Chapter D (12)

=filer=, _v.n._, to rope; (milit.) to file; (of cats) to purr; to shoot (of ships, of stars); to flare (of lights); to cut one’s stick, to take one’s self off. _Il faut —_; we must be off. _Allons, filez_; come, make yourself scarce. _Ce sirop file_; this sirup is ropy. _— doux_; to be all submission, to put up with an insult, to pocket an affront; to sing small. _Du temps que Berthe filait_; in the good old times. _— à l’anglaise_; to leave without saying good-bye.

=filerie= (fi-lrî), _n.f._, rope-walk; wire-drawing; wire-mill.

=filet=, _n.m._, string, filament, small thread; fiber; (bot.) fillet; chine; (arch.) bead (of liquor); dash, drop; streak; gleam; streamlet; bed-molding; runner (of strawberries); (anat.) frenum, (print.) rule; string (of the tongue); (man.) bridoon; snaffle-bridle; net; snare; rack (rail). _— d’or_; fillet of gold. _Un — de vinaigre_; a dash of vinegar. _Avoir le —_; to be tongue-tied. _Il n’a pas le —_; he has a well-oiled tongue. _Avoir le — coupé_; to have a glib tongue. _— d’une vis_; thread of a screw. _Prendre au —_; to catch in a net. _Faiseur de —s_; net-maker. _Faire tomber dans un —_; to ensnare. _Coup de —_; cast of a net; haul. _— de voix_; thin voice.

=fileur=, _n.m._, spinner; wire-drawer. _— de cartes_; card-sharper.

=fileuse=, _n.f._, spinner, spinster.

=filial=, =-e=, _adj._, filial.

=filialement= (-al-mān), _adv._, filially.

=filiation=, _n.f._, filiation; (fig.) connection.

=filière=, _n.f._, draw-plate; screw-plate; (carp.) purlin; string, series; ordeal.

=filiforme=, _adj._, (bot.) filiform; thread-shaped.

=filigrane=, _n.m._, filigrane, filigree-work; filigree; water-mark (in paper).

=filin=, _n.m._, (nav.) cordage.

=filipendule=, _n.f._, (bot.) dropwort.

*=fille=, _n.f._, girl, female, lass, maiden; daughter; servant-maid; spinster; offspring. _Petite-—_; grand-daughter. _Arrière-petite-—_; great grand-daughter. _Belle-—_; daughter-in-law; step-daughter. _—s d’honneur_; maids of honor. _Vieille —_; old maid. _— de chambre_; chamber-maid. _— de service_; housemaid. _— de boutique_; shop-girl. _— de joie_; prostitute. _Rester —_; to be an old maid. _— à marier_; marriageable daughter.

*=fillette=, _n.f._, lass, young girl.

*=filleul=, _n.m._, godson, godchild.

*=filleule=, _n.f._, goddaughter.

=filoche=, _n.f._, net-work.

=filon=, _n.m._, metallic vein, lode.

=filoselle=, _n.f._, floss-silk.

=filou=, _n.m._, pickpocket, sharper, thief.

=filouter=, _v.a._, to pickpocket, to steal; to cheat, to swindle; to chisel.

=filouterie= (fi-lout-rî), _n.f._, picking pockets, swindling; cheating, filching.

=fils= (fiss), _n.m._, son, child, offspring, lad, boy, fellow. _Petit-—_; grandson. _Arrière-petit-—_; great grandson. _Beau-—_; son-in-law; step-son. _— de famille_; gentleman’s son; nobleman. _Être bien — de son père_; to be a chip of the old block. _— de ses œuvres_; self-made man. _Il est bon —_; he is a good _or_ an easy-going fellow.

=filterie=, _n.f._, twine factory.

=filtrage=, _n.m._, filtering, straining.

=filtrant=, =-e=, _adj._, filtering, straining.

=filtration=, _n.f._, filtration, filtering, straining, percolation.

=filtre=, _n.m._, filter; filtering-machine; philter, love potion. _V._ =philtre=.

=filtrer=, _v.a._, to filter, to strain; to percolate. _Pierre à —_; filtering-stone.

_se_ =filtrer=, _v.r._, to filter, to be filtered.

=filure=, _n.f._, spinning.

=fin=, _n.f._, end, close, conclusion, termination, issue, expiration, aim, design, view, object, intention. _Mettre — à_; to put an end to. _Tirer à sa —_; to be drawing to an end. _Être à sa —_; to be at one’s last shift. _La — couronne l’œuvre_; all is well that ends well. _Aller_, _tendre_, _à ses —s_; to pursue one’s point. _— de non-recevoir_; (jur.) plea to bar; exception. _À ces —s_; for this, for that, end. _Mener à bonne —_; to bring to an end, to succeed in. _Cheval à toute —_; horse fitted to ride and drive. _À telle — que de raison_; at any rate, for such purpose as may be required. _À la —_; at last, at length, in the end, in the long run. _À la — des —s vous voilà_; at last you have come! _Qui veut la — veut les moyens_; where there’s a will there’s a way. _Savoir le fort et le — de son art_; to know every trick of the trade. _— de siècle_, _adj._, up to date.

=fin=, =-e=, _adj._, fine, thin, refined; acute, ingenious; delicate, polite; shrewd, cunning, sly; small (of handwriting). _—es herbes_; sweet _or_ savory herbs. _Diamants —s_; gems, precious stones. _Des traits —s_; delicate features. _Il a l’oreille —e_; he has a quick ear. _Un — voilier_; a swift sailer. _Avoir le nez —_; to have a good nose, to be far-sighted. _C’est un — matois_; he is a knowing fellow. _Le — mot_; the main point, gist. _Je n’entends pas le — mot de tout cela_; I don’t see the force of that. _Plus — que lui n’est pas bête_; he who can take him in is no fool. _Du — fond_; from the very depths of.

=fin=, _n.m._, sharp fellow, keen fellow; gist, main point; (metal.) pure metal. _Savoir le fort et le — de quelque chose_; to know the long and the short of anything. _— contre — n’est pas bon à faire doublure_, or, _—, — et demi_; diamond cut diamond. _Jouer au plus —_; to finesse; to vie in cunning. _Ecrire en —_; to write small hand.

=final=, =-e=, _adj._, final, last, ultimate.

=finale=, _n.m._, (mus.) finale. _n.f._, (gram.) last syllable.

=finalement= (fi-nal-mān), _adv._, finally, lastly.

=finalité=, _n.f._, finality.

=finance=, _n.f._, cash, ready money; finance, financiers. _pl._, finances; exchequer, treasury. _Projet de loi de —_; bill of supply.

=financer=, _v.n._, to lay out money; to come down with one’s own money.

=financier=, _n.m._, financier.

=financi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, financial.

=finasser=, _v.n._, to shuffle, to finesse.

=finasserie= (fi-na-srî), _n.f._, finesse, petty trickery; shirking.

=finasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, artful dodger.

=finaud=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, sly, artful, cunning person, sly-boots; sly, artful.

=finement= (fi-n-mān), _adv._, artfully, slyly, delicately, ingeniously, shrewdly; archly.

=finesse=, _n.f._, fineness; delicacy; ingenuity; finesse, artifice, craftiness, slyness, craft, shrewdness. _User de —_; to display cunning. _Faire — d’une chose_; to make a secret of a thing. _Entendre — à une chose_; to put a malicious construction _or_ interpretation on a thing. _Des —s cousues de fil blanc_; artifices easily seen through.

=finet=, =-te=, _adj._, (l.u.) sly, subtle, cunning.

=finette=, _n.f._, thin stuff, tissue, flannelette.

=fini=, =-e=, _part._, finished, ended, complete. _C’est une affaire —e_; it is a settled matter.

=fini=, _n.m._, finish, high finish; finite, perfection. _Donner le — à_; to finish off, _or_ to put the finishing touch to. _Le — et l’infini_; the finite and the infinite.

=finir=, _v.a._, to finish, to complete, to end, to terminate; to finish off; to put an end to; to complete, to perfect; to cease, to leave off.

=finir=, _v.n._, to finish; to terminate, to conclude; to be at an end, to be over; to expire. _En — avec_; to put an end to. _Il ne finira jamais_; he will never stop. _À n’en plus —_; without end, endless. _Cela n’en finit pas —_; there’s no end to it. _As-tu fini!_ (pop.) have you done! _Finissez donc!_ do be quiet! _Voulez-vous finir?_ will you be quiet?

=finissage=, _n.m._, finishing off.

=finisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, finisher.

=finnois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Finn; Finnish.

=fiole=, _n.f._, vial.

=fion=, _n.m._, (pop.) finishing touch, knack; fugue.

=fioritures=, _n.f.pl._, (mus.) grace-notes.

=firmament=, _n.m._, firmament.

=firman=, _n.m._, firman.

