Chapter L (1)

=l=, _n.m.f._, the twelfth letter of the alphabet, l.

=l’=, _art._, (contraction of _le_ and _la_) the. _V._ =le=.

=l’=, _pron._, (contraction of _le_ and _la_) him, her, it.

=la=, _art.f._, the. _V._ =le=.

=la=, _pron._, her, it. _V._ =le=.

=là=, _adv._, there, thither, then (of time). _—-bas_; down there. _—-haut_; above, up there. _Cà et —_; here and there, up and down, all about. _—-dessus_; on there; upon that; thereupon. _Mettez le livre —-dessus_; put the book on there. _—-dessus, il me dit_; upon that, _or_ thereupon, he said to me. _—-dessous_; under there. _— dedans_; within. _De —_; thence, from thence; from that time, from that cause. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not there, he is away. _Par —_; that way. _Jusque-—_; till then, till that time; as far as there. _Ce n’est pas — que je vise_; that is not the thing I am aiming at. _Celui-là_, _celle-là_; that. _Ceux-là_, _celles-là_; those. _— même_; in that very place. _D’ici —_; by that time, in the interval. _C’est —_; it is _or_ was there; there is, such is; that’s the place. _Ce sont —_; such are, those are. _— où_; where, there where.

=là là=, _int._, now then! there! there now!

=là là=, _adv._, so so, indifferently.

=la=, _n.m._, (mus.) la; A. _Prendre le —_; to tune one’s instrument.

=labarum= (-rom), _n.m._, labarum (standard).

=labbe=, _n.f._, (orni.) skua gull.

=labeur=, _n.m._, labor, work, toil; (print.) book-work. _Terres en —_; lands under cultivation.

=labial=, =-e=, _adj._, labial. _Offres —es_; (jur.) offer to pay without showing the money.

=labiale=, _n.f._, (gram.) labial.

=labié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) labiate, labiated.

=labiée=, _n.f._, labiated plant.

=labile=, _adj._, labile, bad; slippery, failing; (bot.) deciduous. _Mémoire —_; failing memory.

=laboratoire=, _n.m._, laboratory.

=laborieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, laboriously, painfully.

=laborieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, laborious, industrious, hard-working, assiduous, toilsome, painful.

=labour=, _n.m._, plowing, tillage, dressing. _Terres de —_; plowed lands. _Donner un — à une terre_; to till, to dress, a piece of ground. _Donner un — à une vigne_; to dress a vine. _Bœufs de —_; yoke-oxen. _Mettre en —_; to plow.

=labourable=, _adj._, arable.

=labourage=, _n.m._, tillage, husbandry; plowing, tilling.

=labourer=, _v.a._, to plow, to till; to dig, to turn up; to rip up; to rip open; to toil through.

=labourer=, _v.n._, to plow, to till; to drudge; to toil and moil; (nav.) to come home, to drag (of anchors); (of ships) to graze the bottom; (of horses) to stumble.

=laboureur=, _n.m._, husbandman, plowman, tiller.

=labre=, _n.m._, rock-fish.

=labyrinthe=, _n.m._, labyrinth, maze.

=labyrinthique=, _adj._, labyrinthic.

=lac=, _n.m._, lake; (of rupees) lac.

=laçage=, =lacement=, _n.m._, lacing.

=lacé=, _n.m._, braid, beading.

=lacer=, _v.a._, to lace; (nav.) to attach; to line (of dogs).

_se_ =lacer=, _v.r._, to lace one’s self.

=lacérable=, _adj._, lacerable, tearable.

=lacération=, _n.f._, laceration.

=lacéré=, =-e=, _part._, (bot.) lacerate, lacerated.

=lacérer=, _v.a._, to lacerate, to tear; (jur.) to tear up, to destroy.

=laceret=, _n.m._, small auger.

=lacerne=, _n.f._, (antiq.) lacerna, a kind of cloak worn by the Romans.

=laceron=, _n.m._, (bot.) sow-thistle. _V._ =laiteron=.

=lacet=, _n.m._, lace; springe; braid; bow-string (to strangle); zigzags, windings, turnings of mountain-roads. _pl._, toils. _Ferrer un —_; to tag a lace. _Mouvement de —_; (rail.) oscillation.

=lâche=, _adj._, loose, slack, lax; slothful, sluggish; faint-hearted; mean-spirited, dastardly; cowardly, base, mean, shameful. _Ce nœud est trop —_; this knot is too loose.

=lâche=, _n.m._, coward, craven, dastard.

=lâché=, =-e=, _part._, slackened, loose, loosened.

=lâchement= (lâsh-mān), _adv._, sluggishly, slothfully; loosely, slackly; dastardly, cowardly, basely.

=lâcher=, _v.a._, to slacken, to relax, to loose, to make loose, to loosen; to let go, to let slip, to cast off, to throw off; to let out, to unbind; to let loose, to release; to utter, to blurt out; to fire, to discharge; to turn on. _— la bride à un cheval_; to loosen the reins of a horse. _— pied_, _— le pied_; to retreat, to turn tail; to waver, to be irresolute. _— sa proie_; to let go one’s prey. _— un prisonnier_; to release a prisoner. _— prise_; to let go one’s hold. _— une arme à feu_; to fire off a gun. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to give any one a box on the ear. _— une parole_, _— un mot_; to let out a word. _— le mot_, _la parole_; to speak the word. _— une bordée_; (nav.) to fire a broadside.

_se_ =lâcher=, _v.r._, to slacken, to grow loose; to become loose, to slip; to go off; to let one’s tongue run riot, to let out. _Se — d’un cran_; to give the slip.

=lâcher=, _v.n._, to slacken, to grow slack, to become slack, to grow loose, to become loose; to slip, to go off. _Si le fusil vient à —_; if the gun happens to go off.

=lâcheté= (lâsh-té), _n.f._, cowardice, dastardliness, baseness; base action; meanness, act of cowardice.

=lâcheur=, _n.m._, raftsman, wood-floater; (fig.) shabby, mean, cowardly fellow.

=lacinié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) laciniate, laciniated, jagged.

=laciniure=, _n.f._, (bot.) jag.

=lacis=, _n.m._, net-work; (anat.) plexus.

=lack=, _n.m._, (_—s_) lac, lack. _Un — de roupies_; a lac of rupees (_i.e._, 100,000).

=laconique=, _adj._, laconic, laconical.

=laconiquement= (-nik-mān), _adv._, laconically; briefly, concisely.

=laconisme=, _n.m._, laconism, laconicism.

=lacrymal=, =-e=, _adj._, lachrymal. _Sac —_; (anat.) lachrymal bag.

=lacrymatoire=, _n.m._, (Roman antiq.) lachrymatory.

=lacrymatoire=, _adj._, (Roman antiq.) lachrymary.

=lacs= (lâ), _n.m._, string, rope, tape, bow-string; gin, springe; (fig.) noose, toils. _— d’amour_; love-knot.

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

=lactation=, _n.f._, lactation.

=lacté=, =-e=, _adj._, lacteal, milky, lacteous. _La voie —e_; (astron.) the Milky-Way.

=lactescence=, _n.f._, lactescence.

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

=lactifère=, _adj._, lactiferous.

=lactique=, _adj._, (chem.) lactic.

=lactomètre=, _n.m._, lactometer. _V._ =galactomètre=.

=lactucarium=, _n.m._, (pharm.) lettuce-opium.

=lacune=, _n.f._, gap, deficiency, break, omission, hiatus; interruption, blank; desideratum; (bot.) air-cell, lacuna.

=lacustre=, _adj._, lacustral, lacustrine.

=ladanum=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) ladanum, gum-resin.

=ladite=, _adj.f._, the same, the said.

=ladre=, _adj._, leprous; measly (of pigs); insensible, unfeeling; mean, sordid, stingy, scurvy, scaly; niggardly; churlish. _Lièvre —_; fen-hare.

=ladre=, _n.m._, =-sse=, _n.f._, leper; sordid person; scurvy person, shabby person, niggard, curmudgeon. _Maison de —s_; lazar-house. _Un vrai —_; a regular curmudgeon. _— vert_; sordid fellow, stingy churl.

=ladrerie=, _n.f._, leprosy; measles; sordid avarice, stinginess, sordidness, scurviness, scaliness; lazar-house.

=lady= (lè-di), _n.f._, (_English_) lady.

=lagon=, _n.f._, lagoon.

=lagope=, _n.m._, (bot.) hare-foot.

=lagopède=, _n.m._, (orni.) ptarmigan.

=lagostome=, _n.m._, (anat.) hare-lip.

=lagune=, _n.f._, lagune, lagoon.

=lai=, =-e=, _adj._, lay.

=lai=, _n.m._, layman; lay (small poem); lay, complaint, lament.

=laïc=. _V._ =laïque=.

=laiche=, _n.f._, (bot.) sedge.

=laid=, =-e=, _adj._, ugly, ill-favored, ill-looking; plain; unseemly, unhandsome, unbecoming. _— comme le péché_; as ugly as sin. _Ce que vous dites là est bien —_; what you say is very unseemly _or_ improper.

=laid=, _n.m._, (the) ugly; ugly part, ugliness; ugly side; naughty boy.

=laide=, _n.f._, plain girl; naughty girl.

=laidement=, _adv._, uglily.

=laideron= (lè-dron), _n.f._, ugly girl, ugly woman; ugly creature.

=laideur=, _n.f._, ugliness, uncomeliness; plainness; deformity; unseemliness.

