Chapter C (1)

=c=, _n.m._, the third letter of the alphabet, c.

=c.=, (ab.) (com.) _compte_; account.

=c’= (contraction of _ce_, and used only before the verb _être_), this, it.

=ça=, _adv._, here. _— et là_; here and there, up and down, to and fro.

=ça=, _int._, now. _— voyons!_ now, let us see! _Or — commencez!_ come, begin!

=ça=, _pron._, (for _cela_) that. _Donnez-moi —_; give me that. _Comme —_; like that; so. _Comment vous portez-vous? comme ci comme —_; how do you do? only so-so.

=cabalant=, =-e=, _adj._, caballing.

=cabale=, _n.f._, cabal; cabala.

=cabaler=, _v.n._, to cabal, to plot.

=cabaleur=, _n.m._, caballer, intriguer.

=cabaliste=, _n.m._, cabalist.

=cabalistique=, _adj._, cabalistic.

=caban=, _n.m._, cloak with a hood.

=cabanage=, _n.m._, camp, hutting.

=cabane=, _n.f._, cot, hut, shed, cabin, cottage; flat-bottomed boat on the Loire.

=cabaner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to capsize (a boat).

=cabaner=, _v.n._, (nav.) to capsize.

=cabanon=, _n.m._, cell (prison).

=cabaret=, _n.m._, wine-shop, tavern, pot-house; china tea- or coffee-service, liqueur-service, tray; (bot.) asarum. _Pilier de —_; tavern haunter, tippler. _— borgne_; pot-house.

=cabareti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, publican, tavern-keeper.

=cabas=, _n.m._, basket; cottage bonnet; wicker-work carriage, rumbling-carriage.

☉=cabasset=, _n.m._, helmet.

=cabéliau=, _n.m._, (ich.) keeling.

=cabestan=, _n.m._, capstan, capstern, hand-winch. _Grand —_; main capstan. _— volant_; crab. _Envoyer un homme au —_; to send a man to the capstan (to be punished).

*=cabillaud=, _n.m._, (ich.) cod (live cod).

=cabine=, _n.f._, (nav.) cabin.

=cabinet=, _n.m._, closet, study, cabinet; practice (of a professional man); summer-house; office (of an attorney, a barrister); cabinet, cabinet-council. _— de lecture_; reading-room. _— de toilette_; dressing-room. _— de bains_; bath-room. _— d’aisance_; water-closet. _Affaires de —_; chamber practice (of lawyers).

=câble=, _n.m._, cable. _Filer du —_; (nav.) to pay out, to veer more cable; (fig.) to spin out the time. _— de remorque_; tow-cable. _Bitter le —_; to bit the cable. _Maître —_; sheet-cable. _— d’affourche_; small bower-cable. _— de touée_; stream-cable.

=câblé=, _n.m._, thick cord.

=câblé=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) cabled, twisted.

=câbleau= _or_ =câblot=, _n.m._, cablet, small cable; mooring-rope, painter.

=câblée=, _n.f._, cable’s length.

=câbler=, _v.a._, to twist threads into a cord; to make ropes or cables.

=cabliau=, _n.m._ _V._ =cabillaud=.

=cablogramme=, _n.m._, cablegram.

=caboche=, _n.f._, pate, noddle, nob; head-piece, hobnail. _Grosse —_; logger-head. _Être bonne —_; to have a good head-piece.

=cabochon=, _n.m._, polished but uncut precious stone; (tech.) fancy brass nail.

=cabochon=, _adj._, (of stones) polished only, but uncut.

=cabosse=, _n.f._, cacao pod.

=cabot=, _n.m._, (ich.) bull-head. _V._ =chabot=.

=cabotage=, _n.m._, coasting, coasting-trade. _Vaisseau de —_; coasting-vessel.

=caboter=, _v.n._, to coast.

=caboteur=, _n.m._, coaster.

=cabotier=, _n.m._, coasting-vessel.

=cabotin=, _n.m._, (b.s.) strolling player; low comedian.

=cabre=, _n.f._, gin; (nav.) sheers.

_se_ =cabrer=, _v.r._, to prance, to rear, to rise up; to fly into a passion; to be refractory. _Faire se — un cheval_; to make a horse rear.

=cabrer=, _v.a._, to provoke any one, to make any one fly into a passion; to offend, to shock.

=cabri=, _n.m._, kid.

=cabriole=, _n.f._, caper; (man.) cabriole.

=cabrioler=, _v.n._, to caper, to cut capers.

=cabriolet=, _n.m._, cabriolet, cab, gig. _— à pompe_; curricle. _Place de —_; cab-stand.

=cabrioleur=, _n.m._, caperer.

=cabus=, _adj._, (of cabbages) headed.

=caca=, _n.m._, child’s excrement. _Faire —_; to do one’s excrement.

=cacade=, _n.f._, (l.u., l.ex.) mess, mistake, failure, mull.

=cacao=, _n.m._, cacao, chocolate-nut.

=cacaotier= _or_ =cacaoyer=, _n.m._, cacao-tree.

=cacaoyère=, _n.f._, cacao-plantation.

=cacatois=, _n.m._, (nav.) royal, mast-top.

=cacatois= _or_ =kakatoès=, _n.m._, (orni.) cockatoo.

=caccaber=, _v.n._, to cry (of partridges).

=cachalot=, _n.m._, cachalot; spermaceti-whale.

=cache=, _n.f._, hiding-place; (hunt.) stake-net.

=caché=, =-e=, _part._, hid, hidden. _Ressorts —s_; hidden, secret springs. _N’avoir rien de — pour quelqu’un_; to keep nothing secret from anyone, to have no secrets for. _Jeu —_; underhand game.

=cache-cache=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) hide and seek.

=cachectique= (shèk-), _adj._, (med.) cachetic.

=cache-entrée=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) drop (of a key-hole).

=cachement= (kash-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) concealing, hiding.

=cachemire=, _n.m._, cashmere.

=cache-nez=, _n.m._, muffler, comforter.

*=cache-peigne=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) head-ornament to conceal the comb.

=cacher=, _v.a._, to hide, to secrete, to conceal, to disguise, to lurk; to abscond. _Cachez votre jeu_; hide your cards. _— son jeu_; to hide, to mask, one’s play. _— son nom_, _son âge_; to conceal one’s name, one’s age. _— sa vie_; to lead a secluded life.

_se_ =cacher=, _v.r._, to hide, to secrete one’s self; to lurk; to abscond.

=cachet=, _n.m._, seal (of private individuals); stamp; ticket. _Lettre de —_; lettre-de-cachet, (arbitrary warrant of imprisonment). _— de chiffres_, _d’armes_; seal with a cipher, with a coat of arms. _— volant_; flying seal. _Courir le —_; to give private lessons in town, to go about teaching. _Son style a un — particulier_; his style has a certain stamp, characteristic, character all its own.

=cacheté=, =-e=, _part._, sealed. _Soumissions —es_; sealed tenders.

=cacheter= (kash-té), _v.a._, to seal, to seal up. _Cire à —_; sealing-wax. _Pain à —_; wafer.

=cachette=, _n.f._, hiding-place. _En —_; secretly, by stealth.

=cacheu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, sneak, sly-boots.

=cachexie= (-shè-ksi), _n.f._, (med.) cachexy.

=cachot=, _n.m._, dungeon; (milit.) black hole.

=cachotte=, _n.f._, tobacco-pipe without a heel.

=cachotterie= (-sho-trî), _n.f._, mysterious ways, secret practice (about trifles).

=cachotti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, mysterious, sly.

=cachou=, _n.m._, cachou.

=cacique=, _n.m._, cazique _or_ cacique (Indian chief).

=cacis=. _V._ =cassis=.

=cacochyme= (-shim), _adj._, (med.) cachochymic.

=cacochymie= (-shi-), _n.f._, (med.) cacochymy.

=cacoèthe=, _adj._, (med.) (ulcers) malignant, incurable.

=cacographie=, _n.f._, cacography.

=cacolet=, _n.m._, mule-litter, pannier. _En —_; on panniered mules.

=cacologie=, _n.f._, cacology.

=cacophonie=, _n.f._, cacophony.

=cacotrophie=, _n.f._, (med.) cacotrophy.

=cactier= _or_ =cactus=, _n.m._, (bot.) torch-thistle, cactus.

=cadastral=, =-e=, _adj._, referring to the register of lands; pertaining to real estate.

=cadastre=, _n.m._, register of the survey of lands.

=cadastrer=, _v.a._, to survey.

=cadavéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cadaverous, wan, ghastly.

=cadavérique=, _adj._, (anat.) of a dead body.

=cadavre=, _n.m._, corpse, dead body. _C’est un — ambulant_; he is a walking ghost.

=cadeau=, _n.m._, present, gift. _Faire — de_; to make a present of.

=cadédis= (-diss), _int._, zounds, faith!

=cadenas= (-nâ), _n.m._, padlock; clasp, snap. _— à secret_; secret padlock. _Enfermer sous —_; to padlock.

=cadenasser=, _v.a._, to padlock; to clasp.

=cadence=, _n.f._, time (in dancing); (mus.) quivering, shake; (man., harmony) cadence. _Aller en —_; to keep time.

=cadencé=, =-e=, _part._, cadenced, numbered, harmonious.

=cadencer=, _v.a._, to cadence, to harmonize; (mus.) to time, to shake, to trill.

=cadène=, _n.f._, (l.u.) chain; chain-gang (of convicts).

=cadenette= (-nett), _n.f._, hair-cue, tress (of hair).

=cadet=, =-te=, _adj._, younger, junior (of two). _Branche —te_; younger branch.

=cadet=, _n.m._, (milit.) cadet; younger brother; younger son; junior (of two), (fam.) young fellow. _C’est un jeune — de haut appétit_; he is an extravagant young gentleman.

=cadette=, _n.f._, younger sister, younger daughter; paving stone; long billiard cue.

=cadi=, _n.m._, cadi (Turkish judge).

=cadis=, _n.m._, sort of woolen serge.

=cadisé=, _n.m._, kind of drugget.

=cadmie=, _n.f._, (chem., metal.) oxide of zinc.

=cadmium=, _n.m._, cadmium.

=cadogan=, _n.m._ _V._ =catogan=.

=cadole=, _n.f._, latch, little bolt.

