A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. (continued 34)

*travailleu-r, -se, n. and adj., workman; laborer, artisan; industrious, hard-working-man; industrious, laborious woman; laborious, industrious, hard-working.

travée, n.f., (arch.) bay; triforium (of a church); truss (of bridges). — de balustres; balustrade.

travers, n.m., breadth, side (of a ship); whim, caprice, fancy, oddity, eccentricity. À —; athwart, through, across. Au — de; through. Au — du corps; through the body. À — les bois; across the woods. À — champs; across country. Parler à tort et à —; to talk at random. De —; awry, crooked; askew, cross, wrong. Marcher de —; to walk crooked. Regarder quelqu’un de —; to look black, to look daggers, at any one. Il prend tout de —; he takes everything in a wrong sense; he puts a wrong construction upon everything. Avoir l’esprit de —; to be of a cross-grained temper; to be wrong-headed. En —; across, cross-wise.

traverse, n.f., cross-bar, cross-piece; (carp.) cross-beam girder; cross-road; (railways) sleeper; (fort.) traverse; (fig.) misfortune. A la —; (obstacle) in the way. Se jeter, venir, à la —; to place one’s self in the way. Chemin de —; cross-road. Rue de —; cross-street, side-street.

traversée, n.f., (nav.) passage, voyage, crossing.

traversement, n.m., crossing.

traverser, v.a., to cross, to go or pass over, to travel over, to travel through; to lie across; to traverse, to get over; to go across; to run through (with a sword); to penetrate, to go, to run through; to thwart, to disturb, to vex. — une rivière à la nage; to swim over a river. — l’ancre; (nav.) to stow the anchor. — les voiles; (nav.) to flat in the sails. — un projet; to thwart a project. Faire —; to get, or send, through; to get, or bring, over.

se traverser, v.r., to be crossed; to cross each other; to thwart each other; (man.) to traverse.

traversi-er, -ère, adj., cross, that plies across. Barque —ère; ferry-boat. Flûte —ère; German flute.

traversin, n.m., bolster; (carp., nav.) cross beam; transom; (of boats) stretcher.

traversine, n.f., (arch.) sleeper, transom.

travertin, n.m., (min.) travertin.

travesti, -e, adj., disguised, travestied, parodied, burlesqued. — en paysan; disguised as a peasant.

travestir, v.a., to disguise, to travesty; (fig.) to misinterpret, to misrepresent.

se travestir, v.r., to disguise one’s self.

travestissement (-tis-mān), n.m., disguise, travesty.

travestisseur, n.m., parodist, travestier.

trayon, n.m., dug, teat (of cows, etc.).

trébuchage, n.m., (coin.) weighing and sorting.

trébuchant, -e, adj., stumbling; (coin.) of weight, of full weight.

trébuchant, n.m., (coin.) full weight.

trébuchement (-bush-man), n.m., (l.u.) stumbling, fall; blunder.

trébucher, v.n., to stumble, to slip, to trip, to err; to weigh down.

trébuchet, n.m., assay-balance or scales; bird-trap. Prendre quelqu’un au —; to entrap any one.

tréfiler, v.a., to wire-draw.

tréfilerie (-fil-rî), n.f., wire-drawing mill.

tréfileur, n.m., wire-drawer.

trèfle, n.m., (bot.) trefoil, clover, shamrock; clubs (at cards); (arch.) trefoil.

tréfoncier, n.m., land-owner; mine-owner.

tréfonds or très-fonds (-fon), n.m., subsoil; (fig.) bottom. Savoir le fond et le — d’une affaire; to know the ins and outs of, to know all about, an affair.

*treillage, n.m., trellis-work; lattice-work (of gardens); fence.

*treillageur, n.m., lattice-maker, trellis-maker.

*treille, n.f., vine-arbor; shrimp-net. Le jus de la —; the juice of the grape.

*treillis, n.m., trellis, lattice; lattice-work; glazed calico; sackcloth.

*treillissé, -e, adj., trellised, latticed.

*treillisser, v.a., to trellis, to lattice.

treizaine, n.f., baker’s dozen.

treize, n.m. and adj., thirteen, thirteenth.

treizième, n.m.f. and adj., thirteenth.

treizièmement (trè-zièm-mān), adv., thirteenthly.

tréma, n.m., diæresis.

trémail, n.m. V. tramail.

tremblaie, n.f., aspen-grove.

tremblant, -e, adj., trembling, quaking, tremulous, shivering, quivering; twinkling, flickering (of light).

tremble, n.m., (bot.) aspen.

tremblé, n.m., (print.) waved rule.

tremblé, -e, adj., waved (of lines); shaking (of writing). Ecriture —e; shaking, trembling handwriting.

tremblée, n.f., (vet.) thwarter (disease in sheep).

tremblement, n.m., trembling, quaking, trepidation, shaking, shivering, tremor; fluttering (of wings); flickering (of light); (mus.) shake, trill. — de nerfs; nervous shivering, trembling. — de terre; earthquake. Et tout le —! (fam.) and the whole blessed lot; and all the rest of it.

trembler, v.n., to tremble, to shake, to shiver; to quake, to fear, to flutter (of wings), to quiver (of light). — de froid; to shiver with cold. La main lui tremble; his hand shakes. À faire —; enough to make one shiver; thundering (of noise).

trembleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., trembler, quaker.

tremblotant, -e, adj., trembling (of the voice); tremulous (of sound); shivering, quivering, fluttering.

trembloter, v.n., to tremble (of sound); to quiver, to shiver, to flutter (of wings); to flicker (of light).

trémie, n.f., hopper, mill-hopper.

trémière, adj.f., only used in Rose —; holly-hock, rose-mallow.

tremolo (tré-), n.m., (—) (mus.) tremolo.

trémoussement (-moos-mān), n.m., fluttering, joggling; frisking; flutter. Se donner du —; to bestir one’s self; to frisk about.

trémousser, v.a., to stir, to bestir, to shake (any one).

se trémousser, v.r., to flutter about, to frisk, to joggle; to bestir one’s self, to bustle about.

trémoussoir, n.m., swinging-chair, revolving-chair.

trempage, n.m., steeping; soaking; (print.) wetting.

trempe, n.m., temper (of steel); constitution; character, stamp, quality; (print.) wetting. Donner la — au fer; to temper iron. Ce sont des gens de la même —; they are people of the same stamp.

trempé, -e, part., soaked, wet; tempered (of iron and steel). Il est tout —; he is wet to the skin. Du vin —; diluted wine.

trempée, n.f., steeping, soaking, drenching; (fig. and pop.) whacking, drubbing.

tremper, v.a., to dip, to soak, to steep, to drench, to wet, to temper (iron and steel); to dilute (wine); (print.) to wet (paper); to imbrue. — la soupe; to pour the soup on the bread. — de larmes; to wet with tears. — ses mains dans le sang; to imbrue one’s hands in blood.

tremper, v.n., to soak, to be steeped; to be implicated (in); to be a party (to); to be concerned (in); to participate (in). — dans un crime; to be implicated in a crime.

tremperie (tran-prî), n.f., (print.) wetting-room, sink.

tremplin, n.m., spring-board, leaping-board.

trentain, n.m., thirty all (at tennis).

trentaine, n.f., about thirty, some thirty; age of thirty. Il a passé la —; he is over thirty.

trente, n.m. and adj., thirty, thirtieth.

trentenaire, adj., of thirty years’ duration.

trentième (-tièm), n.m.f. and adj., thirtieth.

tréou, n.m., (nav.) lug-sail.

trépan, n.m., (surg.) trepan (instrument); trepanning.

trépanation, n.f., (surg.) trepanning.

trépaner, v.a., (surg.) to trepan.

trépang, n.m., (zoöl.) trepang.

trépas, n.m., (poet.) decease, death.

trépassé, n.m., dead person. Les —s; the dead.

trépassement (-pâs-mān), n.m., death, decease.

trépasser, v.n., to die, to depart this life.

trépidation, n.f., trepidation, trembling, tremor; (ancient astron.) libration; slight shock of earthquake.

trépied, n.m., trivet; tripod.

*trépignement, n.m., stamping.

*trépigner, v.n., to stamp, to stamp one’s foot. — de colère; to stamp with rage.

trépointe, n.f., welt (of a shoe).

très, adv., very; most; very much; quite, widely; deeply; greatly. Le — Haut; the Almighty.

tré-sept (-sèt), n.m., (n.p.) a card game.

très-fonds, n.m. (—). V. tréfonds.

trésor, n.m., treasure; treasury; exchequer; record-office; (c.rel.) relics and ornaments. Amasser des —s; to heap up riches.

trésorerie (-zor-rî), n.f., treasury.

trésorier, n.m., treasurer; (milit.) pay-master.

trésorière, n.f., treasurer.

tressage, n.m., weaving.

*tressaillement, n.m., start, starting; tremor, thrill; flutter, trepidation.

*tressaillir (tressaillant, tressailli), v.n., to start, to leap, to tremble, to shudder, to give a start; to thrill; to quake, to start into life. — de peur; to start with fear. — de joie; to leap for joy.

tressaillure, n.f., cracking, chipping (in pottery).

tresse, n.f., tress, plait, plat, braid.

tresser, v.a., to weave, to interweave, to plait, to braid; to wreathe; to form into tresses. — des cheveux; to braid hair.

tresseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., plaiter, braider.

trest, n.m., sail-cloth (for fishing boats).

tréteau, n.m., trestle, trestles. pl., stage, boards (of a mountebank). — de meule; (agri.) stack-stand. Monter sur les —x; to make a mountebank of one’s self; to tread the boards, to go on the stage.

*treuil, n.m., windlass; hand-winch; (mec.) wheel and axle.

trêve, n.f., truce. — de compliments; a truce to compliments. — à ces niaiseries! no more of these fooleries!

trévire, n.f., (nav.) parbuckle.

trévirer, v.a., (nav.) to parbuckle.

tri, a prefix from Lat. tri, and Gr. τρι.

tri, n.m., “tri” (card game); sorting; trick (whist).

triable, adj., sortable.

triade, n.f., triad.

triage, n.m., choosing, picking, sorting; choice, selection.

triandre, adj., (bot.) triandrous.

triandrie, n.f., (bot.) triandria.

triangle, n.m., (geom., astron., mus.) triangle; (nav.) triangular hanging stage (for calking).

triangulaire, adj., triangular.

triangulairement, adv., triangularly.

triangulation, n.f., triangulation; trigonometrical survey.

triangulé, -e, adj., triangled.

trianon, n.m., pavilion. Le petit —, le grand —; royal summer palaces in the park at Versailles.

trias, n.m., (geol.) trias.

triasique, adj., (geol.) triassic.

tribade, n.f., (l.ex.) shameless, unnatural woman.

tribal, -e, adj., tribal.

tribart, n.m., clog; yoke.

tribord, n.m., (nav.) starboard. — tout! (nav.) hard a starboard!

tribordais, n.m., (nav.) starboard-watch.

triboulet, n.m., (gold.) triblet; (fig.) fool, jester.

tribraque, n.m., tribrach.

tribu, n.f., tribe.

tribulation, n.f., tribulation.

tribun, n.m., tribune; demagogue.

tribunal, n.m., tribunal, bench, judgment-seat; court of justice.

tribunat n.m., tribuneship; tribunate.

tribune, n.f., tribune (rostrum); gallery; grand-stand (at races); platform, hustings. Monter à la —; to mount the rostrum; to speak (in parliament). — aux enchères; auctioneer’s rostrum. — d’orgues; organ-loft.

tribunitien, -ne (-ci-in, -ci-è-n), adj., tribunitial.

tribut, n.m., tribute; grant, contribution; duty, debt. Payer le — à la nature; to pay the debt of nature. Payer le — à Neptune; to be sea-sick.

tributaire, n.m. and adj., tributary.

triceps (-sèps), n.m. and adj., (anat.) triceps.

tricher, v.a. and n., (fam.) to cheat, to bilk; to trick.

tricherie (tri-shrî), n.f., cheat, cheating, trick, trickery. — revient à son maître; curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

tricheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., cheat, trickster.

trichine (-ki-n), n.f., thread worm, trichina spiralis (of the pig).

tricoises, n.f.pl., farrier’s pincers.

tricolor, n.m., (bot.) tricolored amaranth.

tricolore, adj., tricolored.

tricorde, n.m., adj., trichord.

tricorne, n.m., three-cornered hat; shovel-hat. adj., three-cornered, three-horned.

tricot, n.m., cudgel; knitting; knitted vest.

tricotage, n.m., knitting.

tricoter, v.a. and n., to knit; to make lace. Se —; to knit for one’s self; to be knitted.

tricoteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., knitter. f., knitting-frame.

trictrac, n.m., trick-track, backgammon; trick-track-board, backgammon-board.

tricycle, n.m., a three-wheeled carriage, three-wheeler, tricycle.

tricycliste, n.m.f., tricyclist.

tride, adj., (riding) swift, quick, fleet. Mouvement —; quick and strong movement (of a horse).

trident, n.m., trident; fish-gig.

tridenté, -e, adj., (bot.) tridented; trident-pointed.

tridi, n.m., tridi, third day of the decade in the calendar of the first French republic.

triduo, n.m., (—s) (c.rel.) religious exercises which last three days.

trièdre, adj., (geom.) trihedral.

triennal, -e (-è-n-nal), adj., triennial.

triennalité (-è-n-na-), n.f., term of three years; triennial duration.

triennat (-è-n-na), n.m., space of three years; trienniate, triennial period.

trier, v.a., to pick, to pick out, to cull, to sort, to choose, to select. Des hommes triés; picked men.

se trier, v.r., to be sorted.

triérarchie, n.f., (antiq.) trierarchy.

triérarque, n.m., (antiq.) trierarch.

trieu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., sorter, picker.

trifide, adj., (bot.) trifid.

triflore, adj., (bot.) three-flowered, triflorous.

triforium (-om), n.m., (arch.) triforium, blind story.

trigame, n. adj., trigamous; trigamist.

trigamie, n.f., trigamy.

trigaud, -e, adj., (fam.) shuffling, cunning, crafty. n. shuffler.

trigauder, v.n., (fam.) to shuffle.

trigauderie (-gô-drî), n.f., (fam.) shuffling trick; artful trick.

trigle, n.f., (ich.) gurnard, gurnet.

triglyphe, n.m., (arch.) triglyph.

trigone, n.m., trigon.

trigonométrie, n.f., trigonometry.

trigonométrique, adj., trigonometrical.

trigonométriquement, adv., trigonometrically.

tril, n.m., (mus.). V. trille.

trilatéral, -e, adj., trilateral.

trilatère, n.m., (l.u.). V. triangle.