=fisc=, _n.m._, public treasury, fisc.

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

=fiscalité=, _n.f._, (b.s.) fiscal laws, matters.

=fissipare=, _adj._, (zoöl., bot.) fissiparous.

=fissipède=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fissiped.

=fissirostre=, _adj._, (orni.) fissirostral.

=fissirostres=, _n.m.pl._, (orni.) fissirostres.

=fissure=, _n.f._, fissure, cleft; crack, rent.

_se_ =fissurer=, _v.r._, to become fissured.

=fiston=, _n.m._, (fam.) boy, lad, young one.

=fistulaire=, _adj._, fistular, fistuliform.

=fistule=, _n.f._, fistula.

=fistuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fistulous; fistular.

=fixation=, _n.f._, fixation; appointing, fixing, rating, assessment.

=fixe=, _n.m._, fixed, firm, steady, fast, set; appointed, regular; settled weather. _Traitement —_; regular salary. _Les —s_; (astron.) fixed stars; (chem.) fixed bodies.

=fixe=, _adj._, fixed, settled, steady, certain, stationary, regular. _Prix —_; set price. (milit.) _—!_ eyes front! steady!

=fixé=, _n.m._, oil-painting protected by glass.

=fixement=, _adv._, fixedly, wistfully, hard; steadily; in the face.

=fixer=, _v.a._, to fix, to fasten, to stick; to settle; to determine, to appoint; to attract, to gaze on; to stare at. _— un jour_; to appoint a day. _— les regards de quelqu’un_; attract any one’s attention. _Je suis fixé sur son compte_; I have got his measure; I know all about him.

_se_ =fixer=, _v.r._, to fix, to be fixed, to settle down, to be settled, to elect domicile; to live. _Se — à quelque chose_; to settle upon anything.

=fixité=, _n.f._, fixity, fixedness, stability.

=fla=, _n.m._, double beat of the drum.

=flabelliforme=, _adj._, (bot.) fan-shaped.

=flac=, _int._, slap, bang.

=flaccidité=, _n.f._, flabbiness, flaccidity.

=flache=, _n.f._, hole in the pavement; plash, puddle, pool; (carp.) flaw.

=flacon=, _n.m._, flagon; flask; vial; smelling bottle.

=flafla=, _n.m._, claptrap, show, dash.

=flagellant=, _n.m._, flagellant.

=flagellation=, _n.f._, flagellation, scourging, lashing, whipping, flogging.

=flageller= (fla-jèl-lé), _v.a._, to flagellate, to scourge, to lash, to flog, to whip.

=flagelliforme=, _adj._, whip-shaped.

=flageoler=, _v.n._, to tremble, to shake.

=flageolet= (fla-jo-lè), _n.m._, flageolet; spindle-leg; dwarf kidney-bean.

=flagorner=, _v.a._, to flatter servilely; to fawn upon, to toady to.

=flagornerie=, _n.f._, sycophancy, base flattery.

=flagorneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, sycophant, toady.

=flagrant=, =-e=, _adj._, flagrant, gross. _En — délit_; in the very act.

=flair=, _n.m._, (hunt.) scent. _Il a le —_; he knows how to find out things.

=flairer=, _v.a._, to smell, to scent, to detect; to find out. _— quelque chose_; to smell a rat.

=flaireur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) smeller. _— de cuisine_; sponger; smell-feast.

=flamand=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Fleming; Flemish.

=flamant=, _n.m._, (orni.) flamingo.

=flambant=, =-e=, _adj._, blazing, flaming; flash; (her.) flaming. _— neuf_; brand-new.

=flambard=, =-e=, _adj._, (pop.) bright, flashy.

=flambard=, _n.m._, sword with a waving blade; (nav.) fishing smack.

=flambe=, _n.f._, (bot.) common iris.

=flambé=, =-e=, _adj._, singed; ruined, done for. _Il est —_; he is done for. _Mon argent est —_; my money is lost.

=flambeau=, _n.m._, link, taper, torch; candle-stick; light, luminary. _Porte-—_; (_—-—x_) link-boy. _Les —x de la nuit_; the stars. _À la lumière des —x_; by torch-light.

=flamber=, _v.a._, to singe, to fumigate; to inflame; to fire. _— une volaille_; to singe a fowl.

=flamber=, _v.n._, to blaze, to flame, to flare.

=flamberge=, _n.f._, (jest.) sword. _Mettre — au vent_; to draw one’s sword. _— au vent_; with drawn sword.

=flambergeant=, _n.m._, curlew.

=flamboiement=, _n.m._, flaming, blazing; flare.

=flamboyant=, =-e=, _adj._, flaming, blazing; gleaming, glistening; (her.) flamboyant.

=flamboyer=, _v.n._, to flame, to blaze, to flare; to flash.

=flamine=, _n.m._, (antiq.) flamen.

=flamme=, _n.f._, flame, blaze, fire, glow, luster; ardor; passion; (nav.) pendant; (vet.) fleam. _Ce feu ne fait point de —_; that fire does not blaze. _Jeter de la —_; to flame. _Jeter feu et —_; to fret and fume.

=flammèche=, _n.f._, flake of fire; spark.

=flammerole=, _n.f._, fire-drake; will o’ the wisp.

=flammette=, _n.f._, (vet.) fleam; little flame.

=flan=, _n.m._, custard; a blank coin.

=flanc= (flan), _n.m._, flank, side; entrails; womb, bosom; (nav.) breast. _Se battre les —s_; to exert one’s self (to no purpose). _Par le — droit_; (milit.) to the right about. _Prêter le — à_; to lay one’s self open to. _Être sur le —_; (pop.) to be laid up; to be on one’s back.

=flanchet=, _n.m._, flank of beef _or_ of cod.

=flanconade=, _n.f._, (fenc.) flanconade.

=flandrin=, _n.m._, tall lanky fellow.

=flanelle=, _n.f._, flannel.

=flâner=, _v.a._, to lounge, to saunter, to stroll, to loaf.

=flânerie= (flâ-n-rî), _n.f._, lounging; lounge; stroll; sauntering; loafing.

=flâneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lounger, stroller, saunterer; loafer.

=flanquant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fort.) flanking.

=flanquement= (flank-mān), _n.m._, (fort.) flanking.

=flanquer=, _v.a._, (arch., fort.) to flank; to defend, to secure, to guard; to deal (a blow); to strike; to throw; to toss, to fling, to pitch. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to box any one’s ears. _— à la porte_; to bundle out. _Je lui ai flanqué une pile_; (triv.) I gave him a sound licking.

_se_ =flanquer=, _v.r._, to throw one’s self down _or_ in; to fall down; to poke, to intrude; to give one’s self _or_ each other.

=flaque=, _n.f._, small pool, puddle.

=flaquée=, _n.f._, dash (of water); dab.

=flaquer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to dash (water, etc.).

=flasque=, _adj._, lank, slack, limp, feeble, weak, flabby.

=flasque=, _n.m._, cheek (of gun-carriages).

=flasque=, _n.f._, flask, powder-flask.

=flatir=, _v.a._, (coin.) to flatten.

=flatoir=, _n.m._, (coin.) flattening-hammer.

=flâtrer=, _v.a._, to fire; to cauterize (dogs, etc.).

=flatter=, _v.a._, to flatter, to tickle; to gloss over; to cajole; to deceive, to delude; to caress, to endear, to make much of, to stroke, to coax, to fawn; to smooth; to touch gently; to run one’s fingers over. _Elle aime à s’entendre —_; she likes to be flattered. _Un portrait flatté_; a flattering likeness. _La musique flatte l’oreille_; music soothes the ear. _Le chien flatte son maître_; the dog fawns upon his master.

_se_ =flatter=, _v.r._, to flatter one’s self, to deceive, to delude one’s self; to hope, to trust, to expect.

=flatterie= (fla-trî), _n.f._, flattery, adulation.

=flatteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, flattering, complimentary; fawning; gratifying, pleasing; eulogistic.

=flatteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, flatterer.

=flatteusement= (-teuz-mān), _adv._, flatteringly.

=flatueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, flatulent, windy.

=flatulence=, _n.f._, flatulence, wind.

=flatulent=, =-e=, _adj._, flatulent, windy.

=flatuosité=, _n.f._, flatulency.

=fléau=, _n.m._, (agri.) flail; scourge, plague; beam (of a balance); iron bar (to fasten folding gates).

=flèche=, _n.f._, arrow, dart, shaft; (astron.) sagitta; spire; (tric-trac) point; tandem (of driving); (nav.) pole; perch (of carriages); (fort.) bonnet; (arch.) rise. _Tirer une —_; to let fly an arrow. _Faire — de tout bois_; to leave no stone unturned. _Il ne sait plus de quel bois faire —_; he does not know which way to turn, he is at his wit’s end. _— de lard_; flitch of bacon.