=cadran=, _n.m._, dial-plate, dial.

=cadrat=, _n.m._, (print.) quadrat. _— creux_; quotation.

=cadratin=, _n.m._, (print.) M quadrat. _Demi —_; N quadrat.

=cadrature=, _n.f._, (horl.) movement; dial-work.

=cadre=, _n.m._, frame (for a picture); (nav. milit.); list of officers; framework; skeleton; limits. _Être sur les —_; (nav.) to be on the sick list.

=cadrer=, _v.n._, to agree, to square with, to tally; to suit, to fit in with.

=cadrille=, _n.f._, check, square.

=cadriller=, _v.a._, to rule (in squares), to checker.

=cadu-c=, =-que=, _adj._, decrepit; broken-down; decayed, crazy; lapsed, null, void (of legacies); (bot.) deciduous. _Age —_; decrepit old age. _Devenir —_; to decay. _Legs —_; lapsed legacy (barred by limitation). _Le mal —_; the falling sickness, epilepsy.

=caducée=, _n.m._, caduceus, Mercury’s wand; tipstaff.

=caducité=, _n.f._, caducity; decay, decline.

=cæcum= (sékom), _n.m._, (anat.) cæcum.

=cafard=, =-e=, _adj._, hypocritical, sanctimonious.

=cafard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, canter, hypocrite; tell-tale; humbug, sneak.

=cafard=, _n.m._, (ent.) cockroach. _V._ =blatte=.

=cafarderie=, _n.f._, cant, hypocrisy, false devotion.

=cafardise=, _n.f._, (l.u.) piece of hypocrisy; cant.

=café=, _n.m._, coffee; coffee-house; coffee (berry). _Tasse de —_; cup of coffee. _Rôtir_, _moudre_, _prendre_, _du —_; to roast, to grind, to drink, coffee. _— au lait_; coffee with milk. _— à la crème_; coffee with cream. _— chantant_; music-hall.

=caféier=, _n.m._ _V._ =cafier=.

=caféière=, _n.f._, coffee-plantation.

=cafetan=, _or_ =caftan=, _n.m._, caftan (Turkish garment).

=cafetier=, _n.m._, coffee-house keeper.

=cafetière=, _n.f._, coffee-pot.

=cafier=, _or_ =caféier=, _n.m._, coffee-tree.

=cafre=, _n.m.f._, Caffre.

=cage=, _n.f._, cage; coop (for fowls); (tech.) frame; casing, housing. _Mettre un homme en —_; to put a man in prison, or under lock and key. _La belle — ne nourrit pas l’oiseau_; all is not gold that glitters.

=cagée=, _n.f._, cage-full.

*=cagnard=, =-e=, _adj._, lazy, skulking, slothful.

*=cagnard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, lazy-bones, skulker. _C’est un —_; he is a skulker, loafer.

*=cagnarder=, _v.n._, to loaf.

*=cagnardise=, _n.f._, laziness, slothfulness, skulking.

*=cagne=, _n.f._, (l.u.) slut.

*=cagneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knock-kneed, splay-footed.

=cagot=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) bigoted, hypocritical.

=cagot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (fam.) bigot.

=cagoterie=, _n.f._, (fam.) affected devotion, hypocrisy, bigotry.

=cagotisme=, _n.m._, (fam.) bigotry, false devotion.

=cagoule=, _n.f._, a monk’s cloak.

=cague=, _n.f._, Dutch sloop.

=cahier=, _n.m._, paper-book; copy-book; quarter of a quire of paper; book (manuscript); sheet. _— des charges_; specifications. _— des frais_; bill of costs.

=cahin-caha=, _adv._, (fam.) so-so, lamely, poorly, slowly, reluctantly.

=cahot=, _n.m._, jerk; jolt of a coach.

=cahotage=, =cahotement=, _n.m._, jolting, jerking.

=cahotant=, =-e=, _adj._, rough, jolting.

=cahoter=, _v.n._, to jolt, to toss about.

=cahoter=, _v.a._, to jolt, to jog, to jerk.

=cahute=, _n.f._, hut, crib, hovel; (nav.) small cabin.

=caïc= _or_ =caïque=, _n.m._, yawl, long-boat, levantine-boat.

=caiche=, _n.f._, (nav.) ketch.

=caïd=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Arab military chief or judge.

=caïeu=, _n.m._, (hort.) sucker, off-shoot.

*=caille=, _n.f._, (orni.) quail.

=caillé=, _adj._, curdled, clotted.

*=caillé=, _n.m._, curdled milk, curds.

*=caillebot=, _n.m._, guelder-rose.

*=caillebotis=, _n.m._, (nav.) grating of the hatches.

*=caillebotté=, =-e=, _part._, curdled.

*=caillebotte=, _n.f._, mass of curds.

*=caillebotter=, _v.n._, to curdle.

*=caille-lait=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) cheese-rennet.

*=caillement=, _n.m._, curdling, coagulating.

*=cailler=, _v.a._, to curdle, to clot, to curd.

*_se_ =cailler=, _v.r._, to coagulate, to turn to curds.

*=cailletage=, _n.m._, gossiping, idle talk, tittle-tattle.

*=cailleteau=, _n.m._, young quail.

=cailleter=, _v.n._, to gossip, to chatter.

*=cailletot=, _n.m._, young turbot.

*=caillette=, _n.f._, rennet; gossip; chatterer.

*=caillot=, _n.m._, clot of blood; coagulum.

*=caillotis=, _n.m._, kelp (ashes of seaweed).

*=caillot-rosat=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a kind of pear.

*=caillou=, _n.m._, flint, flint-stone, pebble.

*=cailloutage=, _n.m._, stoning, graveling, ballasting; flint-ware, pebble-work.

*=caillouter=, _v.a._, to macadamize, to gravel, to ballast.

*=caillouteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pebbly, flinty.

*=cailloutis=, _n.m._, broken stones, gravel; broken flint.

=caïmacan=, _n.m._, caimacan (a Turkish officer).

=caïman=, _n.m._, American crocodile, caiman.

=caimand=. _V._ =quémand=.

=caimander=. _V._ =quémander=.

=caimandeu-r=, =-se=. _V._ =quémandeur=.

=caïque=, _n.m._ _V._ =caïc=.

=caisse=, _n.f._, case, box, chest, trunk; coffer, till; cash-room, counting-house; cylinder (of a drum); (anat.) drum (of the ear); body (of a coach); pay-office. _— de médicaments_; medicine chest. _— militaire_; military chest. _La — du régiment_; the regimental chest. _Avoir tant d’argent en —_; to have so much money in hand. _Les —s de l’Etat_; the coffers of the state. _Livre de —_; cash-book. _Tenir la —_; to keep the cash. _— de secours mutuels_; sick-fund. _— des pensions_; pension fund. _Faire la —_; to make up the cash account. _— d’amortissement_; sinking fund. _— d’épargne_; savings-bank. _— d’escompte_; discounting bank. _Grosse —_; big drum. _Battre la —_; to beat the drum. _Bander la —_; to brace the drum. _Tenir la —_; to act as cashier. (jest.) _Sauver la —_; to run off with the till.

=caissier=, _n.m._, treasurer, cashier.

=caisson=, _n.m._, (milit.), ammunition wagon, caisson, chest; (nav.) locker; (arch.) coffer; compartment ceiling; sunk-panel; (artil.) limber. _Les —s des vivres_; the provision wagons. _— à poudre_; powder-chest.

=cajoler=, _v.a._, to cajole, to coax, to wheedle.

=cajolerie=, _n.f._, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling.

=cajoleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, cajoler, coaxer, wheedler.

=cal=, _n.m._, callosity; (med.) callus.

=calade=, _n.f._, (man.) calade; descent, slope.

=calage=, _n.m._, wedging, lowering, sinking.

=calaison=, _n.f._, load water line; sea-gauge.

=calambour=, _n.m._, calambac (wood).

=calamendrier=, _n.m._, (bot.) common wall-germander.

=calament=, _n.m._, (min. bot.) calamint.

=calaminaire=, _adj._, (l.u.) belonging to calamine.

=calamine=, _n.f._, (min.) calamine.

=calamite=, _n.f._, (min.) calamite.

=calamité=, _n.f._, calamity, distress.

=calamiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, distressful, calamitous.

=calandrage=, _n.m._, calendering, hot-pressing, mangling.

=calandre=, _n.f._, (ent.) weevil; mangle, calender; (orni.) calandra.

=calandrer=, _v.a._, to calender, to press, to smooth, to mangle.

=calandreur=, _n.m._, mangler, calenderer.

=calangue=, _n.f._, (nav.) creek, cove.

=calao=, _n.m._, (orni.) horn-bill.

=calatrava=, _n.m._, a Spanish military order.

=calcaire=, _adj._, calcareous.

=calcaire=, _n.m._, limestone.

=calcanéum= (-om), _n.m._, (anat.) calcaneum, os calcis, heel-bone.

=calcédoine=, _n.f._, (min.) chalcedony.

=calcédonieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chalcedonic.

=calcin=, _n.m._, calcined glass.

=calcinable=, _adj._, calcinable.

=calcination=, _n.f._, calcination.

=calciner=, _v.a._, to calcine, to burn.

_se_ =calciner=, _v.r._, to calcine.

=calcis=, _n.m._, (orni.) night-hawk.

=calcite=. _V._ =chalcite=.

=calcium= (-om), _n.m._, calcium.

=calcographie=, _n.f._, calcography.

=calcul=, _n.m._, calculation, ciphering, arithmetic, computation, reckoning, counting, estimate, forecast; design, selfish motive; (med.) calculus; stone in the bladder. _— différentiel_; differential calculus. _— approximatif_; rough calculation. _Il apprend le —_; he learns arithmetic. _De — fait_; everything included.

=calculable=, _adj._, computable, calculable.

=calculant=, =-e=, _adj._, calculating, reckoning; designing.

=calculateur=, _adj._, calculating.

=calculateur=, _n.m._, calculator, reckoner, accountant; schemer.

=calculatoire=, _adj._, calculatory.

=calculer=, _v.a._, to calculate, to compute, to reckon, to estimate; to forecast, to contrive, to devise; to determine.

=calculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) calculous.

=calculeu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, person affected with calculus.

