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†=hausser=, _v.n._, to rise; to get higher; to increase. _La rivière a bien haussé_; the river has risen very much. _Le change hausse_; the rate of exchange is rising. _Les actions haussent_; the price of shares is rising. _La rente hausse_; the funds are going up.

†=haussier=, _n.m._, bull, operator for a rise.

=haussière=. _V._ =aussière= and =hansière=.

†=haut=, =-e=, _adj._, high; tall; lofty, chief, principal; upper; grand, important, eminent; haughty; elevated; loud (of sound). _Au plus — degré_; in the highest degree. _Les —es régions de l’air_; the upper regions of the air. _Le — mal_; epilepsy. _Il a juré, la main —e_; he swore with uplifted hand. _Marcher la tête —e_; to walk with head erect. _Il peut aller partout la tête —e_; he can hold up his head anywhere. _La marée_, _la mer_, _est —e_; it is high water, high tide. _Gagner la —e mer_; to put out to sea. _Vaisseau de — bord_; ship of the line, man of war. _Avoir la voix —e_; to have a loud voice. _Lire à —e voix_; to read aloud. _Crier à —e voix_; to cry out loudly. _Pousser les —s cris_; to complain loudly, to raise an outcry. _Prendre le — ton_; to assume a high tone. _Une personne de — rang_; a person of high rank. _—e estime_; great esteem. _—s faits_; great deeds, exploits, doughty deeds. _Voici bien du — style_; this is lofty style with a vengeance. _Crime de —e trahison_; crime of high treason. _— en couleur_; of a ruddy complexion. _Le — commerce_; the higher branches of commerce, finance. _Messe —e_; high mass. _La chambre —e_; the upper house. _Le —-Canada_; Upper Canada. _Le — bout de la table_; the upper end of the table. _Viande de — goût_; high-seasoned meat. _Jeune cadet de — appétit_; extravagant young fellow. _Les —es cartes_; the court-cards. _Tenir la bride —e à quelqu’un_; to keep a tight hand over any one.

†=haut=, _n.m._, height; top; summit; upper part; (mus.) high notes. _Le — d’une rue_; the upper end of a street. _Le — d’une page_; the top of a page. _Il est en —_; he is upstairs. _Je demeure dans une chambre d’en —_; I live in an upper room. _De — en bas_; from top to bottom. _D’en —_; from above. _Tomber de son —_; to fall flat down; to be thunderstruck. _Il y a du — et du bas dans la vie_; there are ups and downs in life. _Le — d’un clocher_; the top of a steeple. _Regarder quelqu’un de — en bas_; to eye any one from head to foot; to look down upon any one. _Traiter quelqu’un de — en bas_; to treat any one with contempt. _Cette maison a quarante pieds de —_; this house is forty feet high. _Il a deux mètres de —_; it is six feet high.

†=haut=, _adv._, high; loud; aloud, loudly. _Montez plus —_; go up higher. _Ainsi qu’il a été dit plus —_; as has already been said. _Reprendre les choses de plus —_; to begin farther back. _Parlez plus —_; speak louder. _Tout —_; aloud. _Parler —_; to speak aloud, to speak out. _— le pied_; of with you; let us be off at once. _Faire — le pied_; to vanish, to disappear; to run away. _Renvoyer des chevaux — le pied_; to send horses away bare-backed. _— la main_; with a high hand; offhand; in a high-handed manner. _Mener un cheval — la main_; to hold a tight rein on a horse.

☉†=haut-à-bas=, _n.m._, (_—_) hawker, peddler.

†=haut-à-haut=, _n.m._, (_—_) (hunt.) halloo.

†=hautain=, =-e=, _adj._, haughty, supercilious, proud.

†=hautainement= (hô-tè-n-mān), _adv._, haughtily, superciliously, proudly.

†=hautbois= (hô-boâ), _n.m._, hautboy; oboe; oboe-player.

☉†=haut-de-chausses= _or_ =haut-de-chausse=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_, _or_ _—s-—s_) small-clothes; trunk-hose; breeches.

†=haute-contre=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (mus.) counter-tenor.

†=haute lisse=, _n.f._, tapestry hangings.

†=hautement= (hô-tman), _adv._, aloud, boldly, resolutely, stoutly, proudly.

†=haute paye=, _n.f._, extra pay.

†=hautesse=, _n.f._, highness (the Sultan’s title).

☉†=haute-taille=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (mus.) upper-tenor.

†=hauteur=, _n.f._, height, altitude, hill; rising ground, eminence; depth; elevation; firmness, haughtiness, arrogance. _La — d’une montagne_; the height of a hill. _Mur à — d’appui_; wall breast-high. _La — d’un bataillon_; the depth of a battalion. _La — d’un astre_; the altitude of a star. _Prendre la — du soleil_; to take the sun’s altitude. _Être à la — d’une île_; (nav.) to be off an island. _La — de ses conceptions_; the loftiness of his ideas. _Être à la — de quelqu’un_; to be a match for any one. _Être à la — du siècle_; to keep pace with the age. _Être à la — d’une tâche_; to be equal to any task. _Parler avec —_; to speak haughtily. _Avec —_; imperiously, haughtily. _De toute sa —_; at its or his full height.

†=haut-fond=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (nav.) shoal.

†=haut-fourneau=, _n.m._, blast-furnace.

†=haut-le-corps=, _n.m._, (_—_) skip, start, bound. _Il fit un — en nous voyant venir_; he started as he saw us coming.

†=haut-le-pied=, _n.m._, (_—_) scoundrel, tramp, loafer.

†=haut-pendu=, _n.m._, (nav.) scud, squall.

†=hautur-ier=, =-ière=, _adj._, of the high seas.

†=hauturier=, _n.m._, sea-pilot.

†=havane=, _n.f._, Havana. _n.m._, Havana cigar.

†=hâve=, _adj._, pale, wan; emaciated.

†=haveron= (ha-vron), _n.m._, wild oats.

†=havir=, _v.a._, to scorch (meat).

†=havir=, _v.n._, to scorch, to burn (of meat).

_se_ †=havir=, _v.r._, to scorch, to burn (of meat).

†=havrais=, =-e=, _adj._, of Havre, native of Havre.

†=havre=, _n.m._, haven, harbor, port, tidal harbor.

†=havresac=, _n.m._, knapsack, wallet; haversack.

†=hé!= _int._, ho! ah! hey! I say!

☉†=heaume= (hôm), _n.m._, helm, helmet; (nav.) tiller, bar.

=hebdomadaire=, _adj._, weekly.

=hebdomadier=, _n.m._, one on duty for a week (in convents and chapters).

=héberge=, _n.f._, (jur.) point of disjunction, break.

=hébergement=, _n.m._, lodging; harboring.

=héberger=, _v.a._, to lodge, to entertain, to harbor.

=hébété=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, dolt, blockhead.

=hébéter=, _v.a._, to stupefy, to besot; to dull.

=hébétude=, _n.f._, idiocy.

=hébraïque=, _adj._, Hebrew, Hebraic.

=hébraïquement=, _adv._, Hebraically.

=hébraïsant=, _n.m._, Hebraist.

=hébraïsme=, _n.m._, Hebraism.

=hébreu=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, Hebrew; Hebraic.

=hécatombe=, _n.f._, hecatomb.

=hectare=, _n.m._, hectare (2 acres, 1 rood, 35 perches).

=hectique=, _adj._, (med.) hectic.

=hectisie=, _n.f._, (med.) consumption.

=hectogramme=, _n.m._, hectogram (3·527 oz. avoirdupois).

=hectolitre=, _n.m._, hectoliter (22·009668 imperial gallons).

=hectomètre=, _n.m._, hectometer (328·08992 British statute feet).

=hégémonie=, _n.f._, hegemony.

=hégire=, _n.f._, hegira (Mahometan era).

=heiduque=, _n.m._, Hungarian foot-soldier.

=hein!= _int._, hey! what!

=hélas!= _int._, alas! ah!

†=héler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to hail, to speak (a ship); to hail, to call (any one).

=hélianthe=, _n.m._, (bot.) helianthus, sunflower.

=hélianthème=, _n.m._, (bot.) helianthemum, rock-rose.

=héliaque=, _adj._, (astron.) heliacal.

=héliastes=, _n.m.pl._, (antiq.) heliasts.

=hélice=, _n.f._, screw. _Vapeur à —_; screw-steamer. _En —_; spiral, winding. _Propulseur à —_; screw-propeller.

=hélicon=, _n.m._, Helicon.

=héliocentrique=, _adj._, heliocentric.

=héliographie=, _n.f._, heliography.

=héliographique=, _adj._, heliographic.

=héliomètre=, _n.m._, heliometer.

=hélioscope=, _n.m._, helioscope.

=héliotrope=, _n.m._, (bot.) heliotrope; sun-flower; (min.) heliotrope, blood-stone.

=hélix=, _n.m._, (anat.) helix.

=hellébore=, _n.m._ _V._ =ellébore=.

=helléborine=, _n.f._ _V._ =elléborine=.

=hellènes= (èl-lè-n), _n.m.pl._, Hellenes.

