Chapter C (8)

=crouler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to launch; (hunt.) to wag (said of stags when they are frightened). _Le cerf croule la queue_; the stag wags his tail.

☉_se_ =crouler=, _v.r._, to fail in an enterprise; (fig.) to sink.

=crouli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, quaggy, boggy, swampy, moving, shifting (of land).

=croup= (kroop), _n.m._, (med.) croup.

=croupade=, _n.f._, (man.) croupade.

=croupal=, =-e=, _adj._, pertaining to the croup; croupal.

=croupe=, _n.f._, croup, crupper, the buttocks (of a horse), rump; top _or_ brow of a hill; (arch.) hip-roof; body (of an edifice). _Cheval à — de mulet_; narrow-rumped horse. _Être_, _aller_, _monter_, _en —_; to ride behind another. _— d’église_; half-cylinder roof. _En —_; behind.

=croupé=, =-e=, _adj._, with a rump, crupper. _Cheval bien —_; horse with a fine crupper.

☉_à_ =croupeton=, _adv._, squatting.

=croupi=, =-e=, _adj._, stagnant, putrid, ditch (water). _De l’eau —e_; stagnant water, ditch-water.

=croupiader=, _v.n._, to cast anchor by the stern-cable.

=croupier=, _n.m._, croupier (at a gaming-table); partner (of a gambler).

=croupière=, _n.f._, saddle-tie, crupper; (nav.) stern-cable, stern-fast. _Tailler des —s à quelqu’un_; to cut out work for anyone; (milit.) to put to flight. _Mouiller en —_; to cast anchor by the stern.

=croupion=, _n.m._, rump. _Parlement —_; the Rump Parliament.

=croupir=, _v.n._, to stagnate; to lie, to wallow, to be sunk in. _— dans le vice_; to wallow in sin. _— dans l’oisiveté_; in idleness.

=croupissant=, =-e=, _adj._, standing, stagnating, putrescent.

=croupissement=, _n.m._, standing still, stagnation, putrefaction.

=croupon=, _n.m._, square hide, butt.

=croustade=, _n.f._, dish prepared with crusts.

=croustillant=, =-e=, _adj._, crisp, crusty.

*=croustille=, _n.f._, little crust, crust.

*=croustiller=, _v.n._, to bite, eat, or gnaw a crust, to munch.

*=croustilleusement=, _adv._, (fam., l.u.) comically, with mirth, pleasantly; smuttily.

*=croustilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (fam., l.u.) droll, funny; smutty. _Des contes —x_; smutty tales.

=croûte=, _n.f._, crust; cake; coarse painting, daub; (med.) scab, scurf. _La — de dessous_; the under-crust. _Casser une — avec quelqu’un_; to take a crust with any one. _Ne manger que des —s_; to fare badly.

=croûté=, =-e=, _adj._, crusted, caked, crusty.

=croûtelette= (kroo-tlèt), _n.f._, little crust.

_se_ =croûter=, _v.r._, to cake, to crust.

=croûtier= (-tīé), _n.m._, picture-broker, dealer in daubs _or_ coarse paintings; dauber.

=croûton=, _n.m._, small crust; wretched dauber; (cook.) sippet.

=croyable=, _adj._, credible, believable, to be believed _or_ credited; like, likely; reliable. _Cela n’est pas —_; that is not likely.

=croyance=, _n.f._, belief, creed, faith, persuasion; opinion; trust, credit. _Fausse —_; misbelief. _La — des chrétiens_; the belief of the Christians. _La — des juifs_; the Jewish creed. _Cela passe toute —_; that surpasses all belief.

=croyant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, believer. _Les vrais —s_; true believers.

=cru=, _n.m._, growth; invention; making, fabrication. _Boire du vin de son —_; to drink wine of one’s own growth. _Vin du —_; wine of the country. _Des fruits d’un bon —_; fruit of a good soil. _Cela n’est pas de son —_; that thing is not of his own invention.

