Chapter M (1)

=m= (me), _n.m._, (ème), _n.f._, the thirteenth letter of the alphabet, m.

=m.= (abbrev. of _Majesté_), M., Majesty; (abbrev. of _Monsieur_) Mr., Mister.

=m’=, (contraction of _Me_), me. _V._ =me=.

=ma=, _possessive adj._ _f._, my. [_Mon_ is used for the feminine before a vowel or _h_ mute.] _— chère_; my dear. _Mon âme_; my soul. _V._ =mon=.

=mâ=, _n.m._, china grass.

=m.a.=, (abbrev. of _Maison Assurée_) house insured.

=mab=, _n.f._, Mab (queen of the fairies).

=mabolo=, _n.m._, date-plum.

=macabre=, _adj._, used only in the expression, _danse —_; the dance of death.

=macadam=, _n.m._, road metal, macadam.

=macadamiser=, _v.a._, to macadamize.

=macaire=, _n.m._, swindler, cheat.

=macaque=, _n.m._, dog-faced monkey, baboon.

=macaron=, _n.m._, macaroon.

=macaronée=, _n.f._, (poet.) macaronic.

=macaroni=, _n.m._, macaroni.

=macaronique=, _adj._, (poet.) macaronic.

=macédoine=, _n.f._, dish consisting of a medley of fruit _or_ vegetables; medley, hotch-potch, olio.

=macer=, _v.a._ _V._ =masser=.

=macération=, _n.f._, maceration.

=macérer=, _v.a._, to macerate; (fig.) to mortify.

=macérer=, _v.n._, (chem.) to soak, to stand.

_se_ =macérer=, _v.r._, to macerate one’s body; to be macerated; (fig.) to mortify one’s self.

=machabées= (-ka-), _n.m.pl._, Maccabees.

=mâche=, _n.f._, (bot.) corn-salad, lamb’s-lettuce.

=mâchecoulis= _or_ =mâchicoulis=, _n.m._, (fort.) machicolation.

=mâche-dru=, _n.m._, (_—_) (pop.) glutton.

=mâchefer= (mâsh-fèr), _n.m._, dross of iron, slag, clinkers; scoria, hammerslag; offal, puddler’s offal.

=mâchelière=, _n.f._ and _adj._, jaw-tooth, grinder, of the jaw. _Dents —s_; jaw-teeth, grinders.

=mâchement=, _n.m._, chewing, munching.

=mâchemoure=, _n.f._, ship biscuit dust.

=mâcher=, _v.a._, to chew, to masticate, (of a horse) to champ (the bit); to eat ravenously. _— à vide_; to chew the air; (fig., fam.) to delude one’s self with false expectations. _— de haut_; (fam.) to eat without appetite. _Il faut lui — tous ses morceaux_; everything must be ready made to his hand. _Ne pas — ce qu’on pense_; not to hesitate saying what one feels, not to mince matters, to speak one’s mind. _On lui avait mâché sa besogne_; the work had been cut and dried for him.

_se_ =mâcher=, _v.r._, to be chewed.

=mâcheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, high feeder, trencher-man, muncher. _— de tabac_; chewer of tobacco.

=machiavélique=, _adj._, Machiavelian.

=machiavélisme=, _n.m._, Machiavelism.

=machiavéliste=, _n.m._, Machiavelian.

=mâchicatoire=, _n.m._, masticatory.

=mâchicoulis=, _n.m._ _V._ =mâchecoulis=.

=machinal=, =-e=, _adj._, mechanical, automatic, instinctive.

=machinalement=, _adv._, mechanically, instinctively.

=machinateur=, _n.m._, machinator, plotter, contriver.

=machination=, _n.f._, machination; plot; contrivance.

=machine=, _n.f._, machine, engine, implement; machinery, piece of mechanism, apparatus, appliance, intrigue, system, plan, plot; (fam.) so and so, thingummy. _— pneumatique_; air-pump. _— soufflante_; blowing-machine. _— à colonne d’eau_; water pressing engine. _— à détente de vapeur_; expansion steam-engine. _— à simple effet_; single-acting engine. _— à double effet_; double-acting machine. _— à basse_, _à haute_, _à moyenne pression_; low, high, mean pressure engine. _— à vapeur_; steam-engine. _— de vingt chevaux_; engine of twenty horse power. _— à mâter_; (nav.) shears (for masting ships). _La — va bien_, _fonctionne bien_; the machinery, the engine, works well. _— de recours_; pilot-engine. _La — ronde_; (poet., fam.) the earth, the Universe. _C’est une pure —_, _ce n’est qu’une —_; (of persons without energy) he, she, is a mere machine. _—!_ (fam.) so and so, _or_ what’s his name.

=machiner=, _v.a._, to machinate, to contrive, to plot; to plan, (coin) to mill, to edge. _Il machine votre perte_; he is plotting your ruin.

=machiniste=, _n.m._, machinist, engineer, engine-man; (theat.) stage-carpenter, scene-shifter.

=mâchoire=, _n.f._, jaw, jawbone. _Jouer_, _s’escrimer_, _de la —_; to eat with avidity, to guzzle. _C’est une vraie —_; he is a blockhead. _Avoir la — pesante_, _lourde_; to express one’s self awkwardly, with difficulty. _— d’étau_; vice chaps.

=mâchonner=, _v.a._, to chew with difficulty; to mumble, to munch, to champ (the bit). _Que mâchonnez-vous entre vos dents?_ what are you mumbling between your teeth?

=mâchonneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, mumbler.

=mâchure=, _n.f._, defect in the nap (of cloth).

=mâchurer=, _v.a._, to daub, to smear, to smudge, to blacken; (print.) to maculate.

=macis=, _n.m._, mace (spice).

=m.a.c.l.= (initial letters of the words _Maison Assurée contre l’Incendie_), house insured against fire.

=maclage=, _n.m._, mixing of glass (when in the furnace).

=macle=, _n.f._, (bot.) water-caltrop; (min.) macle; sort of net; (her.) mascle. _V._ =macre=.

=macler=, _v.a._, to mix hard and soft glass together in the furnace.

=maçon=, _n.m._, mason, bricklayer; mason, freemason. _C’est un vrai —_; he is a bungler.

=maçonnage=, _n.m._, mason’s work, masonry, stone-work.

=maçonner=, _v.a._, to do mason’s work, masonry; to plaster; to bungle, to do badly. _— une porte_; to wall up a door. _Voyez comme il a maçonné cela_; see in what a slovenly manner he has done that.

=maçonnerie= (-so-n-rî), _n.f._, masonry, mason’s work; stone-work; masonry, free-masonry. _— en liaison_; bound masonry. _— brute_; ashlar. _— de blocaille_; rubber-work. _— maillée_; net-work.

=maçonnique=, _adj._, masonic.

=macquage=, _n.m._, breaking (of hemp).

=macque=, _n.f._, tewing beetle.

=macquer=, _v.a._, to tew, to break hemp.

=macre= _or_ =macle=, _n.f._, (bot.) water-caltrop.

=macreuse=, _n.f._, (orni.) black-diver, king-duck. _Avoir un sang de —_; to have a cold, frigid disposition.

=macrocosme=, _n.m._, (philos.) macrocosm.

=macroure=, _adj._, (zoöl.) macrourous, long-tailed; (bot.) spiked.

=maculature=, _n.f._, (print.) macule, waste sheet of printed paper; coarse brown paper.

=macule=, _n.f._, stain, spot; (astron.) macula. _Agneau sans —_; lamb without spot.

=maculer=, _v.a._, to blot, to spot, to maculate.

=maculer=, _v.n._, (print.) to become maculated, blotted.

=madame=, _n.f._, madam, mistress, my lady, ma’am. _Monsieur vaut bien —_; the husband is as good as the wife. _Faire la —_; to give one’s self airs, to play the grand lady. _C’est une grosse —_; (pop.) she is a rich lady. _— y est-elle?_ is your mistress, _or_ Mrs. so and so, at home? _— la duchesse_; your grace. _— votre mère_; your mother. _Jouer à la —_; to play at lords and ladies.

=madapolam=, _n.m._, long-cloth.

=madéfaction=, _n.f._, (pharm.) madefaction.

=madéfier=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to madefy.

=madeleine=, _n.f._, (_—s_) tea-cake, bun; early pear; used also in: _pleurer comme une —_; to weep like a Magdalen.

=madelonnette= (ma-dlo-nèt), _n.f._, repentant woman. _—s_; Magdalen asylum (for repentant women), female penitentiary.

=mademoiselle= (mad-moa-zèl), _n.f._, miss. _— votre sœur_; your sister. _— désire-t-elle attendre?_ would you like to wait, Miss?

=madère=, _n.m._, Madeira; Madeira wine. _Gâteau au —_; tipsy cake.

=madone=, _n.f._, madonna.

=madrague= (-drag), _n.f._, (fish) tunny-net.

=madras= (-drâs), _n.m._, bandana, Madras neckerchief.

