Chapter C (3)

=chat=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, cat; darling, dear; searcher (to examine cannons); plumb-rule; (nav.) cat. _Petit —_; kitten. _Herbe aux —s_; cat’s-mint. _— musqué_; civet, musk-cat. _— cervier_; lynx. _— bon aux souris_; good mouser. _— à neuf queues_; cat-o’-nine-tails. _Votre chatte est pleine_; your cat is with kitten. _À bon — bon rat_; set a thief to catch a thief; tit for tat; diamond cut diamond. _— échaudé craint l’eau froide_; a burnt child dreads the fire. _La nuit tous les —s sont gris_; when candles are away all cats are grey. _Il n’y a pas là de quoi fouetter un —_; it is a mere trifle. _N’éveillez pas le — qui dort_; let sleeping dogs lie. _Acheter — en poche_; to buy a pig in a poke. _Se servir de la patte du — pour tirer les marrons du feu_; to make a cat’s-paw of anyone. _Il n’y a pas un —_; there is not a living soul there. _Le — parti, les souris dansent_; when the cat’s away the mice will play. _Comme — sur braise_; like a cat on hot bricks. _Œil-de-—_; calf’s snout, snapdragon. _Patte-de-—_; ground-ivy. _Pied-de-—_; cat’s-foot, ale-hoof, tune-hoof. _Sabbat de —_, _musique de —_; caterwauling. _Mon petit —_; (term of endearment) my dear, my darling. _Appeler un — un —_; to call a spade a spade, not to mince matters. _Avoir un — dans la gorge_; to have a phlegm in one’s throat (of singers). _Nous avons d’autres —s à fouetter_; we have other fish to fry. _— en poche_; a pig in a poke. _Bailler le — par les pattes_; to bell the cat. _Ces gens vivent comme chien et —_; these people live like cat and dog. _Emporter le —_; to go away without paying one’s reckoning, to take French leave.

*=châtaigne=, _n.f._, chestnut. _— amère_; horse-chestnut. _— d’eau_; water-caltrops.

*=châtaigneraie=, _n.f._, chestnut grove.

*=châtaignier=, _n.m._, chestnut-tree or wood.

=châtain=, _adj._, chestnut, nut-brown, auburn. _— clair_; light auburn.

=chataire=, _n.f._ _V._ =cataire=.

=château=, _n.m._, castle, fort, citadel; country-seat, mansion, palace. _— fort_; fortress. _— seigneurial_; baronial-hall. _Faire des —x en Espagne_; to build castles in the air. _— de carte_; house of cards. _— d’eau_; water-works, artificial fountain.

=châteaubriand=, _n.m._, fillet-steak.

=châtelain= (shâ-tlin), _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._ and _adj._, lord, lady, of a manor, squire.

=châtelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) turreted.

☉=châtelet= (sha-tlè), _n.m._, small castle; a former prison or law-courts at Paris.

☉=châtellenie=, _n.f._, castellany, castle-ward.

☉=chatepeleuse=, _n.f._, curculio, weevil.

=chat-huant= (sha-uān), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) owl, screech-owl, horn-owl.

=châtiable=, _adj._, chastisable, punishable.

=châtier= (-tié), _v.a._, to chastise, to correct, to punish, to scourge, to flog; (c.rel.) to chasten. _Qui aime bien, châtie bien_; spare the rod and spoil the child. _— une pièce de vers_; to polish a piece of poetry.

=chatière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, cat’s hole; cat-trap.

=châtiment=, _n.m._, chastisement, correction, punishment, castigation; (c.rel.) chastening.

=chatoiement= _or_ =chatoîment=, _n.m._, chatoyment, sparkling, glistening, play of colors.

=chaton=, _n.m._, kitten; bezel (of a ring); outward husk or cup of the nut; (bot.) catkin; case of a watch.

*=chatouillement=, _n.m._, tickling; titillation.

*=chatouiller=, _v.a._, to tickle, to titillate; to please, to gratify; to flatter; to touch a horse lightly with the spur.

_se_ =chatouiller=, _v.r._, to tickle oneself; to excite oneself (to gayety, good humor).

*=chatouilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ticklish, delicate, nice; touchy.

=chatoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, chatoyant, shot, glistening (of colors).

=chatoyer=, _v.n._, to be chatoyant, to glisten; to play (of colors); (of style) to be florid.

=chat-pard=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) mountain-cat.

=châtré=, _n.m._, eunuch. _Voix de —_; shrill voice.

=châtré=, =-e=, _adj._, emasculate, castrated.

=châtrer=, _v.a._, to castrate; to expurgate; to take away the honey and wax from a bee-hive; to lop, prune; (fig.) to mutilate, to curtail, to retrench; (vet.) to geld. _— une truie_; to spay a sow. _— des cotrets_; to take sticks from fagots of wood. _— les tiges de tabac_; to top tobacco-plants.

_se_ =châtrer=, _v.r._, to castrate oneself; to be mutilated (of books, plays, &c.).

=châtreur=, _n.m._, gelder.

=châtrure=, _n.f._, castrating; gelding.

=chatte=, _n.f._, she-cat. _V._ =chat=.

=chattée=, _n.f._, litter of kittens.

=chattemite=, _n.f._, demure-looking person; hypocrite, dissembler.

=chatter=, _v.n._, to kitten.

=chatterie=, _n.f._, playfulness; hypocritical caress; daintiness; pretty or coaxing way.

=chaud=, =-e=, _adj._, hot, warm, burning, glowing; ardent; fervent, fervid, fierce; zealous, eager; coaxing, hasty, hot-headed, passionate; proud (of animals). _Fièvre —e_; violent fever. _Pleurer à —es larmes_; to cry bitterly. _Tomber de fièvre en — mal_; to fall out of the frying-pan into the fire. _Faire —_; to be warm (of weather). _Avoir la tête —e_; to be passionate. _Tout —_; quite hot. _Il faut battre le fer pendant qu’il est —_; (prov.) strike while the iron is hot; make hay while the sun shines. _Cet ouvrage est tout —_; this work is quite new. _Ne trouver rien de trop — ni de trop froid_; to wish to have everything. _La donner bien —e_; to excite unnecessarily great alarm. _Être — de vin_; (fam.) to be a little sprung. _L’action fut —e_; (milit.) the engagement was a warm one. _Manger —_, _boire —_; to eat, drink, warm things.

=chaud=, _n.m._, heat, warmth. _Il fait —_; it is hot. _Il fait grand —_; it is very hot. _Avoir —_; to be hot. _Souffrir le — et le froid_; to endure heat and cold. _Cela ne fait ni — ni froid_; that is immaterial, of no importance; that is neither here nor there. _Souffler le — et le froid_; to blow hot and cold in the same breath. _Cela ne lui fait ni — ni froid_; that is quite indifferent to him.

=chaud=, _adv._, hot, warm.

=chaude=, _n.f._, (metal.) heating. _Battre la —_; to beat whilst the metal is hot. _À la —_; in the first heat of passion, on the spur of the moment.

☉=chaudeau=, _n.m._, caudle; egg-flip.

=chaudelait=, _n.m._, batter-pudding.

=chaudement= (shôd-mān), _adv._, warmly, briskly, quickly, eagerly, fiercely, hotly.

=chaud-froid=, _n.m._, fancy dish (eaten cold).

=chaudier=, _v.n._, (hunt.) (of bitches) to be proud; to couple.

=chaudière=, _n.f._, copper, large kettle; boiler (of a steam-engine).

=chaudret= _or_ =chauderet=, _n.m._, (gold-beating) mould of about one thousand leaves.

=chaudron=, _n.m._, large kettle, boiler, caldron.

=chaudronnée=, _n.f._, caldronful, kettleful.

=chaudronnerie=, _n.f._, coppersmith’s trade, copper wares, brazier’s wares.

=chaudronni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, brazier, coppersmith. _— de campagne_; tinker.

=chauffage=, _n.m._, fuel, firewood, firing; right of cutting firewood; (nav.) breaming.

=chauffe=, _n.f._, (metal.) furnace.

=chauffe-assiettes=, _n.m._, (_—_) plate-warmer.

=chauffe-chemise=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) _or_ =chauffe-linge=, _n.m._, (_—_) clothes-horse, linen-warmer.

=chauffe-cire=, _n.m._, (_—_) (pers.) chafe-wax.

=chauffe-lit=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) bed-warmer.

=chauffe-pieds=, _n.m._, (_—_) foot-warmer.

=chauffer=, _v.a._, to heat, to warm; to excite. _— un vaisseau_; (nav.) to bream a ship. _— un poste_; (milit.) to keep up a sharp fire on a post. _— quelqu’un_; to pay any one off.

_se_ =chauffer=, _v.r._, to warm one’s self. _Ne pas se — du même bois_; not to be of the same way of thinking. _Savoir de quel bois on se chauffe_; to know what stuff anyone is made of.

=chauffer=, _v.n._, to be heating, to grow hot; to be brewing; to be urgent, pressing; (of a steam engine) to get up steam. _Ce n’est pas pour vous que le four chauffe_; there is nothing for you.

=chaufferette= (shô-frèt), _n.f._, foot-warmer (in the house); chafing-dish.

=chaufferie=, _n.f._, chafery, stoke-hole.

=chauffeur=, _n.m._, fireman, stoker, chauffeur; bellows-blower; (fig.) braggart, humbug.

=chauffoir=, _n.m._, warming-place; warm cloth; heater.

=chauffure=, _n.f._, flaw (in iron or steel).

=chaufour=, _n.m._, lime-kiln.

=chaufournier=, _n.m._, lime-burner.