=cru=, =-e=, _adj._, raw, crude, uncooked; indigestible; unwrought, hard, blunt, harsh, coarse, rough; indecent, smutty, obscene, bawdy; undigested, unconcocted; stiff. _Tout —_; quite raw. _Cuir —_; undressed leather. _Soie —e_; raw silk. _Métal —_; raw metal, ore. _Eau —e_; hard water. _Couleur —e_; stiff color. _Une lumière —e_; a hard light.

_à_ =cru=, _adv._, on the bare skin, next the skin. _Botté_ or _chaussé à —_; wearing boots without stockings. _Monter à cheval à —_; to ride a horse bare-backed.

=cruauté=, _n.f._, cruelty, hardship. _User de —_; to be guilty of cruelty.

=cruche=, _n.f._, pitcher, jar, jug; stupid person, blockhead, booby, lout, dolt. _Tant va la — à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se casse_; the pitcher goes to the well once too often.

=cruchée=, _n.f._, pitcherful, jugful, jarful.

=crucherie=, _n.f._, (fam.) stupidity, silliness. _Vous ne dites que des —s_; you only talk utter nonsense.

=cruchette=, _n.f._ _V._ =cruchon=.

=cruchon=, _n.m._, little pitcher.

=crucial=, =-e=, _adj._, crucial, cross-like.

=crucifère=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (bot.) cruciferous plant; cruciferous. _pl._, cruciferæ.

=crucifiement= _or_ =crucifîment= (-mān), _n.m._, crucifixion.

=crucifier=, _v.a._, to crucify.

=crucifix= (-fi), _n.m._, crucifix, cross. _Mangeur de —_; great bigot. _Galerie du —_; rood-loft. _Faire le demi —_; (pop.) to beg.

=crucifixion=, _n.f._, crucifixion.

=cruciforme=, _adj._, cross-shaped, cross-like, cruciform.

=crudité=, _n.f._, crudity, crudeness, rawness; coarse expression; offensive, harsh words; (paint.) stiffness, crudeness; (of water) hardness.

=crue=, _n.f._, rise, swelling; growth, growing; increase, flood, inundation. _La — des eaux_; the swelling of the waters. _— de mer_; surge of the sea. _Cet arbre a pris toute sa —_; that tree has attained its full growth.

=cruel=, =-le=, _adj._, cruel, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, hard-hearted; relentless, remorseless; sanguinary, murderous, bloodthirsty; hard, inflexible, flinty; grievous, sad, tormenting. _Il fait le —_; he acts a cruel part. _Elle n’est pas —le_; she is not hard-hearted.

=cruel=, _n.m._, =-le=, _n.f._, cruel one.

=cruellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, cruelly, barbarously; unmercifully, mercilessly, pitilessly, ruthlessly, grievously, severely, sorely.

☉=cruentation=, _n.f._, (med.) cruentation.

=crûment=, _adv._, bluntly, coarsely, roughly, inconsiderately, crudely.

=cruor=, _n.m._, (physiology) cruor.

=crural=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) crural.

=crustacé=, =-e=, _adj._, crustaceous.

=crustacé=, _n.m._, crustacean.

=cruzade=, _n.f._, cruzado, cruzade (Portuguese coin).

=crypte=, _n.f._, crypt. _n.m._, (bot., anat.) crypt.

=cryptogame=, _n.f._, (bot.) aphrodite, cryptogam.

=cryptogame=, _adj._, (bot.) cryptogamous.

=cryptogamie=, _n.f._, (bot.) cryptogamia.

=cryptographie=, _n.f._, cryptography.

=cryptographique=, _adj._, cryptographical.

=crypto-portique=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) cryptoporticus.

=crystal=. _V._ =cristal=.

=c-sol-ut=, _n.m._, (mus.) C. _Cet air est en —_; this tune is in C.

=ct= (ab. of =courant=), inst. (instant).

=cᵗᵉ= (ab. of =comte=), earl.

=cᵗᵉˢˢᵉ= (ab. of =comtesse=), countess.

=cu=, _n.m._, (very l.ex.) _V._ =cul=.

=cubage=, _n.m._, _or_ =cubature=, _n.f._, cubature.

=cubation=, _n.f._, cubature.

=cube=, _n.m._, (geom., arith.) cube. _Le — de deux est huit_; the cube of 2 is 8.