*trille, or tril, n.m., (mus.) quaver, trill, shake.

*triller, v.a., (mus.) to shake, to trill, to quaver.

trillion, n.m., one billion.

trilobé, -e, adj., (bot.) trilobate, thrice-lobed; (arch.) three-cusped.

triloculaire, adj., (bot.) trilocular.

trilogie, n.f., trilogy.

trimbaler, v.a., to trail; (pers.) to drag, or lug, about.

se trimbaler, v.r., to go about, or to and fro; to knock about (the streets).

trimer, v.n., to run up and down; to trudge.

trimestre, n.m., quarter of a year; quarter’s money; three months’, quarter’s salary. Toucher son —; to receive one’s (quarter’s) salary. Par —; quarterly.

trimestriel, -le, adj., quarterly.

trimestriellement, adv., every quarter.

trimètre, n.m., trimeter.

trin or trine, adj.m., trine. — aspect; (astron.) trine aspect.

tringa, n.m., (orni.) tringa.

tringle, n.f., curtain-rod; rod, rail, bar; (arch.) tringle; rod; (carp.) mark; connecting-rod.

tringler, v.a., (carp.) to mark out, to chalk.

trinitaire, n.m., Trinitarian.

trinité, n.f., trinity. La —; Trinity Sunday.

trinôme, n.m., and adj., (alg.) trinomial.

trinquart, n.m., small fishing-boat, herring-boat.

trinquer, v.n., to touch, or clink, glasses in drinking; (fig.) to hobnob (with).

trinquet, n.m., (nav.) fore-mast (in a lateen vessel).

trinquette, n.f., (nav.) storm-jib, fore-stay sail.

trio, n.m., (—s) trio; triplet.

triolet, n.m., (poet.) triolet; (mus.) triplet.

triomphal, -e, adj., triumphal.

triomphalement (-fal-mān), adv., triumphantly.

triomphant, -e, adj., triumphant.

triomphateur, n.m., triumpher.

triomphe, n.m., triumph.

triomphe, n.f., (card game) triumph.

triompher, v.n., to triumph (over); to overcome; to be triumphant; to exult, to be exultant, to glory (in); to excel. — de ses passions; to overcome one’s passions.

trioste, n.m., (bot.) feverwort.

*tripaille, n.f., garbage, offal.

tripan, n.m. V. trépang.

tripartite, adj., tripartite.

tripe, n.f., tripe; imitation velvet, velveteen.

tripe-madame, n.f., (—). V. trique-madame.

tripée, n.f., garbage, offal.

triperie (tri-prî), n.f., tripe-house, tripe-shop.

tripette, n.f., small tripe. Il ne vaut pas —; he is not worth a straw.

triphtongue (-tong), n.f., (gram.) triphthong.

triphylle, adj., (bot.) triphyllous.

tripi-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., dealer in tripe.

tripier, adj., (hawking) untamable.

triple, n.m. and adj., treble; triple, threefold, treble, three times as much or as many; three times the number or quantity.

triplement, adv., trebly, triply.

triplement, n.m., trebling, tripling.

tripler, v.a. and n., to treble, to triple.

triplicata, n.m., triplicate. Faire un acte en —; to draw up a deed (in three copies).

triplicité, n.f., triplicity.

tripoli, n.m., tripoli; rotten-stone.

tripolir, v.a., to polish with rotten-stone.

tripot, n.m., gaming-house; pot-house; hell; house of ill-fame, brothel.

tripotage, n.m., medley, jumble; mish-mash; jobbing; underhand dealing; scandal; gossiping story.

tripotée, n.f., (pop.) a beating, a drubbing.

tripoter, v.a. and n., (fam.) to plot; to hatch, to brew mischief; to slander, to job; to make a mess of; to act in an underhand manner; (pers.) to pull about, to handle (roughly).

tripoti-er, n.m., -ère, n.f. (-tié, -tièr), low intriguer, slanderer; gambling-house keeper, brothel-keeper.

tripsac, n.m., (bot.) gama grass.

triptère, adj., three-winged.

triptote, n.m., (gram.) triptote.

triptyque, n.m., (paint.) triptych.

trique, n.f., cudgel; stick, bludgeon.

triqueballe, n.m. or f., (artil.) truck.

trique-madame, n.f., (—) (bot.) white stone-crop.

triquer, v.a., (pop.) to cudgel, to beat; (tech.) to sort, to range (timber); to mix.

triquet, n.m., tennis-bat; (tech.) trestle.

triquetrac, n.m., clatter.

*trirègne, n.m., tiara; pope’s triple crown.

trirème, n.f., trireme.

trisaïeul, n.m., great-great-grandfather.

trisaïeule, n.f., great-great-grandmother.

trisection, n.f., trisection.

trismégiste, n.m., (print.) two-line pica, double pica.

trismus, n.m., (med.) trismus, lock-jaw.

trissement (tris-mān), n.m., cry (of swallows).

trissyllabe, n.m. and adj., trisyllable; trisyllabic.

triste, adj., sorrowful, mournful, sad; melancholy; dull; dark, gloomy, dreary, dismal; (pers.) poor, sorry; mean, wretched, paltry. Une — nouvelle; a sad piece of news. Un — spectacle; a sad, or sorry, spectacle. Faire un — repas; to make a sorry meal. Le temps est —; the weather is dull. — comme un bonnet de nuit or comme un enterrement; (pers.) as dull as ditch-water.

tristement, adv., in a melancholy manner, sadly, sorrowfully, mournfully, drearily, dismally; sorrily, poorly; dully.

Les tristes, n.m.pl., Ovid’s Tristia.

tristesse, n.f., sadness, melancholy, dreariness, dullness, gloom, gloominess.

triton, n.m., Triton, sea-god; (mus.) tritone.

tritoxyde, n.m., (chem.) tritoxide.

triturable, adj., triturable.

trituration, n.f., trituration.

triturer, v.a., to triturate.

triumvir (-om-vir), n.m., (—s) triumvir.

triumviral, -e, adj., triumviral.

triumvirat, n.m., triumvirate.

trivalve, adj., (bot.) trivalvular.

trivelin, n.m., (l.u.) buffoon, merry-andrew; (tech.) dentist’s forceps.

trivelinade, n.f., (l.u.) buffoonery.

triviaire, adj., only used in Carrefour —; a place where three roads end; junction of three roads.

trivial, -e, adj. and n., trivial, trite, vulgar, slangy; trifling, light; triviality, vulgarity.

trivialement (-mān), adv., trivially, vulgarly.

trivialité, n.f., triviality, vulgarity, commonness; triteness.

trivium (-vio-m), n.m., (n.p.) trivium.

trivoie, n.f., junction of three roads.

troc (trok), n.m., swop, barter, exchange.

trocart or trois-quarts, n.m., (surg.) trocar.

trochaïque (-ka-ik), n.m. and adj., trochaic.

trochanter (-kan-tèr), n.m., (anat.) trochanter.

trochée (-shé), n.f., (agri.) brushwood, branches (of a seedling).

trochée (-shé), n.m., (poet.) trochee.

trochereau, n.m., long-leaved pine.

troches (trosh), n.m.pl., (hunt.) fumet, fewmet (the dung of deer).

trochet (-shè), n.m., cluster (of fruit or flowers); (tech.) block.

trochile (-kil), n.m., (arch.) trochilus; (orni.) trochil.

trochisque (-shisk), n.m., (pharm.) troche, cake (of colors).

trochure (-shur), n.f., (hunt.) cluster of horns, trochings, surantler.

troène, n.m., (bot.) privet.

troglodyte, n.m., troglodyte; (mam.) chimpanzee; (orni.) wren.

*trogne, n.f., face, phiz. — enluminée; large red face. — d’ivrogne; drunkard’s face.

*trognon, n.m., core (of a pear or apple); stump (of a cabbage). Un petit —; (pop.) a dear little girl; (pop.) head.

trois, n.m. and adj., three; third. Règle de —; rule of three.

troisième, n.m.f. and adj., third.

troisième, n.m., pupil of the 3d form (in a public school); third story, third floor (of houses).

troisième, n.f., third class of a college.

troisièmement (troa-zièm-mān), adv., thirdly.

trois-mâts, n.m., (—) (nav.) three-master.

trois-ponts, n.m., (nav.) three-decker.

trois-quarts, n.m., (—). V. trocart.

trois-six, n.m., (—) (com.) brandy or alcohol (36 deg.); raw spirits; common brandy.

trôle, n.f., used only in Ouvrier à la —; furniture hawker. Filet à la —; drag-net.

trôlée, n.f., company, set.

trôler, v.a. and n., to lead, or drag, somebody about; to stroll about, to ramble, to rove, to tramp about.

trolle, n.m., (bot.) globe-flower, trollius.

trombe, n.f., (phys.) water-spout.

tromblon, n.m., blunderbuss (fire-arm).

trombone, n.m., (mus.) trombone.

tromboniste, n.m., trombonist, trombone-player.

trompe, n.f., horn, trumpet, trump; proboscis, trunk (of elephants, of insects); (tech.) blast-engine; Jew’s-harp. —s de fallope; (anat.) Fallopian tubes.

trompe-la-mort, n.f., death’s match (person desperately ill who recovers, etc).

trompe-l’œil, n.m., (—) (paint.) still-life deception; (fig.) illusion, sham.

tromper, v.a., to deceive, to impose upon; to cheat, to baffle, to put out; to delude, to beguile; to take in; to impose on; to elude. — la loi; to elude the law. — la confiance de quelqu’un; to abuse any one’s confidence. — son ennui; to beguile one’s weariness. C’est ce qui vous trompe; there you are mistaken.

se tromper, v.r., to be mistaken, to mistake, to make a mistake; to deceive one’s self, to be deceived. Vous vous trompez; you are mistaken. À s’y —; enough to be mistaken, so as to take one for the other. Se — de chemin; to take the wrong road. Se — de livre; to take the wrong book. Se — de travail; to do the wrong work.

tromperie (trōn-prî), n.f., deception, cheating, fraud, deceit, imposition, illusion, delusion.

trompeter, v.n., to publish by sound of trumpet; to trumpet forth; to blab out, to publish; (of the eagle) to scream.

trompeteur, n.m., (anat.) buccinator.

trompette, n.f., (mus.) trumpet; (fig.) trumpeter, gossip, tell-tale; (conch.) trumpet-shell. — parlante; (l.u.) speaking-trumpet. V. porte-voix. — marine; one-stringed violoncello. — à clef; key-bugle. Sonner de la —; to blow the trumpet. En —; (of the nose) turned up. Sans —, sans tambour ni —; silently, quietly, without noise; privately. Déloger sans —; to decamp silently, without noise.

trompette, n.m., trumpeter.

trompeu-r, -se, n. and adj., deceiver, cheat; deluder, betrayer; deceitful, delusive, fallacious, beguiling, designing, cheating, false.

trompeusement, adv., deceitfully, deceptively.

*trompillon, n.m., (arch.) small pendentive.

tronc (tron), n.m., trunk, stem, stump; stock; poor box, box; (arch.) broken shaft (of a column, pillar); (geom.) frustum.

troncature, n.f., truncation.

tronce, n.f., stump (of a tree); Yule-log.

tronchet, n.m., cooper’s block.

tronçon, n.m., broken piece, fragment, stump; portion, section (of a line of railway).

tronçonnement, n.m., cutting up.

tronçonner, v.a., to truncate, to lop, to cut into long pieces, to cut up.

trône, n.m., throne.

trôner, v.n., to sit on a throne; (fig.) to lord it over.

tronquer, v.a., to mutilate, to truncate, to detruncate; (fig.) to garble, to mangle (book).

trop, adv., too much, too many, too, over. Par —; too much. Je ne sais (pas) —; I hardly know, I am not quite sure. Qui dit — ne dit rien; (prov.) who would prove too much, proves nothing. Pas — bon; not very good. Pas — bien; not very well. — peu; too little. De —; too much, too many, over. Être de —; to be one too many, not to be wanted. — de peine; too much trouble. — cuit; over-done. — plein; too full. Tuyau de — plein; waste-pipe.

trop, n.m., excess, exuberance, superfluity.

trope, n.m., (rhet.) trope.

trophée, n.m., trophy. Faire — d’une chose; to glory in a thing.

tropical, -e, adj., tropic, tropical. Plante —e; tropical plant.

tropique, n.m. and adj., tropic; tropical; (bot.) ☉diurnal. Année —; tropical year. Plante —; ☉diurnal plant.

tropologique, adj., tropological.

trop-plein, n.m., (—-—s) overflow, waste; overplus, surplus, excess.

troquer, v.a., to truck, to barter, to exchange, to chop and change, to swap. — son cheval borgne contre un aveugle; to change for the worse.

troqueu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., barterer, trucker.

trot, n.m., trot.

trotte, n.f., trot, run, way, walk.

trotte-chemin, n.m., (—) (orni.). V. traquet.

trotte-menu, adj., slow-trotting.

trotter, v.n., to trot; to trot about, to run about, to go about; (of children) to toddle. Cette idée me trotte dans la tête; this idea keeps running into my head.

trotter, v.a., (man.) to cause to trot. — un cheval; to trot out a horse. Faire —; to put into a trot.

trotterie (tro-trî), n.f., excursion, jaunt, trip.

trotteur, n.m., trotter, adj., trotting.

