=subversion= (-vèr-), _n.f._, subversion, ruin, overthrow, destruction.

=subvertir= (-vèr-), _v.a._, to subvert, to destroy, to overthrow, to

ruin.

=suc=, _n.m._, juice, essence, quintessence. _— gastrique_; gastric juice.

=succédané=, _n.m._, (med.) succedaneum, substitute.

=succédané=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) succedaneous.

=succéder=, _v.n._, to succeed, to follow; to inherit. _La nuit succède

au jour_; night follows day. _— à quelqu’un_; to succeed any one. _— à

un royaume_; to succeed to a kingdom. _Tout lui succède_; he, she, is

successful in everything.

_se_ =succéder=, _v.r._, to succeed one another, to follow one another.

=succès=, _n.m._, success. _— de circonstance_; accidental success. _—

d’estime_; indifferent success.

=successeur= (suk-sè-), _n.m._, successor.

=successibilité= (suk-sè-), _n.f._, (jur.) right of succession.

=successible= (suk-sè-), _adj._, (jur.) heritable, capable of inheriting.

=successi-f=, =-ve= (suk-sè-), _adj._, successive, (jur.) in succession.

=succession= (suk-sè-), _n.f._, succession, inheritance, heritage,

heirs, estate; series. _Renoncer à une —_; to give up one’s right to a

succession. _Par — de temps_; in process of time. _Droit d’administrer la

—_; (jur.) letters of administration. _Recueillir une —_; to acquire an

inheritance, to have an estate left one, to come into property. _Acte de

—_; act of settlement. _Droit de —_; right of succession; legacy-duty,

probate-duty.

=successivement= (suk-sè-siv-mān), _adv._, successively, in succession.

=succin= (suk-sīn), _n.m._, yellow amber.

=succinct=, =-e= (suk-sīn, -t), _adj._, succinct, concise, brief, short.

=succinctement= (suk-sīnt-mān), _adv._, succinctly, briefly, concisely.

=succion= (suk-si-), _n.f._, suction, sucking.

=succomber=, _v.n._, to sink under _or_ beneath, to fall; to yield, to

succumb, to be overcome, to fail, to be worsted, to get the worst of it;

to die, to perish. _— à la douleur_; to be overcome with grief. _— à la

tentation_; to yield to temptation. _— sous le faix_; to sink under the

burden.

=succube=, _n.m._, succubus.

=succulemment=, _adv._, succulently.

=succulence=, _n.f._, succulence, succulency.

=succulent=, =-e=, _adj._, succulent, juicy; nutritious, rich.

=succursale=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, (eccl.) chapel of ease, branch

establishment, auxiliary branch; branch-bank.

=succursaliste=, _n.m._, curate of a chapel of ease.

=sucement= (sus-mān), _n.m._, sucking, suck.

=sucer=, _v.a._, to suck, to suck in, to imbibe; to suck out; to suck up;

to draw, to drain. Se —; to be sucked.

=sucet=, _n.m._, (ich.) sucking-fish, sucker, remora; (orni.) common wren.

=suceur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, sucker; sucking; (zoöl.) suctorian.

=suçoir=, _n.m._, sucker; (ent.) proboscis.

=suçon=, _n.m._, spot made by sucking; sucking-mark; stick of

barley-sugar.

=suçoter=, _v.a._, to keep sucking, to suck gradually, to suck at. _— un

sucre d’orge_; to suck a stick of barley-sugar.

=sucre=, _n.m._, sugar. _— brut_; raw sugar, moist sugar, brown sugar. _—

pilé_ or _en poudre_; powdered sugar, ground sugar; sifted, _or_ castor,

sugar. _— raffiné_; refined sugar, lump sugar, loaf sugar. _— d’orge_;

barley-sugar. _Pain de —_; sugar-loaf. _— en pain_; loaf sugar. _Être

tout — et tout miel_; to be all honey.

=sucré=, =-e=, _part._, sugared, sweet, sugary, luscious; (fig.) demure,

prim, honeyed, bland. _Air —_; prim air. _Eau —e_; sugar and water.

=sucrer=, _v.a._, to sugar, to sweeten, to put sugar in. _Se —_; to put

sugar in (one’s tea or coffee). _Sucrez-vous_; take some sugar.

=sucrerie=, _n.f._, sugar-house, sugar-works, sugar-refinery; sweetmeat;

confectionery; sweets.

=sucrier=, _n.m._, sugar-bowl, sugar-basin; sugar-maker.

=sucr-ier=, =-ière=, _adj._, sugar, of sugar. _Industrie —ère_;

sugar-trade.

=sucrin=, _adj._, sugary (melons).

=sud= (sud), _n.m._, South; south wind. _Du —_; southern. _Vers le —_;

southward. —-est; south-east. _Au —_; southward. _Courir au —_; to steer

a southerly course.

=sud=, _adj._, south, southerly (of the wind).

=sudation=, _n.f._, (med.) sudation, sweating.

=sudatoire=, _adj._, sudatory.

=sudiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Southerner (American politics).

=sudorifère=, _adj._, (med.) sudoriferous.

=sudorifique=, _n.m._, and _adj._, (med.) sudorific.

=sudoripare=, _adj._, sudoriparous.

=sud-ouest= (sud-ooèst), _n.m._, south-west.

=suédois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Swede; Swedish. _A la —e_; Swedish

fashion.

=suée=, _n.f._, sweating; (fam., pop.) sudden fright, sudden fear.

=suer=, _v.n._, to sweat, to be in a sweat, to perspire; to toil, to

drudge, to ooze, to ooze out; to sputter; to become damp (of walls). _—

à grosses gouttes_; to perspire profusely. _Faire — le tabac_; to heat

tobacco. _Faire —_; (fig.) to try any one’s patience; to sicken any one.

=suer=, _v.a._, to sweat. _— sang et eau_; to toil and moil, to strain

every nerve.

=suerie= (sû-rî), _n.f._, drying-place (for tobacco).

=suette=, _n.f._, sweating sickness. _— miliaire_; miliary fever.

=sueur=, _n.f._, sweat, perspiration; sweating. _pl._, labor, toil,

pains. _— rentrée_; (med.) suppressed perspiration. _À la — de_; by the

sweat of.

=suffire= (suffisant, suffi), _v.n._, to suffice, to be sufficient, to be

enough; to be adequate, to be equal to. _Le peu que j’ai me suffit_; the

little I have is sufficient for, _or_ suffices, me. _Qu’il vous suffise

que_; let it suffice you that. _Il suffit que vous le disiez pour que je

le croie_; your saying so is sufficient for me to believe it. _On ne peut

pas — à tout_; it is impossible to provide for everything, to attend to

everything, to guard against everything. _Suffit_, _cela suffit!_; enough,

that’s enough, no more! _À chaque jour suffit sa peine_; sufficient for

the day is the evil thereof.

_se_ =suffire=, _v.r._, to support one’s self, to keep one’s self, to

provide for one’s self; to find resources in one’s self.

=suffisamment= (-za-mān), _adv._, sufficiently, enough.

=suffisance=, _n.f._, sufficiency, competency, adequacy; ☉ability;

conceit, pride, presumption; self-sufficiency, bumptiousness. _Avoir — de

vivres_; to have provisions enough. _À —_, _en —_; sufficiently, enough.

_Un air de —_; a self-conceited air.

=suffisant=, =-e=, _adj._, sufficient, enough; consequential, conceited,

self-sufficient, stuck up.

=suffisant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, self-conceited person, bumptious,

stuck-up person.

=suffixe=, _n.m._, (gram.) suffix.

=suffocant=, =-e=, _adj._, suffocating, choking, stifling.

=suffocation=, _n.f._, suffocation, choking, stifling.

=suffoquer=, _v.a._, to suffocate, to stifle, to choke.

=suffoquer=, _v.n._, to suffocate, to stifle, to choke. _— de rage_, _de

colère_; to be choking with rage, with anger.

=suffragant=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, suffragan.

=suffrage=, _n.m._, suffrage, vote; approbation, commendation, support.

_— universel_; manhood suffrage.

=suffumigation=, _n.f._, (med.) suffumigation.

=suffusion=, _n.f._, (med.) suffusion.

=suggérer= (sug-jé-), _v.a._, to suggest, to hint, to intimate. _Se —_;

to be suggested.

=suggestion= (sug-jès-ti-on), _n.f._, (b.s.) suggestion, hint,

instigation, intimation; inspiration.

=suicide=, _n.m._, suicide, self-murder; self-destruction; (pers.)

suicide, self-murderer; (jur.) (pers.) felo de se.

=suicidé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, self-murderer, suicide.

_se_ =suicider=, _v.r._, to commit suicide, to make away with one’s self.

=suie=, _n.f._, soot.

=suif=, _n.m._, tallow; candle-grease; (nav.) coat, stuff. _Donner un —

à quelqu’un_; (pop.) to blow up any one, to give a good blowing up to.

_Donner un — à un vaisseau_; (nav.) to pay a ship. _Pain de —_; crackling.

=suifer=, _v.a._, to tallow; (nav.) to pay a ship.

=suifeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tallowy, greasy.

=sui generis=, _adj._, sui generis, of its own particular kind.

=suint=, _n.m._, grease; yolk (of wool).

=suintement= (suint-mān), _n.m._, oozing, ooze, sweating, leaking.

=suinter=, _v.n._, to ooze, to leak, to run.

=suisse=, _n.m._, Swiss; head porter (of a mansion); beadle (of a

church); (mam.) ground squirrel.

=suissesse=, _n.f._, Swiss woman.

=suite=, _n.f._, rest; retinue, train, attendance, attendants; sequel;

continuation; series, succession; connection, order; set; consequence,

result, progress, course; consistency, coherence. _À la —_; after,

behind; (mil.) on half-pay, honorary. _Dans la —_; eventually,

afterwards. _— de médailles_; set of medals. _Cela peut avoir de

fâcheuses —s_; that may be attended with disagreeable consequences.

_Sans —_; unconnected; unattended. _N’avoir pas de —s_; to have no bad

consequences; to have no coherence; to have no relatives; not to be

followed up. _N’avoir pas d’esprit de —_; not to be consistent; to keep

at nothing long. _Donner — à_; to follow up, to carry out, to proceed

with. _Propos sans —_; desultory talk. _Faire — à_; to be a continuation

of, to follow. _De —_; one after another, consecutively, following. _Tout

de —_; immediately, at once. _Et ainsi de —_; and so forth, and so on.

_La — au prochain numéro_; to be continued (of stories).

=suivant=, _prep._, according to, agreeably to; in the opinion of, in

pursuance of, conformably to.

=suivant que=, _conj._, as, according as.

=suivant=, =-e=, _adj._, next, following, succeeding, subsequent, ensuing.

=suivant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, follower, attendant; near relation.

_—e_; waiting-maid; lady’s maid; (thea.) chambermaid.

=suiver=, _v.a._, to tallow. _V._ =suifer=.

=suivi=, =-e=, _part._, followed; connected; consistent, coherent,

regular; constant, sought after, popular. _Discours bien —_; coherent

discourse.

=suivre= (suivant, suivi), _v.a._, to follow, to go after, to come

after, to go next, to be next, to come next; to pursue; to attend, to go

with, to accompany; to attend; to follow; to observe; (nav.) to hug (the

coast); to give way to, to indulge. _— de près_, _— de loin_; to follow

close, to follow at a distance. _— son chemin_; to go one’s way. _— le

barreau_; to follow the profession of the law. _— la mode_; to follow

the fashion. _— sa pointe_; to pursue one’s end. _Faire —_; to have (a

person) followed; to send on, to be forwarded (of letters, etc.); (com.)

to charge forward.

_se_ =suivre=, _v.r._, to follow each other, to succeed each other; to be

connected, to be continuous.

=suivre=, _v.n._, to follow, to go after, to come after; to pay

attention; to attend, to result, to ensue. _Faites —_; (print.) run on.

_À —_; (of articles or stories) to be continued.

=sujet=, =-te=, _n._ and _adj._, subject (to); subjected, amenable (to),

liable (to), exposed (to); apt (to), addicted (to), inclined (to). _—

aux lois_; amenable to the laws. _— à caution_; not to be trusted, not

trustworthy, suspicious, not to be relied upon. _Être — à l’heure_; to be

tied to time.

=sujet=, =-te=, _n.m.f._, subject; person, individual; cause, reason;

matter, motive, occasion, ground, account; theme, argument, topic;

(hort.) stock. _J’ai — de me plaindre_; I have reason to complain.

_S’éloigner de son —_; to wander from one’s subject. _Mauvais —_;

worthless fellow, scamp, bad lot. _Petit mauvais —_; little rascal (of

children).

=sujétion=, _n.f._, subjection, dependence, constraint.

=sulfate=, _n.m._, (chem.) sulphate.

=sulfaté=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) sulphatic, sulphated.

=sulfhydrate=, _n.m._, (chem.) hydrosulphate.

=sulfhydrique=, _adj._, (chem.) hydrosulphuric.

=sulfite=, _n.m._, (chem.) sulphite.

=sulfuration=, _n.f._, (chem.) sulphuration.

=sulfure=, _n.m._, (chem.) sulphuret.

=sulfuré=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) sulphureted.

=sulfureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sulphurous, sulphureous, sulphury.

=sulfurique=, _adj._, (chem.) sulphuric.

=sultan=, _n.m._, sultan; scent-satchel, scent-basket.

=sultanat=, _n.m._, sultanate.

=sultane=, _n.f._, sultana, sultaness; Turkish man-of-war.

=sultanin=, _n.m._, sultanin (Turkish coin).

=sumac=, _n.m._, sumac-tree; sumac.

=sund= (=le=), _n.m._, The Sound (between Denmark and Sweden).

=sunnite=, _n.m._ _V._ =schiite=.

=super= (su-pé), _v.n._, (nav.) to be stopped up.

=superbe= (-pèrb), _n.m._ and _adj._, (Bibl.) proud, haughty man; proud,

arrogant; superb, splendid; gorgeous, stately; lofty; supercilious,

vainglorious. _Dieu résiste au —_; God resisteth the proud. _Un —

tableau_; a splendid painting. _Un dîner —_; a splendid dinner. _Meubles

—s_; gorgeous furniture.

=superbe= (-pèrb), _n.f._, arrogance, haughtiness, vainglory.

=superbement= (-pèr-), _adv._, proudly, arrogantly; sumptuously,

splendidly; loftily.

=supercherie= (-pèr-), _n.f._, deceit, fraud, trickery.

=superfétation= (-pèr-), _n.f._, superfetation; superfluity.

=superficie= (-pèr-), _n.f._, superficies, surface; area.

=superficiel=, =-le= (-pèr-), _adj._, superficial, shallow.

=superficiellement= (su-pèr-fi-si-èl-mān), _adv._, superficially.

=superfin=, =-e= (-pèr-), _adj._, superfine.

=superfin= (-pèr-), _n.m._, superfine quality, superfluity, excess.

=superflu=, =-e= (-pèr-), _adj._, superfluous, exuberant, needless,

unnecessary.

=superflu= (-pèr-), _n.m._, superfluity, excess.

=superfluité= (-pèr-), _n.f._, superfluity.

=supérieur=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, superior, upper, higher. _Les classes

—es_; the higher classes. _Être — aux événements_; to rise superior to

events.

=supérieurement= (-eur-mān), _adv._, in a superior manner, in a superior

degree, superlatively well, uncommonly well, capitally.

=supériorité=, _n.f._, superiority.

=superlati-f=, =-ve= (-pèr-), _adj._, (gram.) superlative.

=superlatif= (-pèr-), _n.m._, superlative. _Au —_; superlatively; (gram.)

in the superlative, superlatively. _Cet homme est bête au —_; that man is

stupid to a degree.

=superlativement= (su-pèr-la-tiv-mān), _adv._, superlatively.

=superposer= (-pèr-), _v.a._, to superpose, to add. _Se —_; to add itself.

=superposition= (-pèr-), _n.f._, superposition.

=superpurgation= (-pèr-), _n.f._, superpurgation.

=superséder= (-pèr-), _v.n._, (jur.) to postpone, to put off.

=superstitieusement= (su-pèrs-ti-si-eûz-mān), _adv._, superstitiously.

=superstitieu-x=, =-se= (-pèrs-ti-si-), _adj._, superstitious; overnice.

=superstition= (-pèrs-ti-si-), _n.f._, superstition; overnicety.

=superstructure= (-pèr-), _n.f._, superstructure.

=supersubstantiel=, =-le= (-pèr-), _adj._, supersubstantial.

=supin=, _n.m._, (gram.) supine.

=supinateur=, _n.m._, (anat.) supinator.

=supination=, _n.f._, supination.

=supplantation=, _n.f._, supplantation.

=supplanter=, _v.a._, to supplant; to oust.

=suppléance=, _n.f._, substitution, assistantship.

=suppléant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, substitute, assistant, deputy. _Juge

—_; assistant judge.