=cale=, _n.f._, (nav.) hold (of a ship); wedge, prop; ducking, keel-hauling (punishment); (tech.) block, quay. _— de construction_; stocks. _— de magasin_, _d’un quai_; slip. _À fond de —_; at the bottom of the hold. _Eau de —_; bilge water. _Donner la — à un matelot_; to give a sailor a ducking. _— sèche_; dry ducking. _Être à fond de —_; (fam.) to be hard up, to be at the end of one’s resources.

=calebasse=, _n.f._, (bot.) calabash; gourd; (fig. & fam.) pate, nob, noddle.

=calebassier=, _n.m._, calabash tree.

=calèche=, _n.f._, calash; barouche, open carriage.

=caleçon=, _n.m._, drawers, pair of drawers.

=caleçonnier=, _n.m._, one who makes drawers.

=calédonien=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Caledonian.

=caléfacteur=, _n.m._, cooking apparatus, kitchener, cooking-stove.

=caléfaction=, _n.f._, calefaction, heating.

=calembour=, _n.m._, pun.

=calembouriste=, _n.m._, a punster.

=calembredaine=, _n.f._, fib, fetch, quibble, subterfuge.

=calencar=, _n.m._, a kind of Indian chintz.

=calence=, _n.f._, want of work. _En —_; out of work.

=calender= (-dèr), _n.m._, kind of dervis.

=calendes=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) calends; convocation of the country clergy. _Renvoyer aux — grecques_; to put off till doomsday.

=calendrier=, _n.m._, calendar, almanac. _Vieux —_; the old calendar (old style). _Nouveau —_, _— grégorien_; the new, the Gregorian, calendar.

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

=calepied=, _n.m._, toe-clip (bicycle).

=calepin=, _n.m._, note-book, memorandum-book.

=caler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to lower, to strike; to support, to wedge up. _— les voiles_; to strike sail. _Cale tout!_ let go amain! _— la voile_; to yield, to sing small.

=caler=, _v.n._, to have more or less draught, to sink. _Ce navire cale trop_; that ship draws too much water. _—_; (at marbles) to knuckle down. _—_; (school) to keep away from.

=calfait=, _n.m._, (nav.) calking iron.

=calfat=, _n.m._, (nav.) calker.

=calfatage=, _n.m._, (nav.) calking.

=calfater=, _v.a._, (nav.) to calk.

=calfatin=, _n.m._, (nav.) calker’s boy.

=calfeutrage=, _n.m._, stopping of chinks.

=calfeutrer=, _v.a._, to stop up the chinks, to make air tight.

_se_ =calfeutrer=, _v.r._, to be stopped up (of chinks); to be made air tight.

=calibre=, _n.m._, caliber, bore (of a gun); caliber, size (of a bullet); diameter of a body; kind, sort, stamp; caliber.

=calibrer=, _v.a._, to give the caliber to, to take the caliber of; to proportion.

=calice=, _n.m._, chalice, communion-cup; (bot.) calyx, flower-cup; grief, sacrifice. _Boire le — jusqu’à la lie_; to drink the cup to the dregs. _Boire_, _avaler_, _le —_; to swallow the pill.

=calicinal=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) calycinal, calycine.

=calicot=, _n.m._, calico; counter-jumper.

=califat=, _n.m._, califate, caliphate, kalifate.

=calife=, _n.m._, calif, caliph, kalif.

_à_ =califourchon=, _adv._, astride, astraddle.

=califourchon=, _n.m._, hobby. _C’est son —_; it is his hobby.

=câlin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, wheedler, cajoler. _C’est une petite —e_; she is a little wheedler.

=câlin=, =-e=, _adj._, wheedling, cajoling, caressing, coaxing, fondling. _Cet homme a l’air —_; that man has a wheedling look about him.

=câliner=, _v.a._, to fondle, to cajole, to wheedle.

_se_ =câliner=, _v.r._, to coddle one’s self, to take one’s ease, to give one’s self up to indolence, to nurse one’s self.

=câlinerie=, _n.f._, wheedling, cajolery, fondling, caressing.

=caliorne=, _n.f._, (nav.) winding-tackle.

=calleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, callous, hard, horny.

=calligraphe=, _n.m._, caligraphist, good penman.

=calligraphie=, _n.f._, caligraphy, calligraphy, penmanship.

=calligraphique=, _adj._, caligraphic.

=callisthénie=, _n.f._, calisthenics.

=callosité= (kal-lo-), _n.f._, callousness; callosity.

=calmande=, _n.f._, calamanco; woolen stuff; (ich.) whiff.

=calmant=, _n.m._, (med.) composing draught; anodyne, sedative.

=calmant=, =-e=, _adj._, anodyne, calming, soothing.

=calmar=, _n.m._, ☉pen-case; (ich.) calamary.

=calme=, _adj._, still, quiet, serene, calm; dispassionate, unruffled, composed, collected; (com.) dull.

=calme=, _n.m._, stillness, calmness, tranquillity, quiet, calm, composure. _— plat_; (nav.) dead calm.

_se_ =calmer=, _v.r._, to become calm, to calm one’s self; to compose one’s self; to get appeased, to blow over, to subside, to abate.

=calmer=, _v.a._, to still, to quiet, to appease, to allay, to pacify, to calm, to soothe.

=calmer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to lull, to fall to a calm. _Le vent calme_; the wind is dropping.

=calmie=, _n.f._, (nav.) lull.

=calomel= _or_ =calomélas=, _n.m._, calomel.

=calomniat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, calumniator, slanderer.

=calomnie=, _n.f._, calumny, slander.

=calomnier=, _v.a._, to calumniate, to slander.

=calomnieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, calumniously, slanderously.

=calomnieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, calumnious, slanderous.

=calonière=, _n.f._, (pop.) pop-gun. _V._ =canonnière=.

=calorifère=, _n.m._, hot-air stove or pipe.

=calorimètre=, _n.m._, calorimeter.

=calorifique=, _adj._, calorific.

=calorique=, _n.m._, caloric, heat.

=calotte=, _n.f._, calotte, smoking-cap; skull-cap (of priests); (surg.) head-piece; (anat.) pan (of the brain); (arch.) calotte; box on the ears; cap of valve (mech.). _La — rouge d’un cardinal_; the red calotte of a cardinal. _Donner des —s à_; to box any one’s ears.

=calotter=, _v.a._, to box the ears of.

=calottier=, _n.m._, calotte-maker; cap-maker.

=caloyer=, _n.m._, caloyer (Greek monk).

=calque=, _n.m._, tracing, calquing; imitation, copy.

=calquer=, _v.a._, to counter-draw, to trace; to copy, to imitate closely. _— à la pointe_; to trace with a point. _— à la vitre_; to counter-draw on glass.

=calquoir=, _n.m._, tracing-point.

=calumet=, _n.m._, pipe, calumet.

=calus= (-luss), _n.m._, callus; callousness; callosity; (med.) callus.

=calvaire=, _n.m._, mount Calvary; a calvary.

=calvanier=, _n.m._, (agri.) day-laborer, stacker.

=calville=, _n.m._, calville (apple).

=calvinien=, =-ne= (-i-in, -i-è-n), _adj._, Calvinistic.

=calvinisme=, _n.m._, Calvinism.

=calviniste=, _n.m._, Calvinist.

=calviniste=, _adj._, Calvinistic.

=calvitie= (-sî), _n.f._, baldness. _— des paupières_; loss of the eye-lashes.

=camaïeu=, _n.f._, cameo; (paint.) camaieu; cameo brooch; monotonous play.

*=camail=, _n.m._, (_—s_) hood, capuchin, cardinal (garment); bishop’s purple ornament worn over the rochet.

=camaldule=, _n.m._, monk of the Order of St. Benedict.

=camarade=, _n.m.f._, comrade, fellow, mate, chum; female companion; playmate, play-fellow; fellow-laborer; fellow-servant. _— de collège_; college companion. _— de classe_; school-fellow. _— de lit_; bed-fellow. _— de voyage_; fellow-traveler. _— de malheur_; fellow-sufferer. _— de chambre_; chum.

=camaraderie=, _n.f._, companionship, intimacy, close friendship; coterie, clique; party spirit.

=camard=, =-e=, _adj._, flat-nosed, snub; flat.

=camard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, flat-nosed person. _La —e_; (pop.) death.

*=camarilla=, _n.f._, camarilla (a coterie).

=camarine=, _n.f._, (bot.) crow-berry.

=cambiste=, _n.m._, cambist.

=cambouis=, _n.m._, coom, cart-grease.

=cambre=, _n.f._, cambering, curving, arching.

=cambré=, =-e=, _part._, bent, cambering, having a fall (in the back); arched, well-set. _Pont de navire —_; cambering deck.

=cambrer=, _v.a._, to bend, to curve, to arch. _— la forme d’un soulier_; to give the bend to a last, to block (boots).

_se_ =cambrer=, _v.r._, to camber; to take a sweep; to warp; to draw one’s self up (by throwing the chest forward).

*=cambrillon=, _n.m._, stiffener (of a shoe).

=cambrioleu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, house-thief; house-breaker; burglar.

=cambriolage=, _n.m._, house-entering, house-breaking; burglary.

=cambrure=, _n.f._, bend, flexure, incurvation, arch, curve.

=cambuse=, _n.f._, (nav.) store-room.

=cambusier=, _n.m._, (nav.) steward’s mate, store-keeper.

=came=, _n.f._, (conch.) chama; heart-cockle; (tech.) peg-cam; cog. _V._ =chame=.

=camée=, _n.m._, a cameo.

=camélée=, _n.f._, (bot.) widow-wail.

=caméléon=, _n.m._, chameleon.

=caméléopard=, _n.m._, camelopard.

=camélia= _or_ =camellia=, _n.m._, (bot.) camelia.

=cameline=, _n.f._, (bot.) camelina, gold of pleasure.

=camelot= (-lô), _n.m._, (stuff) camlet; cheap Jack, peddler, hawker; (of newspapers) news-boy, paper-boy.

=camelote= (-lott), _n.f._, worthless merchandise, trash, stuff; bosh.

=camelotine=, _n.f._, a sort of camlet.

=camérier=, _n.m._, chamberlain (of the pope).

=camériste=, _n.f._, maid of honor; waiting-woman, lady’s maid; chambermaid.

