A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. (continued 3)

armurerie, n.f., gunsmithery, arm-manufactory; gun-trade, gun-making.

armurier, n.m., armorer, gunsmith.

arnica, or arnique, n.f., (bot.) arnica.

arnicine, n.f., (chem.) extract of arnica.

arnotto, n.m., (bot.) arnotto. V. roucou.

aromate, n.m., aromatic.

aromatique, adj., aromatical, fragrant, spicy.

aromatisation, n.f., aromatization.

aromatiser, v.a., to aromatize.

aromatite, n.f., aromatite.

arome, n.m., flavor, aroma.

aronde, n.f., swallow, swallow-fish. Queue d’—; (carp.) dove-tail. Assembler en queue d’—; to dove-tail.

☉arondelle, n.f., a kind of fishing-tackle. — de mer; any small vessel; a brigantine, pinnace, &c.

☉*arpailleur, n.m., gold-searcher. V. orpailleur.

arpège, n.m., (mus.) arpeggio.

arpéger, v.n., (mus.) to perform arpeggios.

arpent, n.m., acre (French); about an acre and a half (English).

arpentage, n.m., land-measuring; survey.

arpenter, v.a., to survey, to measure lands; to walk at a great pace, to stride along, pace up and down.

arpenteur, n.m., land-surveyor.

arpenteuse, n.f., (ent.) span worm.

arqué, -e, part., bent, crooked; arched, curved.

arquebusade, n.f., arquebusade.

arquebuse, n.f., arquebuse.

☉arquebuser, v.a., to shoot with an arquebuse.

arquebuserie (-buz-rî), n.f., the business of a gunsmith. V. armurerie.

arquebusier, n.m., arquebusier, musketeer; gunsmith.

arquer, v.a.n., to bend, to curve, to arch, to crook.

arrachement (-rash-mān), n.m., tearing up, away, pulling up or out, rooting up or out, clearing away, drawing, extraction; (arch.) toothing.

d’arrache-pied, adv., without intermission, incessantly.

arracher, v.a., to force from, out of, away from, off; to pull away; to drag, to draw, to lug away; to extort; to snatch from, to wrest, to wring; to extract (teeth); to wring (tears); to tear out, down; to wrest; to grub up. — de mauvaises herbes; to grub up weeds. — un secret à quelqu’un; to get a secret out of any one.

s’arracher, v.r., to tear; to tear away, off; to get away; to break away. S’— les cheveux; to tear one’s hair. On se l’arrache; he or she is all the rage; there is a great run upon it.

arracheur, n.m., drawer. — de dents; tooth-drawer. — de cors; corn-cutter. Mentir comme un — de dents; to lie unblushingly, or like an epitaph.

arracheuse, n.f., (hat-making) picker.

arrachis, n.m., plant rooted up; fraudulent rooting up of young trees.

arrachoir, n.m., rooter, digger.

☉arraisonner, v.a., to argue with any one. — un vaisseau; (nav.) to speak, to hail.

arrangé, -e, part., arranged; affected.

arrangeant, -e, adj., accommodating, easy to deal with, to get on with.

arrangement, n.m., arrangement, disposing, adjusting, setting in order, laying out; cooking up; trimming (lamps); accommodating; order, regularity, composure; method, proper arrangement or disposition; economy; composition, compounding; pl., terms; measures. Entrer en —; to compound. J’ai pris des —s avec eux pour le paiement; I have come to terms with them respecting payment.

arranger, v.a., to set in order, to arrange, to do up; to rank, to range, to dispose, to class; to accommodate, to make up, to compromise, to conciliate, to compose; to suit, to agree with; to settle, to manage, to wind up; to cook up; to trim (lamps); to ill-treat; to blow up (any one); to fit up (a house); to trim up, to dress out. — un jardin; to do up a garden. — quelque chose; to contrive something. — ses affaires; to settle one’s affairs. Il l’a arrangé de la bonne manière; he gave it him well, gave him his deserts. Comme vous voilà arrangé! what a sight you look! what a figure you cut! Arrangez tout cela; set all those things in order. Cela m’arrange; that suits me. Cela ne m’arrange pas; that does not suit me. Arrangez-vous; settle it among yourselves.

s’arranger, v.r., to put, place one’s self; to settle; to set to rights; to be placed, arranged; to arrange, to make arrangements; to set one’s house in order; to compound; to be all right; to contrive; to make shift, to put up (with). Cela s’arrangera; that will be all right. Il s’est très bien arrangé; he has made his house very comfortable. Qu’il s’arrange comme il voudra; let him do as he likes. Arrangez-vous; do as best you can; that is your lookout. Je m’en arrange; I make shift with it. Il s’est arrangé avec ses créanciers; he has come to terms with his creditors.

arrentement (-mān), n.m., (l.u.) renting; letting out. Tenir par —; to rent.

arrenter, v.a., (l.u.) to rent, to let out.

arrérager, v.n., to get in arrears.

arrérages, n.m.pl., arrears. Mandate d’— de rentes; dividend warrant. Laisser courir ses —; to let one’s arrears run on.

arrestation, n.f., arrest, custody. Être en état d’—; to be in custody. Mettre quelqu’un en —; to arrest any one. Opérer l’— d’une bande de voleurs; to capture a gang of thieves.

arrêt, n.m., decree; decision, award, judgment; sentence; attachment (of both persons and goods); (horol.) stop-work; (tech.) rest, stop, stay. — de mort; sentence of death. — par défaut; judgment by default. Chien d’—; setter, pointer. Robinet d’—; stop-cock. Maison d’—; jail, lock-up. Mandat d’—; warrant. —s forcés, simples; (milit.) close, open, arrest. Aux —s; (milit.) under arrest; kept in (schol.). Mettre aux —s; (milit.) to put under arrest. Lever les —s; (milit.) to release from arrest. Prononcer un —; to pronounce judgment, to pass sentence. Mettre la lance en —; to couch the lance. Temps d’—; pause, stoppage, intermission. En —; at rest (of a lance); locked (of a pistol).

arrêté, n.m., agreement, resolution; order, decision (of the police). — de compte; (com.) account agreed upon.

arrêté, -e, part., stopped; hired, agreed for; decreed, agreed upon, resolved upon; arrested; fastened. Avoir des idées —es; to have fixed ideas. Dessein —; settled design.

arrête-bœuf, n.m., (—) (bot.) cammoc, rest-harrow.

arrête-nef, n.m., (—) (ich.) sucking-fish.

arrête-porte, n.m., (—) gate, door-stop; door-keeper.

arrêter, v.a., to arrest, to stop, to stay; to make fast, to fasten; to delay, to detain, to keep back; to give over; to put an end to; to suppress; to fix the attention of; to apprehend, to take into custody; to seize, to distrain; to hinder, to impede; to check, to curb; to staunch; to alleviate; to throw out of gear (machinery); to hire, to engage; to secure; to resolve upon, to agree; to conclude, to decree; to settle (an account); to pin; to scotch. — un point en cousant; to fasten a stitch. — ses yeux sur; to fix one’s eyes upon. — un courrier; to delay a courier. — un volet; to fasten a shutter. Ses créanciers l’ont fait arrêté; his creditors have had him arrested. Qu’a-t-on arrêté dans cette réunion? what has been decided at that meeting? — un marché; to conclude a bargain. — un domestique, une chambre; to secure, engage a servant, a room. — une place à la diligence; to secure a place in the coach. Rien ne l’arrête; he sticks at nothing.

arrêter, v.n., to stand still, to stop, to make a stay; to stop to bait (horses); to point, to set (of dogs).

s’arrêter, v.r., to stop, to pause, to rest, to dwell upon; to stand still, to halt; to tarry, to loiter; to stop; to remain; to lag; to forbear; to hesitate; to give over, to suspend; to leave off; to be embarrassed; to be concluded (of bargains); to desist; to resolve upon; to draw up (of carriages); to be allayed (of pain); to be thrown out of gear (of machinery); to be fastened, to be pinned down. Ma montre s’arrête; my watch stops. Il s’arrête, la mémoire lui manque; he hesitates, his memory fails him. Il ne faut pas s’arrêter à ce qu’il dit; one must not mind what he says. Vous vous arrêtez à des riens; you stop at trifles.

arrêtiste, n.m., compiler of decrees.

☉arrhement, n.m., the giving of earnest money.

arrher, v.a., to give earnest-money.

arrhes (âr), n.f.pl., earnest, earnest-money. Donner des —; to pay a deposit.

arrière, n.m., back part, rear; (nav.) stern. D’—; (nav.) aft. En —! back! En —; (nav.) abaft. En —; in arrears. En — de; behind. Surveillant de l’—; (nav.) after-guard. Se ranger de l’—; (nav.) to veer. Tomber de l’—; (nav.) to fall astern. Avoir le vent —, or filer vent —; to sail before the wind.

arrière, adv., behind (of time and place); (nav.) aft, abaft. Droit —; right abaft. Avoir vent —; to go before the wind.

arrière, int., away! avaunt!

arriéré, -e, adj., in arrears; behindhand.

arriéré, n.m., arrears. Liquider l’—; to pay up arrears. Il a beaucoup d’— dans sa correspondance; he is very much behindhand in his correspondence.

arrière-ban, n.m., (—-—s) arriere-ban, reserve.

arrière-bec, n.m., (—-—s) (arch.) starling; breakwater; cutwater.

arrière-bouche, n.f., (—-—s) (anat.) swallow (of the throat), pharynx, posterior fauces.

arrière-boutique, n.f., (—-—s) back shop.

☉arrière-change, n.m., (—-—s) compound interest.

arrière-corps, n.m., (—) (arch.) recess; back-building.

arrière-cour, n.f., (—-—s) back yard, back court.

arrière-dos, n.m., (—) (arch.) altar-screen, reredos.

arrière-essaim, n.m., (—-—s) after-swarm.

arrière-faix, n.m., (—) (surg.) after-birth.

arrière-fermier, n.m., (—-—s) under-farmer, under-tenant.

arrière-fief, n.m., (—-—s) arriere-fee or mesne-fief.

arrière-fleur, n.f., (—-—s) second blossom.

arrière-garant, n.m., (—-—s) (jur.) double security; security of the bail.

arrière-garde, n.f., (—-—s) rear-guard; (nav.) rear-division.

arrière-goût, n.m., (—-—s) after-taste.

arrière-main, n.m., (—-—s) back stroke; hindquarters (of a horse).

arrière-neveu, n.m., (—-—x) great-nephew. Les —x; descendants, the latest posterity.

arrière-pensée, n.f., (—-—s) mental reservation.

arrière-petite-fille, n.f., (—-—s-—s) great-grand-daughter.

arrière-petit-fils, n.m., (—-—s-—) great-grandson.

arrière-plan, n.m., (—-—s) (paint.) background.

arrière-point, n.m., (—-—s) back-stitch.

arrière-pointeuse, n.f., (—-—s) back-stitcher.

arrière-port, n.m., inner harbor.

arriérer, v.a., to defer, to put off; to throw behindhand.

s’arriérer, v.r., to stay behind; to be in arrears (of payment).

arrière-saison, n.f., (—-—s) autumn. L’— de la vie; the evening of days, old age.

arrière-train, n.m., (—-—s) after-carriage, hind-quarters.

arrière-vassal, n.m., (—-vassaux) rear-vassal.

arrière-voussure, n.f., (—-—s) back-arch.

arrimage, n.m., (nav.) stowage; trim of the hold.

arrimer, v.a., (nav.) to stow away; to trim the hold.

arrimeur, n.m., stevedore.

arriser, v.a., (nav.) to touch.

arrivage, n.m., (nav.) arrival.

arrivée, n.f., arrival, entrance, approach, landing, coming, advent; (nav.) falling off, lee-way. À l’— de; on the arrival of. Aussitôt son —; immediately after his arrival. Jours d’—; mail days.

arriver, v.n., to come to land; to bear down; to arrive at, to approach, to be coming; to happen, to chance; (nav.) to bear up, to bear down, to veer; to come to pass; to occur; to befall, to chance, to attain, to reach, to succeed. — à l’âge de; to attain the age of. Le navire arrive de ce côté; the ship is bearing down this way. La voiture arriva; the coach arrived. La nuit arriva; night came on. Un accident lui est arrivé; an accident has happened to him. Il arrivait à grands pas; he was approaching with rapid strides. — à bon port; to reach home safely, to land; (of letters) to come to hand. — à ses fins, à son but; to compass one’s ends. Il arrive tous les jours que; it happens every day that. Il lui est arrivé de dire; he happened to say. D’où il est arrivé que; whence it came to pass that. S’il arrive que vous ayez besoin de moi; if you should chance to want me. Quel malheur en peut-il arriver; what mischief can it entail? Quoi qu’il arrive; come what may. Qu’en arrivera-t-il? what will be the consequence, or the upshot? Cela ne m’arrivera plus; I will never do so again. Un malheur n’arrive jamais seul; misfortunes never come singly. Arrivez! (fam.) come on! come in! Arrive qui plante, arrive que pourra; (prov.) happen what may, in any case. — comme marée en Carême; to come in the nick of time.

arrobe, n.f., Spanish weight, arroba.

arroche, n.f., (bot.) orach, goose-foot; mountain spinach.

arrogamment (-ga-mān), adv., arrogantly, haughtily, insolently.

arrogance, n.f., arrogance; haughtiness; superciliousness.

arrogant, -e, adj., arrogant, haughty, supercilious.

s’arroger, v.r., to arrogate to one’s self, to assume, to claim.