=suppléer=, _v.a._, to supply, to fill up, to make up (what is

deficient); to take the place of.

=suppléer=, _v.n._, to make up the deficiency; to supply the place. _La

valeur supplée au nombre_; valor makes up for deficiency of numbers.

=supplément=, _n.m._, supplement, addition; additional price, extra.

=supplémentaire=, _adj._, supplementary, supplemental, additional, extra.

=suppléti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, suppletory, completing.

=suppliant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, suppliant, supplicant; beseecher,

implorer; supplicating, beseeching, entreating.

=supplication=, _n.f._, supplication, entreaty, humble petition.

=supplice=, _n.m._, corporal punishment; torment, pain, anguish. _Être au

—_; to be upon the rack, to be on thorns; to be in great pain. _Dernier

—_; capital punishment.

=supplicié=, _n.m._, criminal executed.

=supplicier=, _v.a._, to put to death, to execute.

=supplier=, _v.a._, to beseech, to entreat, to supplicate.

=supplique=, _n.f._, petition, request, supplication, prayer, entreaty.

=support=, _n.m._, support, prop; assistance; rest, stand, bracket;

fulcrum; (carp.) strut; (her.) supporter; (arch.) pillar.

=supportable=, _adj._, supportable, bearable, tolerable.

=supportablement=, _adv._, tolerably, bearably.

=supporter=, _v.a._, to support, to sustain, to uphold; to endure; to

suffer, to tolerate, to bear with, to put up with, to stand.

_se_ =supporter=, _v.r._, to be supported; to be borne; to be suffered;

to bear with one another.

=supposable=, _adj._, supposable.

=supposé=, =-e=, _part._, supposed; supposititious, pretended,

counterfeit, putative; reputed. _— qu’il y consente_; suppose, _or_

supposing, he consents to it.

=supposer=, _v.a._, to suppose, to grant, to infer, to imply, to forge,

to feign; to conjecture. _— un testament_; to forge a will. _— un

enfant_; to substitute a child, to palm off a child (upon).

=suppositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, suppositive.

=supposition=, _n.f._, supposition, forgery; substitution. _— d’enfant_;

palming off of a child.

=suppositoire=, _n.m._, (med.) suppository.

=suppôt=, _n.m._, agent, instrument, tool; (b.s.) abettor; imp (of the

devil).

=suppressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, suppressive.

=suppression=, _n.f._, suppression, concealment.

=supprimer=, _v.a._, to suppress, to pass over in silence; to put down,

to abolish, to take off, to omit, to cut off _or_ down, to cancel. _— des

impôts_; to take off taxes. _— une loi_; to abolish a law. _Se —_; to be

suppressed.

=suppurati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) suppurative.

=suppuratif=, _n.m._, (med.) suppurative.

=suppuration=, _n.f._, suppuration.

=suppurer=, _v.n._, to suppurate.

=supputation=, _n.f._, computation, calculation, supputation, reckoning.

=supputer=, _v.a._, to calculate, to compute, to reckon, to suppute.

=suprématie= (-ci), _n.f._, supremacy.

=suprême=, _adj._, supreme, highest, last. _A l’heure —_; at the last

hour (death).

=suprêmement=, _adv._, supremely.

=sur=, _prep._, upon, on, over; by; in; about; towards; above; on account

of, respecting, concerning; out of. _Compter —_; to rely on, to make sure

of. _— un vaisseau_; on board a ship. _Il l’a mis — son testament_; he

has put him in his will. _N’avoir pas d’argent — soi_; to have no money

about one. _— le soir_; towards evening. _— la brune_; about dusk. _— la

fin de la semaine_; towards the end of the week. _— ma parole_; upon my

word. _Il s’excusa — son âge_; he excused himself on account of his age.

_Il prend trop — lui_; he undertakes too much or he presumes too much.

_—-le-champ_; immediately. _— ces entrefaites_; in the meantime. _Dix —

quinze_; ten out of fifteen. _— toute chose_, _— toutes choses_; above

all, above all things. _— le tout_; upon the whole; (her.) over all.

_Donner —_; to look out upon. _Six pieds — deux_; six feet by two.

=sur=, =-e=, _adj._, sour.

=sûr=, =-e=, _adj._, sure, certain; safe, secure; firm, steady, unerring,

trustworthy. _Je suis — de vous_; I can depend on you. _Il est — de

son fait_; he is sure of success, or his doom is sealed. _Les chemins

sont —s_; the roads are safe. _Le temps n’est pas —_; the weather is

uncertain. _Il est en lieu —_; he is in a place of safety, he is out of

harm’s way. _C’est un ami —_; he is a trusty friend. _Ce port est —_;

this port is safe. _À coup —_, _pour —_; surely, for certain, positively,

for sure. _— comme père et mère_; as sure as a gun. _— et certain_;

positive. _Peu —_; unsafe. _Pour le plus —_; to be on the safe side.

=sûr=, _adv._, surely, certainly, assuredly.

=surabondamment= (-da-mān), _adv._, superabundantly.

=surabondance=, _n.f._, superabundance.

=surabondant=, =-e=, _adj._, superabundant.

=surabonder=, _v.n._, to superabound.

=surachat=, _n.m._, overpaying.

=suracheter= (-ash-té), _v.a._, to overpay.

=suraigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, (mus.) very high, very shrill.

=surajoutement= (-joot-mān), _n.m._, superaddition.

=surajouter=, _v.a._, to superadd.

=sural=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) sural.

=sur-aller=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to go over a track (without pointing) (of a

dog).

*=sur-andouiller=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (hunt.) sur-antler.

=surannation= (-an-na-), _n.f._, expiration.

=suranné=, =-e= (-ra-né), _part._, expired; super-annuated, grown out of

date; antiquated.

_se_ =suranner= (-ra-né), _v.r._, to be past one year’s date, to expire.

[Little used. _V._ =périmer=.]

=sur-arbitre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) umpire.

=surard=, _adj._, of elder-flower. _Vinaigre —_; elder-flower vinegar.

=surate=, _n.f._, surah (of the Koran).

=surbaissé=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) surbased, elliptical, overhanging. _Un

cintre —_; a low overhanging arch.

=surbaissement= (-bès-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) surbasement.

=surbaisser=, _v.a._, (arch.) to make elliptic.

=surbaisser=, _v.n._, to overhang.

=surbande=, _n.f._, (surg.) bandage.

=surcens= (-sans), _n.m._, (feudalism) lord’s rent.

=surcharge=, _n.f._, additional burden; overloading, overcharge; extra

weight, overplus; word written over another.

=surcharger=, _v.a._, to overload, to overburden, to overcharge, to

surcharge; to overtax, to overstock; (fig.) to overwhelm, to weigh down

(with); to oppress; to write over words. _— de travail_; to overwhelm

with work. _— d’impôts_; to overtax.

=surchauffer=, _v.a._, to overheat.

=surchauffure=, _n.f._, (metal.) overheating.

=surchoix=, _n.m._, first, _or_ prime, quality.

=surcomposé=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n.m._, (gram.) double compound.

=surcoupe=, _n.f._, trumping over.

=surcouper=, _v.a._, to trump over (at cards).

=surcroissance=, _n.f._, outgrowth, overgrowth, excrescence.

=surcroît=, _n.m._, superaddition, increase, aggravation, excess. _Pour —

de malheur_; to make it worse _or_ as a crowning misfortune. _De —_; to

boot, in addition.

=surcroître=, _v.n._, to grow out (of); to outgrow.

☉=surcroître=, _v.a._, to increase beyond measure.

=surcuire=, _v.a._, to overbake.

=surcuisson=, _n.f._, overbaking.

=surdemande=, _n.f._, immoderate demand.

=surdent=, _n.f._, irregular tooth; wolf’s tooth (of horses).

=surdité=, _n.f._, deafness.

=surdoré=, =-e=, _part._, double-gilt.

=surdorer=, _v.a._, to double-gild.

=surdos=, _n.m._, loin-strap (of a horse); porter’s pad.

=sureau=, _n.m._, elder, elder-tree.

=surélever=, _v.a._, to increase the height of; to make higher.

=surelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) wood-sorrel.

=sûrement= (sur-mān), _adv._, surely, certainly; safely, securely; to be

sure.

=suréminent=, =-e=, _adj._, supereminent.

=surémission=, _n.f._, (fin.) over-issue.

=surenchère=, _n.f._, outbidding, higher bid.

=surenchérir=, _v.n._, to outbid, to bid higher.

=surenchérisseur=, _n.m._, outbidder.

=surérogation=, _n.f._, supererogation.

=surérogatoire=, _adj._, supererogatory.

=surestarie= (-rès-), _n.f._, (nav., com.) demurrage.

=surestimation=, _n.f._, overestimate, overvaluation.

=surestimer=, _v.a._, to overestimate, to overvalue.

=suret=, =-te=, _adj._, sourish.

=sûreté= (sur-té), _n.f._, safety, surety, security; sureness, warranty.

_Être en lieu de —_; to be out of harm’s way, to be in safe keeping.

_Mettre en —_; to put in safe keeping. _Coffre de —_; iron chest.

_Service de —_; detective police. _Ronde de —_; police-round.

=surévaluation=, _n.f._, overvaluation, overestimate.

=surévaluer=, _v.a._, to overvalue, to overestimate.

=surexcitation=, _n.f._, excitement, overexcitement.

=surexciter=, _v.a._, to excite, overexcite.

=surface=, _n.f._, surface; outside; appearances.

=surfaire=, _v.a._, to overcharge, to ask too much for, to overrate, to

overpraise; to exaggerate.

=surfaix=, _n.m._, surcingle.

=surfin=, =-e=, _adj._, superfine. _n.m._, superfine quality.

=surfleurir=, _v.n._, (bot.) to blow again.

=surge=, _adj._ _Laine —_; raw, unwashed wool; wool in the yolk.

=surgeon= (-jon), _n.m._, (hort.) sucker, off-shoot; ☉descendant. ☉_—

d’eau_; natural water-jet.

=surgir=, _v.n._, to come to land, to land; to reach (port); to arise, to

spring up; to rise into notice. _— au port_; to come into port. _Faire

—_; to give rise to, to bring about, to cause.

=surgissement=, _n.m._, arising, springing up; arriving, landing.

=surglacer=, _v.a._, to cover, _or_ coat, with sugar (pastry).

=surhaussement= (-hôs-mān), _n.m._, raising; forcing up (prices).

=surhausser=, _v.a._, (arch.) to raise; to force up the price of.

=surhumain=, =-e= (-mīn, -mè-n), _adj._, superhuman.

=surier=, _n.m._, cork-tree.

=surintendance=, _n.f._, superintendence.

=surintendant=, _n.m._, superintendent, comptroller, overseer.

=surintendante=, _n.f._, superintendent’s wife; lady superintendent.

=surjalé=, _part._, (nav.) foul (of anchors).

=surjaler= _or_ =surjauler=, _v.n._, (nav.) to foul (of anchors).

=surjaler= _or_ =surjauler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to raise the anchor to clear

its stock.

=surjet=, _n.m._, (of seams) whip-stitch, overcasting.

=surjeter=, _v.a._, to whip-stitch, to overcast.

=surlendemain= (-land-min), _n.m._, next day but one; second day (after);

the day after the morrow. _Le — de son départ_; the second day after his

departure.

=surlonge=, _n.f._, chuck (of beef).

=surlouer=, _v.a._, to let (at an exorbitant rent); to let above value.

=surlunaire=, _adj._, superlunar, superlunary.

=surmener=, _v.a._, to overdrive, to override; to overwork; (fig.) to

treat badly, to deal severely with (pers.).

=surmesure=, _n.f._, over-measure.

=surmeule=, _n.f._, runner-stone (of a mill).

=surmontable=, _adj._, surmountable, superable.

=surmonter=, _v.a._, to surmount; to overcome, to conquer, to subdue; to

outdo, to surpass; to rise above (of fluids). _— sa colère_; to subdue

one’s anger.

=surmonter=, _v.n._, to rise above (of fluids).

=surmoule=, _n.m._, cast taken on one of plaster.

=surmouler=, _v.a._, to make a cast on a figure _or_ ornament.

=surmoût=, _n.m._, new wort (of wine).

=surmulet=, _n.m._, (ich.) surmullet, grey mullet.

=surmulot=, _n.m._, surmulot, Norway rat.

=surnager=, _v.n._, to float on the surface; to survive, to remain; to

hold one’s ground.

=surnaturalité=, _n.f._, (theol.) supernaturalness.

=surnaturel=, =-le=, _adj._, supernatural, preternatural.

=surnaturel=, _n.m._, supernatural.

=surnaturellement= (-rèl-mān), _adv._, supernaturally, preternaturally.

=surnom= (-non), _n.m._, surname, cognomen.

=surnommer=, _v.a._, to surname.

=surnuméraire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, supernumerary.

=surnumérariat=, _n.m._, supernumerary time.

=suron=, _n.m._, seroon; (bot.) earth-nut.

=suros= (-rô), _n.m._, (vet.) splint.

=suroxydation=, _n.f._, (chem.) peroxidizing, superoxidation.

=suroxyde=, _n.m._, (chem.) peroxide.

=suroxyder=, _v.a._, (chem.) to peroxidize.

=suroxygéné=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) overcharged with oxygen.

=suroxygéner=, _v.a._, to overcharge with oxygen; to superoxygenate.

=surpasser=, _v.a._, to surpass, to exceed, to go beyond, to excel, to

surmount, to outdo; to astonish, to be taller than. _Il me surpasse de

trois pouces_; he is taller than I am by three inches.

=surpaye=, _n.f._, extra pay, additional pay; (mil.) batta.

=surpayer=, _v.a._, to overpay.

=surpeau=, _n.f._, (l.u.) epidermis. _V._ =épiderme=.

=surplis=, _n.m._, surplice.

=surplomb= (-plon), _n.m._, overhanging (of buildings). _Être en —_; to

overhang. _En —_; overhanging.

=surplomber=, _v.n._, to hang over, to overhang.

=surplus=, _n.m._, surplus, surplusage, overplus, remainder, rest,

difference. _Au —_; besides, moreover, in addition to which.

=surpoids=, _n.m._, overweight.

=surprenant=, =-e=, _adj._, surprising, astonishing.

=surprendre=, _v.a._, to surprise, to take by surprise, to overtake; to

deceive, to catch, to overhear; to entrap, to overreach, to intercept; to

astonish, to amaze. _— une ville_; to take a town by surprise. _La nuit

nous surprit_; night overtook us. _La pluie me surprit_; I was caught in

the rain.

_se_ =surprendre=, _v.r._, to surprise one’s self; to catch one’s self.

=surprise=, _n.f._, surprise; amazement; deceit, deception; surprise-box.

_Ménager une — à quelqu’un_; to prepare a surprise for any one. _Revenir

de sa —_; to recover from one’s surprise.

=surproduction=, _n.f._, overproduction.

=surrénal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) suprarenal, surrenal.

=sursaturation=, _n.f._, supersaturation.

=sursaturer=, _v.a._, to supersaturate.

=sursaut=, _n.m._, start. _S’éveiller en —_; to start up out of one’s

sleep, to start up. _Eveiller_, or _réveiller_, _en —_; to startle any

one out of his sleep, to awake any one suddenly.

=surséance=, _n.f._, suspension.

=sursel=, _n.m._, (chem.) supersalt.

=sursemer=, _v.a._, to sow over again.

=surseoir= (sursoyant, sursis), _v.a._ and _n._, to suspend, to defer, to

delay, to postpone, to put off, to respite.

=sursis=, _n.m._, delay, respite, reprieve.

=sursolide=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (alg.) sursolid.

=surtare=, _n.f._, (com.) supertare, extra tare.

=surtaux=, _n.m._, excessive taxation, overassessment.

=surtaxe=, _n.f._, surtax, surcharge, additional tax; extra postage.

=surtaxer=, _v.a._, to overtax, to overassess.

=surtiré=, _n.m._, (com.) acceptor of a bill; drawee.

=surtout=, _adv._, above all, especially, chiefly.

=surtout=, _n.m._, light cart; épergne; centre-piece; overcoat.

=surusage=, _n.m._, (com.) clough, cloff (allowance).

*=surveillance=, _n.f._, superintendence, inspection, supervision.

*=surveillant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, inspector, overseer,

superintendent; vigilant, watchful.

*=surveille=, _n.f._ _V._ =avant-veille=.

*=surveiller=, _v.a._, to superintend, to inspect, to look after, to

watch, to have an eye upon.

=survenance=, _n.f._, (jur.) unexpected birth; unforeseen arrival.

=survenant=, =-e=, _n._, (jur.) unexpected heir; new-comer, chance guest,

chance comer.

=survendre=, _v.a._ and _n._, to overcharge.

=survenir=, _v.n._, to supervene, to come on, to take place, to happen

unexpectedly, to befall, to arise, to come unexpectedly; to drop in.

