Chapter L (2)

=liséré=, _n.m._, stripe; border, piping.

=lisérer=, _v.a._, to border with piping.

=liseron= (li-zron), _n.m._, (bot.) bind-weed.

=liset=, _n.m._, (bot.) _V._ =liseron=.

=liseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, reader.

=lisibilité=, _n.f._, legibility; readableness.

=lisible=, _adj._, legible, readable.

=lisiblement=, _adv._, legibly.

=lisière=, _n.f._, list (of cloth); strings, leading-strings; border, skirt, edge, verge, outskirts. _— de toile_; selvage of linen-cloth. _— d’un bois_; edge, verge, of a wood.

=lissage=, _n.m._, (tech.) smoothing, glossing; (nav.) railing, rails.

=lisse=, _adj._, smooth, sleek, glossy.

=lisse=, _n.f._, smoothness, gloss, hand-rail, hand-railing, barrier, fence; (nav.) sheer-rails, drift-rails, rib-band; (tapestry). _V._ =lice=. _—s de porte-haubans_; sheer-rails. _—s de la rabattue_; drift-rails. _—s de couronnement_; upper rails of the stern. _—s de grande rabattue_; quarter-rails. _—s de l’éperon_; rails of the head. _—s de bastingage_; rails of the nettings. _—s des couples_; rib-bands. _— du fort_; extreme breadth line. _— des façons_; floor-rib-band. _—s des œuvres mortes_; rib-bands of the upper-works. _—s de plat-bord_; drift-rails. _— de vibord_; waist-rail. _—s de la herpe_; rails of the head. _— d’hourdi_; wing-transom.

=lisser=, _v.a._, to smooth, to gloss, to polish.

=lisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, polisher.

=lissoir=, _n.m._, polisher (tool).

=lissure=, _n.f._, polishing, glazing.

=liste=, _n.f._, list, roll, catalogue, schedule. _— civile_; civil list. _— des jurés_; (jur.) panel.

=listeau=, _n.m._, (nav.) rim.

=listel=, _n.m._, (_listeaux_) (arch.) listel, list, fillet.

=liston=, _n.m._, (her.) scroll.

=lit=, _n.m._, bed; bedstead; layer; stratum; channel, direction, set (of a current); (fig.) marriage. _— de plume_; feather-bed. _— de parade_; bed of state. _— de repos_; couch. _— de douleur_; sick-bed. _— de camp_; field-bed. _— de mort_; death-bed. _— de sangle_; folding-bed. _— volant_; (nav.) cot, berth. _— à quenouilles_, _— à colonnes_; four-post bedstead, four-poster. _Quenouille de —_, _colonne de —_; bedpost. _Descente de —_; carpet for the bedside. _Bois de —_; bedstead. _Se mettre au —_; to go to bed. _Garder le —_; to keep one’s bed. _Ils font — à part_; they do not sleep together. _Il a des enfants de deux —s_; he has children by two wives. _Ruelle de —_; bedside. _— de dessous_; understratum (of a quarry). _— de la mer_; bed of the sea. _— du vent_; (nav.) the wind’s eye. _Tenir le — du vent_; to sail close to the wind. _— de marée_; tide-way. _— de justice_; seat of justice, judicial bench; (Fr. Hist.) king’s throne. _— de Procruste_; the bed of Procrustes; (fig.) tyrannical custom, rule, law, etc. _Comme on fait son — on se couche_; as you make your bed, so you must lie. _Mourir au — d’honneur_; to die in battle. _Au —!_ (hunt.) tally-ho! _Au saut du —_ or _au sortir du —_; as you are getting up; in the early morning.

=litanie=, _n.f._, litany, prayers; long-winded story.

=liteau=, _n.m._, haunt (of a wolf); stripe (on table napkins); (tech.) bracket, ledge. _À —x_; with stripes, striped.

=litée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) haunt, lair.

=literie=, _n.f._, bedding.

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

=lithargé=, =-e=, _or_ =lithargyré=, =-e=, _adj._, adulterated with litharge.

=lithiase= _or_ =lithiasie=, _n.f._, (med.) lithiasis.

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

=lithine=, _n.f._, (chem.) lithia.

=lithoclaste=, _n.m._, (surg.) lithoclast (instrument).

=lithocolle=, _n.f._, lithocolla.

=lithogénésie=, _n.f._, lithogenesy.

=lithographe=, _n.m._, lithographer. _Imprimeur —_; lithographic printer.

=lithographie=, _n.f._, lithography; lithograph; lithographic printing-office.

=lithographier=, _v.a._, to lithograph.

=lithographique=, _adj._, lithographic.

=lithoïde=, _adj._, lithoidal.

=lithologie=, _n.f._, lithology.

=lithologue=, _n.m._, lithologist.

=lithontriptique= _or_ =lithotriptique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) lithontriptic.

=lithophage=, _adj._, lithophagous.

=lithophylle=, _n.f._, lithophyl.

=lithophyte=, _n.m._, lithophyte.