=madré=, =-e=, _adj._, speckled, spotted, mottled; cunning, sly, sharp. _C’est un — compère_; he is a sly fellow, a knowing card.

=madré=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, cunning, sharp, sly person. _Un fin —_; a cunning blade.

=madrépore=, _n.m._, (polypes) madrepore.

=madrier=, _n.m._, (fort.) madrier; piece of timber; joist, plank, board.

=madrigal=, _n.m._, madrigal.

=madrure=, _n.f._, speckling, spotting; mottling.

=maëstral=, _n.m._ _V._ =mistral=.

=mafflé=, =-e=, _or_ =mafflu=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam., l.u.) chub-cheeked person; chub-cheeked.

=magasin=, _n.m._, magazine, warehouse, storehouse; shop, store; stock; magazine (serial); basket (of a coach). _— de nouveautés_; linen-draper’s shop. _Marchandise en —_; stock. _Le — des jeunes Demoiselles_; the Young Ladies’ Magazine. _Garçon de —_; warehouseman; counter-jumper.

=magasinage=, _n.m._, warehousing; warehouse-rent. _Droit de —_; store dues.

☉=magasiner=, _v.a._ _V._ =emmagasiner=.

=magasinier=, _n.m._, warehouse-keeper.

=magdaléon=, _n.m._, (pharm.) magdaleon.

=mage=, _n.m._, magian. _pl._, magi, wise men of the East.

☉=mage= _or_ =maje=, _adj._, first, chief. Only used in the expression: _juge —_; chief-justice.

=magenta=, _n.m._ and _adj._, magenta (color).

=magicien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, (-in, -è-n), magician.

=magie=, _n.f._, magic. _— blanche_; natural magic. _— noire_; black art, witchcraft. _La — du style_; the magic of the style.

=magique=, _adj._, magic, magical. _Baguette —_; magic wand. _Lanterne —_; magic-lantern.

=magisme=, _n.m._, magianism.

=magister= (-tèr), _n.m._, country schoolmaster; pedant, pedagogue; (Scotch) dominie.

=magistère=, _n.m._, grand mastership of the order of Malta; ☉(chem., pharm.) magistery, magistral.

=magistral=, =-e=, _adj._, magisterial, masterly; authoritative, dictatorial; principal, sovereign. _Remède —_; sovereign remedy. _Parler d’un ton —_; to speak in an authoritative tone. _Ligne —e_; principal outline.

=magistralement= (-tral-mān), _adv._, magisterially, in a masterly manner.

=magistrat=, _n.m._, magistrate, judge, corporation, municipal council (in some French towns).

=magistrature=, _n.f._, magistracy bench. _— assise_; judges, bench. _— debout_; body of public prosecutors. _V._ =parquet=.

=magnan=, _n.m._, silk-worm.

*=magnanerie=, _n.f._, silk-worm nursery.

*=magnanier=, _n.m._, silk-worm breeder.

*=magnanime=, _adj._, magnanimous, high-minded, noble.

*=magnanimement=, _adv._, magnanimously.

*=magnanimité=, _n.f._, magnanimity, high-mindedness.

=magnat= (mag-na), _n.m._, nobleman, magnate.

*=magnésie=, _n.f._, magnesia. _Sulfate de —_; Epsom salts.

=magnésium=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (chem.) magnesium.

*=magnétique=, _adj._, magnetic.

*=magnétiser=, _v.a._, to magnetize, to mesmerize.

*=magnétiseur=, _n.m._, magnetizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer.

*=magnétisme=, _n.m._, magnetism, mesmerism; (fig.) attraction.

=magnificat= (mag-ni-fi-kat), _n.m._, magnificat (hymn to the Virgin Mary).

*=magnificence=, _n.f._, magnificence, splendor, grandeur; lavishness; largess, bounty.

*=magnifico=, _n.m._, magnifico (grandee).

*=magnifier=, _v.a._, to magnify, to extol, to exalt, to praise.

*=magnifique=, _adj._, magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, grand; ostentatious, vain.

*=magnifiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, magnificently, gorgeously, splendidly, grandly.

=magnolia= _or_ =magnolier= (mag-no-), _n.m._, (bot.) magnolia.

=magot=, _n.m._, (mam.) magot; baboon; booby; ill-favored man; grotesque figure (of china); hoard of money, hidden treasure.

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

☉=maheutre= _or_ =mahoitre=, _n.f._, sleeve.

☉=maheutre=, _n.m._, Protestant soldier of the 16th century (French hist.).

=mahométan=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Mahometan, Mohammedan.

=mahométisme=, _n.m._, Mahometanism, Mohammedanism.

=mahonille=, _n.f._, Virginian stock.

=mahou=, _n.m._, coarse woolen cloth.

=mahratte=, _n.m._, Mahratta.

=mai=, _n.m._, May; may-pole. _Bois de —_; (bot.) hawthorn. _Planter le —_; to set up the may-pole. _Plantation de —_; may-pole dance.

=maidan=, _n.m._, (_—s_) market-place (in the East).

=maie=, _n.f._, (nav.) kneading-trough, bread-pan.

=maïeur=, _n.m._, (local ex.) mayor.

=maigre=, _adj._, meager, lean, thin, spare, slender; poor, sorry, scanty, dry, barren; (of coal) close-burning. _— échine_; bare-bones (pers.). _— comme un hareng_; as lean as a shotten herring, as thin as a lath. _Jours —s_; fish-days. _Repas —_; fish meal. _Soupe —_; herb soup (made without meat). _— chère_; poor living, poor fare. _— repas_; sorry meal. _Sujet —_; barren subject. _Ecriture —_; scraggy handwriting.

=maigre=, _n.m._, lean; (ich.) umbrina; any food save meat. _Faire —_; to abstain from meat. _Traiter en —_; to treat to a fish dinner, _or_ to give no meat. _En —_; (carp.) sharply, scantily.

=maigrelet=, =-te=, _adj._, thin, thinnish, lean, spare.

=maigrement=, _adv._, meagerly, poorly, sorrily, sparingly.

=maigret=, =-te=, _adj._, lean, poor, thin, spare.

=maigreur=, _n.f._, leanness, meagerness; slenderness, thinness, sorriness, poorness, spareness, scantiness, barrenness.

=maigrir=, _v.n._, to grow lean, to become lean; to grow thin, to become thin; to fall away, to waste away. _Il maigrit à vue d’œil_; he grows perceptibly thinner.

*=mail=, _n.m._, mallet; mall (game); mall, promenade (place).

*=maille=, _n.f._, mesh; stitch; ring, link; mail; speck (on the wings of partridges); web (in the eye); haw (in the eyes of animals); doit, stiver. _Cotte de —s_; coat of mail. _Ils ont toujours — à partir ensemble_; they have always a crow to pluck with each other, a bone to pick with one another. _N’avoir ni sou ni —_; not to have a farthing, to have nothing to bless one’s self with.

=maillé=, =-e=, _adj._, stitched; mailed; speckled, spotted. _Fer —_; wire-netting.

*=maillechort=, _n.m._, German silver; nickel silver.

*=mailler=, _v.a._, to stitch; to lattice, to mail.

_se_ =mailler=, _v.r._, to grow, _or_ get, speckled.

=mailler=, _n.m._, pack-horse, sumpter horse.

*=maillet=, _n.m._, mallet, beetle.

*=mailloche=, _n.f._, mallet, beetle.

=maillon=, _n.m._, stitch, running knot.

*=maillot=, _n.m._, swaddling-band; swaddling-clothes; (of acrobats) tights, fleshings. _Enfant au —_; child in arms.

*=maillure=, _n.f._, (hawking) spots, speckles.

