; tidal harbor.

_— marchand_; commercial harbor. _— de guerre_; naval harbor _or_

station. _Franc de —_; prepaid, carriage paid. _Prendre —_, _surgir au

—_; to come into harbor, to land; to attain one’s end, to come to an

anchor. _Arriver à bon —_; to come safe into harbor; to arrive safely;

(fig.) to end happily. _Faire naufrage au —_; to be wrecked in port.

_— de lettre_; postage. _— payé_; post-paid. _Permis de — d’armes_;

license to carry arms. _— d’armes_; gun-license. _— de voix_; (voc.

mus.) portamento-voice. _Elle a un — de reine_; her walk is that of a

queen. _Le — d’une plante_; (bot.) the aspect of a plant. _— permis_;

(nav.) weight of luggage (free on board ship to officers, sailors, and

passengers). _Conduire_, or _mener_, _à bon —_; (fig.) to bring to a

successful issue.

=portable=, _adj._, that can be worn, wearable; portable, payable (at).

=portage=, _n.m._, portage (at water-falls in America); conveyance,

porterage. _V._ _port permis_ (nav.), under =port=. _Faire —_; to carry a

boat overland (at waterfalls).

*=portail=, _n.m._, front gate, west-door (of a church); door-way, portal.

=portant=, =-e=, _adj._, bearing, carrying. _L’un — l’autre_; one with

another, one carrying the other. _Il est bien —_; he is in good health.

_Tirer sur quelqu’un à bout —_; to shoot at any one quite close, _or_

point-blank.

=portati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, portable.

=porte=, _adj._, (anat.) portal. _Veine —_; portal vein.

=porte=, _n.f._, gate, gateway, door-way, door; door-step, threshold;

eye (for hooks); defile (of mountains); the Sublime Porte. _Les —s

d’une ville_; the gates of a town. _—s d’enfilade_; suite of doors.

_— d’entrée_; entrance door, street door, front door. _— de sortie_;

exit door, side door, back door. _— à —_; next door to each other.

_— cochère_; courtyard-gate. _— à deux battants_; folding-doors. _—

battante_; baize-door. _— vitrée_; glass door. _—-croisée_, (_—s-—s_)

terrace, _or_ garden, glass door. _Mettre quelqu’un à la —_; to turn any

one out of doors. _Fermer la — au nez de quelqu’un_; to shut the door

in any one’s face. _— de derrière_; back door; (fig.) shift. _Prendre

la —_; to take to the door. _Refuser la —_; to refuse admittance. _À —s

ouvrantes_; at the opening of the gates. _À — close_; with closed doors.

_—s d’un bassin_; gates of a dock. _La — ottomane_; the Ottoman, the

Sublime Porte. _Faire défendre sa — à_; not to be at home to.

=porté=, =-e=, _part._, carried, inclined, prone, disposed; (of shadows)

projected. _Il est — par la loi que_; the law provides that. _Il est — à

médire_; he is prone to backbiting.

=porté=, _n.m._, wear; appearance, style, look.

=porte-affiches=, _n.m._, advertising board; (man) sandwich-man.

*=porte-aiguille=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) needle-holder; (_—_, or _—-—s_)

needle-case.

=porte-allumettes=, _n.m._, (_—_) _n.m._, match-box.

=porte-amarre=, _n.m._, life-saving apparatus, line rocket.

☉=porte-arquebuse=, _n.m._, (_—_) king’s gun-bearer.

=porte-assiette=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) plate-stand.

☉=porte-auge=, _n.m._, (_—_) hodman, mason’s laborer.

=porte-baguette=, _n.m._, (_—_) pipe (of muskets, pistols).

=porte-baïonnette=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) bayonet-belt.

=porte-balle=, _n.m._, peddler, packman.

=porte-barres=, _n.m._, (_—_) pole-ring.

=porte-bonheur=, _n.m._, bearer of good tidings; bangle.

=porte-bossoir=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) supporter of the cat-head.

=porte-bouquet=, _n.m._, bouquet-holder.

=porte-bouteilles=, _n.m._, wine-rack, wine-bin.

=porte-carabine=, _n.m._, (_—_) carbine-swivel.

=porte-carafe=, _n.m._, decanter stand.

=porte-cartes=, _n.m._, (_—_) card-rack, card-case.

=porte-chape=, _n.m._, cope-bearer.

=porte-cierge=, _n.m._, taper-bearer.

=porte-choux=, _n.m._, market-gardener’s horse.

=porte-cigare=, _n.m._, (_—_) cigar-holder.

=porte-cigares=, _n.m._, (_—_) cigar-case.

=porte-clefs=, _n.m._, (_—_) turnkey; (mus.) key-board, key-ring.

=porte-collet=, _n.m._, pad, stiffener (for collars).

=porte-coquetiers=, _n.m._, egg-stand.

=porte-crayons=, _n.m._, pencil-case.

=porte-croix=, _n.m._, (_—_) cross-bearer.

=porte-crosse=, _n.m._, (_—_) crosier-bearer; (milit.) carbine-bucket.

=porte-cure-dent=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tooth-pick case _or_ holder.

=porte-dieu=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) viaticum-bearer.

=porte-drapeau=, _n.m._, (_—_) (milit.) ensign-bearer, ensign,

color-sergeant.

=portée=, _n.f._, brood, litter; reach (of the hand, arm); reach

(of the mind); capacity, compass; comprehension; import (extent of

signification); shot (of a missile weapon); (artil.) range; (arch.)

pitch; bearing; resting-point; (mus.) staff, stave. _Hors de la — du

canon_; beyond cannon range. _A_ or _à la — du fusil_; within gun-shot

range. _Cela n’est pas à ma —_; that is not within my reach. _Être à la

— de la voix de quelqu’un_; to be within hearing, within call. _À — de

trait_; within bow-shot. _Cet ouvrage n’est pas à ma —_; that work is

not within my compass, is beyond me. _Cela passe ma —_; that is beyond

my comprehension, I cannot make it out, I fail to understand. _Se mettre

à la — de quelqu’un_; to come down to the level of any one. _Esprit

d’une haute —_; an intellect of great range of thought. _La — d’un

raisonnement_; the scope or bearing of an argument.

☉=porte-enseigne=, _n.m._, (_—_) standard-bearer.

=porte-épée=, _n.m._, (_—_) sword-bearer; sword-belt, sword-hanger.

=porte-éperon=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) spur-strap.

=porte-étendard=, _n.m._, (_—_) standard-bearer; cornet.

=porte-étrier=, _n.m._, (_—_) stirrup-strap.

=porte-étrivière=, _n.m._, stirrup-bar.

*=porte-éventail=, _n.m._, (_—_) fan-carrier.

=portefaix=, _n.m._, porter, street-porter.

=porte-fer=, _n.m._, (_—_) horse-shoe case, iron-stand.

*=portefeuille=, _n.m._, portfolio; pocket-book; (pol.) office,

portfolio, bill-case. _Tout son bien est en —_; all his property is

invested in bills. _Cet auteur a plusieurs ouvrages en —_; that author

has several works in manuscript, _or_ lying by. _Courir le —_; to go

office-hunting. _En —_; (com.) (of bills) in hand.

=porte-flambeau=, _n.m._, (_—_ or _—-—x_) light-bearer; torch-bearer;

linkman.

=porte-fleurs=, _n.m._, flower-stand.

=porte-fouet=, _n.m._, whip-socket; whip-holder.

=porte-fourchette=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) knife-rest.

=porte-fromage=, _n.m._, (_—_) cheese-tray _or_ stand.

=porte-fût=, _n.m._, cask-stand.

=porte-gargousse=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) cartridge-box.

=porte-giberne=, _n.m._, (mil.) pouch-belt.

=porte-hache=, _n.m._, (milit.) axe-case; axe-bearer.

=porte-haubans=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) chain-wale.

=porte-huilier=, _n.m._, (_—_) cruet-stand.

=porte-lanterne=, _n.m._, lantern-fly; lamp-bracket (bicycles).

=porte-lettres=, _n.m._, (_—_) letter-case.

=porte-liqueurs=, _n.m._, (_—_) liquor-frame.

=porte-livre=, _n.m._, book-prop.

=porte-lof=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) (nav.) bumkin.

=porte-malheur=, _n.m._, (_—_) ill omen, bearer of ill-luck.

=porte-malle=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =porte-balle=.

=portemanteau=, _n.m._, portmanteau; coat-peg, coat-stand; coat-rail.

=porte-masse=, _n.m._, mace-bearer.

=porte-mèche=, _n.m._, (_—_) wick-holder; (surg.) tent-probe.

=portement=, _n.m._, (paint.) carrying, bearing. _— de croix_; carrying

the cross.

=porte-mitre=, _n.m._, (_—_) miter-bearer.

=porte-monnaie=, _n.m._, (_—_) purse, flat-purse.

=porte-montre=, _n.m._, (_—_) watch-stand.

=porte-montres=, _n.m._, (_—_) show-case (for watches).

=porte-mors=, _n.m._, (_—_) heading-rein, check-piece.

=porte-mouchettes=, _n.m._, (_—_) snuffer-tray.

=porte-mousqueton=, _n.m._, (_—_) carbine-swivel, hook.

=porte-musc=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =musc= (mam.).

=porte-musique=, _n.m._, music-stand; canterbury.

=porte-objet=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) object-holder, slide.

=porte-page=, _n.m._, (_—_) (print.) page-paper.

=porte-parapluies=, _n.m._, (_—_) umbrella-stand.

=porte-parole=, _n.m._, mouthpiece, spokesman.

=porte-peigne=, _n.m._, comb-bag, comb-case.

=porte-pièce=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) shoemaker’s punch.

=porte-pierre=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) caustic-case.

=porte-pipe=, _n.m._, (_—_) pipe-case.

=porte-plume=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) pen-holder.

=porte-plumes=, _n.m._, (_—_) pen-case.

=porte-queue=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) train-bearer. _Grand —_; (orni.)

swallow-tail butterfly.

=porte-queues=, _n.m._, (billiards) cue-rack.

=porter= (-tèr), _n.m._, porter (beer).

=porter=, _v.a._, to carry, to bear; to bring; to support; to wear, to

have on; to convey, to declare, to express, to measure; to bring forth,

to yield, to produce; to declare, to manifest, to induce, to prompt,

to impel, to urge, to prevail, to excite, to persuade, to contain, to

import, to hit, to strike, to take effect, to tell. _— un fardeau_;

to carry a burden. _L’un portant l’autre_; one with another, upon an

average. _Vous en porterez le péché_; the sin will lie at your door. _Il

ne porte jamais d’argent sur lui_; he never carries money about him. _—

un habit_; to wear a coat. _— le deuil_; to be in mourning. _— perruque_;

to wear a wig. _— ses cheveux_; to wear one’s own hair. _— une bague

au doigt_; to wear a ring on one’s finger. _Il a porté la livrée_; he

has worn a livery, he has been a servant. _Elle porte la culotte_; she

wears the breeches _or_ the gray mare is the better horse. _— l’épée_;

to wear a sword. _— les armes_; to carry arms, to shoulder arms. _— la

tête haute_; to carry one’s head high. _— le bras en écharpe_; to carry

one’s arm in a sling. _— aux nues_; to laud to the skies. _— son pied

en dedans_; to walk with the feet turned in. _—_ (_le nez_) _au vent_;

to toss (the head) in the air; (of a horse) its nose in the wind. _Le

— haut_; to carry it with a high hand. _— la main à l’épée_; to lay

one’s hand upon one’s sword. _— une botte_; (fenc.) to make a thrust.

_Porter coup_; to strike home _or_ to tell. _— ses vues bien haut_; to

have great aspirations. _Somme qui porte intérêt_; sum that yields _or_

bears interest. _Il en portera la peine_; he will suffer for it. _Vin

qui porte bien l’eau_; wine that bears being watered. _Ils l’ont porté

à la vengeance_; they have excited him to revenge. _Être porté à la

vertu_; to be inclined to virtue. _L’ordre du roi ne porte pas cela_;

the king’s order does not convey as much. _L’arrêt porte condamnation_;

the sentence carries condemnation with it. _La déclaration porte que_;

the declaration stipulates that. _— amitié à quelqu’un_; to bear any one

friendship. _— respect_; to respect. _— envie_; to envy. _— bonheur_; to

bring good luck. _— préjudice_; to be prejudicial to. _— témoignage_; to

bear witness. _— son jugement sur quelque chose_; to pass judgment upon

anything. _— une santé_; to propose a toast, to drink to the health of.

