Chapter X: Preface: To Revised Edition (10)

=bric-à-brac=, _n.m._, (_—_) odds and ends; old stores; curios. _Marchand de —_; dealer in old iron, old pictures, old stores, curios.

=brick=, _n.m._, (nav.) brig.

=bricole=, _n.f._, breast-collar of a horse; rebound of a ball (at tennis); back stroke (at billiards); strap; (nav.) pitching, rolling. _De_ or _par —_; indirectly, unfairly, by a fluke.

=bricoler=, _v.n._, (billiards, tennis) to hit a back stroke; (fig.) to cadge, to dodge, to shuffle.

=bride=, _n.f._, bridle, reins, check, curb; string (of a woman’s cap, bonnet); loop (for a button); (surg.) frenum. _Mettre la — à un cheval_; to put a bridle upon a horse. _Tenir la — haute à un cheval_; to keep a tight rein. _Lui tenir la — courte_; to shorten the rein. _Lâcher la —_; to give rein, to give head. _Courir à toute —_, _à — abattue_; to run at full speed. _Tourner —_; to turn back. _Tenir quelqu’un en —_; to keep any one within bounds, to curb. _À cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la —_; one does not look a gift-horse in the mouth. _Laisser_ or _mettre la — sur le cou_; to give head entirely; (fig.) to let any one have his own way.

=bridé=, =-e=, _part._, bridled. _Oison —_; silly creature.

=brider=, _v.a._, to bridle; to tie fast, to fasten; to restrain, to curb, to keep under; to check. _— l’ancre_; (nav.) to shoe the anchor. _— ses désirs_; to curb one’s desires. _— son cheval par la queue_; to begin at the wrong end. _Mon habit me bride sous les bras_; my coat is too tight under the arms.

=bridon=, _n.m._, snaffle-bridle.

=brie=, _n.f._, rolling-pin. _Fromage de Brie_; Brie cheese.

=bri-ef=, =-ève=, _adj._, short, brief, curt.

=brièvement= (-èv-mān), _adv._, briefly, succinctly, in short.

=brièveté= (-èv-té), _n.f._, brevity, shortness, briefness, conciseness, succinctness.

=brigade=, _n.f._, (milit.) brigade; gang, troop, body.

=brigadier=, _n.m._, corporal (of cavalry); sergeant (of police); (nav.) bowman.

=brigand=, _n.m._, brigand, highwayman, robber; ruffian, thief.

=brigandage=, _n.m._, robbery, brigandage, plunder.

=brigandeau=, _n.m._, cheat, rogue, knave.

=brigander=, _v.n._, to rob, to plunder.

=brigandine=, _n.f._, coat of mail, brigandine.

=brigantin=, _n.m._, brigantine, brig.

=brigantine=, _n.f._, small brigantine.

*=brignole=, _n.f._, French plum.

=brigue= (brig), _n.f._, intrigue, bribery; canvassing; cabal, faction.

=briguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to canvass for, to solicit, to seek, to court, to stand for, to seek, to aspire to.

=brigueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, canvasser, solicitor.

*=brillamment= (-mān). _adv._, brilliantly, in a brilliant manner; in brilliant fashion.

*=brillant=, =-e=, _adj._, brilliant, shining, sparkling, glittering, bright, showy, effulgent, beaming, radiant; robust, blooming (of health). _Esprit —_; sparkling wit. _—s appas_, _charmes —s_; dazzling charms. _Affaire —e_; (milit.) famous action.

*=brillant=, _n.m._, brilliancy, brightness, splendor, radiancy, refulgence, resplendency, luster; brilliant (diamond).

*=brillanté=, =-e=, _adj._, cut into a brilliant. _n.m._, diaper, damask.

*=brillanter=, _v.a._, to cut into a brilliant. _— son style_; (fig.) to load it with false ornaments.

*=briller=, _v.n._, to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to glisten, to be bright, sparkling; to play, to blaze, to dawn, to lighten, to flourish, to gleam, to glare. _Tout ce qui — n’est pas or_; all that glitters is not gold.

=brimbale=, _n.f._, brake, handle of a pump.