=laie=, _n.f._, wild sow; path (in a forest); (mech.) stone-cutter’s hammer.

=lainage=, _n.m._, woolen stuff, woolen goods; fleece; teasling.

=laine=, _n.f._, wool; worsted. _— à broder_; Berlin wool. _— d’agneau_; lamb’s-wool. _Flocon de —_; flock of wool. _Bêtes à —_; wool-bearing animals. _Se laisser manger la — sur le dos_; to let one’s self be fleeced; to put up with everything. _De —_; woolen. _Manger la — sur le dos à quelqu’un_; to fleece, to cheat, any one.

=lainer=, _v.a._, to tease, to teasel (wool).

=lainerie= (lè-n-rî), _n.f._, woolen goods; woolens; place for shearing sheep; woolen-trade; wool-market; teaseling-shop.

=laineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, teaseler. _f._, gig (machine for teaseling wool).

=laineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, woolly, fleecy; (bot.) downy, woolly; lanate, lanated.

=laini-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of wool, woolen.

=lainier=, _n.m._, wool-stapler; wool-comber, wool-sorter.

=laïque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, layman; lay, laic, laical. _Les —s_; the laity.

=lais=, _n.m._, standard-tree; standard; alluvion; accretion.

=laisse=, _n.f._, string; leash; slip; (hawking) lune. _— de lévriers_; leash of greyhounds. _Mener quelqu’un en —_; to hold any one in leading-strings, to lead any one by the nose. _En —_; in leash, leashed.

=laissées=, _n.f.pl._, dung (of bears, wild boars).

=laisser=, _v.a._, to leave, to quit, to desert, to abandon; to part with; to leave, to bequeath; to suffer, to permit, to let, to allow; to let alone; to omit; to leave off; to leave out; to give up. _— tout à l’abandon_; to leave everything in disorder. _— tout aller_; to neglect everything. _— tout traîner_; to let everything lie about in disorder, to keep nothing in its proper place. _— la vie à quelqu’un_; to spare any one’s life. _— quelqu’un en paix_, _en repos_; to let any one alone, to let any one be. _— là quelqu’un_; to leave any one in the lurch, to give up any one. _— là quelque chose_; to leave off, to discontinue, to give up, any thing. _— quelqu’un pour ce qu’il est_; to take no notice of, not to mind, a person. _Il y a à prendre et à — dans ces choses_; you must pick and choose among all these things. _Avoir le prendre ou le —_; to have the choice. _À prendre ou à laisser_; to be taken or left alone; take it or leave it. _— une chose à un certain prix_; to dispose of a thing for a certain price. _On n’a qu’à le — faire_; he only needs being let alone. Laissez donc! stuff, nonsense! _Laissez-moi donc tranquille!_ do leave me alone! stuff and nonsense! _Laissez-moi faire_; leave it _or_ him _or_ her to me. _— aller_; to let go. _— sortir_; to let out. _Cela ne laisse pas que d’être vrai_; it is true, nevertheless. _— à désirer_; room for improvement.

_se_ =laisser=, _v.r._, to allow one’s self, to suffer one’s self. _Se — conduire_; to let one’s self be led. _Se — aller à ses passions_; to give one’s self up to one’s passions. _Se — tomber_; to let one’s self fall. _Se — mourir_; to die. _Se — aller à la tentation_; to give one’s self up to temptation. _Se — aller à la douleur_; to abandon one’s self to grief. _Se — lire_; to be readable, pleasant to read. _Se — manger_, _se — boire_; to be palatable. _Se — faire_; to offer no resistance. _Se — dire_; to allow one’s self to be told. _Se — prendre_; to allow one’s self to be taken _or_ to allow something to be taken from one.

=laisser-aller=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) ease, freedom, unrestraint, negligence; indulgence, indolence; unconstraint.

=laisser-courre=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (hunt.) starting-place (where the dogs are loosed).

=laisser-faire=, =laissez faire=, _n.m._, non-intervention, non-interference.

=laissez-passer=, =laisser-passer=, _n.m._, (_—_) permit, leave, permission, permit for transit.

=lait=, _n.m._, milk, milk-duct; white, glair (of eggs). _Fièvre de —_; milk-fever. _Frère de —_; foster-brother. _Sœur de —_; foster-sister. _Cochon de —_; sucking-pig. _Petit-—_, (_n.p._), _— clair_; whey. _— coupé_; milk and water. _— de beurre_; buttermilk. _— de poule_; mulled egg, egg-flip. _— écrémé_; skim-milk. _Gros —_; curd. _Être au —_; to be made with milk; to be restricted to milk diet. _Vache à —_; dairy-cow, milch cow. _Bouillir du — à quelqu’un_; to please, to pamper, any one. _— de chaux_; whitewash. _Riz au —_; rice milk.

=laitage=, _n.m._, milk food. _Régime de —_; milk diet.

=laitance= _or_ =laite=, _n.f._, (ich.) milt, melt, soft roe; lime-wash, whitewash.

=laité=, =-e=, _adj._, soft-roed.

=laitée=, _n.f._, litter (of a bitch). _V._ =portée=.

=laiterie= (lè-trî), _n.f._, dairy; dairy-room; dairy-farm, milk-farm.

=laiteron= (lè-tron), _n.m._, (bot.) sow-thistle; hare’s-lettuce.

=laiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lacteous, milky.

=laitier= (-tié), _n.m._, (metal.) dross; slag, clinkers. _— des volcans_; fragments of lava.

=laitier= (-tié), _n.m._, milkman.

=laitière=, _n.f._, milkwoman, milkmaid, dairy-maid; milch cow; woman with a great deal of milk. _Cette vache est une bonne —_; this cow gives a great deal of milk.

=laitière=, _adj._, milch, yielding milk (of cows). _Vache —_; milch cow.

=laiton=, _n.m._, latten, brass. _Fil de —_; brass wire.

=laitue=, _n.f._, (bot.) lettuce. _— pommée_; cabbage-lettuce. _— romaine_; cos-lettuce. _— de mer_; oyster-green.

=laize=, _n.f._, width (of cloth, etc.).

=lakiste=, _n.m._, _adj._, lakist, lake-poet. _—s_; lakists, lake school.

=là là=, _adv._ _V._ =là=.

=là là!= _int._ _V._ =là=.

=lama=, _n.m._, Lama (of the Tartars).

=lama= _or_ =llama=, _n.m._, (mam.) lama (goat).

=lamanage=, _n.m._, harbor-pilotage.

=lamaneur=, _n.m._, harbor-pilot.

=lamantin=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) _V._ =lamentin=.

=lambdoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) lambdoidal.

=lambeau=, _n.m._, rag, tatter; shred, strip, fragment, scrap; remains (of flesh); bit. _Mettre en —x_; to tear into rags.

=lambel=, _n.m._, (her.) label.

=lambin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, loiterer, dawdler; slowcoach, slow, dawdling.

=lambiner=, _v.n._, to linger, to loiter, to dawdle, to trifle, to dilly-dally.

=lambourde=, _n.f._, (carp.) joist; (mas.) soft stone.

=lambourder=, _v.a._, to joist.

=lambrequins=, _n.m.pl._, (her.) mantling; (arch.) scallop; valance, hanging fringe.

=lambris=, _n.m._, paneling; wainscot; ceiling; dado, canopy; (poet. st.e.) mansion, palace; sumptuous decoration of a mansion. _— feint_; imitation paneling.

=lambrissage=, _n.m._, wainscoting, paneling.

=lambrisser=, _v.a._, to panel; to wainscot.

=lambruche= _or_ =lambrusque=, _n.f._, (bot.) wild vine, fox grape.

=lame=, _n.f._, plate, sheet (metal.); (anat.) lamina; blade; sword, swordsman; (nav.) billow, surge, wave; (pers.) hussy, jade, blade; (bot.) gill; wire (of gold, of silver). _Fine —_; sly hussy (of a woman). _Entre deux —s_; in the trough of the sea. _Emporté par une —_; washed away. _— de fond_; ground-swell. _La — use le fourreau_; the steel wears away the scabbard; the mind wears out the body. _Bonne —_; good swordsman.

=lamé=, =-e=, _adj._, laminated.

=lamelle=, _n.f._, lamella.

=lamellé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =lamelleux=.

=lamelleu-x=, =-se= (la-mèl-leû), _adj._, lamellated, lamellar; scaly.

=lamentable=, _adj._, lamentable, woeful; mournful, rueful, sad, distressing.

=lamentablement=, _adv._, lamentably, mournfully, woefully, ruefully.

=lamentation=, _n.f._, lamentation, bewailing, wailing; lament, whining.

=lamenter=, _v.a._, to lament, to bewail, to bemoan, to mourn, to mourn over.

_se_ =lamenter=, _v.r._, to lament, to mourn, to moan, to bewail, to whine.

=lamenter=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to lament.

=lamentin=, _n.m._, lamantin, sea-cow, sea-maid, mermaid, manatee.

=lamie=, _n.f._, (antiq., ent.) lamia; (ich.) white shark.

=lamier=, _n.m._, foil-maker; (bot.) dead-nettle; archangel.

=laminage=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattening (of gold); rolling.

=laminer=, _v.a._, (metal.) to flatten (of gold); to roll.

=laminerie=, _n.f._, (metal.) rolling-mills. _V._ =laminoir=.

=lamineur=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattener, roller.

=lamineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ _V._ =cellulaire=.

=laminoir=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattening-mill, rolling-mill.