_se_ =porter=, _v.r._, to be, to do (of health); to tend, to incline;

to be inclined, to be disposed; to be worn; to proceed; to repair; to

move; to stand forth; to be prone, to resort, to flock (to); to turn,

to be directed. _Comment vous portez-vous?_ how do you do? _Se — bien_;

to be well, in good health. _Ne pas se — bien_; to be unwell. _— sur

les lieux_; to repair to the place. _Cette pièce réussit, la foule s’y

porte_; the piece has caught on, crowds go to see it. _Il se porte au

bien_; he is well disposed. _Il s’est porté à cela lui-même_; he took to

that of his own accord. _Se — fort pour quelqu’un_; to answer for any

one, to stand security for any one. _Portez-vous bien!_ good health! take

care of yourself.

=porter=, _v.n._, to bear, to rest, to lie; (artil., man.) to carry;

(nav.) to stand, to bear off; (her.) to bear; to aim at; to hit, to

take effect; to reach; to bear young, to be with young (of animals).

_Le carrosse porte sur la flèche_; the coach bears upon the pole. _Un

raisonnement qui porte à faux_; an inconclusive argument, a remark not to

the point. _Tous les coups que l’on tire ne portent pas_; all shots fired

do not carry home, _or_ hit the mark. _Ce vin porte à la tête_; that

wine goes to the head. _Sa vue porte loin_; his eye reaches far. _— au

nord-ouest_; to stand to the north-west. _Les voiles portent_; the sails

are full. _— gueules_; (her.) to bear gules.

=porte-respect=, _n.m._, (_—_) weapon carried in self-defence;

life-preserver; mark of dignity; person of an imposing exterior.

=porte-rideau=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) curtain-pole.

=porte-rôtie=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) toast-stand, toast-rack.

=porte-scie=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) (ent.) saw-fly. _Insectes —_;

saw-flies.

=porte-serviettes=, _n.m._, towel-horse.

=porte-tapisserie=, _n.m._, (_—_) tapestry frame.

=porte-trait=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) trace-strap, trace-robin.

=porteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, porter, carrier, heaver; bearer;

(com.) holder. _Le — d’une lettre_; the bearer of a letter. _Payable

au —_; payable to bearer. _Cheval —_; near-side horse. _— de chaise_;

chairman.

=porte-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) wind-trunk (of organs).

=porte-verge=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) verger, beadle.

=porte-vergue=, _n.f._, (_—_) (nav.) iron-horse.

=porte-vis=, _n.m._, (_—_) screw-piece.

=porte-voix=, _n.m._, (_—_) speaking-trumpet.

=portier= (-tié), _n.m._, porter, door-keeper.

=portière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, curtain (before a door); carriage-door;

portress.

=portière=, _adj.f._, of an age to bear (of cows).

=portion=, _n.f._, portion, part, share; allowance, pittance. _— de

nourriture_; allowance of food. _Diminuer la — de quelqu’un_; to curtail

any one’s allowance.

=portioncule=, _n.f._, (l.u.) a small portion.

=portique=, _n.m._, portico, doorway; porch.

=portor=, _n.m._, portor (black marble).

☉=portraire=, _v.a._, to portray, to depict, to paint.

=portrait=, _n.m._, portrait, likeness, picture, image, description.

_Peintre de —s_; portrait painter. _— en grand_; full size portrait.

_— à l’huile_; portrait in oils. _— en pied_; full length portrait. _—

flatté_; flattering portrait. _— chargé_; caricature.

=portraitiste=, _n.m.f._, portrait-painter.

=portraiture=, _n.f._, ☉portraiture; portrait-painting. _Livre de —_;

(paint.) drawing-book.

=portugais=, _n.m._, Portuguese (language).

=portugais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Portuguese.

=portulan=, _n.m._, (nav.) a book (of sea-ports).

=posage=, _n.m._, laying; laying down; (of bells, etc.) putting up.

=pose=, _n.f._, laying, setting, laying down on; posture, attitude;

show, sham, make-believe; hanging (of bells); stationing, posting (of

sentries). _— de la première pierre_; laying of the foundation stone.

=posé=, =-e=, _part._, laid, set, poised, bearing, resting, leaning.

_Cela —, il s’ensuit que_; this being granted, it follows that. _Un homme

bien — dans le monde_; a man in a good position, a man of standing.

=posé=, =-e=, _adj._, sedate, staid, sober, grave.

=posément=, _adv._, sedately, staidly.

=poser=, _v.a._, to place, to set, to lay down; to suppose, to admit, to

grant; to post up; to hang, to put up (bells); (mus.) to pitch; (arith.)

to put down; to pose (at dominoes). _— le pied_; to set foot. _Posez

votre paquet_; lay down your bundle. _— l’arme à terre_; to ground arms.

_— les armes_; to lay down one’s arms. _— une figure_; to put a figure

in the proper position. _— la première pierre d’un édifice_; to lay the

first stone of an edifice. _— à sec_; to lay down dry. _— à cru_; to

erect timber framework on the bare ground. _— à plat_; to lay down flat.

_— une sonnette_; to hang a bell. _— des gardes_; to post guards. _—

en fait_; to lay down as a fact. _— une question_; to put a question.

_Posons que cela soit_; let us suppose it to be so. _Il pose bien sa

voix_; he gives his voice the proper pitch.

_se_ =poser=, _v.r._, to place, perch, pitch, settle one’s self; to

assume an attitude, to set up for; to pitch (of birds).

=poser=, _v.n._, to bear, to rest, to lean; to take a posture, to stand,

to dance attendance, to wait, to sit for one’s portrait, to attitudinize.

=poseur=, _n.m._, one who lays down stones, etc.; setter, layer; (rail.)

plate-layer. _— de sonnettes_; bell-hanger.

=poseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who gives himself airs; a prig, a

snob.

=positi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, positive, certain, practical; certain, sure,

matter-of-fact. _Ce fait est —_; it is a positive fact. _Un esprit —_;

a practical mind. _C’est un homme —_; he is a matter-of-fact man. _Elle

ne m’avait rien promis de —_; she had made me no positive _or_ definite

promise. _C’est —!_ it’s a fact!

=positif=, _n.m._, positive reality, certainty, fact; (gram.) positive.

=position=, _n.f._, position, situation, status, standing; posture;

stand, place; station of life, case, state; circumstances. _—

embarrassante_; involved circumstances. _Fausse —_; (arith.) false

position. _Dans une bonne —_; well off. _Dans une — peu élevée_; in a

small, _or_ inferior, position. _Être en — de_; to be able to. _Quelle

est sa —?_ how is he circumstanced?

=positivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, positively, exactly, expressly,

explicitly.

=positivisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) positivism.

=positiviste=, _n.m._, (philos.) positivist, follower of positivism.

=pospolite=, _n.f._, pospolite (Polish nobility).

=possédé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person possessed, madman, maniac. _Un

homme — du démon_; a man possessed of the devil. _Il se démène comme un

—_; he lays about him like a madman.

=posséder=, _v.a._, to possess, to be possessed of, to be master of, to

be conversant with, to enjoy, to own, to hold, to have, to be worth (of a

person); to be acquainted with. _— un emploi_; to hold a situation. _Les

vertus qu’il possède_; the virtues he is possessed of. _L’ambition le

possède_; he is eaten up with ambition. _Le diable le possède_; the devil

is in him. _Bien — une langue_; to be thorough master of a language.

_Bien — son sujet_; to have a thorough command of one’s subject.

_se_ =posséder=, _v.r._, to command one’s temper, to command one’s self,

to master one’s passions, to contain one’s self. _Ne point se —_; to be

beside one’s self. _Il ne se possède pas de joie_; he is beside himself

with joy.

=possesseur=, _n.m._, possessor, owner, master; occupant, occupier. _—

légitime_; lawful possessor.

=possessif=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) possessive case; possessive.

=possession=, _n.f._, possession, occupation, right, privilege. _Mettre

en —_; to give possession, to invest. _— antérieure_; preoccupancy.

_Prise de —_; taking possession. _— injuste_; wrongful possession. _Être

en — de_; to be able to, to have the right _or_ privilege (of).

=possessoire=, _adj._, (jur.) possessory. _Action —_; possessory action.

=possessoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) possession (of real property).

=posset=, _n.m._, posset.

=possibilité=, _n.f._, possibility.

=possible=, _adj._, possible. _Il est — de le faire_; it is possible to

do it. _Il est — qu’il le fasse_; he may possibly do it. _Venez le plus

tôt —_; come as early as you can.

=possible=, _n.m._, possibility, utmost. _Faire tout son —_; to do one’s

utmost. _Je ferai tout mon —_; I’ll do whatever lies in my power, _or_

the best I can, _or_ all I can. _Au —_; amazingly, to a degree. _C’est

—_; very likely, that may be. _Pas —!_ you don’t say so!

=postal=, =-e=, _adj._, postal, of the post.

=postalement=, _adv._, by post.

=postcommunion=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) post-communion.

=postdate=, _n.f._, (l.u.) postdate.

=postdater=, _v.a._, to postdate.

=poste=, _n.m._, post; guard-house, station; station-house; place,

employment; (nav.) berth; station (of a ship). _— de chirurgiens_;

surgeons’ berth. _— des malades_; cockpit. _— de combat_; quarters. _—

d’un vaisseau_; station of a ship in a fleet. _Être à — fixe dans un

lieu_; to be stationed in a place, to reside on the spot; (fig.) to be a

fixture. _Être à son —_; to be at one’s post.

=poste=, _n.f._, post, post-house; post-stage; post-office; mail;

buck-shot. _Aller en —_; to travel post. _Courir_, or _aller_, _la —_;

to ride _or_ travel post; to go post-haste, very fast. _Chevaux de —_;

post-horses. _— aux chevaux_; post-house. _— aux lettres_; letter-post,

pillar post. _Bureau de —_; post-office. _— pour —_; by return of post.

_Maître de —_; postmaster. _Relais de —_; post-stage. _— restante_; till

called for. _Directeur des —s_; postmaster general. _Grande —_; General

Post-office. _Petite —_; district post-office; receiving house.

=posté=, =-e=, _part._, placed, stationed.

=postel=, _n.m._, teasel, kind of thistle (used in cloth manufactories).

=poster=, _v.a._, to station, to place, to post.

=postérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, posterior, subsequent, later; future.

=postérieur=, _n.m._, posteriors.

=postérieurement= (-eur-mān), _adv._, subsequently, after, since.

_à_ =posteriori=, _adv._, (log.) a posteriori (from the effect to the

cause); _or_ from what follows.

=postériorité=, _n.f._, posteriority.

=postérité=, _n.f._, posterity, issue. _En appeler à la —_; to appeal to

posterity. _Transmettre son nom à la — la plus reculée_; to transmit,

_or_ hand down, one’s name to the remotest posterity. _Passer à la —_; to

be handed down to posterity.

=postface=, _n.f._, address (placed at the end of a work), after-address.

☉=postfixe=, _n.m._, (gram.) postfix, termination.

=posthume=, _n.m._ and _adj._, posthumous child; posthumous. _Œuvres —s_;

posthumous works. _Un fils —_; a posthumous son. _C’est un —_; he is a

posthumous child.

=postiche=, _adj._, superadded; false, misplaced; false, artificial,

sham, mock; (milit.) provisional acting. _Dents —s_; false teeth.

_Cheveux —s_; false hair. _Caporal —_; acting-corporal.

*=postillon=, _n.m._, postilion; post-boy; (backgammon) mark above the

half.

=postposer=, _v.a._, ☉to put after; (book-bind.) to transpose.

=postpositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) postpositive.

=postposition=, _n.f._, postposition.

=postscénium=, _n.m._, (_—_) postscenium.

=post-scriptum= (-tom), _n.m._, (_—_) postscript.

=postulance=, _n.f._, application, candidature.

=postulant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, postulant, candidate, applicant.