=lithosperme=, _n.m._, (bot.) lithospermum; gromil, gromwell.

=lithotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) lithotome.

=lithotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) lithotomy.

=lithotomique=, _adj._, (surg.) lithotomic.

=lithotomiste=, _n.m._, (surg.) lithotomist.

=lithotriteur=, _n.m._, (surg.) lithotritor.

=lithotritie= (-tri-ci), _n.f._, (surg.) lithotrity.

=litière= (-tièr), _n.f._, litter; stable-litter. _Il est sur la —_; he is in the straw (of a horse); he is ill in bed (pers.). _Faire — de quelque chose_; to throw away, to waste, to squander.

=litigant=, =-e=, _adj._, litigant.

=litige=, _n.m._, litigation, legal dispute, suit at law; (fig.) strife. _En —_; litigated, in dispute.

=litigieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, litigious; given to law-suits.

=litispendance=, _n.f._, (jur.) pendency (of a suit).

=litorne=, _n.f._, (orni.) litorn, field-fare.

=litote=, _n.f._, (rhet.) litotes.

=litre=, _n.f._, black band, with hatchment.

=litre=, _n.m._, liter (1.760 pint). _Demi —_; pint.

=litron=, _n.m._, litron; (pop.) reputed quart.

=littéraire=, _adj._, literary.

=littérairement=, _adv._, literarily.

=littéral=, =-e=, _adj._, literal.

=littéralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, literally, word for word, verbatim.

=littéralité=, _n.f._, literality, literalness.

=littérateur=, _n.m._, literary man, scholar, man of letters.

=littérature=, _n.f._, literature, learning.

=littoral=, =-e=, _adj._, littoral, of the sea-coast.

=littoral=, _n.m._, coast, sea-shore, sea-board.

=lituite=, _n.m._, (foss.) lituite.

=liturgie=, _n.f._, liturgy.

=liturgique=, _adj._, liturgic, liturgical.

=liturgiste=, _n.m._, writer on the liturgy.

=lituus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (antiq.) augur’s wand.

=liure=, _n.f._, cord, cart-rope; (nav.) lashing, gammoning (of the bowsprit).

=livarde=, _n.f._, cord; (nav.) sprit. _Voile à —_; sprit-sail.

=livarder=, _v.a._, (nav.) to sprit.

=livide=, _adj._, livid.

=lividité=, _n.f._, lividness.

=livrable=, _adj._, (com.) deliverable.

=livraison=, _n.f._, delivery (of goods); part, number (of a book). _Prendre de —_; to receive. _Faire —_; to deliver (goods, etc.). _Par —s_; in parts, numbers.

=livre=, _n.m._, book, register, volume. _— manuscrit_, _imprimé_; manuscript, printed book. _— en feuilles_; book in sheets. _— cartonné_; book in boards. _— broché_; stitched book. _— épuisé_; book out of print. _— de consignations_; (police) charge-sheet. _— d’occasion_; second-hand book. _— d’heures_; (c.rel.) prayer-book, primer. _Collationner un —_; to collate a book. _Mettre un — au jour_; to publish a book. _Un dévoreur de —s_; a bookworm (pers.). _Parler comme un —_; to speak like a book. _Traduire à — ouvert_; to translate at sight. _Chanter à — ouvert_; to sing at sight. _— de compte_; book of accounts. _Grand —_; ledger. _— journal_; day-book. _— de caisse_; cash-book. _— d’échéances_; bill-book. _Teneur de —s_; book-keeper. _Tenir les —s_; to keep the books, to keep the accounts. _Grand —_, _grand — de la dette publique_; register of the National Debt. _— jaune_; blue book.

=livre=, _n.f._, pound (1 lb., 1 oz., 10¼ dr. avoirdupois); livre (coin); franc. _— sterling_; pound sterling. _— parisis_; Paris livre ($0·25). _— tournois_; Tours livre ($0·21). _À la —_; by the pound. _Dix francs la —_; ten francs a pound.

=livrée=, _n.f._, livery; livery-servants. _— de noce_; wedding-favors. _En —_; in livery. _Gens de —_; footmen, flunkeys. _Grande —_; full livery. _Petite —_; undress livery. _Marchandises à —_; goods to be delivered.

=livrer=, _v.a._, to deliver; to deliver up, over; to betray; to give up; to commit, to consign. _— de la marchandise à_; to deliver goods to. _— bataille_; to engage, to give battle. _— un assaut_; to make an assault. _— une place à l’ennemi_; to deliver up a fortress to the enemy. _— une ville au pillage_; to give up a town to pillage. _— une bataille_; to fight a battle.

_se_ =livrer=, _v.r._, to deliver one’s self up, over; to give one’s self up, over; to surrender one’s self; to devote, to dedicate, to apply, one’s self to; to confide (in); to trust one’s self to; to riot in; to expose one’s self to.

=livret=, _n.m._, little book; memorandum-book; workman’s certificate; time-book; cabman’s license; depositor’s book; multiplication-table; book (of the play). _— de batteur d’or_; gold-beater’s mold.