=lampadaire=, _n.m._, lamp-post, sconce; (antiq.) torch-bearer.

=lampadiste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) lampadist.

=lampadophore=, _n.m._, (antiq.) torch-bearer.

=lampas= (-pâss), _n.m._, (vet.) lampas (horse disease); silk damask, figured silk. _S’humecter le —_; to wet one’s whistle (pop.).

=lampassé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) langued.

=lampe=, _n.f._, lamp, light. _— d’Argand_; Argand lamp. _— d’argent_; silver lamp. _— de sûreté_, _— de Davy_; safety-lamp. _— à esprit de vin_; spirit-lamp. _Dessous de —_; lamp-stand. _Arranger une —_; to trim a lamp. _Sentir la —_; to smell of the lamp, of the midnight oil. _Culs de —s_; (print.) tail-pieces.

=lampée=, _n.f._, (pop.) tumblerful, bumper.

=lamper=, _v.a._ and _n._, (pop.) to toss off (drink); (of the sea) to phosphoresce, to be phosphorescent.

=lamperon= (lanp-ron), _n.m._, wick-holder.

=lampette=, _n.f._, (bot.) corn-cockle.

=lampion=, _n.m._, grease-pot, illumination-lamp; church-lamp; (pop.) three-cornered hat, cocked hat.

=lampiste=, _n.m._, lamp-maker; lamp-lighter.

=lampisterie=, _n.f._, lamp-room.

*=lamprillon=, _n.m._ _V._ =lamproyon=.

=lamproie=, _n.f._, lamprey.

=lamproyon=, _n.m._, young lamprey.

=lampsane=, _n.f._, (bot.) nipple-wort.

=lampyre=, _n.m._, lampyris, glow-worm.

=lançage= _or_ =lancement=, _n.m._, darting, throwing; (nav.) launch, launching.

=lance=, _n.f._, lance, spear; staff; flagstaff; nozzle (of a fire-hose). _Rompre une — pour quelqu’un_; to take up the cudgels for any one. _Baisser la —_; to strike one’s flag, to give in.

=lancéolaire=, _adj._, (bot.) lanceolate, lanceolated, lance-shaped (of leaves).

=lancéolé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lanceolate.

=lancer=, _v.a._, to dart, to fling, to hurl, to throw, to cast, to launch; to shoot, to shoot forth; to issue (a warrant). _— un javelot_; to dart a javelin. _— une pierre_; to fling a stone. _— un regard de colère_; to dart an angry look. _— des regards_; to cast looks. _— une flèche_; to shoot an arrow. _— un cheval_; to push on a horse. _— un vaisseau_; to launch a ship. _— un arrêt_; to issue a warrant _or_ fiat.

_se_ =lancer=, _v.r._, to dart, to spring; to rush, to make a rush; to launch; to start; to fly; (fig.) to make a start. _Se — dans les affaires_; to launch out (into business).

=lancer=, _v.n._, (of a ship) to yaw, to sheer.

=lancette=, _n.f._, (surg.) lancet. _Donner un coup de —_; to lance.

=lanceur=, _n.m._, pushing fellow. _— d’affaires_; company promoter, speculator.

=lanceuse=, _n.f._, procuress, go-between.

=lancier=, _n.m._, (milit.) lancer.

=lancière=, _n.f._, waste-gate (of a mill-dam).

=lancinant=, =-e=, _adj._, shooting (of pain).

=lançoir=, _n.m._, mill-gate (of water-mills).

=landamman=, _n.m._, landamman (Swiss magistrate).

=landau=, _n.m._, (landaus), landau.

=lande=, _n.f._, waste land, moor, heath, common.

=landgrave=, _n.m._, landgrave.

=landgraviat=, _n.m._, landgraviate.

=landgravine=, _n.f._, landgravine.

=landier=, _n.m._, kitchen fire-dog, andiron.

=landière=, _n.f._, booth, stall (erected on commons).

=landwehr=, _n.f._, (_—s_) landwehr.

=laneret= (la-n-rè), _n.m._, (orni.) lanneret, shrike.

=langage=, _n.m._, language, tongue, speech, diction; talk, words, style, expression. _Changer de —_; to change one’s tone. _Ils tiennent tous le même —_; they all say the same thing.

=lange=, _n.m._, swaddling-cloth. _pl._, swaddling-clothes, swaddling bands.

=langoureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, languishingly.

=langoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pining, languishing, melancholy. _n.m._, languishing lover.

=langouste=, _n.f._, spiny lobster, crawfish.

=langue= (lāng), _n.f._, tongue; language; neck, tongue, strip (of land). _Une mauvaise —_; a slanderous tongue. _C’est une mauvaise —_; he, she, is a tale-bearer. _Tirer la —_; to put out one’s tongue; (fig.) to be in distress. _Avoir la — liée_; to be tongue-tied. _Avoir la — bien pendue_; to have the gift of the gab. _Avoir la — grasse_; to speak thick. _Avoir la — trop longue_; not to be able to hold one’s tongue. _Avoir un mot sur le bout de la —_; to have a word on the tip of one’s tongue. _La — lui a fourché_; his, her, tongue tripped. _Prendre —_; to obtain intelligence of what is going on, to make inquiries. _Coup de —_; backbiting, sarcasm. _Donner des coups de — à_; to slander, to cast reflections on. _Jeter sa — aux chiens_; to give up guessing. _Votre énigme est trop difficile, je jette ma — aux chiens_; your riddle is too difficult, I give it up. _Beau parler n’écorche point la —_; civility costs nothing. _— vivante_; living language. _— morte_; dead language. _— vulgaire_; vulgar tongue. _Maître de —s_; teacher of languages. _Quelle —!_ what a tongue he, she has! _Sa — va toujours_; his or her tongue never stops. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one his cue.

=langue-de-serpent=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) serpent’s-tongue, adder’s tongue; (geol.) serpent’s-tongue, petrified fish teeth.

=languette= (-ghèt), _n.f._, tongue, strip, valve; partition (thing shaped like a tongue); key (of musical instruments); index (of a balance).

=langueur= (-gheur), _n.f._, languidness, languor, weakness, weariness. _pl._, debility. _Maladie de —_; lingering illness; decline.

=langueyer= (-ghé-ié), _v.a._, to examine the tongue of a hog. _— des valets_; (fig.) to pump servants (so as to get at their masters’ secrets).

=langueyeur= (-ghè-ieur), _n.m._, examiner of hogs’ tongues.

=languier= (-ghiè), _n.m._, smoked hog’s tongue.

=languir= (-ghir), _v.n._, to languish, to linger, to pine, to pine away, to droop, to be sickly, to fade; to flag. _— de misère_; to languish in misery. _— d’amour_; to pine away for love. _La conversation languit_; the conversation flags. _Ne nous faites pas —_; don’t keep us waiting; or out with it.

=languissamment= (-ghi-sa-mān), _adv._, languishingly, droopingly, lingeringly.

=languissant=, =-e=, _adj._, languid, languishing, lingering, pining, drooping, sickly, fading; (com.) dull.

=lanice=, _adj._, of wool. _Bourre —_; flock of wool.

=lanier=, _n.m._, (orni.) lanner, lanneret, shrike.

=lanière=, _n.f._, thong, lash.

=lanifère=, _adj._, lanigerous, laniferous.

=lanigère=, _adj._ _V._ =lanifère=.

=laniste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) lanista.

=lansquenet= (lans-kĕ-nè), _n.m._, lansquenet (card game); German foot soldier.

=lantanier=, _n.m._, (bot.) lantana.

=lanter=, _v.a._, to emboss, to chase (copper ware).

=lanterne=, _n.f._, lantern; (arch.) lantern, lantern-tower, lantern-light; spy-place; (mec.) lantern-wheel; trundle; assay-balance; glass-case. _pl._, fooleries; idle stories, nonsense. _— sourde_; dark-lantern. _— magique_; magic-lantern. _Il veut faire croire que des vessies sont des —s_; he would have one believe that the moon is made of green cheese. _Mettre à la —_; to hang up at the lamp-post, to lynch (French revolution). _À la —!_ to the lamp-post with him, her, them! lynch him!

=lanterner=, _v.n._, to dally, to trifle, to shuffle, to trifle away one’s time; to be irresolute.

=lanterner=, _v.a._, to trifle with, to make a fool of; to put off; to bore.

=lanternerie=, _n.f._, irresolution; trifling; dallying; shuffling; nonsense.

=lanterni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, trifler, babbler; (l.u.) lantern-maker, lamplighter.

=lantiponnage=, _n.m._, nonsense, stuff, rigmarole, twaddle.

=lantiponner=, _v.a.n._, to talk nonsense; to talk stuff and nonsense to; to bother any one.

=lanturelu= _or_ =lanturlu=, _adv._, stuff! fudge! fiddle-sticks! _Il lui a répondu —_; stuff and nonsense! he said to him.

=lanugineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lanuginous, downy.

=lapement=, _n.m._, lapping.

=laper=, _v.a.n._, to lap, to lick up.

=lapereau= (la-prô), _n.m._, young rabbit.

=lapidaire=, _n.m._, lapidary.

=lapidation=, _n.f._, lapidation, stoning.

=lapider=, _v.a._, to lapidate, to stone to death, to pelt with stones; (fig.) to tear to pieces.

=lapidification=, _n.f._, lapidification.

=lapidifier=, _v.a._, to lapidify.

_se_ =lapidifier=, _v.r._, to lapidify, to become lapidified.

=lapidifique=, _adj._, lapidific.