=survente=, _n.f._, overcharge.

=surventer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to blow hard, to blow a gale.

=survider=, _v.a._, to partly empty, to lighten (anything).

=survie=, _n.f._, survivorship, survival.

=survivance=, _n.f._, reversion (of offices); survivorship. _De —_;

reversionary.

=survivancier=, _n.m._, reversioner (of offices).

=survivant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, survivor; surviving.

=survivre=, _v.n._, to survive, to outlive, to outlast. _— à son père_;

to outlive one’s father. _v.a._, to get over an illness, to outlive (a

wife, children, etc.).

_se_ =survivre=, _v.r._, to live again. _Se — à soi-même_; to lose one’s

faculties, to fall into one’s dotage. _Se — dans ses enfants_, _dans ses

ouvrages_; to live again in one’s children, in one’s works.

=sus=, _prep._, (l.u.) upon, above, afore, fore. _Courir — à quelqu’un_;

to run at, to fall upon, to attack, any one. _En —_; over and above, in

addition, extra, to boot.

=sus=, _int._, on! on them! at them!

=susceptibilité=, _n.f._, susceptibility, irritability, touchiness,

irascibility.

=susceptible=, _adj._, susceptible, capable; irascible, easily offended,

oversensitive, touchy. _Elle est trop —_; she takes offense too easily

_or_ she is too touchy.

=susception=, _n.f._, taking of holy orders; (c.rel.) reception (of the

crown, of the cross).

☉=suscitation=, _n.f._, instigation, (ant.) suscitation.

=susciter=, _v.a._, to raise, to raise up, to start, to set up, to

create, to give rise to, to give birth to, to raise against, to stir up,

to rouse.

=suscription=, _n.f._, superscription, address.

=susdénommé=, =-e=, _adj._, above-mentioned.

=susdit=, =-e=, _adj._, aforesaid.

=susénoncé=, =-e=, _adj._, above-mentioned.

=susmentionné=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) above-mentioned.

=susnommé=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) above-named.

=suspect=, =-e= (-pèk, -t), _adj._, suspected, suspicious. _Cela m’est

—_; I don’t like the look of it. _Vous me seriez — pour cent raisons_;

there are a hundred reasons for my suspecting you.

=suspecter=, _v.a._, to suspect.

_se_ =suspecter=, _v.r._, to suspect one another.

=suspendre=, _v.a._, to suspend, to hang, to hang up; to stop, to delay.

_— son travail_; to lay aside one’s work, to stay, to postpone, to defer.

_se_ =suspendre=, _v.r._, to suspend one’s self.

=suspendu=, =-e=, _adj._, _part._, suspended, hung up. _Pont —_;

suspension bridge; (of carriages) on springs. _Jardins —s_; hanging

gardens. _Jetée —e_; chain-pier.

=suspens=, _adj._, (eccl.) suspended. _Prêtre —_; inhibited priest. _En

—_; in suspense; in abeyance; outstanding (of debts).

=suspense=, _n.f._, (eccl.) inhibition.

=suspenseur=, _adj._, (anat.) suspensory.

=suspensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) of suspension; (jur.) being a bar to

subsequent proceedings.

=suspension=, _n.f._, suspension, interruption, discontinuance, cessation.

=suspensoir= _or_ =suspensoire=, _n.m._, (surg.) suspensory bandage,

suspensor.

=suspente=, _n.f._, (nav.) sling (of a yard).

=suspicion=, _n.f._, (jur.) suspicion.

=sus-pied=, _n.m._, upper strap (of a spur).

=sus-relaté=, =-e=, _adj._, above mentioned.

=susseyer=, _v.n._, to lisp.

=sustentation=, _n.f._, sustentation, sustenance.

=sustenter=, _v.a._, to sustain, to support, to maintain.

_se_ =sustenter=, _v.r._, to maintain one’s self, to support one’s self.

=susurration= (su-sur-ra-), _n.f._, susurration, whispering, chirping,

buzzing, soft murmur; soughing (of the wind).

☉=susurrer= (su-sur-ré), _v.n._, to murmur softly, to whisper. _V._

=chuchoter=.

=suttee= _or_ =suttie=, _n.f._, (_—_) suttee.

=suture=, _n.f._, (anat.) suture; (bot.) seam; joint.

=suturer=, _v.n._, to suture, to join.

=suzerain=, =-e= (suz-rin, -rè-n), _n._ and _adj._, suzerain, lord

paramount; paramount, sovereign.

=suzeraineté= (suz-rè-n-té), _n.f._, suzerainty.

=svelte=, _adj._, light, slender, slim; elegant.

=sybarite=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Sybarite; Sybaritic (very particular,

fond of good living).

=sycomore=, _n.m._, (bot.) sycamore.

=sycophante=, _n.m._, sycophant, knave; rogue, impostor.

=syllabaire= (sil-la-), _n.m._, spelling-book.

=syllabe= (sil-lab), _n.f._, syllable.

=syllabique= (sil-la-), _adj._, syllabic, syllabical.

=syllabiquement= (sil-la-), _adv._, syllabically.

=syllabisation= (sil-la-), _n.f._, syllabication.

=syllabus= (sil-la-), _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) syllabus.

=syllepse= (sil-lèps), _n.f._, (gram.) syllepsis; substitution.

=syllogisme= (sil-lo-), _n.m._, syllogism.

=syllogistique= (sil-lo-), _adj._, syllogistic, syllogistical.

=sylph-e=, _n.m._, =-ide=, _n.f._, sylph.

=sylvain=, _n.m._, sylvan.

=sylvane=, _n.f._, sylvanite.

=sylvatique=, _adj._, sylvatic.

=sylves=, _n.f.pl._, sylvæ, collection of poetical works.

=sylvestre=, _adj._, wild, sylvan, growing in woods.

=sylvicole=, _adj._, living in woods.

=sylviculture=, _n.f._, sylviculture, forestry.

=sylvie=, _n.f._, (orni.) sylvia, warbler.

=symbole=, _n.m._, symbol, sign, emblem; creed. _— des Apôtres_;

Apostles’ creed.

=symbolique=, _adj._, symbolic, symbolical, typical.

=symboliser=, _v.n._, to symbolize.

=symbolisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) symbolism.

=symétrie=, _n.f._, symmetry.

=symétrique=, _adj._, symmetrical.

=symétriquement= (-trik-mān), _adv._, symmetrically.

=symétriser=, _v.n._, to symmetrize, to harmonize.

=sympathie=, _n.f._, sympathy, fellow-feeling, harmony (in colors).

=sympathique=, _adj._, sympathetic, congenial.

=sympathiser=, _v.n._, to sympathize.

=symphonie=, _n.f._, symphony.

=symphoniste=, _n.m._, symphonist.

=symphyse=, _n.f._, (anat.) symphysis.

=symposiaque=, _n.m._, symposiac.

=symptomatique=, _adj._, symptomatic.

=symptomatologie=, _n.f._, symptomatology.

=symptôme=, _n.m._, symptom, indication, sign, token.

=synagogue= (-gog), _n.f._, synagogue.

=synalèphe=, _n.f._, (gram.) synalepha.

=synallagmatique=, _adj._, (jur.) (of a contract) synallagmatic,

reciprocal.

=synanthéré=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) synantherous.

=synanthérées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) compositæ.

=synanthérie=, _n.f._ _V._ =syngénésie=.

=synarthrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) synarthrosis.

=synchondrose= (-kon-), _n.f._, (anat.) synchondrosis.

=synchrone= (-krô-n), _adj._, (phys.) synchronical.

=synchronique=, _adj._, (hist.) synchronical.

=synchroniser=, _v.a._, to synchronize.

=synchronisme=, _n.m._, synchronism.

=synchyse= (-kiz), _n.f._, (gram.) synchysis.

=syncope=, _n.f._, (med.) syncope, swoon, fainting fit; (mus.)

syncopation, syncope; (gram.) syncope.

=syncopé=, =-e=, _adj._, syncopated.

=syncoper=, _v.n._, (gram., mus.) to syncopate.

=syncrétisme=, _n.m._, syncretism.

=syndérèse=, _n.f._, (rel.) remorse, sting of conscience.

=syndic=, _n.m._, syndic, trustee, assignee. _— d’office_; official

assignee.

=syndical=, _adj._, pertaining to a syndic. _Chambre —e_; syndics,

council, committee.

=syndicat=, _n.m._, syndicate. _— de faillite_; commission in bankruptcy.

_se_ =syndiquer=, _v.r._, to form a syndicate.

=synecdoche= _or_ =synecdoque=, _n.f._, (rhet.) synecdoche.

=synérèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) synæresis.

=synévrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) synneurosis.

=syngénésie=, _n.f._, (bot.) syngenesia.

=syngnathe=, _n.m._, (ich.) syngnathus, horn-fish, sea-needle.

=synodal=, =-e=, _adj._, synodic, synodal.

=synodalement= (-dal-mān), _adv._, synodically.

=synode=, _n.m._, synod.

=synodique=, _adj._, synodic, synodical.

=synonyme=, _n.m._ and _adj._, synonym; synonymous.

=synonymie=, _n.f._, synonymy.

=synonymique=, _adj._, pertaining, relating to synonymy, synonymous.

=synopse=, _n.f._, synopsis of the Gospel.

=synoptique=, _adj._, synoptic, synoptical.

=synoque=, _n.f._, synocha.

=synovial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) synovial.

=synovie=, _n.f._, (anat.) synovia.

=syntaxe=, _n.f._, syntax.

=syntaxique=, _adj._, syntactic, syntactical.

=synthèse=, _n.f._, synthesis, composition.

=synthétique=, _adj._, synthetic, synthetical.

=synthétiquement=, _adv._, synthetically.

=syphilis= (-liss), _n.f._, syphilis.

=syphilitique=, _adj._, syphilitic.

=syphon=, _n.m._ _V._ =siphon=.

=syriaque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Syriac.

=syrien=, =-ne= (-ri-īn, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Syrian.

=syringa=, _n.m._, (bot.) syringa, lilac.

=syringotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) instrument to perform syringotomy.

=syringotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) syringotomy.

=syrop=. _V._ =sirop=.

=syrtes=, _n.f.pl._, quicksands.

=systaltique=, _adj._, (physiology) systaltic.

=systématique=, _adj._, systematic, systematical.

=systématiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, systematically.

=systématiser=, _v.a._, to systematize.

=systématiseur=, _n.m._, systematizer.

=système=, _n.m._, system, plan, policy. _Par —_; systematically.

=systole=, _n.f._, (anat., gram.) systole.

=systolique=, _adj._, systolic.

=systyle=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (arch.) systyle.

=syzygie=, _n.f._, (astron.) syzygy.

T

=t=, _n.m._, the twentieth letter of the alphabet, t. [T is put for the

sake of euphony between a verb ending with a vowel and the pronouns _il_,

_elle_, _on_; ex.: _Aime-t-il?_ does he love?]

=t’=, contraction of _te_.

=ta=, _possessive adj._ _f._, thy. _V._ =ton=.

=tabac= (-ba), _n.m._, tobacco, snuff. _Carotte de —_; roll of tobacco.

_— en carotte_; pig-tail tobacco. _Débitant de —_; dealer in snuff and

tobacco. _Marchand de —_; tobacconist. _— à chiquer_; chewing tobacco. _—

à fumer_; tobacco. _— à priser_; snuff. _Prendre du —_; to take snuff.

=tabagie=, _n.f._, divan, smoking-room; ☉tobacco box.

=tabarin=, _n.m._, merry-andrew, buffoon.

=tabarinage=, _n.m._, buffoonery.

=tabatière= (-tièr), _n.f._, snuff-box. _Fenêtre en —_; sky-light.

☉=tabellion=, _n.m._, notary, scrivener.

☉=tabellionage=, _n.m._, scrivener’s office.

=tabernacle=, _n.m._, tent, tabernacle.

=tabide=, _adj._, tabid, tabetic.

=tabifique=, _adj._, consumptive.

=tabis=, _n.m._, tabby (watered silk).

=tabiser=, _v.a._, to tabby, to water.

=tablature=, _n.f._, (mus.) tablature. _Donner de la — à quelqu’un_; to

get any one into trouble, to cause serious inconvenience to.

=table=, _n.f._, table; board (food, fare); table, index (of a book);

(nav.) mess (of officers); slab (of stone); belly (violin); face (anvil);

(anat.) table; (of jewelry) table. _pl._, men (at backgammon). _— à

jouer_; card-table. _— à manger_; dining-table. _— de nuit_; night, _or_

bedside, table. _— à coulisses_, or _à rallonges_; telescope table. _—

à ouvrage_; work-table. _— de cuisine_; kitchen-dresser. _— à écrire_;

writing-table. _Se mettre à —_; to sit at table. _Tenir —_; to keep a

table, to sit long at table. _Tenir bonne —_; to keep a good table.

_Tenir — ouverte_; to keep open house. _Donner la — à quelqu’un_; to

board any one. _La — du commun_; the servants’ table. _Courir les —s_;

to sponge for a dinner. _—s astronomiques_; astronomical tables. _—

pythagorique_, _— de Pythagore_; multiplication-table. _— d’harmonie_;

sounding-board. _Jouer cartes sur —_; to act openly, above board. _Faire

— rase_; to make a clean sweep. _Aimer la —_; to like good living.

_Mettre la —_; to lay the table. _Servir à —_; to wait at table. _Lever

la —_; to remove the cloth. _Se lever de —_, _sortir de —_, or _quitter

la —_; to rise from table; to get up from table. _Vivre à la même —_; to

mess together. _Avoir la —_; to have the right of sitting down in the

royal presence.

=tableau=, _n.m._, painting, picture, piece, scene, view, sight,

description; (nav.) breastwork; list, roll, table; panel (of juries);

(paint.) painting, piece; (at races) telegraph-board. _— de chevalet_;

easel-piece. _—x vivants_; tableaux vivants, living pictures. _Encadrer

un —_; to frame a picture. _Former un —_; (jur.) to empanel (a jury). _—

annonces_; advertising board.

=tablée=, _n.f._, tableful, table-length.

=tabler=, _v.n._, to dress the board (backgammon). _Vous pouvez —

là-dessus_; you may depend upon it.

=tableti-er= (-blĕ-tié), _n.m._, =-ère= (-blĕ-tiè-r), _n.f._, dealer in

fancy turnery or toys.

=tablette= (-blèt), _n.f._, shelf; tablet; (nav.) rising-staff; (arch.)

table; cake (of chocolate); (pharm.) lozenge. _pl._, note-book. _— de

cheminée_; mantel-piece. _— de chocolat_; cake of chocolate. _Rayez cela

de vos —s_; don’t depend upon that. _Vous êtes sur mes —s_; I have you in

my books, _or_ I’ll not forget you.

=tabletterie= (-blè-trî), _n.f._, fancy-turnery trade, fancy stationery;

toy-trade.

=tablier=, _n.m._, apron, pinafore; (of carriages, of docks, of basins)

apron; floor, platform (of a bridge); (fort.) platform; chess-board.

=tabloin=, _n.m._, (artil.) wooden platform.

=tabou=, _n.m._, taboo.

=tabouer=, _v.a._, to taboo.

=tabouret=, _n.m._, stool; foot-stool; stool of repentance; (bot.)

shepherd’s pouch. _— de piano_; music-stool.

=tabourin=, _n.m._, chimney cowl, _or_ cawl.

=tabulaire=, _adj._, tabular.

=tac=, _n.m._, (vet.) rot (in sheep).

=tacaud=, _n.m._, (ich.) whiting-pout.

=tacet= (-sèt), _n.m._, (mus.) pause, tacet; (fig.) silence. _Il a gardé

le —_; he kept silent.

=tachant=, =-e=, _adj._, soiling.

=tache=, _n.f._, spot, stain, blot, speck; speckle, blemish. _— de

rousseur_; freckle. _Avoir des —s de rousseur_; to be freckled. _— de

feu_; tan spot. _— de naissance_; birth-mark.

=tâche=, _n.f._, task; task-work; job. _À la —_; by the task, by the job,

by the piece. _Travailler à la —_, _être à la —_; to work by the task, by

the piece. _Prendre à — de faire une chose_; to make it one’s business to

do a thing. _Ouvrier à la —_; jobber, jobbing-workman.

=tacher=, _v.a._, to stain; to spot; to taint; to tarnish; to blemish.

_se_ =tacher=, _v.r._, to soil one’s self; to soil one’s clothes.

=tâcher=, _v.n._, to try, to endeavor, to strive, to seek.

_Pardonnez-lui, il n’y tâchait pas_; (iron.) pardon him, he did not mean

it.

=tâcheron=, _n.m._, (tech.) jobber.

=tacheté=, =-e=, _part._, spotted, speckled, tabby (of cats).

=tacheter= (tash-té), _v.a._, to speckle, to mark with spots, to fleck.