=main=, _n.f._, hand; handwriting; lead, trick, deal (at cards); hook (at the end of a well-rope); handle; hand-shovel; body-loop (of carriages); paw (of some animals). _— de papier_; quire of paper. _En lever la —_; to take one’s oath to anything. _En mettre la — au feu_; to stake one’s life on anything. _Mettre l’épée à la —_; to draw one’s sword. _Mettre le pain à la — à quelqu’un_; to put any one in the way of making a livelihood. _Donner la — à quelqu’un_; to give one’s hand to any one, to assist any one, to give any one a helping hand. _Baiser les —s à quelqu’un_; to kiss any one’s hands. _Tendre la —_; to hold out one’s hand, to lend a helping hand. _Donner les —s à une chose_; to consent to a thing. _Cheval de —_; led horse. _Cela est sous votre —_; that is under your very nose. _Il est sous sa —_; he is dependent upon him; he is in his power. _Mettre la — sur quelqu’un_; to lay hands upon any one. _Il n’y va pas de — morte_; he strikes hard, he hits with a vengeance. _Tenir la — à quelque chose_; to take anything in hand, to see that a thing is done. _Un coup de —_; (milit.) bold, unexpected attack, surprise; a bold stroke. _Tour de —_; sleight of hand. _En venir aux —s_; to come to blows. _En être aux —_; to be engaged (of troops). _Faire — basse sur_; to lay violent hands on, to plunder. _Tenir la — haute à quelqu’un_; to keep a tight hand over any one. _Il l’a fait haut la —_; he did it as easily as could be. _Mettre la dernière — à un ouvrage_; to put the finishing stroke to a work. _Battre des —s_; to clap one’s hands. _Faire crédit de la — à la bourse_; to trust no further than one can see. _Mettre la — à une chose_; to set one’s hand to a thing. _Mettre la — à la pâte_; to put one’s shoulder to the wheel. _Faire — basse sur_; to plunder, to kill, to slaughter; to seize, to lay hands on. _Il a la — bonne_; he is very handy. _Mettre la — à l’œuvre_; to set about a work. _Mettre la dernière — à une chose_; to put the finishing touch to anything. _Être en —_; to be in hand, to have in hand. _Avoir la — légère_; to be free with one’s hand. _Lâcher la —_; to give the rein, to give head; to give more liberty; to lower one’s pretensions. _J’ai toujours l’argent à la —_; I am always laying out money. _Se faire la —_; to keep one’s hand in. _Se perdre la —_; to get rusty. _Il en a les —s nettes_; his hands are clean of it. _Je m’en lave les —s_; I wash my hands of it. _J’en mettrais ma — au feu_; I would stake my life on it. _Ils se tiennent tous par la —_; they go hand in hand together. _Les —s m’en sont tombées_; I was amazed, astounded. _Froides —s, chaudes amours_; cold hand, warm heart. _Avoir la —_; to have the deal, to lead, to play first. _Avoir la — crochue_; to be light-fingered. _De la — à la bouche, se perd souvent la soupe_; there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. _À la —_; in hand, by hand; ready. _Une chambre grande comme la —_; a room not fit to swing a cat in. _A deux —s_; with both hands. _À pleines —s_; largely, liberally, plentifully. _À toutes —s_; fit for anything; (man.) fitted to ride and drive. _A — armée_; by main force. _À la portée de la —_; within reach. _De longue —_; long since, of old standing. _De — en —_; from one to another, from hand to hand. _En un tour de —_; in a trice, in a twinkling. _Sous —_; underhand, clandestinely. _Sous la —_; at hand. _En —_; in hand. _Hors —_, _hors la —_; off-side. _En — propre_; personally, into one’s own hands. _— courante_; (com.) waste-book.

=main chaude=, _n.f._, hot cockles (game).

=main-d’œuvre=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) workmanship, handicraft, manual labor, hand labor.

=mainette=, _n.f._, (bot.) coral club-top.

=main-forte=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) assistance, help, aid. _Prêter — à quelqu’un_; to lend a helping hand to any one.

=mainlevée=, _n.f._, (jur.) replevin; withdrawal; raised hand.

=mainmise=, _n.f._, (jur.) seizure.

=mainmortable=, _adj._, (jur.) subject to mortmain.

=mainmorte=, _n.f._, (jur.) mortmain.

=maint=, =-e=, _adj._, many. _— homme_; many a man. _—es fois_; many a time.

=maintenant= (min-tnān), _adv._, now, and now, at this time, at present, this moment, nowadays, by this time.

=maintenir= (min-tnir), _v.a._, to sustain, to keep together; to maintain, to keep up; to secure; to enforce, to preserve.

_se_ =maintenir=, _v.r._, to hold out, to stand one’s ground, to maintain one’s position; to subsist, to last, to be in force; to keep up, to be kept up, to be maintained. _Se — dans les bonnes grâces de_; to keep one’s self in the good graces of.

=maintenue=, _n.f._, confirmation of; possession.

=maintien= (-ti-in), _n.m._, maintenance, preservation; keeping up; carriage, deportment, bearing; attitude, demeanor.

=maïolique= _or_ =majolique=, _n.f._, old Spanish _or_ Italian earthenware, faïence.

=mairain=, _n.m._ _V._ =merrain=.

=maire=, _n.m._, mayor.

=mairie=, _n.f._, mayoralty; town-hall.

=maïs= (mah-is), _n.m._, maize, Indian wheat.

=mais= (mè), _conj._, but; why. _— encore_; but yet. _—, qu’ai-je fait?_ why, what have I done? _—, oui_; why, yes; yes, of course. _—, non_; why, no; no, of course. _Je n’en puis —_; I cannot help it; I have nothing to do with it.

=maison=, _n.f._, house, household, home, habitation; family, race; (com.) firm. _Le devant_, _le derrière_, _d’une —_; the front, the back, of a house. _— de campagne_; country-house, country-seat. _— seigneuriale_; mansion. _— de ville_, _— commune_; town-hall. _À la —_; at home. _Tenir —_; to keep house. _Faire — nette_; to dismiss all the servants; to make a clean sweep (of servants). _Faire — neuve_; to change all one’s servants. _Garder la —_; to keep at home; to be confined to the house. _Petites-—s_; mad-house. _— garnie_; furnished house. _— d’éducation_; school, boarding-school. _— de jeu_; gaming-house. _La — du roi_; the king’s household.

=maisonnée=, _n.f._, whole house _or_ family. _Faire des demandes par dessus les —s_; to make most unreasonable demands.

=maisonnette=, _n.f._, small house, cottage, lodge.

=maître=, _n.m._, master, owner, proprietor, landlord; ruler; instructor, teacher, governor, director; chief, head; (nav.) boatswain. _— d’école_; school-master. _— de pension_; boarding-school, _or_ house, master. _— d’étude_; usher. _— de chapelle_; precentor. _— de conférences_; lecturer. _— de forges_; iron-master. _— Jacques_; factotum; Jack-of-all-work. _— à danser_, _— de danse_; dancing-master. _— d’armes_; fencing-master. _— des hautes œuvres_; executioner. _—-des-arts_; master of arts. _— d’hôtel_; steward, butler, major-domo. _Un petit-—_; (_—s-—s_) a beau, a dandy; a fop. _— homme_; superior man. _Se rendre — de la conversation_; to monopolize the whole conversation. _Vous êtes le — d’y aller_; you are at perfect liberty to go there. _Il a trouvé son —_; he has met with his match. _Tel —, tel valet_; like master, like man. _Compter de clerc à —_; to render a minute account. _Heurter en —_; to rap hard. _De main de —_, _en —_; in a masterly manner. _— clerc_; chief clerk (of a lawyer). _Le —-autel_ (_—s-—s_); the high-altar. _— câble_; sheet cable. _— d’équipage_; boatswain (of a ship of war). _— canonnier_; master-gunner. _— de port_; harbor-master. _— de vaisseau_; commander of a merchant-ship. _Ce tableau est d’un grand —_; that picture is by a great master. _Coup de —_; masterly stroke. _Main de —_; masterly hand. _Un — gonin_; an arch cheat.

=maîtresse=, _n.f._ and _adj._, sweetheart, lady-love, mistress; teacher, governess; landlady. _adj._, chief, head, leading, governing; main, consummate. _Petite-—_; lady of studied elegance. _— de pension_; school-mistress. _— d’hôtel_; landlady, hotel-keeper. _— femme_; superior woman. _— ancre_; sheet anchor.

=maîtrise=, _n.f._, freedom (of a company); precentorship.

=maîtriser=, _v.a._, to master, to domineer, to lord it over, to get master of, to get under; to overcome, to subdue, to control, to manage. _— ses passions_; to control one’s passions.

=majesté=, _n.f._, majesty. _Crime de lèse-—_; high-treason. _Sa —_; His _or_ Her Majesty.

=majestueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, majestically.

=majestueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, majestic.

=majeur=, _n.m._, a male of full age, major; (mus.) major mode; middle finger.

=majeur=, =-e=, _adj._, major, greater; superior, main, chief, paramount; important; of age, of full age; (mus.) major. _Force —e_; superior force; absolute necessity; “vis major.”

=majeure=, _n.f._, (log.) major; of age (of a woman).

=majolique=, _n.f._, majolica.

=major=, _n.m._, major. _Etat-—_; (milit.) staff, staff-officers, headquarters. _— de place_; town commandant. _Tambour —_; drum major.

=majorat=, _n.m._, entail; entailed estate.

=majordome=, _n.m._, major-domo.

=majorité=, _n.f._, majority, full age. _Arriver à sa —_; to come of age.

=majuscule=, _n.f._ and _adj._, capital; large, capital letter.

=maki=, _n.m._, (mam.) lemur.

=makis= _or_ =maquis=, _n.m._, thicket, brushwood, bush (in Corsica).