=lapin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, rabbit, buck-rabbit; doe-rabbit. _Monter en —_; to ride beside the driver, _or_ on the box. _— de clapier_; tame rabbit. _— de garenne_; wild rabbit.

=lapis= _or_ =lapis lazuli= (-pis), _n.m._, (_—_) lapis lazuli.

=lapon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Laplander.

=laps= (laps), _n.m._, lapse (of time).

=laps=, =-e=, _adj._, lapsed, fallen. _— et relaps_; fallen back into heresy.

=lapsus=, _n.m._, slip (of the tongue). _— calami_; slip of the pen. _— linguæ_; slip of the tongue.

=laquais= (la-kê), _n.m._, lackey, footman, flunkey.

=laque=, _n.f._, lac, lake. _Gomme —_; gum-lac. _— en bâtons_; stick-lac. _— en grain_; seed-lac.

=laque=, _n.m._, lacker. _Vernis —_; japan.

=laquelle=, _pron._ _f._, which, who, that.

=laquer=, _v.a._, to lacquer, to varnish, to japan.

=laquet=, _n.m._, lakelet, little lake.

=laqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, of the nature of lac; lake-colored.

=larcin=, _n.m._, larceny; theft, pilfering; robbery; plagiarism. _Faire un —_; to commit a theft. _Faire un doux —_; to steal a kiss.

=lard= (lâr), _n.m._, bacon, pork, pig’s fat. _Flèche de —_; flitch of bacon. _Tranche de —_; rasher of bacon. _Il fait du —_; he grows fat (by sleeping).

=larder=, _v.a._, to lard, to stick; to interlard; to run through, to pierce. _— un discours de citations_; to interlard a speech with quotations. _— de coups d’épée_; to run through with a sword. _— de la viande_; to lard meat.

=lardoire=, _n.f._, larding-needle _or_ pin.

=lardon=, _n.m._, thin slice of bacon; joke, cut, jest, jibe.

=lare= (lâr), _n.m._, (myth.) Lar, household god. _pl._, (fig.) fireside, hearth.

=large=, _adj._, broad, wide, large; great, grand; extensive, liberal, ample, generous, easy; lax, loose.

=large=, _n.m._, breadth, width; (nav.) offing, open sea. _Porter au —_; (nav.) to bear off from the land. _Au —!_ keep off! _Gagner le —_; _courir au —_; _prendre le —_; to stand out to sea, to put out to sea. _Pousser au —_; to put off, to push off; to sheer off. _Cette rue a soixante pieds de —_; this street is sixty feet wide. _Au —_; spaciously, abroad, comfortably, at one’s ease, well off; (_int._) keep off! _Être au —_; to be abroad, to be at one’s ease. _Être logé au —_; to have a great deal of room. _Au long et au —_; in length and width, far and wide. _De long en —_; to and fro; backwards and forwards; up and down.

=large=, _adv._, wide; grandly; largely. _Ce cheval va trop —_; that horse goes too wide.

=largement=, _adv._, largely, abundantly, amply, fully, plentifully, grandly, liberally.

=largesse=, _n.f._, largess, liberality, bounty, munificence, gratuity, fee. _Faire des —s_; to be liberal. _Pièces de —_; largess money; dole.

=largeur=, _n.f._, breadth, width; wideness, broadness.

=larghetto= (-ghèt-tô), _adv._, (mus.) larghetto.

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

=largue= (larg), _n.m._, (l.u.) (nav.) offing, open sea.

=largue=, _adj._, (nav.) slack, large; flowing. _Ecoutes —s_; (nav.) flowing sheets. _Vent —_; leading wind, side wind, wind on the quarter. _Porter_ or _courir —_; (nav.) to sail large.

=larguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to cast off; to let run (ropes); to let out (reefs).

=larigot=, _n.m._, ☉flute, flageolet. _Boire à tire-—_; to drink hard.

=larix= (la-riks), _n.m._ _V._ =mélèze=.

=larmaire=, _adj._, (bot.) tear-shaped.

=larme=, _n.f._, tear; drop. _Pleurer à chaudes —s_; to shed bitter tears; to weep bitterly. _Verser des —s_; to shed tears. _Fondre en —s_; to melt into tears. _À chaudes —s_; bitterly. _Avoir le don des —s_; to have tears at command.

=larmier=, _n.m._, (arch.) larmier, corona, drip-stone; coping; eye-vein (of the horse).

=larmières=, _n.f.pl._, _or_ =larmiers=, _n.m.pl._, tear-pit (of the stag).

=larmoiement= (-moa-mān), _n.m._, watering of the eyes.

=larmoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, weeping, in tears, lachrymose, whining, whimpering; (fig.) pathetic, tragic.

=larmoyer=, _v.n._, to cry, to shed tears, to whine, to whimper; to water (of the eyes).

=larmoyeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, weeper, whimperer, whiner.

=larron=, _n.m._, thief; (print.) bite; (book-bind.) leaf folded in and not cut. _S’entendre comme —s en foire_; to be as thick as thieves. _L’occasion fait le —_; opportunity makes the thief.

=larronneau=, _n.m._, little thief; pilferer.

=larronnesse=, _n.f._, a female thief.

=larve=, _n.f._, (ent.) larva, grub, worm, caterpillar.

=larves=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) ghosts, specters, hobgoblins.

=laryngé=, =-e=, _adj._, laryngean.

=laryngien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, laryngean.

=laryngite=, _n.f._, (med.) laryngitis.

=laryngotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) laryngotomy.

=larynx= (la-rinks), _n.m._, (anat.) larynx.

=las!= (lâ) _int._, alas!

=las=, =-se=, _adj._, tired, weary, fatigued. _— de travailler_; tired of working. _Un — d’aller_; a lazy fellow. _Faire quelque chose de guerre —se_; to do a thing for the sake of peace and quiet.

=lascar=, _n.m._, lascar (East Indian sailor).

=lasci-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, lascivious, lewd, lustful, wanton, lecherous.

=lascivement= (las-siv-mān), _adv._, lasciviously, lewdly, wantonly, lecherously.

=lasciveté= (las-siv-tè), _n.f._, lasciviousness, lewdness, lust, lustfulness.

=laser= (-zèr), _n.m._, (bot.) laserwort.

=lassant=, =-e=, _adj._, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing, tedious.

=lasser=, _v.a._, to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to wear out; to catch with a lasso; to lasso.

=lasser=, _v.n._, to be tiring, wearying.

_se_ =lasser=, _v.r._, to tire, to grow tired, to be fatigued, to be wearied.

=lassitude=, _n.f._, lassitude, weariness.

=last= _or_ =laste=, _n.m._, (com., nav.) last (two tons weight, 4,000 kil.).

=lasting= (-tīngh), _n.m._, lasting (stuff).

=latanier=, _n.m._, fan-palm, latania.

=latent=, =-e=, _adj._, latent, hid, concealed, secret.

=latéral=, =-e=, _adj._, lateral, side.

=latéralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, laterally; sideways.

_a_ =latere=. _V._ =légat=.

=lathyrus=, _n.m._, (bot.) lathyrus.

=laticlave=, _n.m._, (antiq.) laticlave.

=latin=, =-e=, _adj._, Latin; (nav.) lateen. _Voile —e_; lateen sail. _La langue —e_; the Latin language.

=latin=, _n.m._, Latin. _Il est au bout de son —_; he is at his wit’s end. _Du — de cuisine_; dog Latin. _Y perdre son —_; not to be able to make it out.

=latiniser=, _v.a._, to latinize.

=latinisme=, _n.m._, latinism.

=latiniste=, _n.m._, latinist.

=latinité=, _n.f._, latinity. _La basse —_; low Latin.

=latitude=, _n.f._, latitude; extent; room, space, margin; (fig.) freedom of action; climate.

=latitudinaire=, _adj._, latitudinarian.

=latomie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) latomia.

=latrie=, _n.f._, latria.

=latrine=, _n.f._, privy, water-closet.

=latte=, _n.f._, lath.

=latter=, _v.a._, to lath.

=lattis=, _n.m._, lathing, lath-work.

=laudanisé=, =-e=, _adj._, containing laudanum.

=laudanum=, _n.m._, laudanum.

=laudati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, laudatory.

=laudes= (lôd), _n.f.pl._, (c.rel.) lauds.

=lauréat=, _adj._, laureate. _n.m._, prizeman.

=lauréole=, _n.f._, (bot.) spurge-laurel.

=laurier=, _n.m._, laurel, bay-tree; (fig.) glory, honor. _—-rose_; oleander, rose-bay. _— tin_; wild laurel. _Couronné de —s_; crowned with laurels, glory.

=laurose=, _n.m._, (bot.) oleander, rose-bay.

=lavable=, _adj._, washable.

=lavabo= (-bô), _n.m._, wash-stand.

=lavage=, _n.m._, washing; slops; wash; diluting, dilution. _En —_; diluted.

=lavanche= _or_ =lavange=, _n.f._ _V._ =avalanche=.

=lavande=, _n.f._, (bot.) lavender. _— commune_, _— officinale_; common lavender.

=lavanderie=, _n.f._, (old) laundry, wash-house.

=lavandier=, _n.m._, yeoman of the laundry.

=lavandière=, _n.f._, (l.u.) laundress, washer-woman; (orni.) wagtail; (local) barge, boat.

=lavanèse=, _n.f._, (bot.) goat’s-rue.

=lavaret=, _n.m._, (ich.) gwiniad, fresh-water herring.

