Chapter M (19)

=saisir=, _v.a._, to seize, to seize upon, to catch, to lay hold of, to catch hold of, to get hold of, to take, to take hold of; to strike, to come upon, to impress, to shock, to startle; to embrace, to avail one’s self of; to understand, to perceive, to discern, to comprehend; to attack; to make cognizant of, to lay before; (jur.) to distrain; (jur.) to vest; (jur.) to attach. _— quelqu’un au collet_; to collar any one. _— l’occasion_; to seize the opportunity. _— un prétexte_; to avail one’s self of an excuse. _La peur les a saisis_; they were struck with fear. _— un tribunal d’une affaire_; to lay (an affair) before a court, to bring before a court of justice.

_se_ =saisir=, _v.r._, to seize, to catch hold (of), to lay hold (of), to grasp; to take possession, to take cognizance (of); to arrest, to apprehend. _Saisi du vol_; (of a thief) with the stolen goods upon him.

=saisir-arrêter=, _v.a._, (jur.) to attach; (in London) to garnish.

=saisir-exécuter=, _v.a._, (jur.) to distrain.

=saisissable=, _adj._, distrainable, seizable; attachable.

=saisissant=, =-e=, _adj._, (of cold) keen, sharp, piercing; striking, thrilling, startling, impressive.

=saisissant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (jur.) distrainer.

=saisissement= (-zis-mān), _n.m._, shock, chill, violent impression, pang; (of criminals) pinioning.

=saison=, _n.f._, season, weather; proper time, moment. _Arrière-—_, (_—-—s_) latter end of autumn; (fig.) aftermath. _La — est avancée_; the season is forward. _Morte-—_, (_—s-—s_) (com.) dull, dead season. _Morte —_; winter. _En temps et en —_; in due season. _Être en pleine —_; to be in their prime (of flowers and fruits). _Ces mets ne sont plus de —_; those dishes are out of season. _De —_; in season. _Marchand des quatre —s_; costermonger, hawker.

=salace=, _adj._, salacious.

=salacité=, _n.f._, salaciousness, salacity.

=salade=, _n.f._, salad, salading; mess (for horses); sallet (kind of helmet). _Retourner_, _fatiguer_, _la —_; to mix the salad.

=saladier=, _n.m._, salad-dish, salad-bowl.

=salage=, _n.m._, salting.

=salaire=, _n.m._, wages, pay, hire; recompense, reward, retribution, punishment. _Toute peine mérite —_; the laborer is worthy of his hire.

=salaison=, _n.f._, salting; salt-provision.

=salamalec=, _n.m._, (jest.) low bow, salaam.

=salamandre=, _n.f._, salamander, fire-eater.

=salangane=, _n.f._, (orni.) esculent swallow.

=salant=, _adj._, salt; saline. _Marais —_; salt-marsh.

=salarié=, =-e=, _n._ and _part._, salaried person; hireling; placeman; paid.

=salarier=, _v.a._, to pay; to give wages, _or_ a salary, _or_ a stipend, to.

=salaud=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, sloven, dirty fellow; dirty woman, slut; slovenly, sluttish.

=sale=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, dirty, nasty, foul; soiled; filthy, low, coarse, dirty person; sloven. _Vaisseau —_; (nav.) foul ship; (of colors) dull.

=salé=, _n.m._, salt-pork. _Du petit —_; pork newly-salted; pickled pork.

=salé=, =-e=, _adj._, salted, salt, briny; keen, pungent, biting; loose, coarse, broad. _Un peu —_; saltish. _Sources —es_; salt-springs. _Raillerie —e_; biting raillery. _Un propos —_; a coarse remark.

=salement= (sal-mān), _adv._, dirtily, nastily, filthily; (fig.) in a slovenly manner.

=salep= (sa-lèp), _n.m._, salep.

=saler=, _v.a._, to salt, to salt down; to corn (beef); to overcharge, to lay it on stiff for (goods); to fleece (customers).

_se_ =saler=, _v.r._, to be salted (of anything).

=saleron= (sal-ron), _n.m._, bowl of a salt-cellar.

=saleté= (sal-té), _n.f._, dirt, soil, dirtiness, nastiness, filthiness; filth, dirty rubbish; dirty thing; dirty trick; coarseness, ribaldry, obscenity.

=saleur=, _n.m._, salter, curer.

=salicaire=, _n.f._, salicaria; purple willow.

=salicole=, _adj._, salicultural.

=salicoque=, _n.f._, prawn.

=salicor=, _n.m._, _or_ =salicorne=, _n.f._, (bot.) glasswort, saltwort.

☉=salicot=, _n.m._ _V._ =salicoque=.

=salicotte=, _n.f._, (bot.) saltwort.

=saliculture=, _n.f._, saliculture.

=salière=, _n.f._, salt-cellar; salt-box; eye-pit (of horses); hollow behind the collar-bone (of persons).