=postulat=, _n.m._, postulate.

=postulation=, _n.f._, conducting a suit, _or_ cause; (canon law)

application for a dispensation.

=postulatum=, _n.m._, (postulata) (philos.) postulate. _V._ =postulat=.

=postuler=, _v.a._, to solicit; to apply for, to be a candidate for;

(ecc.) to apply for a dispensation. _— une place_; to apply for a place.

=postuler=, _v.n._, to conduct a suit, to plead.

=posture=, _n.f._, posture, attitude, situation, condition.

=pot=, _n.m._, pot, jug; tankard, can, jar; (stationery) foolscap; ☉pot,

morion, helmet. _Mettre en —_; to pot. _— de chambre_; chamber-pot. _Bête

comme un —_; as stupid as an owl. _Mettre le — sur le feu_; to put the

pot on the fire. _Prendre la fortune du —_; to take pot-luck. _— pourri_;

hotch-potch; jar filled with all sorts of flowers; medley, jumble, olio.

_— à feu_; (artil.) fireball, cresset, fire-pot. _—-au-feu_; (_—_) meat

to boil (to make soup); broth; (fig.) bread and butter, bread and

cheese. _— à l’eau_; water-jug. _— au lait_; milk-can. _Tourner autour du

—_; to beat about the bush. _Gare le — au noir_; beware of the danger.

_Découvrir le — aux roses_; to find out the secret, to lay bare the

mystery. _Il en payera les —s cassés_; he will pay for the damage, stand

the racket. _C’est le — de terre contre le — de fer_; it is the earthen

pot against the iron pot (_i.e._, the weak against the strong). _Un — fêlé

dure longtemps_; threatened men live long. _Il n’y a si méchant — qui ne

trouve son couvercle_; every Jack has his Jill. _Être à — et à rôt avec_;

to be great pals with _or_ to be very thick with.

=potable=, _adj._, drinkable.

=potage=, _n.m._, porridge, soup. _— aux herbes_; vegetable soup. _Il ne

trouva que cela pour tout —_; that’s all he found. _Pour tout —_; in all,

all told.

=potager=, _n.m._, kitchen-stove; kitchen-garden; soup-pan.

=potag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, culinary, cooking. _Herbes_, or _plantes_,

_—ères_; pot-herbs. _Jardin —_; kitchen-garden.

=potamot=, _n.m._, (bot.) pond-weed.

=potasse=, _n.f._, potash. _— d’Amérique_; pearl-ash.

=potassium= (-siom), _n.m._, potassium.

=pot-de-vin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) gratuity; premium; good-will; bonus;

bribe; tip.

=pote=, _adj._, (fam.) big, swollen, sore (of the hand).

=poteau=, _n.m._, post, stake, pillar. _— cornier_; corner-post.

_— indicateur_ or _guide_; finger-post; sign-post. _— d’enseigne_;

sign-post. _— d’arrivée_; winning-post. _— de départ_; starting-post.

=potée=, _n.f._, potful; houseful _or_ swarm (of children); putty (of

tin); (metal.) molding, luting loam. _— d’étain_; putty-powder. _—

d’émeri_; emery dust.

=potelé=, =-e= (po-tlé), _adj._, plump, fat, chubby.

=potelet= (po-tlè), _n.m._, (carp.) strut; prop.

=potence=, _n.f._, gallows, gibbet; bracket; prop; crutch (shaped in the

form of a T); sliding rule for measuring the height of men and horses;

(nav.) gallowsbit; (horl.) potence. _Gibier de —_; Newgate _or_ jail bird.

=potentat=, _n.m._, potentate.

=potentiel=, =-le=, (-ci-èl), _adj._, (med., gram.) potential.

=potentiellement= (-ci-èl-), _adv._, potentially.

*=potentille=, _n.f._, (bot.) cinque-foil.

=poterie= (-trî), _n.f._, pottery, earthenware. _— de grès_; stoneware.

=poterne=, _n.f._, (fort.) postern.

=potiche=, _n.f._, China _or_ Japan vase.

=potier= (-tié), _n.m._, potter. _Terre à —_; potter’s clay. _— d’étain_;

pewterer.

=potin=, _n.m._, pinchbeck; (fam.) gossip, tittle-tattle.

=potion=, _n.f._, (med.) potion, draught.

=potiron=, _n.m._, pumpkin.

☉=potron-jaquet= _or_ =potron-minet=, _n.m._ _V._ =patron-jaquet=.

=pou=, _n.m._, louse. _Des —x_; lice.

=pouacre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (pop.) niggardly; nasty fellow; filthy;

nasty.

=pouah!= _int._, faugh! ugh!

=pouce=, _n.m._, thumb; inch. _Il s’en mordra les —s_; he will rue it,

_or_ regret it. _Serrer les —s à quelqu’un_; to wrest a secret from any

one. _Mettre les —s_; to give in; to knuckle under. _Manger sur le —_; to

have a snack.

=poucet=, _n.m._, small thumb. _Le petit —_; Tom Thumb.

=poucettes=, _n.f.pl._, manacles (for the thumbs).

=poucier=, _n.m._, thumb-stall.

=pou-de-soie=, _n.m._, (_—x-—_) _or_ =poult-de-soie=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_)

(silk) paduasoy; stout silk.

=pouding=, _n.m._, pudding.

=poudingue= (-dingh), _n.m._, pudding-stone.

=poudre=, _n.f._, dust, sand; powder; gunpowder. _— d’or_; gold dust.

_Sucre en —_; castor sugar. _Réduire en —_; to pulverize. _Jeter de la —

aux yeux de quelqu’un_; to throw dust into the eyes of any one, to impose

on any one. _Du tabac en —_; snuff. _— de chasse_; shooting-powder. _Du

café en —_; ground coffee. _— à canon_; gunpowder. _La soute aux —s_;

(nav.) the powder magazine. _Les —s_; the powder magazine. _Il n’a pas

inventé la —_; he is no conjurer; he will never set the Thames on fire.

_Mettre le feu aux —s_; (fig.) to fan the flame.

=poudrer=, _v.a._, to powder, to pounce, to sprinkle.

_se_ =poudrer=, _v.r._, to powder one’s hair.

=poudrerie=, _n.f._, gunpowder factory.

=poudrette=, _n.f._, dried night soil. _Faire la —_; (of fowls) to roll

in the dust.

=poudreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dusty, powdery. _C’est un pied —_; he is a

vagabond, a tramp.

=poudrier=, _n.m._, sand-box, pounce-box; gunpowder-maker.

=poudrière=, _n.f._, powder-mill; powder magazine; sand-box.

=poudroyer=, _v.a._, to fill, _or_ cover, with dust. _v.n._, to rise (of

the dust); to be dusty (of roads).

=pouf=, _n.m._, puff; puffery, hoax; ottoman seat; centre ottoman.

_Faiseur de —s_; (fig.) puffer; boaster, charlatan. _Faire des —s_; to

disappear without paying one’s debts.

=pouf=, _adv._, plump, bang. _À —_; (pop.) on tick, on credit.

=pouf=, _adj. invariable_, crumbling (of stones).

=pouffer=, _v.n._, to puff. Only used in _— de rire_; to burst out

laughing.

=poufferie=, _n.f._, puffery.

=pouffiste=, _n.m._, puffer.

*=pouillé=, _n.m._, register of benefices.

*=pouiller=, _v.a._, (pop.) to rail at, to abuse.

*_se_ =pouiller=, _v.r._, (pop.) to abuse each other.

*=pouilles=, _n.f.pl._, abuse, abusive language. _Il m’a chanté —_; he

abused me.

*=pouilleu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, lousy person; beggarly fellow;

lousy, wretched, mean.

*=pouillot=, _n.m._, (orni.) pewet.

*=poulailler=, _n.m._, hen-house, poultry-house; poultry-cart; (of

persons) poulterer, poultry salesman.

=poulain=, _n.m._, foal, colt; (med.) bubo.

=poulaine=, _n.f._, (nav.) figure-head.

=poulan=, _n.m._, (at cards) pool.

=poularde=, _n.f._, fat pullet; capon.

=poule=, _n.f._, hen; fowl; pool (play). _Jeune —_; pullet. _— d’Inde_;

turkey-hen. _— d’eau_; moor-hen. _Faire venir la chair de —_; to make

one’s flesh creep, to make one shudder. _Plumer la — sans la faire

crier_; to make any one disgorge without any fuss. _— mouillée_; milk-sop

(pers.).

=poulet=, _n.m._, chicken; love-letter; (stationery) fancy note-paper.

=poulette=, _n.f._, young hen, pullet; lass. _À la —_; with white sauce.

☉=poulevrin=. _V._ =pulvérin=.

=pouliche=, _n.f._, filly, foal.

=poulie=, _n.f._, pulley; (nav.) block.

=poulier=, _v.a._, to hoist, to lift up, with a pulley.

=poulierie=, _n.f._, block-shed; block-manufacture; block-manufactory.

=poulieur=, _n.m._, block-maker.

☉=poulin=, =-e=. _V._ =poulain=, =pouliche=.

=pouliner=, _v.n._, to foal (of mares).

=poulinière=, _n.f._ _Jument —_; brood mare.

=pouliot=, _n.m._, (bot.) penny-royal.

=poulpe=, _n.m._, (mol.) octopus, devil-fish.

=pouls= (poo), _n.m._, pulse. _— déréglé_; irregular pulse. _— faible_;

low pulse. _— élevé_; high pulse. _— formicant_; small, weak and frequent

pulse. _Se tâter le —_; to feel one’s own pulse; (fig.) to gauge one’s

strength. _Tâter le — à quelqu’un_; to feel any one’s pulse. _Le — lui

bat_; his pulse beats.

=poult-de-soie=, _n.m._ (_—s-—_). _V._ =pou-de-soie=.

=poumon=, _n.m._, lung, lungs.

=poupard=, _n.m._, (triv.) babe, baby, baby-doll.

=poupart=, _n.m._, large edible crab.

=poupe=, _n.f._, poop, stern. _À — carrée_, square-sterned. _À —

étroite_; vertical-sterned. _Vent en —_; stern-wind. _Mettre vent en —_;

to bear away before the wind. _Mouiller en —_; to moor by the stern.

_Avoir le vent en —_; to sail before the wind; (fig.) to be in luck’s way.

=poupée=, _n.f._, doll; puppet; (arch.) poppy-head; (hort.) crown-graft;

bunch of hemp _or_ flax tied to the distaff. _Enter en —_; (hort.) to

graft in the bark.

=poupin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam.) fop, beau, dandy, belle; smart,

spruce, dashy.

=poupon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, plump, chub-cheeked baby, boy, girl. _Ma

—ne_; my darling.

=pour=, _prep._, for; on account of; in order; towards; to; though,

notwithstanding. _— toujours_, _— jamais_; for ever. _— le moins_; at

least. _— cet effet_; therefore, for this purpose. _— ainsi dire_; as it

were, so to speak. _Il fera cela — vous_; he will do that for your sake.

_On l’a laissé — mort_; he was left for dead. _— qui me prenez-vous?_

whom do you take me for? _Je le tiens — mon ami_; I take him to be, _or_

consider him, my friend. _— moi_; for my part, as for me. _— ce qui est

de moi, j’y consens_; for my part I consent to it. _Comme —_; as if, as

much as (to). _— ce qui est de_; as regards, as for.

=pour=, _n.m._, for, pro. _Les — et les contre_; the pros and cons.

=pourboire=, _n.m._, drink-money; tip. _Demander un —_; to ask for

something (over and above the legal fare).

=pourceau=, _n.m._, hog, pig, swine. _Etable à —x_; hog-sty. _— de mer_;

sea-hog, porpoise. _C’est un vrai —_; he is a perfect beast.

=pour-cent=, _n.m._, percentage.

=pourchasser=, _v.a._, to pursue, to seek eagerly; to chase; to dun, to

badger.

=pourfendeur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) killer; swaggerer, bully. _— de géants_;

giant-killer, braggadocio.

=pourfendre=, _v.a._, (fam.) to cleave asunder, to cleave; to kill

outright.

=pourir=, _v.n._ _V._ =pourrir=.

=pourissage= _or_ =pourrissage=, _n.m._, (tech.) retting.