=tachygraphe=, _n.m._, tachygrapher, shorthand writer.

=tachygraphie=, _n.f._, tachygraphy, shorthand writing.

=tachygraphique=, _adj._, tachygraphic.

=tacite=, _adj._, tacit, implied.

=tacitement= (-sit-mān), _adv._, tacitly, impliedly, by implication.

=taciturne=, _adj._, taciturn, silent.

=taciturnité=, _n.f._, taciturnity.

=tact= (takt), _n.m._, feeling, touch; tact.

=tac tac=, _onomatopœia_, tick tack (of clocks); rap-tap (of knockers).

=tacticien= (-si-in), _n.m._, tactician.

=tactile=, _adj._, tactile.

=tactilité=, _n.f._, tactility, tangibility.

=taction=, _n.f._, taction, touch.

=tactique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, tactics, generalship; manœuvre, stratagem;

plan, way, move; tactical.

=tadorne=, _n.m._, (orni.) sheldrake, bergander.

=tael=, _n.m._, tael (China money, about 70 cents American).

=tænia=, _n.m._ _V._ =ténia=.

=taffetas= (taf-tâ), _n.m._, taffeta, lustring; plain silk. _—

d’Angleterre_; court-plaster. _— gomme_; oil-silk.

=tafia=, _n.m._, tafia (rum).

=taïaut= _or_ =tayaut=, _n.m._ (hunt.) tally-ho.

=taïcoun=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Tycoon.

=taie=, _n.f._, pillow-case; (med.) film, speck. _— d’oreiller_;

pillow-case.

☉*=taillable=, _adj._, taxable (feud.).

*=taillade=, _n.f._, slash, gash, cut.

*=taillader=, _v.a._, to slash, to cut, to gash. _Des manches

tailladées_; slashed sleeves.

*=taillanderie=, _n.f._, edge-tool trade; edge-tools.

*=taillandier=, _n.m._, edge-tool maker.

*=taillant=, _n.m._, edge (of a knife).

*=taille=, _n.f._, cutting, cut; edge of a sword; size, height, stature;

shape, waist, figure; tally-stick; (hort.) pruning; (surg.) cystotomy;

(mus.) tenor part; (feudalism) poll-tax; subsidy; deal (at cards);

(mus.) tenor; (fig.) level. _Frapper d’estoc et de —_; to cut and thrust,

_or_ to hit right and left. _La — des arbres_; the pruning of trees. _La

— d’un habit_; the cut of a coat. _La — des pierres_; the cutting of

stones. _Pierre de —_; free-stone. _Il est de ma —_; he is my height.

_—-douce_, (_—s-—s_) (engr.) copper-plate. _Haute-—_; (mus.) upper-tenor.

_Basse-—_; (mus.) bass. _Faire des coches sur une —_; to tally. _De — à_;

big enough to, quite capable of. _Ils nous ont fait une France à leur

—_; (fig.) they have brought France down to their level (Béranger). _Ma

colère va haut et me monte à sa —_; my anger knows no bounds and _raises_

me to his level (V. Hugo).

*=taillé=, =-e=, _part._, cut, carved, trimmed. _Être bien —_; to be

well-knit.

*=taille-crayons=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) pencil-pointer.

*=taille-légumes=, _n.m._, vegetable cutter.

*=taille-mèche=, _n.m._ (_—-—s_) wick-cutter.

*=taille-mer=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) cutwater.

*=taille-plume=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) pen-cutter.

*=tailler=, _v.a._, to cut, to cut out; to carve; to hew; to trim, to

prune; to make, to mend (pens); to frame, to tally, to deal (cards). _—

un diamant_; to cut a diamond. _— des arbres_; to prune trees. _— un

habit_; to cut out a coat. _— des plumes_; to make pens. _— une armée en

pièces_; to cut an army to pieces. _— de la besogne à_; to cut out work

for; to give a great deal of trouble to. _— des bavettes_; (fam.) to

gossip, to chatter, to spin yarns.

*=tailler=, _v.n._, to cut (shape). _Il peut — en plein drap_; he has

everything at his command. _— de l’avant_; (nav.) to go very fast, to

make good headway.

_se_ =tailler=, _v.r._, to be cut, etc.

*=tailleur=, _n.m._, tailor; cutter; hewer; banker (at faro). _— de

pierre_; stone-cutter _or_ mason. _— d’habits_; tailor. _Garçon —_;

journeyman tailor. _— à façon_; jobbing tailor.

*=tailleuse=, _n.f._, tailoress, cutter out (dress-making).

*=taille-vent=, _n.m._, sea-gull; (nav.) lug-sail.

*=taillis=, _n.m._ and _adj._, copse, coppice, thicket, underwood; cut.

_Bois —_; copse.

*=tailloir=, _n.m._, trencher, platter; (arch.) abacus.

*=taillon=, _n.m._, nib (of a pen).

=tain=, _n.m._, foil, tin-foil, leaf-tin.

=taire= (taisant, tu), _v.a._, to say nothing of; to pass over in

silence; to conceal, to suppress. _Faire —_; to silence, to reduce to

silence, to hush; to gag (the press); to suppress, to lay aside.

_se_ =taire=, _v.r._, to hold one’s tongue, _or_ one’s peace, to be

silent, to remain silent. _Taisez-vous_; hold your tongue, _or_ tongues.

=taisson=, _n.m._, (mam.) badger.

=taissonnière=, _n.f._, badger’s hole.

=talapoin=, _n.m._, talapoin (Buddhist priest); (mam.) talapoin (monkey).

=talc=, _n.m._, talc, isinglass-stone.

=talcique=, _adj._, (min.) talcky.

=taled= (-lèd), _n.m._, taled (Jew. rel.).

=talent=, _n.m._, talent, power, ability, faculty, art, skill,

attainments; talented person; (coin) talent. _De —_; talented.

☉=taler=, _n.m._ _V._ =thaler=.

=talève=, _n.f._, (orni.) sultana-bird.

=talion=, _n.m._, retaliation, talio. _Loi du —_; law of retaliation (lex

talionis).

=talisman=, _n.m._, talisman.

=talismanique=, _adj._, talismanic.

=talitre=, _n.m._, sand-hopper.

=talle=, _n.f._, (hort.) sucker. _V._ =drageon=.

=taller=, _v.n._, (hort.) to shoot, to throw out suckers. _V._

=drageonner=.

=tallevane=, _n.f._, butter jar.

=tallipot=, _n.m._, (bot.) tallipot, _or_ fan palm.

=talmouse=, _n.f._, cheese-cake; (pop.) whack, slap.

=talmud= (-mud), _n.m._, Talmud.

=talmudique=, _adj._, Talmudical.

=talmudiste=, _n.m._, _adj._, Talmudist, Talmudistic.

=taloche=, _n.f._, cuff, punch, thump.

=talon=, _n.m._, heel; stock (at cards); heel (of shoes, razors); (nav.)

sole (of a rudder); shoulder (of a sword); (arch.) ogee; voucher (of

receipts, checks); rest (of a saddle); remnant (of bread). _Mettre des

—s à_; to heel. _Marcher sur les —s de quelqu’un_; to tread upon any

one’s heels. _Jouer des_, or _montrer les_, _—s_; to take to one’s heels,

to scuttle. _Tourner les —s_; to go away. _Donner un coup de —_; (nav.) to

ground, to strike, to bump. _Avoir l’esprit aux —_; to shine at the wrong

end, to be anything but witty. _— rouge_; aristocrat, nobleman.

=talonner=, _v.a._, to be close at the heels of; to pursue close; to

press hard, to urge, to dun.

=talonner=, _v.n._, (nav.) to ground.

=talonnier=, _n.m._, heel-maker.

=talonnières=, _n.f._, heel-piece; (nav.) heel (of a rudder); (_pl._,

myth.) talaria, Mercury’s heel wings.

=talpack=, _n.m._, (mil.) busby.

=talqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (min.) talcous, talcose.

=talus=, _n.m._, slope, declivity, bank, embankment; mound; (arch.,

fort.) talus. _En —_; slopingly, shelving. _Aller en —_; to slope down;

to shelve.

=talutage=, _n.m._, sloping; embanking.

=taluter=, _v.a._, (arch.) to slope, to shelve.

=tamandua=, _n.m._, (mam.) a species of ant-eaters.

=tamanoir=, _n.m._, (mam.) the great ant-eater.

=tamarin=, _n.m._, tamarind; tamarind-tree; (mam.) tamarin.

=tamarinier=, _n.m._, tamarind, tamarind-tree, Indian acacia.

=tamaris=, =tamarisc=, _or_ =tamarix=, _n.m._, (bot.) tamarisk.

=tambour=, _n.m._, drum; drummer; (horl.) barrel; (mec.) drum, barrel,

tympan; (arch.) drum; embroidery-frame; (anat.) tympanum; paddle-box (of

steamboats). _—-major_, (_—s-—s_), _—-maître_, (_—s-—s_) drum-major,

drum-master. _Broderie au —_; tambour work. _Mener — battant_; to carry

it with a high hand, to beat out and out. _— de basque_; tambourine. _—

voilé_; muffled drum. _Sortir — battant_; to leave with the honors of war.

=tambourin=, _n.m._, tambourine, tabor; timbrel; player on the tambourine.

=tambourinage=, _n.m._, drumming.

=tambouriner=, _v.n._, to drum, to beat the drum, to tattoo.

=tambouriner=, _v.a._, to advertise, to puff; to cry by the town drummer.

=tambourineur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) drummer.

=taminier=, _n.m._, (bot.) Indian acacia, black briony.

=tamis=, _n.m._, sieve, strainer, sifter. _Passer au —_; to sift, to

strain; (fig.) to examine thoroughly.

=tamisage=, _n.m._, sifting, straining.

*=tamisaille= _or_ =tamise=, _n.f._, (nav.) sweep of the tiller.

=tamiser=, _v.a._, to sift, to strain.

=tamiser=, _v.n._, (nav.) to shake.

=tamiserie=, _n.f._, sieve-making; sieves.

=tamiseur=, _n.m._, sifter (glass factory).

=tamisier=, _n.m._, sieve-maker.

=tampe=, _n.f._, wedge (cloth manufacture).

=tamper=, _v.a._, to fix the wedge on the friezing-table.

=tampon=, _n.m._, plug; stopper; pad; bung; (artil.) tampion; (tech.)

buffer.

=tamponnement=, _n.m._, plugging, stopping.

=tamponner=, _v.a._, to plug, to stop up; to tent (a wound). _Se —_;

(rails) to run into each other; (fig. and pop.) to have a set-to.

=tam-tam=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tam-tam, tom-tom.

=tan=, _n.m._, tan; tanner’s bark. _Gros —_; coarse bark.

=tanaisie=, _n.f._, (bot.) tansy.

=tancement=, _n.m._, rebuking, lecturing, scolding.

=tancer=, _v.a._, to rebuke, to lecture, to scold.

=tanche=, _n.f._, (ich.) tench.

=tandis que= (-di-), _conj._, whilst; while (implying contrast); whereas.

=tangage=, _n.m._, (nav.) pitching (of ships).

=tangara=, _n.m._, (orni.) tanager.

=tangence=, _n.f._, (geom.) tangency, contact.

=tangent=, =-e=, _adj._, (geom.) tangential, tangent.

=tangente=, _n.f._, (geom.) tangent.

=tanger=, _v.n._, (nav.) to hug the coast.

=tangibilité=, _n.f._, tangibility, tangibleness.

=tangible=, _adj._, tangible.

=tangon=, _n.m._, (nav.) fore-sail boom.

=tangue=, _n.f._, sea-sand (used as manure).

=tanguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to pitch, to heave.

=tanière=, _n.f._, den, hole, lair (of beasts).

=tanin=, _n.m._, (chem.) tannin.

=tannage=, _n.m._, tanning.

=tannant=, =-e=, _adj._, tanning; (pop.) tiresome, irksome. _Une

substance —e_; a tanning substance. _Un homme —_; a bore. _Une occupation

—e_; an irksome task; irksome work.

=tanne=, _n.f._, (med.) comedo, grub.

=tanné=, _n.m._, tan-color.

=tanné=, =-e=, _adj._, tanned, tawny, tan-colored.

=tannée=, _n.f._, waste tan; tanner’s bark.

=tanner=, _v.a._, to tan; (pop.) to vex, to plague, to tease, to annoy,

to beat, to hide.

=tannerie= (ta-n-rî), _n.f._, tan-yard.

=tanneur=, _n.m._, tanner.

☉=tannin=, _n.m._ _V._ =tanin=.

=tant=, _adv._, so much; so many; as much; as many; both; to such a

degree; so; so far; so long; as far; as long. _— soit peu_; ever so

little. _Tous — que nous sommes_; every one of us, or the whole lot of

us. _Nous sommes — à —_; we are even (at play). _— petits que grands_;

both small and great. _— pour vous que pour lui_; as much for you as for

him. _— il était abusé_; so much was he deceived. _— il est vrai_; so

true is it. _— le monde est crédule_; so credulous is, _or_ such is the

credulity of, the world. _— que_; as long as. _— que je vivrai_; as long

as I live. _— mieux_; so much the better. _— pis_; so much the worse. _—

s’en faut_; far from it. _— s’en faut que_; so far from. _— y a que_;

(fam.) at all events, however, but the fact remains that. _Si — est que

je le puisse_; if, _or_ supposing, I can. _— de monde_; so many people.

_Vous m’en direz —!_ that alters the case; now! I understand; that’s

quite another thing! _Comme il y en a —_; (in speaking of beauty) nothing

out of the common. _— bien que mal_; indifferently, so so; as well as one

can.

=tantale=, _n.m._, Tantalus. _Supplice de —_; tantalism.

=tantaliser=, _v.a._, to tantalize.

=tantalisme=, _n.m._, tantalism.

=tante=, _n.f._, aunt; (pawnbroker) uncle. _Grand-—_; great aunt. _— à la

mode de Bretagne_; cousin german.

=tantet= _or_ =tantinet=, _n.m._, the least bit, the least little drop,

dash.

=tantôt=, _adv._, presently, by and by, soon, anon; a little while ago;

just now; sometimes. _Je finirai cela —_; I shall finish that by and

by, _or_ in the afternoon. _Il est — nuit_; it will soon be night. _Il

se porte — bien, — mal_; sometimes he is well, sometimes ill. _À —!_

good-bye for the present.

=taon= (tān), _n.m._, (ent.) ox-fly, breeze, gad-fly.

=tapage=, _n.m._, noise, uproar, row, racket, piece of work; show,

display.

=tapageur=, _n.m._, noisy fellow, blusterer.

=tapageu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, rackety, roystering, noisy, loud, blustering;

gaudy, flashy.

=tape=, _n.f._, rap, slap, tap, thump; (nav.) tampion.

=tapecu= _or_ =tape-cul= (tap-ku), _n.m._, swing-gate; see-saw; (nav.)

ring-tail, ring-sail; jolting carriage.

=tapée=, _n.f._, (pop.) a lot, a whole host of.

=tapement=, _n.m._, striking.

=taper=, _v.a._, to strike, to hit, to slap; to frizzle (the hair);

(paint.) to sketch freely; to paint in a free, bold style; (nav.) to put

a tampion in (a gun).

=taper=, _v.n._, to strike, to hit; to stamp; to strum (musical

instruments); to be heady (of wine). _— du pied_; to stamp with one’s

foot. _Ce vin tape fort_, or _tape à la tête_; this wine is heady.

_en_ =tapinois=, _adv._, stealthily, clandestinely, slyly.

=tapioca= _or_ =tapioka=, _n.m._, tapioca.

_se_ =tapir=, _v.r._, to squat, to crouch, to cower, to lie hid.

=tapir=, _n.m._, (mam.) tapir.

=tapis=, _n.m._, carpet, rug; tapis, cover, cloth (for tables); ground.

_Mettre sur le —_; to bring on the tapis; to bring forward; to bring

under discussion. _— vert_; grass-plot; green cloth; gaming-table. _—

de cheminée_; hearth-rug. _— de lit_; bedside carpet. _Amuser le —_; to

beat about the bush; to talk the time away. _Être sur le —_; to be talked

about, to be much discussed. _Faire — net_ or _nettoyer le —_; to sweep

the stakes. _Eclairer le —_; to put down one’s stakes.

=tapisser=, _v.a._, to upholster, to carpet; to paper, to cover; to hang

with tapestry; to deck, to adorn.

=tapisserie= (-pi-srî), _n.f._, tapestry, hangings; upholstery; fancy

needlework; carpeting. _Faire —_; to be a wall-flower (at a ball). _Faire

de la —_; to do fancy work.

=tapissier=, _n.m._, upholsterer, tapestry-worker.

=tapissière=, _n.f._, upholsteress, tapestry-worker; tilted cart, spring

van.

=tapon=, _n.m._, (fam.) bundle (of clothes); (nav.) plug, stopper.

=tapoter=, _v.a._, to pat, to tap, to strum.