=chaulage=, _n.m._, (agri.) liming.

=chauler=, _v.a._, to lime; to steep wheat in lime-water previous to sowing it.

=chaulier=, _n.m._, lime-burner.

=chaumage=, _n.m._, stubble-cutting; time at which stubble is cut.

=chaume=, _n.m._, stubble; stubble-field; thatch; (bot.) culm, haulm. _Être né sous le —_; to be born in a cottage. _Couvreur en —_; thatcher. _Couvrir de —_; to thatch. _Plein de —_; stubbly.

=chaumer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to cut stubble.

=chaumière=, _n.f._, thatched house, cottage, cot.

=chaumine=, _n.f._, small cottage, hut.

=chaussant=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) easy to put on, fitting (leg or foot).

=chausse=, _n.f._, stocking, hose; shoulder-knot; straining-bag, filter. _— d’aisances_; waste-pipe of a water-closet.

=chaussé=, =-e=, _part._, shod. _Bien —_; well-shod, nicely booted. _Ils sont chaussés au même point_; they get on capitally.

=chaussée=, _n.f._, causeway; bank, highway. _Au rez de —_; level with the ground. _J’habite le rez-de-chaussée_; I live on the ground-floor.

=chausse-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) shoe-horn; (fig.) help, assistance.

=chausser=, _v.a._, to put on (shoes, boots, stockings); to make shoes; to get firmly fixed into one’s head; to suit; (man.) to put one’s feet too far forward in the stirrups. _— le cothurne_; to put on the buskin, go on the tragic stage; to write in an inflated style. _— le brodequin_; to put on the sock, go on the comic stage; to compose, to act comedy. _Les cordonniers sont les plus mal chaussés_; nobody is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife. _— des arbres_; to earth up trees. _— une opinion_; to be wedded to an opinion. _Cet homme n’est pas aisé à chausser_; (fam. and fig.) that man is not easily persuaded.

_se_ =chausser=, _v.r._, to put on one’s shoes, boots, stockings; to become strongly wedded to an opinion.

=chausser=, _v.n._, to make boots or shoes, to wear shoes. _Ils chaussent au même point_; they wear shoes of the same size; (fig.) they are of the same stamp.

=chausses=, _n.f.pl._, breeches, small-clothes, trowsers. _— à tuyaux d’orgue_; trunk hose. _Ne pas avoir de —_; to be very poor. _Avoir la clef de ses —_; to be one’s own master. _Laisser ses — quelque part_; to leave one’s bones somewhere, to die. _Tirer ses —_; to scamper away. _Elle porte les —_; she wears the breeches.

=chaussetier= (shôs-tié), _n.m._, hosier.

=chausse-trape=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) caltrop; snare, trap; (bot.) star-thistle.

=chaussette=, _n.f._, sock; under-stocking; anklet.

=chausson=, _n.m._, sock; under-stocking; pump; light shoe (worn when playing rackets, or when fencing); list-shoe; puff-paste; fruit-tart.

=chaussure=, _n.f._, foot-gear, shoes, slippers, boots, pumps. _Il a trouvé — à son pied_; he has found what he wanted; he has met with his match.

=chauve=, _adj._, bald, baldpated.

=chauve-souris=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) bat, flitter-mouse.

☉=chauveté= (shôv-té), _n.f._, baldness, calvity.

=chauvinisme=, _n.m._, Chauvinism.

=chauvir=, _v.n._, to prick up the ears (of horses, asses, mules).

=chaux=, _n.f._, lime; limestone; (chem.) calx, lime. _— éteinte_; slaked lime. _— vive_; quicklime. _Pierre à —_; limestone. _Donner un blanc de —_; (mas.) to give a coat of whitewash. _Être fait à — et à ciment_, or _à — et à mortier_; to be well and solidly done.

=chavirement=, _n.m._, capsizing, upsetting.

=chavirer=, _v.n._, to capsize, to upset.

=chavirer=, _v.a._, to turn upside down; to turn inside out.

=chebec=, _n.m._, (nav.) xebec.

=chef=, _n.m._, chief, head, commander, conductor, master, principal, ringleader, foreman (of a jury); fag-end (of a piece of linen); (nav.) end of a cable; (med.) tail of a bandage. _En —_; in chief. _— de bureau_; senior clerk. _— de cabinet_; head of a department. _— d’état-major_; chief of the staff. _— d’état major-général_; quarter-master-general. _— de musique_; band-master. _— d’orchestre_; musical-director. _— de parti_; party-leader. _— de pièce_; captain of a gun. _— de rayon_; (com.) head of a department. _— de train_; railway guard. _— de famille_; head of a house. _— de cuisine_; master-cook. _— d’accusation_; count of indictment, charge. _Faire quelque chose de son —_; to do a thing on one’s own responsibility. _De son —_; in one’s own right.

=chef-d’œuvre= (shè-deuvr), _n.m._, (_—s-—_) trial piece; master-piece; master-stroke.

☉=chefecier=. _V._ =chevecier=.

=chef-lieu=, _n.m._, (_—s-—x_) chief residence; head-quarters, chief town; county-town.

=chégros=, _n.m._, shoemaker’s thread or end, cobbler’s-ends, wax end.

=cheik= _or_ =scheik=, _n.m._, sheik.

=chéiroptère= (ké-). _V._ =chiroptère=.

=chélidoine= (ké-), _n.f._, (bot.) celandine, swallow-wort.

=chélone= (ké-), _n.f._, (bot.) chelone, snake-head, shell-flower.

=chélonée= (ké-), _n.f._, sea-tortoise.

=chélonite= (ké-), _n.f._, chelonite.

☉_se_ =chêmer=, _v.r._, to fall away, to waste, to pine.

=chemin=, _n.m._, way, road, path, track; means; course; (nav.) way; (railways) line, road. _Grand —_; highway, high-road. _Voleur de grands —s_; highwayman. _— passant_; much frequented thoroughfare. _—s vicinaux_, _communaux_; village, parochial roads. _— de traverse_; cross-road. _— détourné_; out of the way road. _— de fer_; railway, railroad. _— de fer à rail plat_; tramroad. _— de service_; (railways) attendant path. _Embranchement de — de fer_; branch railway. _Le — de l’hôpital_; the way to the work-house. _— couvert_; (fort.) covered way, corridor. _— de halage_; towing-path. _À mi-—_; half-way. _— faisant_; on the way. _— de velours_; the primrose path. _Le — des écoliers_; the longest way. _Se mettre en —_; to begin a journey. _Rebrousser —_; to go back. _Être toujours par voie et par —_; to be always gadding about. _Aller toujours son —_; to pursue one’s point. _Aller son petit bonhomme de —_; to jog along quietly. _Passez votre —_; go your way. _Tout — mène à Rome_; there are more ways to heaven than one. _Ce jeune homme fera son —_; this young man will make his way. _N’y pas aller par quatre —s_; not to beat about the bush. _Qui trop se hâte, reste en —_; slow and sure wins the race. _— de Saint-Jacques_; (astron.) milky-way. _Faire voir du —_; to give trouble.

=chemineau=, _n.m._, portable stove; tramp.

=cheminée=, _n.f._, chimney; fire-place; mantel-shelf; nipple (of a percussion gun). _Tuyau de —_; chimney-flue. _Ramoneur de —_; chimney-sweep. _Corps de —_; chimney-stack. _Sous le manteau de la —_; secretly (sub rosâ). _Il faut faire une croix à la —_; we must chalk that up. _Se chauffer à la — du roi René_; to warm one’s self in the sun.

=cheminement=, _n.m._, (milit.) approach, progress (of siege operations).

=cheminer=, _v.n._, to walk, to go; to proceed leisurely; to be well connected (of things). _Ce poème chemine bien_; the various parts of this poem are well connected.

=chemise=, _n.f._, shirt, shift, chemise; (fort., mas.) chemise; coat (of a mold); wrapper, cover, envelope; case. _— blanche_; clean shirt. _— de nuit_; night-gown; night-shirt. _— de mailles_; coat of mail. _Vendre jusqu’à sa —_; to sell the shirt off one’s back. _Passer une —_; to put on a shirt. _La peau est plus proche que la —_; near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin. _En manches de —_; in shirt-sleeves. _Le temps de mettre une —_; just time to dress.

=chemiser=, _v.a._, to coat.

=chemiserie=, _n.f._, shirt-warehouse; shirt-making; shirts.

=chemisette=, _n.f._, light under-waistcoat; shirt-front; dicky; chemisette. _Corps de —_; habit-shirt.

=chemisi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, shirt-maker.

=chênaie=, _n.f._, oak-plantation.

=chenal=, _n.m._, channel, watercourse (of harbors, &c.); (geog.) track; gutter (of roofs).

=chenaler=, _v.n._, (nav.) to sail through a channel.

=chenapan=, _n.m._, (pop.) vagabond, good for nothing wretch, scamp, blackguard.

=chêne=, _n.m._, (bot.) oak. _De —_; oaken. _— vert_; evergreen-oak. _— liège_; cork-tree.

=chêneau=, _n.m._, young oak.

=chéneau=, _n.m._, gutter (of roofs).

=chenet=, _n.m._, andiron, fire-dog.

=chênette=, _n.f._, (bot.) germander. _— amère_; wall germander.

=chènevière=, _n.f._, hemp-field.

=chènevis= (shèn-vi), _n.m._, hemp-seed.

=chènevotte=, _n.f._, boon, stalk (of hemp).

=chènevotter=, _v.n._, (agri.) to shoot weak wood.

=chenil= (-ni), _n.m._, dog-kennel; dirty hovel; kennel of hounds.