=hellénique=, _adj._, Hellenic.

=hellénisme=, _n.m._, Hellenism.

=helléniste=, _n.m._, _adj._, Hellenist.

=helminthe=, _n.m._, (zoöl., med.) intestinal worm.

=helminthologie=, _n.f._, helminthology.

=helvétique=, _adj._, Helvetic, Swiss.

†=hem!= _int._, hem!

=hématite=, _n.f._, (min.) hematite.

=hématocèle=, _n.f._, (surg.) hematocele.

=hématologie=, _n.f._, hematology.

=hématose=, _n.f._, hæmatosis, sanguification.

=hématurie=, _n.f._, (med.) hæmaturia.

=hémérocalle=, _n.f._, (bot.) hemerocallis.

=hémi=, a prefix from Greek ἡμί, half, semi.

☉=hémicoptère=, _n.m._ _V._ =phénicoptère=.

=hémicycle=, _n.m._, hemicycle.

=hémine=, _n.f._, (antiq.) hemina, cotyla (about half a pint).

=hémiplégie= _or_ =hémiplexie=, _n.f._, (med.) hemiplegy, hemiplegia.

=hémiptère=, _n.m._, (ent.) hemipter.

=hémiptère=, _adj._, hemipteral.

=hémisphère=, _n.m._, hemisphere.

=hémisphérique=, _adj._, hemispheric.

=hémistiche=, _n.m._, hemistich (half of a twelve-syllabled verse).

=hémoptoïque=, =hémoptypique=, _adj._, (med.) spitting blood.

=hémoptysie=, _n.f._, hæmoptysis.

=hémorragie=, _n.f._, hemorrhage.

=hémorroïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, hemorrhoidal.

=hémorroïdale=, _n.f._, (anat.) hemorrhoidal artery.

=hémorroïdes=, _n.f.pl._, hemorrhoids, piles.

=hémostatique=, _adj._, (med.) styptic.

=hendécagone=, _n.m._, (geom.) hendecagon.

=hendécasyllabe=, _n.m._, hendecasyllable.

†=hennir= (ha-), _v.n._, to neigh.

†=hennissement= (ha-), _n.m._, neighing.

=henriade= (=La=), Voltaire’s epic poem.

=hépatique=, _adj._, hepatic.

=hépatique=, _n.f._, (bot.) liverwort.

=hépatite=, _n.f._, hepatitis, inflammation of the liver; (min.) hepatite, liver-stone.

=heptacorde=, _n.m._, heptachord.

=heptagonal=, =-e=, _adj._, heptagonal.

=heptagone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, heptagon; heptagonal.

=heptaméron=, _n.m._, heptameron.

=heptandre=, _adj._, heptandrian.

=heptandrie=, _n.f._, heptandria.

=heptangulaire=, _adj._, heptangular.

=heptaphylle=, _adj._, (bot.) heptaphyllous.

=heptarchie=, _n.f._, heptarchy.

=heptarchique=, _adj._, heptarchic.

=héraldique=, _adj._, heraldic.

†=héraut=, _n.m._, herald.

=herbacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) herbaceous.

=herbage=, _n.m._, herbage, grass, pasture, pasture-ground; meadow land.

=herbager=, _n.m._, grazier.

=herbe=, _n.f._, herb, grass, wort, weed; blade; plant, root. _Brin d’—_; blade of grass. _—s potagères_; pot-herbs. _— marine_; sea-weed. _— militaire_; milfoil. _— de la Saint-Jean_; ground-ivy. _— de Saint-Jean_; mugwort. _Bouillon aux —s_; herb soup. _Mettre un cheval à l’—_; to put a horse out to grass. _Blé en —_; corn in the blade. _Mauvaises —s_; weeds. _— à l’ambassadeur_, _à la reine_ (_tabac_); snuff, tobacco. _— aux charpentiers_, _à la coupure_ (_millefeuille_); milfoil. _— aux chats_ (_marum_); cat-thyme. _— aux chantres_ (_vélar_); hedge-mustard, hedge-garlic. _— aux cuillers_ (_cochléaria_); scurvy-grass, cochlearia. _— aux écus_ (_nummulaire_); money-wort. _— aux gueux_ (_clématite_); clematis, climber, ladies’ bower. _— aux Patagons_ (_hydrocotyle_); hydrocotyle. _— au pauvre homme_ (_gratiole_); hyssop. _— aux perles_ (_grémil_); gromwell, gromil. _— du siège_ (_scrofulaire_); figwort. _— aux verrues_ (_héliotrope_); heliotrope. _Mauvaise — croît toujours_; ill weeds grow apace. _Manger son blé en —_; to spend one’s money before one gets it. _Couper l’— sous le pied a quelqu’un_; to supplant any one, to oust any one; to cut any one out; to take the wind out of anybody’s sails. _C’est un docteur en —_; he is a doctor in embryo. _Il a marché sur quelque mauvaise —_; he has got out of bed the wrong way. _L’— sera courte s’il ne trouve à brouter_; he will pick up a living somehow.

*=herbeiller=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to graze.

=herber=, _v.a._, to lay on the grass. _— de la toile_; to grass-bleach.

=herberie=, _n.f._, bleaching-ground.

=herbette=, _n.f._, (poet.) short grass; sward.

=herbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, grassy, herbous.

=herbier=, _n.m._, herbal, herbarium, collection of plants.

=herbière=, _n.f._, herb-woman; (man.) grass-cutter.

=herbivore=, _adj._, herbivorous.

=herbivore=, _n.m._, herbivorous animal.

=herborisation=, _n.f._, herborization, herborizing, herborizing excursion.

=herboriser=, _v.n._, to herborize.

=herboriseur=, _n.m._, collector of plants.

=herboriste=, _n.m.f._, herbalist, herborist, dealer in medicinal herbs.

=herboristerie=, _n.f._, herb trade, herbalist’s shop.

=herbu=, =-e=, _adj._, grassy; covered with grass.

=hercotectonique=, _n.f._, art of fortification.

=hercule=, _n.m._, (astron.) Hercules, man of herculean strength.

=herculéen=, =-ne= (-in, -èn), _adj._, Herculean.

†=hère=, _n.m._, sorry fellow, poor wretch; poor devil, wight; game at cards.

=héréditaire=, _adj._, hereditary.

=héréditairement=, _adv._, hereditarily.

=hérédité=, _n.f._, heirship, right of inheritance, succession; hereditary right; inheritance; heredity.

=hérésiarque=, _n.m._, heresiarch.

=hérésie=, _n.f._, heresy. _Il ne fera point d’—_; he will not set the Thames on fire.

=héréticité=, _n.f._, heretical nature _or_ tendency.

=hérétique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, heretic; heretical.

†=hérissé=, =-e=, _adj._, rough, shaggy, on end, bristling with; (bot.) hairy, prickly, covered with, full of, studded with, armed with, defended by; (of a person) crabbed, cross, peevish. _Cheveux —s_, _poil —_; shaggy hair _or_ mane.

†=hérissement=, _n.m._, bristling; shagginess.

†=hérisser=, _v.a._, to bristle, to bristle up, to erect; to arm; to lard. _Le lion hérisse sa crinière_; the lion bristles up his mane. _Les piquants qui hérissent la tige du rosier_; the prickles that arm the stalk of a rose-bush. _— son style de néologismes_; to lard one’s style with neologisms. _— un mur_; (man.) to roughcast a wall.

_se_ †=hérisser=, _v.r._, to stand on end, to stand erect; to bristle, to bristle up; to be bristling with, to be armed; to be covered, to be studded (with).

†=hérisser=, _v.n._, to bristle, to bristle up; to be full of, to be loaded with.

†=hérisson=, _n.m._, (mam.) hedgehog, urchin; (fort.) herisson; canting-wheel; sprocket-wheel; sprocket; rag-wheel; spur-wheel. _Jeune —_; (mam.) hedgepig. _— de mer_; (ich.) sea-hedgehog; sea-urchin; (fig.) cross-grained person.

†=hérisson=, =-ne=, _adj._, cross-grained, crabbed.

†=hérissonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) crouching.

=héritage=, _n.m._, heritage, inheritance, heirdom, estate, patrimony; legacy. _—s libres_; (jur.) fee-simple. _—s substitués_; (jur.) fee-tail. _Faire un —_; to inherit property.

=hériter=, _v.n._, to inherit, to be heir; to succeed.

=hériter=, _v.a._, to inherit.

=hériti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._ (-tié, ti-èr), heir, heiress, inheritor. _— institué_, testamentaire; (jur.) heir under a will; devisee. _— naturel_; (jur.) heir of one’s body. _— par substitution_; heir of entail. _— légitime_; lawful heir. _— universel_; sole heir. _— présomptif_; heir-apparent. _Il est — de son oncle_; he is heir to his uncle.

=hermaphrodisme=, _n.m._, hermaphrodism.

=hermaphrodite=, _n.m._ and _adj._, hermaphrodite; hermaphroditic.

=hermeline=, _n.f._, (her.) sable.