=livreur=, _n.m._, deliverer (of goods). _Payez le —_; pay on delivery.

=lixiviation=, _n.f._, (chem.) lixiviation.

=lixiviel=, =-le=, _adj._, (chem., pharm.) lixivial.

=lixivium= (-om), _n.m._, (chem.) lixivium.

=llama=, _n.m._ _V._ =lama=.

=lobe=, _n.m._, lobe; lobe of the ear; (arch.) cusp; (arch.) foil.

=lobé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lobed, lobate.

=lobélie=, _n.f._, (bot.) lobelia, cardinal-flower. _— enflée_; Indian tobacco, emetic weed.

=lobiole=, _n.f._, small lobe (in lichens).

=lobulaire=, _adj._, lobulary.

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

=local=, =-e=, _adj._, local.

=local=, _n.m._, place, habitation, situation, premises, quarters.

=localement=, _adv._, locally.

=localisation=, _n.f._, localization.

=localiser=, _v.a._, to localize.

_se_ =localiser=, _v.r._, to become, to be, localized.

=localité=, _n.f._, locality, place.

=locataire=, _n.m.f._, tenant, lodger; (jur.) lessee. _— à bail_; lessee. _Recevoir des —s_; to take in lodgers. _— en vertu d’un bail_; lease-holder. _Principal —_; tenant.

=locati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tenantable; of _or_ belonging to the tenant. _Valeur —ve_; value in rent. _n.m._, locative (gram.).

=location=, _n.f._, letting, letting out; hiring; renting; (jur.) location. _Bureau de —_; box-office. _— de livres_; letting out of books, lending library, circulating library.

=locatis= (-tis), _n.m._, (fam. l.u.) hack, jade.

=loch=, _n.m._, (nav.) log. _Table de —_; log-book. _Jeter le —_; to heave the log.

=loche=, _n.f._, (ich.) loach, groundling.

=locher=, _v.n._, (of a horse’s shoe) to be loose, to shake. _Il y a là quelque fer qui loche_; there is a screw loose somewhere.

=lochet=, _n.m._ _V._ =louchet=.

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

=lochies=, _n.f.pl._, (med.) lochia.

=locman=, _n.m._, coasting pilot. _V._ =lamaneur=.

=locomobile=, _adj._, portable, movable.

=locomobile=, _n.f._, (agri., manu.) traction engine, (portable) steam-engine.

=locomot-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (anat.) of _or_ producing locomotion; locomotive.

=locomoti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, locomotive.

=locomotion=, _n.f._, locomotion.

=locomotive=, _n.f._, locomotive, engine, locomotive-engine.

=locrenan=, _n.m._, (coarse cloth) lockram.

=locuste=, _n.f._, (ent.) locust; (zoöl.) shrimp, prawn.

=locution=, _n.f._, expression, mode, form of speech; locution; term, phrase.

=lods=, _n.m.pl._, (feudal law) only used in the expression: _— et ventes_; lord’s due.

=lof=, _n.m._, (nav.) loof, luff; weather side, windward. _Aller au —_; to sail near the wind; to go to windward. _Être au —_; to be to windward. _— pour —!_ to windward! _Couple de —_; loof-frame. _Largue le —!_ up tacks and sheets! _Bouter le —_; to trim all sharp. _— tout!_ luff round! round with her! _— à la risée!_ ease the ship! (in blowy weather). _Virer — pour —_; to tack, to veer the ship.

=lofer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to luff.

=logarithme=, _n.m._, (math.) logarithm.

=logarithmique=, _adj._, logarithmic.

=logarithmique=, _n.f._, logarithmic curve.

=loge=, _n.f._, lodge, hut, box; booth; stand, stall; kennel, cell, den; cabin, closet; actor’s dressing-room. _— d’un chien_; dog’s kennel. _— du tigre_; tiger’s den. _Ouvreuse de —s_; box-opener. _— grillée_; latticed box. _— découverte_; open box. _Premières —s_; (thea.) first tier of boxes. _— d’avant scène_; stage box. _— de face_; front box. _Tenir une —_; (freemasonry) to hold a lodge.

=logeable= (lo-jabl), _adj._, inhabitable, tenantable, fit to live in; commodious, convenient; that can be housed.

=logement= (lo-jmān), _n.m._, lodgings; residence; dwelling; house-room; quarters; quartering; (milit.) lodgment; accommodation; (nav.) room. _— garni_; furnished apartments.

=loger=, _v.n._, to lodge, to live, to put up. _— chez soi_; to live at home. _— dans une auberge_; to put up at an inn. _— à la belle étoile_; to sleep in the open air. _Ici on loge à pied et à cheval_; accommodation for man and beast.

=loger=, _v.a._, to lodge, to harbor; to find room for, to take in, to put up, to accommodate; to house; to billet, to quarter; to stable. _— des soldats_; to quarter soldiers.

_se_ =loger=, _v.r._, to lodge, to take up one’s abode; to put up; (fig.) to lodge itself, to fix itself.