*=chenille=, _n.f._, caterpillar, worm; kind of silk cord; kind of dressing-gown; evil doer; bore (troublesome person). _— velue_; hairy caterpillar. _— rase_; naked caterpillar. _Laid comme une —_; as ugly as a toad.

*=chenillette=, _n.f._, (bot.) caterpillar.

=chénopode= (ké-), _n.m._, (bot.) all-good.

=chenu=, =-e=, _adj._, hoary, hoar-back; gray-headed.

=cheptel= (shĕ-tèl), _n.m._, (jur.) lease of cattle; cattle leased out.

=chèque=, _n.m._, check; cheque. _— barré_; crossed cheque.

=ch-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, dear, beloved; dear, costly, expensive. _Rendre —_; to endear. _Il fait — vivre à Paris_; living is dear in Paris.

=cher=, _adv._, dear, dearly. _Acheté_, _payé —_; dear bought. _Je le lui ferai payer plus — qu’au marché_; I will make him pay dearly for it. _Faire payer trop —_; to ask too much for.

=chᵉʳ.=, ab. for Chevalier.

=chercher=, _v.a._, to seek, to look for, to search, to be in quest of; to endeavor, to cast about for, to attempt, to try to find. _Que cherchez-vous?_ what are you looking for? _Aller —_; to go and bring, to go and fetch, to go for. _Je viendrai vous —_; I will come for you. _Envoyer —_; to send for. _Il est allé — son cheval_; he has gone to fetch his horse. _Allez me — la lettre_; go and bring me the letter. _— noise_, _— querelle à_; to pick a quarrel with. _— quelqu’un par mer et par terre_; to look for any one high and low. _— des yeux_; to look for. _— midi à quatorze heures_; to seek for difficulties where there are none; (prov.) to look for a knot in a bulrush. _Le bien cherche le bien_; money begets money; money flies to money; deep calls to deep.

=chercheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, seeker, searcher, inquirer. _— de franches lippées_; spunger.

=chère=, _n.f._, cheer, entertainment, fare; reception. _Bonne —_; junketing. _Homme de bonne —_; a man who likes good living. _Faire bonne —_; to live well. _Faire maigre —_; to live poorly. _Ne savoir quelle — faire à quelqu’un_; not to know how to welcome any one enough. _Il n’est — que d’appétit_; hunger is the best sauce. _Il n’est — que de vilain_; there is nothing like a miser’s feast. _Faire — de prince à quelqu’un_; treat any one sumptuously.

=chèrement=, _adv._, dearly, tenderly; dear, at a high price.

=chéri=, =-e=, _part._, beloved, cherished.

=chérif=, _n.m._, (_—s_) cherif (Arabian prince).

=chérir=, _v.a._, to love dearly, to cherish; to hug.

=chérissable=, _adj._, deserving, worthy of love.

=cherté=, _n.f._, dearness, high price, dearth.

=chérubin=, _n.m._, cherub.

=chervis=, _n.m._, (bot.) skirret.

=chéti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, lean, thin, pitiful, piteous, puny; sorry, bad, mean, wretched.

=chétivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, meanly, pitifully, sorrily, poorly, penuriously; feebly.

=cheulard=, _n.m._, lout, gaby.

=cheval=, _n.m._, horse, nag; horse-flesh; (astron.) horse. _— de frise_; cheval de frise. _— fondu_; saddle my nag (game). _— marin_; sea-horse. _— de rivière_; river-horse. _Fer à —_; horse-shoe. _— gris pommelé_, _truité_, _aubère_, _rouan_, _poil de souris_, _isabelle_, _soupe au lait_; dapple-gray, trout-colored, fleabitten-gray, roan, mouse-colored, light dun, cream-colored, horse. _Petit —_; nag, pony. _— de parade_, _de bataille_; prancer, charger. _— de selle_, _de chasse_, _de trait_; saddle-horse, hunter, draught-horse. _— de brancard_, _de main_, _à deux mains_; shaft-horse, led-horse, saddle and shaft-horse. _— de bât_; pack-horse; lout, booby. _— de course_, _d’amble_; race-horse, nag. _— de Barbarie_ or _Barbe_; barb. _— entier_; _— hongre_; entire horse, stone-horse; gelding. _— à bascule_; rocking-horse. _— simulé_; (fowling) stalking-horse. _— de bois_; (milit.) horse (for punishment). _— de charrue_, _de labour_; plow-horse. _— de conduite_; led horse. _— de gauche_; near-side horse. _— sous la main_; off-side horse. _— de louage_; horse for hire, livery horse. _— à une main_; horse for riding or driving only. _— à deux mains_, _à deux fins_, _à toutes mains_; horse for riding and driving. _— de race_, _de pur sang_; blood-horse. _— au vert_; grass-horse. _— qui a beaucoup d’action_; high stepper. _Chevaux de frise_; (milit.) chevaux de frise. _Case_, _wagon_, _pour les chevaux_; horse-box. _Chair de —_; horse-flesh. _L’art de monter à —_; horsemanship. _Aller à —_; to ride. _À —!_ to horse! _Être à —_; to be on horseback. _Être à — sur un bâton_; to ride a stick. _Il est le — de bât_; he is the drudge. _Travail de —_; hard work. _Brider son — par la queue_; to begin at the wrong end. _Parler à —_; to speak magisterially, severely. _Être mal à —_; to be in a quandary. _Monter sur ses grands chevaux_; to ride the high horse. _À — donné il ne faut point regarder à la bride_; one must not look a gift horse in the mouth. _Il n’est si bon — qui ne bronche_; ’tis a good horse that never stumbles. _Huile de —_; horse-grease. _Être à — sur l’étiquette_; to be a stickler for etiquette. _Changer son — borgne contre un aveugle_; to make a bad bargain; to change for the worse. _L’œil du maître engraisse le —_; matters prosper under the master’s eye.

=chevalement=, _n.m._, (arch.) prop, stay, shore.

=chevaler=, _v.a._, to prop, to shore up.

=chevaler=, _v.n._, to run about, to run up and down.

=chevaleresque=, _adj._, chivalrous, knightly.

=chevalerie=, _n.f._, knighthood, chivalry. _— errante_; knight-errantry.

=chevalet=, _n.m._, wooden horse (instrument of torture); bridge (of a stringed instrument); easel; the gallows of a printing-press; horse for scraping hides on; sawing-trestle or horse; buttress, prop, shore; clothes-horse; cross-beam (of a dormer window); pyrotechnist’s horse or rack; (nav.) roller (to pass the cables from one place to another). _Tableau de —_; (paint.) easel-piece.

=chevalier=, _n.m._, knight; cavalier; knight (at chess); (orni.) sandpiper. _Armer quelqu’un —_; to dub any one a knight. _— d’honneur_; the first gentleman-usher to the queen. _Le — du guet_; formerly the captain of the night watch at Paris. _— de l’arquebuse_; one of the artillery-company. _— errant_; knight-errant. _— d’industrie_; one that lives by his wits, sharper, swindler. _— de la coupe_; tavern-knight. _Se faire le — de quelqu’un_; to stand up for any one. _— de Saint-Louis_; knight of St. Louis. _— de la légion d’honneur_; knight of the legion of honor. _— rouge_; (orni.) red-shank.

=chevalière=, _n.f._, knight’s lady; signet-ring.

=chevaline=, _adj._, equine, of horses.

=chevalis=, _n.m._, passage, canal (cut in the bed of a river).

☉=chevance=, _n.f._, goods and chattels, substance.

=chevane=, _n.f._, (pisc.) chub, cheven.

=chevauchage=, _n.m._, (print.) riding.

=chevauchant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) equitant.

=chevauchée=, _n.f._, circuit, progress; riding.

=chevauchement= (-vôsh-mān), _n.m._, (of bones) overlapping.

=chevaucher=, _v.n._, to ride, to be astride; (nav.) to ride, to cross; (carp.) to overlap; (print. and surg.) to ride.

=chevaucher=, _v.a._ _— le vent_; to beat up against the wind.

=chevaucheur=, _n.m._, rider, horseman.

☉_à_ =chevauchons=, _adv._, astraddle.

=chevau-léger=, _n.m._, light-horseman. _—-—s_; light cavalry.

=chevêche=, _n.f._, white owl, owlet, church owl.

=chevecier=, _n.m._, dean (of certain chapters).

=chevelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) (of the hair) crined.

=cheveline= (shĕv-), _n.f._, coral club-top.

=chevelu=, =-e=, (shĕve-), _adj._, long-haired, hairy; (bot.) fibrous; (of literature) romantic. _Comète —e_; haired comet. _Cuir —_; scalp.

=chevelu=, _n.m._, (bot.) chevelure; beard of the root.

=chevelure= (shĕv-), _n.f._, hair, head of hair; scalp. _La — de Bérénice_; (constellation) Berenice’s hair (Coma Berenices).

=chever=, _v.a._, (gold.) to hollow out.

=chevet=, _n.m._, pillow; bolster; the head (of a bed); bedside; (nav.) cushion, bag. _Droit de —_; sort of fee or present. _Le — d’une église_; apsis of a church. _Trouver quelque chose sous son —_; to dream of anything. _C’est son épée de —_; he is his trusty councilor.

=chevêtre=, _n.m._, halter; (carp.) binding-joist; (surg.) bandage to support the lower jaw.