=cube=, _adj._, (arith., geom.) cubic.

=cubèbe=, _n.m._, cubeba.

=cuber=, _v.a._, (geom., arith.) to cube.

=cubilot=, _n.m._, (metal.) cupola.

=cubique=, _adj._, (arith., geom.) cubic, cubical. _Racine —_; cube root.

=cubital=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) cubital, ulnar.

=cubitus= (-tus), _n.m._, (anat.) cubitus.

=cuboïde=, _n.m._, (anat.) cuboid.

=cucubale=, _n.m._, (bot.) cucubalus, berry-bearing campion.

=cucuje=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) corn-beetle, luminous-beetle.

=cucurbitacé=, =-e=, _adj._, cucurbitaceous.

=cucurbitacée=, _n.f._, (bot.) cucurbitaceous plant. _pl._, cucurbitaceæ.

=cucurbite=, _n.f._, (chem.) cucurbit.

=cueillage= (keu-iaj), _n.m._, act of gathering, picking.

*=cueille= (keu), _n.f._, (agri.) gathering of fruit; (nav.) width of sail-cloth.

*=cueillette= (keu-iet), _n.f._, gathering; crop; nutting (fruit); (nav.) mixed cargo; collection of money for the poor.

*=cueilleu-r= (keu-ieur), _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gatherer.

*=cueillir= (keu-), (cueillant, cueilli, je cueille), _v.a._, to cull, to pick, to pluck; to gather; to take up; (nav.) to coil. _— des fleurs_; to pluck flowers. _— des lauriers_; to gather laurels.

*=cueilloir= (keu-), _n.m._, fruit-basket.

=cuider=, _n.m._, fruit-basket.

=cuiller= _or_ =cuillère= (ku-lièr), _n.f._, spoon. _— à soupe_; soup-ladle. _— à café_; tea-spoon. _— à bouche_; table-spoon. _— à dessert_; dessert-spoon. _— à ragoût_; gravy-ladle. _Elever à la —_; to bring up by hand.

*=cuillerée= (ku-), _n.f._, spoonful, ladleful. _Grande —_ or _— à bouche_; tablespoonful. _Petite —_ or _— à café_; teaspoonful.

*=cuilleriste=, _n.m._, spoon maker.

*=cuilleron=, _n.m._, bowl of a spoon.

=cuir=, _n.m._, hide, skin, leather; strop; slip of the tongue, _i.e._, pronouncing _s_ for _t_, and vice versa, at the end of words, or using these letters unnecessarily; as: _Il est sorti zhier, j’étaità la campagne_, for _Il est sorti hier, j’étais à la campagne_. _—s bruts_; raw hides. _—s apprêtés_; dressed hides. _— à rasoir_ or _à repasser_; razor-strop. _Faire du — d’autrui large courroie_; to make free with other people’s money. _Tanner le — à quelqu’un_; to give any one a hiding. _Pester entre — et chair_; to fume inwardly. _Faire des —s en parlant_; to pronounce final _s_ instead of final _t_, and vice versa; or to sound _s_ or _t_ when there is none at the end of words, _i.e._: to drop one’s _h_’s. _— de Russie_; Russian leather.

=cuirasse=, _n.f._, cuirass, breast-plate, armor-plate, shell. _— à l’épreuve du mousquet_; ball-proof cuirass. _Le défaut de la —_; the extremity of or break in the armor, vulnerable part. _On lui a trouvé le défaut de la —_; we have found his weak side. _Endosser la —_; to turn soldier.

=cuirassé=, =-e=, _adj._, armed with a cuirass, armor-plated, iron-cased; ready armed; hardened; secret, close. _Il est —_; he is prepared for anything, he is incapable of feeling remorse. _Vaisseau —_; iron-clad ship, iron-clad.

=cuirassement=, _n.m._, armor-plating.

=cuirasser=, _v.a._, to arm with a cuirass; to iron-plate (nav.); to steel, to harden, to season.

_se_ =cuirasser=, _v.r._, to put on a cuirass; to harden _or_ fortify one’s self.

=cuirassier=, _n.m._, cuirassier.