☉arroi, n.m., array, equipage. Être en mauvais —; to be in a sad pickle.

arrondi, -e, part., rounded, made round; full. Un visage —; a full face.

arrondir, v.a., to make a thing round, to round off; to aggrandize; to extend, increase; (paint.) to round off; (nav.) to double (a cape). — une période; to round off a period. — une île; (nav.) to sail round an island. — ses biens; to increase one’s estate.

s’arrondir, v.r., to round, to get round; to increase one’s estate.

arrondissement (-mān), n.m., rounding, making round; roundness; district, circuit; ward (of a town).

arrosage, n.m., irrigation, watering.

arrosement (a-rôz-mān), n.m., watering, sprinkling, besprinkling; (cook.) basting; paying all round, stake, pool (at play).

arroser, v.a., to water, to irrigate, to besprinkle, to wet; to bedew; to soak; to bathe (with tears); (cook.) to baste; to distribute money. — des créanciers; to pay one’s creditors a trifle. Arrosez ces gens-là; keep in with those people (by giving them trifling presents). — un repas de vin; to wash down a meal with wine.

arrosoir, n.m., watering-pot.

arrowroot, n.m., (n.p.) arrow-root.

arrugie, n.f., (mining) drain.

ars, n.m.pl., (vet.) vein of the fore leg; limb. Saigner un cheval aux quatre —; to bleed a horse in all four legs.

arsenal, n.m., arsenal. — de marine; dock-yard.

arséniate, n.m., arseniate.

arséniaté, adj., combined with arseniate.

arsenic, n.m., arsenic.

arsenical, -e, adj., arsenical.

arsénieux, adj., arsenious.

arsénique, adj., (chem.) arsenic.

arsénite, n.m., arsenite.

arsis, n.f., (gram., mus.) arsis.

art, n.m., art; skill; cunning, artifice. Les termes de l’—; technical terms. L’— militaire; military art. Les —s libéraux; the liberal arts. Les beaux-—s; the fine arts. —s manufacturiers; arts and manufactures. — angélique; (hist.) angelic art. —s d’agrément; accomplishments. Bachelier ès —s; bachelor of arts. Maître ès —s; master of arts. Ouvrage d’—; work of art. Maîtres de l’—; the connoisseurs, the learned, the masters of their craft. Homme de l’—; doctor. Il a l’— de réussir dans tout ce qu’il entreprend; he has the art of succeeding in all his undertakings. L’— perfectionne la nature; art improves nature.

artère, n.f., artery. Piquer une —; to open an artery.

artériel, -le, adj., arterial.

artériole, n.f., (anat.) small artery.

artériologie, n.f., arteriology.

artériotomie, n.f., arteriotomy.

artérite, n.f., arteritis.

artésien, -ne (-in, -è-n), adj., n., artesian. Puits —; artesian well.

arthralgie, n.f., arthritis.

arthrite, n.f., (med.) arthritis.

arthritique, adj., arthritic.

arthrodie, n.f., (anat.) arthrodia.

arthrose, n.f., arthrosis.

artichaut, n.m., artichoke. —s; spikes on a fence or gate. — des toits; house-leek.

article, n.m., article, head; paragraph; matter, thing, subject; point; item; (gram.) article; (anat.) articulation; (bot.) article, ware, goods. — de fond; leading article. — de Paris; Paris speciality. C’est un autre —; that’s another matter. Ce n’est pas un — de foi; it is not worthy of credit. Nous reviendrons sur cet —; we shall resume this subject. C’est un — à part; that is a separate article. À l’— de la mort; at the point of death. Faire l’—; to puff one’s goods.

articulaire, adj., (med.) articular.

articulation, n.f., articulation, joint; (bot., anat.) joint, articulation; (jur.) allegation.

articulé, -e, part., articulate; articulated, uttered, jointed, vertebrated. D’une manière —e; articulately, distinctly.

articuler, v.a., to articulate, to pronounce; to enumerate; to set forth.

s’articuler, v.r., to be articulated or jointed, to joint.

articuler, v.n., to articulate.

artifice, n.m., art; contrivance; slyness, cunning, craft, deceit; trick, stratagem; shuffle. Caisse d’—; (nav.) powder-chest. Un feu d’—; fireworks, pyrotechnics. Tirer un feu d’—; to let off fireworks.

artificiel, -le, adv., artificial.

artificiellement (-mān), adv., artificially.

artificier, n.m., fireworks-maker, pyrotechnist.

artificieusement (-eûz-mān), adv., cunningly, craftily, artfully, slily.

artificieu-x, -se, adj., artful, cunning, crafty; shuffling, sly.

☉*artillé, -e, adj., (nav.) mounted with cannon. Vaisseau —; armored vessel.

*artillerie, n.f., artillery, ordnance. Une pièce d’—; a piece of ordnance. Grosse —; heavy artillery. — légère; light artillery. — de campagne; field artillery. — de siège; battering or siege artillery. — à pied; foot artillery. — à cheval; horse artillery. Parc d’—; park of artillery. Train d’—; train of artillery. Comité d’—; board of ordnance.

*artilleur, n.m., artilleryman, gunner.

artimon, n.m., (nav.) mizzen. Mât d’—; mizzen mast. Hune d’—; mizzen top.

artisan, n.m., artisan, handicraftsman, operative, artificer, mechanic, craftsman; author, architect, contriver.

artison, n.m., (ent.) wood-fretter, moth.

artisonné, adj., worm-eaten.

artiste, n.m.f., artist, player, performer, actor, actress.

artistement, adv., in an artistic manner; skillfully, artistically.

artistique, adj., artist-like; artistic, of art.

arum (-rom), n.m., (bot.) arum, wake-robin.

aruspice, n.m., aruspex, diviner, soothsayer.

aruspicine, n.f., (antiq.) aruspicy.

aryen, -ne, adj., n., Aryan.

aryténoïde, adj., (anat.) arytænoid.

as (âss), n.m., ace (at cards, dice); as (Roman weight).

asaret, n.m., (bot.) asarum.

asarum (-rom), n.m., asarabacca, asarum.

asbeste, n.m., asbestos.

ascaride, n.m., (ent.) ascaris.

ascendant, n.m., ascendant; ascendency, influence; power, ruling passion, ancestor. Avoir de l’— sur; to have influence over. —s et descendants; ancestors and descendants.

ascendant, -e, adj., ascending, ascendant, upwards.

ascenseur, n.m., hoist, lift.

ascension, n.f., ascent; up-stroke (of machinery); ascension; ascending, rising; Ascension-day, Holy Thursday. Jour de l’—; Holy Thursday.

ascensionnel, -le, adj., ascensional.

ascète, n.m.f., ascetic, anchoret; monk.

ascétique, adj., ascetic, rigid, severe.

ascétique, n.m., ascetic.

ascétique, n.f., ascetic doctrine.

ascétisme, n.m., ascetism.

asciens (as-si-in), n.m.pl., (geog.) Ascians.

ascite, n.f., ascites, common dropsy.

ascitique, adj., dropsical, ascitic.

asclépiade, n.m., (poet.), asclepiad.

asclépiade, adj., (poet.) formed of asclepiads.

asclépiade, n.f., or asclépias, n.m., (bot.) asclepias, swallow-wort.

asiarcat, n.m., dignity of an asiarch.

asiarque, n.m., (hist.) asiarch.

asiatique, adj., n., Asiatic.

asile, n.m., asylum, refuge, place of refuge, shelter, sanctuary; harbor, retreat, protection. Salle d’—; infant school. Servir d’—; to shelter. Sans —; shelterless, homeless.

asile, n.m., wasp-fly.

asine, adj.f., (l.u.) asinine, of the ass. Bête —; ass; blockhead.

aspect, n.m., aspect, view, sight; look, countenance; phase, point of view.

asperge, n.f., asparagus (head of). Botte d’—s; bundle of asparagus.

aspergement, n.m., sprinkling.

asperger, v.a., to sprinkle, to besprinkle.

aspergerie or aspergière, n.f., asparagus-bed or ground.

aspergés (-jèss), n.m., aspergillum, holy-water sprinkler. Je suis arrivé à l’—; I entered the church as the priest was sprinkling the people with holy-water.

aspérité, n.f., asperity, roughness, ruggedness; harshness; unevenness.

aspersion, n.f., aspersion, sprinkling, besprinkling.

aspersoir, n.m., holy-water brush; rose (of a water-pot).

aspérule, n.f., (bot.) wood-ruff.

asphalte, n.m., asphalt, asphaltum.

asphaltique or asphaltite, adj., asphaltic, bituminous. Le lac —; the asphaltic lake, the Dead Sea.

asphodèle, n.m., (bot.) asphodel, king’s-spear, wild daffodil.

asphyxiant, adj., asphyxiating, suffocating.

asphyxie, n.f., (med.) asphyxy, suffocation, suspended animation.

asphyxié, n.m., -e, n.f., a person in a state of asphyxia.

asphyxier, v.a., to cause asphyxia, to suffocate. Le gaz les asphyxia; the gas suffocated them.

s’asphyxier, v.r., to destroy one’s self by suffocation.

aspic, n.m., aspic; asp; (bot.) aspic; spikenard; spike-lavender; (cook.) cold meat or fish, with jelly. Langue d’—; a viper’s tongue.

aspirant, -e, adj., suction, sucking (of pumps).

aspirant, n.m., -e, n.f., candidate, suitor, aspirant, postulant; midshipman. — au doctorat; candidate for a doctor’s degree. — de marine; midshipman.

aspirateur, n.m., (of air-pumps) exhauster.

aspiration, n.f., inhaling, inspiration; (gram.) aspiration, breathing; (of pumps) exhaustion, suction; aspiration, longing after, fervent desire. Tuyau d’—; exhausting pipe.

aspiré, -e, adj., aspirate; (hydr.) exhausted.

aspirée, n.f., (gram.) aspirate.

aspirer, v.a., to inspire; to inhale; to draw in; to suck in; (gram.) to aspirate; (hydr.) to exhaust.

aspirer, v.n., to aspire, to covet, to aim at. — aux honneurs; to aspire after honors.

s’aspirer, v.r., to suck; to be inhaled.

aspre, n.m., asper, a Turkish coin.

assa, n.f., (n.p.), concrete gum, asa, assa.

assabler, v.a., to fill with sand.

assabler, v.n., to run aground; to be stranded.

assa dulcis, n.f. (n.p.), asa-dulcis, benzoin.

assa foetida, n.f., (phar.) assafœtida.

assagir, v.a., to make wise, to impart wisdom. S’—, v.r., to become wise.

*assaillant, n.m., aggressor, assailant, besieger.

*assaillant, -e, adj., aggressive.

*assaillir, v.a., to assault, to assail, to attack; to surprise, to beset, to come upon.

assainir, v.a., to make, to render healthy. S’—, v.r., to become healthy.

assainissement (-mān), n.m., sanitation, purification, salubrity, drainage.

assaisonnement (-zo-n-mān), n.m., condiment, seasoning, dressing.

assaisonner, v.a., to season, to dress, to spice; to give a relish to; to make palatable; to set off, to give a zest to.

assaisonneu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., seasoner.

assassin, n.m., assassin, murderer, murderess; ruffian. À l’—! murder! Crier à l’—; to call out murder.

assassin, -e, adj., killing, murderous.

assassinant, -e, adj., exceedingly tiresome, boring; killing, murdering.

assassinat, n.m., assassination, willful murder, homicide, murder.

☉assassinateur, n.m., assassin, murderer.

assassiner, v.a., to assassinate, to murder, to make away with; to bore, to tease, to plague any one to death.

assaut, n.m., assault, storm, onset, onslaught; attack, shock; fencing match, assault. Donner l’— à une place; to storm a place. Emporter une ville d’—; to carry a town by storm. Faire — d’esprit; to make a trial of wit. Faire — de; to vie with each other in.

asséchage, asséchement, n.m., drying up.

assécher, v.a., to drain (mine); to dry up.

assemblage, n.m., assemblage, collection, union; set, combination; (print.) gathering; (nav.) tabling; (carp.) bond, scarf.

assemblé, -e, part., assembled, united, joined.

assemblée, n.f., assembly, meeting, company, party; convocation; congregation (of churches); meeting, meet (of hunters). Se réunir en — publique; to meet in public assembly. L’— se tient; the meeting is being held. — de jeu; card-party.

assembler, v.a., to collect, to gather; to get, bring, put or lay, together; to assemble, to convoke, to call together; (print.) to gather; (carp.) to trim, to scarf.

s’assembler, v.r., to assemble, to meet; to come, to get or gather, together; to congregate, to muster. Qui se ressemble s’assemble; birds of a feather flock together.

assembleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., gatherer, collector.

asséner, v.a., to strike, to deal (a blow). Il lui asséna un coup de poing; he struck him a violent blow with his fist.

assentiment, n.m., assent.

assentir, v.n., to agree to, to assent; (hunt.) to scent.

asseoir (-soâr), (asseyant, assis), v.a., to seat; to set or put in a chair; to set, to lay, to fix; to establish, to rest, to ground; to pitch; to settle, to assess; to train (a horse). — les fondements d’une maison; to lay the foundations of a house. — une rente; to settle an annuity. — un camp; to pitch a camp. Faire — quelqu’un à sa table; to admit any one to one’s table.

s’asseoir, v.r., to sit, to sit down; to be seated, to settle, to perch. Asseyez-vous; sit down.

assermenté, -e, part., sworn.

assermenter, v.a., to swear in, to administer the oath to.

asserti-f, -ve, adj., assertive.

assertion, n.f., assertion, affirmation.