=lavasse=, _n.f._, sudden shower of rain (l.u.); sloppy sauce; wash, wish-wash.

=lave=, _n.f._, lava.

=lavé=, =-e=, _part._, washed, pale, faint. _Couleur —e_; (paint.) light color. _Cheval bai —_; light bay horse.

=lavement= (la-vmān), _n.m._, (c.rel.) washing; (med.) injection, clyster.

=laver=, _v.a._, to wash, to wash off, to cleanse; to wash up; to lave, to bathe; to absolve, to declare innocent. _— la tête à quelqu’un_; to blow any one up; to rate any one soundly.

_se_ =laver=, _v.r._, to wash, to wash one’s self. _Se — les mains_; to wash one’s hands. _Se — d’un crime_; to clear one’s self of a crime. _Je m’en lave les mains_; I will have nothing to do with it, I wash my hands of the business.

=lavette=, _n.f._, dish-cloth, dish-clout.

=laveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, washer, scourer. _—se de vaisselle_; scullion, scullery-maid. _— de mines_; buddler. _— de cendres_; metal-refiner.

=lavis=, _n.m._, wash, coloring, tinting. _Dessin fait au —_; washed drawing; (engr.) aquatint.

=lavoir=, _n.m._, washing-place, wash-house; scullery; (metal.) buddle; rubbing-board.

=lavure=, _n.f._, dish-water, hogwash; (gold.) washing. _pl._, goldsmith’s sweepings. _— de vaisselle_; dish-water; (fig.) weak, tasteless broth.

=laxati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, laxative, opening.

=laxatif=, _n.m._, (pharm.) laxative.

=laxité=, _n.m._, (med.) laxity, looseness.

=layer=, _v.a._, to cut a path through a forest.

=layetier= (-tié), _n.m._, box-maker, packing-case maker.

=layette=, _n.f._, (old) baby-linen; drawer, box.

=layetterie= (lè-iè-trî), _n.f._, box-trade; baby-linen trade.

=layeur=, _n.m._, forest-surveyor.

=layou=, _n.m._, tail-board (of a van); (hunt.) straight path.

=lazaret=, _n.m._, lazaretto, lazar-house.

=lazariste=, _n.m._, Lazarite, Lazarist (monk).

=lazarone=, _n.m._, (_lazaroni_) lazarone.

=lazuli=. _V._ =lapis=.

=lazulite=, _n.m._, (min.) lazulite, azure-stone.

=lazzi=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—s_) piece of buffoonery, jest, joke, pun.

=le=, _art.m._, =la=, _f._, =les=, _pl.m.f._, the. _La nuit_; in the, during the night. _Le coquin!_ what a scoundrel!

=le=, _pron._ _m._, =la=, _f._, =les=, _pl.m.f._, him, her, it, them; so. _Je les vois_; I see them. _Je le vois_; I see him, it. _Il l’aime_; he loves him, it. _Je l’aime_; I love her. _Donnez-le-moi_; give it me. _La voici_; here she is. _Je suis enrhumée, mes femmes le sont aussi_; I have got a cold, so have my maids.

=lé=, _n.m._, breadth (of linen); tow-path.

=lèche=, _n.f._, thin slice. _— cul_; toady, lick-spittle.

=léché=, =-e=, _part._, licked. _Tableau —_; (paint.) labored picture.

_à_ =lèche-doigts=, _adv._, (l.u.) in small quantities, niggardly, meanly, sparingly, just enough to taste.

=lèchefrite= (lèsh-frit), _n.f._, dripping-pan.

=lécher=, _v.a._, to lick, to lick up; (paint.) to labor, to polish, to elaborate, to overdo.

_se_ =lécher=, _v.r._, to lick one’s self. _S’en — les doigts_; to lick one’s chops over it.

=lécheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gormandizer; sponger.

=leçon=, _n.f._, lesson; lecture; reading. _Vraie —_; true reading (of a text). _—s publiques_; public lectures. _Il a pris des —s d’un tel_; he took lessons from such a one. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one his cue, to lecture any one, to coach up any one.

=lect-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, reader, (old) lecturer, professor. _— bénévole_; gentle reader.

=lecture=, _n.f._, reading; perusal. _Il a beaucoup de —_; he is well-read. _Savant par la —_; well-read. _Cabinet de —_; reading-room, circulating library; newsroom.

=légal=, =-e=, _adj._, legal, lawful, legitimate.

=légalement= (-gal-mān), _adv._, legally, lawfully, legitimately.

=légalisation=, _n.f._, (jur.) legalization, authentication.

=légaliser=, _v.a._, (jur.) to authenticate, to legalize, to render legal.

=légalité=, _n.f._, legality, lawfulness.

=légat=, _n.m._, legate. _— à latere_; legate à latere.

=légataire=, _n.m.f._, (jur.) legatee. _— universel_ or _— à titre universel_; sole _or_ residuary legatee.

=légation=, _n.f._, legateship, legation.

=légatoire=, _adj._, legatory.

=lége=, _adj._, (nav.) light.

=légendaire=, _n.m._, legendary.

=légende=, _n.f._, legend; inscription, motto, story; legend (of medals).

=lég-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, light; buoyant, easy; fleet, fast; nimble, active; fickle, unsteady, light-headed; feeble, faint, frivolous, trifling, slight, inconsiderate, giddy, thoughtless. _À la —e_; thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, carelessly. _Vin —_; light wine. _Être — à la course_; to be fleet of foot. _Cavalerie —e_; light-horse. _Avoir la tête —e_; to be hare-brained, light-headed. _Une faute —e_; a small fault. _Être vêtu à la —e_; to be lightly dressed.

=légèrement= (lé-jèr-mān), _adv._, lightly, slightly; nimbly, swiftly, cursorily, thoughtlessly.

=légèreté= (lé-jèr-té), _n.f._, lightness, nimbleness, swiftness, fickleness, unsteadiness; instability; levity, frivolity, airiness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness; slight fault. _La — d’un cerf_; the fleetness of a stag.

=légiférer=, _v.n._, to legislate.

=légion=, _n.f._, legion. _— d’honneur_; Legion of Honor (a French order of knighthood, civil and military). _— de parents_; host of relations.

=légionnaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, legionary; knight of the Legion of Honor.

=législat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._ and _n._, legislating, law-giving, regulating; legislator; legislatrix; law-giver, law-maker.

=législati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, legislative.

=législation=, _n.f._, legislation.

=législature=, _n.f._, legislature.

=légiste=, _n.m._, legist, civilian.

=légitimaire=, _adj._, (jur.) secured by law.

=légitimation=, _n.f._, legitimation; legalization; recognition.

=légitime=, _adj._, just, lawful, legitimate, rightful, justifiable. _Part —_; legal share. _Enfant —_; child born in wedlock.

=légitime=, _n.f._, (jur.) lawful portion of a child.

=légitimement= (-tim-mān), _adv._, legitimately, lawfully, justly, rightfully, fairly, justifiably.

=légitimer=, _v.a._, to legitimate; to justify; to legalize; to recognize. _L’ivresse ne légitime aucune mauvaise action_; drunkenness does not justify any bad action.

=légitimiste=, _n.m.f._, legitimist.

=légitimité=, _n.f._, legitimacy, lawfulness, rightfulness, fairness, justifiableness.

=legs= (lê), _n.m._, legacy, bequest, gift by will.

=léguer= (lé-ghé), _v.a._, to leave, to leave by will, to devise, to bequeath. _Se —_; to be bequeathed.

=légume=, _n.m._, vegetable, pot-herb; pulse; legume, legumen.

=légumi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of vegetables. _n.m._, vegetable-dish, vegetable-garden.

=légumineuses=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) leguminous plants.

=légumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, leguminous.

=légumineux=, _n.m.pl._, vegetables.

=lemme= (lèm), _n.m._, (geom.) lemma.

=lemne=, _n.f._, (bot.) lemna, duckweed.

=lémures=, _n.m.pl._, (Roman antiq.) lemures.

=lémuriens= (-in), _n.m.pl._, (mam.) lemuridæ.

=lémuries=, _n.f.pl._, (Roman antiq.) lemuria.

=lendemain= (lān-dmin), _n.m._, morrow, next day, day after, following day. _Le — de ses noces_; the day after one’s marriage. _Penser au —_; to think of the morrow.

=lendore=, _n.m.f._, dawdle, humdrum, dawdling person.

=lénifier=, _v.a._, (med.) to lenify.

=léniti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) lenitive.

=lénitif=, _n.m._, (med.) lenitive, emollient.

=lent=, =-e=, _adj._, slow, tardy; remiss; lingering, slack, dull. _— à parler_; slow of speech. _— à payer_; slack in one’s payments. _Fièvre —e_; slow fever, low fever.

=lente=, _n.f._, (ent.) nit.

=lentement= (lān-tmān), _adv._, slowly, tardily, remissly; sluggishly.

=lenteur=, _n.f._, slowness, tardiness, remissness.

=lenticulaire= _or_ =lenticulé=, =-e=, _adj._, lenticular, lentiform.

=lenticule=, _n.f._, (bot.) duckweed.

=lentiforme=, _adj._, lentiform, lenticular.

=lentigineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) lentiginous; freckled, freckly.

=lentigo=, _n.m._, (med.) lentigo; freckles.

*=lentille=, _n.f._, (bot.) lentil; freckle; lens; pendulum-bob. _Visage couvert de —s_; face freckled all over.

*=lentilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.u.) freckled.