=fléchier=, _n.m._, arrow-maker.

=fléchière=, _n.f._, (bot.) arrow-head.

=fléchir=, _v.a._, to bend, to bow; to move, to melt; to persuade, to touch, to soften. _Se laisser —_; to relent, to give in, to consent.

=fléchir=, _v.n._, to bend, to bow, to yield, to give way, to stagger, to waver.

=fléchissable=, _adj._, flexible, pliant.

=fléchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, bending, giving way.

=fléchisseur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (anat.) flexor.

=flegmasie=, _n.f._ _V._ =phlegmasie=.

=flegmatique= _or_ =phlegmatique=, _adj._, (med.) phlegmatic, cold, dull, sluggish, phlegmatic (of the mind). _n._, cold, dull, phlegmatic person.

=flegme= _or_ =phlegme=, _n.m._, phlegm, coldness.

=flegmon=, _n.m._ _V._ =phlegmon=.

=flegmoneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ _V._ =phlegmoneux=.

=flétan=, =flételet=, _or_ =flétau=, _n.m._, (ich.) halibut.

=flétrir=, _v.a._, to wither, to dry up, to cause to fade, to blight, to blast; to tarnish, to blemish, to brand, to disgrace, to stain, to dishonor, to stigmatize.

_se_ =flétrir=, _v.r._, to fade, to wither, to tarnish; to dishonor one’s self; to be branded, to be stigmatized.

=flétrissant=, =-e=, _adj._, dishonoring, blighting.

=flétrissure=, _n.f._, fading, decaying, withering; blemish, blot, brand, discredit, disgrace; stigma.

=flette=, _n.f._, flat-bottomed boat.

=fleur=, _n.f._, flower, bloom, blossom; choice, best, pick; flourish; (pharm.) flour. _— de farine_; best flour, whites. _—s d’arbre_; blossoms of a tree. _Être dans la — de son âge_; to be in the prime of life. _Être dans toute sa —_; to be in its prime (of a thing). _Avoir la — d’une chose_; to have the best of a thing. _Semer de —s_; to strew with flowers. _—s blanches_; whites, fluor-albus. _À — de_; even with, level with. _À — de terre_; even with the ground. _Fine —_; pick, flower. _À —s_; flowery, flowered. _Yeux à — de tête_; goggle _or_ prominent eyes. _Entrer en —_; to flower, bloom. _À — d’eau_; between wind and water.

=fleurage=, _n.m._, pollard.

=fleuraison= _or_ =floraison=, _n.f._, efflorescence, blowing-time, flowering season.

=fleur de lis=, _n.f._, fleur-de-lis.

=fleurdelisé=, =-e=, _part._, marked with a fleur-de-lis.

=fleurdeliser=, _v.a._, to mark with a fleur-de-lis.

=fleuré=, _adj._, (her.) flowery, flowered.

=fleurer=, _v.n._, to smell, to exhale. _Cela fleure bon_; that smells nice. (pop.) _for_ =flairer=, _or_ =sentir=.

=fleuret=, _n.m._, silk ferret; (fenc.) foil.

=fleureter=. _V._ =flirter=.

=fleurette=, _n.f._, little flower, floweret; amorous discourse, gallant speech. _Conter —_; to talk sweet nonsense, to make love to.

=fleuri=, =-e=, _part._, flowery, florid, agreeable. _Teint —_; florid complexion. _Ecrire d’une manière —e_; to write in a florid style.

=fleurir=, _v.n._, to flower, to blow; to bloom, to blossom; to thrive, to be in repute, to flourish, to prosper. _Cet arbre fleurissait tous les ans deux fois_; this tree blossomed twice every year. _Cet auteur florissait sous le règne de_; that author flourished under the reign of. _Les arts et les sciences florissaient alors_; arts and sciences flourished then.

=fleurir=, _v.a._, to ornament with flowers.

_se_ =fleurir=, _v.r._, to adorn one’s self with flowers.

=fleurissant=, =-e=, _adj._, blossoming, blooming.

=fleuriste=, _n.m.f._, florist, floriculturist; artificial-flower-maker; (in compound words) flower. _Jardinier —_; flower-gardener, nursery-man. _Jardin —_; flower-garden.

=fleuron=, _n.m._, flower-work (paint., etc.); jewel, ornament; (print.) tail-piece. _C’est le plus beau — de sa couronne_; it is the brightest jewel in his crown.

=fleuronné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) having florets; (paleography) ornamented. (her.) _V._ =fleuré=.

=fleuve=, _n.m._, river (which falls into the sea), stream; (myth., paint., sculpt.) river-god. _Le bord d’un —_; the bank of a river. _L’embouchure d’un —_; the mouth of a river.

=flexibilité=, _n.f._, flexibility, flexibleness, pliancy, suppleness.

=flexible=, _adj._, flexible, pliable, pliant, supple.

=flexion=, _n.f._, flexion, bending.

=flexueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) flexuous.

=flexuosité=, _n.f._, (bot.) flexuosity.

=flibot=, _n.m._, (nav.) fly-boat.

=flibustier= (-tié), _n.m._, buccaneer, freebooter.

=flic-flac=, _n.m._, crack of the whip; flick-flack.

=flint-glass=, _n.m._, flint-glass.

=flirter=, _v.n._, to flirt.

=floc=, _n.m._, flock; tuft, tassel.

=floche=, _n.f._, rag; flock. _adj._, shaggy. _Soie —_; floss-silk.

=flocon=, _n.m._, flake; flock, tuft. _Un — de laine_; a flock of wool. _Il tombait de la neige à gros —s_; snow fell in great flakes.

=floconneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, flaky.

=flonflon=, _n.m._, tol-de-rol (chorus).

=floraison=, _n.f._ _V._ =flouraison=.

=floral=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) floral. _Jeux floraux_; floral games.

=flore=, _n.f._, (bot.) anthology, flora; (myth.) Flora.

=floréal=, _n.m._, Floreal (the eighth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from April 20th to May 19th).

=florence=, _n.m._, sarcenet.

=florencé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) flowery.

=florentin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Florentine.

=florentine=, _n.f._, florentine.

=florès= (-rès), _adv._, figure, dash. _Faire —_; to make a show, to cut a dash.

=florifère=, _adj._, (bot.) floriferous.

=florin=, _n.m._, florin.

=florissant=, =-e=, _adj._, prosperous, flourishing.

=floriste=, _n.m._, florist.

=flosculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) floscular, flosculous.

=floss=, _n.m._, (metal.) floss.

=flot=, _n.m._, wave, billow, flood, surge; tide, flood-tide; crowd (of persons); stream, torrent. _Les —s de la mer_; the waves of the sea. _Le bruit des —s_; the roaring of the waves. _Mettre un vaisseau à —_; to set a ship afloat. _Être à —_; to be afloat. _À —s_; in streams, in torrents; in crowds. _Demi —_; half-flood, half-tide. _— et jusant_; flood and ebb.

=flottable=, _adj._, navigable (for rafts).

=flottage=, _n.m._, floating of wood, rafting.

=flottaison=, _n.f._, flotation (nav.). _Ligne de —_; load water-line _or_ mark.

=flottant=, _n.m._, (of hydraulic wheels) float.

=flottant=, =-e=, _adj._, floating, flowing; irresolute, wavering, fluctuating.

=flotte=, _n.f._, fleet; navy, shipping, cable-buoy; (fishing) float.

=flotté=, =-e=, _part._, floated. _Bois —_; float-wood.

=flottement= (flot-mān), _n.m._, floating; wavering, irresolution; (milit.) undulation.

=flotter=, _v.n._, to float, to waft; to be irresolute, to fluctuate, to waver. _Faire — du bois_; to float wood. _v.a._, (nav.) to ease off, to slacken (cable).

=flotteron=, _n.m._, small float.

=flotteur=, _n.m._, raftsman; (nav.) cable-buoy; water-gauge.

*=flottille=, _n.f._, flotilla.

=flou=, _n.m._, (paint.) softness; delicacy of touch.

=flou=, _adj._, (paint.) light and soft.

=flou=, _adv._, (paint.) lightly.

=flouer=, _v.a._, to cheat; to diddle out of.

=flouerie= (floû-rî), _n.f._, cheating, swindling.

=floueur=, _n.m._, sharper, cheat, gull-catcher.

=flou-flou=, _n.m._, (_—_) rustling, rustle of silk.

=fluant=, =-e=, _adj._, liquid, flowing, flimsy, unresisting, transient; badly sized (of paper).

=fluate=, _n.m._, (chem.) fluate, fluoride.

=fluaté=, =-e=, _adj._, fluoride of. _Chaux —e_; fluoride of lime.

=fluctuant=, _adj._, fluctuating.

=fluctuation=, _n.f._, fluctuation.

=fluctueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fluctuating, agitated, boisterous.