asservir, v.a., to enslave, to reduce to servitude or slavery; to subject; to enthrall; to bring under subjection; to master, to subdue, to conquer.

asservissant, adj., enslaving, subjecting, coercive.

asservissement (-mān), n.m., subjection, enthrallment, bondage, servitude, slavery.

assesseur, n.m., assessor (judge).

assette, n.f., adze, hatchet.

assez, adv., enough, sufficiently; pretty, rather. J’en ai —; I have had enough of it. Vous avez — fait; you have done enough. Cela est — bien; that is pretty well. Cette femme est — jolie; this woman is rather pretty. Cela paraît — vraisemblable; that appears likely enough. — et plus qu’il n’en faut; enough and to spare. C’est —, en voilà —; enough, that will do. — parlé; enough talking. C’est — loin; it is rather far. On ne saurait avoir — de soin de sa santé; one cannot take too much care of one’s health. Cela est — de mon goût; I like it well enough. Suis-je — malheureux! could I be more unfortunate! — volontiers, d’— bon cœur; readily enough.

assidu, -e, adj., assiduous, punctual; diligent, constant, attentive.

assiduité, n.f., assiduity, application, diligence, attention.

assidûment, adv., assiduously, constantly, sedulously, diligently, punctually.

assiégé, n.m., besieged. Les —s firent une sortie; the besieged made a sally.

assiégeant, -e, adj., besieging.

assiégeant, n.m., besieger.

assiéger, v.a., to besiege, to lay siege to; to surround; to beset, to dun. Ses créanciers l’assiègent; his creditors dun him.

assiette, n.f., plate; seat, situation, sitting, posture; tone, state of the mind; temper, condition of one’s mind; assessment (of taxes); (nav.) trim; (man.) seat; (arch.) site. —s blanches; clean plates. Une — à soupe; a soup plate. — d’argent; a silver plate. L’— d’une église; the site of a church. L’— d’un bâtiment; the situation of a building. Cela n’est pas dans son —; that is not steady. Il n’est pas dans son —; he is out of sorts, not at his ease. Faire l’— de; to assess. Piquer l’—; to sponge. Pique-—; sponger. L’— d’une rente; the assignment of an annuity. — d’un vaisseau; trim of a ship. Casseur d’—s; swaggerer. Son — dîne pour lui; present or not, he pays all the same.

assiettée, n.f., a plateful.

*assignable, adj., assignable.

☉*assignant, n.m. V. demandeur.

*assignat, n.m., assignat (French paper money.) Legs par —; specific legacy.

*assignation, n.f., summons, subpœna, writ; appointment, rendezvous, assignation; assignment; transfer; (com.) check. Signifier une — à quelqu’un; to serve a writ upon any one. Faire une — de; to make an assignment of; (com.) appointment. Manquer à l’—; to break an appointment.

*assigné, -e, part., summoned.

*assigné, n.m., -e, n.f., defendant. V. défendeur.

*assigner, v.a., to summon, to subpœna; to assign; to appoint, to allow, to allot. Obtenir permission d’— quelqu’un; to take out a writ against any one.

assimilable, adj., assimilable.

assimilation, n.f., assimilation.

assimiler, v.a., to assimilate, to liken, to compare. S’— à quelqu’un; to compare one’s self to any one.

assis, -e, part., seated. Restez —; keep your seat. Voter par — et levé; to give one’s vote by rising or by remaining seated.

assise, n.f., (arch.) a course; (geol.) layer, stratum.

assises, n.f.pl., assizes, session. Cour d’—; Assize Court. Tenir les —; to hold the assizes. Cet homme tient ses — dans la maison; this man is the oracle of the house.

assistance, n.f., assistance, help, aid; relief, comfort; audience, company, by-standers; congregation (in a church). — publique; poor-law relief.

assistant, n.m., -e, n.f., assistant (of religious orders); onlooker, by-stander, beholder, spectator. Il prit tous les —s à témoin; he took all present to witness.

assistant, -e, adj., assistant, helper.

assister, v.n., to be at, to be present at, to attend, to stand by, to look on, to witness.

assister, v.a., to assist, to help; to succor; to aid, to support; to attend. — les pauvres; to relieve the poor. — ses amis de son crédit; to use one’s interest in favor of. Dieu vous assiste; God help you!

association, n.f., association, partnership, society; combination. Contrat d’—; deed of partnership. — illégale; conspiracy. — de secours mutuels; friendly benefit society. Faire une — avec quelqu’un; to enter into partnership with any one.

associé, n.m., -e, n.f., associate; fellow; member; companion; partner. — bailleur de fonds, — commanditaire; sleeping partner.

associer, v.a., to associate, to admit or receive as a partner; to take into partnership; to divide or share something with any one.

s’associer, v.r., to enter, to get into partnership with one; to associate one’s self with, to join, to combine, to be joined or connected with; to make any one a party to.

assoiffer, v.n., to become thirsty.

assolement, n.m., (agri.) rotation of crops.

assoler, v.a., (agri.) to vary the crops.

assombrir, v.a., to darken, to make gloomy, to throw a gloom over, to sadden, to cloud. S’—, v.r., to become, grow dark, gloomy; to darken (of the brow).

assommant, -e, adj., wearisome, tiresome, boring, killing, oppressive (of heat). Cet homme est —; this man is a great bore.

assommer, v.a., to beat to death, to knock on the head; to beat unmercifully; to overpower; to overwhelm, to bear down; to pester, to bore; to grieve, to oppress; to plague to death. — à coups de bâton; to beat to death with a stick. La chaleur m’assomme; the heat overpowers me.

s’assommer, v.r., to kill one’s self, to be overwhelmed, to overburden one’s self. Vous vous assommez à force de travail; you are killing yourself by too much labor.

assommeur, n.m., slaughterer, feller (of oxen).

assommoir, n.m., trap; loaded bludgeon. Coup d’—; overpowering blow. Quel —! what a bore!

assompti-f, -ve, adj., assumptive.

assomption, n.f., assumption; (rel.) Assumption (Aug. 15).

assonah, n.m. V. sonna.

assonance, n.f., assonance.

assonant, -e, adj., assonant.

assorti, -e, part., stocked, furnished; matched; sorted; paired; suitable. Il n’y a point de marchand mieux —; no shop-keeper is better stocked. Un mariage bien —; a very suitable match.

assortiment, n.m., set; assortment, stock, collection; match; sorting; combination. Livres d’—; books on sale (not published by the vendor).

assortir, v.a., to sort, to match, to pair, to stock, to furnish. Mal —; to mis-match. — des couleurs; to match colors. — une boutique, to stock a shop.

assortir, v.n., to match, to sort, to suit, to pair.

s’assortir, v.r., to match, to agree, to suit; to be a match, to be suitable.

assortissant, -e, adj., suitable, becoming, matching.

assoté, -e, adj., infatuated, extremely fond, doting on.

assoter, v.a., (fam. and iron.) to befool, to infatuate; to besot. S’—, v.r., to be foolishly fond of.

assoupir, v.a., to make drowsy, heavy, dull; to lull, to assuage, to allay, to soften; to deaden; to suppress, to stifle, to still, to quiet, to hush, to hush up.

s’assoupir, v.r., to grow drowsy, dull, heavy, sleepy; to fall asleep; to doze; to be assuaged, to be weakened; to be appeased, to be stilled.

assoupissant, -e, adj., drowsy, sleepy, soporiferous, soporific. Discours —; speech that sends one to sleep.

assoupissement (-mān), n.m., drowsiness, sleepiness, heaviness; carelessness, sloth, negligence, supineness, hushing up; (med.) coma.

assouplir, v.a., to make supple, to render flexible, tractable; (man.) to break in. — un cheval; to break in a horse. — une étoffe; to make a stuff soft.

s’assouplir, v.r., to become supple, manageable.

assourdir, v.a., to deafen, to make deaf; to stun; to muffle (a bell, an oar); (paint.) to darken.

s’assourdir, v.r., to grow deaf.

assourdissant, adj., deafening.

assourdissement, n.m., deafening noise; muffling, deadening; temporary deafness.

assouvir, v.a., to glut, to satiate, to cloy, to surfeit, to gratify. — ses passions; to gratify one’s passions. — sa faim; to satiate one’s hunger. s’assouvir, v.r., to be satiated, glutted, surfeited, cloyed, gratified.

assouvissement (-mān), n.m., glutting, cloying, satiating.

assujettir, or assujétir, v.a., to subdue, to enthrall, to bring under, into, subjection; to subject, to tie down; to oblige; to fix, to fasten, to wedge in. — ses passions; to master one’s passions. S’— à quelque chose; to tie one’s self down to a thing.

s’assujettir, v.r., to subject one’s self to.

assujettissant, -e, adj., binding, constraining, fettering, restrictive.

assujettissement (-mān), n.m., subjection, enthrallment; constraint.

assumer, v.n., to take upon one’s self, to assume.

assurance, n.f., assurance, certainty, certitude; security, safety; pledge; trust, confidence; protestation, promise; insurance; boldness, confidence, hardihood. — maritime; marine insurance. — contre l’incendie; fire insurance. — sur risques ordinaires; common insurance. — sur la vie; life insurance. Bureau d’—; insurance-office. Courtier d’—; insurance broker. Police d’—; policy insurance. Avec —; safely. Il est en lieu d’—; he is in a safe place. Donnez-moi des —s; give me a security. Prenez ma montre pour —; take my watch as a security. Il met son — en Dieu; he puts his trust in God. Il parle avec —; he speaks boldly. Prenez de l’—; put on a little assurance. Il n’y a pas d’— à prendre en vous; there is no reliance to be placed in you.

assure, n.f., woof, texture.

assuré, -e, adj., sure, safe, secure; certain; bold, confident; impudent; trusty; insured. Une retraite —e; a safe retreat. Sa perte est —e; his ruin is infallible.

assuré, n.m., -e, n.f., person insured.

assurément, adv., assuredly, surely, to be sure; doubtless, undoubtedly; certainly, sure enough. Oui, —; yes, doubtless. — non; certainly not.

assurer, v.a., to assure (a person of a thing); to assert, to affirm, to promise; to secure, to make sure of; to guarantee; to inspire with confidence; to fix firmly; to fasten; to insure; to underwrite; (man.) to accustom to the bit. Il a assuré son argent; he has made sure of his money. — la bouche d’un cheval; to accustom a horse to bear the bit. — une maison contre l’incendie; to insure a house against fire. — pour l’aller; (com.) to insure out. — pour le retour; to insure home.

s’assurer, v.r., to secure, to make sure of; to ascertain; to be confident of; to satisfy one’s self; to be assured, to be sure; to be persuaded, to be convinced. S’— de quelqu’un; to secure any one, to engage him. S’— d’un poste; to make sure of a position.

assureur, n.m., underwriter, insurer, assurer.

assyrien, -ne, adj., n., Assyrian.

astéisme, n.m., (rhet.) asteism, irony.

☉astelle, n.f., (surg.) splint, bolster. V. attelle.

aster, n.m., (bot.) star-wort, aster.

astérie, n.f., asteria, star-stone; star-fish.

astérisme, n.m., (astron.) asterism.

astérisque, n.m., asterisk.

astéroïde, n.m., asteroid.

asthénie, n.f., (med.) debility, asthenia.

asthmatique (as-ma-tik), adj., asthmatical.

asthme (as-m), n.m., asthma.

astic, n.m., glazing-stick, polisher.

asticot, n.m., gentle, maggot, worm.

asticoter, v.a., to plague; to tease, to vex. Il est toujours à m’—; he is always plaguing me.

astiquer, v.a., to polish, to glaze; to clean up, to dress up.

astracan, n.m., astrakhan (fur).

astragale, n.m., (arch., bot.) astragal; (anat.) astragalus, talus, ankle-bone; (gilding, paint.) fillet; milk-vetch, wild liquorice.

astral, -e, adj., astral, starry.

astre, n.m., star, fixed star, luminary. —s errants; wandering stars. Cette femme est belle comme un —; this woman is quite a paragon of beauty.

astrée, n.f., (astron.) Astrea; (zoöl.) astrea.

astreindre (astreignant, astreint), v.a., to force, to compel; to subject; to bind down, to oblige.

s’astreindre, v.r., to confine one’s self, to tie one’s self down, to anything.

astriction, n.f., (med.) astriction.

astringence, n.f., astringency.

astringent, -e, adj., astringent.

astringent, n.m., astringent.

astroïte, n.f., astroit.

astrolabe, n.m., (astron.) astrolabe.

astrolâtre, n.m., star-worshiper.

astrolâtrie, n.f., astrolatry.

astrolâtrique, adj., star-worshiping.

astrologie, n.f., astrology.

astrologique, adj., astrological.

astrologue (-log), n.m., astrologer.

astronome, n.m., astronomer.

astronomie, n.f., astronomy.

astronomique, adj., astronomical, astronomic.

astronomiquement (-mān), adv., astronomically.

astuce, n.f., craft, guile, wile, cunning.

astucieusement, adv., craftily, cunningly.

astucieu-x, -se, adj., crafty, wily.

asyle. V. asile.

asymétrie, n.f., asymmetry.

asymptote, n.f., (geom.) asymptote.

asymptotique, adj., asymptotical.

asyndète, n.m., (rhet.) asyndeton.

ataraxie, n.f., ataraxy, quietude.

atavisme, n.m., atavism.

ataxie, n.f., (med.) ataxy.

ataxique, adj., (med.) ataxic, irregular.

atelier, n.m., workshop, manufactory; study; studio; office; shed; gang (workmen). Chef d’—; foreman. Tout l’— m’a quitté; all my workmen have left me. Jour d’—; best, true light.

atellanes, n.f.pl., (hist.) Atellanae.

atermoiement or atermoîment, n.m., delay of payment; composition, delay, evasion, shift.

atermoyer, v.a., to put off; to delay a payment.

atermoyer, v.n., to try to gain time; to shuffle.

s’atermoyer, v.r., to compound with one’s creditors.

athée, n.m., atheist.

athée, adj., atheistical, atheistic.

athéisme, n.m., atheism.

athénée, n.m., athenæum.

athénien, -ne, (-ni-in, -ni-è-n), adj., Athenian.

athénien, n.m., -ne, n.f., Athenian.

athérome, n.m., (med.) atheroma.

athlète, n.m., athlete; wrestler; champion.

athlètique, n.f., athletics.

athlètique, adj., athletic, athletical.

atlante, n.m., (arch.) atlantes.

atlantide, n.f., Atlantis.

atlantides, n.f.pl., (astron.) Atlantides.

atlantique, adj., Atlantic.

atlantique, n.f., Atlantic.

atlas, n.m., atlas; (anat.) atlas.

atmosphère, n.f., atmosphere.

atmosphérique, adj., atmospherical, atmospheric.

atome, n.m., atom, corpuscle.

atomique, adj., atomical, atomic.

atomisme, n.m., atomism, doctrine of atoms.

atomiste, n.m., atomist.

atomistique, adj., atomical. Théorie —; atomic theory.

atone, adj., atonic, dull, lack-lustre, fixed, staring.

atonie, n.f., (med.) atony, debility.

atonique, adj., (med.) atonic, debilitated.

atours, n.m.pl., woman’s attire, ornament, dress. Dame d’—; lady of the bedchamber. Être dans ses plus beaux —; to be dressed in all one’s finery. [Generally used in the plural.]