=brimbaler=, _v.n._, (fam., l.u.) to ring, to swing, to toss.

=brimborion=, _n.m._, nicknack, bauble, gewgaw.

=brin=, _n.m._, blade, slip, slender stalk; sprig, shoot; bit, jot. _Un — de romarin_; a sprig of rosemary. _Un beau — de bois_; a fine straight piece of timber. _Un beau — d’homme_; a tall well-set youth. _Beau — de fille_; fine slip of a girl. _Un — de paille_; a straw. _Un — de fil_; a bit of thread. _Il n’y en a —_; there is none at all. _Un — de feu_; a bit of fire. _De_, or _en_, _—_; (of wood) unhewn.

=brinde=, _n.f._, health, toast. _Porter des —s_; to drink toasts. _Être dans les —s_; to be drunk, tipsy.

*=brindille=, _n.f._, sprig, twig.

=bringuebale=, _n.f._ _V._ =brimbale=.

=brio=, _n.m._, dash, spirit, pluck, go; raciness, vivacity.

=brioche=, _n.f._, bun, cake; mistake, blunder.

=brion=, _n.m._, (bot.) tree-moss.

*=briquaillon=, _n.m._, brickbat.

=brique=, _n.f._, brick. _— anglaise_; Bath brick.

=briquet=, _n.m._, steel, flint, tinder-box; short saber, dirk; (dog) beagle, harrier. _Battre le —_; to strike a light. _— pneumatique_; fire syringe. _Pierre à —_; flint.

=briquetage= (brik-taj), _n.m._, brick-work; imitation brick-work.

=briqueté= (brik-), _part._, bricked; brick-like.

=briqueter= (brik-), _v.a._, to brick; to imitate brick-work.

=briqueterie= (brik-trî), _n.f._, brick-field, brick-making.

=briqueteur= (brik-teur), _n.m._, bricklayer.

=briquetier= (brik-tié), _n.m._, brick-maker.

=briquette=, _n.f._, compressed, patent fuel.

=bris=, _n.m._, (jur.) breaking open (of doors, prisons); wreckage, fragment; rigging (the market).

=brisant=, _n.m._, breaker, breakwater.

*=briscambille=, _n.f._ _V._ =brusquembille=.

=brise=, _n.f._, breeze. _— carabinée_; stiff gale.

=brisé=, =-e=, _part._, broken to pieces; harassed, fatigued; folding; (her.) rompu. _Lit —_; folding-bed. _Chaise —e_; folding-chair. _Porte —e_; folding-door.

☉=brise-cou=, _n.m._, (_—_) break-neck pace; (man.) rough-rider. _V._ =casse-cou=.

=brise-eau=, _n.m._, (_—_) breakwater.

=brisée=, _n.f._, fan-joint (of umbrellas).

=brisées=, _n.f.pl._, boughs cut off; footsteps, wake, shoes, heels, ground. _Marcher sur les — de quelqu’un_; to follow in any one’s footsteps. _Aller sur les — de quelqu’un_; to walk in any one’s shoes, to poach on any one’s preserves. _Reprendre ses —_; to retrace one’s steps.

=brise-glace=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) ice-breaker; starling (of a bridge).

=brise-lames=, _n.m._, (_—_) breakwater.

=brisement= (briz-mān), _n.m._, breaking, dashing (of waves); heartrending; contrition.

=brise-pierre=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) stone-crusher.

=briser=, _v.a._, to break to pieces, to dash to pieces; to flaw, to burst, to crack, to knock off, to shatter, to shiver, to snap, to crush, to crash; to bruise. _Être brisé_; to feel sore all over.

=briser=, _v.n._, (nav.) to break, to dash. _Brisons-là_; let us say no more on the subject; enough!

_se_ =briser=, _v.r._, to break, to be dashed to pieces; to fold up.

=brise-raison=, _n.m._, (_—_) wrong-headed person.

=brise-scellé=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (l.u.) seal-breaker.

=brise-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) person that breaks everything; rough, clumsy fellow.

=briseur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) one who breaks anything. _— d’images_; image-breaker, iconoclast.