=cheveu=, _n.m._, hair. _Les —x_; the hair of the head. _—x de Vénus_; (bot.) maiden-hair. _Tresse de —x_; plait of hair. _—x roux_; sandy hair. _—x d’ébène_; raven locks. _—x épars_; disheveled locks. _—x postiches_; false hair. _Je désire me faire couper les —x_; I want to have my hair cut. _Raser les —x_; to shave the head. _Se prendre aux —x_; to take one another by the hair. _Cela fait dresser les —x sur la tête_; that makes one’s hair stand on end. _Prendre l’occasion aux —x_; to take time by the forelock. _En —x_; bare-headed (wearing nothing on one’s head). _Tiré par les —x_; far-fetched.

*=chevillage=, _n.m._, pegging, bolting.

=chevillard=, _n.m._, carcass-butcher, meat-salesman.

*=cheville=, _n.f._, peg, pin; bolt; plug; botch, stop-gap; (poet.) line or word of necessity; (nav.) iron bolt; branch (of a deer’s head). _Trouver à chaque trou une —_; to find a peg for every hole. _— ouvrière_; pole-bolt of a coach; principal agent, mainspring of a party, of an affair. _La — du pied_; the ankle-bone. _— à goujon_; common bolt. _— à goupille_; forelock bolt. _— à bouche et à croc_; bolt with ring and hook. _— à tête de diamant_; square-headed bolt. _— à pointe perdue_; short drove-bolt. _— d’affût_; gun-carriage bolt. _— à cosse_; fender-bolt. _Vous ne lui allez pas à la —_; you are a pigmy compared with him; no match for him. _À la —_; by the carcass, or half carcass.

*=chevillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) branched.

*=cheviller=, _v.a._, to peg or pin, to fasten with a peg; (dy.) to wring. _Des vers chevillés_; botched verses. _Il a l’âme chevillée dans le corps_; he has nine lives.

*=chevillette=, _n.f._, key or peg (of a book-binder’s sewing press).

*=chevillon=, _n.m._, turner’s peg.

*=chevillot=, _n.m._, (nav.) toggle, belaying-pin.

*=chevillure=, _n.f._, branches of a deer’s head.

=chèvre=, _n.f._, she-goat, nanny-goat; (mec.) crab, gin; crane; (astron.) capella. _Enter en pied de —_; to graft slopeways. _Barbe-de-—_; (bot.) jew’s beard. _— à musc_; musk goat, Thibet musk. _Avoir la —_, _prendre la —_; to take offense. _Ménager la — et le chou_; to run with the hare and hold with the hounds. _Où la — est attachée il faut qu’elle broute_; one must bow to circumstances.

=chevreau=, _n.m._, kid; kid (skin).

*=chèvrefouille=, _n.m._, honeysuckle. _— des bois_; woodbine.

=chèvre-pied= _or_ =chèvre-pieds=, _adj._, (of satyrs) goat-footed.

=chevrette=, _n.f._, roe, doe; shrimp, prawn; syrup-pot; little andiron or fire dog.

*=chevreuil=, _n.m._, roebuck, roe-deer; venison.

=chevri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, goat-herd.

*=chevrillard=, _n.m._, young roebuck.

=chevron=, _n.m._, rafter; stripe (on a soldier’s sleeve); (nav.) scantling, long wedge; (her.) chevron. _— de long pan_; long rafter. _—s de croupe_; hips. _—s cintrés_; arched rafters. _—s de remplage_; joists. _Mettre les —s à la batterie_; to apply the wedges to the trucks.

=chevronné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) chevroned.

☉=chevrotage=, _n.m._, goat-fee.

=chevrotain=, _n.m._, chevrotain.

=chevrotant=, =-e=, _adj._, quivering, tremulous.

=chevrotement= (-mān), _n.m._, tremulous motion, trembling, quivering of the voice.

=chevroter=, _v.n._, to kid; to sing or speak in a tremulous voice.

=chevrotin=, _n.m._, kid leather.

=chevrotine=, _n.f._, buck-shot.

=chez= (shé), _prep._, at, to, in, one’s house; at the house of; at, to, the native place of; in, with; among. _J’ai été — vous_; I have been at your house. _Chacun est maître — soi_; every man is master in his own house. _Je viens de — vous_; I come from your house. _J’ai pas se par — vous_; I called at your house in passing. _Je viens de — ma mère_; I come from my mother’s. _C’est — lui une habitude_; it a habit with him. _Avoir un — soi_; to have a home of one’s own. _Il n’y a pas de petit — soi_; home is home, be it ever so homely.

=chiaoux=, _n.m._, Turkish officer, messenger.

=chiasse=, _n.f._, dross, scum; dung (of flies).

=chibouque=, _n.f._, chibouk (Turkish pipe).

=chic=, _n.m._, tact, effect, knack, style (paint.). _Il a du —_; there is something stylish about him.

=chicambaut=, _n.m._, (nav.) bumkin, luff-block.

=chicane=, _n.f._, cavil, evasion, quibble; chicanery, pettifogging, caviling, quibbling; the quirks of the law; wrangling. _Gens de —_; pettifoggers. _Chercher — a quelqu’un_; to pick a trumpery quarrel with any one.

=chicaner=, _v.n._, to chicane, to cavil, to quibble, to use tricks, to quarrel with; to use quirks, shifts; to wrangle, to perplex. _— le vent_; (nav.) to hug the wind.

=chicanerie= (shi-), _n.f._, chicanery; quibbling, caviling.

=chicaneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, =chicani-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, and _adj._, chicaner, caviler, pettifogger, wrangler; litigious, caviling, wrangling.

=chicard=, =-e=, _adj._, (pop.) swellish.

=chiche=, _adj._, niggardly, penurious, stingy, scurvy, shabby, scanty, sordid, sparing, parsimonious, niggard. _Pois —s_; chick-peas, dwarf-peas.

=chichement= (shish-mān), _adv._, niggardly, penuriously, stingily, parsimoniously.

☉=chicheté=, _n.f._, niggardliness, covetousness, penuriousness.

=chicon=, _n.m._, cos-lettuce; heart (of).

=chicoracé=, =-e=, _adj._, endive-like, chicoraceous.

=chicoracée=, _n.f._, (bot.) chicoraceous plant.

=chicorée=, _n.f._, succory, endive, chicory.

=chicot=, _n.m._, small broken piece of wood; stump (of teeth); stub, stump (of trees). _— du Canada_; bonduc.

=chicoter=, _v.n._, (pop.) to wrangle, to trifle, to split hairs.

=chicotin=, _n.m._, orpine, rosewort, rose-root, livelong; juice of bitter apple. _Amer comme —_; as bitter as gall.

=chie-en-lit=, _n.m._, (_—_) merry-andrew, masker, jack-pudding.

=chien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-in, -è-n), dog, bitch; cock (of a gun or pistol). _— babillard_; (hunt.) liar. _— caniche_; poodle-dog; poodle; water-dog. _— volant_; tailless bat. _Grand —_; dog-star. _— de pure race_; true-bred dog. _— métis_; half-bred dog; mongrel. _Cette chienne est pleine_; that bitch is with pup. _— d’arrêt_; pointer. _— couchant_; setter; toad-eater; lick-spittle. _— courant_; beagle. _— turc_; Barbary, Turkish dog. _— d’attache_; ban-dog. _— de basse-cour_; house-dog. _— de berger_; shepherd’s dog. _— de boucher_; mastiff. _— de ferme_; house-dog. _— marin_, _— de mer_; (ich.) dog-fish, hound-fish. _— de race_; thorough-bred dog. _— pour le renard_; fox-hound. _— pour le sanglier_; boar-hound. _— du grand Saint-Bernard_; Alpine mastiff. _— de Terre-neuve_; Newfoundland dog. _— terrier_; terrier. _Une meute de —s_; a pack of hounds. _Un petit —_, _un jeune —_; a puppy, a whelp. _— de salon_; lap-dog. _Chasser au — d’arrêt_; to shoot over dogs. _Donner lâcher les —s_; to let loose, cast off, the dogs. _Jeter sa langue aux —s_; to give it up (of a riddle). _C’est Saint Roch et son —_; they are like Darby and Joan; they are inseparable. _Hâler les —s_; to set on the dogs. _Rompre les —s_; to call off the dogs. _Être comme un — à l’attache_; to be like a galley-slave. _Faire le — couchant_; to creep and crouch and truckle. _Mener une vie de —_; to lead a dog’s life. _Bons —s chassent de race_; like father, like son; cat after kind. _Entre — et loup_; in the dusk of the evening. _Ils s’accordent comme — et chat_; they agree like cat and dog. _Leurs —s ne chassent pas ensemble_; they don’t agree together. _Qui m’aime, aime mon —_; love me, love my dog. _— qui aboie ne mord pas_; his bark is worse than his bite. _— hargneux a toujours l’oreille déchirée_; quarrelsome curs have dirty coats. _Qui veut noyer son — l’accuse de la rage_; give your dog a bad name, and hang him. _Un — regarde bien un évêque_; a cat may look at a king. _C’est le — du jardinier_; it is the dog in the manger. _Autant vaut être mordu d’un — que d’une chienne_; as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. _Être reçu comme un — dans un jeu de quilles_; to be as welcome as a dog at a wedding.

=chien de mer= _or_ =chien marin=, _n.m._, (ich.) dog-fish, hound-fish.

=chiendent=, _n.m._, dog-grass, quitch-grass, couch-grass. _— fossile_; amianthus.

=chiennée=, _n.f._, a litter of pups.

=chienner= (shiè-), _v.n._, to whelp, to pup.

=chiffe=, _n.f._, poor stuff; rags.

=chiffon=, _n.m._, rag, scrap; trinket, frippery. _Mon petit —_; you little darling.

=chiffonnage=, _n.m._, (paint.) rumpled drapery; rumpling, crumpling, tumbling.