☉atourner, v.a., to attire, to trick out, to dress out, to bedizen.

atout, n.m., a trump; trump-card. Jouer —; to play trumps; (fam.) quietus.

atrabilaire, adj., splenetic; gloomy, morose, peevish, bilious; melancholy.

atrabile, n.f., (med), black bile, hypochondria.

âtre, n.m., fire-place, hearth, floor (of ovens).

atroce, adj., atrocious, odious, grievous, cruel, flagitious, excruciating.

atrocement (-mān), adv., atrociously, cruelly, outrageously.

atrocité, n.f., atrociousness, heinousness, grievousness; atrocity.

atrophie, n.f., (med.) atrophy.

atrophié, -e, adj., wasted, withered, atrophied, stunted.

atrophier, v.a., to waste, to wither. S’—, v.r., to waste away.

attaballe, n.m., attabal (Moorish tabor).

attablé, -e, part., seated at table.

attabler, v.a., to set to table.

s’attabler, v.r., to sit down to, to take one’s place at, table.

attachant, -e, adj., engaging, captivating, winning, interesting, attractive, pleasing.

attache, n.f., string, cord, strap, leash, tether (for dogs); band (of wood, iron); tie, fastening, rivet; attachment, inclination; consent; (anat.) attachment, stabling. Mettre un chien à l’—; to tie a dog up. Prendre des chevaux à l’—; to take in horses. Vivre sans —; to live free. Être à l’—; to be always slaving.

attaché, -e, part., fastened, fixed, attached; tied, bound; intent on, bent on. — à son opinion; wedded to one’s own opinion.

attaché, n.m., attaché (of an embassy).

attachement (-tash-mān), n.m., attachment; affection; inclination; eagerness, constant application, zeal, tie, bond; (arch.) pl., memoranda of work done. — à l’étude; fondness for study.

attacher, v.a., to fasten, to make fast, to attach, to fix, to stick, to tack; to connect, to join; to apply, to affix; to suspend, to hang; to hook, to link, to chain, to rivet; to engage, to bind, to endear, to captivate; to interest, to make attentive, to occupy. — avec une épingle; to pin. — avec une courroie; to strap. — avec un crochet; to hook. — avec de la colle de pâte; to paste. — avec de la colle forte; to glue. C’est ce qui m’attache à vous; this is what binds me to you. — du prix à quelque chose; to set a value upon something. — le grelot; to bell the cat.

s’attacher, v.r., to take hold, to hold to, to fasten on; to cling; to cleave, to stick, to keep close, to adhere; to be attached, to have an affection for, to interest one’s self in; to apply one’s self to; to gain over. La poix s’attache aux doigts; pitch sticks to the fingers. Ils s’attachèrent l’un à l’autre; they became attached to each other. Je m’attachai à lui plaire, mais en vain; I used all my efforts to please him, but in vain. S’— à remplir son devoir; to strive to fulfill one’s duty.

attaquable, adj., assailable; that may be attacked; of doubtful validity.

attaquant, n.m., assailant, aggressor.

attaque, n.f., attack, onset; assault; approach; insult, reproach; aggression; fit, stroke. Elle a eu une — de nerfs; she has had a nervous attack.

attaqué, -e, part., attacked, stricken, assaulted, set upon; provoked, urged.

attaquer, v.a., to attack, to assail, to assault, to fall or set upon one, to come upon; to sue; (man.) to spur; to impugn, to reproach, to censure; to contest the validity of a document, to sue; to begin; to provoke; (nav.) to near a cape, a coast. — quelqu’un de paroles; to insult any one. L’— sur sa naissance; to reproach him his birth. — quelqu’un de conversation; to address a person. — le taureau par les cornes; to seize the bull by the horns. Il attaque bien la note; (mus.) he strikes the note well. Il attaque bien la corde; he makes the string tell.

s’attaquer, v.r., to challenge, to defy, to set upon; to find fault with; to fall foul of any one; to fall upon, to encounter any one. Il s’est attaqué à son maître; he has encountered one who is more than his match.

attarder, v.a., to delay. V. retarder.

s’attarder, v.r., to be belated, to loiter on the way, to linger.

atteindre (atteignant, atteint), v.a., to touch, to strike, to hit, to hurt, to injure; to reach, to attain; to affect; to arrive at, to come to; to come up to, to overtake, to catch, to join; to equal. Il n’a pas atteint le but; he has not hit the mark. La balle l’atteignit au front; the ball struck him in the forehead. — son maître; to equal one’s master. — l’âge de; to attain the age of. Ce danger ne saurait m’—; this danger cannot reach me. Nous atteindrons le village avant la nuit; we shall reach the village before night. — l’ennemi; to come up with the enemy. Il a beau courir, je l’atteindrai; it is in vain for him to run, I shall overtake him. Être atteint de; to be seized with.

atteindre, v.n., to reach, to come at, to touch; to attain, to compass. Je ne saurais y —; I cannot reach it, come up to it. — au but; to hit the mark. — à la perfection; to attain to perfection.

atteint, -e, part., hit, struck; attacked, seized, affected, reached. — d’un crime; arraigned for a crime.

atteinte, n.f., blow, stroke, touch; attack, fit, seizure (of disease); injury, damage, harm, wrong; reach; outrage; (man.) overreach. Les —s du froid; the ill-effects of cold. Une légère — de goutte; a slight touch of the gout. Sa santé n’a jamais reçu d’—; his health has never received any injury. Porter — à; to injure, to impair, to commit an offense against. Subir une —; to receive a blow, an injury. Je suis hors de ses —s; I am out of his reach. Porter — à l’honneur; to sully the fair name of. Porter — aux droits de; to infringe the rights of.

attelage (-laj), n.m., team, yoke, set, pair; carriage, horses.

atteler (-lé), v.a., to put horses to; to yoke. Dites au cocher qu’il attelle; tell the coachman to put the horses to. C’est une charrette mal attelée; they are an ill-assorted couple.

attelle, n.f., hame; (surg.) splint.

attenant, -e (-nān, -t), adj., next, contiguous, adjoining.

☉attenant, prep., next to, close by.

en attendant, adv., in the mean time, in the interim, meanwhile, till then, temporarily.

en attendant que, conj., till, until. Jouons en — qu’il vienne; let us play till he comes. En — — mieux; until something better turns up.

attendre, v.a., to wait for, to stay for, to tarry for; to look forward to; to expect; to look for; to await, to attend, to be in store for. — la mort; to await death. Le dîner nous attend; the dinner is waiting for us. Nous l’attendons à dîner; we expect him to dinner. Je l’attends à tout moment; I expect him every minute. C’est là où je l’attends; there I shall have him. Attendez-moi sous l’orme; you may wait for me till doomsday. Voilà le sort qui vous attend; this is the fate in store for you. Attendez! stay! hold! Je suis las d’—; I am tired of waiting. Attendons encore un peu; let us wait a little longer. Qu’il attende; let him wait. Tout vient à point à qui sait —; patience brings all things about. Il attend que son fils revienne; he is waiting till his son returns. Attendez jusqu’à demain; wait till to-morrow. Une question n’attendait pas l’autre; question followed question.

s’attendre, v.r., to rely upon, to count upon; to trust, to trust to; to expect, to expect, to look forward to, to anticipate; to reckon upon. Se faire —; to keep people waiting. Il ne faut pas s’— à cela; we must not rely upon that. Je m’y attends; I expect it. Je ne m’attendais pas à cela; I did not expect that. Attendez-vous-y! I wish you may get it!

attendri, -e, part., moved, affected, touched.

attendrir, v.a., to make tender, to soften; to touch; to move, to affect. Cela attendrit la viande; that makes meat tender. Ses larmes m’ont attendri le cœur; his tears have softened my heart.

s’attendrir, v.r., to grow tender; to be moved, to melt, to pity, to relent, to soften. S’— sur le sort de quelqu’un; to pity the fate of any one.

attendrissant, -e, adj., moving, affecting, heart-stirring, soul-moving.

attendrissement (-mān), n.m., compassion, feeling, emotion, sensibility; relenting, tenderness.

attendu, prep., considering, on account of, in consideration of. — que; seeing that, as, whereas, in or for as much as.

attenir, v.n., to adjoin; to be contiguous.

attentat, n.m., attempt at crime; crime; attempt; criminal attempt; indecent assault; outrage; infringement, violation. — à la pudeur; upon the life of. — contre les lois; outrage upon the laws.

attentatoire, adj., (jur.) hostile, outrageous, unlawful, in contempt of.

attente, n.f., expectation, waiting; hope, expectation. Remplir, tromper, l’—; to come up to, to deceive, expectation. Pierre d’—; (arch.) toothing; (fig.) stepping-stone. Être dans l’— de; to be expecting. Ligature d’—; (surg.) temporary ligature. Salle d’—; waiting-room. (com.) Dans l’— de vous lire; awaiting the favor of a reply.

attenter, v.n., to attempt, to make an attempt. — a la vie de quelqu’un; to make an attempt upon any one’s life. — contre la liberté publique; to make an attempt against public liberty. — à ses jours; to try to take one’s own life.

attenti-f, -ve, adj., attentive, heedful, mindful, considerate; studious; diligent, careful. Être — à; to look after, to see to.

attentifs, n.m.pl., followers.

attention, n.f., attention, attentiveness, care; heed, mindfulness, carefulness, vigilance; regard, respect, consideration. Faute d’—; inadvertently. Force d’—; intentness. Avec —; attentively. Manque d’—; heedlessness. Faire une chose avec —; to do a thing with care. Faire — à; to mind. — au commandement! (milit.) attention! Faites donc —; mind what you say, what you do. N’y faites pas —! do not mind it! Regarder avec —; to look fixedly. Prêtez-y —; pay attention to it. Cela mérite —; that deserves notice. S’attirer l’— du public; to attract the notice of the public. Plein d’—; regardful, mindful. Sans —; reckless. Il a eu l’— de m’avertir; he was good enough to warn me. Il a pour moi de grandes —s; he has a great regard for me. Attention! Look out!

attentionné, -e, adj., attentive.

attentivement (-mān), adv., attentively, carefully.

atténuant, -e, adj., attenuant; (jur.) palliating, extenuating.

atténuant, n.m., (med.) attenuant.

atténuation, n.f., attenuation, weakness; extenuation, mitigation, palliation.

atténué, -e, adj., attenuated, wasted, emaciated, palliated; tapering.

atténuer, v.a., to attenuate, to weaken, to make thin; to extenuate, to mitigate, to palliate, to underrate. — un crime; to palliate a crime.

atterrage, n.m., (nav.) landing, landfall, making land.

atterrant, -e, adj., astounding, startling, overwhelming.

atterrer, v.a., to throw or strike down, to bring to the ground; to overthrow; to destroy, to demolish, to ruin; to subvert; to deject, to cast down; to astound, to overwhelm.

atterrer, v.n., (nav.) to make land.

atterrir, v.n., (nav.) to land, to make land.

atterrissage, n.m., landing, making land.

atterrissement (-ĕr-ris-mān), n.m., alluvion, accretion, alluvium.

attestation, n.f., attestation, certificate, voucher, oath, affidavit.

attester, v.a., to attest, to certify, to vouch, to witness, to swear, to testify, to call, to take to witness. J’en atteste le ciel; I call heaven to witness. J’en atteste les dieux; witness, ye gods.

atticisme, n.m., Atticism.

atticiste, n.m., Atticist.

attiédir, v.n., to make lukewarm, to cool, to abate. Le temps attiedira leur zèle; time will cool their ardor.

s’attiédir, v.n., to cool, to grow cool, lukewarm, to become cool.

attiédissement (-mān), n.m., lukewarmness, coolness; abatement.

attifement, n.m., toggery, rig-out.

attifer, v.a., to dress out; to bedizen.

s’attifer, v.r., to dress oneself out, to rig oneself out.

attifet, n.m., ornament, trinket.

attique (at-tik), adj., Attic; (arch.) attic. Goût —; Attic taste. Sel —; Attic salt, Attic wit.

attique, n.m., Attic; (arch.) attic, attic story.

attiquement, adv., (gram.) after the Attic dialect.