=herméneutique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, hermeneutics; hermeneutic, hermeneutical.

=hermès= (èr-mès), _n.m._, (sculpt.) Hermes, bust of Mercury.

=hermétique=, _adj._, hermetic, close, hermetical. _Science —_; hermetical science. _Colonne —_; (sculpt.) column with a bust (for capitals).

=hermétiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, hermetically, closely.

=hermine=, _n.f._, (mam.) ermine; hermine; winter-weasel; (her.) ermine; ermine (fur). _— d’été_; (mam.) stoat.

=herminé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) ermined.

=herminette=, _n.f._, (carp.) adz. _— courbée_; hollow adz.

=hermitage=, _n.m._, hermitage.

=hermite= _or_ =ermite=, _n.m._, hermit.

†=herniaire=, _adj._, hernial. _Bandage —_; truss.

†=herniaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) rupture-wort.

†=hernie=, _n.f._, hernia, rupture.

=herniole=, _n.f._, (bot.) rupture-wort.

†=hernute=, _n.m.pl._, Moravian brother.

=hérodiens= (-in), _n.m._, (Bibl. hist.) Herodians.

=héroï-comique=, _adj._, heroi-comic; mock heroic; serio-comic.

=héroïde=, _n.f._, heroic epistle.

=héroïne=, _n.f._, heroine.

=héroïque=, _adj._, heroic; (med.) powerful. _Temps —s_; heroic ages.

=heroïquement= (-ik-mān), _adv._, heroically.

=heroïsme=, _n.m._, heroism.

†=héron=, _n.m._, heron. _— crabier_; crab-eater. _Masse de —_; heron plume.

†=héronneau=, _n.m._, young heron.

†=héronner=, _v.n._, (hawking) to fly the heron.

†=héronni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, heron-like; thin, lank, spare; (hawking) trained to fly the heron.

†=héronnière=, _n.f._, heronry.

†=héros= (-rô), _n.m._, hero.

=herpès=, _n.m._, (med.) herpes, tetters.

=herpétique=, _adj._, (med.) herpetic.

=herque=, _n.f._, iron rake.

†=hersage=, _n.m._, (agri.) harrowing of a field.

†=herschel=, _n.m._, (astron.) Georgium Sidus, Herschel, Uranus.

†=herse=, _n.f._, harrow; (fort.) portcullis, herse; candlestick (used in Catholic churches); (nav.) iron cringle; (bot.) caltrop.

†=hersé=, =-e=, _part._ and _adj._, (agri.) harrowed; (her.) with a herse.

†=herser=, _v.a._, (agri.) to harrow.

†=herseur=, _n.m._, harrower.

=hésitation=, _n.f._, hesitation; faltering.

=hésitant=, =-e=, _adj._, hesitating, wavering, undecided, stammering.

=hésiter=, _v.n._, to hesitate, to falter, to hum and haw; to pause; to stop, to waver; to be doubtful; to hang back, to demur. _Faire —_; to stagger. _Sans —_; unhesitatingly.

=hétéroclite=, _adj._, (gram.) heteroclite, anomalous; eccentric, odd, whimsical, uncouth. _Manières —s_; eccentric manners. _Visage —_; odd face. _Bâtiment —_; irregular building.

=hétérodoxe=, _adj._, heterodox.

=hétérodoxie=, _n.f._, heterodoxy.

=hétérogène=, _adj._, heterogeneous, dissimilar, incongruous.

=hétérogénéité=, _n.f._, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness.

=hétérosciens= (-si-in), _n.m.pl._, (geog.) Heteroscians.

=hetman=, _n.m._, hetman (general of cossacks).

†=hêtre=, _n.m._, beech, beech-tree.

=heu=, _n.m._, (nav.) hoy.

=heu!= _int._, alas! lackaday! hey! ah! aye!

☉=heur=, _n.m._, luck, good fortune, chance. _Il n’y a qu’heur et malheur en ce monde_; chance is everything (what’s one man’s meat is another man’s poison).

=heure=, _n.f._, hour; o’clock; time, time of day; moment, moments; appointment. _pl._, primer (prayer-book). _Belle —_; pleasant time of day. _La belle — pour arriver!_ what a nice time to come! _— indue_; late hour. _Une bonne_, _grande —_; a good, a full, hour. _— dernière_, _dernière —_; last moments. _— marquée_, _désignée_, _dite_; appointed hour. _— suprême_; dying hour, hour of death, last _or_ supreme moments. _—s en sus_; after-hours, over-time (of workmen). _Ami_, _homme_, _de toutes les —s_; friend who is always welcome, friend always ready to oblige. _Livre d’—s_; (c.rel.) prayer-book. _Une paire d’—s_; a primer. _Un mauvais quart d’—_; a bad time. _Quart d’— de Rabelais_; paying time, settling time, trying time. _J’y serai dans une —_; I will be there within an hour. _Quelle — est-il?_ what o’clock is it? _Il est une — et demie_; it is half-past one. _Sur les une —_; about one o’clock. _L’horloge a sonné deux —s_; the clock has struck two. _Chercher midi à quatorze —s_; to create difficulties where there are none; to look for grapes on thorns. _Mettre une montre à l’—_; to set a watch. _Il est l’— de dîner_; it is dinner-time. _À l’— qu’il faut_; in due time. _Vous venez à l’— qu’il fallait_; you come in the very nick of time. _Je le ferai à mes —s perdues_; I will do it in my leisure hours. _Faites le sur l’—_; do it this very moment. _Donner —_; to fix an hour; to make an appointment. _L’— du berger_; the propitious hour for lovers. _De bonne —_; betimes, early, soon. _Venez de meilleure —_; come sooner. _À cette —_, _à l’— qu’il est_; now, at present, nowadays; by this time. _Pour l’—_; at present. _Tout à l’—_; by-and-by, presently; not long ago, just now. _D’une — à l’autre_; from one moment, from one minute, to the other. _D’— à autre_; now and then. _D’— en —_; hourly, every hour, every moment. _À la bonne —_; well done! that’s something like! _Les Heures_; (myth.) the Hours (_Horæ_).

=heureusement= (eu-reûz-mān), _adv._, happily, luckily; successfully, fortunately, prosperously; by good luck; well.

=heureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, happy; blessed, blissful; lucky, fortunate; successful; prosperous, favorable, auspicious; pleasing, prepossessing; good; excellent, rare; happy, pleased, delighted. _Une —se vieillesse_; a happy old age. _Il est né —_; he was born lucky. _Des couches —ses_; a happy delivery (of a woman). _Une physionomie —se_; a pleasing countenance. _Être —_; to be lucky. _— au jeu_; lucky at play. _Il est — d’avoir eu votre protection_; he was lucky to find you there. _L’— de la chose c’est que_; the luckiest part of the thing was that.

†=heurt=, _n.m._, collision; blow; shock, knock.

=heurté=, _adj._, (of style) abrupt, harsh, jerky.

†=heurtement=, _n.m._, hiatus; collision, shock; jar, jingling; clash.

†=heurter=, _v.a._, to run up against, to knock up against, to strike against, to hit against; to hit, to strike; to come across, to meet; to run foul of; to jostle; to shock; to go counter to, to hurt, to offend, to disoblige; to jar with; (paint.) to color hard. _— quelqu’un_; to run against any one. _Ce vaisseau a heurté l’autre_; this ship ran foul of the other. _— les préjugés de_; to shock the prejudices of. _Dessin heurté_; drawing roughly colored.

_se_ †=heurter=, _v.r._, to strike, to hit, one’s self; to strike against one another, to run foul of each other; to come across one another; to come into collision; to jostle one another; to clash. _Se — à la tête_; to strike one’s head. _Les boucs se heurtent de leurs têtes_; goats butt at one another with their heads.

†=heurter=, _v.n._, to strike, to knock, to hit; to dash, to knock (at a door).

☉†=heurtoir=, _n.m._, top-stone, flapper; (obs.) knocker; (arch.) lock-sill; (fort.) hurter.

=hexacorde=, _n.m._, (mus.) hexachord.

=hexaèdre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (geom.) hexahedron; hexahedral.

=hexagonal=, =-e=, _adj._, hexagonal.

=hexagone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (geom.) hexagon; hexagonal.

=hexamètre=, _n.m._, hexameter.

=hexandre=, _adj._, (bot.) hexandrous.

=hexandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) hexandria.

=hexaples=, _n.m.pl._, (theol.) Hexapla.

=hiatus= (ia-tus), _n.m._, hiatus.

=hibernant=, =-e=, _adj._, hibernating.

=hibernation=, _n.f._, hibernation.

=hiberner=, _v.n._, to hibernate.

†=hibou=, _n.m._, owl; (pers.) moper, owl. _— commun_; (orni.) long-eared owl. _— scops_; (orni.) scops-eared owl. _Faire le —_; to mope like an owl.

†=hic=, _n.m._, knot, difficulty, rub. _Voilà le —_; there’s the rub.

=hidalgo=, _n.m._, hidalgo; Spanish knight.

†=hideusement= (-deûz-mān), _adv._, hideously, frightfully, horribly, dreadfully, shockingly.