=mal=, _n.m._, evil, ill; harm, hurt, pain, ache, sickness, distemper, complaint; hardship; pity; mischief; misfortune; trouble, difficulty, labor. _— du pays_; homesickness, nostalgia. _Les maux de la vie_; the evils of life. _Rendre le bien pour le —_; to return good for evil. _De deux maux il faut choisir le moindre_; of two evils, choose the least. _Il a eu plus de peur que de —_; he was more frightened than hurt. _Il faut éviter le — et faire le bien_; do good and shun evil. _Quel — y a-t-il à cela?_ what harm is there in that? _Induire quelqu’un à —_; to lead any one into evil. _Penser à —_; to mean harm, to meditate evil. _Il a — au côté_; he has a pain in his side. _Un — de tête_; a headache. _La tête me fait —_; my head aches. _— de dents_; tooth-ache. _— d’yeux_; sore eyes. _Vous me faites —_; you hurt me. _Avoir — à_; to have a pain or pains in. _Faire —_; to ache, to be painful, to hurt. _Faire du — à_; to injure, to harm, to be injurious to. _— d’aventure_; whitlow. _— de mer_; sea-sickness. _— de cœur_; qualmishness. _En —_; amiss, ill, in a bad sense. _Aux grands maux les grands remèdes_; desperate diseases require desperate remedies. _Tomber de fièvre en chaud —_; to fall out of the frying-pan into the fire. _Dire du — de son prochain_; to speak ill of one’s neighbor. _Prendre en —_; to take offense at. _Mener_ or _conduire à —_; to bring to a bad end. _Tourner à —_; to end badly; to take a bad turn. _Tourner en —_; to misinterpret; to put a wrong construction on. _Avoir — au cœur_; to feel sick. _J’ai — à la tête_; I have a headache.

=mal=, _adv._, ill, wrong, amiss, badly; uncomfortably; on bad terms. _Il écrit —_; he writes badly. _Cela va —_; things are going badly. _Vous vous y prenez —_; you go the wrong way to work. _Cet habit vous sied —_, or _vous va —_; that coat does not become you. _De — en pis_; from bad to worse. _Se trouver —_; to faint; to feel faint. _Mettre — avec_; to set at variance with. _Être — dans ses affaires_; to be low in the world. _Être — avec quelqu’un_; to be on bad terms with any one. _— à propos_; improperly, unseasonably. _Pas —_; not badly; not a little, not a few. _Être fort —_; to be very ill. _Être au plus —_; to be past recovery. _N’être pas —_; not to be bad-looking. _Trouver —_; to find amiss. _C’est — à lui de_; it is wrong of him to.

=malachite= (-kit), _n.f._, (min.) malachite.

=malacie=, _n.f._, (med.) malacia, depraved appetite.

=malacologie=, _n.f._, malacology.

=malactique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) emollient.

=malade=, _adj._, sick, ill, diseased; unwell, poorly, bad, sickly, infirm; affected, attacked. _— à la mort_; sick unto death. _Avoir l’air —_; to look ill. _Bras —_; sore arm. _Ces plantes sont —s_; those plants are diseased. _Rendre —_; to make ill.

=malade=, _n.m.f._, sick person, sufferer, invalid; patient. _pl._, sufferers.

=maladie=, _n.f._, illness, sickness, malady, disease, complaint, disorder, distemper; passion, fondness, mania. ☉_— du pays_; homesickness, nostalgia. _Faire une —_; to have an illness. _— noire_; hypochondria.

=maladi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, sickly, puny, ailing, unhealthy.

=maladivement=, _adv._, unhealthily, morbidly.

☉=maladiveté= (-div-té), _n.f._, sickliness, unhealthiness.

=maladministration=, _n.f._, maladministration.

☉=maladrerie=, _n.f._, hospital for lepers.

=maladresse=, _n.f._, awkwardness, clumsiness, unskillfulness, awkward thing, blunder; (fig.) bad shot. _—!_ bad shot!

=maladroit=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, awkward person; awkward, clumsy, stupid, unskillful. _Vous êtes un —!_ what an awkward fellow you are! _C’est une —e_; she is an awkward, clumsy woman.

=maladroitement= (-droat-mān), _adv._, clumsily, awkwardly.

=malaga=, _n.m._, Malaga (wine).

=malaguette= _or_ =maniguette=, _n.f._, Guinea-pepper.

=malai= _or_ =malais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Malay.

=malai=, _n.m._, Malay language.

=malaise=, _n.m._, uncomfortableness, uneasiness, discomfort. _Sentir du —_; to feel uncomfortable. _Être dans le —_; to be in straitened circumstances.

=malaisé=, =-e=, _adj._, hard, difficult, rough, toilsome; inconvenient; straitened in circumstances, hard up.

=malaisément=, _adv._, with difficulty, with trouble.

=malandre=, _n.f._, (vet.) malanders; rotten knot (in timber).

=malandreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, having rotten knots (of wood); (fig. and fam.) sickly, seedy.

=malandrin=, _n.m._, brigand, highwayman, robber, ruffian, marauder.

=mal-appris=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, unmannerly, ill-bred; ill-bred person, churl, vulgar fellow.

=malart=, _n.m._, wild drake.

=malavisé=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-advised, imprudent, ill-informed, unwise, silly, ill-judged.

=malaxer=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to work up.

=malbâti=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, ill-favored person; ill-shaped, gawky.

=mal-bouché=, =-e=, _adj._ (vet.) ill-mouthed.

=malchance=, _n.f._, ill-luck, mishap, mischance.

☉=malcontent=, _n.m._, disaffected man, malcontent. _Les —s_; (French hist.) the Malecontents, name of a party at the court of Charles IX. _Coiffé à la —_; with hair cut short.

☉=malcontent=, =-e=, _adj._, displeased, dissatisfied, discontented, malcontent.

=maldisant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, slanderer; slanderous.

=mâle=, _n.m._, male; cock.

=mâle=, _adj._, male, manly, manful, vigorous, virile; masculine, he. _Air —_; manliness. _Voix —_; manly voice. _Style —_; vigorous style.

=malédiction=, _n.f._, malediction, curse. _Donner sa — à_; to curse.

=malefaim= (mal-fin), _n.f._, gnawing hunger.

=maléfice=, _n.m._, witchcraft, sorcery.

=maléficié=, =-e=, _adj._ bewitched; (fig.) worn out, broken down, decrepit.

=maléfique=, _adj._, (astrol.) malevolent, malignant.

=malemort=, _n.f._, tragic death; bad end.

=malencontre=, _n.f._, mishap, mischance, untoward accident.

=malencontreusement= (-treûz-man), _adv._, unluckily, untowardly.

=malencontreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, unlucky, untoward. _Evénement —_; untoward event.

=mal-en-point=, _adv._, badly off; in a sorry plight.

=malentendu=, _n.m._, misunderstanding, misapprehension; mistake; misconception.

=malepeste!= (mal-pèst), _int._, egad! plague on it!

=mal-être=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) uncomfortableness, uneasiness, painful sensation.

=malévole=, _adj._, (fam. l.u.) malevolent, evil-disposed.

=malfaçon=, _n.f._, bad work; cheat, trickery.

=malfaire=, _v.n._, to do evil; to do mischief; to be mischievous.

=malfaisance=, _n.f._, (l.u.) evil-doing, mischief; (jur.) malfeasance.

=malfaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, malevolent, mischievous, unhealthy; injurious, prejudicial. _Nourriture —e_; unwholesome food.

=malfait=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-made, ill-shaped, deformed; badly done; ill-advised.

=malfaiteur=, _n.m._, malefactor, evil-doer.

=malfamé=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-famed.

=malformation=, _n.f._, malformation.

=malgracieusement=, _adv._, ungraciously, rudely, uncivilly.

=malgracieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rude, ungracious, uncivil, churlish.

=malgré=, _prep._, in spite of; notwithstanding, against the will of. _Il l’a fait — moi_; he did it in spite of me. _— cela_; nevertheless; for all that; yet.

=malhabile=, _adj._, unskillful, awkward.

=malhabilement=, _adv._, unskillfully, awkwardly.

=malhabileté= (-bil-té), _n.f._, unskillfulness, awkwardness.

=malherbe=, _n.f._, deadly carrot.

=malheur=, _n.m._, misfortune; mischance, mishap; unhappiness, unfortunate thing; calamity; disaster; accident; adversity; poverty; disgrace, woe. _Par —_; unhappily, unluckily. _De —_; unlucky, ill-omened. _Oiseau de —_; bird of ill-omen. _Avoir du —_; to be unfortunate. _Jouer de —_; to be unlucky. _Être en —_; to have a run of ill luck. _Porter —_; to bring ill luck. _Il n’y a qu’heur et — en ce monde_; hap and mishap govern the world. _C’est un petit —_; it is but a slight misfortune. _Un — ne vient jamais seul_; misfortunes never come singly. _À quelque chose — est bon_; it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. _Quel —!_ what a misfortune! _— à vous!_ woe betide you! _— aux vaincus!_ woe to the vanquished! _Pour comble_, or _pour surcroît de —_; to crown all; as a crowning misfortune.

=malheureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, unfortunately, unluckily, unhappily.

=malheureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, unfortunate, unlucky, unsuccessful, disastrous, fatal, unpleasant, disagreeable; unhappy; miserable, wretched, poor, needy. _Il est né —_; he was born unfortunate. _Il mène une vie fort —se_; he leads a most unhappy life. _Faire une fin —se_; to come to an unhappy end.

=malheureu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, unhappy person, wretched being; poor wretch, wretch; naughty child. _Ce — fera une mauvaise fin_; the wretch will come to a bad end. _—!_ wretch that you are!