*attirail, n.m.sing., apparatus, implements, utensils, tire, gear, furniture, tackle, baggage, train, equipage, paraphernalia; show, pomp. L’— d’une imprimerie; the materials and implements of a printing-office. L’— d’une cuisine; kitchen apparatus and utensils.

attirant, -e, adj., attractive, alluring, enticing, engaging.

attirer, v.a., to attract, to draw; to incite; to bring over, to win over, to gain over; to lure, to wheedle, to entice, to bring upon, to inspire. L’aimant attire le fer; the loadstone attracts iron. — par des caresses; to wheedle by caresses. — l’ennemi dans une embuscade; to draw the enemy into an ambuscade. — les yeux, les regards de tout le monde; to attract the eyes of all the world. Un malheur en attire un autre; one misfortune seldom comes alone.

s’attirer, v.r., to draw down upon one, to draw or bring upon oneself; to incur, to run into, to get into, to attract; to win, to gain, to get. — l’attention du public; to attract the notice of the public. — des affaires; to get one’s self into scrapes.

attiser, v.a., to make up (the fire), to stir up; to poke; (fig.) to incense, to stir up. — le feu; to fan the flame.

attisoir or attisonnoir, n.m., (in foundries), poker.

attitrer, v.a., (seldom used but in the past participle) to appoint, to recognize; to bribe. Juges attitrés; appointed judges. Marchand attitré; the shopkeeper one usually deals with. Témoins attitrés; bribed witnesses.

attitude, n.f., attitude, (paint.) posture.

attouchement (-toosh-mān), n.m., touch, feeling, contact.

attract-eur, -rice, adj., attractile.

attracti-f, -ve, adj., attractive.

attraction, n.f., attraction.

attraire, v.a., to allure, to entice.

attrait, n.m., allurement, attraction, charm; (rel.) comfort. La beauté est un puissant —; beauty is a powerful charm.

attrape, n.f., bite, trick, take-in, sell, hoax.

attrape, n.m. — nigaud; fool-trap. — mouche; catch-fly. C’est un — tout; he is a grabber.

attrape-lourdaud, n.m., (—, or —-—s) clap-trap; catch-penny.

attrape-parterre, n.m., (—, or —-—s) (l.u.) clap-trap for the pit, clap-trap.

attraper, v.a., to entrap, to ensnare, to trap; to take in, to catch; to overreach; to cheat, to trick; to overtake; to get, to secure; to receive; to compass; to take, to surprise; to hit, to reach; to seize. — un renard dans un piège; to entrap a fox. Prenez garde à vous, il vous attrapera; look to yourself, he’ll take you in. Il en a attrapé de plus fins que vous; he has taken in more cunning people than you are. Attrape qui peut; scramble for it. Attrapé! caught! Il a attrapé un bon bénéfice; he has got a good living. — un rhume; to catch a cold. — un coup; to get a blow. — quelqu’un sur le fait; to catch any one in the act. La pierre l’a attrapé à la tempe; the stone hit him on the temple. — le sens, la pensée, d’un auteur; to catch the sense, to hit upon the meaning of an author. — un caractère; to hit off a character. — la ressemblance; to hit off the likeness. Attrape! take that!

s’attraper, v.r., to be caught; (man.) to clip.

attrapeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., deceiver, deluder, cheat, trickster.

attrapoire, n.f., trap, pit-fall, snare; wile, trick.

attrayant, -e, adj., attractive, inviting, winning, engaging, charming.

attribuer, v.a., to attach, to annex; to attribute, to ascribe, to impute (a thing to any one); to assign, to confer. — des privilèges à une charge; to assign; to attach privileges to an office.

s’attribuer, v.r., to assume, to take upon one’s self, to arrogate to one’s self; to claim. Il s’attribue de grands droits; he claims extensive rights.

attribut, n.m., attribute, prerogative; (log.) predicate, attribute, quality; symbol, emblem.

attributi-f, -ve, adj., attributive; (law) relative.

attribution, n.f., conferring; privilege, prerogative; pl., powers; province, department. (law) cognizance, competence. Lettres d’—; patents conferring power (to act).

attristant, -e, adj., sad, sorrowful, melancholy, grievous.

attrister, v.a., to grieve, to afflict, to trouble, to cast down, to throw a gloom over. Cette nouvelle l’attriste; that piece of news grieves him.

s’attrister, v.r., to grieve, to yield to sorrow; to be sad, to become sorrowful.

attrition, n.f., (theol.) attrition; (phys.) attrition, friction.

attroupement (-troop-mān), n.m., gathering, riotous assemblage, mob, rabble. Loi contre les —s; Riot Act.

attrouper, v.a., to assemble, to gather together. Il attroupa toute la canaille; he gathered all the rabble together.

s’attrouper, v.r., to flock together, to gather in crowds, to get together tumultuously. Défense de s’—; no gatherings allowed.

au, contraction of à le, to the. Céder au torrent; to give way to the torrent. Sauce — vin blanc; wine-sauce.

aubade, n.f., morning serenade; reproof, abuse, lecture. Il en a eu l’—; he was reproved for it.

☉aubain, n.m., alien, foreigner.

aubainage, n.m., escheatage.

aubaine, n.f., (jur.) aubaine, escheat, escheatage; windfall, piece of good luck.

aube, n.f., the dawn; alb (priest’s garment); (hydr.) float-board; float; paddle-board (of steamers). L’— du jour; the break of day. —s de moulin; flat-boards of a mill. Roue à —s; paddle-wheel. — mobile; feathering paddle.

aubépine, n.f., hawthorn, whitethorn, may.

aubère, adj., (man.) flea-bitten gray. Cheval —; flea-bitten gray horse.

auberge, n.f., inn, public-house, tavern.

aubergine. V. melongène.

aubergiste, n.m., innkeeper, publican, landlord, host.

auberon, n.m., catch (of a lock).

auberonnière, n.f., clasp (of a lock).

*aube-vigne, n.f., (bot.) virgin’s-bower, traveler’s joy.

aubier, n.m., (bot.) sap-wood, alburnum.

aubifoin, n.m., (bot.) bluebottle, corn-flower.

aubin, n.m., (man.) canter, hand-gallop.

aubiner, v.n., (man.) to canter; (hort.) to earth; (of vines) to layer.

aubour, n.m., (bot.) laburnum.

aucun, -e, adj., any; (negative) none, no one; not any; no. Je ne connais — de vos juges; I know none of your judges. — ne le dira; no one will say so. Je doute qu’— de vous le fasse; I doubt whether any of you will do it. Il n’y a — de ses sujets qui ne mourût pour lui; there is not one of his subjects who would not die for him. De tous ceux qui se disaient mes amis, — m’a-t-il secouru? did any of all those who called themselves my friends assist me? Je vous le cède sans bénéfice —; I let you have it without any profit whatever. Il n’a fait —es dispositions; he has made no arrangements. Sans —s frais; without any expense.

aucunement (-mān), adv., in no wise, not at all, not in the least. Je ne le connais —; I do not know him at all. —, Monsieur; not in the least, Sir.

audace, n.f., audacity, insolence, assurance, daring, boldness. Avec —; insolently. Payer d’—; to brazen it out.

audacieusement (-eûz-mān), adv., audaciously, daringly, boldly.

audacieu-x, -se, adj., audacious, daring; impudent, insolent; presumptuous, bold; high-spirited, enterprising. Génie —; daring genius. Entreprise —se; bold enterprise.

☉au deçà (ô-dsa), prep. V. deçà.

au delà (ô-dla), prep., on the other side, beyond. V. delà.

audience, n.f., audience, auditory; court, sitting, hearing; hall (where causes are heard); levee. Jour d’—; court day. Ouvrir l’—; to open the court. — publique; open court. — à huis clos; a sitting with closed doors, a case heard in camerâ. En pleine —; in open court. L’— est levée; the sitting is raised. On le mit hors de l’—; he was turned out of the court. L’— est reprise; the case is resumed. Donner —; (of a minister) to hold a levee, to give audience. Tenir l’—; (of a judge) to sit, to preside.

audiencier, adj.m. Huissier —; crier of a court.

audiencier, n.m., usher, crier of a court.

auditeur, n.m., auditor, auditress, hearer; auditor (of accounts).

auditi-f, -ve, adj. auditory. Conduit — externe; cavity of the ear.

audition, n.f., (jur.) hearing, audit, auditing. L’— des témoins; the hearing of the witnesses.

auditoire, n.m., congregation (in a church); audience (theatre, &c.); auditory, bar, court.

auge, n.f., trough; a plasterer’s hod; spout (of a water-mill). — à goudron; (nav.) tar-bucket. — d’écurie; manger.

augée, n.f., hodful, troughful.

augelot (ôj-lo), n.m., little ditch; small trough, ladle.

auger, v.a., (tech.) to hollow out.

auget, n.m., seed-box, drawer (of a bird-cage); spout (of a mill-hopper); small trough; bucket (of a water-wheel); trough.

augment, n.m., (gram.) augment; (med.) increase, jointure, dowry.

augmentateur, n.m., augmenter; (adj.) augmenting.

augmentati-f, -ve, adj., (gram.) augmentative.

augmentation, n.f., augmentation, increase, enlargement, addition; (com.) rise (in salary).

augmenté, -e, part., augmented, increased. Un livre revu, corrigé et —; a book revised, corrected, and augmented.

augmenter, v.a., to augment, to increase, to enlarge, to add to, to raise the salary of; (com.) to raise. Il a augmenté sa maison; he has enlarged his house. — le prix; to raise the price. Je vais — mon commis; I am about to increase my clerk’s salary.

augmenter, v.n., to augment, to increase, to grow, to rise (in price), to multiply. Le sucre a augmenté de prix; sugar has risen in price.

s’augmenter, v.r., to increase, to enlarge, to better, to improve.

augural, -e, adj., augural, augurial.

augure, n.m., augury; omen, token; augur, soothsayer. Un bon, un mauvais —; a good, bad omen. De mauvais —; ominous, portentous, ill-boding. Funeste —; ill-boding omen. Un oiseau de mauvais —; a bird of ill-omen.

augurer, v.a., to augur; to conjecture, to surmise. Qu’en pouvez-vous —? what can you augur from it? Je n’en augure rien de bon; I foresee no good result.

auguste, adj., august, sacred, venerable.

augustement, adv., (l.u.) in an august manner.

augustin, -e, n.m.f., Austin friar, or nun. Saint —; (print.) English.

aujourd’hui, adv., to-day, this day; nowadays, now, at present. D’— en huit; this day week. D’— en quinze; this day fortnight. Dès —; from to-day, henceforth. — il y a huit, quinze, jours; it is a week, a fortnight, ago. La mode d’—; the present fashion. Les hommes d’—; the men of the present day. Ce n’est pas d’— que nous nous connaissons; we are no new acquaintances.

aulique, adj., aulic.

aulique, n.f., thesis.

aulnaie, aulne, aulnée. V. aunaie, aune, aunée.

auloffée, n.f., (nav.) luff.

aulx (ô), pl. of ail.

aumailles, adj. Bêtes —; horned cattle.

aumône, n.f., alms, alms-giving, charity, gift, dole. Faire l’—; to give alms. Demander l’—; to beg. Vivre d’—; to live upon alms. Être réduit à l’—; to be reduced to beggary. Faites moi l’— d’un regard; bestow but one look upon me. Qui vit d’—s, meurt de faim; beg and starve.

☉aumônée, n.f., sum given to hospitals.

☉aumôner, v.a., to pay a fine to the poor.

aumônerie, n.f., almonry, chaplaincy.

aumônier, n.m., almoner, chaplain, ordinary.

aumônière, n.f., alms-box, alms-purse; almoner (nun).

aumôni-er, -ère, adj., charitable, lavish of alms.

aumusse or aumuce, n.f., amess, hood (priest’s garment).

aunage, n.m., alnage, ell-measure.

aunaie, n.f., an alder-plot, grove of alders.