=pourissoir= _or_ =pourrissoir=, _n.m._, (tech.) retting vat.

=pouriture=, _n.f._ _V._ =pourriture=.

=pourlécher=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to lick all over; (fig.) to polish, to labor.

_se_ =pourlécher=, _v.r._, (fam.) to lick one’s chops; (fig.) to gloat

over (in anticipation).

=pour lors=, _adv._, then, after that; at that time; henceforward.

=pourparler=, _n.m._, parley, conference. _Entrer en —s_; to enter into

negotiations; to discuss.

=pour peu que=, _conj._, ever so little, however little; if only.

=pourpier=, _n.m._, (bot.) purslain.

=pourpoint=, _n.m._, doublet. _À brûle-—_; quite close; point-blank.

_Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to ruin any one. _Se mettre en —_; to be ready

to fight. _Un argument à brûle —_; a convincing, irresistible argument.

_Donner à quelqu’un un — de pierre_; to clap any one into prison.

=pourpre=, _n.m._, purple; (med.) purples; (her.) purpure.

=pourpre=, _adj._, purple.

=pourpre=, _n.f._, purple (stuff); purple-dye; purple-fish; (fig.)

sovereign dignity; cardinalate. _Porter la —_; to wear the purple. _Être

né dans la —_; to be born in a palace, in the purple.

=pourpré=, =-e=, _adj._, purpled, purple. _Fièvre —e_; purpura, petechial

fever.

=pourprier=, _n.m._, (mol.) purpura.

☉=pourpris=, _n.m._, inclosure; abode, home.

=pour que=, _conj._, in order that, so that, to.

=pourquoi=, _adv._, why, wherefore. _— cela?_ why so? _— pas?_ why not?

=pourquoi=, _conj._, why, for what, upon what account; for what reason.

_Demandez-moi —_; I don’t know why (_i.e._ I should like to know why).

_C’est —_; therefore.

=pourquoi=, _n.m._, the reason why; the why and the wherefore. _Je

voudrais bien savoir le —_; I would fain know the why and the wherefore.

=pourri=, _n.m._, rottenness, rotten part.

=pourri=, =-e=, _part._, rotten. _— de cuisson_; done to rags. _Pomme

—e_; rotten apple. _Pierre —e_; rotten stone.

=pourrir=, _v.n._, to rot, to grow rotten; to perish.

=pourrir=, _v.a._, to rot, to make rotten; to mature (of a cold), to

ripen.

_se_ =pourrir=, _v.r._, to get rotten.

=pourrissage=, _n.m._ _V._ =pourissage=.

=pourrissant=, =-e=, _adj._, rotting.

=pourrissoir=, _n.m._ _V._ =pourissoir=.

=pourriture=, _n.f._, rot, rottenness, putrefaction, decay; (agri.) brown

rust; (vet.) rot.

=poursuite=, _n.f._, pursuit, chase; prosecution; persecution; (jur.)

suit, action, proceedings. _Intenter des —s_; (jur.) to institute

proceedings, to take proceedings.

=poursuivable=, _adj._, actionable.

=poursuivant=, _n.m._, candidate; suitor, wooer; (jur.) prosecutor,

plaintiff. _— d’armes_; pursuivant at arms.

=poursuivant=, _adj._, pursuing; (jur.) suing, prosecuting.

=poursuivre=, _v.a._, to pursue, to hunt, to chase; to endeavor to

obtain, to seek for; to go on (with), to proceed (with), to follow up;

to persecute, to annoy, to beset; to haunt; (jur.) to sue; (jur.) to

prosecute, to action. _— quelqu’un en justice_; to prosecute any one at

law. _— l’ennemi_; to pursue the enemy. _— un procès_; to carry on a

lawsuit. _— une charge_; to endeavor to obtain a post. _— une pension_;

to solicit a pension. _— son discours_; to proceed with one’s speech.

_— son chemin_; to proceed on one’s way, to pursue one’s road, to go on

one’s way.

_se_ =poursuivre=, _v.r._, to pursue one another, to be pursued, to be

continued; (jur.) to be sued; to be prosecuted.

=poursuivre=, _v.n._, to pursue, to continue. _Poursuivez!_ go on!

=pourtant=, _adv._, however, howsoever, yet, still, for all that,

notwithstanding, though, nevertheless.

=pourtour=, _n.m._, periphery, circumference, circuit; pit-tier (in a

theatre).

=pourvoi=, _n.m._, (jur.) appeal (for reversal of judgment), application.

_— en grâce_; petition for mercy.

=pourvoir=, _v.n._, to see to, to look to; to attend to; to provide

(for), to supply, to make provision for; to nominate, to appoint.

_Pourvoyez à cette affaire_; see to that business. _— à sa subsistance_;

to provide for one’s living. _— à un bénéfice_; to prefer to a living, to

appoint, to nominate to a living.

=pourvoir=, _v.a._, to invest with, to put in possession of; to provide,

to supply, to furnish, to stock; to endow. _— une place de vivres_; to

victual a garrison. _Ce père a bien pourvu tous ses enfants_; that father

has made a handsome provision for all his children.

_se_ =pourvoir=, _v.r._, to provide one’s self; to apply, to sue, to make

application for. _Se — en justice_; to sue at law. _Se — par appel_;

to enter an appeal. _Se — en cassation_; to appeal for a reversal of

judgment. _Se — en grâce_; to petition for mercy.

☉=pourvoirie=, _n.f._, provision-store.

=pourvoyant=, _adj._, providing, provident.

=pourvoyeur=, _n.m._, purveyor, provider, caterer; (fig.) go-between.

=pourvoyeuse=, _n.f._, procuress.

=pourvu que=, _conj._, provided that; provided; it is to be hoped that,

let us hope that. _— — vous le fassiez_; provided you do it.

=pousse=, _n.f._, shoot, sprout; (vet.) heaves, shortness of breath,

broken wind (in horses); asthma; ☉bum-bailiffs (sheriff’s officers);

bitterness (a disease in wines); choke-damp (in mines).

=poussé=, =-e=, _part._, pushed. _Ce cheval est — de nourriture_; this

horse has been fed too much. _Du vin —_; turbid, diseased wine.

=pousse-café=, _n.m._, liqueur (after coffee).

☉=pousse-cul=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) bum-bailiff.

=poussée=, _n.f._, pushing, thrusting; push, thrust (of arches); press

(of business). _Donner la — à quelqu’un_; to follow up any one closely.

_Faire une belle —_; (fam., iron.) to do a mighty fine thing. _Donner une

— à_; to give a push to.

=pousse-pieds=, _n.m._ (_—_). _V._ =anatife=.

=pousser=, _v.a._, to push, to give a push to, to thrust, to give a

thrust to, to shove, to shove on, to drive, to drive on, to impel; to

strike, to throw, to hit; to carry on, to extend, to forward; to send

forth, to shoot forth, to put out, to put forth (of plants); to urge,

to stir up, to provoke, to impel, to incite, to instigate; to bring

forward, to assist forward, to help on; to utter (a groan); to heave,

to fetch (a sigh). _— en avant_; to push on. _— dehors_; to thrust out.

_— un cheval_; to urge on a horse. _— le temps avec l’épaule_; (prov.)

to endeavor to gain time. _— la porte au nez de quelqu’un_; to slam the

door in any one’s face. _— le dé_; to throw the dice. _— une botte_;

(fenc.) to make a thrust. _— un mur plus loin_; to carry a wall further

on. _— un raisonnement trop loin_; to carry an argument too far. _— à

bout_; to provoke beyond endurance. _— une affaire à bout_; to carry

a thing to a successful issue or to go through with anything. _— une

tranchée_; to carry forward a trench. _— des cris_; to utter cries. _—

des soupirs_; to heave sighs. _Vous me poussez trop_; you urge me too

far. _C’est un tel qui l’a poussé_; it was so and so who egged him on. _—

sa pointe_; to pursue one’s point. _On l’a poussé à se battre_; they set

him on to fight. _— quelqu’un de questions_; to badger, to ply any one

with questions. _Les arbres commencent à — des boutons_; the trees are

beginning to put forth buds.

_se_ =pousser=, _v.r._, to push forward, to push one’s self forward,

to be pushed forward, to be pushed, to be carried; to push forward one

another. _Se — de nourriture_; to eat too much.

=pousser=, _v.n._, to sprout, to sprout forth, to shoot, to shoot forth

(of plants); to be broken-winded (of horses); to grow (of the hair,

nails); to push forward, to push on, to go on; to bulge, to jut out. _Les

blés poussent déjà_; the corn is already coming up. _Ce mur pousse en

dehors_; this wall bulges outwards. _Poussons jusqu’à la forêt_; let us

push forward, or on, as far as the forest.

=poussette=, _n.f._, pushpin (game).

=pousseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, pusher, shover; utterer (of sighs).

=poussier=, _n.m._, coal-dust; gunpowder-dust; turf-dust.

=poussière=, _n.f._, dust, powder; (bot.) pollen, male-seed; (of water)

spray. _Nuage de —_; cloud of dust. _— de la mer_; spray. _Réduire en —_;

to reduce to dust. _Jeter de la — aux yeux de quelqu’un_; to throw dust

into any one’s eyes. _Tirer quelqu’un de la —_; to raise any one from

the depths of poverty. _Il fait de la —_; it is dusty, the roads are

dusty.

=poussiéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dusty.

=poussif=, _n.m._, (pop.) pursy fellow _or_ creature.

=poussi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (pop.) pursy; (vet.) short-winded,

broken-winded.

=poussin=, _n.m._, chick, young chicken. _— qui ne fait que d’éclore_;

chick just out of its shell.

=poussinière=, _n.f._, chick-room, chicken-coop; (pop.) (astron.)

Pleiades.

=poussoir=, _n.m._, (horl.) pusher; driver (dentistry).

=poussolane=. _V._ =pouzzolane=.

=poutre=, _n.f._, beam; girder; mote (in the eye).

=poutrelle=, _n.f._, small beam; (carp.) stop-plank.

=pouvoir= (pouvant, pu), _v.n._, to be able, can, may, to have power, to

be allowed, to be possible. _— marcher_; to be able to walk. _Je ne puis

vous répondre_; I cannot answer you. _N’en — plus_; to be worn out, to

be completely exhausted, to be tired out, to be done up. _N’en — mais_,

_ne — mais d’une chose_; (fam.) to have had no share (in), nothing to do

(with) anything. _Pouvait-il mais de cela?_ could he possibly help that?

_Puisse-t-il réussir_; may he succeed. _Il peut arriver que_; it may

happen that. _Il pourrait survenir une circonstance qui changeât la face

des choses_; some circumstance might arise which would change the whole

face of matters. _Je n’y puis rien_; I cannot help it. _Je puis ne pas le

faire_; I may not do it. _Je ne puis pas le faire_; I cannot do it. _Il

peut se faire_ or _il se peut faire que_; it may happen that; it may be

possible for me to. _Vous avez pu voir_; you may have seen. _Vous n’avez

pas pu voir_; you cannot have seen. _Vous avez pu ne pas voir_; you may

not have seen. _Il peut_, or _pourrait_, _avoir vingt ans_; he may, _or_

might, be twenty. _Cela se pourrait bien_; it might be so; it is not at

all unlikely. _Cela pourrait bien être_; it might be so. _Il se pourrait

bien que_; it might be, it might happen that. _Il pourrait se faire

que_; it is not at all unlikely that. _Pouvez-vous bien!_ how can you!

_Autant que faire se peut_; as far as it is possible, On ne peut plus;

exceedingly, extremely, etc.

=pouvoir=, _v.a._, can do, to be able to do; to have power. _Je ne puis

rien à cela_; I can do nothing in that business. _Vous pouvez tout sur

lui_; you have great power over him. _Je ne crois pas le —_; I do not

think I can do it.

_se_ =pouvoir=, _v.r.imp._, to be possible, may be, can be. _Cela se

peut_; that may be, that is possible. _Il se pourrait que_; it might

happen that. _Cela ne se peut pas_; that is impossible.

=pouvoir=, _n.m._, power; sway, authority, might, force, command,

government; executive power. _Il est en son — de_; he has it in his power

to. _Avoir une chose en son —_; to have a thing in one’s possession.