†=hideu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, hideous, frightful, horrible, dreadful, shocking.

†=hie=, _n.f._, beetle, paving-beetle, rammer (of paviers). _Battre à la —_; to ram.

=hièble=, _n.f._, (bot.) danewort, dwarf-elder.

=hiémal=, =-e=, _adj._, wintery, hyemal. _Plantes —es_; winter-plants.

†=hiement= (hî-mān), _n.m._, grating, creaking (of machines); ramming.

=hier= (i-ièr), _adv._, yesterday. _— matin_; yesterday morning. _— soir_ or _au soir_; last night, last evening. _Avant-—_; the day before yesterday. _La nuit d’—_; yesterday night, yesternight. _Homme d’—_; upstart. _Être né d’—_; to have no experience.

†=hier= (hi-é), _v.a._ and _n._, to ram; (of machines) to creak, to grate.

†=hiérarchie=, _n.f._, hierarchy.

†=hiérarchique=, _adj._, hierarchical.

†=hiérarchiquement= (-shik-mān), _adv._, hierarchically.

†=hiérarque=, _n.m._, hierarch.

=hiératique=, _adj._, hieratic.

=hiéroglyphe=, _n.m._, (antiq.) hieroglyph, hieroglyphic.

=hiéroglyphique=, _adj._, hieroglyphical, hieroglyphic.

=hiéroglyphiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, hieroglyphically.

=hiéronique=, _n.m._, conqueror in the sacred games.

=hiéronymite=, _n.m._, hieronymite (monk of the Spanish order of the Hieronymites).

=hiérophante=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) hierophant.

=hilaire=, _n.m._, hilary.

=hilarant=, =-e=, _adj._, exhilarating, enlivening, cheerful. _Gaz —_; (chem.) laughing gas.

=hilarité=, _n.f._, hilarity; cheerfulness; mirth, laughter, merriment.

†=hile=, _n.m._, (bot.) hilum, hile.

=hindoustani=, _n.m._, (_n.p._), _adj._, (philology) hindustani.

=hippiatrique=, _n.f._, (vet.) hippiatry.

=hippique=, _adj._, hippic.

=hippocampe=, _n.m._, (myth., zoöl.) hippocampus, hippocamp, sea-horse.

=hippocentaure=, _n.m._, (antiq.) hippocentaur.

=hippocras= (-krâs). _V._ =hypocras=.

=hippocratique=, _adj._, hippocratic.

=hippocrène=, _n.f._, (myth.) Hippocrene.

=hippodrome=, _n.m._, hippodrome, circus, amphitheater; race-course.

=hippodromie=, _n.f._, horse-racing.

=hippogriffe=, _n.m._, hippogriff, winged horse.

=hippolithe=, _n.f._, (vet.) hippolith.

=hippomane=, _n.m._, hippomane.

=hippopotame=, _n.m._, hippopotamus, river-horse, sea-horse.

=hirondelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) swallow. _— domestique_, _— de cheminée_; house-swallow. _— rustique_, _— de fenêtre_; martin. _— de rivière_, _— de rivage_; sand-martin. _— de mer_; sea-gull; (ich.) swallow-fish; tub-fish; tub. _Pierre d’—_; swallow-stone; cab, conveyance. _Une — ne fait pas le printemps_; one swallow does not make a spring.

=hirsute=, _adj._, hirsute, hairy.

=hispide=, _adj._, (bot.) hispid, strigous.

=hispidité=, _n.f._, (bot.) hispidity, strigosity.

†=hisser=, _v.a._, to hoist, to lift, to heave, to heave up, to raise, to haul up; to haul out (sails); to sway up (yards). _— promptement_; (nav.) to trice.

_se_ †=hisser=, _v.r._, to raise _or_ lift one’s self up, to get up.

=histiologie=, _n.f._ _V._ =histologie=.

=histoire=, _n.f._, history, tale, story, narration; long rigmarole; idle story, untruth, falsehood, concern, trifle, small matter. _— faite à plaisir_; a trumped up story. _Faiseur d’—s_; story-teller. _Peintre d’—_; historical painter. _Tableau d’—_; historical picture, history piece. _C’est une autre —_; that is quite another story, _or_ a horse of another color. _Voilà bien des —s_; what a fuss you make about it. _— de_; only to; merely for the sake of. _— de rire_; for the laugh or fun of the thing. _Le plus beau de l’— c’était_; the best of it was.

=histologie=, _n.f._, histology.

☉=historial=, =-e=, _adj._, historical.

=historien= (-ri-in), _n.m._, historian.

=historier=, _v.a._, to embellish, to ornament, to adorn, to flourish.

=historiette=, _n.f._, little story; short tale.

=historiographe=, _n.m._, historiographer.

=historique=, _adj._, historical. _Cela est —_; that is a fact.

=historique=, _n.m._, historical account.

=historiquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, historically.

=histrion=, _n.m._, histrion, actor, stage-player; player; (b.s.) mountebank.

=histrionique=, _adj._, histrionic.

=histrionner=, _v.n._, (jest.) to act, to perform plays; to play.

=hiver= (i-vèr), _n.m._, winter. _— doux_; mild winter. _— rude_; severe winter. _Cœur de l’—_; mid-winter, depth of winter. _Queue de l’—_; latter end of winter. _Au cœur_, _au milieu_, _au plus fort_, _de l’—_; in the depth of winter.

=hivernage=, _n.m._, winter, winter time; wintering place; (agri.) winter-plowing, winter-fodder.

=hivernal=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) wintry, hibernal.

=hiverner=, _v.n._, to winter.

=hiverner=, _v.a._, (agri.) to winter-fallow.

_s’_=hiverner=, _v.r._, to inure one’s self to cold; to winter, to hibernate, to pass the winter.

†=ho!= _int._, ho! hoa! oh! hoy! (nav.) ahoy!

†=hobereau= (ho-brô), _n.m._, (orni.) hobby; country squire; squireen.

†=hoc=, _n.m._, hock (game at cards). _Cela lui est —_; he is sure of that, that will be his. _Être —_; to be taken.

†=hoca=, _n.m._, hoca (game of chance).

†=hoche=, _n.f._, (of tallies) notch.

†=hochement= (hosh-mān), _n.m._, shaking, tossing, wagging (of the head).

†=hochepied=, _n.m._, heron-hawk.

†=hochepot=, _n.m._, (cook.) hodge-podge, hotch-potch.

†=hochequeue=, _n.m._, (orni.) nut-hatch, wagtail.

†=hocher=, _v.a._, to jog, to shake, to wag, to toss; to jag, to notch. _— la tête_; to shake one’s head.

†=hocher=, _v.n._, (man.) to jerk the bit.

†=hochet=, _n.m._, coral, rattle (for children); toy, bauble, plaything. _Il y a des —s pour tout âge_; every age has its hobby.

*†=hogner=, _v.n._, (l.u., pop.) to grumble, to growl.

†=hoirs=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) heirs.

=hoirie=, _n.f._, (jur.) inheritance.

†=hola!= _int._, holla! hoa! (nav.) holloa! ho, there! stop!

†=holà=, _n.m._, stop; end. _Mettre le —_; to put a stop to (a quarrel).

†=hôlement=, _n.m._, hooting (of owls).

†=hôler=, _v.n._, to hoot.

†=hollandais=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Dutchman; Dutchwoman; Dutch.

†=hollandais=, _n.m._, Dutch language.

†=hollandé=, =-e=, _adj._, dressed (of quills). _Batiste —e_; strong thick cambric.

†=hollander=, _v.a._, to dress (quills).

=holocauste=, _n.m._, holocaust, burnt-offering; sacrifice.

=holographe=, _adj._ _V._ =olographe=.

=holothurie=, _n.f._, holothuria, trepang.

†=hom!= _int._, hum! humph!

†=homard=, _n.m._, (ich.) lobster. _— femelle_; hen lobster. _— mâle_; cock lobster.

=hombre=, _n.m._, (game at cards) ombre.

=homélie=, _n.f._, homily; sermon.

=homéopathe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) homeopathist.

=homéopathie=, _n.f._, (med.) homeopathy.

=homéopathique=, _adj._, homeopathic.

=homérique=, _adj._, Homeric.

=homicide=, _n.m._, homicide; manslaughter; man-slayer, murderer. _— involontaire_; manslaughter. _— volontaire_; willful murder. _— commandé par la légitime défense_; (jur.) chance-medley. _— non qualifié crime ni délit_; (jur.) justifiable homicide. _— par imprudence_; homicide by misadventure.

=homicide=, _adj._, murderous, homicidal. _Des yeux —s_; killing eyes.

=hommage=, _n.m._, homage, respect; service; acknowledgment, token, gift, testimony. _pl._, respects, homage. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to do homage to any one. _Rendre — à la vérité_; to do homage to truth. _Rendre ses —s à quelqu’un_; to pay one’s respects to any one. _— de reconnaissance_; token of gratitude. _Avec les —s de l’auteur_; with the author’s compliments.

=hommagé=, =-e=, _adj._, held by homage.