=cuire= (cuisant, cuit), _v.a._, to cook, to do; to boil; to bake; to roast; to broil, to grill; to dress, to prepare; to stew; to burn (of the sun); to ripen; (physiology) to concoct, to digest. _— la viande_; to do the meat. _— trop_; to overdo. _— des briques_; to burn bricks. _— à l’eau_; to boil. _Faire — des œufs_; to boil eggs.

=cuire=, _v.n._, to be cooked, to be done; to be burned; to bake; to broil; to boil; to smart, to burn. _La main me cuit_; my hand smarts. _Vous viendrez — à mon four_; you will want me some day, and then I shall be even with you. _Il vous en cuira_; you shall smart for it.

=cuirer=, _v.a._, to cover in leather.

=cuisage=, _n.m._, burning; charring.

=cuisant=, =-e=, _adj._, easy to cook; sharp, smarting; piercing, exquisite; severe; poignant. _Douleur —e_; violent pain.

=cuisier=, _n.m._, brick-burner.

=cuisine=, _n.f._, kitchen; cookery; the cooks; spice-box; fare, living; (nav.) cuddy, caboose, galley. _— bourgeoise_; plain living; homely fare. _Graisses de —_; kitchen stuff. _Être chargé de —_; to be monstrously fat. _Faire la —_; to cook, to dress victuals. _Chef de —_; master-cook. _Aide de —_; under-cook. _Fille de —_; kitchen-maid.

=cuisiner=, _v.n._, to cook, to dress victuals.

=cuisinier=, _n.m._, cook, man-cook.

=cuisinière=, _n.f._, cook, woman-cook; Dutch oven, meat-screen.

=cuissard=, _n.m._, cuish (armor); (surg.) thigh-piece.

=cuisse=, _n.f._, thigh; (of meat) rump; leg (of poultry).

=cuisse-madame=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sort of pear.

=cuisson=, _n.f._, dressing (of victuals); cooking (baking, boiling, roasting, &c.); smart (pain). _Ressentir une —_; to feel a smarting pain.

=cuissot=, _n.m._, haunch (of venison).

=cuistre=, _n.m._, college-fag; college-scout; vulgar, pedantic fellow.

=cuit=, =-e=, _part._, cooked, done, roasted, boiled, baked; (fig.) done for, dished. _Cela est trop —_; that is done too much, overdone (of meat). _— au four_; baked. _— à point_; done to a turn.

=cuite=, _n.f._, baking; burning (of bricks, etc.); (manu.) boiling.

=cuivre=, _n.m._, copper, brass. _— jaune_; brass. _— rouge_; copper. _— vierge_; native copper. _— battu_; wrought copper. _— fondu_; cast copper. _— en barres_; bar copper. _— en planches_; sheet copper. _Fonte de —_; pig copper. _—s_; brass instruments.

=cuivré=, =-e=, _adj._, copper-colored; (fig.) ringing, clear, sonorous.

=cuivrer=, _v.a._, to cover with sheet copper, to copper.

=cuivrerie=, _n.f._, copper wares, brass-wares.

=cuivreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, coppery.

=cul= (ku), _n.m._, (very l.ex.) breech; backside; posterior; rump; bottom; tail (of carts); top; cylinder head (mech.). _— par-dessus tête_; head over heels. _Donner du pied au — à quelqu’un_; to kick any one. _Être à —_; not to know what to do. _Faire le — de poule_; to pout. _— de basse-fosse_; dungeon. _—-de-jatte_, (_—s-—_) cripple (seated on a wooden bowl). _—-de-lampe_, (_—s-—_) (arch.) bracket, pendant; (print.) tail-piece. _— de porc_, (nav.) wall-knot. _—-de-sac_, (_—s-—_) blind alley. _—-de-four_, (_—s-—_) (arch.) demi-cupola. _—-blanc_, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) wheat-ear, white-tail, fallow-chat, fallow-finch; snipe.

=culasse=, _n.f._, breech (of a cannon, musket, etc.); pavilion (of diamonds).

=culbutant=, _n.m._, (orni.) tumbler.

=culbute=, _n.f._, somersault; ruin, failure, bankruptcy; fall, tumble, somersault. _Faire la —_; to turn a somersault. _Au bout du fossé la —_; look before you leap.