_Être fondé de —s_; to have a power of attorney. _Il a plein — de_; he

has full powers to. _Abuser de son —_; to abuse one’s power. _Avoir un

—_; (jur.) to have a power of attorney, a letter of attorney.

=pouzzolane= _or_ =pozzolane=, _n.f._, (_—s_) pozzalana, puzzolana,

pozzuolana.

=pp.=, ab. of the word _Pères_, fathers (of the church).

=pragmatique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, pragmatic sanction; pragmatic.

=prairial=, _n.m._, Prairial, ninth month of the calendar of the first

French republic, from May 20th to June 18th.

=prairie=, _n.f._, meadow, grass-land, grass-field, prairie, savannah.

_—s artificielles_; grounds sown with grass, clover.

=praline=, _n.f._, burnt almond.

=praliner=, _v.a._, to burn with sugar (like burnt almonds); to

crystallize.

=prame=, _n.f._, (nav.) pram, dingy (Norwegian boat).

=praticabilité=, _n.f._, practicability.

=praticable=, _adj._, practicable, feasible, possible; passable

(of roads); accessible, real. _Si la chose est —_; if the thing be

practicable. _Les chemins ne sont pas —s_; the roads are not passable.

_Porte —_, _fenêtre —_; (thea.) real door, real window.

=praticables=, _n.m.pl._, (thea.) real (not painted) objects.

=praticien= (-si-in), _n.m._ and _adj._, practitioner; (sculpt.)

figure-carver; practicing. _Médecin —_; practicing physician.

=pratiquant=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, church-goer, communicant.

=pratique=, _n.f._, practice, practical part, observance, usage, habit;

dealing, doing, customer, custom; practice (of attorneys, notaries,

physicians); Punch’s whistle, squeaker; underhand dealing, secret

practice; (nav.) pratique. _Mettre en —_; to put into practice, to

practice. _Faire de sourdes —s_; to carry on clandestine, underhand

dealings. _C’est une bonne —_; he is a good customer. _Donner — à un

vaisseau_; (nav.) to admit a vessel to pratique. _Cet avoué entend bien

la —_; that attorney is well versed in the practice of the law. _Terme de

—_; law-term. _Obtenir_, or _recevoir_, _—_; (nav.) to take pratique.

=pratique=, _adj._, pertaining to practice, practical, experienced. _Être

— d’un lieu_; (nav.) to be a good pilot for a place.

=pratiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, practically.

=pratiquer=, _v.a._, to practice, to exercise; to frequent, to converse

with, to keep company with; to tamper with, to suborn, to bribe, to

obtain, to procure; (arch.) to contrive, to let in. _— la médecine_; to

practice as a doctor. _Se garder de — les méchants_; to avoid associating

with the wicked. _— un chemin_; to open a road. _— un trou_; to make, to

contrive, to let in, a hole. _— des intelligences_; to get intelligence.

_— des témoins_; to suborn witnesses.

_se_ =pratiquer=, _v.r._, to be in use, to be practiced, to be customary,

to open _or_ make for one’s self (a way). _Cela ne se pratique point_;

that is not usual; such things are not done.

=pratiquer=, _v.n._, to practice, to exercise, to frequent, to associate

with; to obtain, to open; to build, to contrive; to arrange; (nav.) to

have free intercourse.

=pré=, _n.m._, meadow, small mead; paddock; ground (to fight a duel). _Se

trouver sur le —_; to be upon the ground.

=préadamites=, _n.m.pl._, preadamites.

=préalable=, _adj._, preliminary; previous.

=préalable=, _n.m._, necessary preliminary; preliminary. _Au —_;

previously, first of all.

=préalablement=, _adv._, previously, first.

=préambule=, _n.m._, preamble, preface. _Point de —_; no preface, please!

go straight to the point.

=préau=, _n.m._, yard, paddock, green; close (of a cathedral); courtyard

(of a convent _or_ prison).

=prébende=, _n.f._, prebend, prebendaryship.

=prébendé=, =-e=, _adj._, in possession of a prebend; prebendal.

=prébendier=, _n.m._, prebendary.

=précaire=, _adj._, _n.m._, precarious; uncertain; precarious tenure.

=précairement= (-kèr-mān), _adv._, precariously.

=précaution=, _n.f._, precaution; caution, care. _Prendre des —s auprès

de quelqu’un_; to proceed warily with any one. _User de —_; to use

caution.

=précautionner=, _v.a._, to warn, to caution.

_se_ =précautionner=, _v.r._, to be cautious, to guard against, to take

precautions. _Se — contre la chaleur_; to guard against the heat.

=précédemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, before, previously.

=précédent=, =-e=, _adj._, precedent, former, preceding, previous.

=précédent=, _n.m._, something done _or_ said previously; precedent.

=précéder=, _v.a._, to precede, to go before, to go first; to have or

take precedence (of). _Il était précédé par_, _il était précédé de_; he

was preceded by.

=préceinte=, _n.f._, (nav.) wale, bend, rib-band. _— basse_, _première

—_, _seconde —_; main wale. _Troisième et quatrième —_; channel-wale.

=précepte=, _n.m._, precept, rule.

=précepteur=, _n.m._, tutor, private tutor, preceptor, teacher, master.

=préceptoral=, =-e=, _adj._, preceptorial.

=préceptorat=, _n.m._, preceptorship, tutorship.

=précession=, _n.f._, (astron.) precession.

=prêche=, _n.m._, sermon (Protestant); Protestant church, meeting-house.

_Quitter le —_; to cease to be a Protestant; to turn Catholic.

=prêcher=, _v.a._, to preach, to hold forth, to preach up, to extol, to

praise, to keep telling, to repeat. _— la parole de Dieu_; to preach

the word of God. _Ne — que malheur et misère_; to be always complaining

of the hardness of the times. _— les fidèles_; to exhort the faithful.

_— toujours la même chose_; to be always repeating the same thing. _—

dans le désert_; to preach to empty benches; (fig.) to convince no one.

_Chacun prêche pour son saint_; every one has an eye to his own interest,

or looks after number one. _— ses exploits_; to extol, to boast, of one’s

exploits.

=prêcher=, _v.n._, to preach. _— d’exemple_; to set the example, to

practice what one preaches. _— sur la vendange_; to preach over one’s

cups. _On a beau — à qui n’a cœur de bien faire_; to reprove a fool is

but labor lost.

=prêcheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (fam.) preacher, sermonizer. _Frère

—_; Dominican friar.

=précieuse=, _n.f._, conceited woman; prude; euphuist.

=précieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, preciously, carefully; (paint.) very

elaborately.

=précieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, precious, costly, valuable; affected,

finical, precise, over-nice. _C’est un document des plus —_; it is a

most valuable document. _Tableau d’un fini —_; picture of exquisite, or

elaborate, finish.

=précieux=, _n.m._, affectation, affectedness; affected man.

=préciosité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) affectation, affectedness; euphuism.

=précipice=, _n.m._, precipice. _On l’a tiré du —_; he has been rescued

from destruction.

☉=précipitable=, _adj._, (chem.) precipitable.

=précipitamment= (-ta-mān), _adv._, precipitately, hurriedly, rashly,

precipitously, headlong.

=précipitant=, _n.m._, (chem.) precipitant.

=précipitation=, _n.f._, precipitation, haste, hurry; (chem.)

precipitation.

=précipité=, =-e=, _part._, precipitated, hurled; precipitate; rash,

hasty, sudden. _— de haut en bas_; hurled headlong from top to bottom.

_Course —e_; hasty flight. _Marcher à pas —s_; to walk with hurried

steps. _Départ —_; sudden departure.

=précipité=, _n.m._, (chem.) precipitate.

=précipiter=, _v.a._, to precipitate, to throw, to hurl, to dash down; to

hurry on, to hasten; to plunge; (chem.) to precipitate. _— sa retraite_;

to hasten one’s retreat. _— ses pas_; to quicken one’s steps.

_se_ =précipiter=, _v.r._, to precipitate one’s self; to rush forward, to

dash forth; to spring forth, to dart, to hurl one’s self (down), to run.

_Se — sur quelqu’un_; to rush upon any one.

=préciput=, _n.m._, preference legacy; jointure.

=précis=, _n.m._, summary, abstract, compendium, epitome.

=précis=, =-e=, _adj._, precise, distinct, exact, strict, formal, terse,

concise, fixed, just. _Venir à l’heure —e_; to come exactly at the

appointed time. _Prendre des mesures —es_; to take just _or_ strict

measures.

=précisément=, _adv._, precisely, exactly, quite, just; just so.

=préciser=, _v.a._, to state precisely, to specify, to fix, to determine.

=précision=, _n.f._, precision, preciseness.

=précité=, _adj._, (jur.) above-mentioned, aforesaid.

=précoce=, _adj._, precocious, early, forward; premature. _Fruit —_;

early fruit. _Un esprit —_; a precocious mind.

=précocité=, _n.f._, precociousness, precocity.

=précompte=, _n.m._, previous deduction.

=précompter= (-kon-té), _v.a._, to deduct beforehand _or_ previously.

=préconçu=, =-e=, _adj._, preconceived.

=préconisation=, _n.f._, preconization, commendation; praise.

=préconiser=, _v.a._, to extol, to cry up, to praise, to recommend; to

preconize, to sanction the appointment of.

=préconnaissance=, _n.f._, foreknowledge.

=préconnaître=, _v.a._, to foreknow.

=précordial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) præcordial.

=précurseur=, _n.m._, forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald. _adj._,

premonitory.

=prédécéder=, _v.n._, to die first, to predecease.

=prédécès=, _n.m._, predecease.

=prédécesseur=, _n.m._, predecessor.

=prédestinateur=, _n.m._, predestinator.

=prédestinatien= (-sî-in), _n.m._ and _adj._, predestinarian.

=prédestination=, _n.f._, predestination. _— à la grâce_; predestination

to be saved.

=prédestiné=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, one of the elect; elect,

predestinated. _Avoir un visage de —_; to have a happy-looking face.

=prédestiner=, _v.a._, to predestinate, to foredoom.

=prédéterminant=, _adj._, (theol.) predetermining.

=prédétermination=, _n.f._, predetermination.

=prédéterminer=, _v.a._, to predetermine.

=prédial=, =-e=, _adj._, predial. _Des rentes —es_; ground-rents.

=prédicable=, _adj._, (log.) predicable.

=prédicament=, _n.m._, (log.) predicament.

=prédicant=, _n.m._, (b.s.) Protestant preacher.

=prédicat=, _n.m._, (log., gram.) predicate.

=prédicateur=, _n.m._, preacher, divine, teacher.

=prédication=, _n.f._, preaching.

=prédiction=, _n.f._, prediction, forecast.

=prédilection=, _n.f._, predilection, partiality, preference. _De —_;

favorite.

=prédire=, _v.a._, to predict, to foretell, to forebode; to presage, to

forecast.

=prédisposant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) predisposing.

=prédisposer=, _v.a._, (med.) to predispose.

=prédisposition=, _n.f._, (med.) predisposition, tendency.

=prédominance=, _n.f._, predominance, prevalence.

=prédominant=, _-e_, _adj._, predominant, prevalent, prevailing.

=prédominer=, _v.n._, to predominate, to prevail.

=prééminence=, _n.f._, pre-eminence.

=prééminent=, =-e=, _adj._, pre-eminent.

=préempter=, _v.a._, to preempt, to buy beforehand.

=préemption=, _n.f._, preemption.

=préétablir=, _v.a._, to preestablish.

=préexistant=, =-e=, _adj._, pre-existent, pre-existing.

=préexistence=, _n.f._, pre-existence.

=préexister=, _v.n._, to pre-exist.

=préface=, _n.f._, preface, preamble, exordium, introduction.

=préfectoral=, _adj._, pertaining, relating to a French prefect;

prefectorial.

=préfecture=, _n.f._, prefectship, prefecture; prefect’s house, prefect’s

offices. _— de police_; headquarters (of the police); Scotland yard.

=préférable=, _adj._, preferable.

=préférablement=, _adv._, preferably.

=préférence=, _n.f._, preference. _De —_; in preference.

=préférer=, _v.a._, to prefer, to choose.