=briseuse=, _n.f._, breaker, breaker-engine.

=brise-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (gard.) screen.

=brisoir=, _n.m._, brake (for flax).

=brisque=, _n.f._, a card game; trump.

=brisure=, _n.f._, break, folding-point; catch, fastening; (her.) rebatement.

=britannique=, _adj._, British, Britannic.

=broc= (brô), _n.m._, large jug; pot, spit. _De bric et de —_; anyhow; by hook or by crook. _Manger de la viande de — en bouche_; to have one’s meat hot from the spit.

=brocantage=, _n.m._, dealing in second-hand goods, broker’s business; bartering.

=brocanter=, _v.n._, to deal in second-hand goods; to exchange, to barter.

=brocanteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, a dealer in second-hand goods; broker.

=brocard=, _n.m._, taunt, jeer; joke, scoff; lampoon.

=brocarder=, _v.a._, to taunt, to jest, to jeer.

=brocardeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scoffer, jeerer.

=brocart=, _n.m._, brocade.

=brocatelle=, _n.f._, brocatel; (min.) brocate.

=brochage=, _n.m._, stitching (books).

=brochant=, _part._, (her.) _— sur le tout_; over all.

=broche=, _n.f._, spit; needle to knit with; spindle; skewer; spigot, peg (of casks); gudgeon (of locks); tusk (of wild boars); brooch (jewel); iron-pin. _Mettre la viande à la —_; to spit the meat.

=broché=, =-e=, _adj._, stitched (books); embossed (linen); figured (stuffs).

=brochée=, _n.f._, spitful, rod full of candles.

=brocher=, _v.a._, to stitch (a book); to figure (stuffs); to emboss (linen); to knit (stockings); to strike (a nail into a horse’s foot); to do things in a hurry, to dispatch. _— une comédie_, etc.; to polish off a comedy, etc.

=brochet=, _n.m._, pike, jack.

=brocheter= (brosh-té), _v.a._, (cook.) to skewer.

=brocheton= (brosh-ton), _n.m._, small pike, pickerel.

=brochette=, _n.f._, little skewer; meat (roasted on skewers); pin. _Elever des oiseaux à la —_; to feed birds by hand. _Enfant élevé à la —_; child brought up with great care.

=brocheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, knitter; book-stitcher.

=brochoir=, _n.m._, smith’s shoeing-hammer.

=brochure=, _n.f._, stitching; book stitched and covered with a wrapper; pamphlet, tract.

=brocoli=, _n.m._, broccoli.

=brodé=, =-e=, _part._, embroidered.

=brodequin= (brod-kin), _n.m._, buskin, sock; half-boot, laced-boot (generally of women and children). _Chausser le —_; to go on the comic stage.

=broder=, _v.a._, to embroider; to adorn, to embellish a story, to exaggerate, to amplify.

=broderie= (bro-drî), _n.f._, embroidery; embellishment; exaggeration, amplification.

=brodeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, embroiderer. _— mécanique_; embroidering machine.

=brodoir=, _n.m._, bobbin, frame.

=broie=, _n.f._, brake (for hemp).

=broiement= (broa-mān), _n.m._, grinding, powdering, pounding, pulverization.

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

=bromure=, _n.m._, (chem.) bromide.

=bronchade=, _n.f._, stumbling, tripping.

=bronchement= (bronsh-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) flinching, stumbling. _V._ =bronchade=.

=broncher=, _v.n._, to stumble, to trip, to reel; to blunder, to falter, to fail, to flinch. _Il n’y a si bon cheval qui ne bronche_; it is a good horse that never stumbles.

=bronches=, _n.f.pl._, (anat.) bronchi, bronchiæ, bronchial tubes.

=bronchies=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =branchies=.

=bronchique=, _adj._, (anat.) bronchial.

=bronchite=, _n.f._, (med.) bronchitis.

=bronchotomie= (-ko-), _n.f._, (surg.) bronchotomy.

=bronze=, _n.m._, bronze; bronze-figure, medal; (fig.) iron (insensibility), impudence, brass. _Un cœur de —_; a heart of iron, steel.