=hommager=, _n.m._, homager.

=hommasse=, _adj._, masculine (of women).

=homme=, _n.m._, man; (triv., pop.) husband, old man. _Dieu créa l’— à son image_; God created man after his own image. _— d’église_, _d’épée_, _de lettres_, _d’état_; churchman, military man, literary man, statesman. _— du monde_; man of the world. _C’est un — marqué a l’A_; he is an excellent man; he is the soul of honor. _Le roi des —s_; the king of good fellows. _C’est un — à pendre_, or _un — de sac et de corde_; he is a man who deserves hanging. _C’est un pauvre —_; he is a poor sort of a man. _C’est un — pauvre_; he is a poor man. _Bon —_; good, virtuous man; good-natured, simple, easy-going man; old fellow; old codger. _— bon_; kind-hearted, good, virtuous man. _Brave —_; worthy man; good fellow, good chap. _— brave_; brave, daring man. _— de paille_; man-of-straw. _— de cœur_; man of feeling, spirit; courageous man. _Un — comme il faut_; a gentleman. _— d’hier_; upstart, novice. _— d’affaires_; business man. _— de journée_; day-laborer. _— de cour_; courtier. _— de robe_; lawyer. _— de bois_; (man.) fagot; dumb-jockey. _— à tout faire_; jack of all trades. _— des bois_; (mam.) wild man, baboon. _Enlèvement d’—_; (jur.) man-stealing. _Herbe à pauvre —_; (bot.) hedge-hyssop. _La perle des —s_; (fam.) a very trump of a man, a trump. _Il n’y a tête d’— qui ose_; no man alive, no man living, would dare. _C’est un — que cet —-là_; he is a man every inch of him. _C’est le dernier des —s_; he is the worst of men, the greatest villain alive. _Il n’est pas — à faire de ces choses là_; he is not the sort of man to act like this. _C’est un — à ménager_; he is a man to be considered. _Voilà mon —_; that is the man for my money _or_ for me. _Il a trouvé son —_; he has found his match.

☉=hommeau= _or_ hommelet, _n.m._, little man, bit of a man.

=homme-dieu=, _n.m._, (n.p.) Man-God.

=homocentrique=, _adj._, (astron.) homocentric.

=homogène=, _adj._, homogeneous.

=homogénéité=, _n.f._, homogeneity, homogeneousness.

=homologati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, homologative, affirmative.

=homologation=, _n.f._, (jur.) confirmation, approval, homologation.

=homologue= (-log), _adj._, (geom.) homologous, similar, like.

=homologuer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (jur.) to confirm, to homologate.

=homoncule= _or_ =homuncule=, _n.m._, (fam.) little man.

=homonyme=, _adj._, homonymous.

=homonyme=, _n.m.f._, homonym; namesake.

=homonymie=, _n.f._, homonymy.

=homophonie=, _n.f._, homophony.

=honchets=, _n.m.pl._ _V._ =jonchets=.

†=hongre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (vet.) gelding; gelded; emasculated. _—_, _cheval —_; gelding.

†=hongré=, _part._, gelded, gelt.

†=hongrer=, _v.a._, to geld (a horse).

†=hongrois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Hungarian.

†=hongrois=, _n.m._, Hungarian language.

†=hongroyeur=, _n.m._, tanner of Hungary leather; saddler’s currier.

=honnête=, _adj._, honest, upright, virtuous, becoming, seemly, decent, modest, decorous; handsome; genteel; suitable, proper, befitting; civil, kind, courteous, polite, moderate, reasonable. _Un — homme_; an honest man. _Une — femme_; a virtuous woman. _— garçon_; honest fellow. _Récompense —_; handsome reward. _Prétexte —_; fair pretense. _Prix —_; reasonable price. _— aisance_ or _fortune —_; decent competency. _Un homme —_; a civil man. _Cet habit est encore —_; this coat is still respectable.

=honnête=, _n.m._, honesty, probity.

=honnêtement=, _adv._, honestly, uprightly, honorably, virtuously; becomingly, decently, modestly, decorously, handsomely, genteelly; suitably, properly, befittingly; civilly, kindly, courteously, politely, handsomely (liberally); moderately, reasonably.

=honnêteté= (o-nêt-té), _n.f._, honesty, probity, uprightness, integrity; modesty, decency; chastity, virtue; propriety, fitness, suitableness, decorum; laudableness, praiseworthiness; respectability, decorum; politeness, courtesy, kindness. _Blesser les règles de l’—_; to offend against the rules of propriety. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to be civil, courteous, polite to any one. _— ne coûte pas_; politeness costs nothing.

=honneur=, _n.m._, honor; credit; respect, love; court-card, honor (at cards). _—s_; regalia (crown jewels). _Affaire d’—_; affair of honor. _Chevalier d’—_; gentleman in waiting. _Croix d’—_; cross of the Legion of Honor. _Dame d’—_; lady of honor; lady in waiting. _Fille d’—_; maid of honor. _Demoiselle d’—_; bride’s-maid. _Garçon d’—_; bride’s-man, best man. _Membre de la Légion d’—_; member of the Legion of Honor. _Parole d’—_; word of honor. _Parole d’—!_ or _ma parole d’—!_ upon my honor! _Partie d’—_; rubber (at cards); conquering game. _D’—_; honorable; honorary. _Non en homme d’—_; dishonorably; ungentlemanlike, ungentlemanly. _En —_; in honor, in request. _Sauf votre —_; saving your presence. _Être en —_; to be honored; to be in favor, in request. _Faire — à_; to do credit to, to be an honor to; (com.) to honor, to meet (bills). _Faire — à ses affaires_; to meet one’s engagements. _Faire à quelqu’un l’— de quelque chose_; to ascribe the honor of anything to any one. _Faire les —s_; to do the honors. _Se faire — de quelque chose_; to consider, to esteem, anything an honor; to take a pride in anything; to glory in; to take credit for anything. _Faire réparation d’—_; to make an apology. _Ne jouer que l’—_, _ne jouer que pour l’—_; to play for love. _Piquer d’—_; to put a man on his mettle. _Prendre tout au point d’—_; to be too nice, too delicate on a point of honor. _En sortir à son —_, _en sortir avec —_; to come off with honor. _Tenir à — de_; to esteem it an honor to. _S’en tirer avec —_; to come off with honor. _D’—_, _sur mon —_; upon my honor. _Foi d’homme d’—_; as I am a man of honor. _À tout seigneur, tout —_; give honor where honor is due. _Vous me faites —_; you honor me. _Briguer les —s_; to seek honors. _Un homme d’— n’a que sa parole_; an honest man’s word is as good as his bond. _En tout bien, tout —_; with nothing but honorable intentions.

†=honni=, _part._, dishonored, disgraced. _— soit qui mal y pense_; evil be to him who evil thinks.

†=honnir=, _v.a._, to dishonor, to disgrace, to brand, to cover with shame, to treat with contempt.

=honorabilité=, _n.f._, honorableness, respectability.

=honorable=, _adj._, honorable; respectable, creditable, reputable; proper, suitable.

=honorablement=, _adv._, honorably; respectably, creditably; properly, suitably; nobly, sumptuously, splendidly.

=honoraire=, _adj._, honorary, titular, titulary.

=honoraire=, _n.m._, fee; salary; stipend. _Les —s d’un avocat_; a barrister’s fee.

=honorée=, _n.f._, (com.) letter, favor. _Votre —_; your favor.

=honorer=, _v.a._, to honor, to pay honor to; to do credit to, to be an honor to.

_s’_=honorer=, _v.r._, to acquire honor; to do one’s self honor; to think, to consider, to deem, to esteem it an honor; to glory in, _or_ pride one’s self upon; to take a pride in.

_ad_ =honores= (-rès), _adv._, (l.u.) honorary, _ad honorem_.

=honorifique=, _adj._, titular, honorary.

†=honte=, _n.f._, shame; disgrace, reproach, scandal, infamy; confusion. _Mauvaise —_; bashfulness. _Sans —_; shameless, unblushing; shamelessly, unblushingly. _Avoir — de faire une mauvaise action_; to be ashamed of doing a bad action. _Rougir de —_; to blush for very shame. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to make any one feel ashamed; (but also:) _Nous lui avons fait —_; he was ashamed of us. _Vous me faites —_; I am ashamed of you. _Faire la — de_; to be a disgrace to. _Il est la — de sa famille_; he is a disgrace to his family. _Revenir avec sa courte —_; to return without success; to return affronted, balked, unsuccessful. _Avoir toute — bue_; to be lost to all shame, to all sense of shame. _Perdre toute —_; to lose all shame, all sense of shame. _Regarder comme une —_; to look upon, to hold, as a disgrace. _Que — ne vous fasse dommage_; (prov.) don’t be ashamed to do what is right.

†=honteusement= (-teûz-mān), _adv._, shamefully, disgracefully, ignominiously, infamously, scandalously.