=préfet=, _n.m._, (Rom. antiq.) prefect; chief administrator of each

department in France. _— des études_; vice-principal (of schools).

_— de police_; chief commissioner of police. _— maritime_; naval

commander-in-chief (of a district).

=préfète=, _n.f._, “préfet’s” wife.

=préfinir=, _v.a._, (jur.) to fix a term, _or_ a delay, to limit, to

prearrange, to appoint.

=préfix= (-fiks), =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) prefixed, appointed.

=préfixe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) prefix; prefixed.

=préfixion=, _n.f._, (jur.) settled time, prefixion.

=préfloraison=, _n.f._, (bot.) prefloration.

=préfoliation=, _n.f._, (bot.) foliation, vernation.

☉=prégnation=, _n.f._, gestation (of animals).

=préhensible=, _adv._, prehensible.

=préhensile=, _adj._, prehensile.

=préhension=, _n.f._, prehension.

=préhistorique=, _adj._, pre-historic, pre-historical.

=préjudice=, _n.m._, prejudice, hurt, wrong, detriment, injury, loss,

damage. _Il a obtenu cela à mon —_; he obtained that to my prejudice, _or_

to my detriment. _Cela vous portera —_; that will be detrimental to you.

_Au — de_; to the detriment of. _Sans — de mes droits_; without prejudice

to my claims.

=préjudiciable=, _adj._, prejudicial, detrimental, injurious, hurtful.

=préjudiciaux=, _adj.m.pl._ _Frais —_; (jur.) previous costs.

=préjudiciel=, =-le=, _adj._, (jur.) interlocutory. _Question —le_;

interlocutory question (to be decided previous to the principal action).

=préjudicier=, _v.n._, to prejudice, to do prejudice (to), to be

prejudicial, to be detrimental (to), to hurt, to injure.

=préjugé=, _n.m._, presumption, appearance, prejudice; (jur.) precedent.

_Exempt de —s_; free from prejudices. _Homme sans —_; unprejudiced man.

_Se défaire de ses —s d’enfance_; to rid one’s self of one’s early

prejudices. _Dissiper les —s_; to remove prejudices.

=préjuger=, _v.a._, to prejudge; to conjecture; to foresee, to guess

(at); (jur.) to give an interlocutory judgment.

=prélart= _or_ =prélat=, _n.m._, (nav.) tarpaulin.

_se_ =prélasser=, _v.r._, to strut, to stalk (past), to parade, to make a

great show; to loll, to lounge; to take one’s ease.

=prélat=, _n.m._, prelate; (nav.) _V._ =prélart=.

☉=prélation=, _n.f._, preference, prelation.

=prélature=, _n.f._, prelacy, episcopacy.

=prèle= _or_ =presle=, _n.f._, (bot.) horsetail, shave-grass.

=prélegs= (-lè), _n.m._, preference, legacy.

=préléguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to give as a preference-legacy.

=prèler=, _v.a._, to rub with horsetail.

=prélèvement= (-lèv-mān), _n.m._, previous deduction, levying.

=prélever= (prél-vé), _v.a._, to deduct, to take off first, to levy. _Se

—_; to be deducted previously, to be levied.

=préliminaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, preliminary.

=préliminairement=, _adv._, preliminarily.

=prélire=, _v.a._, (print.) to read a first time.

=prélude=, _n.m._, prelude.

=préluder=, _v.n._, to prelude, to flourish, to play a prelude. _— à une

chose par une autre_; to make one thing a prelude to another.

=prématuré=, =-e=, _adj._, premature, untimely.

=prématurément=, _adv._, prematurely.

=prématurité=, _n.f._, prematureness, prematurity.

=préméditation=, _n.f._, premeditation, malice aforethought; (jur.)

malice prepense. _Avec —_; designedly, willfully; with malice

aforethought.

=prémédité=, =-e=, _part._, premeditated.

=préméditer=, _v.a._, to premeditate. _Se —_; to be premeditated.

=prémices=, _n.f.pl._, first-fruits; (fig) beginning.

=premi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, first; foremost; opening; premier; chief,

principal; former, ancient, old, primitive, primeval; early prime; (of

materials) raw. _Nos —s parents_; our first parents. _Les —s temps du

monde_; the early ages of the world. _Au — abord_; at first view, _or_

sight. _— en date_; senior. _En — lieu_; in the first place. ☉_—-pris_;

wretched-looking man. _Il a l’air d’un —-pris_; he looks wretched. _—

venu_; first comer; no matter who. _—-né_ (_—s-—s_) first-born. _En —e_;

in a first-class carriage. _Les —es_; first tier boxes _or_ dress-circle;

first-class cabin _or_ saloon cabin. _Matière —e_; raw material. _Les —s

vont devant_; first come, first served.

=premier=, _n.m._, former; first; first floor; chief, head, leader.

_Jeune —_, _m._, _jeune —ère_, _f._, _V._ =jeune=. _Il demeure au —_; he

lives on the first floor.

=premièrement= (-mièr-mān), _adv._, first, firstly, in the first place.

=prémisses=, _n.f.pl._, (log.) premises.

=prémonitoire=, _adj._, (med.) premonitory.

=prémontrés=, _n.m.pl._, Premonstrants, a regular order of canons of

Prémontré in Picardy (France).

=prémotion=, _n.f._, (theol.) premotion.

=prémunir=, _v.a._, to forewarn, to caution, to provide; to fortify, _or_

secure, beforehand.

_se_ =prémunir=, _v.r._, to provide, to be provided; to strengthen, to

fortify one’s self (against). _Se — contre le froid_; to fortify one’s

self against the cold.

=prenable=, _adj._, to be taken, pregnable; seizable; expugnable;

corruptible.

=prenant=, =-e=, _adj._, receiving (of a person); having to receive

money; prehensile. _Queue —e_; prehensile tail. _Partie —e_; payee.

=prendre= (prenant, pris), _v.a._, to take; to take up; to lay hold of;

to seize; to accept; to apprehend; to fetch; to assume; to contract;

to pick out; to snatch; to catch (a cold); to take root; to freeze (of

rivers, etc.); to turn, to curdle (of milk); to ignite, to begin to burn;

to act, to succeed; to imbibe; to call for (any one); to attack (of

diseases); to collect (votes); to contract (diseases, engagements); to

help one’s self to. _— garde_; to take heed. _— parti pour quelqu’un_;

to take any one’s part, to side with any one. _— feu_; to take _or_ catch

fire. _— son parti_; to make up one’s mind. _— les armes_; to take up

arms. _— une ville d’assaut_; to take a town by storm. _— médecine_; to

take physic. _— du tabac_; to take snuff. _— congé de quelqu’un_; to

take leave of any one. _— la rue à droite_; to take the street on the

right. _— le plus court_; to go the shortest way. _— les devants_; to go

on before. _— bien son temps_; to hit the time well, to choose the right

moment. _— naissance_; to take its rise (of things). _— fait et cause

pour quelqu’un_; to take any one’s part, to undertake any one’s defense,

to side with any one. _— quelqu’un sur le fait_; to catch any one in the

act. _— exemple sur quelqu’un_; to model one’s self on any one. _— avis

de quelqu’un_; to take any one’s advice. _— les avis_; to collect the

votes. _— intérêt_, _— part à_; to take part in, to be a party to, to

be concerned in, to be a partaker of, to be interested in. _— l’air_;

to take an airing. _— bien le sens d’un auteur_; to catch an author’s

meaning. _Vous prenez mal mes paroles_; you misconstrue my words. _— une

chose en bonne part_; to take a thing well, in good part. _— les choses

de travers_; to take things amiss, the wrong way. _— bien_, or _mal_,

_une affaire_; to go the right, _or_ the wrong, way to work in anything.

_— sur son sommeil_; to encroach upon one’s sleep. _— les choses comme

elles viennent_; to take things as they come. _— l’occasion aux cheveux_;

to take time by the forelock. _— pour dit_; to take for granted. _À tout

—_; upon the whole, in the main. _— le chemin de l’hôpital_; to be on

the high road to ruin. _Ne savoir pas — quelqu’un_; not to know how to

deal with any one. _Il en a pris sa bonne part_; he has had his fair

share of it. _Il m’a pris en amitié_; he has taken a liking to me. _Je

vous y prends_; now I have caught you (at it). _Ça ne prend pas_; (fam.)

that’s no go; it doesn’t catch on. _Si la curiosité me prend d’y aller_;

if curiosity prompts, _or_ impels, me to go there. _L’envie lui prit d’y

aller_; he took a sudden fancy to go (there). _Il prend beaucoup sur

lui_; he assumes much, he takes much upon himself. _Cela prend forme_;

that is beginning to take shape. _Je sors d’en —_; (fam.) I’d rather be

excused; I have just had one (_i.e._, a drink), _or_ just bought some (of

things). _Qu’est-ce qui vous prend?_ what’s up now? _C’est autant de pris

sur l’ennemi_; it is so much snatched from the fire. _Ce qui est bon à

— est bon à rendre_; what is worth taking is worth keeping. _Bien lui

en prit_; it was lucky for him he did. _— terre_; (nav.) to land. _— le

vent_; (nav.) to sail near the wind. _— le large_; (nav.) to stand out to

sea, to cross the bar.

_se_ =prendre=, _v.r._, to be taken, to be caught; to catch, to cling;

to freeze, to congeal (of liquids); to begin; to go to work. _Le sirop

se prendra bientôt_; the syrup will soon coagulate, _or_ set. _Se — à

pleurer_; to begin to cry. _Se bien — à une chose_; to go the right way

to work. _De la manière dont il s’y prend_; by the way he goes to work.

_Se — d’amitié pour quelqu’un_; to take a liking to any one. _Se — de

paroles avec quelqu’un_; to have high words with any one. _S’en — à_; to

blame, to lay the blame on. _S’en — à quelqu’un_; to lay the blame at any

one’s door. _Se — de vin_; to get tipsy. _Prenez-vous en à vous-même_;

you have only yourself to thank for it.

=prendre=, _v.n._, to take, to turn; to take root; to congeal, to freeze;

to succeed; to burn up, to begin to burn; to curdle (of milk). _Il lui

en prendra mal_; it will be the worse for him. _Il lui prit une fièvre_;

he was attacked by fever. _La Seine a pris cet hiver là_; the Seine was

frozen over that winter.

=prendre=, _n.m._, act of taking. _Au fait et au —_; at the scratch, when

it comes to the scratch.

=preneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, taker; lessee; (of animals) catcher;

(com.) purchaser, buyer.

=preneur=, _adj.m._, catching, capturing; (nav.) that takes a prize.

=prénom= (-non), _n.m._, Christian name; prenomen.

=prénommé=, =-e=, _adj.part._, above-named, aforesaid.

=prénommer=, _v.a._, to prenominate, to forename.

=prénotion=, _n.f._, prenotion, surmise, conjecture.

=préoccupation=, _n.f._, preoccupation, prepossession of the mind;

thought; anxiety; prejudice.

=préoccupé=, =-e=, _part._, preoccupied, absorbed; prejudiced, biased;

thoughtful, anxious.

=préoccuper=, _v.a._, to engross, to engage, to preoccupy the mind, to

prepossess, to prejudice, to bias; to absorb, to trouble.

=préopinant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, previous speaker; last speaker.

=préopiner=, _v.n._, to vote before another, to express one’s opinion

first.

=préordination=, _n.f._, preordination.

=préordonner=, _v.a._, to preordain, to predetermine.

=préparant=, _adj._, (anat.) spermatic. _Vaisseaux —s_; spermatic duct.

=préparateur=, _n.m._, preparer, dresser; assistant; private tutor,

crammer.

=préparatif=, _n.m._, preparation. _—s de guerre_, _de voyage_; war

preparations, preparations for a journey.

=préparation=, _n.f._, preparation. _— chimique_; chemical preparation.

_Sans —_; extempore.

=préparatoire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, preparative, preliminary, preparatory.

=préparer=, _v.a._, to prepare, to dispose, to fit; to provide; to make

ready; to dress; (agri.) to till; (fig.) to break (news) to. _— les voies

à quelqu’un_; to pave the way for any one.

_se_ =préparer=, _v.r._, to prepare for one’s self, to prépare one’s

self, to get ready. _Se — pour un voyage_; to get ready for a journey.