=chiffonne=, _adj.f._, (gard.) puny, useless. _Branche —_; puny, stunted, branch.

=chiffonner=, _v.a._, to rumple, to wrinkle, to crumple, to tumble, to ruffle, to tease, to vex.

=chiffonni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, rag-picker.

=chiffonni-er=, _n.m._, _or_ =-ère=, _n.f._, chiffonier.

=chiffre=, _n.m._, figure, number; total amount; cipher; flourish of letters, monogram; digit. _— périodique_; (arith.) figure of the recurring period. _Ecrire en —_; to write in cipher.

=chiffrer=, _v.n._, to cipher, to mark, to write in cipher.

=chiffrer=, _v.a._, to cipher, to foot up; to figure, to number (of music).

=chiffreur=, _n.m._, reckoner.

*=chignon=, _n.m._, nape (of the neck); hair twisted behind, chignon.

=chimère=, _n.f._, (myth.) chimera; myth, idle fancy, vain imagination; (conch., ich.) chimera.

=chimérique=, _adj._, chimerical, visionary, fantastical.

=chimériquement=, _adv._, chimerically.

=chimie=, _n.f._, chemistry.

=chimique=, _adj._ chemical.

=chimiste=, _n.m._, chemist.

=chimpanzé=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) chimpanzee.

=china=, _n.m._, (bot.) China-root. _V._ =squine=.

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

=chiner=, _v.a._, (manu.) to color, to dye.

=chinois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Chinese.

=chinoiserie=, _n.f._, Chinese ornament; knick-knack; folly, farce, joke.

=chiourme=, _n.f._, convict-gang.

=chiper=, _v.a._, to pilfer, to crib, to prig, to bag.

=chipie=, _n.f._, affected, mincing, peevish woman; prude.

=chipoter=, _v.n._, to dally, to trifle, to dispute about trifles; to higgle; to haggle.

=chipoti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, trifler, dallier, shuffler; higgler, haggler.

=chique=, _n.f._, quid of tobacco; (ent.) chegre, chegoe, chigre; marble (to play with).

=chiquenaude= (shik-nôd), _n.f._, fillip.

=chiquenauder=, _v.a._, to fillip.

=chiquer=, _v.n._, to chew tobacco; to eat heartily; (paint.) to dash off.

=chiquet=, _n.m._, driblet, bit; shred. _Un — de vin_; a drop of wine. _— à —_; bit by bit.

=chiragre= (ki-), _n.f._, chiragra.

☉=chirimoya=, _n.f._, custard-apple.

=chirographaire= (ki-), _adj._, on note of hand.

=chirologie= (ki-), _n.f._, chirology.

=chiromancie= (ki-), _n.f._, chiromancy, palmistry.

=chiromancien= (ki-), _n.m._, chiromancer.

=chirone=, _n.f._, (bot.) centaury.

=chiroptère= (ki-), _n.m._, (mam.) cheiropter, bat.

=chirurgical=, =-e=, _adj._, surgical.

=chirurgie=, _n.f._, surgery.

=chirurgien= (-in), _n.m._, surgeon. _Aide-—_, (_—s-—s_) assistant surgeon.

=chirurgique=, _adj._, surgical.

=chiste= (kist), _n.m._, (surg.) cyst.

=chiure=, _n.f._, fly-blow. _Marqué de —s de mouches_; fly-bitten. _Faire des —s de mouches sur_; to fly-blow.

=chlamyde= (kla-), _n.f._, chlamys.

=chlorate= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) chlorate.

=chlore= (klor), _n.m._, (chem.) chlorine; (bot.) yellow-wort.

=chloré=, =-e= (klo-), _adj._, chloruretted.

=chlorhydrate= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) hydrochlorate.

=chlorhydrique= (klo-), _adj._, (chem.) hydrochloric, muriatic.

=chloride= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) a combination of chlorine with a simple substance, chloride.

=chlorique= (klo-), _adj._, (chem.) chloric.

=chloroforme= (klo-), _n.m._, chloroform.

=chloroformer=, _v.a._, to administer chloroform.

=chloromètre= (klo-), _n.m._, chlorometer.

=chlorométrie= (klo-), _n.f._, chlorometry.

=chlorose= (klo-rôz), _n.f._, (med.) chlorosis, green sickness; (bot.) etiolation.

=chlorotique= (klo-), _adj._, chlorotic.

=chlorure= (klo-), _n.m._, chloride.

=choc=, _n.m._, shock, clashing, encounter; brunt; collision, disaster, blow. _Soutenir le —_; to stand the shock.

=chocolat=, _n.m._, chocolate. _Bâton de —_; stick of chocolate.

=chocolati-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, chocolate-maker; chocolate-dealer.

=chocolatière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, chocolate-pot.

=chœur= (keur), _n.m._, choir, chorus. _Enfant de —_; choir boy, chorister. _Chanter en —_; to sing in chorus.

=choir= (chu), _v.n._, to fall.

=choisir=, _v.a._, to choose, to make choice of; to pitch upon, to pick out; to nominate; to single out, to select. _Il n’y a point à —_; there is no choice left. _Se —_; to choose for one’s self.

=choix= (shoâ), _n.m._, choice, choosing, option, selection, distinction, discernment. _Par —_; from choice. _Sans —_; indifferently. _Au —_; all at one price. _Avoir le — forcé_; to have Hobson’s choice.

=cholagogue= (ko-la-gog), _n.m._, (med.) cholagogue.

=cholédoque=, _adj._, (anat.) biliary, hepatic. _Canal —_; hepatic duct.

=choléra-morbus= (ko-), _n.m._, (_n.p._) cholera-morbus. _Faux —_; cholerine.

=cholérine= (ko-), _n.f._ cholerine.

=cholérique=, _n.m.f._, (med.) person affected with cholera; cholera patient. _adj._, choleric, bilious.

=choliambe= (ko-), _n.m._, choliambic verse.

=chômable=, _adj._, to be kept as a holiday.

=chômage=, _n.m._, stoppage; want of work; cessation from work; enforced idleness; respite. _Le — d’un moulin_; the standing still of a mill.

=chômer=, _v.a._, to abstain, to cease, from work on a particular day, to rest. _C’est un saint qu’on ne chôme pas_; he is in no great repute.

=chômer=, _v.n._, to want work, to be at a stand-still; (agri.) to lie fallow. _Il chôme de besogne_; he is out of work. _— de quelque chose_; to stand in need of a thing.

*=chondrille= (kon-), _n.f._, (bot.) gum-succory; wall-lettuce.

=chondrologie=, _n.f._, chondrology.

=chope=, _n.f._, large beer-glass; mug of beer.

☉=chopine=, _n.f._, pint (a measure nearly equal to an English pint).

=chopiner=, _v.n._, to tipple.

=chopper=, _v.n._, to stumble, to trip up; to blunder.

=choquant=, =-e=, _adj._, rude, offensive; shocking; unpleasant, disagreeable, improper.

=choquer=, _v.a._, to shock, to strike, to dash against, to clash with; to offend, to give offense, to shock, to disgust, to displease, to grate upon; (nav.) to surge.

_se_ =choquer=, _v.r._, to take offense; to come into collision with.

=choquer=, _v.n._, to strike glasses; to be offensive; to hurt any one’s feelings; to be shocking.

=choral= (ko-), _adj._, choral, _n.m._, chant.

=chorée= (ko-), _n.m._, (poet.) choreus.

=chorée= (ko-), _n.f._, chorea, St. Vitus’ dance.

=chorège= (ko-), _n.m._, (antiq.) chorægus.

=chorégraphe= (ko-) _n.m._, chorographer.

=chorégraphie= (ko-), _n.f._, choregraphy.

=chorégraphique= (ko-), _adj._, choregraphical.

=chorévêque= (ko-), _n.m._, chorepiscopus.

=choriambe= (ko-ri-ānb), _n.m._, (poet.) choriamb.

=chorion=, _n.m._, (anat.) chorion.

=choriste= (ko-), _n.m._, chorister; chorus singer (thea.).

=chorographie= (ko-), _n.f._, chorography.

=chorographique= (ko-), _adj._, chorographical.

=choroïde= (ko-), _n.f._, _adj._, (anat.) choroid.

=chorus= (ko-rûss) _n.m._, chorus. _Faire —_; to sing the chorus, to join in; to chime in; to applaud, to approve, to agree.

=chose=, _n.f._, thing; matter, business, affair, deed; reality, action; (jur.) chattels. _Ce n’est pas grand —_; ’tis no great matter. _Quelque — de beau_; something fine. _Peu de —_; a mere trifle, nothing. _La — publique_; the commonwealth, common weal. _Être tout —_; (pop.) to be out of sorts. _Rester tout —_; to remain confused. _C’est tout autre —_; that is quite another thing. _Dites bien des —s de ma part à votre frère_; remember me to your brother. _Bien des — chez vous_; kind regards at home. _Monsieur —_; Mr. “what’s his name.” _—s de la mer_ (nav.); wreckage; flotage, flotsam (jur.)