☉trotti-er, -ère, adj., fond of walking.

trottin, n.m., errand-boy; ☉page. Aller chercher les pardons de Saint —; to take a walk instead of going to church.

trottiner, v.n., to go a jog trot; (pers.) to toddle along.

trottoir, n.m., foot-path, footway, sidewalk, foot-pavement (of streets). Faire le —; to walk the streets.

trou, n.m., hole, gap, orifice, mouth; (anat.) foramen, orifice; hazard (at tennis). — de la serrure; key-hole. — du chat; (nav.) lubber’s hole. — d’homme; man-hole. Boucher un —; to stop a hole, to fill a gap; to pay a debt or portion of a debt. Boire comme un —; to drink like a fish. N’avoir rien vu que par le — d’une bouteille; to have seen nothing of the world. Faire un — à la lune; to shoot the moon; to fly from one’s creditors.

troubadour, n.m., troubadour, bard.

troublant, -e, adj., disturbing, troubling, disquieting.

trouble, adj., thick, muddy, troubled, turbid, foul; dull, cloudy, overcast, dim. Avoir la vue —; to be dim-sighted. Pêcher en eau —; to fish in troubled waters; to take advantage of confusion or disorder.

trouble, adv., dimly, confusedly.

trouble, n.m., confusion, disorder, disturbance, agitation, turmoil; dispute, quarrel. pl., troubles, broils, commotions, disturbances, dissensions. —s civils; civil broils. Exciter des —s dans un Etat; to raise dissensions in a state.

troublé, -e, adj part., disturbed; confused, put out, abashed, bashful.

trouble or truble, n.f., hoop-net.

troubleau, n.m., small hoop-net.

trouble-fête, n.m., (—) mar-joy, troublesome guest.

troublement, n.m., confusion, disturbance.

troubler, v.a., to trouble, to make thick, to make muddy; to muddle, to turn; to disturb, to disorder, to distract, to confound, to agitate, to perplex, to disconcert, to unsettle; to unhinge; to put to trouble; to interrupt; to destroy the harmony of; to ruffle, to annoy, to discompose, to confuse; to dim, to dull. La peur lui trouble la raison; fear unhinges his mind. — quelqu’un; to put anyone out.

se troubler, v.r., to grow thick, to become thick, to grow muddy, to become muddy, to grow turbid, to become turbid; to turn, to become sour, to turn sour; to be confused, to be disconcerted, to become agitated; to become foggy, to be foggy, to become overcast, to get overcast, cloudy; to become confused, dim.

trouée, n.f., opening, gap, pass; large hole.

trouer, v.a., to bore, to perforate, to make a hole in; (tech.) to hole.

se trouer, v.r., to have a hole.

trou-madame, n.m., (—s-—) bagatelle, nine-holes (game).

troupe, n.f., troop, band, company, crew, gang, set; soldiery, soldiers; crowd (of children); flock. pl., troops, forces. Aller en —; to flock together. —s de terre; land-forces. —s de mer; sea-forces.

troupeau, n.m., flock, herd, drove. — de moutons; flock of sheep. — de gros bétail; drove of cattle.

troupier, n.m., soldier, trooper. Vieux —; old campaigner, veteran.

trousse, n.f., bundle, truss; (surg.) case of instruments; case (of a barber); ☉quiver. Être aux —s de l’ennemi; to be upon the enemy’s heels. Je suis à ses —s; I am after him.

troussé, -e, adj., tucked up. Bien —; well set up, neat, nice, well got up, well turned; dapper. Compliment bien —; well turned compliment.

trousseau, n.m., bunch (of keys); ☉small sheaf of arrows; trousseau (of a lady about to be married); outfit (of nuns, school-boarders, etc.); (anat.) fasciculus.

trousse-col, n.m., (—-—s). V. torcol.

trousse-étriers, n.m., (—) stirrup-leather.

trousse-galant, n.m., (n.p.) (fam.) cholera.

trousse-pète, n.f., (—) (pop.) hussy, jade.

trousse-queue, n.m., (—) (man.) tail-case.

troussequin, n.m., cantel, cantle (of a saddle).

trousser, v.a., to tie up, to tuck up, to turn up, to pin up; to truss; to dispatch (business); to hasten. — ses jupes; to tuck up one’s petticoats. — un poulet; to truss a chicken. — baggage or ses guenilles; to make off, to cut one’s sticks, to be off, to hook it, to cut it. — de la besogne; to get through a lot of work (quickly).

se trousser, v.r., to tuck up one’s clothes; to be tucked up.

troussis, n.m., tucking up, tuck.

trouvable, adj., that can be found, discoverable.

*trouvaille, n.f., thing found (by chance); godsend, windfall; discovery, hit, lucky hit. Faire une —; to make a discovery, to discover something.

trouvé, -e, part., found. Bien —; felicitous, happy, new, original (of words). Enfant —; foundling. Croire avoir trouvé la pie au nid; to have found a mare’s nest. Mot bien —; happy word, felicitous expression.

trouver, v.a., to find, to find out, to discover, to detect; to meet with, to meet, to light on, to hit upon, to come across; to like; to think, to deem, to deem it, to dream, to judge. Comment le trouvez-vous? how do you like it? Aller — or venir —; to go to, to go and see, to call or wait upon, to visit. Je lui trouve bon visage; I think he looks well. — à dire, or — à redire; to find fault with. — bon; to approve, to think fit. — mauvais; to blame, to dislike, to disapprove, to be displeased with. — beau, belle; to admire, to think handsome. Où avez-vous trouvé cela? what made you think of that? what put that in your head? Vous trouvez! that’s your opinion, is it!

se trouver, v.r., to find one’s self; to be present, to be, to be by; to feel, to feel one’s self, to prove, to turn out; to happen, to chance, to chance to be. Il s’est trouvé à cette action; he was in that action. Se — mal; to faint, to feel unwell, to be taken ill; to fare ill. Se — bien; to be well, to feel comfortable, to derive benefit from. Cela se trouve bien; that is lucky. Il se trouve; there is or there are; we find; it happens, or turns out.

trouvère or ☉trouveur, n.m., Trouvère, northern bard (name of old poets of the North of France).

truand, n.m., -e, n.f., adj., (pop.) (l.u.) vagrant, beggar, vagabond.

*truandaille, n.f., (pop.) (l.u.) vagrants, beggars, vagabonds.

truander, v.n., (pop.) (l.u.) to beg, to mump, to rove, to loaf.

truanderie (-an-drî), n.m., (pop.) (l.u.) mumping, begging; vagrancy, loafing.

truble, n.f. V. trouble.

truc, n.m., (thea.) machinery; (pop.) knack, dodge, trick. Il a le —; he has the knack of doing it, he is up to it. V. truck.

trucage, n.m., Jewing.

trucheman (trush-mān) or truchement, n.m., interpreter; dragoman, drogman.

☉trucher, v.n., (pop.) to beg from laziness.

☉trucheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (pop.) beggar.

truck or truc, n.m., (railways) truck, trolley.

truculent, -e, adj. truculent.

truelle, n.f., trowel; fish-slice, fish-carver.

truellée, n.f., trowelful.

truffe, n.f., (bot.) truffle.

truffer, v.a., to stuff with truffles.

truffière, n.f., truffle-ground.

truflier, n.m., (bot.) privet.

truie, n.f., (mam.) sow.

truisme, n.m., truism.

truite, n.f., (ich.) trout. — saumonée; salmon trout. Vivier à —s; trout stream.

truité, -e, adj., spotted (porcelain); speckled; trout-colored (of dogs and horses). Fonte —e; (metal.) pig-iron spotted white and gray.

trullisation, n.f., (arch.) troweling.

trumeau, n.m., (arch.) pier; pier-glass; leg, or shin, of beef.

trusquin, n.m. V. troussequin.

tsar, n.m. V. czar.

tsarien, tsarine, tsarowitz. V. czarien, czarine, czarowitz.

tu, pron., thou, you. — es; thou art, you are. Être à — et à toi avec quelqu’un; to be on very familiar terms, or very intimate, with any one.

tuable, adj., fit for killing.

tuage, n.m., killing, slaughter (of an animal).

tuant, -e, adj., killing, toilsome, tiresome, laborious, tedious. C’est un homme —; he is a regular bore. V. assommant.

tu-autem (-ô-tèm), n.m., (n.p.) main thing, difficulty, rub.

tube, n.m., tube, pipe; (anat.) duct; (bot.) tube; (zoöl.) duct, tube.

tuber, v.a., to tube.

tubercule, n.m., (bot., med.) tubercle.

tuberculé, -e, adj., (med.) tuberculate, tubercled.

tuberculeu-x, -se, adj., tubercular, tuberculous; (bot.) tubercular, tuberculous, grained; (med.) tubercled, tubercular, tuberculous.

tuberculisation, n.f., (med.) formation and growth of tubercles.

tubéreuse, n.f., (bot.) tuberose.

tubéreu-x, -se, adj., (bot.) tuberous.

tubérifère, adj., tuberiferous.

tubérosité, n.f., (anat.) tuberosity.

tubiforme, adj., tubiform.

tubulaire, adj., tubular.

tubule, n.m., small tube, tubule.

tubulé, -e, adj., tubular, tubulated, tubulous.

tubuleu-x, -se, adj., tubulated, tubulous.

tubulure, n.f., (chem.) tubulature; (bot.) tubes, tubing.

tudesque, n.m. and adj., Teutonic, Germanic (language); inelegant, rough, coarse.

tudieu, int., zounds!

tue-chien, n.m., (—-—s) (bot.) meadow saffron, dog’s bane, colchicum.

tuer, v.a., to kill, to slay, to slaughter, to butcher; to kill, to tire to death, to be the death of; to while away. — des bœufs; to slaughter oxen. — le temps; to kill time. Se faire —; to get killed, to expose one’s life.

se tuer, v.r., to kill one’s self, to make away with one’s self, to commit suicide; (fig.) to wear one’s self out. Se — de peine; to work one’s self to death.

tuer, v.n., to kill, to be baneful (to); to tire, to be irksome.

tuerie (tû-rî), n.f., slaughter, massacre, butchery, carnage; slaughter-house.

à tue-tête, adv., (of shouting and quarreling) with all one’s might, as loud as one can, at the top of one’s voice.

tueur, n.m., killer, slayer. — de gens; bully, braggart.

tuf, n.m., (min.) tuff, tufa.

tufacé, -e, adj., (min.) tufaceous.

tuffeau, n.m., (min.) tuff, tufa.

tufi-er, -ère, adj., tufaceous.

tuile, n.f., tile. — faîtière; crest-tile; ridge-tile. — en S; pantile. — de Guienne; gutter-tile. — vernissée; glazed tile; (fig.) blow; hard luck, mishap.

tuileau, n.m., broken tile, shard.

tuilerie (tuil-rî), n.f., tile-works, tile-fields. Les —s; Tuileries, a palace in Paris.

tuilier, n.m., tile-maker.

tulipe, n.f., (bot.) tulip.

tulipier, n.m., (bot.) tulip-tree.

tulle, n.m., tulle, net.

tulliste, n.m.f., tulle-maker.

tuméfaction, n.f., (med.) tumefaction.

tuméfier, v.a., (med., surg.) to tumefy.

se tuméfier, v.r., (med., surg.) to tumefy.

tumeur, n.f., tumor. pl., (vet.) warbles.

tumulaire, adj., of the grave, sepulchral. Pierre —; tombstone.

tumulte, n.m., tumult, uproar, riot, hubbub, confusion.

tumultuaire, adj., tumultuary; against the law.

tumultuairement (-èr-mān), adv., in a tumultuary manner.

tumultueusement (-eûz-mān), adv., tumultuously.

tumultueu-x, -se, adj., tumultuous, riotous.

tumulus (-lus), n.m., tumulus, barrow; cairn; mound (burial-place).

tungstène, n.m. (n.p.), (chem.) tungsten.

tunique, n.f., tunic; (bot.) tunic; (anat.) tunic, coat, film; wall, coat (of the stomach); tunic (of the eye).

tuniqué, -e, adj., (bot.) tunicated.

tunnel, n.m., tunnel.

tuorbe, n.m. V. téorbe.

turban, n.m., turban. Prendre le —; to turn Mahometan.

turbine, n.f., (mec.) turbine.

turbiné, -e, adj., turbinate, turbinated.

turbinite, n.f., (conch.) turbinite, turbite.

turbith, n.m., (pharm.) turbith, turpeth. — minéral; turpeth mineral, subsulphate of mercury.

turbot, n.m., (ich.) turbot.

turbotière (ti-è-r), n.f., turbot-kettle.

turbotin, n.m., (ich.) young turbot.

turbulemment (-la-mān), adv., turbulently.

turbulence, n.f., turbulence, wildness.

turbulent, -e, adj., turbulent, noisy; rude, wild (of children).

turc, n.m., Turk; wood-worm. Se faire —; to turn Turk.

tur-c, -que, adj., Turkish.

turcie, n.f., (l.u.) dike, embankment.

turcisme, n.m., Turcism.

turco, n.m. (—s), turco (Algerian soldier).

turcoin, n.m., mohair.

turelure (tur-lur), n.f., tol de rol, fol de rol, words (burden of a song). C’est toujours la même —; it is always the same thing over and over again.

turf, n.m., (n.p.) turf.

turfiste, n.m., turfite.

turgescence, n.f., turgescence, turgidness.

turgescent, -e, adj., turgid, turgescent.

turlupin, n.m., punster; sorry jester.

turlupinade, n.f., sorry jesting; bad joke.

turlupiner, v.n., to pun (badly).

turlupiner, v.a., to laugh at, to turn into ridicule, to jeer (at), to banter, to provoke.

turlurette, n.f., kind of guitar (in use in the 14th century).

turlut, n.m., (orni.) titlark.

turlututu! int., hush! hush!

turlututu, n.m., (bot.) reed-pipe.

turnep (-nèp), n.m., field-turnip.

turpitude, n.f., turpitude, baseness, vileness, filthy language. Dire des —s; to tell filthy stories.

turque, n.f., Turkish woman.

turquette, n.f., (bot.) rupture-wort.

turquin, adj., dark (of blue); deep blue.

turquoise, n.f., turquoise.

tussilage, n.m., (bot.) colt’s-foot, horse-foot.

tutélaire, adj., tutelary, protecting, guardian.

tutelle, n.f., (jur.) tutelage, guardianship, protectorship; committeeship (of lunatics). Enfants en —; children under the care of a guardian, minors.

tut-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., (jur.) guardian, trustee; protector; (hort.) prop.

tutie (-tî), n.f., (chem.) tutty.

tutoiement or tutoîment (-toa-mān), n.m., theeing and thouing, saying thou and thee.

tutoyer, v.a., to thee and thou.

se tutoyer, v.r., to thee and thou each other; to be on familiar terms.

tutrice, n.f. V. tuteur.