=lentisque=, _n.m._, (bot.) lentisk, mastic-tree.

=léonin=, =-e=, _adj._, leonine.

=léonure= _or_ =léonurus=, _n.m._, (bot.) motherwort.

=léopard=, _n.m._, leopard.

=lépas=, _n.m._, (conch.) limpet, patella.

=lépidoptère=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (ent.) lepidopter, lepidoptera; lepidopterous.

=lépisme=, _n.m._, (ent.) book-worm, mite.

=lèpre=, _n.f._, leprosy.

=lépreu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, leper; leprous.

=léproserie= (lé-prô-zrî), _n.f._, lazar-house.

=lepte=, _n.m._, (ent.) leptus. _— automnal_; wheal-worm.

=lequel=, _pron._ _m._, =laquelle=, _f._, =lesquels=, _pl.m._, =lesquelles=, _pl.f._, who, whom, that, which; (interrogatively) which one, which. _Lequel_, _laquelle_, _vous plaît davantage?_ which pleases you best? _Lequel_, _laquelle_, _préférez-vous?_ which one do you prefer?

=lérot= _or_ =liron=, _n.m._, (mam.) garden-dormouse.

=les=, _definite art._ and _pers. pr. pl._, the; them. _V._ =le=.

=lèse=, _adj._, high-treason. [Only used in connection with some other word.]

=lèse-faculté=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (jest.) disregard of a physician’s advice.

=lèse-humanité=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason against humanity.

=lèse-majesté=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason; (jur.) leze-majesty.

=lèse-nation=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason against the nation.

=léser=, _v.a._, to wrong, to injure, to hurt, to aggrieve.

=lésine=, _n.f._, niggardliness; stinginess.

=lésiner=, _v.n._, to be niggardly, parsimonious, stingy, mean; to higgle, to haggle.

=lésinerie= (lé-zi-n-rî), _n.f._, stinginess, meanness, niggardliness; stingy act.

=lésineu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, niggardly, stingy, mean, parsimonious.

=lésion=, _n.f._, wrong, in jury; (surg.) lesion, hurt; loss (at play).

=lesse=, _n.f._ _V._ =laisse=.

=lessive=, _n.f._, lye-washing, wash; washing; linen washed; (chem.) lixivium. _Donner sa — à laver_; to give one’s dirty linen to be washed. _Faire la — du gascon_; (prov.) to turn one’s shirt _or_ neckerchief when it is dirty. _À laver la tête d’un More, on perd sa —_; it is useless trying to wash a blackamoor white; _or_, do what you will, you’ll never change him. _Faire une —_, _une forte_, _une furieuse_, _—_; to sustain a loss, a heavy loss (at play).

=lessiver=, _v.a._, to wash (in lye); (chem.) to lixiviate. _Se faire —_; (fig.) to get beaten; to lose heavily (at play).

=lessiveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lye-washer.

=lessiveuse=, _n.f._, lye-washing machine; laundress.

=lest= (lèst), _n.m._, (nav.) ballast.

=lestage=, _n.m._, (nav.) ballasting.

=leste=, _adj._, brisk, nimble, active; clever; unceremonious, unscrupulous; indecorous; improper, free.

=lesté=, =-e=, _adj._, ballasted; (fig.) with well-lined stomach.

=lestement=, _adv._, briskly, cleverly; freely; indecorously; improperly.

=lester=, _v.a._, (nav.) to ballast.

_se_ =lester=, _v.r._, to take in ballast; to line one’s stomach, to lay in a stock of provisions. _Je me suis bien lesté avant de me mettre en route_; I made a square meal before setting out.

=lesteur=, _n.m._, lighter, ballast-lighter; (pers.) ballast-heaver.

=léthargie=, _n.f._, lethargy.

=léthargique=, _adj._, lethargic, lethargical.

=léthé=, _n.m._, (myth.) Lethe.

=léthifère=, _adj._, lethiferous.

=lettre=, _n.f._, letter, note, bill; (print.) letter, type. _pl._, literature, letters. _Prendre une chose à la —_, _au pied de la —_; to take a thing literally, in a literal sense, to the letter. _Rendre à la —_; to render word for word, literally. _En toutes —s_; at full length, plainly, unmistakeably. _— de change_; bill of exchange. _— de crédit_; letter of credit; credentials. _—s patentes_; letters patent. _— de cachet_; (French hist.) lettres-de-cachet, arbitrary warrant. _—s de marque_; letters of mark. _— de mer_; (nav.) pass. _— de voiture_; way-bill. _— affranchie_; paid letter. _— recommandée_ or _chargée_; registered letter. _— refusée_, _— morte_, _— au rebut_, _— tombée en rebut_; dead letter. _Boîte aux —s_; letter-box. _Expédition des —s_; dispatch of letters. _Jeter_, _mettre_, _une — à la poste_; to post a letter. _Ce sont —s closes_; that is a secret. _Un homme de —s_; a man of letters. _Les belles-—s_; polite literature. _Gravure avant la —_; proof engraving.

=lettré=, =-e=, _adj._, lettered, literate, literary. _n.m._, scholar. _Les —s_; the literate, literati.

=lettrine=, _n.f._, (print.) heading, reference.

=leu=, _n.m._, old French for _loup_, wolf; still in use in the expression: _à la queue leu leu_; one after the other, in a file.

=leucorrhée=, _n.f._, (med.) leucorrhœa, whites.

=leur=, _personal pron._, to them, them. _Je le — donne_; I give it to them. _Je — ai dit cela_; I told them that. _Donnez-le-—_; give it to them.

=leur=, _possessive adj._, their. _Le —_, _la —_, _les —s_; _possess. pron._, theirs. _J’aime mieux ma maison que la —_; I like my house better than theirs. _Je ne veux rien du —_; I want nothing of theirs.

=leurre=, _n.m._, lure; decoy; bait; snare, trap. _Se laisser prendre à un —_; to be caught in a snare, to swallow a bait.

=leurrer=, _v.a._, to lure; to entice, to decoy.

_se_ =leurrer=, _v.r._, to be ensnared, entrapped; to delude one’s self. _Ces oiseaux ne se leurrent pas facilement_; these birds are not to be easily trapped.

=levage=, _n.m._, raising, lifting.

=levain=, _n.m._, leaven, barm, yeast; remains; germ. _Pain sans —_; unleavened bread.

=levant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, East, Levant. _Du — au couchant_; from east to west; rising, orient.

=levantin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Levantine.

=levantine=, _n.f._, levantine (silk cloth).

=lève=, _n.f._, mallet, bat (at mall).

=levé=, _n.m._, (mus.) rise (of foot, of hand).

=levé=, =-e=, _part._, lifted up, raised; up, risen (out of bed). _Votre maître est-il —?_ is your master up?

=levée=, _n.f._, gathering, crop (fruits, etc.); levying; raising; (post-office) collection; embankment; causeway, dike; breaking up, removal, rising, recess; swell (of the sea); trick (at cards); (nav.) stanch-sheets. _Faire des —s de soldats_; to raise soldiers. _— de terre_; embankment.

=lève-gazon=, _n.m._, turfing-iron, turf-cutter.

=lever=, _v.a._, to lift, to lift up, to heave, to raise up, to pull up; (hunt.) to start, to flush; to take up, to hold; to remove, to take away; to take out; to gather, to collect; to raise, to levy; to survey, to make a survey. _— les oreilles_; to prick up one’s ears. _— les épaules_; to shrug one’s shoulders. _— la main sur quelqu’un_; to lift up one’s hand against any one. _— le camp_; to break up the camp. _— quelqu’un_; to help any one up. _— le masque_; to throw off the mask. _— un plan_; to draw, to take a plan; to survey, to make a survey. _— une assemblée_; to dissolve a meeting. _À qui se lève matin, Dieu prête la main_; it is the early bird catches the worm.

_se_ =lever=, _v.r._, to rise, to get up; to stand up; to break up; to start up; to make a stand; (of the sea) to heave. _Il se lève de bon matin_; he rises early. _Se — précipitamment_; to start up.

=lever=, _v.n._, to come up, to be up (of plants); to spring up, to rise. _Faire — un lièvre_; to start a hare.

=lever=, _n.m._, rising; levee; surveying. _Au — du soleil_; at sunrise. _— des plans_; land-surveying. _— de rideau_; curtain raiser.

=lever-dieu=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) elevation of the host.

=léviathan=, _n.m._, leviathan.

=levier=, _n.m._, lever; hand-spike; (horl.) arm; crowbar. _La force du —_; the power of the lever. _Le point d’appui d’un —_; the fulcrum of a lever.

=levis=, _adj._, for drawing up. _Pont-—_; draw-bridge.

=lévite=, _n.m._, Levite.

=lévite=, _n.f._, (l.u.) frock-coat.

=lévitique=, _n.m._, Leviticus.

=levrauder=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to harass, to pester, to badger.

=levraut=, _n.m._, leveret, young hare.

=lèvre=, _n.f._, lip. _Je l’ai sur le bord des —s_; I have it on the tip of my tongue. _Il a le cœur sur les —s_; his heart is on his lips.

=levretté=, =-e=, _adj._, greyhound-like.

=levrette=, _n.f._, greyhound; harrier-bitch.

=levretter=, _v.a._, to course (hares).

=lévrier=, _n.m._, greyhound, harrier.

=levron=, _n.m._, young greyhound, young harrier.

=levure=, _n.f._, yeast, barm.

=lexicographe=, _n.m._, lexicographer.

=lexicographie=, _n.f._, lexicography.