†=honteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ashamed; bashful, shy; shameful, disgraceful, scandalous, disreputable, discreditable. _Il a l’air —_; he has a bashful look. _Pauvres —_; modest poor. _Une conduite —se_; disgraceful conduct. _Les parties —ses_; the secret parts, pudenda. _Morceau —_; last piece in the dish (at table). _Il n’y que les — qui perdent_; a close mouth catches no flies, _or_ nothing ask, nothing have. _Jamais — n’eut belle amie_; faint heart never won fair lady.

=hôpital=, _n.m._, hospital; alms-house, poor-house. _— ambulant_; field-hospital. _Vaisseau-—_ (_—x-hôpitaux_); hospital-ship. _Aller à l’—_; to go to the workhouse; to go to the dogs. _Prendre le chemin de l’—_; to be on the high-road to ruin; to go the way to the workhouse. _Mettre à l’—_; (fig.) to ruin, to beggar any one.

†=hoquet=, _n.m._, hiccough, hiccup. _— de la mort_; death-rattle. _Avoir le —_; to have the hiccoughs, the hiccups. _Faire passer le —_; to stop the hiccoughs, the hiccups.

†=hoqueton= (hok-ton), _n.m._, jacket (short coat _or_ cassock); yeoman of the guard.

=horaire=, _adj._, horary, horal; _n._, time-table.

†=horde=, _n.f._, horde.

=hordéiforme=, _adj._, barley-shaped.

☉†=horion=, _n.m._, (jest.) bang, thump, violent blow.

=horizon=, _n.m._, horizon. _À l’—_; on the horizon. _Monter sur l’—_; (astron.) to ascend. _Le croissant de la lune, qui venait de s’envoler de l’—_; the crescent moon in her upward flight from the horizon (V. Hugo).

=horizontal=, =-e=, _adj._, horizontal.

=horizontalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, horizontally.

=horloge=, _n.f._, clock; time-keeper; (nav.) glass. _— d’eau_; clepsydra. _— marine_; chronometer. _— solaire_; sun-dial. _Monter une —_; to wind up a clock. _— de sable_; hour-glass. _— de la mort_; (insect) death-watch. _— qui marche huit jours_; eight-day clock.

=horloger=, _n.m._, clockmaker, watchmaker.

=horlogère=, _n.f._, clockmaker’s wife, watchmaker’s wife.

=horlogerie= (-lo-jrî), _n.f._, watchmaking, clockmaking; clock-work; horology.

=hormis=, _prep._, except, excepting, but, save, saving.

=horographie=, _n.f._, horography.

=horoscope=, _n.m._, horoscope. _Tirer l’— de quelqu’un_; to cast any one’s nativity; to predict the fate of. _Faire tirer son —_; to have one’s fortune told.

=horreur= (or-reur), _n.f._, horror, dread, detestation, abomination; awe; enormity; fright (very ugly person). _Être saisi d’—_; to be seized with horror. _J’ai — d’y penser_; I dread to think of it. _Une belle —_; an awful spectacle, sight. _Inspirer l’— du vice_; to inspire a horror for vice. _Avoir — de_ or _avoir en —_; to have a horror of; to hold in abomination, in detestation. _Faire — à_; to horrify, to disgust. _On m’a dit des —s de cet homme là_; I have been told shocking things about that man.

=horrible= (or-ribl), _adj._, horrible, horrid, hideous, frightful, shocking, dreadful, fearful. _Il fait un temps —_; it is shocking weather.

=horriblement= (or-ri-), _adv._, horribly, horridly, shockingly, hideously, frightfully.

=horripilation= (or-ri-), _n.f._, (med.) horripilation.

†=hors=, _prep._, out; beyond; past; but, except, save. _— de saison_; out of season. _— de doute_; without question, beyond doubt. _— de prix_; extremely dear, priceless. _— de combat_; disabled. _Je suis tout — de moi_; I am quite beside myself. _— d’ici!_ away with you, out of my sight! _— cela, nous sommes d’accord_; beyond that, _or_ in other respects, we agree.

†=hors-d’œuvre=, _n.m._, (_—_) out-work, out-building; digression; episode; (cook.) side-dish.

=hortensia=, _n.m._, (bot.) hortensia, hydrangea.

=horticole=, _adj._, horticultural.

=horticulteur=, _n.m._, horticulturist.

=horticultural=, =-e=, _adj._, horticultural.

=horticulture=, _n.f._, horticulture. _Exposition d’—_; flower-show.

=hosanna= (o-za-n-na), _n.m._, (_—s_) Hosanna.

=hospice=, _n.m._, hospital, refuge; alms-house; (in the Alps) convent, monastery. _— des enfants trouvés_; foundling hospital. _— des aliénés_; lunatic asylum.

=hospitali-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, hospitable.

=hospitali-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, hospitaler.

=hospitalièrement=, _adv._, hospitably.

=hospitalité=, _n.f._, hospitality.

=hospodar=, _n.m._, hospodar.

=hostie=, _n.f._, (Jewish antiq.) offering; victim, sacrifice; (c.rel.) host, consecrated wafer.

=hostile=, _adj._, hostile, inimical, adverse.

=hostilement= (os-til-mān), _adv._, hostilely, adversely.

=hostilité=, _n.f._, hostility; enmity.

=hôte=, _n.m._, host; landlord, innkeeper, publican; guest; lodger; traveler; inhabitant, occupant, occupier. _Table d’—_; table d’hôte, ordinary. _Qui compte sans son — compte deux fois_; he who reckons without his host must reckon again.

=hôtel=, _n.m._, town mansion, large house; hotel, inn. _— de ville_; town-hall. _— des monnaies_; mint. _L’—-Dieu_; the chief hospital of a town. _Maître d’—_; steward. _Descendre à l’—_; to put up at an inn, at an hotel. _Être à l’—_; to stay, to lodge, at an hotel, at an inn. _— des Postes_; General Post-Office. _— des ventes_; auction mart. _— meublé_ or _garni_; furnished lodgings _or_ apartments, lodging-house.

=hôteli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, innkeeper, host, hostess, landlord, landlady, of an inn.

=hôtellerie= (-tè-lrî), _n.f._, inn, hotel, hostelry.

=hôtesse=, _n.f._, hostess; landlady of an inn, guest, visitor, lodger.

†=hotte=, _n.f._, dosser, basket (carried on the back); basket funnel.

†=hottée=, _n.f._, basketful.

†=hottentot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Hottentot.

†=hottereau= _or_ †=hotteret=, _n.m._, garden-basket.

=hotteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, basket-carrier.

†=houache= _or_ =houaiche=, _n.f._, _or_ =ouaiche=, _n.m._, (nav.) wake, track (of a ship). _V._ =sillage=.

†=houblon=, _n.m._, hop. _— sauvage_; wild hop, hedge-hop. _Four à —_; hop-kiln. _Perche à —_; hop-hole.

†=houblonner=, _v.a._, _n._, to hop.

†=houblonnière=, _n.f._, hop-ground, hop-garden, hop-field, hop-yard.

†=houcre=, _n.m._ _V._ =hourque=.

†=houe=, _n.f._, (agri.) hoe.

†=houement=, _n.m._, hoeing.

†=houer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to hoe, to dig.

*†=houille=, _n.f._, pit-coal, coal, sea-coal. _— flambante_; inflammable coal, open-burning coal. _— grasse_; smith-coal, cannel-coal. _— maigre_; uninflammable coal, close-burning coal. _— schisteuse_; slate-coal. _— sèche_; glance-coal; (min.) culm. _— de moyenne grosseur_; cob-coal. _Bateau pour le transport de la —_; coal-barge. _Chargeur de —_; coal-whipper. _Dépôt de —_; coal-depot, coal-wharf, coal-store. _Mine de —_; coal-mine, coal-pit. _Exploiter une mine de —_; to work a coal-mine.

*†=houill-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, coal, coaly. _Terrains —s_; coal-fields. _Exploiter un terrain —_; to work a coal-field. _Gisements —s_; coal-measures _or_ beds.

*†=houillère=, _n.f._, coal-mine, colliery, coal-pit. _Exploitant de —_; coal-master. _Propriétaire de —_; coal-owner, coal proprietor.

*†=houilleur=, _n.m._, collier, coal-miner.

*†=houilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, containing coal, coaly.

†=houlan=, _n.m._, (_—s_). _V._ =uhlan=.

†=houle=, _n.f._, (nav.) billow, surge, swell; skillet, iron pot.

†=houlette=, _n.f._, crook, sheep-hook; crosier; trowel; spatula.

†=houleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (nav.) swelling. _Mer —se_; rough, rolling sea.

†=houlque=, _n.f._ _V._ =houque=.

†=houp!= (hoop), _int._, (hunt.) holla! _— là_; gee up!

†=houper=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to hoop; to shout.

_se_ †=houper=, _v.r._, to shout to each other.

†=houppe=, _n.f._, tuft; top-knot; tassel. _— à poudrer_; powder-puff.

†=houppé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) tufted, crested.

†=houppée=, _n.f._, (nav.) crest, foam (of a wave).

†=houppelande= (hoo-pland), _n.f._, overcoat (great coat).

†=houpper=, _v.a._, to tuft. _— de la laine_; to tuft, to comb (wool).