=logette=, _n.f._, little cabin, little box, little cell.

=logeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lodger. _— en garni_; lodging-house keeper.

=logicien= (-in), _n.m._, logician.

=logique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, logic, logical.

=logiquement=, _adv._, logically.

=logis=, _n.m._, house, dwelling, lodging, lodging-house, inn, home. _Corps de —_; main building. _On m’attend au —_; I am expected at home. _Bon — à pied et à cheval_; good accommodation for man and horse. _Au —_; at home. _La folle du —_; imagination, fancy.

=logographe=, _n.m._, early Greek historian, logographer.

=logogriphe=, _n.m._, logogriph, riddle, enigma.

=logomachie=, _n.f._, logomachy, war of words.

=logos=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (theol.) God the Word; (in Plato’s Philos.) the Creator of all things.

=loi=, _n.f._, law, precept, command; power, dominion, sway; authority; rule; (coin) standard. _Homme de —_; lawyer. _Projet de —_; (parliament) bill. _Présenter un projet de —_; to bring in a bill. _Rejeter un projet de —_; to throw out a bill. _Hors la —_; outlawed. _Faire —_; to have force of law. _Faire la —_; to command, to dictate (to). _Se faire une —_; to make it a point. _Mettre hors la —_; to outlaw. _— annonaire_; _V._ =annonaire=.

=loin=, _adv._, far, far off, a great way off; at a distance; remote, distant. _De — en —_; at great intervals, at long distances from each other. _Au —_; far, far away, far and wide. _De —_; from afar, from a distance, a long way off. _Revenir de —_; to have a narrow squeak (for one’s life). _Aller chasser au —_; to go out hunting a great way off. _— du monde_; far from the world. _— d’ici_; a great way off. _— d’ici!_ be gone! _— des yeux, — du cœur_; out of sight, out of mind. _Bien — de_; instead of; far from. _Bien — que_; far from, so far from. _Bien — que cela soit_; it is so far from being so.

=lointain=, =-e=, _adj._, remote, far distant. _Pays —_; remote country.

=lointain=, _n.m._, distance; distant prospect. _Le — d’un tableau_; the background of a picture.

=loir=, _n.m._, (mam.) dormouse.

=loisible=, _adj._, optional, lawful, allowable, right. _— à vous de le faire_; you have a perfect right to do it.

=loisir=, _n.m._, leisure, spare time. _J’ai du —_; I am at leisure. _Etes-vous de —?_ are you at leisure? _or_ are you disengaged? _À —_; leisurely, at leisure.

=lok=, _n.m._ _V._ =looch=.

=lollard=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Lollard.

=lombaire=, _adj._, (anat.) lumbar.

=lombard=, _n.m._, pawnbroker; pawn-shop. _V._ =mont-de-piété=.

=lombard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Lombard.

=lombes=, _n.m.pl._, lumbar region, loins.

=lombric=, _n.m._, (ent.) dew-worm, earth-worm, lob-worm.

=lombrical=, =-e=, _adj._, lumbrical.

=lomentacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lomentaceous.

=lompe=, _n.m._, (ich.) lump-fish, sea-owl.

=londonien=, =-ne=, _n.m.f._, Londoner. _adj._, Londonish.

=londrin=, _n.m._, London cloth.

=long=, =-ue= (lōn, lōng), _adj._, long, slow; tedious; prolonged, lengthened; diffuse; drawn out. _Le temps est — à qui attend_; it is weary waiting. _— à manger, — à tout_; slow at meat, slow at everything. _De —ue main_; of long standing.

=long=, _n.m._, length; extent. _Cela a dix aunes de —_; that is ten ells in length. _Être couché_, _étendu_, _tout de son —_; to lie, to be lying, at full length. _Prendre le plus —_; to go the longest way round. _Tout le —_; all along. _Tout au —_; along, at large, in detail, in full. _De — en large_; up and down; to and fro. _En —_; lengthways. _Tirer de —_; to scamper away; (fig.) to put off, to procrastinate.

=long=, _adv._, much, a great deal. _En savoir —_; to know what’s what. _En savoir trop —_; to know too much.

=longanimité=, _n.f._, longanimity, forbearance, long-suffering.

=long-courrier=, _n.m._, ocean (going) ship.

=longe=, _n.f._, loin; tether, thong. _Une — de veau_; a loin of veal.

=longer=, _v.a._, to go, to walk, to run along; to skirt, to coast along.

=longévité=, _n.f._, longevity.

=longimétrie=, _n.f._, longimetry.

=longitude=, _n.f._, (geog.) longitude. _Prendre les —s_; to take the longitude.

=longitudinal=, =-e=, _adj._, longitudinal.

=longitudinalement=, _adv._, longitudinally.

=long-jointé=, =-e=, _adj._, (man.) long-jointed.

=long-pan=, _n.m._, roof-length.

=longrine= _or_ =longuerine=, _n.f._, girder, sleeper.

=longtemps= (lōn-tān), _adv._, long, a long while, a great while. _Depuis —_; long since, long ago, long before. _Il y a — que je ne l’ai vu_; I have not seen him for a great while.