=fluer=, _v.n._, to flow, to run.

=fluet=, =-te=, _adj._, thin, spare, lean, slender, lank.

=flueurs=, _n.f.pl._, (med.) fluor-albus, whites.

=fluide=, _adj._, liquid, flowing, fluid.

=fluide=, _n.m._, fluid.

=fluidité=, _n.f._, fluidity, fluidness.

=fluor=, _n.m._, (chem.) fluorine; (min.) fluor; fluor-spar. _Spath —_; fluor, fluor-spar.

=fluorine=, _n.f._, (chem.) fluorine; (min.) fluoride.

=flûte=, _n.f._, (nav.) flute; (mus.) flute; French roll, tall glass (for champagne). _Jouer de la —_; to play the flute. _— allemande_, _traversière_; German flute. _Petite —_; piccolo. _Ce qui vient de la — s’en retourne au tambour_; lightly come, lightly go. _Ajuster ses —s_; to tune one’s pipes; to prepare one’s measures. _Accordez vos —s_; settle it between you.

=flûté=, =-e=, _adj._, soft, fluted, fluty; piping; squeaky.

=flûteau=, _n.m._, child’s whistle; (bot.) water-plantain.

=flûter=, _v.n._, to flute, to pipe; to drink hard; to tipple.

=flûteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (b.s.) player on the flute, piper, (fam.) toper, tippler.

=flûtiste=, _n.m._, flutist, flute-player.

=fluvial=, =-e=, _adj._, fluvial.

=fluviatile=, _adj._, fluviatile, fluviatic.

=flux= (flu), _n.m._, flux, flow, influx, flood; stream, rising; (at cards) flush. _— de sang_; bloody flux. _— de ventre_; dysentery.

=fluxion=, _n.f._, inflammation; swelling. _pl._, (math.) fluxions. _Une — de poitrine_; inflammation of the lungs.

=fluxionnaire=, _adj._, (l.u.) subject to inflammation.

=foarre=, =foerre=, =fouarre=, _n.m._, straw (of oats).

=foc=, _n.m._, (nav.) jib, stay-sail. _Grand —_; standing-jib. _Petit —_; fore stay-sail. _Bâton de —_; jib-boom.

=focal=, _adj._, focal.

=foène=, _n.f._, eel-spear.

=fœtus= (fé-tus), _n.m._, fœtus.

=foi=, _n.f._, faith, belief; fidelity, honor; trust; credit, evidence; proof, testimony; (milit.) parole; fealty. _N’avoir ni — ni loi_; to regard neither law nor gospel, _or_ to be utterly reckless, unprincipled. _Ma —!_ really! faith! to be sure! I declare! _Fausser sa —_; to break one’s faith. _— de gentilhomme_; as I am a gentleman, on the word _or_ honor of a gentleman. _Garder sa —_; to keep one’s faith. _Manquer à sa —_; to break one’s faith. _Bonne —_; good faith, honesty, plain-dealing. _Mauvaise —_; dishonesty, unfairness, false play. _Profession de —_; creed, belief. _Un homme de bonne —_; an honest man. _Ajouter — à quelque chose_; to give credit to anything. _Avez-vous — à ces contes-là?_ do you believe such stories? _En — de quoi_; in testimony whereof. _De bonne —_; sincerely, honestly, uprightly, in earnest. _Agir de bonne —_; to act fairly. _Faire — de_; to testify, to prove, to be evidence of.

=foible=. _V._ =faible=.

=foie=, _n.m._, liver. _Maladie de —_; liver-complaint. _Pâté de — gras_; goose liver pie.

=foin=, _n.m._, hay, grass. _Meule de —_; hay-stack _or_ rick; (of artichokes) choke. _Grenier à —_; hayloft. _Faire les —s_; to make hay. _Mettre du — dans ses bottes_; to feather one’s nest. _Avoir du — dans ses bottes_; to be well off.

=foire=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) diarrhœa; fair (market); fairing. _La — n’est pas sur le pont_; there is no occasion to be in such a hurry. _Ils s’entendent comme larrons en —_; they are hand and glove together.

=foirer=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to have diarrhœa; (fig.) to show the white feather.

=foireu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.ex.) lax, relaxed. _n._, one who has diarrhœa. _Avoir la mine —se_; to look pale, sick.

=fois=, _n.f._, time, occasion (repetition). _Une — par an_; once a year. _Deux — par semaine_; twice a week. _Plusieurs —_; several times. _De — à autre_; from time to time. _Une autre —_; another time. _Une — pour toutes_; once for all. _Une — autant_; as much again. _À la —_, _tout à la —_; all together, all at once. _Autant de — que_, _toutes les — que_; as often as. _Une — n’est pas coutume_; once does not constitute a habit. _À plusieurs —_; repeatedly. _Y regarder à deux —_; to look twice (before doing anything). _N’en pas faire à deux —_; not to hesitate a moment. _Trois — trois_; three times three.

=foison=, _n.f._, plenty, abundance. _À —_; plentifully, abundantly; in crowds.

=foisonner=, _v.n._, to abound; to increase; to swarm (of animals).

=fol=, =-le=, _adj._ _V._ =fou=.

=folâtre=, _adj._, sportive, frolicsome, playful; wanton.

=folâtrer=, _v.n._, to play, to sport, to toy, to romp, to frolic. _En folâtrant_; sportively, wantonly.

=folâtrerie=, _n.f._, frolic, prank, gambol, toying, wanton trick.

=foliacé=, =-e=, _adj._, foliaceous.

=foliaire=, _adj._, of leaf, of leaves.

=foliation=, _n.f._, (arch.) feathering; (bot.) foliation.

=folichon=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, wag, frolicsome person; gamesome, wanton, sportive, fresh, frolicsome. _Un petit —_; a little wag.

=folie=, _n.f._, madness, folly, distraction, lunacy, frenzy; piece of folly, foolery, foolishness, mania, hobby; country-seat. _Un accès de —_; a fit of madness. _Faire des —s_; to squander money; to carry on. _Qui fait la — la boit_; as you brew, so you must drink. _Aimer à la —_; to love to distraction. _À la —_; madly, passionately.

=folié=, =-e=, _adj._, foliated.

=folio=, _n.m._, folio. _Un in-—_; (_—_) a folio book. _— recto_; first page. _— verso_; second page.

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

=follement= (fol-mān), _adv._, madly, foolishly, dotingly, extravagantly, distractedly.

=follet=, =-te=, _adj._, wanton, playful, frolicsome, waggish; downy (of hair). _Poil —_; down. _Feu —_; ignis fatuus, will-o’-the-wisp, jack-a-lantern. _Esprit —_; sprite, goblin, hobgoblin.

=follet=, _n.m._, goblin, sprite, elf.

=folliculaire=, _n.m._, (b.s.) pamphleteer.

=follicule=, _n.m._, follicle.

=follicule=, _n.f._, (pharm.) pod (of senna).

=fomentation=, _n.f._, fomentation.

=fomenter=, _v.a._, to foment, to feed. _— des troubles_; to excite troubles. _— une querelle_; to stir up a quarrel.

=foncé=, =-e=, _adj._, dark, deep (of color); bottomed (of chairs _or_ casks); (meta.) moneyed; well versed in.

=foncement= (fons-mān), _n.m._, sinking (of wells).

=foncer=, _v.a._, to bottom (a cask); to sink (wells); to deepen (of colors). _v.n._, to dash, to rush upon; to supply funds. _Foncez!_ charge down! _Se —_, _v.r._, (of color) to deepen; (pop.) to be getting tipsy.

=foncet=, _n.m._, barge-boat.

=fonceur=, _n.m._, sinker (of wells).

=fonci-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, landed; ☉deep-seated, thorough. _Contribution —ère_; land-tax. _Propriétaire —_; land owner. _Rente —ère_; ground rent.

=foncièrement= (-sièr-mān), _adv._, thoroughly, completely; at the bottom; in the main.

=fonction=, _n.f._, functions, office. _pl._, functions, duty, office; working, action. _Entrer en —_; to enter upon one’s duties _or_ upon office. _Faire ses —s_; to perform one’s duties. _Sortir de —_; to retire from office. _En —_; acting, at work.

=fonctionnaire=, _n.m._, functionary; officer, office-holder, official.

=fonctionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, functional.

=fonctionnement=, _n.m._, acting, operating, working, action.

=fonctionner=, _v.n._, to work, to act, to operate.