=bronzer=, _v.a._, to bronze, to paint in bronze color; to tan (face). _— un canon de fusil_; to bronze the barrel of a musket. _Bronzé par le hâle_; sunburnt, tanned by the sun.

=broquart=, _n.m._, (hunt.) brocket.

=broquette=, _n.f._, tin tack, small nail.

☉=brossailles=. _V._ =broussailles=.

=brosse=, _n.f._, brush; painter’s brush. _— à dents_; tooth-brush. _— à habits_; clothes-brush. (fig.) brush-wood, cover.

=brossée=, _n.f._, (fam.) brushing; drubbing, thrashing.

=brosser=, _v.a._, to brush, to rub with a brush.

_se_ =brosser=, _v.r._, to brush one’s self.

=brosser=, _v.n._, to run through woods or bushes; to scour.

=brosserie= (bros-rî), _n.f._, brushmaking business; brush manufactory.

=brosseur=, _n.m._, (milit.) an officer’s servant.

=brossier=, _n.m._, brushmaker; brusher.

=brou=, _n.m._, husk, peel, shell (of walnuts). _— de noix_; walnut brandy.

=brouée=, _n.f._, fog, mist, drizzle, blight.

=brouet=, _n.m._, thin broth, porridge. _— noir_; black broth.

=brouette=, _n.f._, wheelbarrow; barrow; bath-chair.

=brouetter=, _v.a._, to wheel in a barrow.

=brouetteur=, _n.m._, bath-chairman.

=brouettier=, _n.m._, barrow man.

=brouhaha=, _n.m._, hubbub, uproar, hurly-burly.

*=brouillamini=, _n.m._, confusion; disorder.

*=brouillard=, _n.m._, fog, mist, haze, damp; (com.) waste-book. _Un — épais_; a dense fog. _Je n’y vois que du —_; I am muddled.

*=brouillard=, _adj._, blotting. _Du papier —_; blotting paper.

*=brouillasser=, _v.imp._, to drizzle. _Il brouillasse_; it is drizzling.

*=brouille=, _n.f._, quarrel, falling out, misunderstanding, disagreement, discord, broil. _Être en — avec_; to be on bad terms with, to disagree with.

*=brouillé=, =-e=, _part._, jumbled, at variance. _Des œufs —s_; buttered or scrambled eggs. _Nous sommes —s_; we have fallen out. _Un teint —_; a mottled complexion. _Être — avec la justice_; to be in the clutches of the law.

*=brouillement=, _n.m._, mixing together, jumbling.

*=brouiller=, _v.a._, to throw into confusion, to mix together, to blend, to stir up, to shake, to jumble, to shuffle, to confound; to set at variance; to embroil, to confuse; to puzzle. _— deux personnes l’une avec l’autre_; to set two people at variance. _Vous me brouillez_; you put me out.

_se_ *=brouiller=, _v.r._, to be out, to put one’s self out, to confound one’s self; to fall out with any one. _Le temps se brouille_; the weather is spoiling. _Se — avec la justice_; to fall foul of the law, to fall into the clutches of the law.

*=brouiller=, _v.n._, to blunder, to mar.

*=brouillerie= (broo-), _n.f._, misunderstanding, disagreement, coolness, variance.

*=brouillon=, _n.m._, rough draft, rough copy; waste-book.

*=brouillon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, blunderer, bungler, mar-all, mar-plot.

*=brouillon=, =-ne=, _adj._, mischief-making; blundering.

=brouir=, _v.a._, to blight, to blast, to nip, to parch.

=brouissure=, _n.f._, blight, scorching.

*=broussailles=, _n.f.pl._, bushes, brushwood, brambles.

=brousse=, _n.f._, brushwood, undergrowth.

=broussin=, _n.m._, excrescence from a tree.

=brout=, _n.m._, browse.

=broutant=, =-e=, _adj._, browsing.

=broutement=, _n.m._, browsing.

=brouter=, _v.a.n._, to browse, graze. _L’herbe sera bien courte s’il ne trouve de quoi —_; the grass must be very short, if he cannot get a bite.