=camerlingat=, _n.m._, camerlingate (at Rome).

=camerlingue=, _n.m._, camerlingo (papal officer).

=camion=, _n.m._, minikin-pin; little cart; truck; dray, wagon; (paint.) kettle.

=camionnage=, _n.m._, carting, carriage (in a dray).

=camionneur=, _n.m._, drayman.

☉=camisade=, _n.f._, (milit.) night attack, camisade.

=camisard=, _n.m._, Camisard (French Calvinist).

=camisole=, _n.f._, petticoat bodice. _— de force_; strait waistcoat _or_ jacket.

*=camomille=, _n.f._, camomile.

=camouflet=, _n.m._, whiff of smoke (in the face); affront, snub; rap over the knuckles.

=camp= (kān), _n.m._, camp; (fig.) army, party. _Lever le —_; to break up the camp. _Prendre le —_; to pack off.

*=campagnard=, =-e=, _adj._, rustic, countrified, rural.

*=campagnard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, countryman, peasant; clodhopper, clown. _C’est une —e_; she is a hoyden.

*=campagne=, _n.f._, country, fields, plain; seat, estate, country-house; field, campaign; (nav.) voyage, cruise. _Gens de la —_; peasantry. _Comédiens de —_; strolling players. _En pleine_ or _rase —_; in the open country, plain. _Battre la —_; to scour the country; to wander about; to be delirious; to blunder, to bungle. _Les armées sont en —_; the armies have taken the field. _Pièces de —_; field pieces. _Faire une —_; to make a campaign. _Ouvrir la —_; to open the campaign. _Tenir la —_; to keep the field. _Mettre ses amis en —_; to set one’s friends to work. _— de croisière_; cruising voyage. _Être à la —_; to be in the country. _Être en —_; to be in the field; to be at work; to be out (not at home). _La — de Rome_; the campagna. _Parties de —_; picnics.

*=campagnol=, _n.m._, field-mouse.

=campane=, _n.f._, (arch.) bell; (sculp.) ornament with fringe and tassels.

=campanelle= _or_ =campanette=, _n.f._, bell-flower, Canterbury-bell.

=campanile=, _n.m._, (arch.) campanile, bell-tower.

=campanule=, _n.f._, campanula, bell-flower. _— gantelée_; throat-wort. _— raiponce_; rampion bell-flower. _— à feuilles rondes_; hare-bell.

=campanulé=, =-e=, _adj._, campanulate, bell-shaped.

=campé=, =-e=, _part._, encamped; (fig.) well set up. _Bien — sur ses jambes_; firmly planted on his legs.

=campêche=, _n.m._, (bot.) campeachy wood, logwood, blood-wood.

=campement= (kānp-mān), _n.m._, (milit.) encampment, encamping; camp detachment. _Matériel de —_; camping apparatus. _Effets de —_; camping baggage.

=camper=, _v.n._, to encamp, to pitch tents. _Faire — son armée_; to encamp one’s army.

=camper=, _v.a._, to camp, to seat, to fix, to stand before, to clap down. _— là quelqu’un_; to leave any one in the lurch.

_se_ =camper=, _v.r._, to stand before, to sit down, to clap one’s self down. _Il se campa dans un fauteuil_; he sat himself down in an arm-chair. _— devant une glace_; to stand bravely before a mirror.

☉=camphorata=, _n.f._ _V._ =camphrée=.

=camphre=, _n.m._, camphor.

=camphré=, =-e=, _adj._, camphorate, camphorated.

=camphrée=, _n.f._, camphorosma.

=camphrier=, _n.m._, (bot.) camphor-tree.

=campine=, _n.m._, fine fat pullet.

=campos=, _n.m._, play-day, holiday, relaxation. _Les écoliers demandent —_; the boys ask for a holiday. _Prendre —_; to take a holiday.

=camus=, =-e=, _adj._, flat-nosed; disappointed, baulked; dumbfounded. _Un vilain —_; an ugly flat-nosed fellow. _La —e_; (pop.) death, grim death.

*=canaille=, _n.f._, rabble, riff-raff, mob; scum; scoundrel; noisy children, brats. _Hors d’ici, —!_ begone, you scoundrel! _Vile —_; miserable scum. _Ces —s de domestiques_; these rascally servants!

=canaillerie=, _n.f._, blackguardism.

=canal=, _n.m._, canal, pipe; conduit, duct; drain; tube; spout; watercourse (of water-mills); channel, bed, strait; (arch.) fluting, means. _Creuser un —_; to dig a canal. _Ce pays est tout coupé de canaux_; that country is quite intersected with canals. _— latéral_, _— de dérivation_; lateral drain. _— de cheminée_; chimney-flue. _— d’irrigation_; trench for irrigation. _— thoracique_; thoracic duct. _— de larmier_; (arch.) channel of a coping. _Il est le — de toutes les grâces_; all favors come through him. _Faire —_; to cross a strait.

=canaliculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) channeled, furrowed.

=canalisation=, _n.f._, canalization.

=canaliser=, _v.a._, to establish canals, to intersect with canals.

=canamelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) sugar-cane; reed.

=canapé=, _n.m._, sofa, couch.

=canaque=, _adj._, Kanaka, wild, savage.

=canard=, _n.m._, drake, duck; hoax; water-spaniel. _— privé_; tame duck. _— ordinaire_; mallard. _Dire des —s à_; to hoax. _Cet homme est un — privé_; that man is a sort of decoy-duck.

=canard=, =-e=, _adj._, for ducks. _Bâtiment —_; vessel that pitches. _Chien —_; water-spaniel.

=canardeau=, _n.m._, young duck.

=canarder=, _v.a._, to shoot from under a shelter; to hoax, to gammon.

=canarder=, _v.n._, (nav.) to pitch (of a ship); (mus.) to goose.

☉=canardier=, _n.m._, wild-duck shooter; hoaxer.

=canardière=, _n.f._, place for catching wild-ducks; loop-hole (to shoot through); duck-gun; decoy-pond.

=canari=, _n.m._, canary, canary-bird; flat.

=cancan=, _n.m._, tittle-tattle; scandal; tale-bearing; noise; indecent dance. _Faire des —s_; to tittle-tattle, to invent scandalous stories.

=cancaner=, _v.n._, to tattle, to invent scandalous stories; to dance the cancan.

=cancani-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, lover of tittle-tattle.

=cancer= (-sèr), _n.m._, (med., astron.) cancer.

=cancéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) cancerous.

=cancre=, _n.m._, crab, cray-fish; miser; dunce (at school).

=cancrelat=, _n.m._, cockroach.

=candélabre=, _n.m._, candelabrum, sconce.

=candeur=, _n.f._, openness of heart, frankness, candor, ingenuousness.

=candi=, _n.m._, sugar-candy, candy.

=candi=, =-e=, _adj._, candied.

=candidat=, _n.m._, candidate.

=candidature=, _n.f._, candidature.

=candide=, _adj._, fair, open, frank, candid, ingenuous, sincere.

=candidement= (-mān), _adv._, openly, frankly, candidly.

_se_ =candir=, _v.r._, to candy. _Faire se —_; to candy.

=cane=, _n.f._, female duck.

=canéficier=, _n.m._, cassia-tree. _V._ =casse=.

=canepetière=, _n.f._, (orni.) lesser bustard.

=canepin= (ka-n-pin), _n.m._, kid skin (for gloves).

=caner=, _v.n._, to shirk danger, to funk, to show the white feather.

=caner=, _v.a._, to leave undone, shirk.

=canescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) canescent.

=caneter=, _v.n._, to waddle.

=caneton= (ka-n-ton), _n.m._, young duck, duckling.

=canette=, _n.f._, small duck, young duck; (her.) duck without legs; a measure for beer; (pop.) marbles.

=canevas= (ka-n-vâ), _n.m._, canvas; sail-cloth; sketch, rough draught; (mus.) canvas. _Tracer son —_; to prepare one’s ground-work. _Faire le — d’une comédie_; to sketch out, to compose the skeleton of a play.

=canezou=, _n.m._, woman’s jacket.

☉=cangrène=, _n.f._ _V._ =gangrène=.

=cangue=, _n.f._, a kind of pillory used in China.

=caniche=, _n.m.f._, poodle-dog, water-spaniel.

=caniculaire=, _adj._, canicular. _Les jours —s_; the dog-days.

=canicule=, _n.f._, dog-days; (astron.) canicule, dog-star.

=canif=, _n.m._, penknife.

=canin=, =-e=, _adj._, canine. _Dent —e_; canine tooth. _Lettre —e_; the letter R.

=caniveau=, _n.m._, (arch.) channel-stone.

=cannage=, _n.m._, (l.u.) cane-work; caning.

=cannaie=, _n.f._, cane-brake, cane-field.

=canne=, _n.f._, walking-stick; long measure; cane, reed; glassblower’s pipe. _— à sucre_; sugar-cane. _— à épée_; sword-stick. _— à vent_; air-gun.

=canneberge= (-bèrj), _n.f._, cranberry, moorberry.

=cannelas= (-lâ), _n.m._, cinnamon, candied cinnamon.

=canneler=, _v.a._, to flute, to channel, to groove.

=cannelle=, _n.f._, cinnamon bark. _— blanche_; canella.

=cannelle= _or_ =cannette=, _n.f._, spigot; tap, cock.

=cannelier=, _n.m._, cinnamon-tree.

=cannelon= (ka-n-lon), _n.m._, fluted mold (for ices).

=cannelure=, _n.f._, channeling, fluting, grooving. _— à côtes_; fluting with intervals. _— avec rudentures_; fluting enriched with cables. _— à vive arête_; fluting without intervals. _—s plates_; square fluting.

=cannequin=, _n.m._, sort of cotton stuff.

*=cannetille=, _n.f._, wire-ribbon.

=cannibale= (can-ni-bal), _n.m._, man-eater, cannibal.

=cannibalisme=, _n.m._, cannibalism; ferocity.