tuyau, n.m., pipe, tube, tunnel, funnel; barrel (of a quill); stalk (of corn); stalk, stem (of feathers); nozzle (of bellows, of candlesticks); shank, stem (of tobacco-pipes); goffering (of frills, etc.). — aspirant; suction pipe. — atmospherique; vacuum-pipe. — de conduite; delivery-pipe. — de dégagement de la vapeur; waste steam-pipe. — d’embranchement; branch-pipe. — de trop-plein; waste-pipe. — de descente; stack-pipe. — de la cheminée; flue of the chimney. — de cheminée; chimney flue.

tuyautage, n.m., goffering, quilling, fluting.

tuyauter, v.a., to goffer, to frill, to plate (frills, linen, etc.).

tuyauterie (tui-io-trî), n.f., system of pipes; pipe-store; pipe-trade.

tuyère (tu-iè-r), n.f., tue-iron; tewel; blast-pipe.

tympan, n.m., (anat.) tympanum; drum of the ear; (print., arch., mec.) tympan; spandrel (of bridges).

tympaniser, v.a., (fam.) to run down, to inveigh against, to decry, to lampoon, to traduce.

tympanite, n.f., tympanite, tympany; wind (in horses).

tympanon, n.m., (mus.) dulcimer.

type, n.m., type, model; symbol; emblem; standard, character; (astron.) plan drawing; (print.) type. C’est un véritable —; (fig.) he is quite a character. Quel — d’homme! what a character!

typha, n.m., (bot.) reed-mace, Indian grass.

typhoïde, adj., (med.) typhoid, typhus.

typhon, n.m., (phys.) water-spout; typhoon.

typhus (-fus), n.m., (med.) typhus, typhus fever, camp-fever, gaol-fever. — du gros bétail; cattle-plague.

typique, adj., typic, typical, emblematic, emblematical, symbolical.

typographe, n.m., typographer, printer.

typographie, n.f., typography; printing; printing-office.

typographique, adj., typographical. Caractères —s; printing-type.

typographiquement (-fik-mān), adv., typographically.

tyran, n.m., tyrant, despot, oppressor. Cette femme est un vrai —; that woman is a regular shrew.

tyranneau (-ra-nô), n.m., petty tyrant.

tyrannicide (-ra-ni-), n.m., tyrannicide.

tyrannie (-ra-nî), n.f., tyranny, oppression. S’affranchir de la —; to free one’s self from tyranny; to throw off the yoke of tyranny.

tyrannique, adj., tyrannical.

tyranniquement (-ra-nik-mān), adv., tyrannically.

tyranniser (-ra-ni-), v.a., to tyrannize (over), to oppress.

tyrolienne, n.f., mountain song (dance or waltz popular in the Tyrol).

tzar, n.m. V. czar.

tzigane, n.m.f., gypsy (Hungarian).

U

u, n.m., the twenty-first letter of the alphabet, u.

ubiquiste (-kuist), n.m., (ecc. hist.) Ubiquist.

ubiquitaire (-kui-), n.m., (ecc. hist.) Ubiquitarian, Ubiquitary. adj., ubiquitous, omnipresent.

ubiquité (-kui-), n.f., ubiquity.

udomètre, n.m., (phys.) udometer, pluviometer, rain-gauge.

uhlan, n.m., (—s) uhlan (German lancer).

ukase, n.m., ukase (edict of the Emperor of Russia).

ulcération, n.f., (med.) ulceration.

ulcère, n.m., ulcer.

ulcéré, -e, part., (med.) ulcerated, gangrened; (fig.) embittered, full of deep resentment, cankered.

ulcérer, v.a., to ulcerate; (fig.) to exasperate, to embitter, to provoke, to incense.

s’ulcérer, v.r., (med.) to ulcerate, to exulcerate.

ulcéreu-x, -se, adj., (med.) ulcerous.

uléma, n.m., (—s) ulema (in Turkey a doctor of law).

ulex, n.m., (bot.) ulex, whin, gorse.

uligineu-x, -se, adj., (bot.) uliginous.

ulmaire, n.f., (bot.) common meadow-sweet.

ulmine, n.f., (chem.) ulmine.

ulmique, adj., (chem.) ulmic. Acide —; ulmic acid.

ultérieur, -e, adj., ulterior, subsequent; further.

ultérieurement (-eur-mān), adv., subsequently, later, beyond, further, besides.

ultimatum (-to-m), n.m., (—s) ultimatum.

ultra, n.m., (—s) ultra (person of violent opinions).

ultraïsme, n.m., ultraism.

ultra-mondain, -e (-dīn, -dè-n), adj., ultra-mundane.

ultramontain, -e (-tīn, -tè-n), n. and adj., ultramontane; tramontane.

ultramontanisme, n.m., ultramontanism.

ultrazodiacal, adj., (astron.) ultrazodiacal (applied to those planets, the orbit of which is not limited to the width of the zodiac).

ululation, n.f., ululation; howling, hooting.

ululer, v.n., to ululate, to hoot, to howl.

umble, n.m., (ich.) umber, char or charr, grayling.

un, n.m., one; unit.

un, -e, pron., one. — pour cent; one per cent. L’— vaut l’autre; one is as good as the other. L’— après l’autre; one after another. — à —; one by one. Les —s disent oui, les autres disent non; some say yes, the others say no. L’— ou l’autre; either, the one or the other. L’— et l’autre; both. Les —s et les autres; all, all together. Ni l’— ni l’autre; neither the one nor the other, neither. L’— portant l’autre; (taking) one with another, on an average. En donner d’—e à quelqu’un; to take any one in. N’en faire ni —e ni deux; to make no bones about; not to hesitate, to decide there and then. C’est tout —; it matters not, it is all one.

un, -e, art., a, an, any.

un, -e, adj., one. Sur les —e heure; about one o’clock.

unanime, adj., unanimous.

unanimement (-nim-mān), adv., unanimously.

unanimité, n.f., unanimity.

unau, n.m., (mam.) sloth.

unciale (ōn-), adj.f. V. onciale.

undécennal, -e, adj., undecennial.

unguis (on-gu-iss), n.m., (anat.) unguis.

unguiculé, -e, adj., unguiculate, unguiculated.

uni, -e, adj., united; smooth, even, level; plain, simple, unaffected; uniform. Chemin —; level road. Du linge —; plain linen. ☉À l’—, adv., level. Etoffe —e; plain material. Les Etats —s; The United States.

unicorne, n.m., unicorn; sea-unicorn, narwhal, narwal.

unième, adj., first. [Only used in vingt et —, trente et —, etc.; 21st, 31st, etc.]

unièmement (-èm-mān), adv., firstly. [Only used when preceded by 20, 30, 40, etc.]

unification, n.f., unification, amalgamation.

unifier, v.a., to amalgamate, to unite.

uniflore, adj., (bot.) uniflorous.

uniforme, adj., uniform. D’—; regimental.

uniforme, n.m., uniform; uniform, regimentals. Quitter l’—; to quit the service. Grand —; full-dress uniform.

uniformément, adv., uniformly.

uniformité, n.f., uniformity.

unilatéral, adj., (bot.) unilateral; (of contracts) binding on one party only.

uniloculaire, adj., (bot.) unilocular.

uniment, adv., evenly, even, smoothly; plainly, simply. Tout —; simply, plainly, and no more.

uninominal, -e, adj., of one name.

union, n.f., union, conjunction; concord, agreement, harmony, blending, mixture; (jur.) deed of agreement; (jur.) concurrence.

unionisme, n.m., unionism.

unipare, adj., uniparous.

unipersonnel, -le, adj., (gram.) unipersonal, impersonal.

unique, adj., only, sole; single, unique; matchless, unrivaled; unparalleled, unprecedented; odd, singular. Fils —; only son.

uniquement (u-nik-mān), adv., only, solely; above the rest; above all things.

unir, v.a., to unite, to join, to combine; to smooth, to level, to plane, to make smooth; to pair.

s’unir, v.r., to unite, to be united, to join together, to coalesce.

unisexué, -e (-ni-cèksué), or unisexuel, -le (-ni-cèksu-èl), adj., (bot.) unisexual.

unisson, n.m., (mus.) unison, keeping, harmony, concert. Deux cordes à l’—; two strings in unison. À l’—; in unison, in concert.

unitaire, n.m.f. and adj., Unitarian.

unitarisme, n.m., unitarianism.

unité, n.f., unity, unit; unity, concord, agreement.

uniti-f, -ve, adj., (theol.) of pure love.

univalve, adj., (bot., conch.) univalve, univalvular.

univers, n.m., universe.

universaliser, v.a., to make universal.

universalité, n.f., universality, generality.

universaux, n.m.pl. of universel, n., q.v.

universel, -le, adj., universal; residuary sole (of legatees).

universel, n.m., (universaux) (log.) predicable, universal.

universellement (-sèl-mān), adv., universally, generally.

universitaire, adj., of, or belonging to, the university; academic.

université, n.f., university.

univocation, n.f., univocation.

univoque, adj., univocal.

upas (u-pâs), n.m., (bot.) poison-tree, bohun upas.

urane or uranium (-nio-m), n.f., (min.) uranite, uranium.

uranie, (astron.) Urania; (bot.) traveler’s tree.

uranographie, n.f., uranography.

uranographique, adj., uranographic, uranographical.

uranoscope, n.m., (ich.) uranoscopus.

uranus (-nus), n.m., (astron.) Uranus, (Georgium Sidus).

urate, n.m., (chem.) urate.

urbain, -e (-bin, -bè-n), adj., urban.

urbaine, n.f., hackney carriage (sort of).

urbains, n.m.pl., townspeople.

urbanité, n.f., urbanity.

urcéolé, -e, adj., (bot.) urceolate.

ure, aurochs, or urus, n.m., (mam.) ure, ure-ox, urus.

urédo, n.m., (bot.) uredo.

urée, n.f., (chem.) urea.

uretère, n.m., (anat.) ureter.

urètre or urèthre, n.m., (anat.) urethra.

urgence, n.f., urgency. D’—; urgent, immediate; in case of urgency.

urgent, -e, adj., urgent, cogent, pressing.

urinaire, adj., urinary.

urinal, n.m., urinal.

urine, n.f., urine, chamber-lye; stale (of animals).

uriner, v.n., to urine, to make water; to stale (of animals).

urineu-x, -se, adj., urinous.

urinoir, n.m., urinary, urinal.

urique, adj., (chem.) uric.

urne, n.f., urn; ballot-box. — de scrutin or — électorale; ballot-box.

ursuline, n.f., Ursuline nun, Ursuline.

urticaire, n.f., (med.) urticaria, nettle-rash.

urtication, n.f., (surg.) urtication.

urticées, n.f.pl., (bot.) nettle tribe, urticaceæ.

urus, n.m. V. ure.

us, n.m., (n.p.) used only in; un savant en —; a man learned in Latin; Latin scholar.

us (us), n.m.pl., (n.s.) usage, use, way. Les — et coutumes; the ways and customs.

usage, n.m., custom, practice, use, usage; wear (of clothes). pl., church-books. L’— le veut ainsi; custom will have it so. Cela est hors d’—; that’s out of use. Mettre une chose en —; to use a thing. Hors d’—; obsolete. Peu en —; little used. Mettre tout en —; to spare no pains, to use every endeavor. L’— du monde; knowledge of the world; ways of the world. Avoir de l’—; to have manners, a certain breeding.

usager, n.m., (jur.) commoner.

usance, n.f., (com.) usance. À l’—; at usance.

usante, adj.f., (jur.) (of spinsters) making use of, using.

usé, -e, adj., worn out, threadbare; stale, common, trite, hackneyed. Conte —; stale story.

user, v.n., to use, to make use of. — de violence; to use violence. — de douceur; to use gentle means. En — bien avec quelqu’un; to use, or treat, any one well. En — mal avec quelqu’un; to use, or treat, any one ill. En — bien, en — mal; to make a good, or bad, use of.

user, v.a., to use, to consume; to wear out, to wear off; to use up, to spend, to waste; to wear away; to wear down; (surg.) to eat off, to consume. — des souliers; to wear out shoes. — ses yeux; to impair one’s sight (by reading, etc.).

s’user, v.r., to wear out; to be worn out, to be used, to be consumed; to waste, to decay; to be spent.

user, n.m., wear, service. Ce drap est d’un bon —; this cloth wears well. On ne connaît les gens qu’à l’—; (fig.) it takes time to know people. Être bon à l’—; to improve on acquaintance.

usine, n.f., works, mills, manufactory, factory.

usinier, n.m., manufacturer, mill-owner.

usité, -e, adj., usual; customary; used, in use. Ce mot n’est guère —; that word is seldom used.

usquebac (us-kĕ-bak), n.m., usquebaugh (spirits).

ustensile, n.m., utensil; tool, implement. —s de cuisine; kitchen utensils.

ustion (u-sti-on), n.f., ustion, combustion.

usuel, -le, adj., usual, customary, ordinary, common.

usuellement (-èl-mān), adv., usually, customarily.

usufructuaire, adj., (jur.) usufructuary.

usufruit, n.m., (jur.) usufruct, use.

usufruiti-er, n.m., -ère, n.f. (-tié, -tiè-r), usufructuary, tenant for life.

usufruit-ier, -ière, adj., (jur.) usufructuary.

usuraire, adj., usurious.

usurairement (-rèr-mān), adv., usuriously.

usure, n.f., usury, unlawful interest; wearing, wear, wear and tear. Prêter à —; to lend upon usury. Rendre avec —; to return with interest.

usuri-er (-rié), n.m., -ère (-riè-r), n.f., usurer.

usurpat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., usurper.

usurpation, n.f., usurpation, encroachment.

usurper, v.a. and n., to usurp; to encroach.

ut (ut), n.m., (mus.) ut, do, C.

utérin, -e, adj., (med.) uterine; (jur.) uterine, on the mother’s side.

utérins, n.m.pl., (jur.) brothers of the half blood, by the same venter; brothers and sisters of the half blood, by the same venter.

utérus (-rus), n.m., womb, matrix, uterus.

utile, adj., useful, of use, advantageous; expedient, proper, due, beneficial; profitable, serviceable; subservient. En temps —; in proper, or due, or good, time.

utile, n.m., utility, usefulness. Joindre l’— à l’agréable; to combine utility and pleasure.

utilement (u-til-mān), adv., usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.

utiliser, v.a., to find use for, to turn to account, to make use of, to avail one’s self of. S’—, to be utilized.

utilitaire, n.m. and adj., utilitarian.

utilité, n.f., utility, use, usefulness, benefit, profit, service, avail, advantage, purpose; (thea.) utility (actor). But d’—; purpose, useful end.

utopie, n.f., utopia.

utopique, adj., utopian.

utopiste, n.m.f. and adj., utopist; utopian.

utricule, n.m., utricle.

utriculé, -e, adj., utricular.

uvée, n.f., (anat.) uvea.

uvelte, n.f., (bot.) sea-grape.

uviforme, adj., uviform, grape-shaped.

uvulaire, adj., (anat.) uvular.