_Se — au combat_; to prepare for battle. _Préparez-vous à le recevoir_;

prepare to meet him. _Voilà un orage qui se prépare_; there is a storm

brewing.

=prépondérance=, _n.f._, preponderance, sway.

=prépondérant=, =-e=, _adj._, preponderant, prevailing; convincing. _Voix

—e_; casting-vote.

=préposé=, _n.m._, custom, _or_ excise, officer; overseer, superintendent.

=préposer=, _v.a._, to set (over), to charge (with), to intrust (to); to

appoint, to commit; to put forward, to set up; to depute.

=prépositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) prepositive.

=préposition=, _n.f._, (gram.) preposition.

=prépuce=, _n.m._, prepuce, foreskin.

=prérogative=, _n.f._, prerogative, privilege; attribute.

=près=, _prep._, by, near, nigh, close to, hard by, nearly; almost,

about; on the point; in comparison. _S’asseoir — de quelqu’un_; to sit

by any one. _Il demeure ici —_; he lives close by. _De —_; close, near;

closely, intimately. _Combattre de —_; to fight hand to hand. _Suivre

de —_; to follow on the heels of. _À cela —_; save that, with that

exception; nevertheless, for all that. _A beaucoup —_; by a great deal,

nothing near. _Tout —_; very near. _À peu —_; pretty near, nearly so,

thereabouts. _À peu de chose —_; within a trifle. _Au plus —_; to the

nearest place; (nav.) close to the wind. _De — et de loin_; far and nigh.

=présage=, _n.m._, presage, omen, foreboding. _Un oiseau de sinistre —_;

a bird of evil omen.

=présager=, _v.a._, to presage, to forebode, to portend, to conjecture.

_se_ =présager=, _v.r._, to be foreboded, to be presaged.

=pré-salé=, _n.m._,(_—s-—s_) salt-marsh-fed (mutton).

=presbyopie=, _n.f._, (opt.) presbyopy, presbyopia, far-sightedness, long

sight.

=presbyte=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, presbyte; far-sighted person;

presbyopic; long-sighted. _Vue —_; long sight.

=presbytéral=, =-e=, _adj._, priestly. _Maison —e_; parsonage, vicarage.

=presbytéranisme=, _n.m._ _V._ =presbytérianisme=.

=presbytère=, _n.m._, parsonage, parsonage-house, vicarage; ☉presbytery.

=presbytérianisme=, _n.m._, presbyterianism.

=presbytérien=, =-ne= (-ri-in, -ri-èn), _n._ and _adj._, presbyterian.

=presbytie= (-ci), _n.f._, (opt.) presbyopy, far- _or_ long-sightedness,

presbyopia.

=prescience=, _n.f._, prescience, foreknowledge, foresight.

=prescriptible=, _adj._, prescriptible.

=prescription=, _n.f._, (jur.) limitation; prescription, precept.

_Interruption de la —_; (jur.) bar to a limitation. _Etabli par —_;

prescriptive. _Se perdre par —_; (jur.) to be lost by limitation. _—s

médicales_; medical prescriptions.

=prescrire=, _v.a._, to prescribe, to direct, to order, to enjoin, to

set; (jur.) to bar. _— des lois_; to prescribe laws. _— un régime_; to

prescribe a diet.

_se_ =prescrire=, _v.r._, to prescribe to one’s self, to be prescribed;

(jur.) to be lost by limitation.

=prescrire=, _v.n._, to bar by limitation.

=préséance= (pré-séans), _n.f._, precedence. _Avoir la — sur_; to take

precedence of.

=présence=, _n.f._, presence, attendance, sight, view. _Faire acte de —_;

to put in an appearance. _Mettre en —_; to bring face to face. _En — de_;

in presence of, in view of. _En ma —_; before me. _Deux armées en —_; two

armies facing each other. _— d’esprit_; presence of mind.

=présent=, _n.m._, present, present time; present, gift; (gram.) present,

present tense. _Donner en —_; to give as a present. _Faire — de_; to make

a present of. _Dès à —_; from this time. _À —_; at present. _Pour le —_;

for the present, for the nonce. _Jusqu’à —_; till now.

=présent=, =-e=, _adj._, present! here! _Être —_; to be present, to stand

by.

=présentable=, _adj._, presentable, fit to be seen.

=présentat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, presenter (to benefices);

introducer.

=présentation=, _n.f._, presentation, presentment, introduction. _À —_;

(com.) on presentation, on demand. _En retard de —_; (com.) overdue.

=présente=, _n.f._, present letter. _pl._, (jur.) presents.

=présentement= (-zant-mān), _adv._, now, at present.

=présenter=, _v.a._, to present, to offer, to hold out, to show, to turn,

to expose, to bring forward, to introduce. _— ses lettres de créance_;

to present one’s credentials. _— les armes_; to present arms. _— une

personne à une autre_; to introduce one person to another. _— à quelqu’un

ses respects_; to pay one’s respects to any one.

_se_ =présenter=, _v.r._, to present one’s self, to appear, to come

forward, to offer one’s self, to offer itself; to occur. _Il s’est

présenté à moi_; he presented himself before me. _Cet homme se présente

bien_; that man has a good address. _La chose se présente bien_; the

thing looks well, _or_ promises well. _Il se présenta une difficulté_; a

difficulty occurred, or arose.

=présenter=, _v.n._, (nav.) to stem. _— au vent_; to head to the wind.

=présenteur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) presenter.

=préservat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, preservative. _n.m._ and _f._,

preserver.

=préservati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preservative.

=préservatif=, _n.m._, preservative.

=préservation=, _n.f._, preservation.

=préserver=, _v.a._, to preserve, to defend, to keep. _Le ciel m’en

préserve!_ heaven forbid!

_se_ =préserver=, _v.r._, to preserve one’s self, to guard against, to

keep off. _Se — d’une maladie_; to stall off a disease.

=présidence=, _n.f._, presidency, chairmanship.

=président=, _n.m._, president, chairman; presiding judge; speaker (of

the House of Commons). _— d’âge_; president by seniority.

=présidente=, _n.f._, lady president; president’s wife.

=présider=, _v.a._, to preside, to preside (over), to be president (of),

to be chairman (of). _— une réunion_; to preside over a meeting.

=présider=, _v.n._, to preside, to be president _or_ chairman; to be in

the chair; to direct. _— à une assemblée_; to preside over an assembly.

_— à la direction d’un ouvrage_; to have the management of a work.

=présides=, _n.m.pl._, Spanish penal colonies.

=présompti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, presumptive, apparent, presumed (of heirs).

_Héritier —_; heir-apparent.

=présomption=, _n.f._, presumption, presumptuousness, self-conceit.

=présomptueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, presumptuously.

=présomptueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, _n._, presumptuous, presuming,

self-conceited. _Jeune —!_ presumptuous youth!

=presque=, _adv._, almost, nearly, all but. _Un ouvrage — achevé_; a work

nearly finished. _Je ne l’ai — pas vu_; I scarcely saw him at all. _—

jamais_; hardly ever. _— plus de_; scarcely any left. _— rien_; hardly

anything.

=presqu’île=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) peninsula.

☉=presqu’ombre=, _n.f._ _V._ =pénombre=.

=pressage=, _n.m._, pressing.

=pressamment= (-sa-mān), _adv._, pressingly, earnestly, urgently.

=pressant=, =-e=, _adj._, pressing, urgent, earnest, importunate,

vigorous; acute (of pain).

=presse=, _n.f._, press (newspapers, machine); printing-press,

haste, hurry; pressure, crowd, throng; impress (forcing men into the

service); press-gang; urgency; (bot.) a clingstone peach. _— à copier_;

copying-machine. _— d’imprimerie_; printing-press. _— à satiner_;

hot-press, cold-press. _Fendre la —_; to force one’s way through the

crowd. _Cet ouvrage est sous —_; this work is in the press. _Mettre sous

—_; to send to press, to go to press. _Il n’y a pas de —_; there’s no

hurry. _Il n’y a pas —_; there’s no crowd.

=pressé=, =-e=, _adj._, in haste, in a hurry; urgent, immediate; eager,

anxious, very busy; close, serried, thick; condensed, brief, concise.

_Vous êtes bien —_; you are in a great hurry. _Cela n’est pas —_; there’s

no hurry for that. _Je suis très —_; I am very busy.

=pressée=, _n.f._, pressful; pressing, pressure.

=pressement=, _n.m._, pressing, compression.

=pressément=, _adv._, (l.u.) hurriedly, hastily.

=pressentiment=, _n.m._, presentiment, misgiving, foreboding.

=pressentir=, _v.a._, to have a presentiment of; to foresee, to

anticipate; to ascertain the intentions of; to sound. _— quelqu’un_; to

sound any one. _Il faut le —_; we must sound him. _Se —_; to be foreseen.

=presse-papiers=, _n.m._, (_—_) paper-weight.

=presser=, _v.a._, to press, to squeeze, to clasp; to pull (trigger);

to crowd, to throng; to hasten, to hurry; to urge, to be pressing with,

to importune; to be hard upon; to exaggerate; to impress (sailors). _—

une éponge_; to squeeze a sponge. _On pressa si fort les ennemis_; they

pressed so hard upon the enemy. _— vivement un siège_; to carry on a

siege vigorously. _— une entreprise_; to push an enterprise with vigor.

_Il pressa son départ_; he hastened his departure. _— la détente_; to

pull the trigger.

_se_ =presser=, _v.r._, to press, to press close, to squeeze; to crowd;

to be in a hurry, to make haste, to hurry. _Se — de faire une chose_; to

make haste to do a thing. _Pressons-nous_; let us make haste.

=presser=, _v.n._, to be urgent; to be acute (of pain). _Rien ne presse_,

or _il n’y a rien qui presse_; there is no hurry.

=presseur=, _n.m._, presser.

=pressier=, _n.m._, (print.) pressman.

=pression=, _n.f._, pressure, pressing. _Machine à vapeur à haute —_, _à

moyenne —_, _à basse —_; steam-engine of high pressure, of mean pressure,

of low pressure.

=pressis=, _n.m._, (l.u.) gravy, juice.

=pressoir=, _n.m._, press; press-room; wine-press, cider-press;

press-house.

=pressurage=, _n.m._, (of fruit) pressing.

=pressurer=, _v.a._, to press (grapes or apples); to squeeze; to grind

down, to oppress. _— une orange_; to squeeze an orange. _— la bourse de

quelqu’un_; to drain any one’s purse. _Il ne songe qu’à vous —_; his only

thought is to drain you of money.

=pressureur=, _n.m._, presser (of fruit).

=prestance=, _n.f._, commanding appearance, bearing, carriage,

deportment; good presence.

=prestant=, _n.m._, diapason (of an organ).

=prestation=, _n.f._, taking (of an oath); prestation (payment in kind).

=preste=, _adj._, agile, nimble, quick, smart, sharp. _C’est un homme —

et habile_; he is a clever, smart fellow.

=preste=, _adv._, presto, quick, sharp.

=prestement=, _adv._, nimbly, quickly.

=prestesse=, _adv._, agility, quickness, nimbleness.

=prestidigitateur=, _n.m._, conjurer, juggler.

=prestidigitation=, _n.f._, jugglery, legerdemain.

=prestige=, _n.m._, enchantment, fascination; deception, illusion; magic

spell; prestige.

=prestigieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, enchanting, bewitching, illusive.

=prestimonie=, _n.f._, (canon law) prestimony.

=presto=, _adv._, (mus.) presto.

=prestolet=, _n.m._, priestling.

=présumable=, _adj._, presumable, supposable.

=présumé=, _part._ _adj._, presumed, supposed, conjectured, reputed.

=présumer=, _v.a._, to presume, to conjecture, to suppose. _— trop de

quelqu’un_; to presume too much upon any one. _— trop de soi_; to be too

assuming. _Il est à —_; it is to be supposed.

=présupposer= (-su-pô-zé), _v.a._, to presuppose.

=présupposition=, _n.m._, presupposition.

=présure=, _n.f._, rennet (for curdling milk).

=prêt=, _n.m._, loan; (milit.) advance-pay.

=prêt=, =-e=, _adj._, ready, in readiness, prepared, willing. _Tenir —_;

to keep ready. _Tenez-vous — à partir_; be ready to start.