=canon=, _n.m._, cannon, gun; cylinder, tube, pipe; barrel (of a gun, of a quill); (ecc.) canon law, rule; catalogue of saints; (mus.) canon; (print.) canon; (man.) canon-bit; leg (of trousers). _L’âme d’un —_; the chamber of a cannon. _La lumière_, _la culasse_, _le recul_, _d’un —_; the touch-hole, the breech, the recoil, of a cannon. _L’affût d’un —_; a gun-carriage. _Enclouer un —_; to spike a gun. _Une pièce de —_; a piece of ordnance. _Gros —_; (print.) canon. _Petit —_; (print.) two-line English. _— de dix livres_; ten-pounder. _Un coup de —_; a cannon-shot. _De la poudre à —_; gunpowder. _Être à portée de —_; to be within cannon-shot. _Être hors de portée de —_; to be beyond cannon range. _— de retraite_; (milit.) gun-fire; (nav.) stern-chaser. _— démarré_; cannon drawn in to be loaded. _— rayé_; rifled gun. _À — rayé_; rifled, rifle-barreled. _— renforcé_; cannon whose breech is thicker than its bore. _— d’un soufflet_; nose, nozzle pipe of a pair of bellows. _— de gouttière_; spout of a gutter. _Les —s d’un concile_; the canons of a council. _Ecole de droit —_; school of canon law. _— des Ecritures_; the sacred canon. _Le — de la messe_; the canon of the mass. _— enluminé_; illuminated canon.

=canonial=, =-e=, _adj._, canonical.

=canonicat=, _n.m._, canonry, canonship, prebend; (fig.) sinecure.

=canonicité=, _n.f._, canonicity.

=canonique=, _adj._, canonical.

=canoniquement= (-mān), _adv._, canonically.

=canonisation=, _n.f._, canonization.

=canoniser=, _v.a._, to canonize.

=canoniste=, _n.m._, canonist.

=canonnade=, _n.f._, cannonading, cannonade.

=canonnage=, _n.m._, gunnery.

=canonner=, _v.a._, to attack with heavy artillery, to cannonade.

_se_ =canonner=, _v.r._, to cannonade.

=canonnier=, _n.m._, gunner.

=canonnière=, _n.f._, _adj._, ☉loop-hole; tent; tilt; drain-hole; pop-gun. _—_, or _chaloupe —_ (nav.); gun-boat.

=canot=, _n.m._, ship’s-boat, cutter, yawl. _— de sauvetage_; life-boat.

=canotage=, _n.m._, boating, aquatics.

=canotier=, _n.m._, rower, oarsman; boat-keeper; bargeman; straw hat.

=cantabile= (-lé), _n.m._, (mus.) cantabile.

=cantal=, _n.m._, cantal (sort of cheese).

=cantalabre=, _n.m._, door-case, casing.

=cantaloup=, _n.m._, musk-melon.

=cantate=, _n.f._, (mus.) cantata.

*=cantatille=, _n.f._, cantatilla.

=cantatrice=, _n.f._, eminent singer.

=cantharide=, _n.f._, (ent.) cantharis, Spanish fly; (pharm.) (_pl._) cantharides.

=canthus=, _n.m._, (anat.) canthus, corner of the eye.

=cantilène=, _n.f._, (mus.) cantilena, melody.

=cantine=, _n.f._, bottle-case; (milit.) canteen.

=cantini-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, sutler, canteen-woman.

=cantique=, _n.m._, song, canticle, hymn.

=canton=, _n.m._, canton, district; (her.) canton.

=cantonade=, _n.f._, (theat.) wings. _Parler à la —_; to speak to an actor off the stage; (fig.) to speak to empty benches.

=cantonal=, =-e=, _adj._, cantonal.

=cantonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch., her., milit.) cantoned.

=cantonnement= (-to-n-mān), _n.m._, (milit.), cantonment.

=cantonner=, _v.a._, (milit.) to canton.

_se_ =cantonner=, _v.r._, to take up a position, quarters, abode; to fortify one’s self.

=cantonner=, _v.n._, (milit.) to be cantoned.

=cantonnier=, _n.m._, road-man; (rail.) plate-layer; signal-man.

=cantonnière=, _n.f._, signal-woman; valance.

=canule=, _n.f._, clyster-pipe, injection tube; faucet, quill; (fig.) bore, plague.

=canzone=, _n.f._, (mus.) canzone.

=caolin=, _n.m._ _V._ =kaolin=.

=caoutchouc=, _n.m._, caoutchouc, India-rubber; (bot.) gum-tree.

=cap=, _n.m._, cape, headland, point, promontory, foreland; (nav.) head. _Doubler un —_; to double a cape. _Où est le —?_ (nav.) how is her head? _Mettre le — sur_; to steer for. _Avoir le — au large_; to stand off. _De pied en —_; from top to toe.

=capable=, _adj._, able, fit, capable; calculated to, apt to. _Il est — de vous desservir_; he is capable of doing you an ill office. _Il est — de tout_; he is capable of any thing. _C’est un homme —_; he is a clever man. _Avoir l’air —_; to put on a conceited, bumptious, knowing look. _Faire le —_; to affect capability, to look as if you were in the know. _Prendre un air —_; to assume a knowing look.

=capablement=, _adv._, (l.u.) ably, skillfully.

=capacité=, _n.f._, extent, size, capaciousness; ability, capacity; (nav.) bulk, burden, tonnage. _Manquer de —_; to lack capacity.

=caparaçon=, _n.m._, caparison, trappings.

=caparaçonner=, _v.a._, to caparison (a horse).

=cape=, _n.f._, cloak with a hood; riding-hood; cape; (nav.) try-sail. _Rire sous —_; to laugh in one’s sleeve. _N’avoir que la — et l’épée_; to be titled, but penniless. _Roman de — et d’épée_; romantic, melodramatic story. _Être à la —_; (nav.) to try, to be lying to. _À la —!_ bring to!

=capéer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to lie to.

=capelan=, _n.m._, beggarly priest; (ich.) caplin.

=capelet=, _n.m._, (vet.) capped hock.

=capeline=, _n.f._, hood; (of armor) capeline.

=capendu=, _n.m._, capender (apple).

=caperon=. _V._ =capron=.

=capharnaüm=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (fig. fam.) place of confusion; Babel, bear-garden.

=capillaire= (-pil-lèr), _adj._, capillary.

=capillaire=, _n.m._, (anat.) capillary; (bot.) maiden-hair; Venus’s-hair. _Sirop de —_; capillaire.

=capillarité=, _n.f._, (phys.) capillarity, capillary attraction or repulsion.

=capilotade=, _n.f._, hash, ragout; thrashing, drubbing; slandering. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to beat black and blue.

=capitaine=, _n.m._, captain. _— d’infanterie_; infantry captain. _— de cavalerie_; captain of cavalry. _— de vaisseau_; post-captain. _— au long cours_; captain of a trading vessel (going to foreign parts). _— de pavillon_; flag-captain. _— d’armes_; master-at-arms. _— de port_; harbor-master. _Grade de —_; captaincy.

=capitainerie=, _n.f._, captaincy.

=capital=, =-e=, _adj._, capital, main, chief, leading, important. _Les sept péchés capitaux_; the seven capital sins. _Peine —e_; capital punishment.

=capital=, _n.m._, capital; principal; stock. _Mettre un — à fonds perdu_; to sink a capital. _Rembourser le —_; to reimburse the principal.

=capitale=, _n.f._, capital, chief city; capital letter.

=capitalisation=, _n.f._, capitalization.

=capitaliser=, _v.a._, to capitalize. _Se —_, _v.r._, to be capitalized.

=capitaliste=, _n.m._, capitalist, moneyed man.

=capitan=, _n.m._, braggadocio, swaggerer, bully.

=capitane=, _n.f._, (nav.) admiral’s galley.

=capitan-pacha=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) Turkish admiral.

=capitation=, _n.f._, capitation, poll-tax.

=capiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, heady, strong. _Bière —se_; strong beer. _Vin —_; heavy wine.

=capitole=, _n.m._, Capitol (of Rome, of the United States).

=capitolin=, _adj._, capitoline.

=capiton=, _n.m._, (com.) cappadine.

=capitonner=, _v.a._, to stuff, to pad (armchairs, &c.); to tuft, to button.

☉=capitoul=, _n.m._, capitoul (alderman, town-councillor at Toulouse).

☉=capitoulat=, _n.m._, capitoulship.

=capitulaire=, _adj._, capitulary.

=capitulaire=, _n.m._, capitular, capitulary.

=capitulairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, capitularly.

=capitulant=, _adj._, capitulary.

=capitulant=, _n.m._, capitular, capitulary.

=capitulation=, _n.f._, capitulation; convention, compromise. _Amener à une —_; to bring to terms. _— de conscience_; a conscientious compromise.

=capitule=, _n.m._, capitule (part of the Liturgy).

=capituler=, _v.n._, to capitulate, to compound. _— avec sa conscience_; to compound with one’s conscience, to silence it by concessions.

=caplan=, (ich.). _V._ =capelan=.

=capon=, _n.m._, mean fellow, sneak; cheat, coward; (nav.) cat-tackle. _Poulie de —_; cat-block.

=caponner=, _v.n._, to trick, to cheat; to be cowardly, to hang back.

=caponner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to cat (the anchor).

=caponnière=, _n.f._, (fort.) rifle-pit.

=caporal=, _n.m._, corporal; (of tobacco) sort of “shag.”

=capot=, _n.m._, (nav.) hood (of ladders).

=capot=, _adj._, capot (at cards); silly. _Faire —_; to capot, to win all the tricks, to beat hollow. _Être —_; to have lost all the tricks; (fig.) to look foolish; to be balked. _Faire —_; (nav.) to capsize, to upset.

=capote=, _n.f._, large cloak with a hood; (soldier’s) great-coat; capuchin, hood, mantle.

=capraire=, _n.f._, (bot.) goat-weed, capraria.

=câpre=, _n.f._, (bot.) caper.

=capriçant= _or_ =caprisant=, _adj._, (med.) bounding, unequal (of the pulse).

=caprice=, _n.m._, caprice, whim, humor, freak; fit, flight, sally; (mus.) caprice. _Les —s de la mode_; the caprices, freaks of fashion. _Les —s de la fortune_; the fickleness of fortune. _Composer de —_; to compose when the spirit moves, when the fit is on.

=capricieusement= (-mān), _adv._, capriciously, fantastically, whimsically.

=capricieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, capricious, whimsical, fickle, freakish, skittish.