=tapure=, _n.f._, frizzling (of hair).

=taque=, _n.f._, cast-iron plate.

=taquer=, _v.a._, (print.) to plane, to plane down.

=taquet=, _n.m._, (nav.) whelp, pin (of the capstan); (nav.) kevel,

cleat; (joiner’s work) angle-block.

=taquin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, tease, torment (pers.); teasing, of a

teasing disposition.

=taquinement= (-ki-n-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) teasingly.

=taquiner=, _v.n._, to tease, to plague, to torment.

=taquinerie= (-ki-n-ri), _n.f._, teasing.

=taquoir=, _n.m._, (print.) planer.

=tarabuster=, _v.a._, to pester, to plague, to tease, to bother; to

handle roughly.

=tarare=, _n.m._, (agri.) winnowing-machine.

=tarare!= _int._, pshaw! fiddlestick! _—-ponpon!_ (l.u.) brag!

=taraud=, _n.m._, (tech.) tap-borer, screw-tap.

=taraudage=, _n.m._, tapping (screws, nuts).

=tarauder=, _v.a._, (tech.) to tap (screws, nuts).

=tard=, _n.m._, _adj._ and _adv._, late; late hour. _Trop —_; too late.

_Plus —_; later; afterwards; at some other time; later on; years, _or_

centuries, after; at a later period; in after life, in after years. _Au

plus —_; at the latest. _Tôt ou —_; sooner or later. _Il est —_; it is

late. _Il se fait —_; it is getting late. _Mieux vaut — que jamais_;

better late than never.

=tarder=, _v.n._, to delay, to put off, to stay, to tarry; to loiter, to

dally; to be long; (imper.) to long (to). _Il me tarde de le faire_; I

long to do it. _Il ne tardera pas à venir_; it will soon be here. _Il me

tarde de parler_; I am most anxious to speak.

=tardi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tardy, late, slow; backward. _Fruits —s_; late

fruits.

=tardiflore=, _adj._, late blooming.

=tardigrade=, _adj._, tardigrade.

=tardivement= (-div-mān), _adv._, tardily, slowly.

=tardiveté= (-div-té), _n.f._, (hort.) lateness, backwardness.

=tare=, _n.f._, (com.) tare, waste; blemish, defect, fault, imperfection.

=taré=, =-e=, _adj._, injured, damaged, spoiled; of bad character;

ill-famed, disreputable.

=tarentelle=, _n.f._, tarantella (an Italian dance).

=tarentule=, _n.f._, (ent.) tarantula.

=tarer=, _v.a._, to injure, to damage, to hurt; (com.) to tare.

_se_ =tarer=, _v.r._, to spoil, to deteriorate.

=taret=, _n.m._, teredo-worm, ship-worm.

=targe=, _n.f._, targe, target (shield).

=targette=, _n.f._, flat bolt, slide-bolt.

_se_ =targuer= (-ghé), _v.r._, to be proud of, to boast of, to brag of,

to pride, to plume one’s self on.

=targum= (-gom), _n.m._, (_—_) targum.

=tari=, _n.m._, (_—_) tari (oriental drink).

=tarier=, _n.m._, (orni.) white bustard, whin-chat.

=tarière=, _n.f._, wimble, auger; borer; (ent.) terebra.

=tarif=, _n.m._, tariff, rate, scale of prices, price-list, list of

charges.

=tarifer=, _v.a._, to tariff, to price, to rate.

=tarin=, _n.m._, (orni.) tarin.

=tarir=, _v.a._, to drain, to dry up, to exhaust.

_se_ =tarir=, _v.r._, to dry up, to be exhausted, to be drained; to

cease, to stop, to end. _Ne pas se —_; (fig.) to talk incessantly, never

to have done.

=tarir=, _v.n._, to be drained; to dry up.

=tarissable=, _adj._, drainable; exhaustible.

=tarissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, draining, exhausting, drying up.

=tarlatane=, _n.f._, tarlatan (muslin).

=taroté=, =-e=, _adj._, checkered, spotted (of cards).

=tarots= (-rô), _n.m.pl._, spotted cards.

=taroupe=, _n.f._, hair growing between the eye-brows.

=tarpéienne=, _adj.f._, Tarpeian, only used in _Roche —_; Tarpeian rock.

=tarse=, _n.m._, tarse, tarsus.

=tarsien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -si-è-n), _adj._, tarsal.

=tarsier=, _n.m._, (mam.) tarsier.

=tartan=, _n.m._, tartan, plaid.

=tartane=, _n.f._, (nav.) tartan (ship).

=tartare=, _n.m._, Tartar; (myth.) hell. _À la —_; (cook.) with cold

mustard sauce.

=tartareu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tartareous.

=tartarin=, _n.m._, Barbary ape.

=tartarique=, _adj._, tartaric. _V._ =tartrique=.

=tartariser=, _v.a._, to tartarize.

=tarte=, _n.f._, (cook.) tart. _C’est sa — à la crème_; (fig.) it is his

one and constant objection.

=tartelette=, _n.f._, tartlet.

=tartine=, _n.f._, slice of bread (with butter, preserves, etc.); (fig.)

long, tedious speech _or_ newspaper article. _— de confitures_; slice of

bread and jam.

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

=tartre=, _n.m._, (chem.) tartar.

=tartrique=, _adj._, (chem.) tartaric.

=tartufe=, _n.m._, hypocrite.

=tartuferie= (-tu-frî), _n.f._, hypocrisy.

=tartufier=, _v.n._, to play the hypocrite.

=tas=, _n.m._, heap, pile; lot, set (of persons); hand-anvil; (agri.)

shock. _Mettre en —_; to put into a heap or heaps. _— de pierres_; heap

of stones. _Un — de filous_; a set of sharpers. _Prendre au —_; to help

one’s self to.

=tasse=, _n.f._, cup. _— à café_; coffee-cup. _— à thé_; tea-cup. _— de

thé_; cup of tea. _Demi —_; small cup (of coffee).

=tasseau=, _n.m._, (arch.) hammer-beam, tassel.

=tassée=, _n.f._, cupful.

=tassement= (tâs-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) settling, sinking, subsiding,

subsidence.

=tasser=, _v.a._, to heap up, to pile up; to cram, to beat down; to

compress.

_se_ =tasser=, _v.r._, (arch.) to sink, to settle, to subside; (of

plants) to grow thick; (of persons) to draw _or_ press closer, to crowd

together.

=tasser=, _v.n._, (arch.) to settle; to sink; (hort.) to grow thick.

=tassette=, _n.m._, tasses, tassets (of armor).

=tâte-poule=, _n.m._, (_—_) (pop.) molly-coddle, molly.

=tâter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to feel; to try, to taste; to sound. _— le

pouls_; to feel the pulse. _— le courage de quelqu’un_; to put any one’s

courage to the test _or_ proof. _— quelqu’un sur une affaire_; to sound

any one respecting anything. _— de quelque chose_; to taste anything.

_se_ =tâter=, _v.r._, to examine one’s self, to feel one’s self.

=tâteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, feeler, taster, irresolute person.

=tâte-vin=, _n.m._, (_—_) wine taster (instrument).

*=tatillon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, meddler, busy-body.

*=tatillonnage=, _n.m._, meddling, intermeddling.

*=tatillonner=, _v.n._, to meddle, to intermeddle.

=tâtonnement= (-to-n-mān), _n.m._, feeling one’s way, groping. _Méthode

de —_; tentative method.

=tâtonner=, _v.n._, to feel one’s way, to grope.

=tâtonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, groper, fumbler; waverer; irresolute

person.

_à_ =tâtons=, _adv._, feeling one’s way, groping; gropingly. _Marcher_,

or _aller_, _à —_; to grope about, to feel one’s way. _Chercher à —_, or

_chercher en tâtonnant_; to grope for.

=tatou=, _n.m._, (mam.) armadillo, dasypus.

=tatouage=, _n.m._, tattooing.

=tatouer=, _v.a._, to tattoo.

=tattersall=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) tattersall.

=taude=, _n.f._, (nav.) awning.

=taudion=, _n.m._, (pop.). _V._ =taudis=.

=taudis=, _n.m._, hole, hovel.

=taupe=, _n.f._, (mam.) mole; (vet.) ☉poll-evil; (med.) ☉wen, _V._

=loupe=; (pers.) cunning fox, intriguing person.

*=taupe-grillon=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (ent.) mole-cricket.

=taupier=, _n.m._, mole-catcher.

=taupière=, _n.m._, mole-trap.

=taupin=, _n.m._, click-beetle. _Franc —_; (obsol.) militiaman.

=taupinière=, _n.f._, mole-hill; hillock, knoll.

=taure=, _n.f._, yearling, heifer.

=tauréador=, _n.m._, (_—s_). _V._ =toréador=.

=taureau=, _n.m._, bull; (astron.) Taurus. _— sauvage_; wild bull. _Un

combat de —x_; a bull-fight.

=tauricorne=, _adj._, tauricornous.

=tautochrone= (-krô-n), _adj._, tautochronous.

=tautochronisme= (-kro-), _n.m._, tautochronism.

=tautogramme=, _n.m._, tautogram (a poem every word of which begins with

the same letter).

=tautologie=, _n.f._, tautology.

=tautologique=, _adj._, tautological.

=taux=, _n.m._, price, rate, rate of interest; assessment.

=tavaïolle=, _n.f._, chrisom-cloth; antimacassar.

=taveler= (ta-vlé), _v.a._, to spot, to speckle.

=tavelle=, _n.f._, crown-lace.

=tavelure= (ta-vlur), _n.f._, spots, speckles.

=taverne=, _n.f._, tavern, pot-house, public-house; beer-shop.

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

=taxateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) taxer, assessor; taxing-master.

=taxation=, _n.f._, taxation; fixing of prices.

=taxe=, _n.f._, assize, price, price fixed; tax, assessment, impost, toll.

=taxer=, _v.a._, to rate, to fix the price of; to assess; to tax, to

lay a tax upon; to charge (with), to accuse (of); to term. _On le taxa

d’avarice_; they taxed him with, _or_ accused him of, avarice.

_se_ =taxer=, _v.r._, to tax one’s self.

=taxiarque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) taxiarch.

=taxidermie=, _n.f._, taxidermy.

=taxis=, _n.f._, (surg.) taxis.

=tayaut=, _n.m._, (hunt.). _V._ =taïaut=.

=tchèque=, _n.m._, (phil.) Czech (language).

=té=, _n.m._, (fort.) mines having the shape of a ⊤, to blow up an

enemy’s fortification; anything in the shape of a ⊤.

=te=, _pron._, thee, to thee, you, to you.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _adj._, technical.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _n.f._, technics.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _n.m._, (arts) execution, make, style, technique.

=techniquement= (tèk-nik-mān), _adv._, technically.

=technologie= (tèk-no-), _n.f._, technology.

=technologique= (tèk-no-), _adj._, technological.

=teck= _or_ =tek=, _n.m._, (bot.) teak, teak-wood.

=tectrices=, _n.f.pl._, coverts (of feathers of birds).

=te deum= (té-dé-om), _n.m._, (_—_) Te Deum.

=tégument=, _n.m._, tegument; (anat.) integument.

*=teignasse=, _n.f._ _V._ =tignasse=.

*=teigne=, _n.f._, (med.) ringworm of the scalp, trichonosis tonsurans,

tinea capitis; (ent.) corn-moth (in wheat); (vet.) thrush.

*=teigneu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, scurvy; scurvy, dirty person.

*=teillage=, _n.m._ _V._ =tillage=.

*=teille=, _n.f._ _V._ =tille=.

*=teiller=, _v.a._ _V._ =tiller=.

*=teilleur=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (agri.). _V._ =tilleur=.

=teindre= (*teignant, teint), _v.a._, to dye, to tinge, to stain, to

color.

=teint=, _n.m._, (dy.) dye, color; tincture; complexion. _Grand —_, _—

solide_; fast dye; fast color.

=teinte=, _n.f._, (paint.) tint, tinge; tincture; shade, hue; dye (fig.)

smack, touch. _Demi-—_; (_—s-—s_) mezzotinto.

=teinter=, _v.a._, (paint.) to tint, to tinge, to tone.

=teinture=, _n.f._, dye, dyeing; (pharm.) tincture; (fig.) superficial

knowledge, smattering.

=teinturerie= (-tur-rî), _n.f._, dye-shop; dye-works.

=teinturi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, dyer.

=tel=, =-le=, _adj._, such, like; similar; such an one. _— maître, —

valet_; like master, like man. _Telle vie, telle fin_; men die as they

live. _M. un —_; Mr. so and so. _J’irai dans —le ville à —le époque_; I

shall go to such a town at such a time. _— quel_; such as it is, just

as it was, indifferent, so so. _Ce sont des gens —s quels_; they are no

great shakes. _— est pris qui croyait prendre_; it is a case of the biter

bit.

=télamons=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) telamones.

=télégramme=, _n.m._, telegram.

=télégraphe=, _n.m._, telegraph. _Faire jouer le —_; to telegraph.

=télégraphie=, _n.f._, telegraphy.

=télégraphier=, _v.a._, to telegraph.

=télégraphique=, _adj._, telegraphic.

=télescope=, _n.m._, telescope.

=télescopique=, _adj._, telescopic.

=tellement= (tèl-mān), _adv._, so, in such a manner; so much; so far,

in such sort. _— que_; so that, so much so that. _— quellement_;

indifferently, so-so.

=tellière=, _n.f._, foolscap paper.

=tellure=, _n.m._, (chem.) tellurium.

=tellurique=, _adj._, (chem.) telluric.

=téméraire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, rash, reckless person; rash, foolhardy,

reckless. _Un coup —_; a rash enterprise.

=témérairement= (-rèr-mān), _adv._, rashly, foolhardily, recklessly.

=témérité=, _n.f._, temerity, rashness, foolhardiness, recklessness.

*=témoignage=, _n.m._, testimony, evidence; testimonial; witness; (fig.)

token, mark, proof. _Rendre — à la vérité de_; to bear witness, _or_ to

testify, to the truth of. _Appeler en —_; to call to witness. _Faux —_;

false swearing, perjury. _En — de quoi_; in witness whereof.

*=témoigner=, _v.a._, to testify; to show, to prove, to express, to

convey; to indicate, to mark. _— du chagrin_; to show sorrow.

*=témoigner=, _v.n._, to testify, to witness, to bear witness, to give

evidence.

=témoin=, _n.m._, witness, evidence; testimony; proof; mark; second (in

duels). _— auriculaire_; ear-witness. _— à charge_; witness for the

prosecution. _— à décharge_; witness for the defense. _— oculaire_;

eye-witness. _Prendre à —_; to call to witness.

=tempe=, _n.f._, (anat.) temple.

=tempérament=, _n.m._, constitution, temperament; temper; medium,

middle-course, compromise; (com.) tally-trade. _Un — ruiné_; a broken

constitution.

=tempérance=, _n.f._, temperance, sobriety.

=tempérant=, =-e=, _adj._, temperate, sober; (med.) sedative.

=tempérant=, _n.m._, temperate man; (med.) sedative.

=température=, _n.f._, temperature.

=tempéré=, _n.m._, temperate; (rhet.) unadorned style.

=tempéré=, =-e=, _adj._, temperate, mild; mixed, limited (governments);

(rhet.) tempered, unadorned.

=tempérer=, _v.a._, to temper, to allay, to mollify, to soothe, to

assuage, to moderate, to regulate; to contain, to check.

_se_ =tempérer=, _v.r._, to become tempered; to become temperate _or_

mild (of the weather).

=tempête=, _n.f._, tempest, storm, gale.

=tempêter=, _v.n._, to storm, to bluster, to fume.

=tempêtueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tempestuous, boisterous, stormy.

=temple=, _n.m._, temple.

=templier=, _n.m._, templar, knight-templar.

=temporaire=, _adj._, temporary.

=temporairement=, _adv._, temporarily, for the time being.

=temporal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) temporal.

☉=temporalité=, _n.f._, temporality.

=temporel=, =-le=, _adj._, temporal.

=temporel=, _n.m._, (ecc.) temporalities; (pol.) temporal power.

=temporellement= (-rèl-mān), _adv._, temporally.

=temporisat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, procrastinator, temporizer;

procrastinating, temporizing.

=temporisation=, _n.f._, temporizing, procrastination.

=temporiser=, _v.n._, to temporize, to delay, to procrastinate.

=temporiseur=, _n.m._, (l.u.). _V._ =temporisateur=.

=temps= (tān), _n.m._, time, while, period, term; leisure; season;

weather; (gram.) tense; (mus.) time-stroke. _Passer son — à étudier_; to

spend one’s time in study. _Il a fait son —_; he has had his day, he has

served his time. _Du — d’Auguste_; in the time of Augustus. _— moyen_;

mean time. _Dans le —_; formerly, of yore. _Avec le —_; in time, in

course of time. _Grand —_; high time. _En un rien de —_ or _en deux — et

trois mouvements_; in a trice, in a jiffy. _En même —_; at the same time.