=broutilles=, _n.f.pl._, sprigs, small-wood, chat-wood; (fig.) trinkets, nicknacks.

=brouture=, _n.f._, browsing.

=broyer=, _v.a._, to grind, to pound, to beat small, to bruise; to break (hemp). _— l’encre_; (print.) to bray the ink. _— du noir_; to be in a brown study.

=broyeur=, _n.m._, grinder, pounder, hemp or flax-breaker.

☉=broyon=, _n.m._, brayer (for printer’s ink).

=bru=, _n.f._, daughter-in-law.

=bruant=, _n.m._, (orni.) yellow-hammer.

=brucelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) brownwort; _pl._, tweezers.

*=brugnon=, _n.m._, nectarine.

=bruine=, _n.f._, small drizzling rain.

=bruiner=, _v.imp._, to drizzle.

=bruire=, _v.n._, to rustle, to rattle; (of the wind) to roar, to sough.

=bruissement= (-mān), _n.m._, rustling noise, rattling, roaring; whirring, (of the wind) soughing.

=bruit=, _n.m._, noise, bustle, din, racket, creaking, knocking, sound, clamor, buzz; quarrel, dispute; fame, name, reputation; report, talk; rumor. _— d’une arme à feu_; report of a firearm. _Faire un — sourd_; to rumble, to hum. _Au — des cloches_, or _du canon_; at the ringing of the bells, the roar of the guns. _On le fit entrer sans —_; he was let in noiselessly. _Cet événement fait du —_; that affair is making a great noise. _Ils ont eu du — ensemble_; they came to high words. _Il s’est répandu un —_; a rumor has spread. _Un faux —_; a false report. _Il court un —_; it is reported. _Il n’est — que de_; there’s no talk but of. _Grand — petite besogne_; great cry, little wool.

=brûlable=, _adj._, (l.u.) fit to be burnt.

=brûlant=, =-e=, _adj._, burning, scorching, hot, burning hot, torrid; eager, earnest, ardent.

=brûlé=, _n.m._, burning. _Cela sent le —_; that smells of burning.

=brûlé=, =-e=, _part._, burnt.

=brûle-gueule=, _n.m._, (_—_) short pipe.

=brûlement= (-mān), _n.m._, burning.

_à_ =brûle-pourpoint=, _adv._, (of shooting) close to; point-blank; to one’s face, in one’s teeth; unreservedly. _adj._, irrefutable. _Un argument —_; an irrefutable argument.

=brûler=, _v.a._, to burn, to consume by fire, to cauterize; to parch, to scorch, to blast, to scar, to swelter. _— de fond en comble_; to burn to the ground. _— la cervelle à quelqu’un_; to blow any one’s brains out. _Son style brûle le papier_; his style is full of fire. _— de l’encens devant quelqu’un_; to flatter any one excessively. _— une étape_; to pass a halting-place without stopping. _— le pavé_; to dash along at full tilt. _— ses vaisseaux_; not to go back.

=brûler=, _v.n._, to burn, to be on fire; to be all in a flame. _Les mains lui brûlent_; his hands burn. _Je brûle de vous revoir_; I am impatient, longing to see you again. _— d’un feu lent_; to be consumed by degrees.

_se_ =brûler=, _v.r._, to burn one’s self, to be burnt, to scorch. _Venir se — à la chandelle_; to burn one’s wings at the candle. _— la cervelle_; to blow one’s brains out. _— les doigts_; to burn one’s fingers.

=brûlerie=, _n.f._, (l.u.) burning; brandy-distillery.

=brûle-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) save all.

=brûleur=, _n.m._, incendiary, firer; (fig.) blackguard.

=brûloir=, _n.m._, =brûloire=, _n.f._, burner, roaster.

=brûlot=, _n.m._, fire-ship; firebrand, incendiary.

=brûlure=, _n.f._, burn, scald, scalding.

=brumaire=, _n.m._, Brumaire, second month of the calendar of the first French republic, from Oct. 23rd to Nov. 21st.

=brumal=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) brumal, winterly, wintry.