=capricorne=, _n.m._, (astron.) Capricorn; (ent.) capricorn-beetle.

=câprier=, _n.m._, (bot.) caper-bush.

=caprification=, _n.f._, caprification.

=caprifiguier= (-ghié), _n.m._, wild fig-tree.

=capripède=, _n.m._, goat-footed; satyr.

=capron= _or_ =caperon=, _n.m._, the hautbois-strawberry.

=capronier=, _n.m._, the hautbois-strawberry plant.

=capselle=, _n.f._, (bot.) cassweed; shepherd’s pouch.

=capsulaire=, _adj._ (bot.) capsulary; (anat.) capsular.

=capsule=, _n.f._, (bot.) capsule, pod; (anat.) capsula; percussion, cap (of fire-arms).

☉=captal=, _n.m._, chief, lord.

=captateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) inveigler (one who uses undue influence).

=captation=, _n.f._, inveigling, undue influence, captation.

=captatoire=, _adj._, inveigling.

=capter=, _v.a._, to court, to coax, to win by bribery. _— la bienveillance de quelqu’un_; to curry the favor of any one. _— les suffrages_; to bribe, to win unfairly, to get by bribery.

=captieusement= (-sieûz-mān), _adv._, captiously, insidiously, cunningly, deceitfully.

=captieu-x=, =-se= (-cieu-), _adj._, captious, insidious.

=capti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, captive.

=capti-f=, _n.m._, =-ve=, _n.f._, captive.

=captiver=, _v.a._, to captivate, to charm, to enslave; to bring under. _— l’attention_; to captivate attention. _La beauté qui le captive_; the beauty that enslaves him. _— la bienveillance_; to win any one’s favor.

_se_ =captiver=, _v.r._, to lay a restraint upon oneself; to cling to (tenaciously); (fig.) to cringe, to fawn upon.

=captivité=, _n.f._, captivity, bondage. _Racheter de —_; to ransom from captivity.

=capture=, _n.f._, capture, seizure; prize, booty.

=capturer=, _v.a._, to capture; to apprehend, to arrest.

=capuce=, _n.f._, _or_ =capuchon=, _n.m._, hood, cowl.

=capuchonné=, =-e=, _adj._, hooded.

=capuchonner=, _v.a._, (man.) to arch the neck (of a horse).

=capucin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, capuchin friar, capuchin nun. _Tomber comme des —s de cartes_; to tumble over one another.

=capucinade=, _n.f._, stupid sermon.

=capucine=, _n.f._, (bot.) nasturtium; (nav.) standard; band (of a soldier’s musket).

=capucinière=, _n.f._, (b.s.) capuchin friary.

=capulet=, _n.m._, hood, cap.

=caput-mortuum=, _n.m._, (chem.) caput-mortuum; worthless remains.

=caquage=, _n.m._, dressing and curing of herrings; barreling (of powder).

=caque=, _n.f._, keg, barrel. _La — sent toujours le hareng_; what is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

=caquer=, _v.a._, to cure; to barrel.

=caquet=, _n.m._, cackle (of geese, &c.); tittle-tattle, idle talk, gossip, scandal. _Avoir bien du —_; to be a chatter-box. _Rabattre_, _rabaisser_, _le — a quelqu’un_; to take anyone down a peg or two. _— bon bec_; dame prattler.

=caquetage= (kak-taj), _n.m._, tattling, cackling.

=caquète=, _n.f._, carp-tub.

=caqueter= (kak-té), _v.n._, to cackle, to chatter, to gossip, to babble.

=caqueterie= (kak-trî), _n.f._, babbling, prattling, gossiping.

=caqueteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, prattler, tattler, idle prater, gossip.

=caqueur=, _n.m._, fish-curer.

=car=, _conj._, for, because, as.

=carabé=, _n.m._, yellow, amber.

=carabin=, _n.m._, saw-bones, medical student.

=carabinade=, _n.f._, (l.u.) (student’s, soldier’s) trick; discharge of carbines.

=carabinage=, _n.m._, rifling.

=carabine=, _n.f._, carbine, rifle.

=carabiné=, =-e=, _adj._, rifled; (nav.) stiff (of the wind).

☉=carabiner=, _v.n._, to skirmish.

=carabiner=, _v.a._, to rifle a gun-barrel.

=carabinier=, _n.m._, carabineer, rifleman.

=caraco=, _n.m._, woman’s jacket.

=caracole=, _n.f._, (man.) circling caracole. _En —_; winding.

=caracoler=, _v.n._, to caracole, to circle.

=caracouler=, _v.n._, to coo. _V._ =roucouler=.

=caractère=, _n.m._, character, letter, type, print; hand-writing; stamp, badge, mark, dignity, temper, humor, spirit, expression; aspect; (arith.) digit; charm, spell. _— lisible_; legible print. _Beaux —s_; fine type. _Le — d’un auteur_; the stamp of an author. _Un homme d’un bon —_; a good-natured man. _Ne pas démentir son —_; to act up to one’s character. _Il est sorti de son —_; he lost his temper. _Avoir_, _montrer_, _du —_; to have spirit, to show spirit. _C’est un homme à —_; he is a spirited, determined man.

=caractériser=, _v.a._, to characterize, describe, define, mark, distinguish.

=caractéristique=, _adj._, characteristic.

=caractéristique=, _n.f._, (gram., math.) characteristic; (logarithms) index.

=carafe=, _n.f._, decanter, flagon, water-bottle.

=carafon=, _n.m._, cooler; small decanter; quarter bottle.

*=caragne=, _n.f._, aromatic resin, caranna.

=caraïte=, _n.m._, caraite (Jewish sectarian).

=carambolage=, _n.m._, (billiards) cannon; (pop.) affray, shindy; (fig.) rebound (against).

=caramboler=, _v.n._, (billiards) to cannon.

=caramboleur=, _n.m._, good cannon-player.

=caramel=, _n.m._, burnt sugar, caramel. _— au beurre_; butter-scotch, toffee.

=carapace=, _n.f._, turtle-shell, carapace.

=carapat=, _n.m._, oil of palma Christi.

=caraque=, _n.f._, carack (Portuguese Indiaman).

=caracas=, _n.m._, cocoa.

=carat=, _n.m._, (gold) carat; small diamonds sold by weight.

=caratch=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), tribute.

=caravane=, _n.f._, caravan, convoy. _Marcher en —_; to walk in a band. _Faire ses —s_; to lead a dissipated life.

=caravanier=, _n.m._, leader of caravan.

*=caravansérail=, _n.m._, a caravansary (inn).

=caravanséraskier=, _n.m._, keeper of a caravansary.

=caravelle=, _n.f._, caravel (Portuguese boat).

=carbatine=, _n.f._, green hide, skin.

=carbazotique=, _adj._, (chem.) carbazotic.

=carbonarisme=, _n.m._, carbonarism.

=carbonaro=, _n.m._, carbonaro.

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

☉=carboncle=. _V._ =escarboucle=; =furoncle=; =rubis=.

=carbone=, _n.m._, (chem.) carbon.

=carboné=, =-e=, _adj._, carbonated.

=carboneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (chem.) carbonaceous.

=carbonique=, _adj._, carbonic.

=carbonisation=, _n.f._, carbonization.

=carboniser=, _v.a._, to carbonize.

=carbonnade=, _n.f._, (cook.) carbonade.

=carburateur=, _n.m._, carburettor (motor).

=carbure=, _n.m._, (chem.) carburet, carbide.

=carburé=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) carbureted.

=carcajou=, _n.m._, American badger.

=carcan=, _n.m._, iron collar; carcan (pillory); carcanet (collar of jewels).

=carcasse=, _n.f._, carcass, skeleton, bones; (arch.) shell, framework; body; fish-basket.

=carcinomateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) carcinomatous.

=carcinome=, _n.m._, (med.) carcinoma.

=cardage=, _n.m._, act of carding, carding.

=cardamine=, _n.f._, (bot.) land-cress, lady’s smock.

=cardamome=, _n.m._, (bot.) cardamom.

=cardasse=, _n.f._, (bot.) nopal.

=carde=, _n.f._, chard (stalk in the leaves of some plants); card (instrument for combing wool or flax); carding machine.

=cardée=, _n.f._, quantity carded.

=carde-poirée=, _n.f._, (bot.) chard of beet.

=carder=, _v.a._, to card, to comb. _Se —_; to be carded.

=cardère=, _n.f._, (bot.) teasel.

=carderie=, _n.f._, carding-house; card-manufactory.

=cardeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, carder, wool-comber.

=cardiaire=, _adj._ (zoöl.) _Ver —_; a parasite bred in the heart. (bot.) _V._ =cardère=; =chardon à foulon=.

=cardialgie=, _n.f._, cardialgy, heartburn.

=cardialogie=, _n.f._, cardiology.

=cardiaque=, _n.m._, (med.) cardiac.

=cardiaque=, _adj._, (med., anat.) cardiac.

=cardier=, _n.m._, wool card-maker.

=cardinal=, _adj._, cardinal, chief, principal, first.

=cardinal=, _n.m._, cardinal; (orni.) cardinal.

=cardinalat=, _n.m._, cardinalate, cardinalship.

=cardinale=, _n.f._, (bot.) cardinal flower.

=cardine=, _n.f._, (ich.) flat-fish, whiff.

=cardon=, _n.m._, (bot.) cardoon.

=cardonnette=, _n.f._ _V._ =chardonnette=.

=carême=, _n.m._, Lent, Lent-sermons. _Faire le —_; to keep Lent. _Provisions de —_; fish and vegetables. _Cela vient comme marée en —_; that comes in the very nick of time. _Face de —_; pale or wan face. _Arriver comme mars en —_; to be sure to happen; to come like clock-work. _Arriver comme marée en —_; to come in the nick of time.

=carême-prenant=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) carnival time; Shrove Tuesday; masker; reveler.

=carénage=, _n.m._, careening.

=carence=, _n.f._, (jur.) absence of assets, insolvency. _Procès-verbal de —_; declaration of insolvency.

=carène=, _n.f._, (nav.) keel; bottom, careen; (bot.) keel. _Demi-—_; (nav.) parliament-heel. _En —_; keel-shaped.

=caréné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) keeled, keel-shaped.

=caréner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to careen.

=caressant=, =-e=, _adj._, caressing, endearing, fond, tender; fawning.