=lexicographique=, _adj._, lexicographical.

=lexicologie=, _n.f._, lexicology.

=lexique=, _n.m._, lexicon, dictionary.

=lez=, _prep._, near, by.

=lézard=, _n.m._, lizard.

=lézarde=, _n.f._, crevice, crack, chink.

=lézardé=, =-e=, _adj._, cracked (of walls).

=lézardelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) lizard-tail, female lizard.

=lézarder=, _v.a._, to crack (of walls).

_se_ =lézarder=, _v.r._, to crack, to become cracked.

=liais=, _n.m._, lias, building limestone.

=liaison=, _n.f._, joining, conjunction; connection, intimacy; up-stroke (of writing); (mus.) slur, binding-note. _Rompre une —_; to break off a connection.

=liaisonner=, _v.a._, (mas.) to bind (stones).

=liane=, _n.f._, (bot.) bind-weed, creeper.

=liant=, =-e=, _adj._, supple, flexible, pliant; forming connections easily; affable, mild; sociable, attractive. _n.m._, suppleness, pliability, pliancy; affability, sociability, gentleness.

=liard=, _n.m._, liard ($0·0025); half a farthing; (fig.) farthing, stiver, rap, picayune. _Il n’a pas un rouge —_; he hasn’t a brass farthing.

=liarder=, _v.n._, to contribute in small sums; to pay by farthings; to haggle.

=lias=, _n.m._, (geol.) Lias.

=liasique= _or_ =liassique=, _adj._, (geol.) Liassic.

=liasse=, _n.f._, bundle, file (of papers).

=libage=, _n.m._, (mas.) ashlar. _V._ =moellon=.

=libation=, _n.f._, libation, potation. _Faire des —s_; to offer up libations.

=libelle=, _n.m._, libel, lampoon.

=libellé=, =-e=, _adj._, drawn up, specified. _n.m._, wording; contents.

=libeller= (li-bèl-lé), _v.a._, (jur.) to draw up; to word; to specify the object of.

=libelliste=, _n.m._, libeler.

=libellule=, _n.f._, (ent.) libellula, dragon-fly.

=liber= (li-bèr), _n.m._, (bot.) liber.

=libéral=, =-e=, _adj._, liberal, generous, bounteous, free-hearted, open-handed.

=libéral=, _n.m._, liberal, liberalist.

=libéralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, liberally, bountifully, largely, generously, bounteously.

=libéralisme=, _n.m._, liberalism.

=libéralité=, _n.f._, liberality; generosity, open-handedness, bounty.

=libérat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, deliverer, liberator, rescuer.

=libérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, freedom-giving, liberating.

=libération=, _n.f._, deliverance, rescue, discharge, riddance.

=libéré=, =-e=, _part._, liberated, discharged; (com.) paid up (of shares). _Forçat —_; returned convict; ticket-of-leave man.

=libérer=, _v.a._, to discharge, to liberate, to free.

_se_ =libérer=, _v.r._, to be liberated, to be discharged; to pay off one’s debts; (com.) to be paid up (of shares).

=liberté=, _n.f._, liberty, freedom, facility, ease; license, franchise. _On a rendu la — aux prisonniers_; the prisoners were restored to liberty. _Mettre en —_; to set at liberty. _En —_; freely.

=liberticide=, _adj._, liberticide.

=libertin=, =-e=, _adj._, libertine, licentious, wanton, dissolute, idle.

=libertin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, libertine, rake; idler; ☉free-thinker.

=libertinage=, _n.m._, libertinism, debauchery; wildness, wantonness; ☉irreligion. _Vivre dans le —_; to lead a dissolute life.

=libertiner=, _v.n._, to be a libertine, to lead a dissolute life, to be rakish; to be idle (of children).

_se_ =libertiner=, _v.r._, to be a libertine; to play the idler (of children).

=libidineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, libidinous.

_ad_ =libitum=. _V._ =ad libitum=.

=libouret=, _n.m._, mackerel-fishing line.

=libraire=, _n.m._, bookseller. _— éditeur_; publisher, publisher and bookseller.

=librairie=, _n.f._, book-trade, bookselling; bookseller’s shop, library, publishing-house.

=libration=, _n.f._, (astron.) libration.

=libre=, _adj._, free; at liberty; unguarded, unconfined, outdoor; bold, broad; rid, exempt; (of paper) unstamped; (of schools) free, private; (of verse) irregular. _Il a tout son temps —_; all his time is his own. _— à vous de sortir ou de rester_; stay or go, as you please. _Cette place est —_; that seat is unoccupied. _Avoir le champ —_; to have free scope for action.

=libre-échange=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) free-trade.

=libre-échangiste=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) free-trader.

=librement=, _adv._, freely, without restraint; boldly. _En user —_; to make free with anything.

=librettiste=, _n.m._, (the author of the words of an opera), librettist.

=libretto=, _n.m._, (_—s_ or _libretti_) words of an opera, libretto.

=lice=, _n.f._, lists; field, arena, tilt-yard; barrier, fence; (tapestry) warp; (mam.) bitch-hound. _Entrer dans la —_, _en —_; to enter the lists. _Haute —_; high warp. _Basse —_; low warp.

=licence=, _n.f._, license, leave; permission; liberty, licentiousness; licentiate’s degree.

=licencié=, _n.m._, licentiate, B. A.

=licenciement= (-sî-mān), _n.m._, (milit.) disbanding.

=licencier=, _v.a._, to disband (troops).

_se_ =licencier=, _v.r._, to grow licentious, to take liberties.

=licencieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, licentiously, lewdly, dissolutely.

=licencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, licentious, dissolute.

=licet= (-sèt), _n.m._, (_—_) (l.u.) permission, leave, permit.

=lichen= (li-kè-n), _n.m._, (bot.) lichen, moss.

=licitation=, _n.f._, sale by auction of (real estate).

=licite=, _adj._, licit, lawful, allowable.

=licitement= (-sit-mān), _adv._, lawfully, licitly.

=liciter=, _v.a._, to sell by auction (real estate).

=licol=, _n.m._ _V._ =licou=.

=licorne=, _n.f._, unicorn. _— de mer_; narwhal.

=licou=, _n.m._, halter.

=licteur=, _n.m._, lictor.

=lie=, _n.f._, lees, dregs, grounds; (fig.) scum, refuse. _Boire jusqu’à la —_; to drink to the dregs. _La — du peuple_; the scum of the people.

☉=lie=, _adj._, merry, gay. _Faire chère —_; to lead a merry life.

=lié=, =-e=, _part._, tied, bound, connected. _Une sauce bien —e_; a thick sauce. _Partie —e_; rubber (at cards).

=liège=, _n.m._, cork; cork-tree. _Bouchon de —_; cork.

=liéger=, _v.a._, to cork (a net).

=liégeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, like cork, corky.

=lien= (li-in), _n.m._, band, rope, strap. _pl._, bonds, chains, irons. _Briser_, _rompre_, _ses —s_; to break one’s bonds. _— conjugal_; matrimonial bond.

=lienterie=, _n.f._, (med.) lientery.

=lientérique=, _adj._, lienteric.

=lier=, _v.a._, to bind, to bind down; to fasten, to tie, to tie down, to tie up; to join; to thicken; to link, to connect, to enter into, to engage in. _C’est un fou à —_; he ought to be put into a strait-jacket. _— une sauce_; to thicken a sauce. _— des notes_; (mus.) to slur notes. _— commerce avec quelqu’un_; to establish relations with any one.

_se_ =lier=, _v.r._, to bind; to tie; to thicken; to become acquainted with; to become intimate with; to form a connection.

=lierre=, _n.m._, (bot.) ivy. _— terrestre_; ground-ivy. _— grimpant_; tree-ivy.

=liesse=, _n.f._, mirth, gayety, merriment.

=lieu=, _n.m._, place, spot, ground; family; cause, reason, occasion. _pl._, premises, water-closet. _En tout —_; everywhere. _En aucun —_; nowhere. _En quelque — que ce soit_; anywhere. _Au — que_; instead of which, whereas. _En son — et place_; in one’s place. _Se porter sur les —x_; to go to the spot. _En premier —_; in the first place. _En dernier —_; lastly, alternately. _S’allier en bon —_; to marry into a good family. _— commun_; commonplace topic, commonplace subject. _Il n’y a pas — de craindre_; there is no cause to fear. _Vous avez donné — à cela_; you are the occasion of it. _Donner — à_; to give rise to. _Il m’a tenu — de père_; he has been a father to me. _Avoir —_; to take place, to happen. _—x d’aisances_; water-closet. _Être au — et place de quelqu’un_; to represent any one. _Au — de_; in the place of, instead of, in lieu of. _Au — que_; whereas, when on the contrary, while. _Y avoir —_; there to be occasion or necessity. _Tenir — de_; to fill the place of; to do instead of.

=lieue=, _n.f._, league (two and a half miles English).

=lieur=, _n.m._, binder, hay-trusser.

=lieutenance= (lieu-tnāns), _n.f._, lieutenancy.

=lieutenant=, _n.m._, lieutenant. _— en premier_, _en second_; first lieutenant, second lieutenant. _Sous-—_, (_—-—s_) ensign, sub-lieutenant.

=lièvre=, _n.m._, hare. _Bec-de-—_, (_—s-—_) hare-lip. _Il ne faut pas courir deux —s à la fois_; one must not have too many irons in the fire. _C’est là que gît le —_; that’s the main point; there’s the rub. _Mémoire de —_; bad, shocking memory.