☉aune, n.f., ell; (fig.) measure, standard. Acheter à l’—; to buy by the ell. Mesurer les autres à son —; to measure another man’s peck by one’s own bushel. Les hommes ne se mesurent pas à l’—; one must not judge of a man’s merit by his stature. Il sait ce qu’en vaut l’—; he knows it to his cost, by experience. En avoir tout du long de l’—; to get it with a vengeance.

aune, n.m., alder-tree.

aunée or aulnée, n.f., (bot.) elecampane.

auner, v.a., to measure; to judge of, to value.

auneur, n.m., alnager, measurer.

auparavant, adv., before, first; heretofore, previously; ere now. Longtemps —; a long time before.

auprès, prep., near, by; close to; close by; near to; with, in, over; to, in comparison with. Sa maison est — de la mienne; his house is close to mine. Être — d’un seigneur; to live with a nobleman. Excusez-le — de son père; excuse him to his father. Il cherche à me nuire — de vous; he endeavors to lower me in your esteem. Être bien — de quelqu’un; to be in anybody’s good books. Elle peut tout — de lui; she can do anything with him. Votre mal n’est rien — du sien; your distress is nothing to his. Vivre — de ses parents; to live with one’s parents.

auprès, adv., by, hard by, close to.

aurate, n.m., (chem.) aurate.

auréole, n.f., glory, halo, nimbus, crown of glory; (paint.) aureola; (anat.) areola.

auriculaire, adj., auricular. Témoin —; ear-witness. Le doigt —; the little finger.

auriculaire, n.m., the little finger.

auricule, n.f., auricle, external ear; (bot.) bear’s ear, auricula.

auriculé, -e, adj., (bot.) auriculate, eared.

aurifère, adj., auriferous.

aurifier, v.a., to stop (teeth) with gold.

aurillard. V. orillard.

aurique, adj., shoulder-of-mutton shaped. Voiles —s; lateen sails.

aurochs (oroks), n.m., (mam.) urus, wild bull.

aurone, n.f., abrotanum, southern-wood.

aurore, n.f., dawn, morning, morn, day-dawn, day; East; gold color; (myth., astron.) Aurora. À l’—; at daybreak. Avant l’—; before dawn. L’— commençait à poindre; day was beginning to dawn. L’— aux doigts de rose; rosy-fingered morn. Du couchant à l’—; from west to east. — boréale; aurora borealis.

auscultation, n.f., (med.) auscultation.

ausculter, v.a., (med.) to auscultate.

auspice, n.m., auspice, omen, presage. Heureux —s; a good omen, auspices.

aussi, adv., too, also, likewise; besides, therefore, moreover; accordingly; so; as much; as. Vous le voulez, et moi —; you will have it so, and I too. Donnez-m’en —; give me some too. Il est — sage que vaillant; he is as prudent as courageous. Il est — sot que son ami; he is as much a fool as his friend.

aussi, conj., therefore, but then. Ces dentelles sont belles, — coûtent-elles beaucoup; these laces are fine, but then they are dear. — bien; for, and the more so as; as well. Je ne veux point y aller, — bien est-il trop tard; I won’t go there, the more so as it is too late. Je n’ai que faire de l’en prier, — bien ne m’écouterait-il pas; it would be in vain for me to entreat him, inasmuch as he would not listen to me. Je sais cela — bien que vous; I know that as well as you. — peu que; as little as, as few as.

aussière or haussière, n.f., (nav.) hawser, small cable, warp.

aussitôt, adv., immediately, directly, as soon as, forthwith. — après votre départ; immediately after your departure. — dit, — fait; no sooner said than done. — que; as soon as, whenever. — qu’il viendra; as soon as he comes.

auster (os-tèr), n.m., auster, south-wind.

austère, adj., austere, severe, stern, grave; harsh, sharp (to the taste).

austèrement (-mān), adv., austerely, severely, rigidly.

austérité, n.f., austerity; severity, sternness; strictness.

austral, -e, adj., austral.

autan, n.m., (poet.) south wind, storm, blast. Braver les —s; to face the storm.

autant, adv., as much, as many; so much, so many; as far, as long. Ce vase contient — que l’autre; this vase contains as much as the other. Il y avait — d’hommes que de femmes; there were as many men as women. Travaillez — que vous pourrez; work as much as you can. Je l’ai vendu tout —; I sold it for quite as much. Une fois —; as much again. — que jamais; as much as ever. — l’esclavage me répugne, — la liberté m’effraie; liberty alarms me as much as slavery is repugnant to me. — de têtes, — d’opinions; so many men, so many minds. Cela est fini, ou — vaut; that is as good as done. — en emporte le vent; all that is idle talk. Boire d’—; to drink a great deal. À la charge d’—; on condition of a return. — ne pas y aller du tout; might as well not go at all. — que; as, as far as. — que j’en puis juger; as far as I can conjecture. — dire; you might as well say.

d’autant mieux or d’autant plus (adverb. phrase), the more so, so much the more so, the rather, especially. Je l’estime d’autant plus qu’il est pauvre; I esteem him the more because he is poor. Je l’en aime d’autant mieux; I love her all the more for it.

d’autant moins (adverb. phrase), the less, so much the less. Il en est d’autant moins à craindre; he is all the less to be feared.

d’autant que, conj., seeing that, more especially as.

autel, n.m., altar; (astron.) ara. Le Sacrement de l’—; the host; the holy Sacrament, Eucharist. Les —s; religion. Grand, maître, —; high altar. Nappe d’—; altar cloth. Tableau d’—; altar-piece. Il mérite qu’on lui élève des —s; he deserves the greatest honors. Il en prendrait sur l’—; he would rob a church. Qui sert à l’— doit vivre de l’—; every man must live by his profession.

auteur, n.m., author, authoress; inventor, maker, cause, source, contriver, framer; writer; perpetrator; achiever; artist, engraver, composer, sculptor; owner; informant, authority. Dieu est l’— de toutes choses; God is the author of all things. L’— d’un projet; the framer of a project. L’— d’un procédé; the inventor of a process. C’est elle qui est l’— de ce livre; she is the author of that book. Se faire —; to turn author. Nommez votre —; name your informant, authority. Droit d’—; copyright.

authenticité, n.f., authenticity, genuineness.

authentique, adj., original; authentic, genuine.

authentique, n.f., authentics.

authentiquement (-mān), adv., authentically.

authentiquer, v.a., (jur.) to sign and seal, to authenticate.

autobiographe, n.m., autobiographer.

autobiographie, n.f., autobiography.

autobus, n.m., motor omnibus.

autochtone (-tok-to-n), n.m., (antiq.) autochthon; (adj.) autochthonous.

autoclave, adj., self-regulating; n.m., steaming-pan.

autocrate, n.m., autocrat.

autocratie (-cî), n.f., autocracy.

autocratique, adj., autocratical.

autodafé, n.m., (—s) auto-da-fé.

autographe, n.m., autograph.

☉autographe, adj., autographic, autographical.

autographie, n.f., autography.

autographier, v.a., to autograph.

autographique, adj., autographic.

automate, n.m., automaton.

automatique, adj., automatic, automatical.

automédon, n.m., charioteer, Jehu, driver, cabby.

automnal, -e (-tom-nal), adj., autumnal.

automne (-to-n), n.m.f., autumn; fall of the leaf; fall (of the year).

automot-eur, -rice, adj., self-acting, self-moving, self-propelling.

automobile, n.m., motor-car.

autonome, adj., autonomous.

autonomie, n.f., autonomy, self-government.

autopsie, n.f., post-mortem examination, autopsy, inquest.

autorisation, n.f., authorization; authority, permission; license (of a preacher); warrant; consent.

autoriser, v.a., to authorise, to empower, to commission, to qualify; to allow by authority, to legalize, to license, to warrant.

s’autoriser, v.r., to get or gain or assume authority, to think one’s self warranted (by), to act on the authority of.

autorité, n.f., authority, legal power, rule, command, sway; credit, power, sanction, interest, weight, consideration. Avoir de l’— sur; to have power over. Être en —; to be invested with authority. Il l’a fait de son — privée; he did it on his own initiative. Alléguer, apporter des —s; to quote or cite authorities. Faire —; to be an authority.

autour, n.m., goshawk.

autour, prep., about, round, around. — de sa personne; about his person. — du bras; round the arm. Tourner — du pot; to beat about the bush.

autour, adv., about, round, round about. Il regardait tout —; he looked all about. Ici —; hereabouts.

autourserie, n.f., goshawk training.

autoursier, n.m., goshawk trainer, falconer.

autre, adj., other, different, else, second, another. L’— jour; the other day. Une — fois; another time. Tout —; quite different. Aucun —; no one else. Vous —s; you people, fellows. Nous —; the like of us. Encore un —; another, one more. Il le regarde comme un — lui même; he looks upon him as a second self.

autre, pron., another, other, else. Nul — n’y aurait consenti; nobody else would have consented to it. Un — le fera; another will do it. Tout — l’aurait fait; any other would have done it. Les uns se plaisent à une chose, les —s à une —; some delight in one thing and some in another. L’un l’—; one another, each other. L’un et l’—; both. L’un ou l’—; either. Ni l’un ni l’—; neither. L’un et l’— vous ont obligé; both have obliged you. Les uns et les —s; all. Ni l’un ni l’— ne valent rien; both are good for nothing. À l’un ou à l’—; to either. Ni pour l’un ni pour l’—; for neither. On les a payés l’un et l’—; both have been paid. À l’envi l’un de l’—; in emulation of one another. Entre —s; among other people or among other things. De côté et d’—; up and down. De part et d’—; on both sides, on all sides. C’est un — homme; he is no more the same man. Il ne fait — chose que jouer; he does nothing but play. C’est — chose; it is quite another thing. C’est une — paire de manches; that’s a horse of another color. Nous —s Français, nous mangeons beaucoup de pain; we French people eat a great deal of bread. Causer de choses et d’—s; to talk of different things. Il dit d’une façon et il fait d’une —; he says one thing and does another. L’un vaut l’—; they are much of a muchness; or one is as bad as the other. Comme dit l’—; as somebody says; as the saying is. Il n’en fait point d’—s; he does nothing else, these are his pranks. L’un dans l’—, l’un portant l’—; one with another; on an average. Il en sait bien d’—s; he knows a trick worth two of that. J’en ai vu bien d’—s; I have outlived worse things than that. À d’—s! pshaw! I know better, you must not tell that to me, tell it to the marines.

autrefois, adv., formerly, in former times; of old.

autrement, adv., otherwise; after another manner, another way; else; or else. Faisons —; let us go to work another way. Entrez, — je fermerai la porte; come in, or else I’ll shut the door. C’est un homme qui n’est pas — riche; he is a man who is not over rich.

autrichien, -ne, adj., n.m.f., Austrian.

autruche, n.f., (orni.) ostrich. Avoir un estomac d’—; to have the stomach of an ostrich; to digest anything.

autrui, n.m., pron., others, other people. Dépendre d’—; to depend on others. Faire à — ce que nous voudrions qu’on nous fît; to do by others as we would be done by. Le bien d’—; another’s property. Mal d’— n’est que songe; we make light of the ills of others.

auvent, n.m., shed, penthouse, lean-to.

auvernat, n.m., Orléans wine.

aux (pl. of au), art., to the. V. à.

auxdits, auxdites, adj.m.f.pl., to the said.

auxiliaire, adj., auxiliary, subsidiary. Verbe —; auxiliary verb.

auxiliaire, n.m., auxiliary; helper, assistant.

s’avachir, v.r., to flag; to grow fat and flabby; to get out of shape, to run down at heel.

aval, adv., down, downwards, down stream. Le vent vient d’—; the wind is blowing up stream. En — de; below. Vent d’—; westerly wind.

aval, n.m., (com.) guarantee, indorsement. Mettez votre — au dos de ce billet; indorse that bill.

avalaison, n.f., flood, torrent; (nav.) a long-continued west or northwest wind.

avalanche, n.f., avalanche, snow-slip.

avalasse, n.f. V. avalaison.

avalé, -e, part., flagging, hanging down; sunk, fallen in; gone down stream.

avaler, v.a., to swallow, to swallow down; to let down; to endure, to pocket (affront); to lower (things into a cellar); to drink, to toss off; (gard.) to lop; to gulp down. — un affront; to pocket an insult. Il ne fait que tordre et —; he gobbles up everything. — du vin dans une cave; to let wine down into a cellar. — une branche; to lop off a branch close to the trunk. — des couleuvres; to pocket many affronts.

avaler, v.n., to go down, drop off (the river with the stream).

s’avaler, v.r., to flag, to hang down, to fall down or in; to be swallowed.

avalette, n.f., a sort of float (angling).

avaleur, n.m., swallower, glutton. — de pois gris; a great glutton. — de charrettes ferrées; a braggadocio.

avaloire, n.f., a large throat or swallow; (saddlery) breeching; (hat making) stamper.

avançage, n.m., cab stand, stand.

avance, n.f., advance, start, distance in advance; projection, prominence; advance-money; first step, offer; gain, benefit. Il a quatre lieues d’— sur moi; he is four leagues ahead of me. Faire une — de mille écus; to advance a thousand crowns. Faire les —s d’une entreprise; to advance the funds for an enterprise. Faire des —s; to make advances to. Prendre l’—; to get the start. D’—; beforehand. Payer d’—; to pay beforehand. Prévenir d’—; to warn beforehand. À l’—, en —, par —; beforehand, before one’s time, by anticipation.

avancé, -e, part., advanced; forward, early; late (of the hour). Un homme — en âge; an elderly man. Un jeune homme fort —; a very forward youth. Les arbres sont —s; the trees are forward. Je n’en suis pas plus —; I am not a bit the better off for it. Viande —e; meat which is getting bad. Me voilà bien —! that’s all I get for my pains; I am in a pretty predicament.

avancée, n.f., (milit.) advance guard.

avancement (-mān), n.m., progress, advancement; improvement; preferment, promotion, rise.

avancer, v.a., to advance, to bring, to put forward; to hold out, to stretch out, to set forward; to bring nearer; to hasten; to forward; to pay beforehand; to lay out or down; to assert, to bring forth, to urge; to hold forth; to promote, to put on (a clock); to broach, to bring forward (opinion); to give (a chair). Avancez la table; push the table forward. — le pied; to put one’s foot forward. Faire —; to push, to push on. Cela a avancé sa mort; that hastened his death. — l’horloge; to put the clock on. — le dîner; to hasten dinner. — un ouvrage; to forward a piece of work. Il lui a avancé de l’argent; he has advanced him some money. — les intérêts de quelqu’un; to promote any one’s interests. Pouvez-vous prouver ce que vous avancez? can you prove your assertion? On l’a avancé; he has been promoted.