†=houque=, _n.f._, (bot.) feather-grass.

†=houra=, _int._ _V._ =hourra=.

*†=hourailler=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to hunt with bad hounds.

†=houraillis=, _n.m._, (hunt.) pack of good-for-nothing hounds.

†=hourdage=, _n.m._, rough-walling, pugging.

†=hourder=, _v.a._, to rough-work, to rough-wall, to pug.

†=hourdi=, _n.m._, (nav.) wing-transom.

†=hourdis=, _n.m._ _V._ =hourdage=.

†=houret=, _n.m._, (hunt.) bad hound.

†=houri=, _n.f._, houri.

†=hourque=, _n.f._, (nav.) hooker.

†=hourra=, _n.m._, (_—s_) hurrah, hurray.

†=hourvari=, _n.m._, (hunt.) cry to call back the dogs; uproar, din, tumult, crash and thunder (of battle).

†=housard=, _n.m._ _V._ =hussard=.

†=houseaux=, _n.m.pl._, spatterdashes, leggings. _Laisser ses —_; (fig.) to leave one’s bones, to die, to kick the bucket.

*†=houspiller=, _v.a._, to pull, to touse, to worry, to mob, to tug, to maul; to abuse, to cut up, to rate.

*_se_ †=houspiller=, _v.r._, to tug, to maul, to worry each other; to wrangle.

†=houssage=, _n.m._, dusting, sweeping (with a feather-broom).

†=houssaie=, _n.f._, holly-grove.

†=houssard=, _n.m._ _V._ =hussard=.

†=housse=, _n.f._, housing, horse-cloth; saddle-cloth, hammer-cloth; cover (for a bed, &c.).

†=houssé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) clothed (of a horse).

†=housser=, _v.a._, to dust, to sweep.

†=houssine=, _n.f._, switch.

†=houssiner=, _v.a._, to switch; to beat, to thrash.

†=houssoir=, _n.m._, whisk; birch-broom; feather-broom.

†=housson=, _n.m._, (bot.) knee-holly, butcher’s-broom.

†=houx=, _n.m._, holly, holly-tree. _—-frelon_ (_—-—s_), _petit —_; butcher’s-broom.

†=hoyau=, _n.m._, mattock; pickax.

☉*†=huaille=, _n.f._, mob, rabble.

†=huard=, _n.m._, ospray, osprey, sea-eagle.

=hubert=, _n.m._, (insect) vine-fretter.

_se_ =hubir=, _v.r._, to bristle up (of cats).

†=hublot= _or_ =hulot=, _n.m._, (nav.) small port-hole.

†=huche=, _n.f._, pan, kneading-trough; trough; bin-hopper (of a mill). _— au pain_; bread-pan.

†=hucher=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to whistle. _Se —_, to whistle to each other.

†=hue!= _int._, gee! gee up! to the right.

†=huée=, _n.f._, shouting, shout; hooting.

†=huer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to shout after, to hoot at; to hoot.

†=huette=, _n.f._ _V._ =hulotte=.

†=huguenot=, =-e= (hug-no, -t), _n._ and _adj._, Huguenot.

†=huguenote=, _n.f._, kitchen-stove (in earthenware); pipkin. _Des œufs à la —_; eggs cooked in mutton gravy.

†=huguenotisme=, _n.m._, (l.u.) Huguenotism.

†=huhau!= _int._, gee up! to the right! _V._ =hue=.

=huilage=, _n.m._, oiling.

=huile=, _n.f._, oil. _— douce_; sweet oil. _— rance_; rancid oil. _— de ricin_; castor-oil. _— de navette_; rape-oil. _— de lin_; linseed-oil. _— de baleine_; train-oil, whale oil. _— comestible_; salad-oil. _— à brûler_; lamp-oil. _— de cotret_; stirrup oil (thrashing). _— de bras_, _— de coude_, _— de poignet_; elbow grease, thews and sinews. _— de pied de bœuf_; neat’s foot oil. _À l’—_; with oil. _Cet ouvrage sent l’—_; that work smells of the lamp. _Jeter de l’— sur_, or _dans_, _le feu_; to add fuel to the flame. _Tache d’—_; oil-stain; (fig.) irremediable evil, lasting shame.

=huiler=, _v.a._, to oil; to anoint with oil; to grease.

=huilerie=, _n.f._, oil-works, oil-shop.

=huileu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, oily, greasy.

=huilier=, _n.m._, cruet-stand.

=huilière=, _n.f._, (nav.) oil-pitcher.

☉=huis=, _n.m._, door. _À — clos_; with closed doors, in private, in camerâ.

=huisserie= (ui-srî), _n.f._, door-frame.

=huissier=, _n.m._, usher; door-keeper; tip-staff, sheriff’s officer, bailiff; gentleman-usher. _— audiencier_; crier of the court.

†=huit= (_huit_, before a vowel, a silent h, and at the end of the phrase; _hui_ before a word beginning with a consonant, when _huit_ qualifies it), _adj._, eight; eighth. _Dans — jours_, _d’aujourd’hui en —_; this day week. _Il y a eu hier — jours_; yesterday week. _Il y a eu Dimanche — jours_; last Sunday week.

†=huit=, _n.m._, eight; eighth. _Le — au mois_; the eighth of the month.

†=huitain=, _n.m._, stanza of eight lines.

†=huitaine=, _n.f._, eight days. _Dans la —_; in the course of the week.

†=huitième= (hui-ti-èm), _adj._, eighth.

†=huitième=, _n.m._, eighth.

†=huitième=, _n.f._, eighth class, eighth form (or _first_ form in England).

†=huitièmement=, _adv._, eighthly.

=huître=, _n.f._, oyster; (fig.) blockhead, dunce. _— marinée_; pickled oyster. _— à l’écaille_; oyster in the shell. _Cloyère d’—s_; basket of twenty-six dozen of oysters. _Frai d’—s_; oyster-brood. _C’est une — à l’écaille_; he is a blockhead.

=huîtrier=, _n.m._, (orni.) oyster-catcher.

=huîtrière=, _n.f._, oyster-bed.

†=hulan=, _n.m._, (_—s_). _V._ =uhlan=.

†=hulotte=, _n.f._, owlet, wood-owl.

=humain=, =-e=, _adj._, human; humane, benevolent. _Le genre —_; mankind.

=humain=, _n.m._, human being, man.

=humainement=, _adv._, humanly; humanely.

=humaniser=, _v.a._, to humanize, to civilize; to soften, to mollify.

_s’_=humaniser=, _v.r._, to become humanized; to comply with, to come down to the intellectual level of others.

=humaniste=, _n.m._, humanist.

=humanitaire=, _adj._ and _n.m._, humanitarian.

=humanité=, _n.f._, humanity; human nature; mankind. _pl._, humanities, classical studies.

=humble=, _adj._, humble; lowly, meek, modest.

=humblement=, _adv._, humbly; meekly.

=humectant=, =-e=, _adj._, refreshing, moistening, emollient.

=humectant=, _n.m._, humectant; (med.) emollient.

=humectation=, _n.f._, moistening, wetting.

=humecter=, _v.a._, to wet, to moisten, to damp, to refresh.

_s’_=humecter=, _v.r._, to be moistened; to refresh one’s self. _S’— le gosier_; to wet one’s whistle.

†=humer=, _v.a._, to inhale, to suck in, to sniff. _— l’air_; to inhale the air.

=huméral=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) humeral.

=humérus= (-rûs), _n.m._, (anat.) humerus.

=humeur=, _n.f._, humor; temper, disposition, turn of mind, mood, caprice, fancy, whim; ill-humor. _—s froides_; king’s evil, scrofula. _— noire_; spleen. _Elle a l’— gaie_; she is of a cheerful disposition. _Être d’— à_ or _être en — de faire quelque chose_; to be in a mood to do anything. _Être de bonne —_; to be in a good humor _or_ temper. _Être de mauvaise —_; to be out of temper. _Avoir de l’—_; to be out of temper. _Avec —_; peevishly, crossly, ill-humoredly. _Prendre de l’—_; to get out of temper.

=humide=, _n._ and _adj._, moisture, humidity; humid, watery; damp, wet, moist, liquid.

=humidement= (u-mid-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) in a damp place.

=humidité=, _n.f._, humidity, dampness, moisture, wateriness, wetness.

=humiliant=, =-e=, _adj._, humiliating, degrading.

=humiliation=, _n.f._, humiliation, abasement, degradation.

=humilier=, _v.a._, to humble, to humiliate, to take down, to bring down, to abase.

_s’_=humilier=, _v.r._, to humble, to humiliate, to abase, one’s self.

=humilité=, _n.f._, humility, humbleness, meekness, lowliness.

=humoral=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) humoral.

=humorisme=, _n.m._, (med.) humoralism.

=humoriste=, _adj._, peevish, ill-tempered; humoristic.

=humoriste=, _n.m._, ill-tempered, peevish person; humorist; (med.) humoralist.

=humoristique=, _adj._, humoristic.

=humus= (u-mûs), _n.m._, soil, mold.