=salifère=, _adj._, saliferous.

=salifiable=, _adj._, (chem.) salifiable.

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

=salifier=, _v.a._, to salify.

=saligaud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (pop.) dirty person; dirty thing; sloven; slut.

*=salignon=, _n.m._, salt-cat.

=saligot=, _n.m._, (bot.) water-caltrop.

=salin=, =-e=, _adj._, saline, briny.

=salin=, _n.m._, salt-marsh; raw salt; brine-pan; salt-works.

=saline=, _n.f._, salt provisions, salt fish; salt-mine, salt-works, salt-pit, brine-pit.

=salinier=, _n.m._, the owner and worker of salt-works.

=salique=, _adj._, salic. _Loi —_; salic law.

=salir=, _v.a._, to dirt, to dirty, to soil, to stain, to foul, to taint, to sully, to tarnish, to disgrace.

_se_ =salir=, _v.r._, to dirty one’s self; to get dirty; to soil; to sully one’s reputation, to disgrace one’s self.

=salissant=, =-e=, _adj._, soiling, that soils, that gets dirty.

=salisson=, _n.f._, (pop.) young slut.

=salissure=, _n.f._, spot of dirt; soil, stain.

=salivaire=, _adj._, (anat.) salivary.

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

=salive=, _n.f._, saliva; spittle.

=saliver=, _v.n._, to spit; to salivate.

=salle=, _n.f._, hall, room; ward (in hospitals); (thea.) house; arbor (of gardens). _— à manger_; dining-room. _La — du commun_; the servants’ hall. _— d’audience_; audience-chamber. _— de spectacle_; play-house. _— de billard_; billiard-room. _— d’armes_; fencing-school, school of arms, armory. _— de danse_; dancing-room, dancing-school. _— de verdure_; green arbor. _— d’asile_; infant-school. _— des festins_; banqueting-hall. _— d’étude_; study, school-room. _— de police_; (mil.) guard-room. _— du rapport_; orderly-room. _— de récréation_; play-room. _— de réunion_; assembly-room. _— du conseil_; council-chamber. _— pleine_, or _comble_; crowded house; house-full, full house.

=salmigondis=, _n.m._, (cook.) hotch-potch, resurrection pie; medley, farrago.

=salmis=, _n.m._, ragout of game (previously roasted).

=saloir=, _n.m._, salt-box; salting-tub.

=salon=, _n.m._, drawing-room; saloon, parlor; exhibition (of paintings, of works of art). _pl._, fashionable world; fashionable circles. _Petit —_; small drawing-room. _Fréquenter les —s_; to be a man of fashion.

=salope=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, slut; disorderly woman; slovenly, sluttish. _C’est une vraie —_; she is a perfect slut. _Marie-—_; (_—s-—s_) mud-boat.

=salopement= (-lop-mān), _adv._, (pop.) sluttishly, dirtily.

=saloperie= (-lo-prî), _n.f._, slovenliness, sluttishness; coarse language, ribaldry; beastliness, filth.

=salorge=, _n.m._, loaf of salt.

=salpêtrage=, _n.m._, nitrification; saltpeter-making.

=salpêtre=, _n.m._, saltpeter. _Ce n’est que du —_; he fires up, _or_ he takes fire, at the least thing; (fig.) hastiness; fire, vivacity.

=salpêtrer=, _v.a._, to throw saltpeter (over a space of ground); to nitrify (a wall); to throw out, to produce, saltpeter.

_se_ =salpêtrer=, _v.r._, to nitrify, to be covered with saltpeter (of walls).

=salpêtrerie=, _n.f._, saltpeter-works.

=salpêtreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, saltpetrous.

=salpêtrier=, _n.m._, saltpeter-maker.

=salpêtrière=, _n.f._, saltpeter-works. _La Salpêtrière_; asylum for women.

*=salsepareille=, _n.f._, sarsaparilla.

=salsifis= (-fi), _n.m._, (bot.) salsify. _— sauvage_, _— des prés_; goat’s-beard. _— noir_, _— d’Espagne_; viper’s-grass.

=saltarelle=, _n.f._, saltarella, Italian dance.

=saltation=, _n.f._, saltation.

=saltimbanque=, _n.m._, mountebank, clown, buffoon; humbug, quack.

=salubre=, _adj._, salubrious, wholesome, healthful, healthy.

=salubrité=, _n.f._, salubrity, salubriousness, healthfulness, wholesomeness. _Conseil de —_; board of health. _Inspecteur de —_; sanitary inspector.

=saluer=, _v.a._, to salute, to bow to; to hail, to greet; to cheer; to proclaim. _— la compagnie_; to bow to the company. _Je vous salue_, _j’ai l’honneur de vous —_; (in letters) your servant, your humble servant. _— le soleil_; to hail the sun. _Saluez-le de ma part_; remember me to him. _— empereur_, or _roi_; to proclaim emperor, _or_ king. _— de onze coups de canon_; to fire a salute of eleven guns (in honor of).