=malhonnête=, _adj._, dishonest; impolite; uncivil; rude. _n.m.f._, rude fellow, saucy baggage.

=malhonnêtement= (-nêt-mān), _adv._, dishonestly; unpolitely, rudely, uncivilly.

=malhonnêteté= (-nêt-té), _n.f._, impoliteness, rudeness, incivility; rude action; dishonesty, knavery. _Il est d’une — révoltante_; he is shockingly rude.

=malice=, _n.f._, malice, maliciousness, spite; roguishness, archness; prank, waggish thing, roguish thing, trick, dodge.

=malicieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, maliciously, malignantly; archly, roguishly, slyly.

=malicieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, malicious, malignant, mischievous; roguish, waggish, arch; spiteful, sly. _Un enfant —_; a roguish child.

*=malignement=, _adv._, malignantly, maliciously.

*=malignité=, _n.f._, malignity, malice; maliciousness.

=malin=, _n.m._, devil, evil spirit, fiend.

=mali-n=, *=-gne=, _adj._, malicious, mischievous, malignant; waggish, arch, roguish; shrewd; sly, knowing, clever, cunning. _L’esprit —_, _le — esprit_; the evil one, Satan. _Un regard —_; an arch look. _Il est trop — pour se laisser attraper_; he is too shrewd to be caught. _Fièvre —gne_; malignant fever.

=mali-n=, _n.m._, *=-gne=, _n.f._, malignant, malicious person; sly, shrewd, acute person; knavish person. _C’est un —_; he is a sly one, a knowing one.

=maline=, _n.f._, (nav.) spring-tide.

=malines=, _n.f._, Mechlin, Mechlin lace.

=malingre=, _adj._, poorly, sickly, weakly, puny.

=malintentionné=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, evil-minded person, evil-minded, ill-disposed. _Il est — à votre égard_; he is ill-disposed towards you.

=malique=, _adj._, (chem.) malic.

=malitorne=, _n._ and _adj._, awkward, ungainly, dowdy person; awkward, ungainly, gawky, clumsy.

=mal-jugé=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (jur.) erroneous judgment, error in judgment.

=mallard=, _n.m._, small grindstone.

=malle=, _n.f._, trunk; peddler’s box; mail, mail-coach; mail. _Faire_, _défaire_, _sa —_; to pack up, to unpack.

=malléabilité= (mal-lé-), _n.f._, malleability.

=malléable= (mal-lé-), _adj._, malleable.

=malléole=, _n.f._, (anat.) malleolus, ankle-bone.

=malle-poste=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) mail-coach.

=malletier= (mal-tié), _n.m._, (l.u.) trunk-maker.

=mallette=, _n.f._, small trunk; portmanteau.

=mallier=, _n.m._, shaft-horse, wheeler.

=malmener=, _v.a._, to use ill, to maltreat, to handle roughly; to bully, to abuse.

=malotru=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, ill-bred person; uncouth person, lout, boor.

*=malpeigné=, _n.m._, dirty fellow, dirty pig. _adj._, unkempt.

=malplaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, unpleasant, disagreeable.

=malpropre=, _adj._, dirty, slovenly, squalid, untidy; unfit for.

=malproprement=, _adv._, dirtily, slovenly, squalidly.

=malpropreté=, _n.f._, dirtiness, uncleanliness, slovenliness; dirt, filth.

=malsain=, =-e=, _adj._, unhealthy, sickly; unwholesome, injurious, dangerous; not good for. _Cet air est —_; that air is injurious to, not good for, health.

=malséance=, _n.f._, unbecomingness, unseemliness, impropriety.

=malséant=, =-e=, _adj._, unbecoming, unseemly, improper.

=malsonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-sounding, offensive.

=malt= (malt), _n.m._, malt.

=maltage=, _n.m._, maltage.

=malté=, =-e=, _adj._, malted.

=malteur=, _n.m._, maltman, maltster.

=maltraiter=, _v.a._, to maltreat; to treat harshly, to use ill, to abuse, to handle roughly; to wrong, to injure.

=malvacée=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, malvaceous plant; malvaceous.

*=malveillance=, _n.f._, malevolence, ill-will, malice.

*=malveillant=, =-e=, _adj._, malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed, ill-natured, spiteful.

*=malveillant=, _n.m._, evil-minded person.

=malversation=, _n.f._, malversation, malpractice, embezzlement, fraud.

=malverser=, _v.n._, to be guilty of malversation, of malpractices; to embezzle.

=malvoisie=, _n.f._, Malmsey.

=malvoulu=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) disliked, hated; cut, avoided.

=maman=, _n.f._, mamma, mother. _Bonne —_, _grand’—_; grandmother, granny. _Une grosse —_; a fat woman.

=mame= (pop.), for =madame=.

=mamelle=, _n.f._, breast; teat; udder. _Un enfant à la —_; a child at the breast.

=mamelon= (ma-mlon), _n.m._, nipple, teat; dug (of animals); pap (of a mountain).

=mamelonné=, =-e=, _adj._, mammillated.

=mamelu=, =-e= (ma-mlu), _adj._, full-breasted.

=mameluk= (ma-mlook), _n.m._, Mameluke.

=mamillaire= (-mil-lèr), _adj._, (anat.) mammillary.

=mammaire= (mam-mèr), _adj._, (anat.) mammary.

=mammalogie= (mam-ma-), _n.f._, mammalogy.

=mammalogiste= (mam-ma-), _n.m._, mammalogist.

=mammifère= (mam-mi-), _n.m._ and _adj._, mammifer; mammiferous.

=mammiforme= (mam-mi-) _adj._, mammiform.

=mammon=, _n.m._, Mammon.

=mammouth=, _n.m._, mammoth.

=m’amour=, (obsolete abbreviation of _ma amour_) my love, lovee. _—s_; marks of love, caresses, soft nothings; wheedling, coaxing. _Faire des —s_; to fawn upon, to coax, to wheedle.

=manant=, _n.m._, ☉peasant; clown, clodhopper.

*=mancenille=, _n.f._, (bot.) manchineel.

*=mancenillier=, _n.m._, manchineel-tree.

=manche=, _n.m._, handle; neck (of musical instruments). _— à gigot_; bone-holder. _— de gigot_; knuckle-bone (of mutton); finger-board (of a violin); tail (of a plow). _— de couteau_; knife handle. _Il branle dans le —_; he hesitates; he is irresolute. _Jeter le — après la cognée_; to throw the rope after the bucket (_i.e._ to give up in despair).

=manche=, _n.f._, sleeve; (geog.) channel; (at play) rubber, game, heat; (nav.) flexible pipe, hose. _Bouts de —_; half-sleeves. _Grandes —s_; pudding-sleeves. _—s pendantes_; hanging-sleeves. _— à —_; even (at play). _Avoir une personne dans sa —_; to have somebody at one’s disposal. _C’est une autre paire de —s_; that is quite another thing _or_ a horse of another color _or_ quite another pair of shoes. _J’ai gagné la première —_; I have won the first game (of the rubber) _or_ first heat (racing). _— à vent_; (nav.) windsail.

=manchette=, _n.f._, cuff, ruffle; (print.) sidenote.

=manchon=, _n.m._, muff.

=manchot=, =-te=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, one-handed, one-armed person; one-handed, one-armed. _Il n’est pas —_; he is no fool.

=manchot=, _n.m._, (orni.) penguin.

=mancienne= (-si-èn), _n.f._, mealy-tree, wayfaring-tree.

=mandant=, _n.m._, (jur.) employer; (com.) principal; constituent, elector.

=mandarin=, _n.m._, mandarin.

=mandarine=, _n.f._, mandarin orange.

=mandarinier=, _n.m._, (bot.) mandarin orange-tree.

=mandat=, _n.m._, (jur.) warrant, mandate, authority, charge, commission; (com.) draft; check; money-order; order. _— de comparution_; summons to appear. _— d’arrêt_, _— d’amener_; warrant. _— de_ or _sur la poste_; money-order. _— de dépôt_; commitment. _— de perquisition_; search warrant. _— de banque_; bank-post bill.

=mandataire=, _n.m._, mandatory; proxy, attorney, representative, agent.

=mandater=, _v.a._, to deliver an order for the payment of; to deliver an order for.

=mandement= (mān-dmān), _n.m._, mandate, order, mandamus; charge (of a bishop).

=mander=, _v.a._, to write, to write word, to send word, to send for; to inform, to acquaint, to let know. _Je lui ai mandé de venir_; I have sent him word to come. _On a mandé le médecin_; the doctor was sent for.

=mandibule=, _n.f._, (anat.) mandible, jaw.

☉*=mandille=, _n.f._, livery-coat.

=mandoline=, _n.f._, mandolin.

=mandoliniste=, _n.m._, mandolin-player.

=mandore=, _n.f._, mandore (sort of lute).

=mandragore=, _n.f._, (bot.) mandrake.

*=mandrill=, _n.m._, (mam.) mandrill, rib-nosed baboon.