_À —_; in time. _De — en —_; from time to time, now and then. _De tout

—_; at all times. _À quelque — de là_; some time after. _S’accommoder

au —_; to comply with the times. _Le — perdu ne se retrouve point_;

lost time is never found again. _Réparer le — perdu_; to make up for

lost time. _Se donner du bon —_; to take it easy; to enjoy one’s self.

_Prendre le — comme il vient_; to take things easily. _Du — que Berthe

filait_; when Adam delved and Eve spun _or_ when the world was young.

_Par le — qui court_; nowadays, as times go. _Autres — autres mœurs_;

manners change with the times. _En — et lieu_; in proper time and place.

_Prendre bien son —_; to choose one’s time well. _Quel — fait-il?_ what

sort of weather is it? _Il fait beau —_; it is fine weather. _Gros —_;

(nav.) stormy weather. _Mauvais —_; bad weather. _— fait_; settled

weather. _Par le — qu’il fait_; in such weather (_i.e._ as we are

having).

=tenable=, _adj._, tenable; habitable.

=tenace=, _adj._, tenacious, adhesive, sticky; niggardly, stingy;

retentive (of the memory).

=ténacité=, _n.f._, tenacity, tenaciousness, adhesiveness; retentiveness

(of the memory); stinginess.

*=tenaille=, _n.f._, (fort.) tenaille. _pl._, pincers, nippers, pinchers,

tongs.

*=tenailler=, _v.a._, to tear off, to hold tight, to squeeze; (fig.) to

torture, to torment.

*=tenaillon=, _n.m._, (fort.) tenaillon.

=tenance=, _n.f._, (feudalism) tenancy.

=tenanci-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (feudalism) holder, occupier.

_Franc —_; freeholder.

=tenant=, _n.m._, (at a tournament) challenger, champion; supporter;

defender. _Les —s et aboutissants_; the adjacent lands, houses, etc.;

(fig.) details, particulars, circumstances.

=tenant=, =-e=, _adj._, holding, having something of, seldom used but in

the expression, _Séance —e_; before the meeting separates, during the

sitting; there and then.

=ténare=, _n.m._, (poet.) Tænarus, hell.

=tendance=, _n.f._, tendency, leaning, inclination.

=tendant=, =-e=, _adj._, tending, aiming at.

=tendelet= (tan-dlè), _n.m._, (nav.) awning, canopy; (arch.) tilt.

=tender= (tin-dèr), _n.m._, (rail.) tender.

=tendeu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, stretcher, hanger (of tapestry); spreader,

layer, setter (of snares); coupling-iron.

=tendineu-x=, _-se_, _adj._, tendinous.

=tendon=, _n.m._, (anat.) tendon, sinew.

=tendre=, _adj._, tender, soft; delicate, sensitive, affecting, moving,

fond, affectionate, loving; early, young, new (of bread). _Du pain —_;

new bread. _Avoir le cœur —_; to be tender-hearted. _Un métal —_; a soft

metal. _Couleur —_; delicate color.

=tendre=, _n.m._, (fam.) tenderness, affection, liking, inclination;

love. _Le pays de —_; Love.

=tendre=, _v.a._, to bend, to stretch, to spread, to lay; to strain; to

set; to hold out; to pitch (tents); to hang (tapestry). _— un arc_; to

bend a bow. _— une souricière_; to set a mouse-trap. _— un lit_; to put

up a bed. _Il me tendit la main_; he stretched out his hand to me. _— la

joue_; to hold out the cheek. _— les bras à quelqu’un_; to hold out one’s

arms to any one. _— une tente_; to pitch a tent. _— la perche à_; to

help, to lend a helping hand to. _Il vaut mieux — la main que le cou_; it

is better to beg than to steal. _L’arc toujours tendu se gâte_; all work

and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

=tendre=, _v.n._, to lead to; to tend; to conduce; to hang tapestry, etc.

_Où tend ce chemin?_ where does that road lead to?

=tendrement=, _adv._, tenderly, dearly, affectionately.

=tendresse=, _n.f._, tenderness, love, fondness. _pl._, tender caresses.

=tendret=, =-te=, _adj._, rather tender.

=tendreté=, _n.f._, (l.u.) tenderness (of fruit, etc.).

=tendron=, _n.m._, shoot, tendril (of plants); gristle; (fam.) young lass.

=tendu=, =-e=, _part._ and _adj._, bent; tight, stiff; strained. _Style

—_; stiff, affected, far-fetched, unnatural style. _Situation —_; a

strained _or_ delicate situation.

=ténèbres=, _n.f.pl._, darkness, night, gloom. _Les — de l’ignorance_;

the night of ignorance.

=ténébreusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, darkly, gloomily; secretly.

=ténébreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dark, gloomy, obscure, overcast, melancholy;

underhand.

=tènement= (tè-n-mān), _n.m._, (feudalism) tenement; block of houses.

=ténesme=, _n.m._, (med.) tenesmus.

=tenettes=, _n.f.pl._, (surg.) lithotomy forceps, extractor.

=teneur=, _n.f._, tenor, terms, text; purport; contents. _Je n’en

comprends pas la —_; I don’t understand the purport of it.

=teneur de livres=, _n.m._, book-keeper.

=tenez!= _int._ _V._ =tiens=.

=ténia=, _n.m._, tænia, tape-worm.

=tenir= (tenant, tenu), _v.a._, to hold, to have hold of, to have; to

contain; to possess; to believe, to regard, to maintain, to be possessed

of, to occupy; to take up, to keep; to perform; to account, to look upon,

to consider, to think, to detain. _Vous tenez trop de place_; you take up

too much room. _— maison_; to keep house. _— boutique_; to keep a shop.

_— le lit_; to keep one’s bed. _— le large_; (nav.) to go out into the

open. _— la mer_; (nav.) to be seaworthy. _— la campagne_; (milit.) to

have taken, _or_ to hold, the field. _— la tête droite_; to hold up one’s

head. _— les yeux baissés_; to keep one’s eyes down. _Cela m’a tenu plus

que je ne pensais_; that detained me longer than I thought. _Je tiens

cela de bonne source_; I have it on the best authority. _Je le tiens pour

honnête homme_; I look upon him as an honest man. _Voilà la conduite

qu’il tient_; such is the way in which he behaves. _— sa parole_; to

keep one’s word. _Cessez de — ce langage_; cease to hold this language,

cease to speak in such a manner. _— table ouverte_; to keep open house

(com.). _— les livres en partie double_; to keep books by double entry.

_— la caisse_; to be a cashier, to have charge of the cash. _— registre

de quelque chose_; to keep an account of anything. _Je tiendrai compte de

cela_; I shall take that into consideration. _— quelqu’un à distance_;

to hold any one at a distance. _— quelque chose dans la main_; to hold

anything in the hollow of one’s hand. _Faire — des lettres à quelqu’un_;

to forward, _or_ send, letters to any one. _— lieu de_; to be instead

of, to stand in the place of. _Il m’a tenu lieu de père_; he has been

like a father to me. _— le loup par les oreilles_; to be in a critical

situation. _— son homme_; to have one’s man. _— quelqu’un à quatre_; to

hold any one down by force.

_se_ =tenir=, _v.r._, to hold, to hold on, to hold fast, to hold each

other; to abide by; to cling, to adhere, to stick; to keep, to stay; to

keep one’s self; to be; to stand, to lie; to remain; to be held; to sit;

to think one’s self, to consider one’s self; to contain one’s self, to

refrain. _Je m’y tiens_; I stand (at cards). _S’en tenir à_; to rely

on, to adhere to, to rest content, to stick to. _Je m’en tiens à votre

avis_; I stick to your advice. _Se — mal à cheval_; not to sit well

on horseback. _Tenez-vous en là_; go no further in the matter; remain

content. _Se — en embuscade_; to lie in ambush. _Se — sur ses gardes_;

to stand upon one’s guard. _Se le — pour dit_; to take it for granted;

not to forget it. _Tenez-vous en repos_; be, _or_ keep, quiet. _Se — à ne

rien faire_; to stand doing nothing. _Se — les bras croisés_; to sit with

one’s arms crossed. _Se — à genoux_; to be, to remain, upon one’s knees.

_Se — debout_; to stand up. _Se — droit_; to stand upright. _Je me suis

tenu à quatre pour ne pas rire_; it was almost more than I could do not

to laugh. _Ne pas savoir à quoi s’en tenir_; not to know what to believe.

_Savoir à quoi s’en —_; to know how it is, how matters stand, _or_ what

to do.

=tenir=, _v.n._, to hold, to hold fast; to be contiguous; to hang; to

adhere, to stick; to be held (of fairs, markets, assemblies); to take

after; to be of the nature; to keep together, to remain; to withstand,

to resist; (milit.) to hold out; to subsist; to be connected with; to be

desirous; to proceed, to result. _— bon_; to hold out, to stick fast. _Il

tient à le faire_; he is anxious to do it. _Il ne tient pas à moi qu’elle

ne vienne pas_; it is not my fault that she does not come. _Qu’à cela ne

tienne_; never mind, let not that be an objection. _Il n’y a pas d’amitié

qui tienne_; friendship has nothing to do with the question. _La vie ne

tient qu’à un fil_; life only hangs on a thread. _S’il ne tient qu’à

cela_; if that is all. _À quoi tient-il que?_ how is it that? _À quoi

cela tient-il?_ what is it owing to? _Il tient de son père_; he takes

after his father. _Ce clou ne tient pas_; this nail does not hold. _Je

n’y tiens plus_; I cannot stand it any longer. _Je n’y tiens pas_; I am

not particular about it. _En —_; to be smitten. _Il ne tient qu’à vous

de_; it only depends on you to, _or_ only rests with you to. _Tiens!

c’est vous_; hullo! well, I never! is that you? _Tiens! tiens!_ indeed,

you don’t say so. _Il vaut mieux — que courir_ or _un tiens vaut mieux

que deux tu l’auras_; (prov.) a bird in the hand is worth two in the

bush. _Cela lui tient au cœur_; he thinks of nothing else. _— comme

teigne_; (pop.) to stick like wax.

=tenon=, _n.m._, tenon; bolt (of fire-arms); nut (of an anchor).

=ténor=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) tenor.

=ténotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) tenotomy.

=tensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tense.

=tension=, _n.f._, tension, intenseness. _— d’esprit_; intense

application of mind.

=tenson=, _n.f._, (ancient poet.) tenson (love-plaint).

=tentacule=, _n.m._, (ent.) tentacle, feeler.

=tentant=, =-e=, _adj._, tempting.

=tentat-eur=, _n.m._, _adj._, =-rice=, _n.f._, tempter, temptress,

tempting.

=tentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tentative.

=tentation=, _n.f._, temptation.

=tentative=, _n.f._, attempt, trial, endeavor.

=tente=, _n.f._, tent, pavilion, (nav.) awning. _Dresser une —_; to pitch

a tent.

=tenté=, _adj._, tempted, disposed, inclined.

=tenter=, _v.a._, to attempt, to try, to tempt.

_se_ =tenter=, _v.r._, to be attempted _or_ tried.

=tenture=, _n.f._, tapestry, hangings.

=tenu=, =-e=, _part._, held, kept; bound, obliged; reputed, considered.

_Je ne suis pas — à cela_; I am not bound to that. _À l’impossible nul

n’est —_; there’s no flying without wings.

=ténu=, =-e=, _adj._, tenuous, thin, spare.

=tenue=, _n.f._, holding (of assemblies); session; attitude (of a

person); dress; deportment, carriage, bearing, address; appearance;

steadiness (of troops); keeping (of books); (mus.) holding-note; (nav.)

anchor-hold; holding (of the pen); steadiness (of a thing). _Tout d’une

—_; contiguous (of lands). _Grande —_; (milit.) full dress. _Petite —_;

(milit.) undress. _— des livres_; book-keeping.

=ténuirostres=, _n.m.pl._, (orni.) tenuirostres.

=ténuité=, _n.f._, tenuity, thinness, spareness.

=tenure=, _n.f._, tenure.

=téorbe=, _n.m._, (mus.) theorbo, archlute.

=tépide=, _adj._, (l.u.). _V._ =tiède=.

=tépidité=, _n.f._, (l.u.). _V._ =tiédeur=.

=ter= (tèr), _adv._, third; (mus.) three times; (of houses) B.

=tératologie=, _n.f._, (physiology) teratology.

=tercer= _or_ =terser= (tèr-), _v.a._, to give a third dressing to.

=tercet= (tèr-sè), _n.m._, tiercet (poet.).

=térébenthine=, _n.f._, turpentine.

=térébinthe=, _n.m._, (bot.) turpentine-tree.

=térébrant=, _adj._, (med.) keen, lancinating pain; (mol.) terebrating.

=térébrants=, _n.m.pl._, (ent.) terebrantia.

=térébration=, _n.f._, terebration, boring.

=tergiversation=, _n.f._, tergiversation, shift, evasion, shuffling.

=tergiverser=, _v.n._, to tergiversate, to shift, to practise evasion, to

shuffle.

=terme= (tèrm), _n.m._, term; termination; bound, end, limit, post;

time; quarter’s-rent, quarter-day; boundary; word, expression. _pl._,

state, condition, terms. _Toucher au —_; to draw near the term, the

close. _Payer son —_; to pay one’s rent. _Qui a — ne doit rien_; no one

is obliged to pay before a debt is due. _Le — vaut l’argent_; time is

money. _Ménager ses —s_; to modify one’s expressions. _À long —_; (com.)

of bills long-dated. _À court —_; short-dated. _Avant —_; prematurely,

before one’s time.

=termès=, _n.m._ _V._ =termite=.

=terminaison=, _n.f._, termination, end, ending.

=terminal=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) terminal.

=terminati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) terminational.

=terminer= (tèr-), _v.a._, to terminate, to end, to bound, to limit, to

put an end to, to conclude, to bring to a close, to settle.

_se_ =terminer=, _v.r._, to end, to come to an end, to terminate, to be

bounded; to conclude, to be brought to a conclusion, to be settled.

=terminologie=, _n.f._, terminology.

=termite= _or_ =termès=, _n.m._, (ent.) white ant; termes. _pl._,

termites.

=ternaire= (tèr-nèr), _adj._, tenary.

=terne= (tèr-n), _adj._, tarnished, dull, dim; wan, tame, spiritless.

=terne= (tèr-n), _n.m._, two threes (at dice); trey (in a lottery).

=terné=, =-e= (tèr-), _adj._, (bot.) ternate.

=ternir=, _v.a._, to tarnish, to dull; to deaden; to sully; to stain.

_— des couleurs_; to deaden the colors. _— sa gloire_; to tarnish one’s

glory.

_se_ =ternir=, _v.r._, to tarnish, to grow dull, to be sullied; to fade

(of colors).

=ternissure=, _n.f._, tarnishing, dullness, fading, blemish, stain.

=terrage=, _n.m._, claying (of sugar).

=terrain=, _n.m._, ground; soil, earth, land; ground-plot; piece of

ground, field, course. _Gagner du —_; to gain ground. _Tâter le —_;

(fig.) to feel one’s way. _Être sur son —_; to be in one’s element. _Sur

le —_; on the field. _Aller sur le —_; to fight a duel. _Céder le —_; to

yield, to give way. _Disputer le —_; to stand one’s ground, to dispute

every inch of the ground. _Le — des courses_; the race course, the

course. _Ménager le —_; (fig.) to act cautiously.

=terral=, _n.m._, (nav.) wind coming from land.

=terraqué=, =-e= (-ké), _adj._, terraqueous.

=terrasse=, _n.f._, terrace; flat roof, balcony, earthwork; (paint.)

foreground.

=terrassement= (-ras-mān), _n.m._, earthwork, embankment, ballasting,

banking.

=terrasser=, _v.a._, to fill in with earth-work; to embank; to throw

on the ground; to fell, to throw down; to knock down; to confound, to

dismay, to throw into consternation, to nonplus, to beat.

=terrasseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, earthy (of marble).

=terrassier=, _n.m._, digger, excavator, navvy.

=terre=, _n.f._, earth, land, ground, soil, mold; dominion, territory,

grounds, estate, property, homestead; world; land, shore. _Cultiver la

—_; to till the ground. _— ferme_; dry-land, _terra firma_, main land,

continent. _Se coucher à —_; to lie flat on the ground. _Jeter un homme

à —_; to throw a man on the ground. _Hautes —s_; highlands. _Basses —s_;

lowlands. _— à foulon_ or _— à dégraisser_; fuller’s earth. _— à potier_;

potter’s earth. _Vaisselle de —_; earthenware. _Mettre pied à —_; to

alight. _Mettre à —_; to put down; (nav.) to land. _Perdre —_; to lose

sight of land; to get out of one’s depth (in swimming). _Aller à —_; to

be prosy, to grovel; (man.) to passage low; (nav.) to sail along the

coast. _— franche_; vegetable mold. _— sainte_; consecrated ground; holy

land. _Pipe de_, or _en_, _—_; clay pipe. _— à porcelaine_; china clay.