=chou=, _n.m._, cabbage; colewort; puff-paste; kale; darling, dear; bow, rosette. _— cabus_; headed-cabbage. _— marin_; sea-kale, wort, sea-cabbage. _— pommé_; white-headed cabbage. _— non pommé_; bore-kale, brown-kale. _Filet à —_; cabbage-net. _Rejet de —_; cabbage-sprout. _Pomme de —_; cabbage-head. _Tige_, _trognon_, _de —_; cabbage-stalk. _— crépu_; Scotch kale. _— de Milan_; savoy. _—x verts_, _jeunes —x_; sprouts. _—x blancs_; white-heart cabbages. _—x brocolis_; broccoli. _— oléifère_; colza. _— de chien_; dog’s cabbage. _—-palmiste_, (_—x-—s_); palm-cabbage. _—-navet_, (_—x-—s_); rape-colewort. _—-rave_, (_—x-—s_); turnip-cabbage. _—!_ _—-là!_ _—-pille!_; (hunt.) at it! go it! _Des —x et des raves_; ducks and drakes. _— pour —_; taking one thing and another. _Il en fait ses —x gras_; he feathers his nest with it. _Il s’entend à cela comme à ramer des —x_; he knows nothing at all about it. _Aller planter ses —x_; to retire into private life. _Mon petit —_; my little darling. _Bête comme un —_; as stupid as an owl.

=chouan=, _n.m._, brown owl, royalist insurgent (French Revolution).

=chouanner=, _v.n._, to carry on a guérilla warfare (after the manner of the Chouans).

=chouannerie=, _n.f._, the party of the Chouans; Vendean royalists.

=chouant=, _n.m._, a sort of owl.

=choucas=, _n.m._, _or_ =chouchette=, _n.f._, jackdaw.

=choucroute=, _n.f._, sour-krout, sauer-kraut.

=chouette=, _n.f._, screech-owl. _adj._, capital, excellent, stunning. _Faire la —_; (piquet) to play alone against two.

=chouettement=, _adv._, (pop.) capitally, famously.

=chou-fleur=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) cauliflower.

*=chou-pille=, _n.m._, (_—_) shooting-dog.

=chouquet=, _n.m._, (nav.) block, moor’s-head, cap of the mast-head.

=chou-rave=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) turnip-cabbage.

=choyer=, _v.a._, to take great care of, to be fond of, to pamper, to fondle, to pet, to make much of, to cocker-up.

_se_ =choyer=, _v.r._, to pamper one’s self.

=chrématologie= (kré-), _n.f._, (l.u.) chrematology.

=chrématologique= (kré-), _adj._, chrematological.

=chrême= (krem), _n.m._, chrism, holy oil.

=chrémeau= (kré-), _n.m._, chrism-cloth.

=chrestomathie= (kres-to-ma-ci), _n.f._, chrestomathy, select extracts.

=chrétien=, =-ne= (kre-ti-in, -ti-è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Christian.

=chrétiennement= (kré-tien-mān), _adv._, Christianly, Christian-like.

=chrétienté= (kré-ti-in-té), _n.f._, Christendom. _Marcher sur la —_; (fam.) to wear shoes and stockings in holes.

=chrismal= (kri-), _n.m._, chrismatory.

=chrismation=, _n.f._, chrismation.

_le_ =christ= (krist), _n.m._, Christ, crucifix. _Jésus Christ_ (jé-zu-kri); Jesus Christ. [_Christ_ without _Jésus_ is never used in French without _le_.]

=christe= (krist), _n.f._, (bot.) crithmum, samphire, sea-fennel. _— marine_; crithmum, samphire, sea-fennel.

=christianiser= (kris-), _v.a._, to Christianize.

=christianisme= (kris-tia-nism), _n.m._, Christianity.

=christiaque= (kris-tiak), _adj._, Christian.

=chromate= (kro-), _n.m._, (chem.) chromate.

=chromatique= (kro-), _adj._, (chem. and mus.) chromatic.

=chromatique=, _n.f._, (mus., paint.) chromatics.

=chromatiquement=, _adv._, (mus.) chromatically.

=chrome= (krôm), _n.m._, chromium.

=chromique=, _adj._, (chem.) chromic.

=chromolithographie=, _n.f._, chromo-lithography.

=chronicité= (kro-), _n.f._, (med.) chronicity.

=chronique= (kro-), _n.f._, chronicle, history; summary, reports. _— scandaleuse_; tittle-tattle, scandalous reports.

=chronique=, _adj._, (med.) chronic.

=chroniqueur= (kro-), _n.m._, chronicler.

=chronogramme= (kro-), _n.m._, chronogram.

=chronographe= (kro-), _n.m._, chronographer.

=chronographie= (kro-), _n.f._, chronography.

=chronologie= (kro-), _n.f._, chronology.

=chronologique= (kro-), _adj._, chronological.

=chronologiste= (kro-), _n.m._, chronologer.

☉=chronologue= (kro-), _n.m._, chronologer.

=chronomètre= (kro-), _n.m._, chronometer.

=chrysalide= (kri-), _n.m._, aurelia, chrysalis, nympha; pupa; pupe; grub.

=chrysanthème= (kri-), _n.m._, chrysanthemum; ox-eye daisy; marigold.

=chrysite= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysite, touch-stone.

=chrysobate= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysobates.

=chrysobéril= (kri-), _n.m._, chrysober.

=chrysocale= (kri-), _n.m._, an alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; pinchbeck.

=chrysocolle= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysocolla, borax.

=chrysocome= (kri-), _n.f._, (bot.) chrysocoma, goldylocks.

=chrysogonum= (kri-), _n.m._, moth-mullein, red turnip.

=chrysolithe= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysolite.

=chrysophris= (kri-), _n.m._, (ich.) gilt-head.

=chrysoprase= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysoprase.

☉=chrysulée= (kri-), (chem.) _n.f._, chrysulea, aqua regia.

=chu=, =-e=, _part._, (of _choir_), fallen.

☉=chucheter=, _v.n._, to whisper; to twitter.

=chuchotement=, _n.m._, whispering, whisper, rustling.

=chuchoter=, _v.n._ and _a._, to whisper.

=chuchoterie= (sho-trî), _n.f._, whispering.

=chuchoteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, whisperer.

=chut= (shut), _int._, hush!

=chute=, _n.f._, fall, tumble; decline; falling, overthrow, lapse, downfall, descension, decay; catastrophe, disaster; failure, miscarriage. _— d’eau_; waterfall, cataract. _La — du jour_; the close of day. _— d’eau_; waterfall, watercourse. _— d’une voile_; (nav.) depth of a sail; drop (of the principal square sails). _— de courants_; setting of the tides.

=chuter=, _v.n._, (thea.) to fail, to be damned.

=chyle=, _n.m._, chyle.

=chyleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chylous.

=chylifère=, _adj._, (anat.) chyliferous.

=chylification=, _n.f._, chylifaction, chylification.

=chylose=, _n.f._, chylification.

=chyme=, _n.m._, chyme.

=chymification=, _n.f._, chymification.

=ci=, _adv._, here. _Celui-— est meilleur que celui-là_; this is better than that. _Cet homme-—_; this man. _—-dessus_, _—-devant_; above, before, heretofore, ex, former. _Par-— par-là_; here and there, up and down; off and on. _—-après_; hereafter. _—-dessous_; below. _—-contre_; opposite. _Entre — et demain_; between this time and to-morrow. _Entre — et là_; between this and then. (French Revolution) _Un —-devant noble_, _un —-devant_; an ex-noble, royalist. _Les —-devant nobles_, _les —-devant_; the royalists, the aristocracy.

=cibagé=, _n.m._, an Indian pine, cibage.

=cibaudière=, _n.f._, sort of fishing-net.

=cible=, _n.f._, mark to be shot at, target.

=ciboire=, _n.m._, a sacred vase, pyx; (arch.) ciborium, canopy.

=ciboule=, _n.f._, scallion, green onion; eschalot.

=ciboulette=, _n.f._, (bot.) chive. _V._ =civette=.

=cicatrice=, _n.f._, scar, seam, mark.

=cicatricule=, _n.f._, cicatricule, eye or thread; (of an egg) small scar.

=cicatrisant=, =-e=, _adj._, cicatrizing.

=cicatriser=, _v.a._, to mark with a scar, to scar; to cicatrize; to close, heal up.

_se_ =cicatriser=, _v.r._, to be cicatrized, to skin over, to heal up.

=ciccus=, _n.m._, a species of grasshopper; a species of wild-goose; ciccus.

=cicéro=, _n.m._, (print.) pica. _— gros œil_; pica. _— petit œil_; small pica.

=cicérole=, _n.f._, chick-pea.

=cicéron=, _n.m._, Cicero.

=cicérone=, _n.m._, cicerone.

=cicéronien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Ciceronian.

=cicindèle=, _n.f._, cicindela.

☉=cicisbée=. _V._ =sigisbée=.

=ciclamor=, _n.m._ _V._ =orle=.

=cicutaire=, _n.f._, cicuta, water-hemlock.

=cid= (sid), _n.m._, cid (chief, commander).

=cidre=, _n.m._, cider. _Gros —_; strong cider. _— paré_; old cider. _— piquant_; rough cider.

=cⁱᵉ.=, (ab.) Co. (for Company).

=ciel= (siel), _n.m._, (cieux) heaven, the heavens, the firmament, the sky; paradise. _Grâces au —_; thanks be to heaven, to God. _C’est un coup du —_; it is a judgment of heaven. _O —!_ O heavens! _Juste —!_ good heavens! great god! _Du —_; heavenly. _Arc-en-—_ (_—s-—_); rainbow. _Remuer — et terre_; to leave no stone unturned.

=ciel=, _n.m._, (ciels) tester of a bed; (c.rel.) the canopy which is carried over the host; sky (paint.); the roof of a quarry; air, climate. _Un beau —_; a fine climate. _L’Italie est sous un des plus beaux —s de l’Europe_; Italy has one of the finest climates in Europe.

=cierge=, _n.m._, wax-taper, church candle, wax-light. _— du Pérou_; torch thistle. _— pascal_; Easter cierge. _—s d’eau_; water-jets. _Droit comme un —_; as stiff as a poker.