=brume=, _n.f._, fog, haze, mist.

=brumeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, foggy, hazy, misty.

=brun=, =-e=, _adj._, brown, dark, dun, dusk; gloomy, sad. _Il commence à faire —_; it is beginning to be dusk.

=brun=, _n.m._, brown; dark person. _— châtain_; chestnut brown. _— clair_; light brown. _— foncé_; dun-colored.

=brunâtre=, _adj._, brownish.

=brune=, _n.f._, dusk (of the evening); dark woman, dark girl.

=brunelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) self-heal.

=brunet=, =-te=, _adj._, brownish.

=brunette=, _n.f._, dark woman, dark girl; ☉love ballad.

=bruni=, _n.m._, (tech.) burnish.

=brunir=, _v.a._, to brown, to make brown, to darken; to burnish.

_se_ =brunir=, _v.r._, to turn dark or brown.

=brunir=, _v.n._, to turn brown.

=brunissage=, _n.m._, burnishing.

=brunisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who burnishes, burnisher.

=brunissoir=, _n.m._, burnisher (tool).

=brunissure=, _n.f._, burnishing; browning.

=brusque=, _adj._, blunt, abrupt, rough, gruff, short-crusted, sudden, unexpected.

*=brusquembille=, _n.f._, game at cards.

=brusquement=, _adv._, bluntly, abruptly, roughly, hastily, gruffly.

=brusquer=, _v.a._, to offend; to treat roughly, bluntly, to be sharp with any one. _Il brusque tout le monde_; he is abrupt with everybody. _— une chose_; to do a thing in haste. _— l’aventure_; to decide at once. _— la fortune_; to tempt fortune.

=brusquerie=, _n.m._, bluntness; abruptness, roughness, gruffness; suddenness, hastiness.

=brut= (brut), =-e=, _adj._, rough, raw, crude, unpolished, unhewn, coarse, unfashioned; clownish, awkward; rude, ill-bred. _Diamant —_; rough diamond. _Sucre —_; brown sugar. _Bête —e_; (fam.) brute beast. _Produit —_; gross produce; gross returns. _Vin —_; unadulterated wine.

=brut= (brut), _adv._, (com.) gross.

=brutal=, =-e=, _adj._, brutal, brutish, surly, bearish, churlish, cynical.

=brutal=, _n.m._, brute.

=brutalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, brutally, brutishly, rudely, churlishly.

=brutaliser=, _v.a._, to bully; to use one brutally.

=brutalité=, _n.f._, brutality, brutishness; outrageous language. _Dire des —s à quelqu’un_; to abuse any one in a brutal manner.

=brute=, _n.f._, brute, beast; brutal person.

=bruyamment= (bru-ia-mān), _adv._, noisily, loudly, clamorously.

=bruyant=, =-e= (bru-iān, -te), _adj._, noisy, blustering, clamorous, clattering, loud.

=bruyère= (bru-ièr), _n.f._, heath, sweet-heather. _Coq de —_; grouse.

=bryon=, _n.m._ _V._ =brion=.

=bryone=, _n.f._, (bot.) bryony.

=buanderie= (-drî), _n.f._, wash-house, laundry.

=buandi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, bleacher; washerman, washerwoman.

=bubale=, _n.m._, species of buffalo.

=bube=, _n.f._, pimple, blotch.

=bubon=, _n.m._, (med.) bubo.

=bubonocèle=, _n.m._, (med.) bubonocele.

=bucarde=, _n.m._, (conch.) heart-shell, cockle.

=buccal=, =-e=, _adj._, buccal.

=buccin= (buk-sin), _n.m._, (conch.) whelk; (mus.) bass-trombone.

=buccinateur=, _n.m._, (anat.) buccinator.

=bucentaure=, _n.m._, Bucentaur.

=bucéphale=, _n.m._, Bucephalus (Alexander’s horse).

=bûche=, _n.f._, billet, chump of wood, lump of coal, log; dull-pated fellow, blockhead.

=bûcher=, _n.m._, wood-house; funeral-pile, pyre, stake.