=longue= (long), _n.f._, long syllable; length, course of time. _À la —_; with _or_ in time, in the long run.

=longuement= (long-mān), _adv._, long, a long time, a great while, at length.

=longuet=, =-te=, _adj._, longish, somewhat long, pretty long, at great length.

=longueur= (-gheur), _n.f._, length, extent; slowness, tediousness, dullness; prolixity. _Trois pieds de —_; three feet in length. _En —_; lengthwise. _Tirer les choses en —_; to delay, to cause delays; to cause any affair to drag. _Traîner en —_; to drag; to be protracted; to suffer delays. _Tirer en —_; to spin out.

=longue-vue=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) small telescope; spy-glass.

=looch= (lok), _n.m._, (pharm.) loch; emulsion.

=lopin=, _n.m._, (pop.) lump; bit, morsel, portion, share (of eatables). _— de terre_; bit of ground.

=loquace= (-kooas), _adj._, loquacious, talkative.

=loquacement=, _adv._, talkatively, loquaciously.

=loquacité= (-kooa-), _n.f._, loquacity, talkativeness.

=loque=, _n.f._, rag, tatter.

=loquèle= (-kuèl), _n.f._, small talk, gabble.

=loquet=, _n.m._, latch; (of a knife) catch, hasp, clasp. _— d’écoutilles_; (nav.) hoop of the scuttles.

=loqueteau= (lok-to), _n.m._, little latch.

=loquette=, _n.f._, (pop.) scrap, small bit.

=lord=, _n.m._, (_—s_) lord.

=lorette=, _n.f._, lorette, gay woman.

*=lorgnade=, _n.f._, ogle, side-look, side-glance.

*=lorgner=, _v.a._, to leer, to ogle; to look through an opera-glass; to quiz; to have an eye on. _— une charge_; to have an eye on some post, to covet.

*=lorgnette=, _n.f._, opera-glass.

*=lorgneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, ogler.

*=lorgnon=, _n.m._, eye-glass, quizzing-glass.

=loriot=, _n.m._, (orni.) oriole.

=lors=, _adv._, then. _Depuis_ or _dès —_; from that time, since then. _— de_; at the time of. _— même que_; even though. _Pour —_; then, at the time, since then; so, in that case, therefore.

=lorsque=, _conj._, when; at the time _or_ moment. _— j’arrivai_; when I arrived.

☉=los=, _n.m._, praise.

=losange=, _n.m._, (math.) lozenge; lozenge-molding.

=losangé=, =-e=, _adj._, (math.) in lozenges; (her.) lozengee, lozengy.

=losanger=, _v.a._, to lozenge.

=lot= (lô), _n.m._, lot; portion, share; prize (in a lottery). _Le — qui lui est échu_; the portion which has fallen to his share. _Le gros —_; the first prize (in a lottery).

=loterie= (lo-trî), _n.f._, lottery; raffle. _Mettre à la —_; to put in the lottery. _Gagner à la —_; to win in the lottery. _Faire une —_; to raffle. _C’est une —_; (fig.) it is a mere matter of chance.

=loti=, =-e=, _part._, divided into lots; portioned out. _Le voilà bien —_; he has made a good choice.

=lotier= (-tié), _n.m._, (bot.) lotus, lotos.

=lotion=, _n.f._, lotion, wash; ablution.

=lotir=, _v.a._, to divide into lots, to share; to portion out.

=lotissage=, _n.m._, (chem.) assaying, averaging.

=lotissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, dividing into lots, lotting.

=loto=, _n.m._, loto (game of chance).

=lotophages=, _n.m.pl._, Lotophagi (lotus-eaters).

=lotte=, _n.f._, (ich.) lote; eel-pout.

=lotus= _or_ =lotos= (-tûs, -tôs), _n.m._, (bot.) lotus, lote.

=louable=, _adj._, laudable, praiseworthy, commendable; honest, honorable.

=louablement=, _adv._, laudably, commendably, praiseworthily.

=louage=, _n.m._, letting out, hire, hiring, renting. _À —_; on hire. _Donner à —_; to let out, to hire. _Prendre à —_; to rent, to hire. _Un cheval de —_; a hired horse.

=louange=, _n.f._, praise, commendation, eulogy; glory, credit. _Donner des —s_; to bestow praise.

=louanger=, _v.a._, to praise up, to flatter, to laud.

=louangeu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, praiser, flatterer, panegyrist; laudatory, eulogistic.

=louche=, _adj._, squint-eyed; dubious, doubtful, ambiguous, suspicious, equivocal; not clear; (fig.) (of light) dim, dark; (of weather) foul, thick.

=louche=, _n.m._, ambiguity, obscurity; suspicious appearance. _Il y a du — dans sa conduite_; there is something suspicious in his conduct.

=louche=, _n.f._, soup-ladle; dipper.

=louchée=, _n.f._, ladleful.

=loucher=, _v.n._, to squint.