=caresse=, _n.f._, caress, endearment. _Il ne faut pas se fier aux —s de la fortune_; we must not trust to the smiles of fortune.

=caressé=, =-e=, _part._, caressed; polished, finished off, chiseled. _Ces tableaux sont très —s_; these pictures have a peculiar richness of finish.

=caresser=, _v.a._, to caress, to fondle, to stroke; to fawn upon, to make much of, to flatter, to cajole, to wheedle. _— l’orgueil de quelqu’un_; to pamper any one’s pride. _— une chimère_; to cherish, to hug, a visionary scheme.

=caret=, _n.m._, rope-maker’s reel; (erpetology) tortoise. _Fil de —_; rope-yarn.

=carex= (-rèks), _n.m._, (bot.) carex.

=cargaison=, _n.f._, cargo, ship-load, freight.

=cargue= (karg), _n.f._, (nav.) brail.

=carguer= (-ghè), _v.a._, (nav.) to brail up, to clew up. _— une voile_; to clew up a sail.

=cargueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, (nav.) reefer; top-block.

=cariatide=, _n.f._, (arch.) caryatide.

=caribou=, _n.m._, (mam.) caribou.

=caricature=, _n.f._, caricature.

=caricaturer=, _v.a._, to caricature, to ridicule.

=caricaturiste=, _n.m._, caricaturist.

=carie=, _n.f._, brown rust; fire-blast; (med.) caries, decay.

=carier=, _v.a._, to make carious, to rot.

_se_ =carier=, _v.r._, to grow carious, rotten. _Dent cariée_; carious tooth.

*=carillon=, _n.m._, chime, peal; musical bells, chimes; clutter, racket. _À double —_; soundly, lustily. _Le — des verres_; the jingling of glasses.

*=carillonnement=, _n.m._, chiming, jingling.

*=carillonner=, _v.n._, to chime; to ring the changes; to jingle, to clatter.

*=carillonneur=, _n.m._, chimer, bell-ringer; change-ringer.

=carlette=, _n.f._, square slate.

=carlin=, _n.m._, carlin (Italian coin); pug-dog.

=carline=, _n.f._, (bot.) carline-thistle.

=carlingue= (-linghe), _n.f._, (nav.) carline, carling. _— de cabestan_; keelson, step.

=carliste=, _n.m.f._, Carlist (partisan of Charles).

=carliste=, _adj._, Carlist.

=carlovingien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Carlovingian.

*=carmagnole=, _n.f._, carmagnole (jacket); carmagnole (revolutionary song and dance).

=carmagnole=, _n.m._, violent Jacobin.

=carme=, _n.m._, Carmelite friar, white friar. _—s déchaussés_; barefooted Carmelites. _Eau des —s_; carmelite water.

=carme=, _n.m._, (tric-trac) two fours.

=carmeline=, _n.f._, carmeline wool.

=carmélite=, _n.f._ and _adj._, Carmelite nun.

=carmin=, _n.m._, carmine.

=carminati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) carminative.

=carminati-f=, _n.m._, (med.) carminative.

=carnage=, _n.m._, carnage, slaughter, butchery, destruction, havoc.

=carnassi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, carnivorous, flesh-eating.

=carnassier=, _n.m._, feline animal; flesh-eater.

=carnassière=, _n.f._, game-bag.

=carnation=, _n.f._, carnation, flesh-tint, flesh-color, complexion.

=carnaval=, _n.m._, a carnival; guy.

=carne=, _n.f._, corner, edge (of a table, &c.).

=carné=, =-e=, _adj._, of a carnation color.

=carnet=, _n.m._, note-book, memorandum-book. _— d’échéances_; bill-book. _— de chèques_; check book.

=carnier=, _n.m._ _V._ =carnassière=.

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

_se_ =carnifier=, _v.r._, (med.) to carnify.

=carnivore=, _adj._, carnivorous.

=carnosité=, _n.f._, carnosity.

*=carogne=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) hag, jade, impudent slut.

=carolus= (-lus), _n.m._, carolus (old French coin).

=caronade=, _n.f._, (artil.) carronade.

=caroncule=, _n.f._, (anat., bot.) caruncle.

=carotide=, _adj._, (anat.) carotid.

=carotide=, _n.f._, (anat.) carotid.

=carotidien=, _adj.m._, (anat.) carotid. _Canal —_; carotid canal.

=carotique=, _adj._, (med.) comatose.

=carotte=, _n.f._, carrot. _— de tabac_; roll of tobacco. (fig.) _Quelle —!_ what a chouse!

=carotter=, _v.n._, to live on little; to play low; to chouse, to diddle.

=carotti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (triv.). _V._ =carotteur=.

=carotteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, timid player; petty jobber; cheat, trickster.

=caroube= _or_ =carouge=, _n.f._, (bot.) carob-bean.

=caroubier=, _n.m._, carob-tree, St. John’s bread tree.

=carouble=, _n.f._, skeleton-key.

=caroubleur=, _n.m._, house-breaker.

=carpe=, _n.f._, (ich.) carp. _Saut de —_; somerset. _Faire la — pâmée_; to sham fainting. _Muet comme une —_; dumb as an oyster.

=carpe=, _n.m._, (anat.) wrist.

=carpeau=, _n.m._, small carp.

=carpien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n) _adj._, (anat.) carpal.

*=carpillon=, _n.m._, (ich.) young carp.

=carquois=, _n.m._, quiver. _Il a vidé son —_; he has shot his bolt.

=carrare=, _n.m._, Carrara marble.

=carre=, _n.f._, back and shoulders (of any one). _La — d’un chapeau_; the crown of a hat. _La — d’un habit_; the part of a coat from the waist upwards. _La — d’un soulier_; the square toe of a shoe. _Un homme d’une bonne —_; a broad-shouldered man. _Lame à trois —s_; three-edged sword.

=carré=, _n.m._, square; landing, floor; printing demy (of paper). _Un — de tulipes_; a square bed of tulips. _Un — d’eau_; a square sheet of water. _— de toilette_; dressing-case. _— des officiers_; ward-room.

=carré=, =-e=, _adj._, square, quadratic; well-set, well-knit; plain, straightforward; demy (of paper); (rhet.) flowing. _Partie —e_; party of four (two men and two women).

=carreau=, _n.m._, (med.) tabes mesenterica.

=carreau=, _n.m._, square; lozenge; square tile or brick; small flag-stone; ground, floor; pane (of glass); cushion, hassock; tailor’s goose; diamond (at cards); (gard.) bed, square; (arch.) stretcher; rubber (file); ☉square-headed arrow, cross-arrow. _Brochet —_; very large pike. _Tomber sur le —_; to fall on the floor. _Coucher sur le —_; to sleep on the floor. _Jeter quelqu’un sur le —_; to send any one sprawling upon the ground. _Rester sur le —_; to be killed on the spot. _Etoffes à —x_; stuff checks. _C’est un valet de —_; he is a contemptible fellow.

=carrefour=, _n.m._, cross-way or street, cross-road, quadrant, crowded thoroughfare. _Les —s d’une ville_; the public places of a town. _— des auteurs_; Grub-street. _Langage de —_; low, vulgar language; Billingsgate. _Orateur de —_; stump-orator.

=carrelage=, _n.m._, tile-flooring, brick-paving.

=carreler=, _v.a._, to pave (a floor) with square tiles, bricks, stones; to cobble.

=carrelet=, _n.m._, (ich.) flounder; square net; shoemaker’s awl.

=carrelette=, _n.f._, flat file.

=carreleur=, _n.m._, floor-tiler, brick-pavior; tramping cobbler.

=carrelier=, _n.m._, a tile-maker.

=carrelure=, _n.f._, new-soling of shoes.

=carrément=, _adv._, squarely; plainly, straightforwardly. _Couper —_; to cut square. _Tracer un plan —_; to draw a plan square.

=carrer=, _v.a._, to square.

_se_ =carrer=, _v.r._, to strut, to stalk; to double one’s stake (at _bouillotte_—a card game). _Se — dans son fauteuil_; to sit in state.

=carrick=, _n.m._, box-coat, cape; gig.

=carrier=, _n.m._, a quarry-man.

=carrière=, _n.f._, race-ground, course, &c.; career, race; course; scope; play, vent; quarry. _Le bout de la —_; the goal. _Parcourir la —_; to run round, to run over the course. _Donner — à son imagination_; to give scope, free vent to one’s imagination. _Se donner —_; to throw off all restraint. _Donner — à un cheval_; to give a horse his head. _— de marbre_; marble quarry.

=carriole=, _n.f._, covered cart, jaunting car, pleasure-van; wretched carriage.

=carrossable=, _adj._, (of roads) practicable for carriages. _Route —_; carriage road.

=carrosse=, _n.m._, four-wheeled carriage, coach. _— de remise_; livery-coach. _— de louage_; hackney-coach. _Mener un —_; to drive a carriage. _Aller en —_; to ride in a coach. _Rouler —_; to keep a carriage; to live in grand style.

=carrossée=, _n.f._, coachful, carriageful.

=carrosserie=, _n.f._, coach-making; coach-building.

=carrossier=, _n.m._, coachmaker, carriage-builder; coach-horse.

=carrousel=, _n.m._, tournament; roundabout.

☉=carrousse=, _n.f._, carouse. _Faire —_; to carouse, to drink hard.

=carrure=, _n.f._, breadth of shoulders.

=cartahu=, _n.m._, (nav.) whip; girt-line. _Poulie de —_; single block.

=cartayer=, _v.n._, to avoid ruts.

=carte=, _n.f._, pasteboard; card, postcard; label, ticket; map, chart; bill; bill of fare; account. _Un jeu de —s_; a pack of cards. _Les basses —s_; the small cards. _—s préparées_; marked cards. _Donner les —s_; to deal. _Battre les —s_; to shuffle. _Faire des tours de —s_; to play tricks with cards. _Mettre aux —s_; to pay the card money. _Château de —s_; gingerbread _or_ jerry-built house. _Brouiller les —s_; to sow discord. _Voir le dessous des —s_; to be in the secret; “in the Know.” _Avoir — blanche_; to have full power. _Tirer les —s_; to tell fortunes (with cards). _— de géographie_; map, chart. _Faire la — d’un pays_; to map out a country. _— topographique_; topographical chart. _— marine_; sea-chart. _Perdre la —_; to lose one’s wits. _Dîner à la —_; to dine from the bill of fare.