=bûcher=, _v.a._, (carp.) to rough-hew, to cut down; (fig.) to fag at, to work hard, to drudge.

=bûcheron= (bûsh-ron), _n.m._, woodcutter.

=bûchette=, _n.f._, stick of dry wood.

=bucoliaste=, _n.m._, bucolic, writer of bucolics.

=bucolique=, _adj._, bucolic. —s, _n.f.pl._, bucolics; (fam.) rattle-traps.

=budget=, _n.m._, budget. _Le — de l’Etat_; the state budget. _Le — de la marine_; the naval estimates. _Le — de la guerre_; the army estimates. _Le — d’un ménage_; household expenses.

=budgétaire=, _adj._, pertaining, relating, to the budget.

=buée=, _n.f._, ☉lye, washing in lye; steam, reek.

=buffet=, _n.m._, cupboard, sideboard; refreshment-room; service (of plate). _— d’orgues_; organ-case.

=buffle=, _n.m._, buffalo; buff-leather; buff.

=buffleterie= (-fle-trî), _n.f._, belts, straps, &c., (of a soldier).

=buffletin=, _n.m._, young buffalo.

=bufonite=, _n.f._, (foss.) bufonite.

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

=buglosse=, _n.f._, (bot.) bugloss.

=bugrane=, _n.f._, (bot.) rest-harrow.

=buhotier=, _n.m._, shrimp-net.

=buie=, _n.f._, pitcher, jug.

=buire=, _n.m._, vase, jug, beaker, flagon.

=buis=, _n.m._, box; box-tree, box-wood. _— piquant_; butcher’s broom.

=buissaie=, _n.f._, grove of box-trees.

=buisson=, _n.m._, bush, thicket. _— ardent_; (bot.) evergreen thorn. _Trouver — creux_; to find the birds flown.

=buissonner=, _v.n._, (bot.) to bush.

=buissonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bushy, woody.

=buissonni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._ Only used in the expressions: _Lapins buissonniers_; thicket-rabbits. _Faire l’école buissonnière_; to play the truant.

=bulbe=, _n.f._, (bot.) bulb.

=bulbe=, _n.m._, (anat.) bulb.

=bulbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bulbous.

=bulbifère=, _adj._, (bot.) bulbiferous.

=bullaire= (-lèr), _n.m._, collection of papal bulls.

=bulle=, _n.f._, bubble; (med.) bubble, blister; (metal.) bead. _— d’eau_; water-bubble. _— d’air_; air-bubble.

=bulle=, _n.f._, pope’s bull. _La — d’or_; the golden bull.

=bulle=, _adj._, whity-brown (of paper). _Papier —_; whity-brown paper.

=bullé=, =-e=, _adj._, authentic; by pope’s bull.

=bulletin=, _n.m._, paper, circular, voting paper; (milit.) bulletin; bulletin, official report. _— de bagages_; luggage-ticket.

=bunium=, _n.m._, earth-nut; pig-nut.

=buphthalme=, _n.m._, (bot.) ox-eye.

=buplèvre=, _n.m._, (bot.) hare’s-ear.

=bupreste=, _n.m._, (ent.) burn-cow; golden beetle.

=buraliste=, _n.m._, office-keeper, clerk; money-taker.

=burat=, _n.m._, drugget; bunting.

=buratine=, _n.f._, poplin.

=bure=, _n.f._, drugget; fustian, rough serge (of monk’s dress), baize; (min.) shaft, pit-hole.

=bureau=, _n.m._, bureau, writing-table, desk; office; board, bench (in a court of judicature); committee; court (personages). _— de tabac_; tobacconist’s shop. _Chef de —_; head clerk; chief of a department. _Déposer sur le —_; (parliament) to lay upon the table. _Payer à — ouvert_; (com.) to pay on demand. _Prendre l’air du —_; to see how matters stand; to call in at the office. _Vent du —_; aspect of affairs. _— de placement_; registry office for servants, etc.

☉=bureau=, _n.m._, drugget.

=bureaucrate=, _n.m._, bureaucrat, clerk in a public office; red-tapist.