V

v, n.m., the twenty-second letter of the alphabet, v.

v, (initial letter of voir, to see). V., vide.

va, imperative of aller, to go. — pour cela; I consent to it; done, agreed.

va, n.m., va (at basset, faro).

vacance, n.f., vacancy. pl., vacation, holidays; recess (of parliament). Entrer en —s; to break up (of schools).

vacant, -e, adj., vacant, unfilled, unoccupied, empty; (jur.) in abeyance, unclaimed.

vacarme, n.m., hubbub, tumult, uproar. Faire du —; to kick up a shindy; to create a disturbance.

vacation, n.f., attendance, sitting (of public officers); day’s sale (of auctions); vacation (of courts); ☉trade, profession. — avenante; in case of a vacancy.

vaccin, n.m., (med.) vaccine matter, vaccine; lymph.

vaccinal, -e, adj., vaccinal, vaccine.

vaccinateur, n.m., vaccinator.

vaccination, n.f., vaccination.

vaccine, n.f., vaccinia, cow-pox; vaccination.

vacciner, v.a., to vaccinate.

vache, n.f., (mam.) cow; cow-hide (prepared for use). Etable à —s; cow-house, cow-stable or shed. — à lait; milk cow, milch cow, dairy cow. Manger de la — enragée; to endure great hardships, to rough it. Le grand chemin des —s; the beaten track. Le plancher des —s; dry land, terra firma. Parler français comme une — enragée; to murder the French language.

vach-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., cowherd, cow-keeper, neat-herd.

vacherie (va-shrî), n.f., cow-house.

vaciet, n.m., (bot.) grape-hyacinth.

vacillant, -e (-sil-lān, -t), adj., vacillating; reeling, staggering, tottering; wavering, uncertain, undecided; (bot.) versatile; (fig.) flickering (of light).

vacillation (-sil-la-), n.f., vacillation; wavering, flickering (of light).

vaciller (-sil-lé), v.n., to vacillate; to waver; to reel, to stagger; (fig.) to flicker (of light).

vacuité, n.f., vacuity, emptiness.

vade, n.f., vade, stake (at play).

vademanque, n.f., (banking) decrease of money in reserve.

vade-mecum (va-dé-mé-ko-m), n.m. (—), vade-mecum, manual.

va-et-vient, n.m. (—), (mec.) reciprocating motion, swing, sweep, see-saw motion; (fig.) oscillation; (nav.) small ferry-boat; pass-rope, traversing gear.

vagabond, -e, n. and adj., vagabond, vagrant; wandering.

vagabondage, n.m., vagrancy; roguery.

vagabonder or ☉vagabonner, v.n., to be a vagabond, to wander, to roam, to tramp about.

vagant, n.m., wrecker.

vagin, n.m., (anat.) vagina.

vaginal, -e, adj., (anat.) vaginal.

vagir, v.n., (of infants) to wail, to mewl, to pule.

vagissant, adj., mewling, wailing, puling.

vagissement, n.m., crying, wailing, mewling (of infants).

vague (vag), n.f., wave, billow, surge.

vague, adj., vague, indeterminate, loose, uncertain; faint, indistinct, hazy; empty. Terres —s; waste-land.

vague, n.m., vagueness, looseness; uncertainty; space, empty space, emptiness; void, vacuum.

vaguement (vag-mān), adv., vaguely.

vaguemestre (vag-mès-tr), n.m., (milit.) wagon-master, baggage-master, paymaster, orderly, post-sergeant; (nav.) postman.

vaguer (va-ghé), v.n., to ramble, to rove, to range about, to wander, to stray, to straggle. v.a., to mash (in brewing).

vaguesse, n.f., (paint.) lightness, airiness.

vaigrage, n.m., (nav.) outer-planking, ceiling, wale.

vaigre, n.f., (nav.) plank (for ceiling).

*vaillamment (va-ia-mān), adv., valiantly, valorously, courageously, stoutly.

*vaillance, n.f., valiance, valor, courage, bravery.

*vaillant, -e, adj., valiant, valorous, brave, courageous, gallant.

*vaillant, n.m., all a man is worth, one’s substance. Tout son —; one’s all.

*vaillant, adv., worth, value. N’avoir pas un sou —; not to be worth a penny (of a person). Il n’a rien —; he is penniless. Il a dix mille écus —; he is worth 30,000 francs.

☉*vaillantise, n.f., (fam.) prowess, valorous deed.

vain, -e (vin, vè-n), adj., vain, fruitless, ineffectual, unprofitable; empty, shadowy, foolish, trifling, frivolous; vainglorious, presumptuous, self-conceited. En —; vainly, in vain, to no purpose. Homme —; vain, conceited man.

vaincre (vainquant, vaincu), v.a., to vanquish, to conquer, to overcome, to master, to defeat, to get the better of; to outdo, to surpass, to excel. Se laisser —; to give way to, to yield. Se laisser — à la pitié; to be moved to pity.

se vaincre, v.r., to conquer one’s self; to conquer one’s passions.

vaincre, v.n., to win; to be victorious.

vaincu, n.m., conquered, vanquished (enemy).

vainement (vè-n-mān), adv., vainly, in vain, fruitlessly; to no purpose.

vainqueur, n.m. and adj., vanquisher, conqueror, subduer, victor, overcomer; prize-winner, prize-man, prize-boy, prize-holder; conquering, victorious, triumphant.

vair, n.m., (her.) vair.

vairé, -e, adj., (her.) vairy.

vairon, adj., silver-eyed (of horses); (pers.) wall-eyed, odd-eyed. Œil —; wall-eye.

vairon, n.m., (ich.) minnow.

vaisseau, n.m., ship, vessel; structure, fabric; pile (inside of a building); (anat.) vessel, tube; (bot.) duct. pl., (nav.) shipping. — d’approvisionnement; victualing-ship. — marchand; merchantman. — de guerre; man-of-war. — à deux ponts; two-decker. — de la marine royale; His, Her, Majesty’s ship. — frégate; frigate-built ship. — de compagnie; (nav.) good company keeper. — école; training-ship. — armé en guerre; armed ship.

vaisselle, n.f., plates and dishes; plate (of gold or silver). — de terre; earthenware. — d’or; gold plate. — d’argent; silver plate. — ciselée; carved plate. — plate; (of gold or silver) plate.

vaissellerie, n.f., pots and pans.

val, n.m., valley, vale, dale. Par monts et par vaux; up hill and down dale.

valable, adj., valid, good for.

valablement, adv., validly.

valenciennes, n.f., valenciennes (lace).

valériane, n.f., (bot.) valerian.

valet, n.m., footman, valet; knave (at cards); door weight; hold-fast (of a joiner); support (of a looking-glass). — de pied; footman. — de chambre; valet. — de bourreau; assistant-executioner, aid. Faire le bon —; to be officious. Maître —; (agri.) headman. — de ferme; farm-servant. — de chiens; whipper-in. Tel maître, tel —; like master, like man. C’est un — de cartes; (fig.) he is a nobody, a contemptible fellow. Il n’y a pas de grand homme pour son — de chambre; no man is a hero to his valet. On ne prend pas de — pour se servir soi-même; what! keep a dog and bark thyself!

valetage (val-taj), n.m., duty of a valet, drudgery.

*valetaille (val-tâ-i), n.f., pack of men-servants, footmen, flunkies, lackeys, menials.

valet-à-patin, n.m., (—s-—) (surg.) forceps (for ligatures).

valeter (val-té), v.n., to cringe, to dance attendance, to fawn upon.

valétudinaire, n.m.f. and adj., valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid.

valeur, n.f., value, worth, consideration; import, meaning. pl., (com.) bills, paper, stocks, shares, securities; valor, bravery, courage, gallantry. Être en —; to bear a good price. Être de nulle —; to be of no value, to be valueless. Abaisser la —; to depreciate. — en espèces; value in cash. —s mobilières; transferable securities. Mettre en —; to improve (land).

valeureusement (-reûz-mān), adv., valiantly, valorously, bravely, courageously.

valeureu-x, -se, adj., valiant, valorous, brave, courageous, gallant.

validation, n.f., (jur.) validation, rendering valid.

validé, n.f., (n.p.) the title of the Sultan’s mother.

valide, n.m. and adj., person in health; healthy; in health, valid, good.

validement (-lid-mān), adv., (jur.) validly.

valider, v.a., to validate, to confirm, to ratify, to make valid.

validité, n.f., validity, validness.

valise, n.f., valise, portmanteau.

valisnère or valisnérie, n.f., (bot.) frogbit.

valkyrie, n.f., (—s) Scandinavian myth, valkyrie, goddess, wish-maiden.

vallaire, adj., (antiq.) vallary, vallar. Couronne —; vallary crown.

vallée, n.f., valley, vale.

vallon, n.m., dale, vale, small valley.

valoir (valant, valu), v.n., to be worth, to be as good as, to be equal to; to yield, to bring, to win for, to procure. — mieux; to be better, to be preferable. Il vaut mieux ne pas y aller; it is better not to go there. Cela ne vaut rien; that is good for nothing. Cet habit ne vaut plus rien; this coat is quite worn out. Cela ne vaut pas la peine d’y penser; that is not worth a moment’s thought. Il ne vaut pas la peine qu’on lui réponde; he is not worth answering. Vous ne faites rien qui vaille; nothing you do is worth anything; you do nothing to speak of. Chaque chose vaut son prix; everything has its price. Cela vaut son pesant d’or; that is worth its weight in gold. Faire — une terre; to improve, to cultivate, an estate. Faire — son argent; to turn one’s money to account, to put it out at interest. Faire — son talent; to turn one’s talent to account. Faire — sa marchandise; to set off one’s goods. Il fait bien — ce qu’il sait; he makes the best of his knowledge. Faire — son droit; to assert, or maintain, one’s right. Se faire —; to push one’s self forward, to brag too much. Cela vaut fait; that’s as good as done. Vaille que vaille; at all events, for better or worse. Que lui a valu son ambition? what has his ambition brought him, or won for him?

valonnement, n.m., disposing in vales.

ad valorem, adj., (com.) ad valorem.

valse, n.f., waltz.

valser, v.n., to waltz.

valseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., waltzer, dancer, partner (in a dance).

value, n.f., value. Plus-—; superior value. Moins-—; inferior value.

valvaire, adj., (bot.) valvate.

valve, n.f., valve; (tech.) clack, or trap, door.

valvé, -e, adj., (bot.) valved, valvate.

valvule, n.f., (anat.) valvule.

vampire, n.m., vampire.

van, n.m., (agri.) fan, van; winnowing-baskets.

vandale, n.m. and adj., Vandal; vandalic.

vandalisme, n.m., vandalism.

vandoise, n.f., (ich.) dart; dace.

*vanille, n.f., (bot.) vanilla, vanilla-tree; (bot.) vanilla (fruit).

*vanillier, n.m., (bot.) vanilla-tree, vanilla.

vanité, n.f., vanity, self-conceit. Que vous avez de —! how full of vanity you are! Faire — d’une chose; to be proud of a thing. Sans —; vanity apart.

vaniteu-x, -se, adj., vainglorious, absurdly vain.

vannage, n.m., (agri.) winnowing; (hydraul.) system of water-gates in a dam, etc.

vanne, n.f., water-gate, sluice, sluice-gate; paddle-door. adj. Eaux —s; waste waters (from factories, etc.).

vanneau, n.m., (orni.) lapwing, peewit, plover.

vanner, v.a., to winnow, to fan, to sift, to hull; (hydraul.) to make, or to place, water-gates in dams, etc.

vannerie (va-n-rî), n.f., basket-trade; basket-work.

vannet, n.m., scallop, scollop (shell-fish).

vannette, n.f., server, flat basket (to give horses their corn). — crible; oat-sieve.

vanneur, n.m., winnower.

vannier, n.m., basket-maker.

*vantail, n.m., leaf of a folding-door; window-shutter; lock-gate. Fermer les vantaux; to shut the folding-doors.

vantard, -e, n. and adj., boaster, bragger, braggart; boasting, boastful; bragging.

vantardise, n.f., (fam.) habitual boasting, bragging.

vanter, v.a., to vaunt, to cry up, to praise up, to extol.

se vanter, v.r., to boast, to vaunt, to brag; to praise one’s self; to plume one’s self upon. Il n’y a pas de quoi se —; there is nothing to brag of.

vanterie (vān-trî), n.f., boasting, bragging, vaunting; brag, boast.

☉vanteur, n.m. V. vantard.

va-nu-pieds, n.m. and f., (—) tatterdemalion, ragged rascal, ragamuffin, waif and stray; vagabond, beggar.

vapeur, n.f., vapor, fume, steam, damp, exhalation. pl., vapors, hysterics. À la —; by steam. Bateau à —; steam-boat, steamer. Remorqueur à —; steam-tug. Chaudière à —; steam-boiler. Machine à —; steam-engine. Registre de —; throttle-valve (of a steam-engine). En —; with the steam on. À toute —; at full speed. Mettre en —; to put the steam on, to get up steam. On est en pleine —; steam is up.

vapeur, n.m., steamer. — poste; mail-steamer.

vaporeu-x, -se, adj., vaporous, vaporish; (paint.) aërial.

vaporisation, n.f., vaporization.

vaporiser, v.a., to vaporize.

se vaporiser, v.r., to vaporize, to be vaporized.

vaquer (va-ké), v.n., to be vacant, void, empty; to be in vacation-time, not to sit; to attend, to devote one’s self to. Il vaque à ses affaires; he is attending to his business.