=louchet=, _n.m._, flat spade, mattock.

=louchettes=, _n.f.pl._, goggles.

=loucheu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, squinter, squinting.

=louer=, _v.a._, to let, to let out, to rent, to hire, to hire out, to lease; to take, to rent. _— une maison à quelqu’un_; to let any one a house. _Maison à —_; house to let.

_se_ =louer=, _v.r._, to hire one’s self out; to be let; to be let for.

=louer=, _v.a._, to praise, to commend, to laud, to eulogize, to speak highly of.

_se_ =louer=, _v.r._, to laud, to praise, one’s self; to rejoice at; to be satisfied _or_ pleased with. _Se — de quelqu’un_; to be well pleased with any one; to be satisfied with any one. _Qui se loue s’emboue_; self praise is no recommendation.

=loueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hirer, letter out; ☉praiser, flatterer. _— de voitures_; job-master.

=lougre=, _n.m._, lugger.

=louis=, _n.m._, louis (an old French coin equal to about $4.60). _— d’or_; louis d’or.

=loup= (loo), _n.m._, wolf; (med.) lupus; (com.) stock-jobber; black velvet mask; domino; crowbar; packing stick, burnisher. _Gueule de —_; (bot.) snap-dragon. _Manger comme un —_; to eat ravenously; to devour. _Un saut de —_; a ha-ha; a hedge sunk between slopes, _Entre chien et —_; in the dusk of the evening, at dusk. _Renfermer le — dans la bergerie_; to set the fox to keep the geese. _Crier au —!_ to cry wolf. _Marcher à pas de —_; to walk cautiously, stealthily, like a thief. _Mettre quelqu’un à la gueule du —_; to throw any one into the lion’s mouth. _Il est connu comme le — blanc_; he is known by everybody. _Quand on parle du — on en voit la queue_; talk of the devil and he is sure to appear. _La faim chasse le — hors du bois_; hunger will break through stone walls. _Il faut hurler avec les —s_; when you are at Rome, you must do as Rome does. _Avoir vu le —_; to have seen the world; to know what’s what. _Qui se fait brebis, le — le mange_; daub yourself with honey and you will never want flies. _Il fait un froid de —_; it is terribly _or_ bitter cold. _Tenir le — par les oreilles_; to be in a critical situation. _Les —s ne se mangent pas entre eux_; there is honor among thieves. _Un vieux — de mer_; an old sea dog, an old salt.

=loup-cerve=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (mam.) she-lynx.

=loup-cervier=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) lynx.

=loupe=, _n.f._, magnifying-glass, lens, eye-glass; (med.) wen; (of camels) hump; (house painting) cradle.

=loupeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, wenny, knobby.

=loup-garou=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) man-wolf; bugbear; owl, surly dog; churlish fellow.

=lourd=, =-e=, _adj._, heavy; lumpish, unwieldy; dull, clumsy, thick-headed; awkward.

=lourdaud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, lubber, lout; blockhead, loggerhead.

=lourdement=, _adv._, heavily, plump; clumsily; grossly.

=lourderie=, _n.f._, clumsiness, gross blunder.

=lourdeur=, _n.f._, heaviness, sluggishness; dullness; weight.

☉=lourdise=, _n.f._, gross blunder.

☉=loure=, _n.f._, loure (dance).

=lourer=, _v.a._, (mus.) to join the notes.

=loustic=, _n.m._, wag.

=loutre=, _n.f._, otter. _— marine_; sea-otter.

☉=louvat=, _n.m._, young wolf. _V._ =louveteau=.

=louve=, _n.f._, she-wolf; wanton woman; (tech.) sling.

=louver=, _v.a._, (tech.) to sling.

=louvet=, =-te=, _adj._, fox-colored (of horses).

=louveteau= (loov-to), _n.m._, young wolf.

=louveter= (loov-té), _v.n._, to whelp (of wolves).

=louveterie= (loov-trî), _n.f._, wolf-hunt.

=louvetier=, _n.m._, wolf-hunter; (formerly) master of the wolf-hounds.

=louviers=, _n.m._, Louviers cloth.

=louvoyage=, _n.m._, (nav.) tacking about.

=louvoyer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to tack about; to ply by boards; (fig.) to manœuvre; to dodge.

=louvre=, _n.m._, Louvre (public edifice in Paris); palace, magnificent house.

=love=, _n.f._, bar (of soap).

=lover=, _v.a._, (nav.) to coil.

=loxodromie=, _n.f._, (nav.) loxodromics; rhumb line.

=loxodromique=, _adj._, loxodromic.

=loyal=, =-e=, _adj._, honest, loyal, honorable, true, fair, fair-dealing, straightforward, upright; (com.) of good quality, unadulterated. _Un — chevalier_; a true knight.

=loyalement= (loa-yal-mān), _adv._, fairly, loyally, honestly, faithfully, uprightly.

=loyauté=, _n.f._, loyalty, honesty, honorableness, fairness, fair-dealing, integrity.