avancer, v.n., to advance, to get on, to proceed, to march on, to move forward, to keep on, to go too fast; to come out; to jut out; to lean over, to bear out; to encroach; to improve, to make some progress; to thrive; to rise. Avancez-donc! come along! L’horloge avance; the clock is fast. Cette maison avance trop sur la rue; that house juts out too much into the street. — en âge; to advance in years. Faire — une voiture; to call a cab. Cela m’— bien! what good is that to me?

s’avancer, v.r., to advance, to go on, to move forward; to stand forth; to draw near, to come up; to get on, to improve; to get preferred, to be successful; to go far; to jut out, to project. Cet ambassadeur s’est trop avancé; that ambassador has gone too far. Le temps s’avance; time flies. S’— à cheval; to ride up. S’— en voiture; to drive up. S’— à la voile; to sail up. S’— en courant; to run up.

avanceur, n.m., gold-wire drawer.

avanie, n.f., insult, affront, outrage.

avant, n.m., (nav.) prow, head, bow of a ship. De l’— à l’arrière; from stem to stern. Gagner l’— de; to get ahead of, to get a headway (on a ship).

avant, prep., (of time and order) before. J’ai vu cela — vous; I saw that before you. — toutes choses; above all things. — tout; first of all, before all.

avant, adv., far, deep, forward, far advanced. D’—; before. En —! forward! march on! En — de; before, in front of. Mettre en —; to bring forward. N’allez pas si —; don’t go so far. Creuser fort — dans la terre; to dig very deep in the ground. Plus —; further, deeper. Bien — dans la nuit; very late at night. Nous étions bien — en mer; we had got a great way out to sea. Aller de l’—; (nav.) to go ahead.

avant que, conj., before. — qu’il soit un an; before a year is over.

avantage, n.m., advantage, vantage-ground, pleasure; benefit, profit, interest; behalf, behoof; (nav.) weather-gauge; (man.) whip-hand; odds (at play). Avoir l’— sur; to have the advantage over. Avoir l’—; to win, to prevail. On lui a fait tous les — possibles; they gave him every possible advantage. Quel — vous en revient-il? what benefit do you reap from it? On peut dire ceci à son —; this may be said in his favor. Nos troupes ont eu l’—; our troop have had the best of it. Tirer — de tout; to turn everything to account. J’ai perdu, vous avez l’—; I have lost, you have the better of the game. S’habiller à son —; to dress to the best advantage.

avantager, v.a., to advantage; to bestow an advantage on; to favor. La nature l’avait avantagé de beaucoup de qualités précieuses; nature had endowed him with many inestimable qualities.

avantageusement, (-mān), adv., advantageously, to advantage; usefully; beneficially, favorably; highly. S’habiller —; to dress to the best advantage. Parler — de quelqu’un; to speak highly of any one.

avantageu-x, -se, adj., advantageous, profitable, beneficial, eligible; conceited, presuming; overbearing; (of dress) becoming. Conditions —ses; advantageous terms. Coiffure —se; a becoming way of dressing the hair. Un ton —; a confident, assuming tone. C’est un homme —; he is a conceited fellow, vain, presuming.

avant-bec, n.m., (—-—s) (arch.) starling of a bridge, pier, ice-breaker, cutwater.

avant-bras, n.m., (—) fore-arm.

avant-corps, n.m., (—) (arch.) fore-part.

avant-cour, n.f., (—-—s) fore-court.

avant-coureur, n.m., (—-—s) (mil.) van-courier, forerunner, precursor; harbinger.

avant-courri-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., (—-—s) forerunner, harbinger.

avant-derni-er, -ère, adj. and n., (—-—s) the last but one. L’—e syllabe; the penultimate.

avant-faire-droit, n.m., (—) preventive injunction.

avant-fossé, n.m., (—-—s) (fortif.) advance-fosse.

avant-garde, n.f., (—-—s) vanguard; (nav.) van.

avant-goût, n.m., (—-—s) foretaste, earnest, anticipation.

avant-hier (-ti-ère), adv., the day before yesterday.

avant-jour, n.m., (n.p.) morning-twilight.

avant-main, n.m., (—-—s) (man.) fore-hand of a horse; (tennis) fore-hand stroke; (at cards) lead.

☉avant-midi, n.m., (—) forenoon.

avant-mur, n.m., (—-—s) outward wall, screen-wall.

avant-pêche, n.f., (—-—s) early peach.

avant-pied, n.m., (—-—s) vamp, upper-leather of a boot.

☉avant-plancher, n.m., (—-—s) false-ceiling.

avant-poignet, n.m., (—-—s) fore-wrist.

avant-port, n.m., (—-—s) (nav.) outer harbor, tide-dock.

avant-portail, n.m., (—-—s) fore-portal.

avant-poste, n.m., (—-—s) (milit.) out-post.

avant-propos, n.m., (—) preface, preamble; introduction, exordium.

avant-quart, n.m., (—-—s) (horl.) warning-bell.

avant-scène, n.f., (—-—s) front of the stage; proscenium, stage-box.

avant-toit, n.m., (—-—s) fore-roof, projecting roof, eaves.

avant-train, n.m., (—-—s) fore-carriage, limber.

*avant-veille, n.f., (—-—s) two days before.

avare, adj., avaricious, miserly, covetous; stingy, close-fisted, sparing; penurious, niggardly. Être — de ses louanges; to be sparing of praise. À père — enfant prodigue; a miserly father has a spendthrift son.

avare, n.m., miser, niggard; pinch-penny.

avarement, adv., avariciously.

avarice, n.f., avarice, avariciousness, covetousness; niggardliness; stinginess. Par —; from avarice.

avaricieu-x, -se, adj., (l.u.) avaricious, covetous; stingy.

avarie, n.f., damage (done in conveying goods); (com.) damage, loss, repairs. —s communes; (com.) general average. Menues —s; small averages. —s simples; ordinary damage. Sans —; without mishap. Causer une —; to damage. Régler les —s; to state the averages.

avarié, -e, adj., damaged.

avarier, v.a., to damage. S’—, v.r., to become damaged.

avaste, int., (nav.) avast, stop, stay.

à vau-l’eau, adv., with the stream, downstream. Toutes son entreprises sont allées —; all his undertakings have come to nought.

à vau-de-route, adv., in flight.

avé, n.m., (—) ave. — Maria; ave Maria.

avec, prep., with, together with; among. Venez — moi; come with me. — dessein; designedly. — tout cela; for all that, nevertheless. Il a pris mon manteau, et s’en est allé —; he has taken my cloak, and has gone off with it. Discerner le bien d’— le mal; to discern good from evil, — ça! (coll.) nonsense!

avecque, prep., obsolete spelling of avec.

aveindre (aveignant, aveint), v.a., to take out, to fetch out.

aveine, n.f. V. avoine.

avelanède, n.f., acorn-cup, valonia.

aveline, n.f., filbert, cob-nut.

avelinier, n.m., filbert-tree.

avénage, n.m., avenage (due, paid in oats).

avenant, part. V. advenant.

avenant, -e, adj., good-looking, prepossessing, comely, pleasing, taking. Physionomie —e; pleasing features. Manières —es; prepossessing, engaging manners. n., declaration of altered policy (insurance).

à l’avenant, adv., appropriate; in keeping with. Le dessert fut à l’— du repas; the dessert was in keeping with the repast. Et tout à l’—; and all corresponding, matching.

avènement (-mān), n.m., coming, accession, succession, advent. L’— du roi à la couronne; the king’s accession to the crown. L’— du Messie; the coming of the Messiah.

avèneron, n.m., wild oats.

avenir, n.m., the future, futurity, existence, future welfare, hopes, prospects; (jur.) venire facias. À l’—; in future. On ne peut répondre de l’—; one cannot answer for the future. J’assure un — à mes enfants; I secure a competence for my children. Cet homme n’a aucun —; that man has no prospects. D’—, or qui a de l’—; promising, rising.

☉avenir, v.n. V. advenir.

à-venir, n.m. (—), (jur.) summons to an attorney to appear for his client.

avent, n.m., Advent.

aventure, n.f., adventure, occurrence; chance, accident, luck; fate, lot. À l’—; at a venture, at random. Une plaisante —; a droll adventure. Grosse —; (com.) bottomry. Dire la bonne —; to tell people’s fortunes. Se faire dire sa bonne —; to have one’s fortune told. Une diseuse de bonne —; a fortune-teller. Tenter l’—; to make a trial, to try one’s luck. Mal d’—; whitlow. D’—, par —; by chance, perchance. Si par —; if peradventure, if by chance.

aventuré, -e, part., hazardous, hazarded, bold.

aventurer, v.a., to venture, to put to the venture, to risk.

s’aventurer, v.r., to venture, to take one’s chance, to hazard, to risk one’s self.

aventureu-x, -se, adj., venturous, venturesome, adventurous.

adventuri-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., adventurer, adventuress.

aventurine, n.f., avanturine, venturine.

avenu, -e, part., come to pass, happened. Acte nul et non —; act that is null and void.

avenue, n.f., avenue, approach, walk.

avéré, -e, part., averred, established by evidence.

avérer, v.a., to aver, to prove the truth of, to confirm, to establish.

averhan. V. tétras.

à verse, adv., fast (of rain). Il pleut —; it is pouring with rain.

averse, n.f., shower of rain; down-pour.

aversion, n.f., aversion, hate, hatred; antipathy, dislike, detestation. Prendre quelqu’un en —; to take an aversion to one. Cet homme est ma bête d’—; that man is my bugbear, my pet aversion.

averti, -e, part., warned, informed. Se tenir pour —; to be on one’s guard, to take it as a warning. Un bon — en vaut deux; forewarned, forearmed.

avertir, v.a., to warn, to caution; to inform of, to acquaint with, to give notice of, to admonish. Faire —; to send notice, word.

avertissement (-mān), n.m., information, advice, (b.s.) warning, caution; notification; advertisement (of books); (b.s.) admonition.

avertisseur, n.m., monitor, adviser; (official) public crier; (thea.) call-boy. — d’incendie; fire-alarm.

aveu, n.m., avowal, confession, acknowledgment, admission; approbation, consent, recognition. Homme sans —; vagrant, vagabond. Faire l’— de; to confess.

aveugle, adj., blind, sightless; deluded; ignorant, implicit. — de naissance or né; born blind. Obéissance —; implicit obedience. Changer son cheval borgne contre un —; to change from bad to worse. La fortune est —; fortune is blind.

aveugle, n.m.f., blind person. Un — y mordrait; a blind man would see it. C’est un — qui en conduit un autre; it is the blind leading the blind. Crier comme un — qui a perdu son bâton; to cry out before one is hurt.

aveuglement, n.m., blindness, infatuation.

aveuglément, adv., blindly, rashly, implicitly.

aveugler, v.a., to blind, to make blind; to put out the eyes of; to dazzle; to delude; to obscure, to cloud; (nav.) to fother. La passion aveugle l’entendement; passion obscures the understanding. — une voie d’eau; (nav.) to fother a leak. La trop grande lumière aveugle; too much light dazzles the eyes.

s’aveugler, v.r., to blind one’s self, to shut one’s eyes to, to be blinded, to deceive one’s self.

à l’aveuglette, adv., (fam.) groping in the dark. Aller —; to go groping along, blindly, rashly.

avicule, n.f., (mol.). V. aronde.

avide, adj., greedy of, eager for, thirsting for; voracious; covetous, rapacious. Un homme —; a covetous man. — de gain; eager for gain.

avidement (-mān), adv., greedily, eagerly, voraciously, covetously.

avidité, n.f., avidity, greediness, eagerness, covetousness.

avilir, v.a., to debase, to demean, to disgrace, to vilify; to disparage, to discredit, to depreciate, to lower.

s’avilir, v.r., to disgrace one’s self, to debase one’s self, to grow contemptible.

avilissant, -e, adj., debasing, degrading, humiliating.

avilissement (-mān), n.m., degradation, debasement, depreciation, contempt, vileness.

aviné, -e, part., drunk, drunken, unsteady (from drink). Il est —; c’est un corps —; he is a regular tippler.

aviner, v.a., to season with wine.

aviron, n.m., (nav.) oar. — de couple; scull. Aller à l’—; to row. Donner un coup d’—; to lend a helping hand.

avironnerie, n.f., oar-maker’s shed.

avironnier, n.m., oar-maker.

avis, n.m., opinion, sentiment, mind, judgment; advice, counsel, deliberation, admonition; notice, notification; warning, caution; account, information, intelligence, news; motion; vote; advertisement (in books). À mon —; in my opinion. Je suis d’— que vous lui écriviez; I am of opinion that you should write to him. Je ne suis pas d’— d’y aller; I am not for going there. Dire son —; to say, speak one’s mind. Je profiterai de l’— que vous me donnez; I shall avail myself of the caution you have given me. — au lecteur; a note to the reader; a word to the wise. J’ai changé d’—; I have altered my mind. On a reçu — de Paris; we are advised from Paris. Lettre d’—; letter of advice. Faute d’—; for want of advice. Sous —; with advice. Suivant l’— de; as per advice. Donner à quelqu’un un — de quelque chose; to advise any one of anything. Ne m’écris plus jusqu’à nouvel —; write no more till further notice. Ouvrir un —; to broach an opinion. Être d’—; to opine. Prendre les —; to take the opinion. Aller aux —; to put to the vote. Donner un — assez clair à quelqu’un; to give a pretty broad hint to any one. Il m’est —; I rather think or methinks. Deux —s valent mieux qu’un; two heads are better than one. Il y a jours d’—; there is no hurry; there is plenty of time.

avisé, -e, adj., wary, discreet, prudent, cautious, advised, circumspect. Mal —; ill-advised, il est fort —; he is a very discreet man.

aviser, v.a., to apprise; to perceive; to espy; (com.) to advise.

aviser, v.n., to consider, to see to, to think upon, to look to. Avisez-y; look to it. Vous y aviserez; you will see to it.

s’aviser, v.r., to think of, to consider, to take it into one’s head; to bethink one’s self, to be so minded, to dare, to presume. Il ne s’avise jamais de rien; he thinks of nothing. Il s’avisa de; he took it into his head to. Il n’y a sottise dont il ne s’avise; there is no folly he does not commit. Il s’avisa d’un bon expédient; he bethought himself of a good expedient. Ne vous en avisez pas; you had better not.

aviso, n.m., (nav.) dispatch-boat.