*varaigne, n.f., tide-sluice (of salt marshes).

varaire, n.f., (bot.) white hellebore.

varangue (-rāng), n.f., (nav.) floor-timbers of a ship. — plate or — de fond; flat floor-timber. — fort acculée; rising floor-timber (amidships).

vare, n.f., Spanish measure of length, about a yard.

varec or varech, n.m., (bot.) varec, wrack, sea-wrack, sea-weed; (jur.) wreck (things washed upon the shore by the sea); sunken ship.

varenne, n.f., waste-land; (hunt.) ☉chase, royal preserve.

vareuse, n.f., oil-skin (jacket); pilot-jacket; jersey, blazer.

variabilité, n.f., variableness, variability, changeableness; (alg.) variability.

variable, adj., variable, changeable, fickle, unsettled, unsteady. La fortune est —; fortune is fickle. Pouls —; changeable pulse.

variable, n.m., variable, change. Le baromètre est au —; the barometer is at change.

variant, -e, adj., (l.u.) variable, fickle.

variante, n.f., different reading, or interpretation; various, or different, spelling; alteration, difference (in different editions of a book), etc.

variation, n.f., variation, variety, change, changeableness; alteration.

varice, n.f., (med.) varix, varicose vein.

varicelle, n.f., (med.) varicella, swine-pox.

varicocèle, n.f., (med.) varicocele.

varier, v.a., to vary, to variegate, to diversify. — la phrase; to say the same thing in other words.

varier, v.n., to vary, to change, to be changeable; to disagree, to be at variance; to be fickle.

variété, n.f., variety, diversity, change. pl., miscellanea; varieties; medley; extracts.

ne varietur (né varié-tur), (jur.) in order that no change may be made; “final edition” of an author’s works.

variole, n.f., small-pox, variola.

varioleu-x, -se, adj. and n., (a person) suffering from small-pox.

variolique, adj., (med.), variolous, variolar, variolic.

variolite, n.f., (min.) variolite.

varioloïde, n.f., (med.) varioloid, chicken-pox.

variorum, n.m. and adj., (—) variorum. Edition —; variorum edition.

variqueu-x, -se, adj., varicose, varicous.

☉varlet, n.m., varlet, page.

varlope, n.f., jointer, jointing-plane.

vasculaire or (l.u.) vasculeu-x, -se, adj., (anat.) vascular.

vase, n.m., vase, vessel, urn. —s antiques; antique vases. —s étrusques; Etruscan vases. —s cinéraires; funeral urns. — de nuit; chamber utensil.

vase, n.f., slime, mud, mire, ooze, silt.

vaseu-x, -se, adj., slimy, muddy, miry, silty, oozy.

vasi-er, -ère, n. and adj., mud, of mud.

vasière, n.f., salt-pan, brine-pan; mussel-bed.

vasistas (-tâs), n.m., casement-window, casement; hatch-door; shutter; blind (of a carriage).

vasque, n.f., basin (of a fountain).

vassal, n.m., vassal.

vassalité, n.f., vassalage; land held by vassals.

vasselage (vas-laj), n.m., vassalage.

vaste, adj., vast, wide, great, spacious, extensive. — pays; vast country. De —s desseins; great designs. Un lieu —; a vast place. int. (nav.) avast!

vastement, adv., vastly, extensively, hugely, widely, greatly.

vatican, n.m., Vatican, the Palace of the Pope.

va-tout, n.m., (—) staking all one has, one’s all (at cards).

à vau-de-route, adv. V. à vau-l’eau.

vaudeville (vôd-vil), n.m., (thea.) vaudeville; ballad; (thea.) ballad-opera, ballad-farce (corruption of Vaux de Vire, by Olivier Basselin).

vaudevilliste, n.m., vaudeville-writer; ballad-writer.

vaudois, n.m., Vaudois, native of Vaud.

à vau-l’eau, adv., with the current, down stream; (fig.) to wrack and ruin; at sixes and sevens.

vaurien (-in), n.m., good-for-nothing wretch, worthless fellow, scamp, scape-grace; rogue, vagabond.

vautour, n.m., (orni.) vulture.

vautrait, n.m., (hunt.) boar-hunting equipage.

vautre, n.m., boar-hound.

vautré, -e, adj., wallowing, weltering; sprawling.

se vautrer, v.r., to wallow, to welter, to roll; to spread one’s self out, to sprawl.

vavasseur, n.m., vavasor (vassal of a vassal).

vayvodat, n.m., waywodate, waywodeship.

vayvode, n.m., (—s) waiwode, waywode.

vayvodie, n.f., waywodeship.

veau, n.m., calf; bull-calf; calf’s leather; veal; lazy fellow. — marin; seal, sea-calf; sealskin. Chair de —; veal. Longe de —; loin of veal. Rouelle de —; fillet of veal. Des pieds de —; calves’ feet. Eau de —; veal broth. Faire le pied de —; (fig.) to cringe, to bow and scrape, to truckle (to). Faire le —; to sprawl; to indulge one’s self, to idle one’s time away.

vecteur, adj., (astron.) vector. Rayon —; radius vector.

véda, n.m., Veda (sacred books of the Hindoos).

védasse, n.f., (dy.) weed-ashes.

vedette, n.f., scout, vedette, mounted sentinel; watch-box, watch-tower. Ecrire quelque chose en —; to write anything in a line by itself. Mettre en —; to place on vedette.

védique, adj., Vedic.

végétable, adj., capable of vegetation.

végétal, n.m., vegetable; plant.

végétal, -e, adj., vegetable.

végétalité, n.f., vegetability.

végétant, -e, adj., vegetating.

végétarien, -ne, n.m.f., vegetarian.

végétati-f, -ve, adj., vegetative.

végétation, n.f., vegetation.

végéter, v.n., to vegetate. Il ne fait plus que —; he merely vegetates.

véhémence, n.f., vehemence, vehemency, impetuosity; force, violence.

véhément, -e, adj., vehement, impetuous, hot, passionate. Naturel —; hot temper. Orateur —; vehement orator, impassioned orator.

véhémentement, adv., ☉(jur.) strongly; (fam., fig.) vehemently.

véhicule, n.m., vehicle.

vehme, n.f., (n.p.) Vehmic Court.

vehmique, adj., Vehmic.

*veille, n.f., watch, watching, sitting up; eve, vigil, day before; point, verge. Être à la — de; to be on the point of, on the verge of. Entre la — et le sommeil; between sleeping and waking.

*veillée, n.f., sitting up to work in company; evening (in company); night attendance (upon a sick person). Les —s d’hiver; the winter evenings.

*veiller, v.n., to watch, to sit up, to wake, to be awake, to lie awake; to be on the watch; to attend, to take care, to see, to have an eye upon. — au salut de l’état; to watch over the safety of the state. — sur soi même; to be upon one’s guard. Faire — quelqu’un; to keep any one up. Veillez-y; see to it.

*veiller, v.a., to watch over, to look after, to sit up with. — un malade; to sit up with, or to watch by the bedside of, a sick person.

*veilles, n.f.pl., labors; night-studies, night-watches, vigils.

*veilleur, n.m., watcher; night watchman.

*veilleuse, n.f., night-lamp; float-light, watch-light.

*veillote or veillotte, n.f., hay-cock; (bot.) meadow-saffron.

veinage, n.m., (paint.) veining.

veinard, n.m. and adj., (pop.) lucky fellow, in luck’s way.

veine, n.f., (anat., geol., min.) vein; (of marble or wood) vein; (geol.) seam; underground spring of water; (fig.) vein. Je suis en —; my hand is in; I am in luck’s way. En — de; in the vein for, in the humor for. Bonne —; good run of luck (at play). Avoir de la —; to be in luck. Je ne suis plus en —; my luck has turned.

veiné, -e, adj., veiny, veined.

veiner, v.a., (paint.) to vein.

veineu-x, -se, adj., veined, veining; (anat.) venous, venal.

veinule, n.f., (anat.) small vein.

vêlage, n.m., calving (of cows).

vélar, n.m., hedge-mustard, hedge-garlic.

vélarium (-rio-m), n.m., (—s) (Rom. antiq.) velarium (awning stretched above the theater to keep off the sun).

vélaut! int., (hunt.) tally-ho.

velche, n.m., Goth, ignoramus.

velcherie, n.f., ignorance, stupidity.

vêle, n.f., cow-calf.

vêler, v.a., (of cows) to calve.

vélin, n.m., vellum; fine Alençon lace.

vélite, n.m., (Rom. antiq.) light-armed soldier, skirmisher.

velléité (vél-lé-), n.f., velleity, slight desire, fancy, mind.

☉véloce, adj., (astron.) swift, rapid.

vélocipède, n.m., velocipede, cycle.

vélocité, n.f., velocity, swiftness, rapidity, speed.

velours, n.m., velvet. — ras; short-nap velvet. — façonné; figured velvet. — de soie; silk velvet. — de coton; cotton velvet. — à côtes; corduroy. — de coton croisé; velveteen. — glacé; shot velvet. Faire patte de —; to speak smoothly; to draw in one’s claws. Habits de — ventre de son; (prov.) silks and satins put out the kitchen fire. Passe —; (bot.) prince’s feathers.

velouté, n.m., velveting, flock surface; velvet-pile; softness; (bot.) velvet; (med.) ☉mucous membrane.

velouté, -e, adj., velvet, velvety; cut in imitation of velvet; velvet-like; with the softness of velvet; soft and smooth to the palate (of wines).

velouter, v.a., to give (to some material) the appearance of velvet; to make velvet-like.

veloutier (-tié), n.m., velvet-worker.

veltage, n.m., measuring liquids by the velte.

velte, n.f., an (obsolete) measure of capacity, about 7 quarts English; a sort of gauge to measure the capacity of casks.

velter, v.a., to measure liquids by the velte.

velteur, n.m., gauger; one who measures by the velte.

velu, -e, adj., hairy (not applied to the head or beard); shaggy, rough. n.m., shagginess; hairy part.

velverette, n.f., corduroy.

velvet, n.m., velvetine, n.f., velveteen.

velvote, n.f., (bot.) (spurious) toad-flax.

venaison, n.f., venison.

vénal, -e, adj., venal, mercenary.

vénalement (-nal-mān), adv., in a venal, mercenary manner.

vénalité, n.f., venality.

venant, n.m. and adj., comer; coming. A tout —; to the first comer; to any one, or as the fancy takes one.

vendable, adj., salable, vendible.

vendange, n.f., vintage; grape-gathering. Faire —; to gather the grapes; (fig.) to make a good thing of, to profit by.

vendanger, v.a. and n., to gather grapes; to vintage; (fig.) to make illicit profits; to ravage, to spoil, to devastate, to sweep away.

vendangeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., vintager, grape-gatherer.

vendéen, -ne, n., adj., Vendean.

vendémiaire, n.m., Vendémiaire, the first month of the calendar of the first French republic, from September 22d or 23d to October 21st or 22d.

venderesse (vān-drès), n.f., (jur.) vendor.

vendetta, n.f., (—s) vendetta, vengeance.

vendeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., seller, vendor, dealer. — d’orviétan; quack.

vendication, n.f. V. revendication.

vendiquer, v.a. V. revendiquer.

☉vendition, n.f., (jur.) sale.

vendre, v.a. and n., to sell, to vend, to sell out; (fig.) to betray. — cher; to sell dear. — à bon marché; to sell cheap. — argent comptant; to sell for ready money. À —; to be sold, for sale. Chose qui plaît est à moitié vendue; good wares make quick sales.

se vendre, v.r., to sell one’s self; to sell, to go off (of a thing).

vendredi, n.m., Friday. Le — saint; Good-Friday.

vené, -e, adj., high (of meat).

☉vénéfice, n.m., (jur.) poisoning by malefice.

☉venelle, n.f., small street, alley, lane. [Only used in the popular expression Enfiler la —; to run away, to take to one’s heels.]

vénéneu-x, -se, adj., venomous, poisonous (of plants only).

vener, v.a., to run (cattle) to make their flesh tender. Faire — de la viande; to keep meat until it gets high.

vénérable, adj., venerable, reverend.

vénérablement, adv., venerably, reverently.

vénération, n.f., veneration. Sa mémoire est en —; his memory is held in veneration.

vénérer, v.a., to venerate, to reverence.

vénerie (vé-n-rî) n.f., venery, hunting; hunting-train; kennel.

vénérien, -ne (-in, -è-n), adj., venereal, syphilitic.

venette, n.f., (pop.) fright, funk. Avoir la —; to be in a funk. Donner la —; to frighten, to put into a funk.

veneur, n.m., huntsman. Grand —; master of the hounds.

venez-y-voir, n.m., (—) (fam., iron.) sight, show, raree-show; trifle, catch, cheat.

vengeance (-jans), n.f., vengeance, revenge. Tirer — d’un affront; to be revenged for an affront. Demander, or crier, —; to call, or cry, for vengeance. Esprit de —; revengefulness. Par —; out of revenge.

venger, v.a., to revenge, to avenge, to take revenge for, to resent. — une injure; to avenge an injury.

se venger, v.r., to revenge one’s self, to avenge one’s self; to be revenged. Se — de quelqu’un; to be revenged on any one.

venge-ur, -resse, n. and adj., avenger, revenger; revengeful, avenging.

véniel, -le, adj., venial.

véniellement (-nièl-mān), adv., venially.

veni-mecum (vé-ni-mé-co-m), n.m., (—). V. vade-mecum.

venimeu-x, -se, adj., communicating poison, venomous (of animals); poisonous, malignant.

venin, n.m., venom, poison, spite, rancor, malice. Morte la bête, mort le —; dead dogs can’t bite or dead men tell no tales. Il a jeté tout son —; he has vented all his spite.