=culbuter=, _v.a._, to throw down, to throw down headlong; to overthrow, to ruin, to upset; to make any one, anything, tumble down; to do for. _Cette entreprise l’a culbuté_; this enterprise has ruined him.

=culbuter=, _v.n._, to fall head over heels.

=culbutis=, _n.m._, confused heap; jumble.

=culée=, _n.f._, abutment (of bridges); tail (of a hide); (nav.) stern-way.

=culer=, _v.n._, to fall astern, to make stern-way; to veer (of the wind). _Scier à —_; to back water.

=culeron=, _n.m._, (saddlery) crupper-loop.

=culière=, _n.f._, gutter-stone, kennel-stone, breech of harness, hind girth.

=culinaire=, _adj._, culinary.

=culmifère=, _adj._, (bot.) culmiferous.

=culminant=, _adj._, culminating; prominent. _Point —_; culminating point, top, summit.

=culmination=, _n.f._, culmination.

=culminer=, _v.n._, (astron.) to culminate.

=culot=, _n.m._, youngest bird (of a brood); youngest (of a family), last born; youngest member of a society; bottom (of lamps, crucibles, etc.); residuum. _Le — d’une pipe_; black at the bottom of a pipe-plug.

=culotte=, _n.f._, small clothes, breeches; rump (of an ox, a pigeon). _— de bœuf_; rump of beef. _— de peau_; leather breeches; (fig.) old retired officer.

=culotter=, _v.a._, to breech, to put in breeches; to color (pipe).

_se_ =culotter=, _v.r._, to put on one’s breeches; to get colored (pipe).

=culottier=, _n.m._, breeches-maker.

☉=culottin=, _n.m._, newly-breeched boy; tight breeches.

=culpabilité=, _n.f._, guilt; culpability.

=culte=, _n.m._, creed; religion; worship; adoration; veneration, honor, love, respect, cultivation. _Rendre un — à_; to worship.

=cultivable=, _adj._, cultivable, arable.

=cultivat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, husbandman, farmer, grower, agriculturist.

=cultivat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, agricultural.

=cultivation=, _n.f._, cultivation.

=cultiver=, _v.a._, to cultivate; to till; to improve; to inform; to exercise, to practice; to cultivate the acquaintance of.

=culture=, _n.f._, culture; cultivation; tillage, husbandry; growth; education, improvement. _Être sans —_; to be _or_ lie fallow. _La petite —_; farming on a small scale; raising of poultry, etc.

=cumin=, _n.m._, (bot.) cumin. _— des prés_; caraway seed.

=cumul=, _n.m._, accumulation, junction; plurality of offices _or_ places, pluralism.

=cumulard=, _n.m._, (fam. b.s.) pluralist, place-man.

=cumulati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, accumulative.

=cumulativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, by accumulation.

=cumuler=, _v.a._, to accumulate, to cumulate.

=cumuler=, _v.n._, to be a pluralist of offices, to hold several offices.

_se_ =cumuler=, _v.r._, to be held at the same time.

=cunéaire=, _adj._, cuneate, cuneated.

=cunéiforme=, _adj._, cuneiform.

=cunette=, _n.f._, (fort.) cunette.

=cupide=, _adj._, covetous, greedy, grasping.

=cupidité=, _n.f._, cupidity; covetousness; concupiscence, lust.

=cupidon=, _n.m._, (myth.) Cupid, Love. _Vieux —_; old beau.

=cupulaire=, _adj._, cup-shaped.

=cupule=, _n.f._, (bot.) cupule; cup (of acorns).

=curabilité=, _n.f._, curableness.

=curable=, _adj._, that may be healed, curable.

=curaçao= (ku-ra-so), _n.m._, Curaçoa.

=curage=, _n.m._, cleansing, cleaning (of harbors, sewers, &c.); (bot.) water-pepper.

=curare=, _n.m._, curare, arrow-poison.

=curatelle=, _n.f._, guardianship, trusteeship.

=curat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, curator, curatrix, trustee; committee.

=curati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, curative.