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

=ligamenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ligamentous.

=ligature=, _n.f._, ligature.

=lige=, _adj._, liege. _Fief —_; vassalage.

*=lignage=, _n.m._, lineage.

*=lignager=, _n.m._, person of the same descent, kinsman.

*=ligne=, _n.f._, line; path, way, range; swath (of grass). _Être en première —_; to hold the first rank. _Être hors de —_; to be out of the line, beyond compare; out of the common. _— de charge_, _de flottaison_; load water-mark, water-line. _Grande —_; (rail.) trunk line. _Il ne fait pas ses —s droites_; he does not keep his lines straight. _À la —_; a new line, a break. _— à pêcher_; fishing-line. _Pêcher à la —_; to angle. _Troupe de —_; troops of the line. _En —!_ (mil.) fall in! _Venir en première —_; to rank first.

*=lignée=, _n.f._, lineage, progeny, offspring, issue.

*=ligner=, _v.a._, (carp.) to draw lines on.

*=lignerolle=, _n.f._, (nav.) twine.

*=lignette=, _n.f._, net, twine.

*=ligneul=, _n.m._, shoemaker’s thread, wax-end.

=ligneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) ligneous, woody.

=lignite= (lig-nit), _n.m._, lignite, brown-coal.

=ligue= (lig), _n.f._, league; plot, confederacy.

=liguer= (lighé), _v.a._, to unite in a league.

_se_ =liguer=, _v.r._, to league, to combine, to band together.

=ligueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, leaguer.

=ligulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) ligulate; strap-shaped.

=lilas=, _n.m._, lilac.

=lilas=, _adj._, lilac-colored.

=liliacée=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, liliaceous plant; liliaceous.

=lilliputien=, =-ne=, _adj._, lilliputian.

=limace=, _n.f._, slug; (mec.) Archimedean screw, water-screw.

=limaçon=, _n.m._, snail; (anat.) cochlea. _Escalier en —_; winding staircase, corkscrew stairs. _— de mer_; cockle.

*=limaille=, _n.f._, filings.

=limande=, _n.f._, (ich.) dab.

=limas=, _n.m._ _V._ =limace=.

=limbe=, _n.m._, limb, border, halo.

=limbes=, _n.m.pl._, (theol.) limbo, limbus.

=lime=, _n.f._, file; (bot.) sweet lemon. _Les dents d’une —_; the teeth of a file. _— douce_; smooth file. _— sourde_; dead file.

=lime-bois=, _n.m._, wood-fretter.

=limer=, _v.a._, to file, to smooth, to finish off.

=limeur=, _n.m._, filer.

=limier=, _n.m._, bloodhound, police-spy, detective.

=liminaire=, _adj._, prefatory.

=limitati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, limiting.

=limitation=, _n.f._, limitation.

=limitativement=, _adv._, limitedly, with limitation.

=limite=, _n.f._, limit, landmark, boundary, bound, border, extremity, confine.

=limité=, =-e=, _part._, limited.

=limiter=, _v.a._, to limit, to bound; to set bounds to; to circumscribe, to confine; to stint.

=limitrophe=, _adj._, neighboring, bordering.

=limon=, _n.m._, slime, ooze; clay; mud; (bot.) lemon; shaft (of a carriage); string-board, notch-board (of a staircase).

=limonade=, _n.f._, lemonade.

=limonadi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, maker, seller, of lemonade; coffee-house keeper.

=limoneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, muddy, turbid; slimy.

=limonier=, _n.m._, shaft-horse; (bot.) lemon-tree.

=limonière=, _n.f._, wagon with two shafts.

=limousin=, _n.m._, bricklayer, mason (because most masons hail from _Le Limousin_).

=limousinage=, _n.m._, rough-walling; ashlar-work.

=limousine=, _n.f._, coarse woolen cloak.

=limousiner=, _v.a._, to rough-wall.

=limpide=, _adj._, limpid, clear.

=limpidité=, _n.f._, limpidness, clearness.

=limure=, _n.f._, filing; filings, polish.

=lin=, _n.m._, flax. _Graine de —_; linseed. _Toile de —_; linen-cloth. _— des prés_; cotton-grass.

=linacées=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =linées=.

=linaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) toad-flax.

=linceul=, _n.m._, winding-sheet, shroud.

=linçoir=, _n.m._, ceiling-joist.

=linéaire=, _adj._, linear.

=linéal=, =-e=, _adj._, lineal, in a direct line.

=linéament=, _n.m._, trace, lineament, feature, outline.

=linées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) plants of the flax kind.

=linette=, _n.f._, flax-seed.

=linge=, _n.m._, linen; cloth, rag. _— propre_; clean linen. _Changer de —_; to change one’s linen. _— à barbe_; shaving-cloth.

=ling-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, linendraper.

=lingère=, _n.f._, keeper of a fancy linen-shop; seamstress, wardrobe woman.

=lingerie= (lin-jrî), _n.f._, linen trade, linen-drapery; hosiery; linen-room.

=lingot=, _n.m._, ingot, bullion; (hunt.) slug. _Or en —_; gold in bullion.

=lingotière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, ingot-mold.

=lingual=, =-e= (-gooal), _n.f._ and _adj._, (anat., gram.) lingual.

=lingue= (līngh), _n.f._, (ich.) ling.

=linguet= (-ghè), _n.m._, (nav.) pawl (of a capstan).

=linguiforme= (-gooi-), _adj._, linguiform (like a tongue).

=linguiste= (-gooist), _n.m.f._, linguist.

=linguistique= (-gooistik), _n.f._, linguistics.

=lini-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of flax. _Industrie —ère_; linen-trade; flax-spinning.

=linière=, _n.f._, flax field.

=liniment=, _n.m._, (pharm.) liniment.

=linon=, _n.m._, lawn (fine linen).

=linot=, _n.m._, (orni.) linnet; cock-linnet.

=linotte=, _n.f._, hen-linnet. _C’est une tête de —_; he is a hare-brained sort of fellow. _Siffler la —_; (pop.) to drink hard; to be in limbo, in quod.

=linteau=, _n.m._, (carp.) head-piece, lintel.

=lion=, _n.m._, (mam.) lion; (fig.) lord, dandy, beau; (astron.) Leo. _Jeune —_; lion’s cub, whelp, young lion. _— marin_; sea-wolf. _Dent-de-—_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) dandelion. _Coudre la peau du renard à celle du —_; to combine cunning with strength. _C’est l’âne couvert de la peau du —_; he is the ass with the lion’s skin. _C’est un —_; he is a dandy.

=lionceau=, _n.m._, (mam.) young lion, lion’s whelp, cub.

=lionne=, _n.f._, (mam.) lioness; fashionable woman; gay woman.

=lionné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) rampant.

=lipogrammatique=, _adj._, lipogrammatic.

=lipogrammatiste=, _n.m._, lipogrammatist, letter-dropper.

=lipogramme=, _n.m._, lipogram.

=lipome=, _n.m._, (med.) adipose wen.

=lipothymie=, _n.f._, (med.) lipothymy.

=lippe=, _n.f._, pouting-lip, thick lip. _Faire sa —_, _à —_, _faire une grosse_, _une vilaine_, _—_; (fam.) to pout.

☉=lippée=, _n.f._, (fam.) mouthful; meal, feast. [In the latter sense this word is only used with the adj. _franche_.] _Franche —_; hearty meal, a good square meal (free of cost). _Chercheur de franches —s_; sponger, parasite.

=lippitude=, _n.f._, (med.) lippitude, blearedness.

=lippu=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-lipped.

=liquation= (-cooa-), _n.f._, liquation, eliquation.

=liquéfaction=, _n.f._, liquefaction.

=liquéfiable=, _adj._, liquefiable.

=liquéfier=, _v.a._, to liquefy.

_se_ =liquéfier=, _v.r._, to liquefy, to become liquefied.

=liquet=, _n.m._, (hort.) small baking pear.

=liqueur=, _n.f._, liquid; liquor, spirits; liqueur, cordial, juice. _Vin de —_; sweet wine. _—s fraîches_; refreshing drinks. _—s fortes_; spirits, intoxicating drinks. _Marchand de —s spiritueuses_; dealer in wines and spirits.

=liquidambar=, _n.m._, (bot.) liquid-amber.

=liquidateur=, _n.m._, liquidator.

=liquidation=, _n.f._, liquidation, settling; settlement; winding up.

=liquide=, _adj._, liquid, watery, flowing; clear; net (of money). _La plaine —_; the ocean.

=liquide=, _n.m._, liquid, fluid; spirit, spirituous liquor.

=liquide=, _n.f._, (gram.) liquid.

=liquider=, _v.a._, to liquidate, to settle, to discharge; to wind up, to sell off.

_se_ =liquider=, _v.r._, to liquidate, to be liquidated, to settle, to discharge one’s debts.

=liquidité=, _n.f._, liquidity, fluidity.

=liquoreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, luscious, sweet.

=liquoriste=, _n.m._, dealer in liqueurs or spirits.

=lire= (lisant, lu), _v.a._, to read, to read of, to peruse, to study. _Continuer de —_; to read on. _— tout bas_; to read to one’s self. _— à haute voix_; to read aloud. _— dans la pensée de quelqu’un_; to read any one’s thoughts.

=liron=, _n.m._ _V._ =loir= and =lérot=.

=lis= (lîs), _n.m._, (bot.) lily. _— asphodèle_; lily-daffodil; (fig.) whiteness.