†=hun=, _n.m._, Hun.

†=hune=, _n.f._, (nav.) top. _La grande —_; the main-top. _La — de misaine_; the fore-top. _La — d’artimon_; the mizzen-top.

†=hunier=, _n.m._, top-sail. _Le grand —_; the main top-sail. _Le petit —_; the fore top-sail.

†=huppe=, _n.f._, (orni.) peewit; lapwing; tuft, topknot.

†=huppé=, =-e=, _adj._, tufted, crested (of birds); (fam.) crack, best, well off, smartly dressed. _Des plus —s_; of the highest, smartest. _Les plus —s y sont pris_; (prov.) the most cunning are deceived.

†=hure=, _n.f._, head (of a wild boar). _— de saumon_; jowl of a salmon. _Vilaine —_; mop; shock of hair.

†=hurhau!= _int._, gee! gee ho! _V._ =hue=.

†=hurlement=, _n.m._, howl, howling, roar; yell, yelling, shriek, scream.

†=hurler=, _v.n._, to howl, to yell; to roar, to bellow, to shout, to scream. _Hurler avec les loups_; to do as others do.

†=hurleur=, _n.m._, howler.

†=hurluberlu=, _n.m._, (jest.) giddy goose, hare-brained person, harum-scarum. _En —_; thoughtlessly, inconsiderately.

†=hussard=, _n.m._, hussar.

_à la_ †=hussarde=, _adv._, like hussars; by rapine, by pillage. _Bottes à la —_; riding-boots.

†=hutte=, _n.f._, hut, cottage, shed, shanty.

_se_ †=hutter=, _v.r._, to make a hut, to lodge in.

=hyacinthe=, _n.f._, (bot., min.) hyacinth.

=hyades=, _n.f.pl._, (astron.) Hyades.

=hyalin=, =-e=, _adj._, hyaline.

=hyalode=, _adj._, of the color of glass.

=hybride=, _n.m._ and _adj._, hybrid, mongrel.

=hydr=, =hydro=, prefix from Greek ὕδωρ.

=hydragogue= (-gog), _n.m._, (med.) hydragogue.

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

=hydraté=, _adj._, (chem.) hydrated.

=hydraulique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, hydraulics; hydraulic. _Bélier —_; (phys.) water-ram. _Ouvrages —s_; water-works. _Puissance —_; water-power.

=hydre=, _n.f._, hydra.

=hydrocèle=, _n.f._, hydrocele.

=hydrocéphale=, _n.f._, hydrocephalus.

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

=hydrochlorique=, _adj._, (chem.) hydrochloric.

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

=hydrodynamique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic.

=hydrogène=, _n.m._, (chem.) hydrogen.

=hydrogéné=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) hydrogenated, combined with hydrogen.

=hydrogéner=, _v.a._, to hydrogenize.

=hydrographe=, _n.m._, hydrographer.

=hydrographie=, _n.f._, hydrography.

=hydrographique=, _adj._, hydrographical.

=hydrolithe=, _n.f._, hydrolite.

=hydrologie=, _n.f._, hydrology.

=hydromancie=, _n.f._, hydromancy.

=hydromel=, _n.m._, hydromel, mead. _— vineux_; metheglin, mead.

=hydromètre=, _n.m._, hydrometer.

=hydrométrie=, _n.f._, hydrometry.

=hydrométrique=, _adj._, hydrometrical.

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

=hydrophobe=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, hydrophobiac.

=hydrophobie=, _n.f._, hydrophobia.

=hydropique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, dropsical person; dropsical.

=hydropisie=, _n.f._, dropsy.

=hydropneumatique=, _adj._, hydropneumatic.

=hydroscope=, _n.m._, hydroscope; bletonist.

=hydroscopie=, _n.f._, hydroscopy, bletonism.

=hydrostatique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, hydrostatics; hydrostatical.

=hydrosulfate= _or_ =hydrosulfure=, _n.m._, (chem.) hydrosulphate, hydrosulphuret.

=hydrosulfurique=, _adj._, hydrosulphuric.

=hydrothérapie=, _n.f._, (med.) hydropathy.

=hydrothérapique=, _adj._, hydropathic.

=hydrothorax= (-raks), _n.m._, hydrothorax.

=hydrotique=, _adj._, hydrotic.

=hydrure=, _n.m._, (chem.) hydruret.

=hyémal=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =hiémal=.

=hyémation=, _n.f._, hyemation.

=hyène=, _n.f._, hyena.

=hygiène=, _n.f._, hygiene.

=hygiénique=, _adj._, hygienic.

=hygrologie=, _n.f._, (med.) hygrology.

=hygromètre=, _n.m._, hygrometer.

=hygrométrie=, _n.f._, hygrometry.

=hygrométrique=, _adj._, hygrometrical.

=hymen= (i-mèn) _or_ =hyménée=, _n.m._, Hymen; marriage, wedlock.

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

=hyménoptère=, _n.m._ and _adj._, hymenopter; hymenopteral.

=hymnaire=, _n.m._, hymn-book, hymnal.

=hymne=, _n.m._, hymn (patriotic).

=hymne=, _n.f._, hymn (sung in churches). _Recueil d’—s_; hymn-book.

=hyoïde=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) hyoid bone, tongue-bone; hyoid.

=hypallage=, _n.f._, (gram.) hypallage.

=hyperbate=, _n.f._, (gram.) hyperbaton.

=hyperbole=, _n.f._, (rhet.) hyperbole; exaggeration; (math.) hyperbola.

=hyperbolique=, _adj._, hyperbolic; hyperbolical.

=hyperboliquement= (-lik-mān), _adv._, hyperbolically.

=hyperborée= _or_ =hyperboréen=, =-ne= (-in, -èn), _adj._, hyperborean.

=hyperboréens=, _n.m.pl._, (Grec. antiq.) Hyperboreans.

=hypercatalectique=, _adj._, hypercatalectic.

=hypercritique=, _n.m._, hypercritic. _adj._, hypercritical.

=hyperdulie=, _n.f._, hyperdulia (worship of the Virgin Mary).

=hypertrophie=, _n.f._, (med.) hypertrophy.

=hypertrophié=, _adj._, (of the heart) enlarged.

=hypèthre=, _n.m._, (arch.) hypæthron. _adj._, hypæthral (_i.e._, uncovered (of temples)).

=hypnotique=, _adj._, (med.) hypnotic.

=hypocondre=, _n.m._, (anat.) hypochondrium.

=hypocondriaque= _or_ =hypocondre=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, (med.) hypochondriac, hypochondriacal.

=hypocondrie=, _n.f._, hypochondriasis, spleen.

=hypocras=, _n.m._, hippocras.

=hypocrisie=, _n.f._, hypocrisy. _Avec —_; hypocritically.

=hypocrite=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, hypocrite; hypocritical.

=hypocritement=, _adv._, hypocritically.

=hypogastre=, _n.m._, (anat.) hypogastrium.

=hypogastrique=, _adj._, hypogastric.

=hypogée=, _n.m._, (arch.) hypogeum.

=hypoglosse=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) hypoglossal nerves; hypoglossal, under the tongue.

=hypoglottide=, _n.f._, (pharm.) a lozenge.

=hypophylle=, _adj._, (bot.) hypophyllous.

=hypopyon=, _n.m._, hypopium.

=hypostase=, _n.f._, (theol.) hypostasis.

=hypostatique=, _adj._, (theol.) hypostatical.

=hypostatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, hypostatically.

=hypostyle=, _adj._, _n.m._, (arch.) hypostyle.

=hypoténuse=, _n.f._, (geom.) hypothenuse.

=hypothécaire=, _adj._, on mortgage. _Créancier —_; mortgagee.

=hypothécairement= (-kèr-mān), _adv._, by _or_ with mortgage.

=hypothèque=, _n.f._, mortgage. _Créancier sur —_; mortgagee. _Débiteur sur —_; mortgager. _Donner en —_; to give as a mortgage. _Eteindre_, _purger_, _une —_; to pay off a mortgage.

=hypothéquer=, _v.a._, to mortgage. _Il est bien hypothéqué_; (fig.) he is very infirm.

=hypothèse=, _n.f._, hypothesis, supposition. _Par —_; by supposition.

=hypothétique=, _adj._, hypothetical.

=hypothétiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, hypothetically.

=hypotypose=, _n.f._, (rhet.) hypotyposis.

=hypsomètre=, _n.m._, hypsometer.

=hypsométrie=, _n.f._, altimetry, hypsometry.

=hysope=, _n.f._, (bot.) hyssop.

=hystérie=, _n.f._, hysteria, hysterics.

=hystérique=, _adj._, _n.m.f._, hysteric, hysterical.

=hystérite=, _n.f._, (med.) hysteritis.

=hystérocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) hysterocele.

=hystérologie=, _n.f._, (rhet.) hysterology, hysteron-proteron.

=hystéromanie=, _n.f._, (med.) hysteromania.

=hystéromètre=, _n.m._, (surg.) hysterometer.

=hystérotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) hysterotome.

=hystérotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) hysterotomy.