=mandrin=, _n.m._, mandrel, (tech.) chuck, punch.

=manducation=, _n.f._, manducation.

=manéage=, _n.m._, (nav.) hand-work, handiwork.

=manège=, _n.m._, manege, horsemanship; riding-school; manœuvre, by-play, trick, intrigue.

=mânes=, _n.m.pl._, manes, shade, ghost, shades.

=manet=, _n.m._, drift-net.

=maneton=, _n.m._, lever-handle.

=manette=, _n.f._, (tech.) handgear; (hort.) trowel.

=manganèse=, _n.m._, manganese.

=mangeable= (-jabl), _adj._, eatable, fit to eat.

=mangeaille= (-jâ-i), _n.f._, food (for birds, cats); (b.s.) victuals, grub, eatables.

=mangeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, eating. _Être bien —_; to eat heartily; to be a hearty eater.

=mangeoire= (-joâr), _n.f._, manger, crib.

=mangeoter=, _v.n._, to eat little, to pick one’s food; to nibble.

=manger=, _v.a._, to eat; to eat up; to consume; to squander away, to run through. _Salle à —_; dining-room. _— son bien_; to squander one’s property. _À —_; to eat. _Donner à —_; to give food, to keep an eating-house. _— du bout des doigts_; to pick a bit here and there; to nibble at one’s food. _— des yeux_; to look daggers at. _On mange bien dans cet hôtel_; the cooking is excellent in that hotel. _— ses mots_; to clip one’s words. _Les gros poissons mangent les petits_; (fig.) might overcomes right.

_se_ =manger=, _v.r._, to eat each other; to eat each other up; to hurt each other, to look daggers at one another; (gram.) to be cut off, elided, not pronounced.

=manger=, _v.n._, to eat; to take one’s meals; to feed. _Il mange dans la main_; he eats out of your hand (of an animal). _Donnez-moi à —_; give me something to eat.

=manger=, _n.m._, eating, victuals, food. _Le — et le boire_; eating and drinking.

=mangerie= (man-jrî), _n.f._, (pop.) eating; exaction, extortion, imposition.

=mange-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) prodigal, spendthrift, squanderer.

=mangeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, eater; great eater; spendthrift. _Un — de viandes apprétées_; a lazy fellow. _— de petits enfants_; braggart. _— de livres_; a book-worm.

=mangeure= (-jur), _n.f._, place nibbled (by mice), feeding (for boars).

=mangle=, _n.f._, (bot.) mangle (fruit).

=manglier=, _n.m._, (bot.) mangrove, mangle.

=mangonneau=, _n.m._, mangonel (an engine formerly used for throwing stones).

=mangoustan=, _n.m._, (bot.) mangostan.

=mangouste=, _n.f._, (mam.) ichneumon; mangostan (fruit).

=mangue= (mang), _n.f._, (bot.) mango.

=manguier= (-ghié), _n.m._, (bot.) mango-tree.

=maniable=, _adj._, easy to be handled, workable; tractable, manageable, supple, pliable.

=maniaque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, maniac. _adj._, mad, furious, eccentric; crotchety.

=manichéen= (-in), =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Manichean.

=manichéisme=, _n.m._, Manicheism.

=manichordion= (-kor-), _n.m._, manichord, manicordon.

=manicle=, _n.f._ _V._ =manique=.

=manie=, _n.f._, mania, madness, folly, fancy, whim, hobby; inveterate habit.

=maniement= _or_ =manîment=, _n.m._, handling; wielding; management, use, conduct, handling of money. _— des armes_; manual exercise. _Le — des deniers_; the management of money.

=manier=, _v.a._, to feel, to handle; to touch; to use, to wield, to ply, to manage, to govern. _Il sait bien — le ciseau_; he is a fine sculptor. _Au —_; by the touch, by handling. _— une affaire_; to manage a business.

=manier=, _v.n._, (man.) to act (of a horse).

=manière=, _n.f._, manner, way, fashion, sort, kind; style, mannerism, affectation, fuss; attitude. _La — dont je lui ai parlé_; the way in which I spoke to him. _De — ou d’autre_; somehow or other. _Chacun a sa —_; every one has his own way of doing. _— de parler_; mode of speech. _De la bonne —_; handsomely. _Par — d’acquit_; for form’s sake. _La — de cet auteur est grande_; that author’s style is grand. _De la même —_; in the same manner. _Il a des —s agréables_; he has pleasing manners. _De — que_ or _de — à ce que_; so that. _Il est une des plus grandes —s du siècle_; he is one of the finest stylists of the century.

=maniéré=, =-e=, _adj._, affected, unnatural, forced. _Air —_; affected air.

=maniériste=, _n.m._, mannerist.

=manieur=, _n.m._, handler, manager.

=manifestation=, _n.f._, manifestation.

=manifeste=, _adj._, manifest, evident.

=manifeste=, _n.m._, manifesto.

=manifestement=, _adv._, manifestly.

=manifester=, _v.a._, to manifest, to make known, to display, to show. _— sa pensée_; to make known one’s thought.

_se_ =manifester=, _v.r._, to manifest one’s self, to assert one’s self, to be made manifest.

=manigance=, _n.f._, manœuvre, underhand dealing, intrigue.

=manigancer=, _v.a._, to contrive, to plot, to concoct. _Se —_; to be brewing, to be concocted.

=maniguette=, _n.f._ _V._ =malaguette=.

=maniguière=, _n.f._, net (for catching eels).

=manille=, _n.f._, (at cards) manille; manilla cheroot.

=manioc=, =manihot=, _or_ =manioque=, _n.m._, (bot.) manioc, cassado, tapioca, cassava.

=manipulateur=, _n.m._, manipulator.

=manipulation=, _n.f._, manipulation.

=manipule=, _n.m._, handful; (c.rel., antiq., pharm.) maniple.

=manipuler=, _v.a._ and _n._, to manipulate.

=manique= _or_ =manicle=, _n.f._, hand-leather.

=maniveau=, _n.m._, osier-stand; punnet.

=manivelle=, _n.f._, handle, winch, crank, (fig.) drudgery, daily round. _La — d’un gouvernail_; the whipstaff of a helm.

=manne= (mâ-n), _n.f._, manna; (fig.) balm, gift. _— en larmes_; manna in flakes. _— céleste_; manna from Heaven.

=manne= (ma-n), _n.f._, hamper, flat basket. _— d’enfant_; cradle. _— à marée_; fish-crate.

=mannequin= (ma-n-kin), _n.m._, hamper; small hamper; (paint.) lay-figure, dummy, puppet; insignificant person. _Figure qui sent le —_; unnatural figure. _C’est un vrai —_; he is a mere automaton.

=mannequiné=, =-e=, _adj._, unnatural. _Ces figures sont —es_; (paint.) those figures are unnatural, smack of the lay-figure.

=manœuvre=, _n.f._, handiwork, handcraft, working, manœuvre, move, management, tactics; (nav.) rope; working (a ship); (milit.) drill. _pl._, (nav.) rigging. _—s courantes_; running-rigging. _—s dormantes_; standing-rigging. _Officier qui entend la —_; officer expert in working a ship. _Amarrer une —_; to make a rope fast.

=manœuvre=, _n.m._, workman, journeyman-mason, laborer; bungler; crafty person. _Ce n’est qu’un —_; he is a mere mechanic. _Travail de —_; manual labor.

=manœuvrer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to manœuvre; to work (a ship). _— les voiles_; to work the sails. _Faire — des soldats_; to drill soldiers.

=manœuvrier=, _n.m._, able seaman; tactician.

=manoir=, _n.m._, manor, mansion, manor-house.

=manomètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) manometer.

=manométrique=, _adj._, (phys.) manometrical.

=manouvrier=, _n.m._, day-laborer, workman, hodman.

=manquant=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, absentee, defaulter; missing, absent, wanting, failing, short.

=manque=, _n.m._, want, lack, need; shortcoming, failure, defect; (riding) stumble. _Il a trouvé dix francs de —_; he found he was ten francs short. _— de_; for want of. _— de touche_; (at billiards) miss.

=manqué=, =-e=, _part._, defective; abortive, miscarried; a failure; spoilt. _Une affaire —e_, _un coup —_; a failure. _Un poète —_; a would-be poet.

=manquement= (man-kmān), _n.m._, omission, shortcoming, oversight, failure, want, slip, breach.