_— glaise_; clay. _Par —_; on the ground, on the floor; by land. _À —_;

on the ground, on the floor. _Tomber par —_, _tomber à —_; to fall down.

_Aller par —_; to go by land. _Qui — a, guerre a_; much coin, much care.

_Mettre en —_; to bury. _Ventre à —_; at full gallop. _Vivre sur ses —s_;

to live on one’s property. _Vivre de ses —s_; to live on the income of

one’s property. _— à —_, _adj._, commonplace; vulgar, low, prosy.

=terreau=, _n.m._, (gard.) vegetable mold; mold, compost.

=terre d’ombre=, _n.f._ _V._ =ombre=.

=terre-mérite=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) turmeric (in powder).

=terre-neuve=, _n.m._, (_—_) Newfoundland dog.

=terre-neuvier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) banker; Newfoundland fisherman,

_or_ (of a ship) trader; Newfoundland dog.

=terre-noix=, _n.f._, (_—_) (bot.), pig-nut, earth-nut, ground-nut.

=terre-plein=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) terre-plein; platform.

=terrer=, _v.a._, (gard.) to renew the mold of; to spread mold over; to

burrow; to clay (sugar), to fuller’s earth (cloth, etc.).

_se_ =terrer=, _v.r._, to earth one’s self, to burrow.

=terrer=, _v.n._, to burrow.

=terrestre=, _adj._, terrestrial, earthly.

=terrette=, _n.f._, ground-ivy.

=terreur= (tèr-reur), _n.f._, terror, trepidation, awe, dread. _Temps de

la —_; (French hist.) Reign of Terror.

=terreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, terreous, earthy; dirty; dull (of colors);

cadaverous (of the countenance).

=terrible= (tèr-ribl), _adj._, terrible, dreadful, awful; unmanageable

(of children).

=terriblement= (tèr-ri-), _adv._, terribly, dreadfully, awfully; with a

vengeance.

=terrien= (tè-ri-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (tè-ri-èn), _n.f._, landholder.

=terrier= (tè-rié), _n.m._, terrier (hole); burrow, hole; terrier (dog).

_— griffin_; Scotch terrier.

=terrier= (tè-rié), _adj.m._, only used in the expression, _Papier —_;

court-roll, terrier.

=terrifier= (tèr-ri-), _v.a._, to terrify, to dismay.

=terrine= (tè-ri-n), _n.f._, earthen pan; dish. _En —_; potted.

=terrinée= (tè-ri-), _n.f._, panful.

=terrir= (tè-rir), _v.n._, to lay eggs in earth or sand (of the

tortoise); (nav.) to approach land.

=territoire= (tè-ri-toar), _n.m._, territory; jurisdiction.

=territorial=, =-e= (tè-ri-), _adj._, territorial.

=terroir= (tè-roar), _n.m._, soil, ground. _Goût de —_; raciness (of

style).

=terroriser= (tèr-ro-), _v.a._, to govern by terror, to terrorize.

=terrorisme= (tèr-ro-), _n.m._, terrorism.

=terroriste= (tèr-ro-), _n.m._, terrorist.

=terser= (tèr-), _v.a._ _V._ =tercer=.

=tertiaire= (tèr-siè-r), _adj._, (geol., med.) tertiary.

=tertio= (tèr-siô), _adv._, thirdly.

=tertre= (tèr-), _n.m._, hillock, rising ground, knoll, ridge, mound. _—

funéraire_; grave; moldering heap (Gray).

=tes= (tè), _possessive adj._ _pl._, thy. _V._ =ton=.

=tesson= (tè-) _or_ =têt= (tè), _n.m._, potsherd, fragment of broken

glass.

=test= (tèst), _n.m._, (English hist.) test.

=test= (tèst) _or_ =têt= (tè), _n.m._, (zöol.) shell.

=testacé= (tès-), _n.m._, shelled animal, testacean.

=testacé=, =-e= (tès-), _adj._, testaceous.

=testament= (tès-), _n.m._, Testament; testament, will, last will and

testament. _Ancien —_; Old Testament. _Nouveau —_; New Testament.

=testamentaire= (tès-), _adj._, testamentary.

☉=testat= (tès-tat), _adj._, testate.

=testat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (tès-), testator, testatrix.

=tester= (tès-), _v.n._, to make one’s will. _Mourir sans —_; to die

intestate.

=testicule= (tès-), _n.m._, testicle.

=testif= (tès-), _n.m._, camel’s hair.

=testimonial=, =-e= (tès-), _adj._, testifying, of testimony, by witness.

☉=teston= (tès-), _n.m._, (old coin) testoon.

☉=testonner= (tès-), _v.a._, to dress the hair.

=têt= (tè) _or_ =test= (tèst), _n.m._, (chem., metal.) test, cupel,

potsherd, broken glass, etc.

=tétanique=, _adj._, (med.) tetanic.

=tétanos= (-nos), _n.m._, (med.) tetanus; lock-jaw.

=têtard=, _n.m._, tadpole; pole-socket (of carriages); (ich.) bull-head,

miller’s thumb.

=tétasses= (tè-), _n.f.pl._, (triv.) flabby hanging-down breasts.

=tête=, _n.f._, head, head-piece; brains, sense, judgment; presence of

mind, self-possession; hair, head of hair; horns (of stags); front, head

(of a bridge); top (of things); (milit.) van, vanguard; court-card (of

playing cards); (bot.) capitulum; header (swimming). _— à perruque_;

wig-block, barber’s block; (fig.) blockhead, old fogy. _— de Méduse_;

Medusa’s head; (fig.) anything producing terror, anything horrible. _Mal

de —_; headache. _Signe de —_; nod. _La — en avant_; head foremost. _—

ou pile_; head or tails. _— de colonne_; foremost body. _— de ligne_;

starting point, terminus, port of departure. _Payer tant par —_; to

pay so much a head, a piece. _Aller la — levée_; to carry one’s head

high. _Donner — baissée contre_; to run full butt at. _Donner de la —

contre un mur_; to hit one’s head against a stone wall. _Se monter la

—_; to get excited over anything. _Avoir mauvaise — mais bon cœur_;

to be quick-tempered, but kind-hearted. _Avoir la — fêlée_; to be

crack-brained. _Avoir des affaires par-dessus la —_; to be over head and

ears in business, in work. _Avoir de la —_; to have presence of mind, to

be resolute. _Ce sont deux —s dans un bonnet_; they are hand and glove

together. _Crier à tue —_; to bawl out loud, to shout at the top of one’s

voice. _— baissée_; headlong. _— pelée_, _— chauve_; bald head. _Cela

lui met martel en —_; that worries him to death. _La — me fend_; my head

is ready to split. _La — me tourne_; I feel giddy. _En avoir pardessus

la —_; to be sick and tired of anything, to be over head and ears in.

_Avoir la — près du bonnet_; to be passionate, hot-headed. _La — lui a

tourné_; he has lost his senses. _Il ne sait où donner de la —_; he does

not know which way to turn. _Autant de —s, autant d’opinions_; so many

men, so many minds. _Il y va de votre —_; your life is at stake. _Vous en

répondrez sur votre —_; your head will answer for it. _Il est homme de

—_; he has a good head, he is a man of resource. _Il a la — dure_; he is

dull of understanding. _C’est une mauvaise —_; he is an obstinate fellow.

_Avoir une chose en —_; to have a thing in one’s head, to be bent upon a

thing. _Perdre la —_; to lose one’s head, to lose one’s self-possession;

to lose one’s wits. _Agir de —_; to act with prudence. _Faire à sa —_; to

have one’s own way, to follow one’s own bent. _Avoir la — chaude_; to be

hot-headed. _Tenir — à quelqu’un_; to cope with any one. _Tourner la — à

quelqu’un_; to turn any one’s head, brain. _De la — aux pieds_; from head

to foot; from top to toe. _Faire un signe de —_; to nod. _— de mort_;

death’s head. _En —_; in one’s head; in front, ahead. _— d’âne_; (ich.)

miller’s thumb, bull-head.

=tête-à-tête=, _n.m._, (_—_) tête-à-tête, private interview _or_

conversation. _En —_; face to face, in private, by ourselves, etc.;

(furniture) settee, ottoman.

=têteau=, _n.m._, end of a branch.

=tête-bêche=, _adj._, top against bottom.

=tête-bleu!= _int._, zounds!

=tête-dieu!= _int._, zounds!

=teter= (té-) _or_ =téter=, _v.a._, to suck (milk).

=teter= (té-) _or_ =téter=, _v.n._, to suck. _Donner à — à_; to give suck

to, to suckle.

=têtière= (-ti-è-r), _n.f._, infant’s cap; antimacassar; head-stall (of a

bridle).

=tétin= (té-), _n.m._, nipple, teat.

=tétine= (té-), _n.f._, (cook.) udder; dent (on a cuirass).

=téton= (té-), _n.m._, teat, breast (of a woman). _Bouton du —_; nipple.

=tétonnière= (té-), _n.f._, breast-band; (l.ex.) full-breasted woman.

=tétra=, a prefix from Gr. τετρα.

=tétracorde=, _n.m._, tetrachord.

=tétradrachme=, _n.m._ and _f._, (antiq.) tetradrachm.

=tétradynamie=, _n.f._, (bot.) tetradynamia.

=tétraèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) tetrahedron.

=tétragone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (geom.) tetragon; tetragonal.

=tétralogie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) tetralogy.

=tétramètre=, _n.m._, tetrameter.

=tétrandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) tetrandria.

=tétrapétalé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) tetrapetalous.

=tétraphylle=, _adj._, (bot.) tetraphyllous.

=tétrarcat= _or_ =tétrarchat=, _n.m._, tetrarchate.

=tétrarchie=, _n.f._, tetrarchy.

=tétrarque=, _n.m._, tetrarch.

=tétras= (-trâs), _n.m._, (orni.) grouse, capercailzie.

=tétrastyle=, _n.m._, (arch.) tetrastyle.

=tétrasyllabe=, _n.m._, (gram.) tetrasyllable.

=tette= (têt), _n.f._, teat, dug (of animals).

=tette-chèvre= (tèt-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (orni.) goat-sucker, fern-owl.

=têtu=, =-e=, _adj._, headstrong, willful, stubborn, obstinate.

=têtu=, _n.m._, (tech.) granite hammer.

=teutonique=, _adj._, Teutonic.

=texte= (tèkst), _n.m._, text, theme, matter, subject, point; (jur.)

purview; passage (of Scripture). _Petit —_; (print.) brevier. _Gros —_;

(print.) two-line brevier. _Revenir à son —_; to return to the point.

_Restituer un —_; to restore a text. _Livre de —_; text-book.

=textile= (tèks-til), _n.m._ and _adj._, textile material; textile.

=textuaire= (tèks-tu-è-r), _n.m._, text. _adj._, textuary.

=textuel=, =-le= (tèks-tu-èl), _adj._, textual, word for word.

=textuellement= (tèks-tu-èl-mān), _adv._, textually, word for word,

verbatim.

=texture= (tèks-tur), _n.f._, weaving, texture; connection.

=thalame=, _n.m._, (bot.) thalamus.

=thaler= (-lèr), _n.m._, dollar (German coin).

=thallium=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (chem.) thallium.

=thalweg=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (geog.) thalweg; middle line of a river.

=thane=, _n.m._, thane (Saxon _or_ Danish baron).

=thapsie=, _n.f._, (bot.) deadly carrot.

=thaumaturge=, _n.m._ and _adj._, thaumaturge; thaumaturgical.

=thaumaturgie=, _n.f._, thaumaturgy.

=thé=, _n.m._, tea; tea-party; (bot.) tea-tree. _Boîte à —_; tea-caddy,

tea-canister. _Cabaret à —_, _service à —_; set of tea-things,

tea-service.

=théatin=, _n.m._, theatine (monk _or_ nun).

=théâtral=, =-e=, _adj._, theatrical.

=théâtralement=, _adv._, theatrically.

=théâtre=, _n.m._, theater, playhouse; stage; plays (collection); theater

(scene, place of action); scene, field, seat. _Monter sur le —_; to

appear upon the stage, to act, to tread the boards. _Changement de —_;

change of scenery. _Coup de —_; unexpected event, striking event; (fam.)

claptrap. _— de la guerre_; seat of war. _— de Corneille_; Corneille’s

plays. _Roi de —_; mere shadow of a king. _Accommoder un sujet au —_; to

adapt anything for the stage.

=thébaïde=, _n.f._, Egyptian desert; (fig.) a desert, lonely solitude.

=thébain=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Theban.

=théière=, _n.f._, tea-pot.

=théiforme=, _adj._, theiform (infusions).

=théisme=, _n.m._, theism.

=théiste=, _n.m._, theist.

=theifuse=, _n.f._, river-crab.

=thème=, _n.m._, topic, subject, theme; (mus.) theme; (astrol.) scheme;

composition, exercise (in schools).

=thémis=, _n.f._, Themis, (poet. st.e.) justice.

=théocratie= (-ci), _n.f._, theocracy.

=théocratique=, _adj._, theocratic, theocratical.

=théocratiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, theocratically.

=théodicée=, _n.f._, theodicy.

=théodolite=, _n.m._, (math.) theodolite.

=théodosien=, _adj._, Theodosian.

=théogonie=, _n.f._, theogony.

=théogonique=, _adj._, relating to theogony.

=théologal=, _n.m._, lecturer on divinity.

=théologal=, =-e=, _adj._, theological, divine.

=théologale=, _n.f._, lectureship on divinity.

=théologie=, _n.f._, theology, divinity. _Docteur en —_; doctor of

divinity.

=théologien= (-ji-in), _n.m._, theologian, divine.

=théologique=, _adj._, theological.

=théologiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, theologically.

=théorbe=, _n.m._ _V._ =téorbe=.

=théorème=, _n.m._, theorem.

=théoricien= (-sī-in), _n.m._, theorist.

=théorie=, _n.f._, theory; speculation. _Faire des —s_; to speculate, to

theorize.

=théorique=, _adj._, theoretical.

=théoriquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, theoretically.

=théoriser=, _v.a._, to theorize.

=théoriste=, _n.m._, theorist.

=théosophe=, _n.m._, theosophist.

=théosophie=, _n.f._, theosophy.

=thérapeutes=, _n.m.pl._, (religious order) Therapeutics.

=thérapeutique=, _adj._, therapeutical.

=thérapeutique=, _n.f._, (med.) therapeutics.

=thériacal=, =-e=, _adj._, (pharm.) theriac, theriacal.

=thériaque=, _n.f._, (pharm.) theriac.

=thermal=, =-e= (tèr-), _adj._, thermal. _Eaux —es_; hot mineral waters,

hot springs.

=thermes= (tèrm), _n.m.pl._, thermal baths; (antiq.) thermæ.

=thermidor= (tèr-), _n.m._, Thermidor, eleventh month of the calendar of

the first French republic, from July 19th to August 17th.

=thermidorien=, =-ne= (tèr-), _n._ and _adj._, Thermidorian.

=thermo-manomètre= (tèr-), _n.m._, (of steam-engines) thermometer-gauge.

=thermomètre= (tèr-), _n.m._, thermometer.

=thermométrique= (tèr-), _adj._, thermometric.

=thermoscope= (tèr-), _n.m._, (phys.) thermoscope.

=thermostat= (tèr-), _n.m._, (phys.) thermostat.

=thésauriser=, _v.n._, to treasure up, to hoard up, to heap up treasure.

=thésauriseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hoarder.

=thèse=, _n.f._, thesis, theme; disputation, argument, discussion; the

printed sheet containing the thesis. _Vous sortez de la —_; you are

wandering from the question. _Soutenir — pour quel-qu’un_; to side with

any one, to stand up for any one. _Il voulut soutenir sa —_; he resolved

to maintain his point. _Cela change la —_; that alters the matter. _En —

générale_; as a rule.

=thessalonicien=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Thessalonian.

=théurgie=, _n.f._, theurgy.

=théurgique=, _adj._, theurgic, theurgical.

=thibaude=, _n.f._, hair-cloth, cow-hair cloth, coarse drugget.

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

=thon=, _n.m._, (ich.) tunny, tunny-fish.

=thoracique= _or_ ☉=thorachique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) pectoral;

thoracic. _Canal —_; thoracic duct.

=thorax= (-raks), _n.m._, (anat.) thorax, chest.

=thridace=, _n.f._, (pharm.) lactucarium, lettuce-opium.

=thrombus= (-bus), _n.m._, (surg.) thrombus.

=thuia=, _n.m._, (bot.) thuja, arbor vitæ.

=thuriféraire=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) censer-bearer.