=prêtable=, _adj._, lendable.

=pretantaine=, _n.f._ _Courir la —_; to gad about.

=prêté=, =-e=, _part._, lent.

=prêté=, _n.m._, (l.u.) thing lent. _C’est un — rendu_; it is but tit for

tat.

=prétendant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, claimant, candidate; suitor, wooer;

pretender (to the throne).

=prétendre=, _v.a._, to claim, to lay claim to, to pretend to. _Que

prétendent ces misérables?_ what do these wretches lay claim to, _or_

mean?

=prétendre=, _v.n._, to lay claim to; to pretend, to mean; to maintain.

_Je prétends que mon droit est incontestable_; I maintain that my claim

is incontestable. _Je prétends vous traiter comme mon propre fils_

(Racine); I mean (intend) to treat you as my own son.

=prétendu=, =-e=, _adj._, pretended, feigned, sham, so-called; said to

be, would be. _C’est un — bel esprit_; he is a would-be wit.

=prétendu=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, intended, future husband, future wife.

_Voilà mon —_; that is my intended.

=prête-nom=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) one that lends his name to another; dummy.

=pretentaine=, _n.f._ _V._ =pretantaine=.

=prétentieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, assuming, pretentious, affected, stilted

(of style).

=prétention=, _n.f._, pretension, claim, intention, wish, expectation.

_Venir à bout de ses —s_; to make good one’s claims. _Sa — est mal

fondée_; his demand is groundless. _Il a des —s à l’esprit_; he thinks he

is, _or_ claims to be, witty. _C’est un homme sans —s_; he is a man of no

pretensions. _Se désister d’une —_; to relinquish a claim.

=prêter=, _v.a._, to lend, to impart, to give rise to, to attribute, to

ascribe, to father; to take (oath). _— de l’argent à intérêt_; to lend

money on interest. _— secours_; to lend a helping hand. _— main-forte

à quelqu’un_; to assist any one, to come to any one’s assistance. _—

l’oreille_; to give ear (to), to listen. _— serment_; to take the oath.

_— foi et hommage_; to take an oath of allegiance. _— le collet à

quelqu’un_; to try one’s strength with any one. _— le flanc_; to expose

one’s self. _— à la petite semaine_; to make short loans at a high rate

of interest.

_se_ =prêter=, _v.r._, to give way (to); to lend one’s self, _or_ itself

(to); to indulge; to humor; to countenance, to favor.

=prêter=, _v.n._, to lend; to give a hold to; to afford matter for; to

stretch (of a thing). _Ce cuir-là prête comme un gant_; that leather

stretches like a glove. _Donner un prêté pour un rendu_; to give a Roland

for an Oliver.

=prêter=, _n.m._, loan. _C’est un — à ne jamais rendre_; it is a loan

never to be repaid.

=prétérit= (-rit), _n.m._, (gram.) preterit.

=prétérition=, _n.f._, (rhet.) preterition; pretermission.

=prétermission=, _n.f._ _V._ =prétérition=.

=prêteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lender. _— sur gages_; pawnbroker.

_adj._, given to lending, of a lending disposition.

=préteur=, _n.m._, (antiq.) pretor, prætor.

=prétexte=, _n.m._, pretext, pretense; plea. _— spécieux_; plausible

pretense. _Faux —_; false pretense. _Sous — de le secourir_; under

pretense of assisting him.

=prétexte=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, (Rom. antiq.) prætexta, tunic.

=prétexter=, _v.a._, to pretend, to feign, to affect, to sham; to allege,

to plead.

=pretintaille=, _n.f._, furbelow; (fig.) accessory, appendage, incidental

profit.

=pretintailler=, _v.a._, to tinsel, to trim (a dress).

=prétoire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) pretorium.

=prétorien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (antiq.) pretorian.

=prétorien=, _n.m._, (antiq.) pretorian guard.

*=prêtraille=, _n.f._, (b.s.) priesthood; parsons.

=prêtre=, _n.m._, priest, clergyman; parson. _Il s’est fait —_; he has

taken orders. _— habitué_; an unpaid supernumerary priest. _Grand —_;

high priest.

=prêtresse=, _n.f._, priestess.

=prêtrise=, _n.f._, priesthood.

=préture=, _n.f._, pretorship.

=preuve=, _n.f._, proof, evidence, testimony, token, mark; (com.)

proof-sample; proof (of spirits). _En venir à la —_; to come to the

proof. _Faire — de noblesse_; to give proof of nobility; to uphold the

honor of one’s house. _Il a fait ses —s_; he has given proofs of his

capacity. _Faire — de courage_; to show, _or_ approve, one’s self a

man of courage. _Servir de —_; to serve as a proof. _—s induites des

circonstances_; (jur.) circumstantial evidence.

=preux=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, valiant knight, gallant knight; worthy;

gallant, doughty, valiant, stout, worthy.

=prévaloir=, _v.n._, to prevail, to stand. _La faveur prévaut souvent sur

le mérite_; favor frequently prevails over merit.

_se_ =prévaloir=, _v.r._, to take advantage, to avail one’s self; to

boast of, to pride one’s self upon; to glory in. _Se — de sa naissance_;

to take advantage of, _or_ to glory in, one’s birth.

=prévaricateur=, _n.m._, prevaricator; betrayer of any one’s trust.

=prévaricat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, prevaricating.

=prévarication=, _n.f._, prevarication; breach of trust.

=prévariquer=, _v.n._, to prevaricate, to betray one’s trust.

=prévenance= (pré-vnans), _n.f._, kindness, kind attention.

=prévenant=, =-e=, _adj._, prepossessing; engaging; ready to oblige,

attentive, obliging, kind. _Il a un air —_; he has a prepossessing look.

=prévenir= (pré-vnir), _v.a._, to go before, to precede, to come before,

to be beforehand with, to get the start of, to anticipate; to forestall;

to prevent, to hinder; to prepossess, to prejudice; to predispose, to

bias, to inform, to warn; to caution, to give notice; to let know. _— le

mal_; to prevent evil. _— les objections_; to forestall objections. _—

les besoins de quelqu’un_; to anticipate any one’s wants. _Il m’a fait

— de son arrivée_; he sent to tell me of his arrival. _On vous en avait

prévenu_; you had had information of it _or_ you had been informed of it.

_se_ =prévenir=, _v.r._, to be prepossessed; to be prejudiced, to

anticipate each other. _Se — en faveur de quelqu’un_; to take a liking to

any one.

=préventi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preventive.

=prévention=, _n.f._, prepossession, prejudice, bias; suspicion,

presumption; prevention; accusation; (jur.) prosecution; (jur.)

commitment. _Donner des —s contre soi_; to raise prejudices against one’s

self. _Vaincre les —s de quelqu’un_; to overcome any one’s prejudices.

_Etat de —_; (jur.) commitment. _Être en état de —_; (jur.) to be

committed for trial.

=préventivement=, _adv._, by way of prevention; (jur.) while awaiting

trial, on suspicion.

=prévenu=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) prisoner (before trial), the

accused, the prisoner (at the bar).

=prévision=, _n.f._, prevision; forecast; foreknowledge; conjecture.

=prévoir=, _v.a._, to foresee; to conjecture; to expect, to anticipate,

to provide (for _or_ against); to meet. _Il faut tout —_; we must provide

against everything, against all eventualities.

=prévôt=, _n.m._, provost; (nav.) marshal. _Grand —_, _grand —

de l’armée_; (milit.) provost-marshal. _— de salle d’armes_;

fencing-master’s assistant. _— des marchands_; (old) mayor of Paris.

=prévôtal=, =-e=, _adj._, relating, pertaining to a provost.

=prévôtalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, by a provost-court.

=prévôté=, _n.f._, provostship.

=prévoyance=, _n.f._, foresight, forethought, prudence, caution. _Rien

n’échappe à sa —_; nothing escapes his foresight.

=prévoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, provident, prudent, careful, cautious.

=priapée=, _n.f._, obscene picture; obscene poem.

=priapisme=, _n.m._, (med.) priapism.

=prié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person invited, guest.

=prie-dieu=, _n.m._, (_—_) praying-desk; devotion-chair; faldstool.

=prier=, _v.a._ and _n._, to pray; to entreat, to beseech, to call upon,

to beg (of), to implore, to supplicate, to request; to invite, to bid.

_— quelqu’un d’une grâce_; to request a favor of any one. _Il m’a prié

de l’accompagner_; he begged of me to accompany him. _On m’a prié de le

faire_; I have been requested to do it. _Je vous en prie_; I beg of you.

_— à dîner_; to invite to dinner. _— de dîner_; to press any one to stay

to dinner. _Se faire —_ or _aimer à se faire —_; to require pressing.

=prière=, _n.f._, prayer, suit, request, entreaty, desire, invitation;

petition. _Instante —_; earnest prayer. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to

make a request to any one. _Être en —_; to be at prayers. _Faire une

chose à la — de quelqu’un_; to do a thing at any one’s request, at any

one’s entreaty. _Dire ses —s_, _faire sa —_, _faire ses —s_; to say one’s

prayers. _— de faire renvoyer la lettre!_ will you kindly send back the

letter!

=prieur=, _n.m._, prior (superior of a convent).

=prieure=, _n.f._, prioress.

=prieuré=, _n.m._, priory.

=prima donna=, _n.f._, (_prime donne_) the chief singer (in an opera).

=primage=, _n.m._, (com.) primage (allowance paid to the captain of a

ship).

=primaire=, _adj._, primary. _Ecole —_; elementary school.

=primat=, _n.m._, primate, metropolitan.

=primatial=, =-e= (-ci-al), _adj._, primatial, primatical.

=primatie= (-ma-cî), _n.f._, primacy, primateship.

=primauté=, _n.f._, primacy, supremacy, priority; preeminence; the lead

(at cards, dice). _Gagner quelqu’un de —_; to anticipate any one, to be

beforehand with any one.

=prime=, _adj._, (alg.) accented. _b’_, _b —_; b’, b accented.

=prime=, _n.f._, premium, bounty; bonus, prize; (c.rel.) prime (first

canonical hour succeeding lauds); (fenc.) prime; primero (card game);

(com.) prime wool; (jewelry) pebble; (exchange language) agio; (customs)

drawback. _A —_; at a premium. _Réponse des —s_; (com.) option.

_de_ =prime abord=, _adv._, at first.

_de_ =prime face=, _adv._, at first, _prima facie_.

=primer=, _v.n._, to play first, to lead (at play); to take the lead, to

beat, to override, to excel, to surpass; to go before everything. _Il

prime en tout_; he excels in everything. _Les affaires priment tout_;

business before everything else.

=primer=, _v.a._, to surpass, to excel; to go before everything; to give

a prize (at an agricultural show). _Il prime tous les autres_; he excels

all the others.

=de prime-saut=, _adv._, suddenly; off-hand, spontaneously; all at once,

at the first effort.

=prime-sauti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, quick (of thought), ready-witted;

impulsive, off-handed; thoughtless, inconsiderate, heedless. _Les

Français ont, en général, l’esprit —_; the French are, in general,

ready-witted.

=primeur=, _n.f._, first of the season (of vegetables, fruit, flowers,

wine); early fruit; early vegetables; early flower; early sentiment,

first love; freshness, bloom; earliest communication. _Les fruits sont

chers dans la —_; fruit is dear in the early part of the season, fruit is

dear when it first comes in. _Certains vins ne sont pas bons dans la —_;

certain wines are not good when they are new. _Servir à table un plat de

—s_; to serve up a dish of early vegetables. _Je vous en donnerai la —_;

you will be the first to get the news.

=primevère=, _n.f._, primrose, cowslip, oxlip.

=primicériat=, _n.m._, dignity, office of primicerius, dean (in some

churches).

=primicier=, _n.m._, local dean.

=primidi=, _n.m._, Primidi (first day of the decade in the calendar of

the first French republic).

=primipare=, _adj._, primiparous.

=primiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, primitive, primeval, primogenial, original;

native, aboriginal; (gram.) primitive, original.

=primitif=, _n.m._, (gram.) primitive.

=primitivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, primitively, originally.

=primitivité=, _n.f._, primitiveness.