=ciergé=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) stiff.

=ciergier=, _n.m._, wax-chandler.

=cigale=, _n.f._, cicada, grasshopper. _— de rivière_; water-grasshopper. _— de mer_; shrimp.

=cigare=, _n.m._, cigar.

=cigarette=, _n.f._, cigarette.

*=cigogne=, _n.f._, (orni.) stork. _— à sac_; hurgil. _Bec de —_; (bot.) crane’s bill. _Conte à la —_, or _conte de la —_; absurd and improbable story.

*=cigogneau=, _n.m._, (fam.) a young stork.

=ciguë= (si-gû), _n.f._, hemlock. _— vireuse_, or _— d’eau_; water-hemlock, cow-bane.

=cil=, _n.m._, eye-lash; (bot.) lash, hair.

=ciliaire=, _adj._, ciliary.

=cilice=, _n.m._, hair-cloth.

=cilié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) ciliated, lashed.

*=cillement=, _n.m._, twinkle, winking.

*=ciller=, _v.a._, to wink, to twinkle; (hawking) to seel.

*=ciller=, _v.n._, to wink; to twinkle.

*=cillo=, _n.m._, (med.) winker.

=cimaise=, _n.f._, cyma, ogee.

=cimbalaire=, _n.f._ _V._ =cymbalaire=.

=cime=, _n.f._, top, summit, peak; height; (bot.) cyme, summit. _En —_; (bot.) cymose.

=ciment=, _n.m._, cement.

=cimenter=, _v.a._, to cement; to confirm, to strengthen, to consolidate.

=cimentier= (-tié), _n.m._, (tech.) cement-maker.

=cimeterre= (sim-tèr), _n.m._, scimeter, falchion, sword.

=cimetière= (sim-tièr), _n.m._, church-yard, burying-ground, cemetery.

=cimier=, _n.m._, buttock, round of beef; crest of a head-piece; apex. _— de cerf_; haunch of venison.

=cimolée=, _n.f._, cimolite; cimolian earth; cutler’s dust.

=cimolée= _or_ =cimolie=, _adj.f._, cimolian.

=cinabre=, _n.m._, cinnabar.

=cincenelle=, _n.f._, tow-line.

=cinchonine=, _n.f._, cinchonia, cinchonine.

=cincle=, _n.m._, (orni.) water-ouzel, dipper.

=cinéraire=, _adj._, cinerary.

=cinéraire=, _n.f._, (bot.) cineraria.

=cinération=, _n.f._, cineration.

=cinglage=, _n.m._, ☉run of a ship in twenty-four hours, ship’s course, sailing; (metal.) shingling.

=cingler=, _v.n._, to sail before the wind, to scud along.

=cingler=, _v.a._, to lash; (metal.) to shingle.

=cinglerie=, _n.f._, shingling-house.

=cinnamome=, _n.m._, cinnamon.

=cinq= (sīnk), _adj._, five.

=cinq=, _n.m._, a five; cinque (at games).

=cinquantaine=, _n.f._, some fifty; half a hundred.

=cinquante=, _adj._, fifty.

☉=cinquantenier=, _n.m._, captain of fifty men.

=cinquantième= (-ti-èm), _adj._, fiftieth.

=cinquantième=, _n.m._, fiftieth part.

=cinquième=, _adj._, fifth.

=cinquième=, _n.m._, fifth part; pupil on the fifth form. _n.f._, the fifth form in colleges and public schools.

=cinquièmement=, _adv._, fifthly.

=cintrage=, _n.m._, arching, curving.

=cintre=, _n.m._, arch, semi-circle; curve; (carp.) center-bit. _Cette cave est en —_; that cellar is built arch-wise. _— surbaissé_; elliptical arch; _adj._, (fig.) low, flattened. _À plein —_; semi-circular.

=cintrer=, _v.a._, to arch, to build in the form of an arch, to curve.

=cioutat=, _n.m._, cioutat (a kind of grape).

=cipaye=, _n.m._, Sepoy.

=cipolin=, _n.m._, cipollino, cipolin marble.

=cippe=, _n.m._, cippus (column).

=cirage=, _n.m._, waxing; blacking; (paint.) cameo with a yellow ground.

=circée=, _n.f._, (bot.) enchanter’s nightshade.

=circompolaire=, _adj._, circumpolar.

=circoncire=, _v.a._, to circumcise.

=circoncis=, _n.m._, one who is circumcised.

=circonciseur=, _n.m._, circumcisor.

=circoncision=, _n.f._, circumcision.

=circonférence=, _n.f._, circumference.

=circonflexe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, circumflex accent; circumflex.

=circonlocution=, _n.f._, circumlocution.

=circonscription=, _n.f._, circumscription, bound; division, district.

=circonscrire=, _v.a._, to circumscribe, to encircle, to enclose, to limit, to stint.

=circonspect=, =-e= (-pé, -pèkt), _adj._, circumspect, wary, guarded, discreet, cautious.

=circonspection=, _n.f._, circumspection, wariness, caution. _Avec —_; cautiously.

=circonstance=, _n.f._, circumstance, occasion; occurrence, event, conjuncture, case. _— aggravante_; aggravation. _De —_; required by or adapted to circumstances. _Suivant les —s_; as the case may be. _Dans les —s critiques_; on critical occasions, or in emergencies.

=circonstancier=, _v.a._, to state circumstantially; to tell, to detail, to particularize.

=circonvallation= (-val-la-), _n.f._, circumvallation.

=circonvenir=, _v.a._, to circumvent, to deceive, to impose upon; to over-reach.

=circonvention=, _n.f._, circumvention, over-reaching. _User de —_; to circumvent.

=circonvoisin=, =-e=, _adj._, circumjacent, neighbouring, adjoining.

=circonvolution=, _n.f._, circumvolution.

=circuit=, _n.m._, circuit; roundabout road; circumlocution.

=circulaire=, _adj._, circular, round.

=circulaire=, _n.f._, circular.

=circulairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, circularly.

=circulant=, =-e=, _adj._, circulating.

=circulation=, _n.f._, circulation; currency, issue; traffic. _Mettre en —_; to issue (money).

=circulatoire=, _adj._, circulatory, circulating.

=circuler=, _v.n._, to circulate; to pass from hand to hand; to spread. _Faire —_; to make people move on. _Circulez, Messieurs!_ move on, please!

=circumnavigateur= (-kom-), _n.m._, circumnavigator.

=circumnavigation= (-kom-), _n.f._, circumnavigation.

=cire=, _n.f._, wax; beeswax; wax-light. _— à cacheter_, or _— d’Espagne_; sealing-wax.

=cirer=, _v.a._, to wax, to black (boots). _Se —_; to be waxed. _Se — les bottes_; to clean one’s boots.

=cirier=, _n.m._, wax-chandler; wax-maker; (bot.) candle-berry, wax-tree.

=ciron=, _n.m._, (ent.) flesh-worm, mite.

=cirque=, _n.m._, circus.

=cirre=, _n.m._, (bot.) tendril; (zoöl.) cirrus.

=cirreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ending in a cirrus.

=cirrhose=, _n.f._, (med.) cirrhosis.

=cirrus=, _n.m._, cirrus, curl-cloud; mare’s tail.

=cirsakas=, _n.m._ _V._ =sirsacas=.

=cirse=, _n.m._, (bot.) horse-thistle. _— des champs_; way-thistle, field-thistle.

=cirsion=, _n.f._, (bot.) cirsium, gentle-thistle.

=cirsocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) cirsocele.

=cirure=, _n.f._, prepared wax.

*=cisaille=, _n.f._, (coin.) clippings or shearings of metals; _pl._, shears.

*=cisailler=, _v.a._, (coin.) to mark, to clip.

=cisalpin=, =-e=, _adj._, Cisalpine.

=ciseau=, _n.m._, chisel. _— d’orfèvre_; graver.

=ciseaux=, _n.m.pl._, scissors. _— de jardinier_; shears. _— de tailleur_; shears. _— boutonnés_ (surg.); probe-scissors. _— mousses_ (surg.); blunt-pointed scissors.

=ciseler= (siz-lé), _v.a._, to chisel, to chase, to carve, to emboss, to sculpture.

=ciselet= (siz-lè), _n.m._, graver; chasing tool.

=ciseleur= (siz-leur), _n.m._, chaser; carver; sculptor.

=ciselure= (siz-lur), _n.f._, chasing, sculpture, carving; chased work, carved work, sculpturing.

=cisoires=, _n.f.pl._, bench-shears.

=cissite=, _n.f._, aetites, eagle-stone.

=cissoïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, cissoid.

=cissoïde=, _n.f._, (geom.) cissoid.

=ciste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) basket; (arch.) cist; (bot.) cistus, rock-rose.

=cistophore=, _n.f._, (antiq.) cistophora, canephora.

=cistophore=, _n.m._, (antiq.) cistophorus.

=citadelle=, _n.f._, citadel, fortress, castle.

=citadin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, citizen, burgess; (b.s.) cit; cockney.

=citadine=, _n.f._, hackney-coach, fly.

=citateur=, _n.m._, quoter; book containing a collection of quotations.

=citation=, _n.f._, citation, quotation, quoting; summons. _Se faire délivrer une —_; to take out a summons. _Lancer une —_; (jur.) to issue a summons.

=cité=, _n.f._, city; town. _La céleste —_; the heavenly city. _Droits de —_; the rights of a citizen; freedom (of a city); citizenship.

=citer=, _v.a._, to cite, to quote; to name; to summon; to subpœna.

=citérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, citerior, hither.

=citerne=, _n.f._, cistern, reservoir, tank.

=citerneau=, _n.m._, small cistern or tank.

=cithare=, _n.f._, (antiq.) cithara; zither.

=citli=, _n.m._, tapeti, Brazilian rabbit.

=citole=, _n.m._, a musical instrument, dulcimer.

=citoyen=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-in, -è-n), citizen, freeman of a city, patriot.

=citragon=, _n.m._, balm-mint.

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

=citrin=, =-e=, _adj._, citrine, lemon-colored, pale yellow.

=citrique=, _adj._, citric.

=citron=, _n.m._, citron, lemon; lime; lemon-color. _adj._, lemon-colored.

=citronnade=, _n.f._, lemon-squash.

=citronnat=, _n.m._, candied lemon-peel; sugar-plum with lemon-peel in it.

=citronné=, =-e=, _adj._, lemon-flavored.

=citronnelle=, _n.f._, balm-mint, garden-mint, citron-water.

=citronnier=, _n.m._, lemon-tree; citron-tree.

*=citrouille=, _n.f._, pumpkin, gourd.

=civade=, _n.f._, a kind of beard-fish.

☉=civadière=, _n.f._, (nav.) sprit-sail.

=cive= _or_ =civette=, _n.f._, (bot.) chive.

=civet=, _n.m._, _— de lièvre_; stewed or jugged hare.

=civette=, _n.f._, (mam.) civet-cat; civet; (bot.) chive.

=civière=, _n.f._, hand-barrow; litter, stretcher.

=civil=, =-e=, _adj._, relating to the community in general; private, plain; civil, courteous, well-bred, gallant. _Requête —e_; bill of review. _Partie —e_; the public prosecutor. _Droit —_; (jur.) common law.

=civil=, _n.m._, civil, civil service.

=civilement= (-mān), _adv._, civilly; courteously, politely. _Mort —_; dead in law.

=civilisable=, _adj._, civilizable.

=civilisat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, civilizing.

=civilisation=, _n.f._, civilization.

=civiliser=, _v.a._, to civilize.

_se_ =civiliser=, _v.r._, to become civilized.

=civilité=, _n.f._, civility, good manners, good breeding, politeness, courtesy, manners; compliment, courteousness. _Il n’a pas lu la — puérile et honnête_; he never learned politeness. _Mes —s à Monsieur votre frère_; my compliments to your brother. _Il est de la —_, _il est de — de_; it is but common civility to.

=civique=, _adj._, civic.

=civisme=, _n.m._, civism.

=clabaud=, _n.m._, (hunt.) liar; (b.s.) babbler, bawler, ranter.

=clabaudage=, _n.m._, barking, baying; clamor, bawling.

=clabaudement=, _n.m._, peg-peg (_i.e._, of a wooden leg).

=clabauder=, _v.n._, to give tongue (falsely); to clamor, to bawl out.

=clabauderie= (-bo-drî), _n.f._, clamor, bawling; ranting, abuse; tall-talk, brawl.

=clabaudeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, brawler, clamorer, scold.

=claie=, _n.f._, wattle, hurdle; (of a sieve) screen. _Passer à la —_; to screen.

=clair=, =-e=, _adj._, clear, bright, relucent, shining, luminous; light, lightsome, light-colored; transparent; pure, limpid; thin; plain, manifest, evident, obvious, intelligible, visible. _C’est — comme jour_; it is as plain as a pike-staff. _Etoffe —e_; thin, flimsy stuff. _Lait —_; whey; (of eggs) addled, barren.

=clair=, _n.m._, light, clearness; (paint.) light. _Il fait — de lune_; it is moonlight. _Vin tiré au —_; racked wine. _Tirer au —_; to bottle off; to clarify, to fine.

=clair=, _adv._, clearly, plain, plainly. _Parler — et net_; to speak out plainly, openly; not to mince matters. _N’y pas voir —_; not to see; (fig.) not to understand. _Arbres — semés_; sparse, thinly scattered trees.

=clairçage=, _n.m._, decoloring (of sugar).

=claircer=, _v.a._, to decolor; (sugar) to clarify.

=claire=, _n.f._, burnt bones; sugar-boiler.

=clairée=, _n.f._, clarified sugar.

=clairement= (klèr-mān), _adv._, clearly, plainly, distinctly, evidently, intelligibly.

=clairet=, _adj._, (of wines) palish, lightish.

=clairet=, _n.m._, precious stone that is too pale; pale wine; clairet (an infusion of wine, honey, sugar, and aromatic plants).

=clairette=, _n.f._, a kind of grape.

=claire-voie=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) opening (in a garden wall); lattice, wicket; (nav.) sky-light. _A —_; in open work. _Semer à —_; to sow thin.

=clairière=, _n.f._, glade; thin part (in linen).

=clair-obscur=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (paint.) chiaroscuro, clare-obscure, light and shade; mezzotint.

=clairon=, _n.m._, clarion, trumpet, bugle; (nav.) rift (in a cloud).

=clairsemé=, =-e=, _adj._, thin, thinly sown, scarce, scattered.

=clairvoyance=, _n.f._, sharpness, acuteness, perspicacity; clear-sightedness; clairvoyance.

=clairvoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, clear-sighted, discerning, sharp, acute; clairvoyant.

=clameur=, _n.f._, clamor, outcry.

=clamponnier=, _n.m._, long pasterned horse.

=clan=, _n.m._, clan. _Chef de —_; chieftain of a clan. _Membre d’un —_; clansman.

=clandestin=, =-e=, _adj._, clandestine, secret, underhand.

=clandestine=, _n.f._, (bot.) broom-rape, mother-wort.

=clandestinement= (-ti-n-mān), _adv._, clandestinely, privately, underhandedly.

=clandestinité=, _n.f._, clandestineness, secrecy.

=clape=, _n.f._, (mec.) sluice.

=clapet=, _n.m._, valve, clapper, clack.

=clapier=, _n.m._, burrow; hutch.

=clapir=, _v.n._, to squeak (of rabbits).

_se_ =clapir=, _v.r._, to hide in a hole, to squat, to cower.

=clapotage=, _n.m._, rippling, plashing; (nav.) chopping.

=clapoter=, _v.n._, to ripple, to plash, to chop.

=clapoteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rippling, choppy, plashing; rough.

=clapotis=, _n.m._ _V._ =clapotage=.

=clappement= (klap-mān), _n.m._, clacking, smacking (of the tongue against the palate).

=clapper=, _v.n._, to clack, to smack.

=claque=, _n.f._, flap, slap, smack; claque (paid clappers at theaters). _pl._, clogs, galoches. _Chapeau à —_; cocked hat. _Face à —s_; sneering face, _i.e._, which you would like to slap.

=claque=, _n.m._, opera hat, crush hat.

=claquebois=, _n.m._, (mus.) musical sticks.

=claquedent=, _n.m._, (l.u.) poor half-starved wretch, beggar; boaster.

=claquement= (klak-mān), _n.m._, clapping, clap; snapping (of the fingers); cracking (of whips); chattering (of the teeth).

=claquemurer=, _v.a._, to immure, to coop up, shut up, confine, imprison.

_se_ =claquemurer=, _v.r._, to shut one’s self up.

*=claque-oreille=, _n.m._,(_—-—s_) (pop.) flop hat, slouch hat.

=claquer=, _v.n._, to snap, to crack; to clap, to smack, to clack. _Faire —_; to crack (a whip), to snap (one’s fingers), to smack (one’s tongue). _— des mains_; to clap. _— des dents_; to chatter. (fig.) _Faire — son fouet_; to boast; (fam.) to die, to kick the bucket.

=claquer=, _v.a._, to slap, to crack, to smack; (fig.) to applaud.

=claquet=, _n.m._, mill-clapper.

=claquette=, _n.f._, clapper, rattle.

=claqueur=, _n.m._, clapper.

=clarification=, _n.f._, clarification, clarifying, fining.

=clarificatoire=, _adj._, clarifying.

=clarifier=, _v.a._, to clarify, to purify, to fine.

_se_ =clarifier=, _v.r._, to clarify, to get clarified, to settle.

=clarine=, _n.f._, little bell (for cattle).

=clarinette=, _n.f._, (mus.) clarinet, clarionet.

=clarté=, _n.f._, light, splendor, clearness, transparency, limpidity, brightness; perspicuity.

=classe=, _n.f._, class, order, rank; tribe; form (in a school); school-room, school-time. _pl._, school-days. _En —_; in school. _Basses —s_; junior classes. _Hautes —s_, _—s supérieures_; upper classes (of schools). _Il a fait toutes ses —s_; he has gone through all the forms. _L’ouverture_, or _la rentrée_, _des —s_; the reopening of the schools. _Hautes —s_; higher classes (of society); (nav.) enrollment.

=classement= (klas-mān), _n.m._, classing, classification.

=classer=, _v.a._, to class, to sort; (nav.) to enroll.

=classeur=, _n.m._, portfolio, sorter.

=classicisme=, _n.m._, classicism.

=classification=, _n.f._, classification.

=classifier=, _v.a._, to classify.

=classique=, _adj._, classic, academical; standard (of authors, books).

=classique=, _n.m._, classic.

=clatir=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to blab (of dogs).

=claude=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (fam.) simpleton, fool, dolt; doltish; silly.

=claudication=, _n.f._, claudication, lameness, limping.

=claudicant=, =-e=, _adj._, lame, limping.

=clause=, _n.f._, clause, condition, stipulation.

=claustral=, =-e=, _adj._, claustral; monastic.

=clavaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) club-top.