=thurifère=, _n.m._, (bot.) thuriferous.

=thuya=, _n.m._ _V._ =thuia=.

=thyade=, _n.f._, (antiq.) Bacchante.

=thym= (tin), _n.m._, (bot.) thyme.

=thymus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (anat.) thymus.

=thyroïde=, _adj._, (anat.) thyroid.

=thyrse=, _n.m._, (antiq.) thyrsus; (bot.) thyrsus.

=tiare= (tiar), _n.f._, tiara.

=tibia=, _n.m._, (anat.) tibia, shin, shin-bone.

=tibial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) tibial.

=tibio-tarsien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) tibio-tarsal.

=tic=, _n.m._, knack, ugly knack, bad habit; (vet.) crib-biting; bad

habits of cattle; (med.) tic. _— douloureux_; tic douloureux, facial

neuralgia.

=tic tac=, _n.m._, ticktack; tick, ticking, click.

=tiède=, _adj._, lukewarm, tepid; mild, soft, cool; (fig.) indifferent.

=tièdement= (tièd-mān), _adv._, coldly, with indifference; lukewarmly.

=tiédeur=, _n.f._, lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness; (fig.) coldness,

indifference.

=tiédir=, _v.n._, to cool, to grow lukewarm, to become lukewarm; to grow

cool, to become cool.

=tien=, =-ne= (ti-in, -è-n), _pron._, thine, yours.

=tien=, _n.m._, thine, thy own, yours, your own. _Les —s_; thy people,

thy relations and friends.

=tiens=, _n.m._, only used in the expression _Un — vaut mieux que deux tu

l’auras_; (prov.) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

=tiens!= _or_ =tenez!= _int._, expressing astonishment, _or_ to call the

attention of the hearer; look! look here! look there! hold! now then!

there!

=tierce= (tièrs), _n.f._, third (of time); (mus.) third, tierce; tierce

(at cards); (fenc.) tiers; (print.) press-revise. _— majeure_; (mus.)

major third; tierce major (at cards). _— mineure_; (mus.) minor third.

=tiercelet= (tièr-slè), _n.m._, (hawking) tercel, tiercel, tiercelet,

tarsel.

=tiercement= (tièrs-mān), _n.m._, (thea.) increase of a third (in

prices); ☉(jur.) outbidding by one third a price offered.

=tiercer= (tièrsé), _v.a._ and _n._, (thea.) to raise prices one third;

☉(jur.) to outbid by one third a price offered; (agri.) to plow a third

time. _V._ =tercer=.

=tierceron= (tièr-), _n.m._, (arch.) tierceron.

=tierçon= (tièr-), _n.m._, a measure, tierce (of a cask).

=tier-s=, =-ce= (tièr, tièrs), _adj._, third, of a third person, third

party. _Le — état_; the people, the commons. _Fièvre —ce_; tertian ague.

_— porteur_, _— détenteur_; third party _or_ hand. _— parti_; third party.

=tiers=, _n.m._, third, third person; third part. _Le — et le quart_;

everybody, all the world.

=tiers-point=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) tierce-point; (tech.) saw-file.

=tige=, _n.f._, trunk, stem, body; stalk, leg (of a boot); shank (of a

candlestick); stock, head (of a family); shank (of an anchor); straw (of

corn); tail (of a valve); (tech.) rod. _— de communication_; connecting

rod. _— graduée_; index rod. _Arbres à haute —_; tall trees. _Arbres à

basse —_; dwarf trees.

=tigette=, _n.f._, (arch.) honeysuckle ornament (at the springing of a

volute).

*=tignasse=, _n.f._, (fam., pop.), mop, shock (of hair); old wig.

*=tignon=, _n.m._ _V._ =chignon=.

*=tignonner=, _v.a._, to curl the hair behind the head (of women).

*_se_ =tignonner=, _v.r._, to seize each other by the hair (behind), to

pull caps, to have a set-to.

=tigre=, _n.m._, (mam.) tiger; (ich.) square fish; (conch.) tiger-shell;

groom; (ent.) tiger-beetle.

=tigre=, _adj._, spotted (like a tiger).

=tigré=, =-e=, _adj._, spotted, speckled.

=tigrer=, _v.a._, to spot, to speckle.

=tigresse=, _n.f._, (mam.) tigress.

=tilbury=, _n.m._, tilbury, gig, two-wheeled cart.

=tiliacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) tiliaceæ.

*=tillac=, _n.m._, (nav.) deck, poop. _Franc —_; main deck. _Faux —_;

orlop deck.

*=tillage= _or_ =teillage=, _n.m._, (agri.) stripping, scutching (hemp).

*=tille= _or_ =teille=, _n.f._, bast of the lime-tree; cabin, cuddy (of

an undecked vessel); ax-hammer; hemp-harl.

*=tiller= _or_ =teiller=, _v.a._, (agri.) to peel, to strip, to scutch

(hemp).

*=tilleul=, _n.m._, (bot.) linden-tree, lime-tree.

*=tilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, _or_ =teilleu-r=, =-se=, (agri.)

stripper, scutcher (of hemp).

=timbale=, _n.f._, kettle-drum; (mus.) timbal; cup (of metal);

battledore; (cook.) mold.

=timbalier=, _n.m._, kettle-drummer.

=timbrage=, _n.m._, stamping (of government paper).

=timbre=, _n.m._, bell, clock-bell; office-bell, call-bell; ring, sound

(of a bell); thrill, tone, voice; stamp (on paper); (her.) helmet;

(horl.) bell; (post-office) post-mark; head, brains. _— de la voix_; tone

of the voice. _— acquit_, _quittance_; receipt-stamp. _Droit de —_; stamp

duty. _Sa voix a un — argentin_; he has a silver-toned voice. _Il a le —

fêlé_; he is crack-brained, cracked.

=timbré=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, stamped. _Papier —_; stamped paper,

summons, writ. _Esprit_, _cerveau —_; crack-brained person. _Il est —_; he

is cracked.

=timbre-poste=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) postage-stamp.

=timbrer=, _v.a._, to stamp (paper, parchment); (her.) to crest.

=timbreur=, _n.m._, stamper.

=timide=, _adj._, timid, bashful, timorous, shy.

=timidement= (-mid-mān), _adv._, timidly, bashfully; timorously; shyly.

=timidité=, _n.f._, timidity, timorousness, nervousness, shyness,

bashfulness.

=timon=, _n.m._, pole (of a coach); beam (of a plow); (nav.) helm, tiller

(of a rudder); (fig.) helm, direction, government; (tech.) draught-bar.

_Tenir le —_; to be at the helm.

=timonerie= (-mo-n-rî), _n.f._, (nav.) steerage.

=timonier=, _n.m._, wheeler, wheel-horse; (nav.) steersman, helmsman.

=timoré=, =-e=, _adj._, timorous, fearful, scrupulous.

=tin=, _n.m._, (nav.) block of wood; (tech.) cask-stand.

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

=tinctorial=, =-e=, _adj._, tinctorial.

=tine=, _n.f._, tub, water-cask, firkin.

=tinet=, _n.m._, gambrel (of horses); bent stick (for suspending

carcases).

=tinette=, _n.f._, half tub, kit, firkin (of butter).

=tintamarre=, _n.m._, hubbub, uproar, clatter, hurly-burly, din, racket.

=tintement= (tīnt-mān), _n.m._, ringing sound, tinkling; tingling;

toll, tolling, jingling, jingle. _— funèbre_; funeral toll, knell. _—

d’oreilles_; tingling, _or_ ringing, in the ears.

=tintenague= (tīnt-nag), _n.f._ _V._ =toutenague=.

=tinter=, _v.a._, to toll, to ring, to ring for; (nav.) to put upon the

stocks, to set on blocks, to prop, to support.

=tinter=, _v.n._, to toll, to ring; to tinkle, to jingle; to tingle. _Les

oreilles me tintent_; my ears tingle.

=tintin=, _n.m._, jingling, tinkling (of bells, glasses).

=tintouin=, _n.m._, tingling (in one’s ear); noise, hubbub; anxiety,

uneasiness, trouble. _Avoir du —_; to be upon thorns, to be in trouble.

=tique=, _n.f._, (ent.) tick. _— ricin_; wood-tick, dog-tick.

=tiquer=, _v.n._, (of horses) to be vicious.

=tiqueté=, =-e= (tik-té), _adj._, variegated, speckled, spotted.

=tiqueture=, _n.f._, spottedness, spots, speckles; variegation.

=tiqueu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, crib-biting (of horses). _n.m._, crib-biter.

=tir=, _n.m._, shooting, firing, fire; shooting-gallery, shooting-ground.

_— en écharpe_; flank-fire, rifle-range, range. _— à la cible_;

target-firing. _Chasse au —_; (hunt.) shooting. _Justesse du —_; trueness

of the aim. _Avoir un — infaillible_; to have au unerring aim, to be a

deadly shot.

=tirade=, _n.f._, tirade; (mus., thea.) tirade; passage (of prose _or_

verse). _Tout d’une —_; all in one speech _or_ breath, _or_ at one

stretch.

=tirage=, _n.m._, draught; towing (of boats); towing-path; drawing (of a

lottery); (print.) working, working off, pulling, printing; winding-off

(of silk); (fig.) difficulty, obstacle. _— au sort_; drawing lots,

balloting. _Le — d’une cheminée_; the draught of a chimney.

*=tiraillement=, _n.m._, plucking, pulling, hauling about; twitching,

twinge, pain; (fig.) anxiety; jarring, jar, disagreement. _— d’estomac_;

pain in the stomach, griping.

*=tirailler=, _v.a._, to pull, to haul about, to tug, to twitch; to

tease, to plague, to bother, to pester.

*_se_ =tirailler=, _v.r._, to pull one another about.

*=tirailler=, _v.n._, to shoot wildly; to bang away; (milit.) to skirmish.

*=tiraillerie=, _n.f._, (milit.) desultory, wild, aimless firing.

*=tirailleur=, _n.m._, (milit.) sharpshooter; skirmisher.

=tirant=, _n.m._, string (of purses); boot-strap; cramp, cramp-iron;

(carp.) collar; iron bar, bolt, holdfast; (cook.) white leather; string

of parchment; brace (of a drum); ship’s gauge, ship’s draught. _— d’eau_;

(nav.) gauge, sea-gauge, ship’s draught.

=tirasse=, _n.f._, (hunt.) draw-net.

=tirasser=, _v.a._ and _n._, (hunt.) to catch with a draw-net; to set a

draw-net.

=tire=, _n.f._, tug, pull; quick jerk of the wing. _Tout d’une —_; at a

stretch. _Voleur à la —_; pickpocket. _Vol à la —_; pocket-picking.

=tiré=, =-e=, _adj._, drawn.

=tiré=, _n.m._, (hunt.) shooting; (com.) drawee (of bills).

=tire-balle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) bullet-forceps; (milit.)

ramrod-screw.

=tire-botte=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) boot-hook; boot-jack.

=tire-bouchon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) cork-screw; ringlet (of hair).

=tire-bouchonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (of hair) in ringlets.

=tire-bourre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) worm-screw (to unload a gun).

=tire-bouton=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) button-hook.

=tire-clou=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) nail-drawer; (tech.) claw-hammer; slater’s

hammer.

_à_ =tire-d’aile=, _adv._, with a quick jerk of the wings; at a single

flight; with outstretched wings, darting through the air. _Voler à —_; to

fly as fast as its wings can carry it; at full speed.

=tire-étoupe=, _n.m._, (_—_) (tech.) worm.

=tire-feu=, _n.m._, (artil.) lanyard.

=tire-fond=, _n.m._, (_—_) turrel elevator.

_à_ =tire-larigot=, _adv._, only used in _Boire à —_; to drink hard, to

drink like a fish.

*=tire-ligne=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) drawing-pen.

=tirelire=, _n.f._, money-box.

☉=tirelire=, _n.m._, song, carol (of the lark).

☉=tirelirer=, _v.n._, to sing like a lark.

=tire-moelle=, _n.m._, (_—_) marrow-spoon.

=tire-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) shoemaker’s stirrup.

=tire-plomb=, _n.m._, (_—_) glazier’s vice.

=tire-point= _or_ =tire-pointe=, _n.m._, (_—_) pricker (used in

stitching).

=tirer=, _v.a._, to draw, to pull, to give a pull; to take, to take out,

to pull out; to get, to extract, to collect; to fire, to shoot, to fire

at, to shoot at; to trace, to delineate; to receive, to reap, to recover;

to extricate, to free from; to relieve; to conclude, to infer, to deduce;

to draw on, to put on, to draw up; to draw down; (print.) to work, to

work off, to pull, to print, to pull off; to approach, to border, to

verge (on); (nav.) to draw; to tighten (a rope); to tap (liquors); to

stretch (linen); to cast (a nativity); to draw (a bill); to take out (a

tooth); to let (blood). _— en arrière_; to pull back. _— de l’eau_; to

draw water. _— dedans_; to pull in. _— en haut_; to pull up. _— en bas_;

to pull down. _— les oreilles à quelqu’un_; to pull any one’s ears. _—

la langue_; to put out one’s tongue. _Faire — l’épée à quelqu’un_; to

make any one draw his sword. _Se faire — l’oreille_; to require (much)

pressing. _— ses bottes_; to pull off one’s boots. _— de l’argent de

sa poche_; to pull money out of one’s pocket. _— pied ou aile d’une

chose_; to reap some benefit (from a thing) by hook or by crook. _Il tire

beaucoup de la cour_; he gets a great deal by the court. _— parti de_;

to make the best of, to turn to account. _— satisfaction d’une injure_;

to obtain satisfaction for an injury. _— vengeance_; to be revenged.

_— vanité_, or _gloire_, _d’une chose_; to glory in, to be proud of,

to boast of, to take a pride in. _— avantage d’une chose_; to derive

advantage from anything. _— la racine carrée_, _la racine cubique d’un

nombre_; to extract the square, the cubic root of a number. _— le suc

des herbes_; to extract the juice of herbs. _— une conséquence_; to draw

an inference. _— une corde_; to tighten a cord. _— quelqu’un à quatre

chevaux_; to draw and quarter any one, to tear any one to pieces. _— ses

chausses_, _— ses guêtres_; (fam., pop.) to cut one’s sticks, to scamper

off. _— une vache_; to milk a cow. _— les rideaux_; to open the curtains;

to close, to pull the curtains to. _— l’or_; to wire-draw gold. _— les

cartes_; to tell fortunes. _— d’erreur_; to undeceive. _— une affaire en

longueur_; to protract, to delay, to put off anything. _— une allée au

cordeau_; to make a walk in a straight line. _— en cire_; to reproduce

in wax. _— des estampes_; to pull prints. _— un fusil_; to shoot a gun.

_— un coup de canon_; to fire a gun. _— des fusées_; to let off rockets.

_— un oiseau_; to shoot at a bird. _— une estocade_; (fenc.) to make a

pass. _— le diable par la queue_; to lead a struggling existence. _— les

vers du nez à quelqu’un_; to pump any one. _Tirez le rideau, la farce est

jouée_; ring down the curtain, the play is over (Rabelais).

_se_ =tirer=, _v.r._, to extricate one’s self; to get out to, to get

through; to recover (from illness). _Se — d’affaire sain et sauf_; to

escape safe and sound, to get off scot free. _Se — d’un puits_; to get

out of any difficulty. _Je me ferais — à quatre avant de parler_; wild

horses would not make me speak. _Se — d’affaire_; to get out of (a

scrape, a difficulty). _S’en —_; to pull through, to manage it.

=tirer=, _v.n._, to draw; to go, to make for; to shoot; to tend, to

border, to verge; to fire. _— sur_; to incline to, to border, to verge

on. _Cette pierre tire sur le vert_; that stone is greenish. _— à sa

fin_; to be closing in (of day); (fig.) to be on one’s last legs. _Bon à

—_; order for press; ready for press, passed for press.

=tire-racine=, _n.m._, (_—_) stump-forceps (of a dentist).

=tiret=, _n.m._, slip of parchment; hyphen.

=tiretaine= (tir-tè-n), _n.f._, linsey-woolsey. _V._ =breluche=.

=tire-tête=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) craniotomy forceps.

=tireu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who draws, drawer; marksman, shot

(pers.); rifleman, sharpshooter; drawer (of a bill of exchange). _—

d’or_; gold wire-drawer. ☉_— d’armes_; fencing-master. _— se de cartes_;

fortune-teller. _C’est un bon —_; he is a good shot.

*=tire-veille=, _n.f._, (_—_) (nav.) ladder-rope; manrope. _— de

l’échelle hors le bord_; manropes of the sides. _— de cabestan_; swifter.

=tiroir=, _n.m._, drawer (of a table, etc.); (milit.) middle rank;

(tech.) slide, slide-box. _Pièce à —_; (thea.) comedy of episodes.

=tironien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (antiq.) Tironian. _Abréviation

—ne_; Tironian note.