=curatif=, _n.m._, curative agent.

=curation=, _n.f._, (med.) treatment.

=curcuma=, _n.m._, (bot.) curcuma, turmeric.

=cure=, _n.f._, cure, healing; living, benefice, parsonage, rectory; ☉care. _N’en avoir —_; to pay no heed to.

=curé=, _n.m._, rector, vicar. _C’est Gros Jean qui en remontre à son —_; the clerk wants to teach the parson. _Monsieur le —_; your reverence.

=cure-dents=, _n.m._, (_—-—_) tooth-pick.

=curée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) quarry; (fig.) prey, booty; feast; scramble. _Mettre en —_; to flesh the dogs, to feed them. _Les chiens sont en —_; the dogs are being fed.

=cure-langue=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tongue-scrape.

=curement=, _n.m._, cleansing, cleaning (of harbors, sewers).

=cure-môle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) dredging-machine.

=cure-oreilles=, _n.m._, (_—-—_) ear-pick.

=cure-pieds=, _n.m._, (_—-—_) horse-picker; hoof-pick.

=curer=, _v.a._, to cleanse, to clean out (harbors, sewers); to pick (the teeth, the ears). _Se — les dents_; to pick one’s teeth.

=curette=, _n.f._, scraper, scoop.

=cureur=, _n.m._, cleanser (of harbors, sewers).

=curial=, =-e=, _adj._, vicarial, rectorial. _Maison —e_; parsonage-house.

=curiale=, _n.m._, (antiq.) member of the curia.

=curie=, _n.f._, ward; (antiq.) curia.

=curieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, curiously, inquisitively; carefully; minutely.

=curieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, curious; inquisitive; prying; fond of; careful; nice; particular; rare, singular. _Il est — de tableaux_; he is fond of pictures.

=curieu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, inquisitive person, spectator, looker-on; virtuoso; curious fact. _Le — de la chose est_; the curious part of the thing is.

=curion=, _n.m._, (antiq.) curio.

=curiosité=, _n.f._, curiosity; inquisitiveness; rarity; care; taste for. _Par —_; out of curiosity.

=curoir=, _n.m._, plow-scraper.

=curseur=, _n.m._, (math.) cursor, slider, slide, index.

=cursi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, cursive; running; cursory.

=cursivement=, _adv._, cursorily.

=curule=, _adj._, curule. _Chaise —_; curule chair.

=curure=, _n.f._, dirt, sewage.

=curvati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ (bot.) slightly curved.

*=curviligne=, _adj._, curvilineal.

=curvirostre=, _adj._, (orni.) curvirostral, hook-billed.

=cuscute=, _n.f._, (bot.) dodder.

=cuspide=, _n.f._, cuspis, cusp.

=cuspidé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) cuspidate.

=cussoné=, =-e=, _adj._, (tech.) worm-eaten, weeviled.

=custode=, _n.f._, pyx-cover; curtain of the high altar; holster-cap; ☉curtain. _Sous la —_; in private.

=custode=, _n.m._, warden, keeper, curator.

=cutané=, =-e=, _adj._, cutaneous.

=cuticule=, _n.f._, (anat., bot.) cuticle.

=cutter= (-tèr), _n.m._, (_—s_) (nav.) cutter.

=cuvage=, _n.m._, (tech.) fermenting (of wine); place where wine is fermented.

=cuve=, _n.f._, tub, vat, copper. _— de brasseur_; brewing-vat. _— matière_; mash-tub. _Fossé a fond de cuve_; (fort.) flat-bottomed ditch. _À fond de —_; (fig.) thoroughly, exhaustively. _— de bain_; bathing-tub.

=cuveau=, _n.m._, small vat, small tub; (min.) corf, cage, kiddle-outright.

=cuvée=, _n.f._, tubful; vatful; (fam.) sort, kind, quality. _En voici d’une autre —_; here’s one of another sort for you.

=cuvelage= (kuv-laj), _n.m._, lining, casing; tubbing (mines).

=cuveler= (kuv-lé), _v.a._, to tub (mines); to line, to case.

=cuver=, _v.n._, to work, to ferment, to settle.