=fond=, _n.m._, bottom, end, lower end, ground; groundwork; foundation; depth; center, heart, further end, most remote part, main point; basis; essential part, essence, gist; (paint.) background. _pl._, (print.) inner margin; (thea.) back-scene; (mining) underground; recess; (nav.) flooring (of a cap, crown, caul). _Sans —_; bottomless. _Tomber au —_; to fall to the bottom. _Le — d’un carrosse_; the back of a coach. _— de lit_; wooden bottom of a bed. _Dans le —_; at bottom, in reality. _Le — d’un bois_; the heart of a forest. _Il faut venir au —_; we must get to the bottom. _Voir le — du sac_; to search, probe, a thing to the bottom. _Velours à — d’or_; velvet with a gold ground. _Des arbres occupent le — du tableau_; trees occupy the background of the picture. _Le — d’un miroir_; the back of a looking-glass. _Bas-—_, (_—-—s_) deep water. _Haut-—_, (_—-—s_) shallow water. _Perdre —_; to get out of one’s depth. _Prendre —_; to touch bottom. _Donner —_; (nav.) to cast anchor. _Couler à —_; (nav.) to sink, to run down. _À — de cale_; in the bottom of the hold. _À —_; thoroughly, fully, to the bottom, perfectly. _Fin —_; lowest depth, very depths of, innermost recesses; farthest end, extremity, ends of. _Il possède cette science à —_; he is a thorough master of that science. _Au —_; in the main, at bottom. _De — en comble_; wholly, from top to bottom, irretrievably. _Il est ruiné de — en comble_; he is utterly ruined. _Faire — sur_; (fig.) to rely, to depend on.

=fondage=, _n.m._, casting, smelting, melting.

=fondamental=, =-e=, _adj._, fundamental, essential, radical.

=fondamentalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, fundamentally, essentially, radically.

=fondant=, =-e=, _adj._, melting, dissolving. _Tableau —_; dissolving view. _Poire —e_; melting, over-ripe pear.

=fondant=, _n.m._, flux (melting); sweetmeat.

=fondat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, founder, foundress.

=fondation=, _n.f._, foundation; groundwork; basis, bed; bottoming (of roads); endowment, establishment. _La — d’une colonie_; the establishment of a colony.

=fondé=, _n.m._, proxy. _— de pouvoirs_, _de procuration_; private attorney; agent acting under power of attorney, legal representative.

=fondé=, =-e=, _adj._, founded, well-founded; authentic, strong; (fin.) consolidated. _Être — à_; to have a right to, to have authority to, to be justified in. _Être — en droit_; to have a just cause.

=fondement= (fond-mān), _n.m._, foundation; groundwork; basis; ground, cause. _Jeter les —s de la paix_; to lay the foundations of peace. _Ce bruit est sans —_; that report is without foundation. _Dénué de —_; groundless.

=fonder=, _v.a._, to lay the foundation, to build, to erect, to found; to ground, to base, to rest; to establish; to justify; to endow. _— un empire_; to lay the foundation of an empire.

_se_ =fonder=, _v.r._, to rely, to rest upon, to be grounded, to be founded. _Se — sur l’analogie_; to be founded upon analogy.

=fonderie= (fon-drî), _n.f._, foundry, foundery, founding; melting-house, smelting-house. _— de caractères_; letter-foundry, type-foundry.

=fondeur=, _n.m._, founder, melter; smelter (of ore). _— en caractères_; letter-founder, type-founder.

=fondis=, _n.m._, giving way, sinking, settling.

=fondoir=, _n.m._, melting-house.

=fondre=, _v.a._, to melt, to dissolve, to cast; (paint.) to soften; to blend. _— une cloche_; to cast a bell.

_se_ =fondre=, _v.r._, to melt; to dissolve; to blend, to coalesce; to be cast; to be merged, to be fused; to diminish, to disappear suddenly, to melt away.

=fondre=, _v.n._, to melt down; to melt away; to dissolve; to burst (into tears); to dart, to pounce upon; to make a stoop (of birds); to fall away, to vanish. _Il fondit sur lui_; he pounced upon him. _— en larmes_; to burst into tears.

=fondrière=, _n.f._, bog, quagmire, slough, gully.

*=fondrilles=, _n.f.pl._, grounds, sediment, dregs. _V._ =effondrilles=.

=fonds= (fōn), _n.m._, land, soil, ground; landed property; funds, stock, capital, principal, cash, ready money; stock in trade, business; subject, matter. _pl._, funds, stocks. _Article de —_; leading article. _Biens-—_; landed property. _Acheter des —_; to put money in the funds. _Mettre de l’argent à — perdus_; to sink money (in an annuity). _Spéculer sur les — publics_; to speculate in the public funds. _Céder son —_; to give up one’s business. _Être en —_; to be in cash. _Faire rentrer des —_; to get in money. _Ce marchand a vendu son —_; that tradesman has sold his business. _Un — inépuisable de science_; an inexhaustible mine of knowledge. _— secrets_; service-fund, service-money. _— d’amortissement_; sinking fund.

=fondue=, _n.f._, (cook.) dish made of cheese and eggs.

=fonger=, _v.n._, to blot (of paper).

=fongible=, _adj._, (jur.) fungible.

=fongosité=, _n.f._, (med.) fungus.

=fongueu-x=, =-se= (-gheû, -z), _adj._, (med.) fungous, proud.

=fongus= (-gus), _n.m._, (med.) fungus.

=fontaine=, _n.f._, fountain; spring; cistern; tap, cock, plug; (for tea) urn. _De l’eau de —_; spring water. _Il a été à la — de Jouvence_; he has renewed his youth. _Il ne faut jamais dire: “—, je ne boirai pas de ton eau”_; we must never say, “I shall never need that,” _or_ “such a thing will never happen.”

=fontainier=. _V._ =fontenier=.

=fontanelle=, _n.f._, (anat.) fontanel.

☉=fontange=, _n.f._, topknot (ribbon).

=fonte=, _n.f._, melting, casting, cast; cast-iron; brass; smelting; (print.) font, fount; holster (of saddles). _Fer de —_ or _— de fer_; cast-iron. _Jeter en —_; to cast. _Métal de —_; gun-metal; brass.

=fontenier=, _n.m._, fountain-maker; turncock.

=fonticule=, _n.m._, (surg.) issue.

=fonts= (fōn), _n.m.pl._, font. _Tenir quelqu’un sur les —_; to stand godfather, godmother, to any one.

=for=, _n.m._, (l.u.) tribunal, conscience. _— extérieur_; temporal jurisdiction of the church. _— intérieur_; spiritual jurisdiction; inner conscience.

=forage=, _n.m._, boring; drilling; wine dues.

=forain=, =-e=, _adj._, foreign, alien, outlandish, traveling, itinerant. _Marchand —_; hawker, peddler. _Rade —e_; (nav.) open roadstead. _Spectacle —_; traveling show. _Marchand —_; pork-salesman. _Chemin —_; carriage road. _Propriétaire —_; absentee landlord.

=foraminé=, _adj._, foraminous.

=forban=, _n.m._, pirate, sea-robber, corsair.

=forçage=, _n.m._, (coin.) overweight.

=forçat=, _n.m._, galley-slave, convict.

=force=, _n.f._, strength, might, force; forcibleness, power, authority; violence, constraint, necessity; command, vigor, energy, efficacy; fortitude, resolution; skill, cleverness, proficiency; (nav.) press (of sail). _pl._, troops, forces. _Les —s lui manquent_; his strength is failing him. _Frapper de toute sa —_; to strike with all one’s might. _Être à bout de —s_; to be done up. _Mettre des —s sur pied_; to raise forces. _Assembler ses —s_; to muster one’s forces. _Les —s de terre_; land forces. _La — de la vérité_; the power of truth. _Céder à la — majeure_; to yield to superior force. _Dans toute la — du terme_; in every sense of the word. _De gré ou de —_; whether you like it or no. _— est restée à la loi_; order was restored. _User de —_, _employer la —_; to use forcible means. _Faire — de voiles_; to crowd all sail. _Faire — de rames_; to row with all one’s might. _Maison de —_; house of correction, bridewell. _Il n’a ni — ni vertu_; he has neither valor nor virtue. _À — de_; by dint of. _De —_; a match for. _De — à_; strong enough to; equal to. _À — de bras_; by strength of arm. _À — d’argent_; with large sums of money. _De —_, _par —_; forcibly, by force, by forcible means. _À toute —_; absolutely, by all means, at all hazards. _Travailler à —_; to work hard. _— me fut de_; I was compelled to.

=force=, _adv._, much, a great quantity of, a great deal of; many, a great many, any number of. _Je leur fis — compliments_; I paid them any number of compliments. _— gens_; any number of people.

=forcé=, =-e=, _part._, forced, unnatural, strained, far-fetched; (man.) overreached; compulsory, unavoidable. _C’est —_; it is inevitable; it must happen. _Vent —_; (nav.) violent, boisterous wind.

=forcément=, _adv._, forcibly, by force, compulsorily; necessarily; inevitably.

=forcement=, _n.m._, forcing, compelling, compulsion; rape. _— de recette_; compulsion to refund.

=forcené=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, madman, mad-woman; furious, frantic, mad, passionate, infuriated; enraged.