venir (venant, venu), v.n., to come, to be coming; to come along, to arrive; to chance, to fall out, to occur, to happen; to be descended; to grow, to grow up, to thrive (of plants); to issue, to run, to flow; to emanate, to proceed, to arise, to derive; to reach. Je le vois —; I see him coming; (fig.) I see what he is driving at. Le voilà qui vient; here he comes. Venez ici; come here. Voulez-vous — avec nous à Londres? will you go with us to London? Faire —; to send for. Faire — le médecin; to send for the doctor. Il va et vient; he goes in and out. Il s’en est allé comme il est venu; he has had his labor for his pains. Je ne ferai qu’aller et —; I will not stay, I shall be back again directly. En — aux extrémités; to come to extremities. S’en —; to come away. Il en vint jusqu’à le menacer; he went so far as to threaten him. En — aux mains; to come to blows. Il en faut — là; we must come to that at last. Si ma lettre venait à se perdre; if my letter should happen to be lost, or to miscarry. Tout lui vient à souhait; everything succeeds according to his wishes. Cette nouvelle est venue jusqu’à moi; that news reached even me. Il me vint une pensée; a thought came into my head. D’où vient-il que? how is it that? D’où vient cela? what is the cause of that? D’où vient que? how is it that? Quand il vint à parler de; when he came to speak of. — au monde; to come into the world. — de; to come from; (followed by an infinitive) to have just. Je viens de le quitter; I have just left him. Se faire bien — de; to ingratiate one’s self (with), to curry favor (with). Il vient de partir; he has only just gone, or started. Il vient d’arriver; he has just arrived. Je viens le voir; I come to see him. Je viens de le voir; I have just seen him. Cet arbre vient bien; that tree thrives well. Viens donc, venez donc; come away, come along. Où voulez-vous en —? what are you aiming, driving, at? D’où venez-vous? where do you come from? where were you brought up? Il faut le voir —; we must first see what he is driving at. Vouloir en — à; to aim at, to be driving at, to mean, to be up to. Temps à —; future time. — à bout de; to succeed, to master, to get through (anything). Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre; everything comes to him who waits. C’est un beau — y voir; a pretty sight, indeed!

venir, n.m., coming.

vent, n.m., wind, gale; flatulence; breath; (hunt.) scent; vanity, emptiness; (artil.) windage. Un souffle de —; a puff of wind. Un — coulis; a slight draught. Il fait du —; it is windy. Être à l’abri du —; to be sheltered from the wind. Jeter la plume au —; to allow chance to decide. Autant en emporte le —; all that is idle talk. Aller comme le —; to go swiftly, like the wind. Aller selon le —; to sail with the wind; (fig.) to go with the times; to be a time-server. — fait; settled wind. Au —; to the wind; (nav.) to windward. Sous le —; (nav.) to leeward. — de terre; land breeze. — de mer; sea breeze. Avoir — et marée; to have both wind and tide (in one’s favor). Avoir le dessus du —; (nav.) to have the weather-gauge; (fig.) to have the upper hand of any one. Avoir des —s; to be troubled with wind, flatulence (fig.). Lâcher un —; to break a wind. Tout cela n’est que du —; all that means nothing. Si le — le permet; weather permitting. Filer — arrière; (nav.) to sail before the wind. Gagner le — sur; to get to windward of; to weather. Prendre le —; to scent; (nav.) to sail near the wind. — frais; fresh gale. Gros coup de —; strong gale. Être logé aux quatre —s; to be exposed to every wind that blows. Avoir le — contraire; to have the wind against one. Flotter au gré du —; to float in the wind. Iles du —; (geog.) Windward Islands. — au visage rend un homme sage; (prov.) adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

*ventail, n.m., (her.) ventail, visor (of a helmet).

vente, n.f., sale; selling, auction; felling, cutting out (of timber). En —; for sale, now ready (of a book). Mettre en —; to offer for sale; to put up for sale, to publish (a book). — aux enchères; auction. — judiciaire; sale under warrant, or before the sheriff. Marchandise de bonne —; goods that go off well. Asseoir les —s; to mark the trees that are to be felled. Lods et —s; tax on the sale of heritages.

ventelle, n.f. paddle-valve (of lock-gates).

venter, v.n.imp., to blow, to be windy. Il vente; the wind is blowing, it is windy.

venteu-x, -se, adj., windy, flatulent.

ventier, n.m., wood-salesman.

ventilateur, n.m., ventilator, fan; (phys.) air-exhauster.

ventilation, n.f., ventilation, airing; (jur.) valuation.

ventiler, v.a., to ventilate, to air; (jur.) to value; (fig.) to discuss, to moot.

ventis, n.m., wind-fallen timber.

ventolier, n.m., (hawking) bird that flies well against the wind.

ventôse, n.m., Ventose, the sixth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from February 19th or 20th to March 20th.

ventosité, n.f., flatulence, ventosity.

ventouse, n.f., cupping-glass, sucker; the devil-fish; ventilator, vent-hole, air-hole; (arch.) ventiduct. pl., cupping-glasses. Appliquer les —s; to cup. —s-sèches; dry-cupping.

ventouser, v.a., to cup.

ventouseur, n.m., cupper.

ventral, -e, adj., ventral.

ventre, n.m., belly, stomach; (of bottles) belly; womb; chest, body, inside. — à terre; at full speed. Passer sur le — à; to bear down upon, to rout, to put to rout. Prendre du —; to get a corporation. Le bas-—; (anat.) the abdomen. J’ai mal au —; I have a stomach-ache. Remettre le cœur au — à quelqu’un; to give any one fresh courage. À plat —; flat on the face. Faire —; to bulge, to swell out. Manger à — déboutonné; to eat like a glutton. — affamé n’a point d’oreilles; a hungry man will not listen to reason or a hungry man is an angry man. Savoir ce que quelqu’un a dans le —; (fam.) to know what a person is worth, or is thinking of. N’avoir pas à trois mois dans le —; (fam.) not to have three months to live. — affamé prend tout à gré; any food is good food when you are starving.

ventrebleu! int. zounds!

ventrée, n.f., litter (of animals).

ventricule, n.m., ventricle.

ventrière, n.f., girth (of a horse), belly-band, abdominal belt; sling; (carp.) purlin; (machinery) brace.

ventriloque, n.m. and adj., ventriloquist; ventriloquous, ventriloquial.

ventriloquie, n.f., ventriloquy, ventriloquism.

*se ventrouiller, v.r., to wallow in the mire, or in the mud.

ventru, -e, adj., big-bellied, corpulent; bulging (out).

venu, -e, part., come. Bien —; welcome, well-grown (of trees, etc.). Mal —; ill-received; not welcome; ill-grown, stunted (of trees, etc.); not justified, wrong. Le premier —, la première —e; the first-comer, the first that comes, the first person one meets, any one, no matter which or who. Le dernier —; the last comer. Nouveau —; new-comer (m.s.). Des nouveaux —s; new-comers (m.pl.). Une nouvelle —e; a new-comer (f.s.). Des nouvelles —es; new-comers (f.pl.).

venue, n.f., coming, arrival, advent, growth. Allées et —s; goings and comings. Tout d’une —; at a stretch, all at once. À la bonne —; come what may, at all hazards.

☉vénule, n.f. V. veinule.

vénus (-nus), n.f., (astron., myth.) Venus; ☉(chem.) copper.

vénusté, n.f., (l.u.) handsomeness, gracefulness, elegance.

vêpres, n.f.pl., vespers.

ver (vèr), n.m., worm, maggot; moth; mite. — luisant; glowworm. — de fumier; muck-worm. — à soie; silk-worm. — rongeur; never-dying worm. — de fromage; cheese-mite. — solitaire; tape-worm. — de terre; earth-worm. Mangé, or rongé, des —s; worm-eaten. Nu comme —; stark naked. Tuer son —; (pop.) to have a morning nip.

véracité, n.f., veracity.

véraison, n.f., turning, ripening (of grapes).

véranda, n.f., verandah.

vératre, n.m., (bot.) veratrum.

vératrine, n.f., (chem.) veratria, veratrine.

verbal, -e, adj., verbal. Promesse —e; promise by word of mouth.

verbalement (-bal-mān), adv., verbally, by word of mouth.

verbaliser, v.n., to draw up a written statement; to state facts, to be long-winded.

verbe, n.m., (gram.) verb; voice; (theol.) the Word.

verbénacées, n.f.pl., (bot.) verbenaceæ.

verbération, n.f., verberation.

verbeusement, adv., verbosely, with many words.

verbeu-x, -se, adj., verbose, prolix.

verbiage, n.m., verbiage.

verbiager, v.n., to be verbose.

verbiageu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., verbose, or wordy, talker; twaddler.

verbosité, n.f., verbosity.

ver-coquin, n.m., (—s-—s) (ent.) vine-grub; (vet.) staggers; caprice, whim.

verd, adj. V. vert.

verdal, n.m., basement-light, cellar-light.

verdâtre, adj., greenish.

verdée, n.f., white wine of Tuscany.

verdelet, -te, adj., tart (of wine); vigorous, strong, hale (of old people).

verderie, n.f., verderer’s range; verderer’s jurisdiction.

verdet, n.m., verdigris.

verdeur, n.f., greenness, viridity, sap; tartness, harshness (of wine); acrimony; (of old people) vigor, freshness.

verdict (-dikt), n.m., (jur.) verdict, finding. Rendre un —; to deliver a verdict.

verdier, n.m., verderer, verderor; (orni.) greenfinch, green-linnet.

verdir, v.a. and n., to paint green; to grow green, to become green; to get covered with verdigris (of copper).

verdoyant, -e, adj., verdant, green.

verdoyer, v.n., to be verdant, to become green.

verdure, n.f., verdure, greenness, green; pot-herbs.

verdurier, n.m., greengrocer.

véreu-x, -se, adj., worm-eaten, maggoty, full of maggots, rotten; suspicious, suspected of a concealed vice or defect; (com.) (of bills) insecure, unsafe, doubtful.

verge, n.f., rod, wand; shank (of an anchor); handle (of a whip); penis. pl., rod, birch (old); yard (measure). — de bedeau, verger’s wand. Cet enfant craint les —s; that child fears the rod. Donner des —s pour se faire fouetter; to give a rod to beat one’s self. Passer (quelqu’un) par les —s; (mil.) to flog. Être passé par les —s or passer par les —s; to run the gauntlet. Faire passer (un soldat) par les —s; (mil.) to flog through the lines.

vergé, -e, adj., (of paper) laid; (of textile fabrics) streaky.

vergée, n.f., about a rood.

verger, v.a., to measure by the rod.

verger, n.m., fruit-garden, orchard.

vergeté, -e, part., beaten (cleaned with a cane); streaked (of skin).

vergeter, v.a., to beat, to whisk, to brush (with a cane).

vergetier (-tié), n.m., brushmaker, rodmaker.

vergette, n.f., brush, clothes-brush, bundle of rods, switch (generally used in the plural); hoops (of a drum). Donner un coup de —s (à); to give a brushing, to brush.

vergeure (-jur), n.f., wire-mark (of paper).

verglacé, -e, part. adj., covered with rime, coated over with frost, frozen over.

verglacer, v.imp. (old). Il verglace; the rain freezes as it falls. V. verglas.

verglas, n.m., glazed frost, frozen rain, rime. Il fait — or il tombe du —; the rain freezes as it falls.

*vergne, n.m., alder-tree.

*vergogne, n.f., shame. Sans —; shameless.

vergogneu-x, -se, adj., shy, reserved, modest, bashful.

vergue (vèrg), n.f., (nav.) yard (of a sail). Grande —; main-yard.

véricle, n.f., paste, imitation (jewelry).

véridicité, n.f., veracity, credibility.

véridique, adj., veracious, credible.

véridiquement, adv., veraciously, truthfully.

vérificateur, n.m., verifier, examiner (of work); auditor (of accounts).

vérification, n.f., verification, examining, auditing; (of wills) probate.

vérifier, v.a., to inspect, to examine, to verify, to try (weights, measures); to audit, to prove (a will).

vérin, n.m., screw-jack.

vérine, n.f., verinas (tobacco); (nav.) binnacle-lamp.

vérissime, adj., most true, most faithful.

véritable, adj., true, genuine, pure, real, staunch. Un — ami; a true friend.

véritablement, adv., truly, really, in reality, indeed, in truth.

véritas, n.m., Lloyd’s register (French). Bureau —; (French) Lloyd’s rooms.

vérité, n.f., truth, verity, truthfulness. Dire la —; to speak the truth. En —; indeed, truly. À la —; indeed; it is true; I confess. Toute — n’est pas bonne à dire; all truths are not to be spoken at all times. On dit souvent la — en riant; there’s many a true word spoken in jest. Dire ses —s à quelqu’un; (not to be afraid) to tell anyone his faults; to be outspoken with any one.

verjus, n.m., verjuice; sour grapes. C’est jus vert et —; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.

verjuté, -e, adj., sharp, tart, acid.

verjuter, v.a., to flavor with verjuice.

*vermeil, -le, adj., vermilion, ruby, ruddy, rosy, coral. Teint —; rosy complexion.

*vermeil, n.m., silver-gilt.

vermicel or vermicelle, n.m., vermicelli.

vermicelier, n.m., vermicelli manufacturer.

vermiculaire, adj., vermicular, worm-shaped; (anat.) vermiform.

vermiculaire, n.f., (bot.) stone-crop.

vermiculé, -e, adj., (arch.) vermicular, vermiculated.

vermiculures, n.f.pl., (arch.) vermiculated work.

vermiforme, adj., worm-shaped; (anat.) vermiform.

vermifuge, n.m., (med.) vermifuge.

*vermiller, v.n., (hunt.) (of boars) to scratch for worms, etc.

*vermillon, n.m., vermilion.

*vermillonner, v.a., to vermilion; to paint in red.

vermine, n.f., vermin, (fig.) rabble.

vermineu-x, -se, adj., (med.) caused by worms.

vermisseau, n.m., vermicule, grub, earthworm, little worm.

se vermouler, v.r., to be worm-eaten.

vermoulu, -e, adj., worm-eaten, decayed, crumbling to pieces.

vermoulure, n.f., worm-hole, rottenness in wood, dry-rot.

vermout or vermouth, n.m., bitters.

vernaille, n.f., (min.) telesia.

vernal, -e, adj., vernal, spring-like.

vernation, n.f., (bot.) vernation, foliation.

verne, n.m., (bot.). V. vergne.

vernier, n.m., vernier, sliding-rule.

vernir, v.a., to varnish; to glaze; to japan, to lacquer, to polish.

vernis, n.m., varnish, polish, glaze, glazing. — gras; oil-varnish. Donner un — à; to polish, to set off.

vernissage, n.m., varnishing; glazing.

vernisser, v.a., to varnish, to glaze, to japan.

vernisseur, n.m., varnisher.

vernissure, n.f., the application of varnish, or glazing, on anything.

vérole, n.f., pox. La petite —; the small-pox. Grain de petite —; pock-mark. Petite — volante; chicken pox.

vérolé, -e, n. and adj., (l.ex.) (med.) poxed, syphilitic.

vérolique, adj., (med.) syphilitic.

véron, n.m. V. vairon.

véronique, n.f., (bot.) veronica, speedwell.