=loyer=, _n.m._, hire, rent. _Donner à —_; to let. _Prendre une maison à —_; to hire _or_ rent a house. _Les —s sont élevés dans ce quartier_; rents are high in this neighborhood.

=lozange=, _n.f._ _V._ =losange=.

=lubie=, _n.f._, crotchet, maggot, whim. _Il lui prend souvent des —s_; he often takes whims into his head. _À —s_; crotchety, whimsical.

=lubricité=, _n.f._, lubricity, lechery, lewdness.

=lubrifier=, _v.a._, to lubricate.

=lubrique=, _adj._, lecherous, lewd, lascivious, wanton.

=lubriquement= (-brik-mān), _adv._, lasciviously, lecherously, lewdly.

=lucarne=, _n.f._, skylight, dormer-window, garret-window.

=lucet=, _n.m._, (bot.) whortle-berry.

=lucide=, _adj._, lucid, clear.

=lucidité=, _n.f._, lucidness, lucidity, clearness.

=lucifer= (-fèr), _n.m._, Lucifer.

=lucifuge=, _adj._, shunning the light.

=luciole=, _n.f._, glow-worm; fire-fly.

=lucrati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, lucrative.

=lucre=, _n.m._, lucre, gain.

=lucubrateur=, _n.m._, lucubrator.

=lucubration=, _n.f._ _V._ =élucubration=.

=lucullus=, _n.m._, (_—_) lucullus, lavish entertainer.

=luette=, _n.f._, (anat.) uvula.

=lueur=, _n.f._, glimmer, glimmering, light, glimpse, gleam, spark. _— blafarde_; pale glimmer. _Faible —_; faint glimmer. _Une — d’espérance_; a glimpse _or_ ray of hope. _Jeter une faible —_; to glimmer.

=lugubre=, _adj._, lugubrious, doleful, dismal, mournful.

=lugubrement=, _adv._, dolefully, dismally, mournfully.

=lui=, _personal pron._, he; him, to him; her, to her; it, to it. _C’est —_; it is he. _Parlez-lui_; speak to him, to her. _Donnez-lui-en_; give him some.

=luire= (luisant, lui), _v.n._, to shine, to glitter; to gleam, to glisten; to dawn, to appear.

=luisant=, =-e=, _adj._, glistening, glittering, shining, shiny; glossy, bright, dawning. _Un ver —_; a glow-worm.

=luisant=, _n.m._, gloss.

=luisante=, _n.f._, (astron.) brilliant star.

=luites=, _n.f.pl._ (hunt.) _V._ =suites=.

=lulunithe=, _n.f._, lulunite (small fossil coral).

=lumachelle=, _n.f._, (min.) lumachella, shell-marble.

=lumbago= (lon-), _n.m._, lumbago.

=lumière=, _n.f._, light, lamp; daylight, day; touch-hole (of a fire-arm); information; intelligence, knowledge; insight, wisdom, sagacity; luminary; (paint.) light. _À la — de_; by the light of. _Eteindre une —_; to put out a light. _Mettre en —_; to demonstrate, to bring to light, to elucidate. _Être privé de la —_; to have lost one’s sight. _La — du soleil_, _du jour_; the light of the sun, of day. _La — de la raison_; the light of reason.

*=lumignon=, _n.m._, snuff (of a candle); wick (of a lamp); candle end.

=luminade=, _n.f._ _À la —_; by torchlight.

=luminaire=, _n.m._, luminary, light; lights (of a church). _Le — d’un enterrement_; lights (at a funeral).

=luminariste=, _n.m._, lamp-lighter, gas-fitter.

=lumineusement= (-neûz-mān), _adv._, luminously.

=lumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, luminous.

=lunaire=, _adj._, lunar.

=lunaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) lunary, moonwort.

=lunaison=, _n.f._, lunation.

=lunatique=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, moon-struck; fantastical, whimsical, moon-struck, fantastical, whimsical person, lunatic.

=lundi=, _n.m._, Monday.

=lune=, _n.f._, moon; fit, crotchet, whim; moments. _— de mer_; (ich.) sun-fish. _La — est dans son plein_; the moon is full. _Pleine —_, _nouvelle —_; full moon, new moon. _Clair de —_; moonlight. _— rousse_; April moon. _— d’août_; harvest-moon. _— d’eau_; white water-lily. _Vouloir prendre la — avec les dents_; to attempt impossibilities. _Avoir des —s_; to have whims. _Faire un trou à la —_; to decamp, to make a moonlight flitting; to flee from one’s creditors. _Aboyer à la —_; to bay the moon. _La — de miel_; the honeymoon.

=luné=, _adj._, mooned.

=lunetier=, _n.m._, spectacle-maker; spectacle-seller; optician.

=lunette=, _n.f._, spy-glass, eye-glass; telescope; merry-thought, wish-bone (of a fowl); seat (of a close-stool, a water-closet); (arch., fort., man.) lunette; rim (of a watch case). _pl._, spectacles. _— d’approche_; spy-glass, small telescope. _— de poche_; pocket spy-glass. _Porter des —s_; to wear spectacles.