=manquer=, _v.n._, to miss, to fail; to be wanting; to be wanting in respect; to be deficient; to miss fire; to stand in need of; to forfeit, to break; to be insolvent; to be near, to have need; to be out, in want, of; to decay; to miscarry; to give way, to infringe, to disregard, to disappoint. _Arme à feu qui manque_; a fire-arm that misses fire. _Marchand qui a manqué_; bankrupt merchant. _Le cœur lui manque_; her heart fails her. _Les forces lui manquent_; his strength fails him. _Le pied lui a manqué_; his foot slipped. _L’argent lui manque_; he is short of money. _Rien ne vous manquera_; you shall want for nothing. _La poudre leur manque_; they are short of powder. _L’affaire a manqué_; the business has miscarried, the affair has fallen through. _— à son devoir_; to fail in one’s duty. _— à sa parole_; to break one’s word. _— à un rendezvous_; to fail to keep an appointment. _Je n’y manquerai pas_; I will not fail. _Il ne manque de rien_; he wants for nothing, _or_ has all he wants. _Il ne manque pas de vanité_; he does not lack vanity. _— de parole_; to fail in one’s promise. _— d’argent_; to be in want of money. _Ne manquez pas de vous y trouver_; do not fail to be there. _Il a manqué de tomber_; he was very near falling. _— à quelqu’un_, _— de respect à quelqu’un_; to be disrespectful to _or_ wanting in respect to. _Il manque de tout_; he is destitute of everything. _Vous me manquez_; I miss you. _Je vous manque_; you miss me. _Il ne manquait plus que cela!_ that was the last straw _or_ that crowns all _or_ what next, I wonder! _La — belle_; (lit. to miss a fine opportunity) to have a narrow escape.

=manquer=, _v.a._, to miss, to lose. _Il a manqué son coup_; he has missed his aim. _— une occasion_; to lose an opportunity.

_se_ =manquer=, _v.r._, to forget what is due to one’s self, to be wanting in self-respect, to forget one’s honor, to prove false.

=mansarde=, _n.f._, attic, garret, roof. _Fenêtre en —_; attic window. _Toit en —_; curb roof.

=mansardé=, =-e=, _adj._, with attics, garrets.

=manse=, _n.f._, (feudality) revenue (of abbeys). _V._ =mense=.

=mansuétude=, _n.f._, mildness, meekness, gentleness, forbearance.

=mante=, _n.f._, mantle (woman’s). _— religieuse_; (ent.) praying mantis.

=manteau=, _n.m._, cloak; mantle, train, cape; mask, pretense; (her.) mantling. _S’envelopper de son —_; to wrap one’s self up in one’s cloak. _Le — royal_; the royal mantle. _Cela se vend sous le —_; that is sold clandestinely. _Garder les —x_; to stand sentinel; to take no share in. _— de cheminée_; mantel-piece.

=mantelet= (man-tlè), _n.m._, short cloak; mantlet; (fort.) mantlet. _—s de sabords_; (nav.) port-lid; (of a coach) apron.

=mantelle=, _n.f._, hooded crow; the coat of a dog; the hair on its back.

=mantelure= (man-tlur), _n.f._, mantling.

*=mantille=, _n.f._, mantilla.

=manuel=, =-le=, _adj._, manual, portable.

=manuel=, _n.m._, manual, hand-book, text-book.

=manuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, from hand to hand, manually.

=manufacture=, _n.f._, manufacture, making, make; manufactory; mill, works, factory.

=manufacturer=, _v.a._, to manufacture. _Se —_; to be manufactured.

=manufacturi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, manufacturing.

=manufacturier=, _n.m._, manufacturer.

=manumission=, _n.f._, manumission.

_in_ =manus=, _n.m._ _V._ =in manus=.

=manuscrit=, =-e=, _adj._, manuscript matter.

=manuscrit=, _n.m._, manuscript.

=manutention=, _n.f._, management, care, making, fabrication; (l.u.) upholding, enforcement; (milit.) bake-house, bakery, bread-making.

=manutentionner=, _v.a._, to bake for the army.

=mappemonde= (map-mond), _n.f._, map of the world. _— céleste_, planisphere.

=maque=, _n.f._ _V._ =macque=.

=maquer=, _v.a._ _V._ =macquer=.

=maquereau= (ma-krô), _n.m._, (ich.) mackerel, (l.ex.) pimp, pander; reddish spot on one’s legs; procurer, brothel-keeper.

=maquerellage=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) panderism, pimping, procuring.

=maquerelle=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) procuress.

=maquette=, _n.f._, (sculpt.) small rough model (in clay, wax); (paint.) rough sketch, lay figure.

*=maquignon=, _n.m._, (b.s.) horse-dealer; horse-jockey; jockey; jobber. _— de charges_; (b.s.) agent for the sale of offices. _— de mariages_; (b.s.) matrimonial agent.

*=maquignonnage=, _n.m._, (b.s.) horse-dealing; jockeyship; bishoping; underhand work; jobbing.

*=maquignonné=, =-e=, _part._, trimmed up for sale, bishoped (of horses).

*=maquignonner=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to jockey, to trim, to bishop (a horse for sale); to job; to carry on any illicit trade.

*=maquilleur=, _n.m._, (nav.) mackerel-boat.

=maquilleuse=, _n.f._, face-painter, enameler.

=maquis=, _n.m._ _V._ =makis=.

=marabout=, _n.m._, marabout (priest); ill-favored man, big-bellied copper kettle; (orni.) marabou-stork feathers; a kind of ribbon.

=maraîcher=, _n.m._, market-gardener.

=marais=, _n.m._, marsh, feu, bog, swamp, morass; low-lying market-garden ground (Paris). _Dessécher un —_; to drain a marsh. _— salant_; salt-marsh. _Chasse au —_; moor-shooting.

=marasca=, _n.m._, (hort.) sour cherry.

=marasme=, _n.m._, (med.) marasmus, consumption, atrophy, emaciation.

=marasquin=, _n.m._, maraschino.

=marâtre=, _n.f._, step-mother; unkind, harsh mother.

=maraud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, scoundrel, rascal, knave; slut, jade.

=maraudage=, _n.m._, marauding, freebooting.

*=maraudaille=, _n.f._, rabble, knave.

=maraude=, _n.f._, marauding; (cabmen’s slang) crawling, plying for hire.

=marauder=, _v.n._, to maraud; to crawl, to ply for hire.

=maraudeur=, _n.m._, marauder; crawler.

=maravédis=, _n.m._, maravedi (small Spanish coin).

=marbre=, _n.m._, marble; marble, slab, stone for grinding colors, etc.; (print.) imposing-stone, slab. _pl._, works, statues, etc., made of marble; samples of various kinds of marble. _Il est de —_; he is made of stone. _— jaspé_; variegated marble. _Plaque de —_; slab of marble. _— filandreux_; fibrous marble. _— terrasseux_; terrene marble. _— du gouvernail_; (nav.) barrel of the steering-wheel. _Sur le —_; (print.) in type.

=marbré=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, marbled. _Du papier —_; marbled, mottled paper.

=marbrer=, _v.a._, to marble, to vein, to mottle. _Se —_; to become marbled.

=marbrerie=, _n.f._, marble-cutting, marble-work, marble-yard; marble-works.

=marbreur=, _n.m._, marbler.

=marbrier=, _n.m._, marble-cutter, marble-polisher; marble-grainer, dealer in marble.

=marbrière=, _n.f._, marble-quarry.

=marbrure=, _n.f._, marbling, marble-graining.

=marc= (mar), _n.m._, mark. _Poids de —_; eight-ounce weight. _Au — la livre_ or _le franc_; so many cents in the dollar. _— d’or_; a duty paid to the king by the titularies of certain offices.

=marc= (mar), _n.m._, residuum (of anything squeezed, boiled, or strained). _— de raisin_; skins, husks of grapes after the last pressing. _— de café_; grounds, grouts of coffee.

=marcassin=, _n.m._, young wild boar, grice.

=marcassite=, _n.f._, (min.) marcasite.

=marceline=, _n.f._, colored silk fabric; (min.) red silicate of manganese.

=marchand=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, merchant, dealer, tradesman, shopkeeper; hawker, peddler, trader, store-keeper; buyer, customer; bidder (at auctions); (orni.) surf-scoter. _— en gros_; wholesale dealer, merchant. _— en détail_; retail merchant. _— fripier_; second-hand clothes dealer. _Petit —_; chandler. _— ambulant_, _forain_; itinerant dealer. _N’est pas — qui toujours gagne_; we must expect to meet with losses sometimes. _Y a-t-il —?_ is there a bidder, does any one bid? (at auctions). _Trouver —_; to find a customer, a purchaser. _C’est un — de soupe_; he’s a regular Squeers. _En être le mauvais —_; to get the worst of the bargain.

=marchand=, =-e=, _adj._, merchantable, marketable, saleable, vendible; mercantile, trading; navigable (of rivers). _Prix —_; trade price, wholesale price. _Place —e_; trading-place. _Vaisseau —_; merchantman, merchant-ship. _Capitaine —_; merchant-captain. _Marine —e_; merchant-service; mercantile navy.

=marchandage=, _n.m._, task-work, piece-work; bargaining.

*=marchandailler=, _v.n._, to haggle.

=marchande=, _n.f._, tradeswoman. _— lingère_; linen draper. _— d’huîtres_; oyster-woman. _— de modes_; milliner.

=marchander=, _v.a._, to ask the price of, to cheapen, to bargain for, to haggle for, to chaffer for; to spare; to hesitate to expose; to grudge, to trouble. _Ne pas — quelqu’un_; not to spare any one, not to mince matters with any one. _Il ne marchande pas sa vie_; he does not hesitate to expose his life.