=cartel=, _n.m._, challenge, cartel; dial-case, clock; frieze-panel, frame; (milit., nav.) cartel. _— d’armoiries_; (her.) shield.

=carterie=, _n.f._, card-making, card-factory.

=carteron=, _n.m._ _V._ =quarteron=.

=cartésianisme=, _n.m._, Cartesian philosophy.

=cartésien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Cartesian.

=carthaginois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Carthaginian.

=carthame=, _n.m._, (bot.) carthamus, safflower.

=cartier=, _n.m._, playing-card maker.

=cartilage=, _n.m._, (anat.) cartilage, gristle.

=cartilagineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cartilaginous, gristly.

=cartisane=, _n.f._, foil-card. _Dentelle à —_; vellum-lace.

=cartomancie=, _n.f._, cartomancy.

=cartomancien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, fortune-teller (by cards).

=carton=, _n.m._, pasteboard; (paint.) cartoon; bandbox; case; hat-box; bonnet-box; (print.) four-page cancel. _— lissé_; glazed pasteboard. _— de pâté_; mill board. _Les —s de Raphaël_; the cartoons of Raphael. _— de dessins_; portfolio of drawings.

=cartonnage=, _n.m._, (book-bind.) boarding.

=cartonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (book-bind.) in boards.

=cartonner=, _v.a._, to put in boards.

=cartonnerie=, _n.f._, pasteboard manufactory.

=cartonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, binder, boarder (of books).

=cartonnier=, _n.m._, pasteboard-maker, seller.

=carton-pierre=, _n.m._, (_n.p._), statuary pasteboard.

=cartouche=, _n.m._, escutcheon, shield, ring; (arch.) cartouch, modillion.

=cartouche=, _n.f._, cartouch, case-shot, canister-shot (of cannon); cartridge.

=cartouchier=, _n.m._, (nav.) cartridge-box, _or_ pouch.

=cartouchière=, _n.f._, cartridge-box.

=cartulaire=, _n.m._, cartulary.

=carus=, _n.m._, (med.) deep coma.

=carvi=, _n.m._, (bot.) caraway; caraway-seed.

=caryatide=. _V._ =cariatide=.

=caryophyllée=, _adj.f._, (bot.) caryophyllous.

=caryophyllées=, _n.f.pl._, caryophyllæ.

=caryophylloïde=, _n.f._, caryophilloid.

=cas=, _n.m._, case, event, esteem, value; needs, concern; (jur., math., gram., med.) case. _Un — pendable_; a hanging matter. _Un — imprévu_; an unforeseen case. _Un tout en —_; sunshade. _Au —_, _en — que cela soit_; in case it should turn out to be. _Auquel —_; in which case. _Le — échéant_; if such should be the case; in that case. _En tel —_, _en pareil —_; in such a case. _Hors le —_; unless, except, save. _C’est le — de parler_; it is the time to speak out. _Faire grand — de quelqu’un_; to have a great esteem for any one, to value highly. _Faire peu de —_; to make light of, to slight. _En tout —_; at all events, however. _En — de besoin_; in case of need. _C’est le — ou jamais_; it is now or never. _Il n’est pas dans le — de vous nuire_; he is not in a position to harm you. _C’est bien le — de le dire_; you may indeed well say so. _Un en —_; a snack (in case of need).

=casani-er=, =-ère=, _n._ and _adj._, domestic person, domestic, retired, stay at home, home-bird.

=casaque=, _n.f._, great coat, cassock. _Tourner —_; to change sides, to rat.

=casaquin=, _n.m._, short gown, jacket.

=cascade=, _n.f._, cascade, waterfall; leap, bound. _Un discours plein de —s_; a jumbled, jerky speech.

=cascarille=, _n.f._, cascarilla.

=cascatelle=, _n.f._, cascade (of Tivoli).

=case=, _n.f._, division; cabin, dwelling-place, small house, hut; box (for animals); pigeon-hole, compartment; point (backgammon); square (chess, draughts); (nav.) berth.

=casé=, =-e=, _part._, placed. _Le voilà —_; he is provided for.

=caséeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, caseous, cheesy.

=casemate= (kaz-mat), _n.f._, (fort.) casemate; dungeon, cell.

=casematé=, =-e=, _adj._, casemated.

=caser=, _v.n._, (backgammon) to make a point.

=caser=, _v.a._, to place, to find a place for, to provide for; to arrange, put in order.

_se_ =caser=, _v.r._, to take up one’s abode, one’s quarters, to get settled.

=caserne=, _n.f._, barracks. _— de pompiers_; fire-brigade station. _Intendant de —_; barrack-master.

=casernement=, _n.m._, quartering in barracks.

=caserner=, _v.a._, to quarter in barracks.

=caserner=, _v.n._, to be in barracks.

=casier=, _n.m._, set of pigeon-holes; rack, ledger-rack.

*=casilleux=, _adj.m._, brittle.

=casimir=, _n.m._, kerseymere cloth.

=casino=, _n.m._, casino, club.

=casoar=, _n.m._, (orni.) cassowary.

=casque=, _n.m._, helmet, casque, head-piece; (bot.) hood; (her.) helmet, casque; (conch.) helmet-shell.

=casquette=, _n.f._, cap (of a man or boy).

=cassable=, _adj._, breakable.

=cassade=, _n.f._, sham, flam; lie, fib, cheat.

=cassage=, _n.m._, breakage.

*=cassaille=, _n.f._, the breaking up (of ground).

=cassant=, =-e=, _adj._, brittle, apt to break; (of a man) abrupt, bluff, gruff.

=cassation=, _n.f._, breaking; (jur.) annulment, repeal, quashing. _Se pourvoir en —_; to lodge an appeal. _Cour de —_; the highest court of appeal in France.

=cassave=, _n.f._, cassava.

=casse=, _n.f._, (bot.) cassia; (print.) case; (com.) breakage; ☉(milit.) cashiering, dismissal. _— aromatique_; bastard cinnamon. _Cet officier mérite la —_; that officer deserves to be dismissed the service. _Haut de —_; (print.) upper-case. _Bas de —_; (print.) lower-case. _Apprendre la —_; to learn the boxes.

=casseau=, _n.m._, (print.) half-case.

=casse-cou=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) break-neck; (man.) rough-rider.

=casse-lunettes=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) (bot.) eyebright.

=casse-mottes=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) (agri.) clod-breaker.

=casse-noisettes=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) nut-crackers.

=casse-noix=, _n.m._, (_—_) nut-crackers; (orni.) nut-hatch.

=casser=, _v.a._, to break; to crack; to cashier; to waste; to wear out; to annul; to rescind; to shiver (a mast). _Qui casse les verres les paie_ or _Il faut payer les pots cassés_; you must stand the racket. _— un jugement_; to reverse a judgment. _Cassé de vieillesse_; worn out with old age. _Voix cassée_; broken voice. _Vous me cassez la tête_; you bore me to death. _— aux gages_; to dismiss, to discharge.

_se_ =casser=, _v.r._, to break; to break down; to wear out; to snap. _Se — la tête_; to break one’s head; to puzzle one’s brains. _Se — le cou_; to break one’s neck. _Se — la jambe_; to break one’s leg.

=casser=, _v.n._, to break. _À tout —_; with a vengeance; at break-neck speed.

=casserole=, _n.f._, saucepan, stewpan.

=casse-tête=, _n.m._, (_—_) tomahawk; puzzle-brain; heady wine; din, noise. _Quel —!_ what a din!

=cassetin=, _n.m._, (print.) box.

=cassette=, _n.f._, casket; cash-box. _La — du roi_; the King’s privy purse.

=casseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, breaker, smasher. _C’est un grand — de raquettes_; he is a real matador. _Un — d’assiettes_; a quarrelsome fellow, blusterer, bully.

=cassier=, _n.m._, cassia-tree.

=cassine=, _n.f._, (milit.) cassine; country-box; badly-kept house; stall, booth.

=cassiopée=, _n.f._, (astron.) Cassiopeia.

=cassis= (kâ-sis), _n.m._, black currant; black currant-tree; black-currant ratafia (liquor).

=cassolette=, _n.f._, perfuming pan; scent-box, fragrant smell; (b.s.) stench, odor. _Quelle —!_ what a perfume!

=casson=, _n.m._, fragment of plate-glass; lump.

=cassonade=, _n.f._, moist sugar.

=cassure=, _n.f._, broken place; break, crack, snap; fracture; (nav.) hogging.

*=castagnette=, _n.f._, castanet.

=caste=, _n.f._, caste.

☉=castel=, _n.m._, castle.

*=castillan=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Castilian.

*=castille=, _n.f._, altercation, bickering, strife.

=castine=, _n.f._, (metal.) flux.

=castor=, _n.m._, (mam.) castor, beaver; beaver hat; tile.

=castoréum= (-om), _n.m._, (phar.) castoreum.

=castorine=, _n.f._, castorine.

=castramétation=, _n.f._, castrametation.

=castrat=, _n.m._, castrato, castrate.

=castration=, _n.f._, castration.

=casualité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) casualty, fortuitousness.

=casuel=, =-le=, _adj._, casual, contingent, precarious, fortuitous, accidental.

=casuel=, _n.m._, perquisites, extra salary; fees. _Le — d’une cure_; surplice fees.

=casuellement= (-mān), _adv._, casually, accidentally, by chance, fortuitously.

=casuiste=, _n.m._, casuist.

=catachrèse= (-krèz), _n.f._, (rhet.) catachresis.

=cataclysme=, _n.m._, cataclysm, deluge, flood; (fig.) disaster, overthrow.

=catacois=. _V._ =cacatois=.

=catacombes=, _n.f.pl._, catacombs.

=catacoustique=, _n.f._, catacoustics.

=catadioptrique=, _n.f._, catadioptrics.

=catadioptrique=, _adj._, catadioptrical.

☉=catadoupe= _or_ =catadupe=, _n.f._, catadupa, cataract, waterfall.

=catafalque=, _n.m._, catafalque; bed of state.

=cataire=, _adj._, of a cat, cat-like. _Frémissement —_ (med.); thrill, purring tremor, of the heart.