*avitaillement, n.m., (nav., milit.) victualing; stores.

*avitailler, v.a., to victual, to furnish with victuals, to store.

☉*avitailleur, n.m., army or navy contractor.

avivage, n.m., first laying of tin-foil on glass; hewing.

aviver, v.a., to polish, to burnish, to brighten.

avives, n.f.pl., (vet.) vives.

avivoir, n.m., polisher, burnisher (tool).

avocasser, v.n., to be a pettifogger, to drudge at the bar.

avocasserie, n.f., pettifoggery, caviling, quibble, twaddle.

avocat, n.m., counsel, barrister, advocate, pleader, intercessor. — de causes perdues, — de Pilate, — de balle, — à tort; briefless barrister. — consultant; chamber-counsel. — principal; leading barrister. — général; solicitor general. Plaider par —; to be represented by counsel.

avocate, n.f., female advocate; mediatrix, intercessor.

avocette, n.f., (orni.) avoset.

avoine, n.f., oats. —s; oats still standing. D’—; of oats. Farine d’—; oatmeal. Balle d’—; oatchaff. Folles —s; wild oats.

avoinerie, n.f., oat-field.

avoir (ayant, eu), v.a., to have; to get, to possess, to enjoy; to be; to be worth; to be the matter with, to ail; to have on. — pour agréable; to like. — honte; to be ashamed. — raison; to be right. — raison de; to get the mastery over. — tort; to be wrong. — peur; to be afraid. — faim; to be hungry. — soif; to be thirsty. Vous n’avez qu’a dire; you need only say the word. Qu’est-ce que vous avez? what ails you? what is the matter with you? Faire —; to procure for. Quel âge avez-vous? how old are you? Il a quarante ans; he is forty. J’ai à vous parler; I have something to tell you. Il avait un habit bleu; he had on a blue coat. En —; to catch it. Il en a; he has caught it. En a-t-il! what a lot he has! Y —; there to be, to be the matter. Il ne saurait y — de différence; there can be no difference. Il y en a de noirs; there are some black ones. C’est une femme comme il n’y en a point; she has not her like, her match. Il y a plus; nay, more. Il y en a encore; there is still some left. Il y a de quoi; there is enough, or good reason to. Il n’y a pas de quoi; don’t name or mention it; there is no offense. Je suis venu ici il y a deux mois; I came here two months ago. Il n’y a tel que d’en; money makes the man. Il y a un an qu’il est mort; he has been dead a year. Il y a deux mois que je suis ici; I have been here two months. Il y a une heure que nous écrivons; we have been writing for the last hour. Combien y a-t-il de Paris à Londres? how far is it from Paris to London? En — à; to owe a grudge to. — dans la main; to hold in the hollow of one’s hand. — la parole; to be entitled to speak, to be in possession of the House. Vous avez la main, le dé, la boule; it is your turn to play (at cards, at dice, at billiards).

avoir, n.m., possessions, substance, property, what one is worth; (com.) credit, creditor, creditor-side. Voilà tout mon —; this is all I have.

avoir du poids, n.m., (n.p.) avoirdupois.

avoisinant, -e, adj., neighboring, adjoining, close by.

avoisiné, part., with neighbors. Être bien or mal —; to have good or bad neighbors.

☉avoisinement (-mān), n.m., nearness, proximity.

avoisiner, v.a., to border upon, to be situated near, to be contiguous to.

avorté, -e, adj., abortive, miscarried; (bot.) abortive; frustrated, baffled; imperfect.

avortement, n.m., abortion, miscarriage, failure.

avorter, v.n., to miscarry; to slip; to prove abortive; to fail. Faire —; to cause or procure abortion. Ce dessein avorta; that plan failed. Faire — les desseins de quelqu’un; to baffle any one’s designs.

avorton, n.m., abortion; abortive child. (fig.) Un — de mouche; a wretched, paltry, miserable fly.

avouable, adj., avowable.

avoué, n.m., attorney; solicitor. Une étude d’—; a solicitor’s office.

avouer, v.a., to confess, to avow; to own, to acknowledge, to declare openly, to grant, to allow; to approve. Il a avoué le fait; he has confessed the deed. Il avoue l’avoir fait; he confesses to it. S’— vaincu; to own one’s self vanquished. J’étais, je l’avoue, un peu confus; I was rather confused, I must allow. — un enfant; to acknowledge a child. J’avouerai tout ce qu’il fera; I will approve of all he does.

avoyer, n.m., avoyer (Swiss magistrate).

*avril, n.m., April. Donner un poisson d’— à quelqu’un; to make any one an April-fool. Recevoir un poisson d’—; to be made an April-fool. Poisson d’—; mackerel.

avrillé, -e, adj., sown in April.

avron, n.m., (bot.) wild oats.

avuer, v.a., (hunt.) to mark down, to mark in.

avulsion, n.f., avulsion.

axe, n.m., axis; axle, axle-tree; (artil.) trunnion. — tournant; axle-tree. — de vis; screw-arbor.

axifuge, adj., centrifugal. V. centrifuge.

axillaire (ak-sil-lèr), adj., (anat., bot.) axillar, axillary. Fleurs —s; axillary flowers.

axiome, n.m., axiom.

axiomètre, n.m., (nav.) tell-tale (of the tiller).

axonge, n.f., (phar.) hog’s lard.

ayan, n.m., (—s) ayan (Turkish official).

ayant cause, n.m., (—s —) (jur.) assign.

ayant droit, n.m., (—s —) (jur.) party entitled.

aynet, n.m., skewer (for herrings).

azalée, n.f., (bot.) azalea.

azédarac, n.m., azedarach, bead-tree.

azerole, n.f., (bot.) azarole.

azerolier, n.m., azarole-tree.

☉azime, adj. V. azyme.

azimut (-mut), n.m., (astron.) azimuth.

azimutal, -e, adj., azimuthal.

azotate, n.m., (chem.) nitrate.

azote, n.m., (chem.) azote, nitrogen.

azote, adj., azotic, nitric.

azoté, adj., azotized, nitrogenized.

azotique, adj., azotic, nitric.

azur, n.m., azure, blue; sky-color. — de Hollande; Dutch blue. Pierre d’—; azure-stone.

azuré, -e, adj., azure, sky-colored. La voûte —e; the azure skies.

azurer, v.a., to paint azure color, to blue.

azurin, -e, adj., azure. n.m., blue-butterfly.

azyme, adj., azymous, unleavened.

azyme, n.m., azym, unleavened bread. Fête des —s; feast of unleavened bread.

azymite, n.m., Azymite.

B

b, n.m., the second letter of the alphabet, b. Être marqué au —; to be either one-eyed, hunch-backed, or lame (borgne, bossu, boiteux). Ne parler que par b ou par f; never to speak without swearing.

baba, n.m., bun, plum-cake.

babel, n.f., Babel, uproar, disorder. Tour de —; tower of Babel. C’est une vraie tour de —, c’est une —; it is a perfect tower of Babel, uproar.

babeurre, n.m., buttermilk.

babiche, n.f., babichon, n.m., lap-dog.

*babil, n.m., chatter, prating, talk, gabbling, tattle, prattle. Il nous étourdit par son —; he bewilders us with his chattering.

*babillage, n.m., chit-chat, tittle-tattle, prattle, babbling, twaddle.

*babillard, n.m., -e, n.f., chatterer, babbler, tattler; blab, blabber; (orni.) nettle-creeper. C’est un franc —; he is a regular babbler. Ne vous fiez pas à cet homme-là, c’est un —; don’t trust that man, he is a great blab.

*babillard, -e, adj., babbling, talkative, chattering.

*babillement, n.m., talkativeness, loquacity, garrulity.

*babiller, v.n., to prate, to tattle, to gossip.

babine, n.f., lip (of animals); chop. Il s’en lèche les —s; he is smacking his lips over it.

babiole, n.f., bauble, gewgaw, toy, knick-knack, plaything, trifle, trinket.

bâbord, n.m., (nav.) port.

bâbord, adv., larboard; aport.

bâbordais, n.m., (nav.) larboard-watch.

babouche, n.f., Turkish slipper.

babouin, n.m., baboon, monkey (of a child). Faire baiser le — à quelqu’un; to make any one eat humble pie.

babouine, n.f., little fool, little hussy; lip. V. babine.

babouiner, v.n., (fam.) to play the buffoon.

bac, n.m., ferry, ferry-boat.

baccalauréat, n.m., bachelorship, bachelor’s degree.

bacchanal (-ka-), n.m., racket, uproar. Faire —; to make a racket, to kick up a great row.

bacchanale (-ka-), n.f., noisy drinking-bout, revel, debauch.

☉bacchanaliser (-ka-), v.n., to revel, to riot.

bacchante (-kant), n.f., bacchante, termagant.

baccharis (-ka-ris), -ide, n.f., baccharis, ploughman’s spikenard.

baccifère, adj., bacciferous, berry-producing.

bacha, n.m. V. pacha.

bâche, n.f., cart tilt; hot-bed frame; tank, cistern; awning, tarpaulin (of a wagon).

☉bachelette, n.f., young girl, maid, lass, damsel.

bachelier, n.m., bachelor of a university.

bâcher, v.a., to tilt, to cover (a cart).

bachique, adj., bacchic, jovial, drunken.

bachon, n.m., wooden pail.

bachot, n.m., wherry, small ferry-boat; (fam.) bachelor’s degree.

bachotage, n.m., ferry-man’s business.

bachoteur, n.m., ferry-man.

bachotier, n.m., crammer.

bacile, n.m., (bot.) sea-fennel.

bacillaire, n.m., pyramidal feldspar, scapolite.

bâclage, n.m., line of boats (in a port); (fig.) patching, hasty, scamped work.

bâclé, -e, part., barred, fastened, scamped.

bâcler, v.a., to bar or chain, to close, to fasten (a door, a window, a boat, a harbour); to do hastily, to polish off; to scamp (work).

badaud, n.m., -e, n.f., ninny, booby; gazer, lounger, idler; cockney.

badaudage, n.m., cockneyism.

badauder, v.n., to lounge, to saunter, to loiter.

badauderie, n.f., foolery, silliness, simplicity, lounging, sauntering.

baderne, n.f., (nav.) dolphin, paunch, fender (of ship).

badian, n.m., or badiane, n.f., aniseed-tree.

badigeon (-jon), n.m., badigeon, stone-color, whitewash.

badigeonnage (-jo-naj), n.m., painting stone-color; smearing, making up, daub.

badigeonner (-jo-né), v.a., to paint with stone-color, to whitewash, to daub.

badigeonneur (-jo-neur), n.m., whitewasher, colorer, dauber.

badin, -e, adj., n., waggish, jocular, playful, roguish; sportive, droll, comical. Il a l’humeur —e; he is of a sportive humor. Air —; playful air. Style —; playful style. C’est un vrai —; he is a regular banterer, a wag; joker, jester.

badinage, n.m., sport, play, jest; foolery, playfulness, jocularity, trifle. Ceci n’est point du —; this is no foolery. Il se prête volontiers au —; he has no objection to a little trifling. Finissez votre —; have done with your fooling. Ce n’est pour lui qu’un —; it is mere child’s play for him.

badine, n.f., switch; pl., small tongs.

badiner, v.n., to trifle, to dally, to play, to toy, to sport; to flaunt. Il ne badine pas; he is not joking. En badinant; in fun, by way of a joke. La dentelle est trop tendue, il faut qu’elle badine un peu; the lace is too tight, it must wave about a little. On ne badine pas avec l’amour; love is not to be trifled with.

badinerie, n.f., silly stuff, foolery, trifling.

bafouer, v.a., to scout, to scoff at, to baffle. On l’a bafoué; he was scouted. Il s’est fait —; he got scoffed at.

bâfre, n.f., (pop.) guzzling, blow out, gorge.

bâfrer, v.n., (l.ex.) to guzzle, to eat greedily, to have a blow out, a grand feed.

bâfreu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (l.ex.) guzzler, glutton.

bagace. V. bagasse.

bagage, n.m., luggage, baggage. Nous avons laissé notre — en arrière; we have left our luggage behind. Plier trousser —; to pack off. Il a plié —; he has taken his last journey (died). Quel est le — de cet auteur? what works has this author written? — littéraire; literary knowledge.

bagarre, n.f., squabble, scuffle, fray, brawl; crowd, crush. Se trouver dans une —; to get into a fray. Se tirer d’une —; to get out of a scuffle.

bagasse, n.f., bagasse, cane trash; hussy, drab, slut.

bagatelle, n.f., bauble, trash, trinket, trifle, nonsense, mere nothing. Table de —; bagatelle table. Il ne s’amuse qu’à des —s; he trifles away his time. S’amuser à une —; to trifle away time. Bagatelles que tout cela; that is all stuff and nonsense.