_se_ =marchander=, _v.r._, to be cheapened, to spare each other.

=marchander=, _v.n._, to haggle, to chaffer, to stand haggling, to bargain; to be irresolute, to hesitate.

=marchandeur=, _n.m._, task-master, middleman; haggler, bargainer.

=marchandise=, _n.f._, merchandise, goods, ware, commodity. _Faire valoir sa —_; to cry up one’s goods, to set one’s self off. _— qui plaît est à demi-vendue_; please the eye and pick the purse.

=marche=, _n.f._, walk; walking; gait, march; progress, journey, course, advance; procession; step, stair; move (at chess, drafts); conduct, arrangement; way of proceeding; military frontier, border; marches, borders, between England and Wales, also between England and Scotland. _Ce vaisseau a une — avantageuse_; that vessel is a fast sailer. _Vaisseau construit pour la —_; ship built to sail very fast _or_ for speed; clipper. _Mettre en —_; to set going. _Faire une fausse —_; to play a false move. _Gagner une — sur_; to steal a march upon. _— d’un poème_; progress of a poem. _— d’escalier_; step of a staircase. _— d’un tour_; treadle of a lathe. _— de deux heures_; two hours’ walk _or_ journey. _La — de cet homme a été louche dans l’affaire_; the conduct of that man in the matter has been suspicious. _— militaire_, _— triomphale_; military, triumphal, march. _L’armée est en —_; the army is on the march. _Fermer la —_; to close the procession. _Ouvrir la —_; to lead the way.

=marché=, _n.m._, market, market-place; market-time; bargain, purchase, price, rate; sale; agreement, contract, treaty. _— au blé_, _aux herbes_, _au poisson_; corn, grass, fish-market. _Bon —_; cheapness. _Conclure un —_; to strike a bargain. _Acheter_, _vendre_, _à bon —_; to buy, to sell cheap. _Avoir bon — de_; to easily get the better of. _Faire bon — d’une chose_; to hold anything cheap, not to spare; to think little of. _Mettre le — à la main à quelqu’un_; to offer any one to break off a bargain; to make any one take it or leave it. _Vous n’en serez pas quitte à si bon —_; you shall not get off so easily. _On n’a jamais bon — de mauvaise marchandise_; the best is cheapest. _Il le paiera plus cher qu’au —_; he shall smart for it, he shall repent it or rue it. _— d’or_; excellent bargain, great bargain. _Meilleur —_ or _à meilleur —_; cheaper. _C’est un — donné_; it is absolutely given away. _Par-dessus le —_; into the bargain. _Le — tient tous les jours_; the market is held every day. _Cours du —_; market-price. _Est-ce — fuit?_ is it a bargain?

=marche-palier=, _n.f._, landing step.

=marchepied= (marsh-pié), _n.m._, stepping-stone; towing-path; foot-board, footstool; step (of a coach, altar). _pl._, (nav.) foot-ropes of the yards. _Servir de —_; to serve as a stepping-stone.

=marcher=, _v.n._, to walk, to step; to tread; to go, to travel, to march, to wade; to sail, to run, to ply; to move on, to advance, to progress; to go on; to flow, to run, to rank. _— en avant_, _en arrière_, _à reculons_; to walk forward, to walk backward. _— à grands pas_, _sur la pointe du pied_; to stride along, to walk on tiptoe. _— à quatre pattes_; to go on all-fours. _— à pas de loup_; to walk with stealthy steps. _— sur les traces de quelqu’un_; to follow in any one’s footsteps. _— sur les talons de quelqu’un_; to tread on any one’s heels. _— sur des épines_; to tread on thorns. _— de front_; to march abreast. _— droit_; to walk straight. _Faire —_; to get along, to set going. _Je le ferai — droit_; I will take care that he behaves well. _Cette montre marche bien_; this watch keeps good time. _Ce navire marche bien_; this vessel sails well _or_ is very fast. _— sur quelque chose_; to tread upon anything. _— égal à_; to be equal to. _— à l’ennemi_; to march against the enemy. _— à tâtons_; to grope or feel one’s way.

=marcher=, _n.m._, walking, walk; gait, step, pace, treading, tread; ground (on which one walks).

=marcher=, _v.a._, (hat-making) to press, to felt, to full, to tread.

=marcheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, pedestrian, walker, (nav.) sailer. _Bon —_; (nav.) fast-sailing, swift-sailing, vessel; fast sailer.

=marcottage=, _n.m._, (hort.) layering.

=marcotte=, _n.f._, (hort.) layer.

=marcotter=, _v.a._, (hort.) to layer (vines, etc.).

=mardelle=. _V._ =margelle=.

=mardi=, _n.m._, Tuesday. _— gras_; Shrove-Tuesday. _— saint_; Tuesday before Easter; Tuesday in Passion-week.

=mare=, _n.f._, pool, pond; trough (used by cider brewers).

=maréage=, _n.m._, hire, pay (for a voyage).

=marécage=, _n.m._, marsh, bog, fen, swamp, morass.

=marécageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, marshy, fenny, swampy, boggy. _Pays —_, _terrain —_; marshy land.

=maréchal=, _n.m._, farrier, shoeing-smith; marshal, field-marshal. _— des logis_; sergeant-major (in the cavalry). _— ferrant_; farrier. _— vétérinaire_; farrier and veterinary surgeon. _— de camp_; brigadier, brigadier-general. _— de France_; Marshal of France. _Grand —_; grand marshal; earl marshal, lord high steward.

=maréchalat=, _n.m._, marshalship.

=maréchale=, _n.f._, field-marshal’s wife.

=maréchalerie=, _n.f._, farriery.

☉=maréchaussée=, _n.f._, marshalsea, constabulary; mounted police.

=marée=, _n.f._, tide, water, flood; (fresh) sea-fish. _Haute —_, _pleine —_; high water. _Basse —_; low water. _De —_; tidal. _Grande —_, _— de vive eau_; spring-tide. _— morte_; neap tide. _La — monte_; the tide is coming in. _La — descend_; the tide is going down, running out. _Prendre la —_; to take advantage of the tide. _— montante_; flood. _— descendante_; ebb. _— qui porte au vent_; wind-tide. _Aller contre vent et —_; to pursue one’s course in spite of all difficulties. _Avoir vent et —_; to sail with wind and tide. _Vendeur de —_; fishmonger. _Cela arrive comme — en carême_; that comes like fish in Lent. _Ce qui vient de flot s’en retourne de —_; lightly come, lightly go. _La — n’attend personne_; time and tide wait for no man.

=marégraphe=, _n.m._, tide-gauge.

=marelle=, _n.f._, hopscotch.

=maremme=, _n.f._, marshy land on the seashore (in Italy).

=marengo= (-rin-go), _n.m._, Oxford gray.

=marengo=, _n.f._, (cook.) marengo, fowl fricasseed with mushrooms.

=mareyeur=, _n.m._, fish-factor, fish-salesman; fish-carrier.

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

=margarique=, _adj._, (chem.) margaric.

=margay=, _n.m._, (mam.) margay, tiger-cat.

=marge=, _n.f._, margin (of paper, books); freedom, latitude, scope; time, means. _Ecrire une note en —_; to make a marginal note. _Laisser assez de — à quelqu’un_; to give any one sufficient scope. _Nous avons de la —_; we have time enough _or_ to spare.

=margelle=, _n.f._, curb-stone, edge (of a well).

=marger=, _v.a._, (print.) to regulate the margin of, to margin.

=margeur=, _n.m._, (print.) layer on.

=marginal=, =-e=, _adj._, marginal.

=marginé=, =-e=, _part._, margined, marginated.

=marginer=, _v.a._, to margin.

=margot=, _n.f._, magpie, mag; talkative woman, chatterbox; dim. of =Marguerite=, Madge, Meg, Peggy.

=margotin=, _n.m._, small bundle of fagots.

*=margouillet=, _n.m._, (nav.) bull’s eye, wooden thimble.

*=margouillis= (-goo-yee), _n.m._, (fam.) puddle, dirty plash, sludge, slop; (fig.) difficulty; embarrassment. _Laisser quelqu’un dans le —_; to leave any one in the lurch.

=margrave=, _n.m.f._, margrave; margravine.

=margraviat=, _n.m._, margraviate.

=marguerite=, _n.f._, daisy; pearl; (nav.) messenger. _Reine-—_, (_—s-—s_) China-aster, China-star. _Faire —_; (nav.) to clap a messenger on the cable. _Jeter des —s devant les pourceaux_; to cast pearls before swine.

*=marguillerie=, _n.f._, churchwardenship.

*=marguillier=, _n.m._, churchwarden.

=mari=, _n.m._, husband, spouse. _Affranchissement de la puissance de —_; (jur.) discoverture. _Etat de la femme en puissance de —_; (jur.) coverture. _En puissance de —_; (jur.) feme covert, under coverture.

=mariable=, _adj._, marriageable.