=forceps= (-séps), _n.m._, (surg.) forceps.

=forcer=, _v.a._, to force, to compel, to constrain; to impel; to break open, to wrench, to wrest, to bend, to break through; to run down (hunt.). _— une porte_; to break open a door. _— une clef_; to force a key. _— un cheval_; to override _or_ overdo a horse. _— la nature_; to force or outrage nature. _— sa voix_; to strain one’s voice. _— les voiles_; to crowd all sail. _— les rames_; to ply the oars. _— le pas_; to quicken one’s pace.

_se_ =forcer=, _v.r._, to strain, to strain one’s self; to do violence to one’s feelings.

=forcerie=, _n.f._, forcing house.

=forces=, _n.f.pl._, shears.

=forcet=, _n.m._, whip-cord.

=forclore=, _v.a._, (jur.) to foreclose, to estop.

=forclusion=, _n.f._, (jur.) foreclosure, foreclosing, estoppel.

=foré=, =-e=, _part._, bored, drilled; piped (of keys).

=forer=, _v.a._, to bore, to drill, to perforate, to pierce.

=forestier=, _n.m._, ranger, keeper, forester.

=foresti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, forest, pertaining to forests. _Enlever au régime des lois —ères_; to disafforest. _Garde —_; forest-ranger, forester.

=forêt=, _n.f._, forest, forest-land, woodland; roof-timber; den of thieves, shock (of hair). _Conversion en —_; afforestation. _Convertir en —_; to afforest. _Déclarer ne plus être —_; to disafforest. _Une — de cheveux_; a great shock of hair.

=foret=, _n.m._, gimlet, borer, drill.

=forfaire=, _v.n._, to fail in one’s duty; to trespass, to transgress; to prevaricate; to be false to. _Il a forfait à l’honneur_; he has been false to honor.

=forfaire=, _v.a._, to forfeit (fief).

=forfait=, _n.m._, forfeit, crime, offense, transgression; contract. _Entreprendre à —_; to contract for, to take by the job. _À —_; in the lump; on speculation.

=forfaiture=, _n.f._, forfeiture; prevarication.

=forfanterie= (-fan-trî), _n.f._, romancing, bragging, puffing, boasting.

=forficule=, _n.f._, (ent.) earwig.

=forge=, _n.f._, forge, smithy; farmer’s shop; blacksmith’s shop. _pl._, iron-works. _Grosse —_; large forge. _— de campagne_; (milit.) traveling forge. _Maître de —s_; iron-master.

=forgeable= (-jabl), _adj._, forgeable.

=forger=, _v.a._, to forge, to hammer; to invent, to fabricate, to contrive, to forge, to coin. _— des nouvelles_; to fabricate news. _— des mots_; to coin words. _Fer forgé_; wrought iron.

_se_ =forger=, _v.r._, to create, to imagine, to conjure up, to fancy.

=forgerie=, _n.f._, iron-works.

=forgeron=, _n.m._, smith, blacksmith. _En forgeant on devient —_; practice makes perfect.

=forgeur=, _n.m._, forger, hammerman, contriver, inventor, fabricator.

=forhuer= _or_ =forhuir=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to blow, to wind (a horn); to recall the hounds; to recheat.

=forjet=, _n.m._, jutting out (of a wall).

=forjeter=, _v.n._, (arch.) to jut out.

=forlancer=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to dislodge, to start (game).

=forlonger=, _v.a._, to spin out, to lengthen, to protract. _v.n._, to get ahead (of a stag).

_se_ =forlonger=, _v.r._, to be spun out, to be drawn out; (hunt.) to run a length; to get ahead. _Le cerf s’était forlongé_; the stag had got ahead.

=formaliser=, _v.a._, to offend, to shock.

_se_ =formaliser=, _v.r._, to take exception to, _or_ offense at, to feel offended.

=formalisme=, _n.m._, formalism.

=formaliste=, _adj._, formal, precise, ceremonious. _Il est trop —_; he is too precise.

=formaliste=, _n.m._, formalist.

=formalité=, _n.f._, formality, form, ceremony. _Défaut de —_, _manque de —_; (jur.) informality.

=formariage=, _n.m._, (feudal-law) marriage between serfs belonging each to a different lord.

=format=, _n.m._, form, size, shape (of a book).

=format-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, formative, creative.

=formation=, _n.f._, formation.

=forme=, _n.f._, form, shape, figure, make; mode, mold, frame; body (of a hat); mold (in paper-making); (print.) form; seat; stall (of a choir); bed of gravel; (vet.) ring-bone; (nav.) dock. _— de soulier_; last of a shoe. _Mettre des souliers en —_; to put shoes on the last. _— de chapeau_; hat block. _Sans autre — de procès_; without any further formality. _En —_; formally. _— de procédure_; law proceeding, procedure. _En la — qui suit_; as follows. _Argument en —_; formal argument. _Pour la —_; for form’s sake. _— brisée_; stretchers. _Dans les —s_; _en bonne —_; in due form, in order.

=formé=, =-e=, _adj. & part._, formed; full-grown, mature, matured; set (of fruit).

=formel=, =-le=, _adj._, formal, express, precise, plain, explicit.

=formellement= (-mèl-mān), _adv._, formally, expressly, precisely, strictly.

=former=, _v.a._, to form, to frame, to fashion, to compose, to make up, to bring up, to cut out, to mold, to season; (jur.) to array (a panel). _— une difficulté_; to raise a difficulty. _— une plainte_; to lodge a complaint. _— un jeune homme_; to train up a youth.

_se_ =former=, _v.r._, to be made, formed; to be bred, to form, to take, to assume a form, to take shape, to improve; to resolve one’s self into (a committee, etc.). _— une idée de quelque chose_; to form an idea of anything. _Il se formera avec le temps_; he will become polished _or_ improve with time.

=formica-leo=, _n.m._, (_—_) myrmeleon, ant-lion.

=formicant=, _adj._, (med.) (of the pulse) weak and frequent.

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

=formidable=, _adj._, formidable, dreadful, frightful; tremendous, fearful.

=formier=, _n.m._, last-maker.

=formique=, _adj._, (chem.) formic.

=formuer=, _v.a._, (hawking) to mew.

=formulaire=, _n.m._, formulary.

=formule=, _n.f._, formula, form; prescription. _— d’algèbre_; algebraic formula.

=formuler=, _v.a._, (med.) to write a prescription in due form; to detail, to state; (jur.) to draw up in due form, to formulate; (alg.) to reduce to a formula. _Se —_; to be drawn up.

=fornicat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, fornicator.

=fornication=, _n.f._, fornication.

=forniquer=, _v.n._, to fornicate.

=forpaître= _or_ =forpaiser=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to feed at a distance from the covert.

☉=fors=, _prep._, save, except, but.

=forsenant=, _adj._, (hunt.) eager after game.

=fort=, =-e=, _adj._, strong, stout, powerful, violent, plentiful, copious; severe (of illness); sturdy, robust, lusty, hardy, able-bodied, vigorous, able; hard, painful, difficult; skillful, clever; high (of wind); heavy (of ground, of rain). _Avoir la tête —e_, _l’esprit —_; to be strong minded. _Un esprit —_; a free-thinker. _Un coffre —_; a strong box, a safe. _Colle —e_; glue. _Terre —e_; heavy ground. _Place —e_; stronghold. _Expression —e_; telling expression. _— de poids_; overweight, too heavy. _À plus —e raison_; so much the more _or_ all the more reason. _Le plus — en est fait_; the worst is over. _Être — aux échecs_; to play at chess very well. _Se faire — de_; to undertake, to take upon one’s self to, to feel confident of being able to. _Se porter — pour quelqu’un_; to answer for any one. _Trouver plus — que soi_; to meet with more than one’s match. _C’est plus — que moi_; I cannot help it. _C’est trop —_, _c’est par trop —_; it is too bad. _Voilà qui est —_; come! I like that.

=fort=, _n.m._, strongest part of a thing; thickest part (of a wood); stronghold, fort; strength, skill; depth, heat, height; center. _Le — d’une affaire_; the main point of a business. _La raison du — est toujours la meilleure_; might is right. _La critique est son —_; criticism is his forte. _Dans le — de_ or _au — de l’hiver_; in the depth of winter. _Dans le — de sa colère_; in the height of his passion. _Dans le — du combat_; in the heat of the fight. _Au — de la tempête_; in the height of the storm. _— de la halle_; market-porter. _Le — portant le faible_, or _du — au faible_; one thing with another; on an average. _Connaître_, or _savoir_, _le — et le faible de_; to know the ins and outs of. _Le plus — est fait_; the worst is over, _or_ the most difficult part is done.