=lunetté=, =-e=, _adj._, spectacled.

=luniforme=, _adj._, luniform, moon-shaped.

=luni-solaire=, _adj._, lunisolar.

=lunule=, _n.f._, (geom.) lune.

=lunulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lunulate.

=lupanar=, _n.m._, house of ill-fame, bawdy house.

=lupercales=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) lupercalia.

=lupin=, _n.m._, (bot.) lupine.

=lupus=, _n.m._, (med.) lupus.

=luride=, _adj._, lurid.

=luridité=, _n.f._, luridness, lurid hue.

=luron=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, jolly fellow, brick, fine fellow, determined fellow; buxom, bouncing girl.

=lusiade=, _n.f._, Lusiad (Camoens’ epic poem).

=lustrage=, _n.m._, (manu.) lustring.

=lustral=, =-e=, _adj._, lustral.

=lustration=, _n.f._, lustration.

=lustre=, _n.m._, luster, brilliancy, brightness; renown, distinction, gloss; splendor; candle-stick, chandelier ornamented with drops of cut glass; luster (space of five years).

=lustré=, =-e=, _part._, glossy.

=lustrer=, _v.a._, to give a luster, a gloss, to.

=lustrine=, _n.f._, lustring (silk stuff).

=lustucru=, _n.m._, simpleton, silly Billy, muff; what-do-you-call-him.

=lut= (lut), _n.m._, (chem.) luting.

=luter=, _v.a._, (chem.) to lute.

=luth= (lut), _n.m._, (mus.) lute.

=luthéranisme=, _n.m._, Lutheranism.

=luthérien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Lutheran.

=luthier=, _n.m._, lute-maker.

=lutin=, _n.m._, hobgoblin, goblin; sprite; elf, imp; lively person, wild child. _Faire le —_; to play the deuce.

=lutin=, =-e=, _adj._, roguish, waggish, wanton, sprightly.

=lutiner=, _v.a._, to plague, to tease, to pester.

=lutiner=, _v.n._, to tear about, to play the deuce.

=lutrin=, _n.m._, lectern, reading-desk, choir.

=lutte=, _n.f._, wrestling; struggle, contest, strife. _S’exercer à la —_; to practice wrestling. _De haute —_; by main force, with a high hand. _De bonne —_; by fair play.

=lutter=, _v.n._, to wrestle; to struggle, to contend, to strive (against), to cope with, to vie with. _— contre la tempête_; to strive against the storm. _— contre la tentation_; to struggle against temptation.

=lutteur=, _n.m._, wrestler.

=luxation=, _n.f._, (surg.) luxation, dislocation.

=luxe=, _n.m._, luxury; display, splendor, magnificence, exuberance, profusion; extravagance, excess. _Objets de —_; fancy goods. _C’est du —_; that is unnecessary, superfluous, useless, uncalled for.

=luxé=, _part._, luxated, dislocated.

=luxer=, _v.a._, (surg.) to luxate, to dislocate.

_se_ =luxer=, _v.r._, to become luxated.

=luxueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, magnificent, rich, sumptuous.

=luxueusement=, _adv._, luxuriously, sumptuously, richly.

=luxure=, _n.f._, lust, lewdness.

=luxuriance=, _n.f._, luxuriance.

=luxuriant=, =-e=, _adj._, luxuriant.

=luxurieusement=, _adv._, lustfully, lewdly.

=luxurieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lustful, lewd, wanton.

=luzerne=, _n.f._, lucern, lucern-grass.

=luzernière=, _n.f._, lucern field.

=lycanthrope=, _n.m._, person affected with lycanthropy.

=lycanthropie=, _n.f._, lycanthropy.

=lycée=, _n.m._, lyceum, college, high-school, public-school.

=lycéen= (-in), _n.m._, collegian, public school-boy.

=lychnide=, _n.f._, (bot.) lychnis.

=lyciet=, _n.m._, (bot.) lycium, box-thorn.

=lycopode=, _n.m._, (bot.) lycopodium, wolf’s-claw, club-moss.

=lycopside=, _n.f._, lycopsis, bugloss.

=lydien=, =-ne=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Lydian.

=lymphatique=, _adj._, (med.) lymphatic.

=lymphe=, _n.f._, (med.) lymph; (bot.) sap.

=lynx= (links), _n.m._, lynx. _Avoir des yeux de —_; to be lynx-eyed.

=lyre=, _n.f._, lyre; (fig.) talent of the poet, poetry; (astron., anat.) lyra. _Jouer de la —_; to play on the lyre.

=lyrique=, _n._ and _adj._, lyric; lyrical. _Vers —s_; lyrical verses. _Poète —_; lyrical poet. _Théâtre —_; opera-house.

=lyrisme=, _n.m._, dignified and poetic style; poetic enthusiasm.

=lysimachie=, _n.f._, lysimachia, loose-strife, willow herb. _— bleue_; purple loose-strife. _— jaune_; willow-herb.

=lysimaque=, _n.f._, (bot.) loose-strife.

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