=bureaucratie=, _n.f._, bureaucracy, red-tapeism.

=burette=, _n.f._, cruet; vase, flagon; (bicycle) oil-can.

=burgau=, _n.m._, =burgaudine=, _n.f._, burgau; burgau mother of pearl.

=burgrave=, _n.m._, Burgrave.

=burgraviat=, _n.m._, Burgraviate.

=burin=, _n.m._, graver, graving-tool; (fig.) pen.

=buriner=, _v.a._, to engrave.

=burlesque=, _adj._, burlesque, merry, comical, jocose, jocular, ludicrous. _Vers —s_; doggerel verses.

=burlesque=, _n.m._, burlesque.

=burlesquement=, _adv._, comically, ludicrously, in a jocose way.

=burnous=, _n.m._ _V._ =bernous=.

=bursal=, =-e=, _adj._, fiscal.

=busard=, _n.m._, (orni.) buzzard; (fig.) blockhead, dolt.

=busc=, _n.m._, busk (of stays); mitre (of locks).

=buse=, _n.f._, (orni.) buzzard; (fig.) blockhead. _On ne sauvait faire d’une — un épervier_; one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

=busqué=, _part._, busked; curved, arched.

=busquer=, _v.a._, to put a busk in; (of skirts) to shorten, to draw up.

_se_ =busquer=, _v.r._, to wear a busk.

☉=busquière=, _n.f._, busk-case.

=busserole=, _n.f._, (bot.) whortle-berry.

=buste=, _n.m._, (sculpt.) bust; head and shoulders. _Portrait en —_; half-length portrait.

=but=, _n.m._, mark; object, end, aim, purpose, design, view; goal. _Viser au —_; to aim at the mark. _Le — de ses désirs_; the object of his desires. _Se proposer un —_; to have an object in view. _Arriver le premier au —_; to be the first to reach the goal. _— à —_; without any odds, evens. _Jouer — à —_; to play even. _De — en blanc_; bluntly, without any preamble; point-blank.

=butant=, _adj._ _V._ =boutant=.

=bute=, _n.f._, farrier’s knife.

=butée=, _n.f._, (arch.) abutment-pier. _V._ =buttée=.

=buter=, _v.n._, to hit the mark; to stumble; to aim at. _Ce cheval bute à chaque pas_; that horse stumbles at every step.

=buter=, _v.a._, (gard.) to earth up; (arch.) to prop up. _— un mur_; to prop a wall with a buttress. _— un arbre_; to heap up earth round the root of a tree. _— du céleri_; to earth up celery.

_se_ =buter=, _v.r._, to be bent on; to stick to; to contradict, to oppose.

=butin=, _n.m._, booty, pillage, spoils, prize, plunder.

=butiner=, _v.n._, to spoil, to pillage, to plunder, to get booty, to pilfer; to collect, to gather.

=butiner=, _v.a._, (fig.) to pilfer.

=butome=, _n.m._, (bot.) flowering rush; water-gladiole.

=butor=, _n.m._, (orni.) bittern; churl, dull fellow.

=butorde=, _n.f._, coarse, pig-headed woman.

=butte=, _n.f._, rising ground, ridge, knoll, mound, bank. _Être en — à_; to be exposed to.

=buttée=, _n.f._ _V._ =butée=.

=butter=, _v.a._, (gard.) to earth up.

=butter=, _v.n._ _V._ =buter=.

=buttoir=, _n.m._, ridging-plow; buttress; (rail.) buffer-stop; catch-peg.

=butyreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, butyrous; buttery.

=buvable=, _adj._, drinkable, fit to drink.

=buvard=, _n.m._, blotting-case, blotting-pad. _Papier —_; blotting paper.

=buvetier= (buv-tié), _n.m._, keeper of a tavern.

=buvette=, _n.f._, refreshment-room, tap-room, shades, public house.

=buveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, drinker; toper.

=buvoter=, _v.n._, to sip, to tipple.

=bysse=, _n.m._ _V._ =byssus=.

=byssus=, _n.m._, (bot., antiq.) byssus.

=byzantin=, =-e=, _adj._, Byzantine style.