=cuver=, _v.a._, to appease; to calm; to sleep off the effects of wine. _— son vin_; to sleep one’s self sober.

=cuvette=, _n.f._, wash-hand basin; basin, cistern (of barometers, steam-engines); (fort.) cuvette. _Montre à —_; capped watch.

=cuvier=, _n.m._, wash-tub.

=cyame=, _n.m._, (e.) whale-louse.

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

=cyanhydrique=, _adj._, (chem.) hydrocyanic, prussic.

=cyanogène=, _n.m._, (chem.) cyanogen.

=cyanomètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) cyanometer.

=cyanure=, _n.m._, (chem.) cyanide.

=cyathe=, _n.m._, (antiq.) cyathus.

=cyclamen= (-me-n), _n.m._, (bot.) cyclamen, sow-bread.

=cycle=, _n.m._, cycle; (liter.) period.

=cyclique=, _adj._, cyclical.

=cycloïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, cycloidal.

=cycloïde=, _n.f._, (geom.) cycloid.

=cyclométrie=, _n.f._, cyclometry.

=cyclone=, _n.m._, tornado.

=cyclope=, _n.m._, Cyclops.

=cyclopéen=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, cyclopean.

*=cygne=, _n.m._, swan. _Jeune —_; cygnet. (fig.) _Le — Thébain_; Pindar. _Le — de Mantoue_; Virgil. _Le — de Cambrai_; Fénelon.

=cylindracé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) cylindraceous.

=cylindrage=, _n.m._, mangling (of linen).

=cylindre=, _n.m._, cylinder; roller; garden-roller; mangle, calender; barrel; rundle. _Passer au —_; to pass through the mangle.

=cylindrer=, _v.a._, to calender; to roll. _— les allées d’un jardin_; to roll the paths of a garden.

=cylindrique=, _adj._, cylindric.

=cylindroïde=, _n.m._, cylindroid.

=cymaise=, _n.f._ _V._ =cimaise=.

=cymbalaire=, _n.f._, ivy-leaved toad-flax.

=cymbale=, _n.f._, cymbal.

=cymbalier=, _n.m._, cymbal-player.

=cymbiforme=, _adj._, (bot.) cymbiform.

=cyme=, _n.m._, (bot.) cyme. _V._ =cime=.

=cymrique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Kymric.

=cynanche= _or_ =cynancie=, _n.f._, (med.) cynanche.

=cynanque=, _n.m._, (bot.) dog’s-bane.

=cynégétique=, _n.f._, cynegetics. _adj._, relating to hunting and dogs.

=cynips=, _n.m._, (ent.) cynips.

=cynique=, _adj._, cynical, snarling, snappish; impudent, barefaced, indecent.

=cynique=, _n.m._, cynic.

=cynisme=, _n.m._, cynicism.

=cynocéphale=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) cynocephalus.

=cynoglosse=, _n.f._, (bot.) cynoglossum, hound’s-tongue.

=cynorrhodon=, _n.m._, (bot.) hip.

=cynosure=, _n.f._, (bot.) cynosurus; (astron.) Cynosure, Little Bear.

=cyprès=, _n.m._, cypress, cypress-tree; cypress-wood.

=cyprière=, _n.f._, cypress-grove.

=cypripède=, _n.m._, (bot.) lady’s-slipper.

=cyrénaïque=, _adj._, cyrenaic. _n.m._, cyrenaic philosopher.

=cyrillien= _or_ =cyrillique=, _adj._ _Alphabet —_; the Slavonic alphabet invented in the 9th century by St. Cyrillus.

=cystique=, _adj._, (anat.) cystic.

=cystite=, _n.f._, (med.) cystitis.

=cystocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) cystocele.

=cystotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) an instrument to cut into the bladder.

=cystotomie=, _n.f._, cystotomy.

=cytarexylon=, _n.m._, (bot.) fiddle-wood.

=cytise=, _n.m._, (bot.) cytisus, bean-trefoil.

=cyzicène=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) guest-chamber.

=czar= (gzar), _n.m._, czar.

=czarien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, of the czar.

=czarine=, _n.f._, czarina.

=czarowitz=, _n.m._, czarowitz.