*verraille, n.f., small glass wares; old glass.

verrat, n.m., boar.

verre, n.m., glass. — à boire; drinking glass. Choquer les —s; to touch glasses. — grossissant; magnifying-glass. — ardent; burning-glass. Grand —; tumbler. — à pied; rummer. — à vin; wine-glass. — de vin; glass of wine. — de couleur; stained glass, colored glass.

verrée, n.f., glassful.

verrerie (vér-rî), n.f., glass-works; glass-making; glass-wares.

verrier, n.m., glass-maker, glassman, glass-blower; dealer in glassware; glass-basket.

verrière, n.f., glass-stand, monteith; (in churches) stained window.

verrine or verrière, n.f., glazed box; glass picture frame.

verroterie (vè-ro-trî), n.f., glass-ware; glass trinket; glass beads.

verrou, n.m., bolt. Fermer une porte au —; to bolt a door. S’enfermer au —; to bolt one’s self in. Au —; under lock and key, locked up.

*verrouiller, v.a., to bolt, to bar.

*se verrouiller, v.r., to bolt one’s self in.

verrucaire, n.f., (bot.) wartwort.

verrue, n.f., wart.

verruqueu-x, -se, adj., warty; wart-like; verrucose; (med.) tubercled.

vers (vèr), n.m., verse, line (of poetry). Faire des —; to write verses. Grand —; Alexandrine (twelve-syllabled verse).

vers, prep., towards, about, to. Tournez-vous — moi; turn towards me. — les quatre heures; about four o’clock.

versable, adj., apt to overturn, liable to upset.

versade, n.f., upsetting, overturning.

versage, n.m., (agri.) first dressing (of land).

versant, -e, adj., liable to be overturned.

versant, n.m., declivity, side, slope (of mountains); watershed.

versatile, adj., versatile, variable, changeable.

versatilité, n.f., versatility, variableness.

verse, adj., (geom.) versed. Sinus —; versed sine.

à verse, adv., (of rain) very fast, in torrents. Il pleut à —; it is raining in torrents, or cats and dogs.

versé, -e, part. adj., poured, overturned; (fig.) versed, skilled, conversant.

verseau, n.m., (astron.) Aquarius.

versement, n.m., payment; deposit. — partiel; installment.

verser, v.a., to pour, to pour out; to shoot, to discharge, to empty; to shed, to spill; to lodge, to deposit (money); to overturn, to upset, to cast, to throw.

verser, v.n., to overturn, to upset, to be overturned, to overset (of vehicles); to be laid, to be beaten down (of standing corn).

verset, n.m., (Bibl.) verse.

versicules or versiculets, n.m.pl., (fam., jest.) little verses, versicles.

versificateur, n.m., versifier, poetaster.

versification, n.f., versification.

versifier, v.n., to versify, to make verses.

versifier, v.a., to turn into verses.

se versifier, v.r., to be versified, to be put into verse.

version, n.f., version, translation.

verso, n.m., (—s) back (of a leaf); (print.) reverse, even, left-hand page.

versoir, n.m., mold-board (of a plow).

verste, n.f., verst (Russian measure of length, about 1166 yards).

vert, -e, adj., green; sharp, harsh (of things); tart (of wine); raw (of hides); vigorous, robust (of old age); resolute. Bois —; green wood. Morue —e; salt fish (that has not been yet dried). Cuir —; raw leather. Fruit —; green fruit. Du vin —; tart wine. Pomme —e; unripe apple. Pierres —es; stones just cut out of the quarry. Une —e vieillesse; a vigorous, or hale, old age. Une —e réponse; a sharp answer. Ils sont trop —s; the grapes are sour. Il a la tête —e; he is a hare-brained fellow, or a greenhorn.

vert, n.m., green, green color; grass; green meat; green food; tartness (of wine). — de mer; sea-green. Employer le — et le sec; to leave no stone unturned. Mettre des chevaux au —; to turn horses out to grass. Vous ne le prendrez pas sans —; you will not catch him napping. Manger son blé en —; (prov.) to anticipate one’s income.

vert d’eau or vert de mer, n.m., sea-green.

vert-de-gris, n.m., (n.p.) verdigris.

vert de vessie, n.m., sap-green.

vert-pomme, n.m., apple-green.

vertébral, -e, adj., vertebral.

vertèbre, n.f., vertebra.

vertébré, -e, adj., vertebral, vertebrate.

vertébré, n.m., (zoöl.) vertebral, vertebrate. Les —s; the vertebrates.

vertement, adv., vigorously, briskly, sharply; harshly, severely. Je l’ai tancé —; I reprimanded him most severely, I gave him a good talking to.

vertical, -e, adj., vertical.

verticalement (-kal-mān), adv., vertically.

verticalité, n.f., verticalness.

*verticille, n.m., (bot.) verticil; whorl.

*verticillé, -e, adj., (bot.) verticillate.

verticité, n.f., verticity (of the sea compass).

vertige, n.m., dizziness, giddiness, vertigo, swimming in the head; (vet.) staggers; (fig.) folly, madness, intoxication.

vertigineu-x, -se, adj., giddy, dizzy (of heights, etc.), subject to giddiness.

vertigo, n.m., (—s) vertigo; whim, crotchet; (vet.) staggers.

vertu, n.f., virtue, chastity; property, faculty, quality; power, force. Faire de nécessité —; to make a virtue of necessity. En — de; by virtue of, in pursuance of. — de ma vie! why, bless my heart!

☉vertubleu! vertuchou! int., bless my heart! zounds!

vertueusement (-eûz-mān), adv., virtuously.

vertueu-x, -se, adj., virtuous.

☉vertugadin, n.m., farthingale.

verve, n.f., warmth, fancy, inspiration; animation, liveliness; spirit; fervor; rapture; raciness, humor; (l.u.) fancy, whim, crotchet. Avoir de la —; to be sprightly, spirited.

verveine, n.f., (bot.) vervain, verbena.

vervelle, n.f., (falconry) varvel.

verveux or vervier, n.m. and adj., hoop-net (for fishing).

vésanie, n.f., (med.) madness, insanity.

vesce, n.f., (bot.) vetch, tare.

vésical, -e, adj., vesical.

vésicant, -e, adj., causing blisters, vesicatory.

vésication, n.f., (med.) vesication.

vésicatoire, n.m. and adj., blister; vesicatory; blistering. Un emplâtre —; a blistering plaster. Un —; a blister. Mouche à —; blister-fly.

vésiculaire, adj., vesicular.

vésicule, n.f., vesicle, bladder.

vésiculeu-x, -se, adj., vesiculate, bladdery.

vesou, n.m., sugar-cane juice.

vespasienne (-zi-èn), n.f., urinal (public).

vesper (vès-pèr), n.m., (astron.) Vesper, Venus.

☉vespériser, v.a., to scold, to reprimand.

vespétro, n.m., ratafia (a cordial).

vesse, n.f., (l.ex.) fizzling (school-slang). Vesse! cave! Avoir la —; (fig.) to be in a funk.

vesse-de-loup, n.f., (—s-—) (bot.) puff-ball.

vesser, v.n., (l.ex.) to fizzle; (fig.) to funk.

vesseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (l.ex.) one who fizzles; coward, funk.

vessie, n.f., bladder; blister; (ich.) bladder; (fig.) trifle, nonsense. — natatoire; swimming bladder. Faire croire que des —s sont des lanternes; (prov.) to make any one believe that the moon is made of green cheese. Il vaut nous faire prendre des —s pour des lanternes; he would make us believe ..., etc. Faire venir des —s; to blister.

vessigon, n.m., (vet.) vessicnon, wind-gall.

vesta, n.f., (astron.) Vesta.

vestale, n.f., vestal.

veste, n.f., round jacket.

vestiaire (-ti-èr), n.m., vestiary; robing-room; wardrobe; dressing-room; cloak-room; charity clothing-club; clothes-money (in convents).

vestibule, n.m., vestibule, lobby, hall, porch, gateway; passage.

vestige, n.m., footstep, track; vestige, sign, mark, foot-print; trace, remains.

veston, n.m., lounge-jacket, dress-jacket.

vésuvien, -ne, adj., Vesuvian.

vêtement (vêt-mān), n.m., garment; garb. pl., dress, clothes, raiment, wearing apparel. — manqué; misfit.

vétéran, n.m., veteran; unpromoted pupil.

vétérance, n.f., quality of a veteran, veteranship.

vétérinaire, n.m. and adj., veterinary surgeon; veterinary.

*vétillard, -e. V. vétilleur.

*vétille, n.f., trifle.

*vétiller, v.n., to trifle, to stand upon trifles.

vétillerie, n.f., hair-splitting.

*vétilleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., one who stands upon trifles, trifler, hair-splitter.

*vétilleu-x, -se, adj., overnice, fastidious, captious, hair-splitting (of a person); ticklish, minute, tedious, trifling (of a thing).

vêtir (vêtant, vêtu), v.a., to clothe, to vest, to array, to dress.

se vêtir, v.r., to put on one’s clothes, to dress one’s self.

vétiver (-vèr), n.m., (bot.) whorl-flowered bent-grass.

veto (vé-tô), n.m., (n.p.) veto.

vêtu, -e, part., dressed, clothed, clad, arrayed. Mal —; ill-dressed. — de blanc, de noir; dressed in white, in black.

vêture, n.f., taking the habit or the veil (of friars and nuns). [Prise d’habit is more frequently used.]

vétusté, n.f., antiquity, oldness, decay.

vétyver (-vèr), n.m. V. vétiver.

veu-f, -ve, n. and adj., widower; widow; widowed. Cette église est —ve de son évêque; this church is deprived of its bishop. Eglise —ve; a church no longer, a cathedral. Epouser la —; (pop.) to be guillotined.

veule, adj., (gard.) too light (of earth); long, small and weak (branches); (pers.) weak, powerless.

veuvage, n.m., widowhood.

veuve, n.f., widow; (bot.) tulip streaked white and violet; (orni.) widow-bird, whidah-finch, vidua.

veuvier, adj., widower.

vexant, -e, adj., vexing, provoking, annoying.

vexat-eur, -rice, adj., vexatious.

vexation, n.f., vexation, molestation, annoyance.

vexatoire, adj., vexatious, annoying.

vexer, v.a., to vex, to plague, to molest, to torment, to annoy.

vexillaire, n.m., (Rom. antiq.) vexillary, standard-bearer.

vexillaire, adj., (nav.) vexillary (of signals made by means of flags); (bot.) having the shape of a flag.

viâ, prep., via, by way of.

viabilité, n.f., (med., jur.) viability (of infants); condition of the roads of a country; good repair.

viable, adj., viable, likely to live.

viaduc, n.m., viaduct.

viag-er, -ère, adj., for life, during life. Rente —ère; life-annuity. Placer en —; to sink (money); to invest in a life-annuity.

viager, n.m., (fin.) life-interest.

viande, n.f., meat, viand. — de boucherie or grosse —; butcher’s meat. Menue —; fowl and game. — blanche; white meat (poultry, veal, etc.). — noire; brown meat (game). Basse —; inferior, coarse meat. Un mangeur de —s apprêtées; a lazy fellow, a sponger.

viander, v.n., (hunt.) to graze (of deer).

viandis, n.m., pasture, grazing (of deer).

viatique, n.m., Viaticum; last sacrament; provisions for a journey; traveling money.

vibord, n.m., (nav.) waist (of a ship).

vibrant, -e, adj., vibrating; vibrant; jarring.

vibration, n.f., vibration.

vibratoire, adj., vibratory.

vibrer, v.n., to vibrate.

vibrion, n.m., (zoöl.) vibrio, microscopic eel.

vicaire, n.m., vicar (delegate); curate of a parish. Le — de Jésus-Christ; the Pope. Grand —; grand vicar.

vicairie, n.f., or vicariat, n.m., curacy, curateship, vicarage, living.

vicarial, -e, adj., vicarial.

vicarier, v.n., to officiate as a curate.

vice, n.m., vice, fault; blemish, defect, flaw, imperfection, error. Pauvreté n’est pas —; poverty is no crime. — de forme; informality.

vice, Latin particle, vice, instead of. [Only used in French in composition with nouns.]

vice-amiral, n.m., (—-amiraux), vice-admiral; second ship of a fleet.

vice-amirauté, n.f., (—-—s) vice-admiralty.

*vice-bailli, n.m., (—-—s) vice-bailiff.

vice-chancelier, n.m., (—-—s) vice-chancellor.

vice-consul, n.m., (—-—s) vice-consul.

vice-consulat, n.m., (—-—s) vice-consulship.

vice-gérant, n.m., (—-—s) vicegerent, deputy manager.

vice-gérent, n.m., (—-—s) vicegerent.

vice-légat, n.m., (—-—s) vice-legate.

vice-légation, n.f., (—-—s) vice-legateship.

vicennal, -e, adj., vicennial (of twenty years).

vice-préfet, n.m., vice-prefect.

vice-présidence, n.f., (—-—s) vice-presidency.

vice-président, n.m., (—-—s) vice-president.

vice-reine, n.f., (—-—s) vice-queen.

vice-roi, n.m., (—-—s) viceroy.

vice-royauté, n.f., (—-—s) viceroyalty, viceroyship.

vice-sénéchal, n.m., (—-sénéchaux) deputy-seneschal.

vice versa, adv., vice versa.

vicié, -e, adj., vitiated, depraved, corrupted; foul (air).

vicier, v.a., to vitiate, to taint, to corrupt, to make or render foul.

se vicier, v.r., to become vitiated or corrupt; to become, or get, tainted or foul.

vicieusement (-eûz-mān), adv., viciously.

vicieu-x, -se, adj., vicious, faulty, defective.

vicinal, -e, adj., (of roads) parish, parochial, connecting.

vicinalité, n.f., condition of the roads of a parish, connection, communication (of roads).

vicissitude, n.f., vicissitude; revolution, change.

vicomtal, -e, adj., of a viscount or viscountess.

vicomte, n.m., viscount.

vicomté, n.f., viscountship; viscounty.