=fort=, _adv._, very, very much, highly, extremely, vastly, exceedingly; hard, forcibly. _— bien_; very well. _Bien —_; very hard, or very loud. _— et ferme_; resolutely; for all one is worth. _Il pleut —_; it is raining fast. _Frapper —_; to strike hard.

=forte=, _adv._, (mus.) forte.

=fortement=, _adv._, strongly, vigorously, with force, stoutly, forcibly, much; exceedingly.

=forteresse= (for-très), _n.f._, fortress, stronghold.

=fortifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, strengthening, fortifying, invigorating, bracing.

=fortifiant=, _n.m._, (med.) tonic.

=fortification=, _n.f._, fortification; redoubt.

=fortifier=, _v.a._, to fortify, to strengthen, to invigorate, to brace; to corroborate, to confirm. _Le bon vin fortifie l’estomac_; good wine is strengthening.

_se_ =fortifier=, _v.r._, to fortify one’s self, to gather strength, to grow strong; to make one’s self a proficient; to gain proficiency; to make one’s self better acquainted; to become skilled.

=fortin=, _n.m._, (milit.) fortlet, little fort.

_à_ =fortiori= (-cio-), _adv._, à fortiori, much more.

=fortitrer=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to avoid the dogs.

=fortitude=, _n.f._, fortitude.

=fortrait=, =-e=, _adj._, (of horses) overworked, spent.

=fortraiture=, _n.f._, overfatigue (of a horse).

=fortuit=, =-e=, _adj._, fortuitous, casual. _Cas —_; mere chance _or_ accident.

=fortuitement= (-tu-it-mān), _adv._, fortuitously, casually, accidentally, by chance.

=fortune=, _n.f._, fortune, chance, risk, hazard, wealth, luck, success, property; (myth.) Fortune. _La — lui sourit_; fortune smiles upon him. _Avoir de la —_; to possess property, to be rich. _Artisan de sa —_; architect of one’s own fortune. _La — du pot_; pot-luck. _Bonne —_; good luck, good fortune, windfall. _Mauvaise —_; ill-fortune, ill-luck. _Courir après la —_; to hunt after riches. _Brusquer la —_; to tempt fortune. _Faire —_; to make a fortune. _Être en —_; to be lucky, to be in luck’s way. _Manger sa —_; to squander one’s fortune. _Il faut faire contre mauvaise — bon cœur_; we must put a good face upon matters. _De —_; enriched, self-made. _Homme à bonnes —s_; lady-killer; intriguer. _— de mer_; sea risks. _Demi —_; one-horse carriage.

=fortuné=, =-e=, _adj._, fortunate, lucky; happy.

=forum= (fo-rom), _n.m._, (antiq.) forum.

=forure=, _n.f._, bore, hole drilled.

=fosse=, _n.f._, hole, pit, den, grave; (hort.) trench; cesspool, pipe; (of the nose) chamber. _Basse-—_; dungeon. _Avoir un pied dans la —_; to have one foot in the grave. _— de céleri_; celery-trench. _— à fumier_; dung-hole. _— aux lions_; lion’s den; (nav.) boatswain’s store-room. _Mettre dans la —_; to lay in the grave. _Mettre la clé sur la —_; to waive one’s right of inheritance.

=fossé=, _n.m._, ditch, drain; (fort.) moat, fosse. _Mourir au bord d’un —_; to die in a ditch. _Sauter le —_; to pass the Rubicon, to cast the die. _Ce qui tombe dans le — c’est pour les soldats_; “findings is keepings.”

=fossette=, _n.f._, dimple; (play) chuck-farthing; pit of the stomach.

=fossile=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fossil.

=fossoyage=, _n.m._, ditching; grave-digging.

=fossoyer=, _v.n._, to ditch, to dig a trench round.

=fossoyeur=, _n.m._, ditcher, grave-digger; sexton.

=fou= _or_ =fol=, =folle=, _adj._, mad, foolish, wild, insane, senseless, frolicsome; playful; excessively fond; distracting (of pain); excessive. _Un fol espoir_; a foolish hope. _Devenir —_; to go mad. _Être — de_; to be mad for; to be passionately fond of. _Que vous êtes —!_ how foolish you are! _— à lier_; raving, mad.

=fou=, _n.m._, =folle=, _n.f._, madman, madwoman; madcap; mad-brain; jester, fool; bishop (at chess); (orni.) booby. _Maison de —s_; lunatic asylum. _Faire le —_; to play the fool. _Plus on est de —s, plus on rit_; the more the merrier. _Qui ne sait pas être — n’est pas sage_; it takes a wise man to make a fool.

=fouace=, _n.f._, buttered roll; hearth-cake.

=fouage=, _n.m._, hearth-money, hearth-penny.

*=fouaille=, _n.f._, (hunt.) quarry.

*=fouailler=, _v.a._, to lash, to whip.

=foudre=, _n.f._, thunder, thunder-bolt, lightning. _Coup de —_; clap of thunder. _La — est tombée sur_; a thunderbolt fell on. _Lancer la —_; to hurl the thunderbolt. _Être tué par la —_; to be killed by lightning.

=foudre=, _n.m._, thunderbolt; great orator; great warrior, captain, hero; a large cask, a tun. _Un — de guerre_; a great captain.

=foudroiement= _or_ =foudroîment= (foo-droa-mān), _n.m._, thunder-striking, crushing; overwhelming.

=foudroyant=, =-e=, _adj._, terrible, crushing, dreadful; fulminating, thundering; withering.

=foudroyer=, _v.a._, to thunder-strike; to batter with cannon and mortars; to riddle with shot; to fulminate, to blast; to crush, to overwhelm, to ruin, to confound.

=fouée=, _n.f._, bat-fowling; oven-fire; fagot.

=fouenne=, _n.f._ _V._ =faîne=.

=fouet=, _n.m._, whip, horsewhip, lash; whipcord; whipping; whisk; cat, cat-o’-nine-tails. _— à blancs d’œufs_; egg-whisk. _Faire claquer un —_; to crack a whip. _Faire claquer son —_; to sound one’s own trumpet. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to whip any one. _Donner des coups de — à_; to whip. _Se faire donner le —_; to get whipped. _Poulie à —_; (nav.) tail-block. _Coup de —_; sudden contraction of muscles of leg.

=fouetté=, =-e=, _part._, whipped; streaked (of flowers and fruit). _De la crème —e_; whipped cream. _Tulipe —e_; streaked tulip.

=fouette-queue=, _n.m._, star-lizard.

=fouetter=, _v.a._, to whip, to horsewhip, to lash, to scourge, to flog; to whisk; to flick; to toss off, to quaff; (nav.) to lash; (nav.) to flap back against the masts (of sails). _Il n’y a pas là de quoi — un chat_; it is a mere trifle. _Il a bien d’autres chiens à —_; he has other fish to fry. _Fouette! cocher_; whip up _or_ faster, coachman.

=fouetter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to cut (of the wind); to beat _or_ patter against (of hail, rain, snow); to sweep (of cannon).

=fouetteur=, _n.m._, flogger, whipper.

=fougade= _or_ =fougasse=, _n.f._, (milit.) fougade.

=fouger=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to grub (of wild boars).

=fougeraie= (fou-jrê), _n.f._, fern-plot _or_ brake.

=fougère=, _n.f._, (bot.) fern; brake; (fig.) drinking glass. _— aquatique_, _fleurie_, _royale_; flowering fern, king’s fern. _— impériale_, _femelle_; brake. _— musquée_; sweet fern.

=fougon=, _n.m._, (nav.) cook’s galley, caboose.

=fougue= (foug), _n.f._, fury, passion, transport, beat, ardor, fire, spirit, spiritedness, mettle; (nav.) mizzen-top. _Dans la — de la colère_; in the heat of passion. _La — de la jeunesse_; the impetuosity of youth. _Un cheval qui a trop de —_; a horse that has too much mettle.

=fougueu-x=, =-se= (-gheû, -z), _adj._, fiery, hot, hasty, impetuous, ardent, spirited, animated, passionate, mettlesome, high-mettled. _Cheval —_; spirited horse.

*=fouille=, _n.f._, excavating; excavation; digging. _Faire des —s_; to excavate, to make excavations.

=fouille-au-pot=, _n.m._, (_—_) (l.ex.) scullion, turnspit.

*=fouiller=, _v.a._, to excavate, to dig; to search, to pry into, to rummage; to ransack, to probe to the bottom; to think out; (paint., sculpt.) to sink. _— une mine_; to work a mine. _— quelqu’un_; to search any one.

*_se_ =fouiller=, _v.r._, to search one’s pockets, to feel in one’s pockets; to search one another.

*=fouiller=, _v.n._, to dig, to search, to rummage, to ransack. _— dans sa mémoire_; to ransack one’s brain.

*=fouillis=, _n.m._, confusion, medley; jumble, litter, mess; confused mass (of foliage).

=fouine=, _n.f._, (mam.) martin, beech-martin; martlet; (agri.) pitchfork, fork; (fishing) gig, fishgig, fizgig, gaff.

=fouiner=, _v.n._, to sneak away, to steal away, to slink off, to steal off.

=fouir=, _v.a._, to dig, to delve.

=fouissement= (foo-is-mān), _n.m._, digging.

=foulage=, _n.m._, (manu.) fulling.

=foulant=, =-e=, _adj._, pressing down. _Pompe —e_; forcing-pump.

=foulard=, _n.m._, silk handkerchief; scarf.

=foule=, _n.f._, crowd, throng, multitude, concourse, mob, press, shoal, fry, herd, common herd; (manu.) fulling. _Venir en —_; to flock, to throng together. _Entrer en —_; to crowd in. _La — des draps_; (manu.) the fulling of cloth. _Sortir de la —_; _se tirer de la —_; to rise above the common herd. _En —_; in crowds. _Faire —_; to crowd round.

=foulé=, =-e=, _part._, trodden down, trampled upon, oppressed; (manu.) milled.

=foulée=, _n.f._, pile (of skins); tread (of steps). _pl._, (hunt.) foiling, fusee, slot; (man.) appui.

=fouler=, _v.a._, to tread, to trample on, to trample down, to grind down, to oppress; to gall (animal); to sprain; (agri.) to jam; (manu.) to full; (manu.) to mill; (hunt.) to beat (a wood). _— la vendange_; to press the grapes. _— aux pieds_; to trample under foot. _— du drap_; to full cloth. _— un chapeau_; to work a hat. _— un cheval_; to override a horse.

_se_ =fouler=, _v.r._, to sprain one’s self. _— le pied_; to sprain one’s foot. _Ne pas se —_; (fig.) to take things easy.

=fouler=, _v.n._, (print.) to press.

=foulerie= (foo-lrî), _n.f._, fullery.

=fouleur=, _n.m._, wine-presser; fuller.

=fouloir=, _n.m._, (manu.) beater; (artil.) rammer; sponge-rod; tobacco-plug; plugger.

=fouloire=, _n.f._, (manu.) fulling-board.

=foulon=, _n.m._, fuller. _Chardon à —_; (bot.) teasel, fuller’s thistle. _Moulin à —_; fulling-mill. _Terre à —_; fuller’s earth.

=foulonnier=, _n.m._, fuller.

=foulque=, _n.f._, (orni.) coot.

=foulure=, _n.f._, sprain, strain; (manu.) fulling; (manu.) milling. _pl._, (hunt.) foiling, fusee, slot (of a stag); (vet.) warbles.

=four=, _n.m._, oven; bake-house; kidnaping-house, crimping-house; dark room; furnace; kiln; (metal.) hearth; (fig. and fam.) bungle, mull, mess, failure. _Mettre le pain au —_; to put the batch into the oven. _— de campagne_; portable oven. _— à briques_; brick-kiln. _— à chaux_; lime-kiln. _Gueule de —_; kiln-hole. _Des petits —s_; (cook.) small cakes. _Pièces de —_; (cook.) pastry. _Charger le —_; to heat the oven. _Aller au —_; to go to the bake-house. _Ce n’est pas pour vous que le — chauffe_; that is not meant for you. _Vous viendrez cuire à mon —_; you will have need of me some day. _Faire —_; to be unsuccessful, to fail, to be a frost (fam., thea.) _Faire un —_; to commit a blunder.

=fourbe=, _n.f._, cheating, imposture, low villainy, knavery.

=fourbe=, _n.m.f._, cheat; knave, impostor.

=fourbe=, _adj._, deceitful, knavish, crafty.

=fourber=, _v.a._, to cheat, to take in, to gull, to impose upon, to trick.

=fourberie=, _n.f._, cheating, knavery, imposture, deceit.

=fourbir=, _v.a._, to furbish, polish.

=fourbisseur=, _n.m._, furbisher; sword-cutler.

=fourbissime=, _adj._, most knavish.

=fourbissure=, _n.f._, furbishing; rubbing up.

=fourbu=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) foundered; diseased in the feet. _Rendre —_; to founder.

=fourbure=, _n.f._, foundering; founder in the feet.

=fourche=, _n.f._, fork, pitchfork. _—s patibulaires_; forked gibbet. _—s Caudines_; Caudine forks. _Faire la —_; to fork, to branch off. _Faire une chose à la —_; to do a thing anyhow.

=fourché=, =-e=, _part._, forked, split; cloven; (her.) fourchee. _Croix —e_; (her.) cross fourchee.

=fourcher=, _v.n._, to fork; to branch off; to trip (of the tongue). _Chemin qui fourche_; road that branches off. _La langue lui a fourché_; his tongue tripped.

_se_ =fourcher=, _v.r._, to fork, to branch off.

=fourcher=, _v.a._, (agri.) to fork.

=fourchet=, _n.m._, (vet.) foot-rot.

=fourchetée=, _n.f._, forkful.

=fourchette=, _n.f._, fork; rest (of a musket); forset (of gloves); sleeve-bit (of a shirt); prop (of carts); wish-bone (of birds); merry-thought. _Les dents d’une —_; the prongs of a fork. _Déjeuner à la —_; meat-breakfast. _— du pied d’un cheval_; the frog of a horse’s foot. _— à découper_ or _grande —_; carving-fork. _La — de l’estomac_; the breast-bone. _La — d’Adam_; the fingers. _C’est une bonne —_; she is a hearty eater.

=fourchon=, _n.m._, prong; fork (of a tree).

=fourchu=, =-e=, _adj._, forked; cloven; furcate. _Barbe —e_; forked beard. _Pied —_; cloven foot. _Chemin —_; road branching off. _Menton —_; indented chin. _N’avoir pas la langue —e_; to be plain-spoken.

=fourchure=, _n.f._, furcation-fork.

=fourgon=, _n.m._, van, carriage; (milit.) baggage-wagon; poker (of ovens); (railways) van. _La pelle se moque du —_; the pot calls the kettle black.

=fourgonner=, _v.n._, to poke the fire (of an oven); to stir, to poke the fire; to poke, to fumble, to rummage.

=fourmi=, _n.f._, ant, pismire, emmet. _Avoir des —s dans l’oreille_; to have a tingling in one’s ear.

=fourmilier=, _n.m._, ant-eater.

=fourmilière=, _n.f._, ant-hill, ant-nest; (fig.) swarm; crowd.

*=fourmillement=, _n.m._, tingling; (fig.) swarming, teeming.

*=fourmiller=, _v.n._, to swarm, to abound with, to be full of; to feel a tingling, to tingle.

=fournage=, _n.m._, charge for baking.

=fournaise=, _n.f._, furnace.

=fournaliste=, _n.m._, stove-maker.

=fourneau=, _n.m._, stove, cooking-range, kitchener, furnace; (milit.) chamber (mine). _pl._, (nav.) cook’s galley. _— de cuisine_; kitchen stove. _— portatif_; portable stove. _Le — d’une pipe_; the bowl of a pipe. _Haut —_; blast furnace.

=fournée=, _n.f._, a batch, baking; kilnful (of bricks); ovenful.

=fourni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, oven-keeper; parish-baker.

=fournil= (-ni), _n.m._, bakehouse.

=fourniment=, _n.m._, ☉powder-flask, powder-horn; (milit.) belt, shoulder-belt, buffs.

=fournir=, _v.a._, to furnish, to provide, to supply, to stock, to store, to procure, to afford; to make up, to complete (a sum of money); to draw a bill; (com.) to meet, to value (on); (fig.) to go over the whole course (of a horse). _— l’armée de vivres_; to supply the army with provisions. _— des défenses_; to furnish means of defense.

_se_ =fournir=, _v.r._, to furnish, to supply one’s self; to find one’s self (in); to deal (with).

=fournir=, _v.n._, to contribute, to supply, to be sufficient, to suffice. _— à la dépense_; to bear the expense.

=fournissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, (com.) share of capital; capital.

=fournisseur=, _n.m._, contractor, tradesman, purveyor; (theat.) property-man. _— breveté de_; by appointment to.

=fourniture=, _n.f._, furnishing, providing, supplying; supply, provision. _Il fait les —s de la maison_; he supplies the family. _— de salade_; dressing of a salad. _Faire — de_; to supply. _—s de bureau_; stationery, sundries.

=fourrage=, _n.m._, fodder, provender; forage; (artil.) wad, wadding; foraging-party. _— vert_; green fodder, grass. _— sec_; dry fodder, hay. _Envoyer au —_; to send out foraging.

=fourrager=, _v.n._, to forage; to pilfer, to plunder. _— dans un champ_; to forage in a field. _— au vert_; to forage for grass. _— au sec_; to forage for hay.

=fourrager=, _v.a._, to forage, to ravage; to rummage; to rake.