_se_ =saluer=, _v.r._, to bow to, to salute, each other.

=salure=, _n.f._, saltness, brine.

=salut=, _n.m._, safety; (rel.) salvation; salute, bow; welfare, preservation, escape, hope _or_ chance of success; salutation; hail; (c.rel.) benediction (after even song). _Il a cherché un — dans la fuite_; he sought safety in flight. _Un profond —_; a low bow. _Léger —_; nod; (nav., milit.) salute. _int._, _—!_ hail! greeting! _À bon entendeur —!_ a word to the wise is enough.

=salutaire=, _adj._, salutary, wholesome, advantageous, beneficial.

=salutairement= (-tèr-mān), _adv._, salutarily, beneficially.

=salutation=, _n.f._, salutation, _pl._, compliments; salute; bow. _Recevez mes —s empressées_; yours very truly (in letters).

☉=salvage=, _n.m._ _V._ =sauvetage=.

=salvanos= (-nôs), _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) life-buoy.

☉=salvations=, _n.f._, (jur.) rejoinder.

=salve=, _n.f._, (artil.) salute, volley. _Une — d’applaudissements_; a round of applause.

=salvé=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) Salve Regina.

=samaritain= (-tin), =-e= (-tè-n), _n._ and _adj._; Samaritan.

=samedi= (sa-m-di), _n.m._, Saturday. _— saint_; Easter-eve.

=samscrit=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =sanscrit=.

=san-benito=, _n.m._, (_—_) san benito.

=sancir=, _v.n._, (nav.) to founder, to sink (by the bows).

=sanctifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, sanctifying.

=sanctificateur=, _n.m._, sanctifier, _adj._ sanctifying.

=sanctification=, _n.f._, sanctification, holy-keeping.

=sanctifier=, _v.a._, to sanctify, to make holy, to keep holy, to hallow.

=sanction=, _n.f._, sanction; approbation; assent (of parliament).

=sanctionner=, _v.a._, to sanction.

=sanctuaire=, _n.m._, sanctuary; (of the temple at Jerusalem) holy of holies; (of churches) chancel, altar; (fig.) church.

=sandal= _or_ =santal=, _n.m._, sandal-wood, sandal.

=sandale=, _n.f._, sandal; fencing-shoe.

=sandalier=, _n.m._, sandal-maker.

=sandaraque=, _n.f._, (bot.) sandarac, pounce.

=sandjak=, =sandjiak=, _or_ =sandjiakat=, _n.m._ _V._ =sangiac=.

=sandwich= (-ooitch), _n.m._, sandwich.

=sang=, _n.m._, blood; race, parentage, relationship, kindred, race. _Un homme de —_; a blood-thirsty man. _Coup de —_; stroke, apoplectic fit. _Pur —_; thoroughbred. _Demi —_; halfbred. _Mettre à feu et à —_; to put to fire and sword. _Suer — et eau_; to toil and moil _or_ to strain every nerve. _Se battre au premier —_; to fight till the first blood is drawn. _Cela glace le —_; that curdles one’s blood. _Cela est dans le —_; that runs in the blood. _Se faire du bon —_; (fam.) to amuse one’s self, to have a jolly time (of it). _Se faire du mauvais —_; to fret, to worry. _Bon — ne peut mentir_; good breeding will assert itself. _Son — n’a fait qu’un tour_; he was struck all of a heap.

=sang-de-dragon=, _n.m._ (_—_) (bot.) dragon’s-blood.

=sang-froid=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) coolness, composure, sang-froid, presence of mind. _De —_; in cold blood; with composure; soberminded. _Perdre son —_; to lose one’s presence of mind.

=sangiac= _or_ =sangiacat=, _n.m._, sangiac; district, province; governor (in Turkey).

=sanglade=, _n.f._, lash, cut (with a whip).

=sanglant=, =-e=, _adj._, bloody, covered with blood; outrageous, gross; keen, biting, cutting. _Affront —_; outrageous affront.

=sangle=, _n.f._, strap, band, belt; girth (of saddles). _Lit de —_; cross, _or_ folding, bedstead.

=sanglé=, =-e=, _adj._, strapped; (fig.) ill-treated, cut up; tight, tight-fitting.

=sangler=, _v.a._, to bind with a girth, to girth, to strap, to gird; to tighten, to lash, to beat. _— un coup de poing_; to deal a blow. _Avoir été sanglé_; to have been beaten, ill-used; (fig.) cut up.

_se_ =sangler=, _v.r._, to lace one’s self tightly; (fig.) to stint, _or_ pinch, one’s self.

=sanglier=, _n.m._, wild boar. _— de mer_; sea-hog, boar-fish.

=sanglot=, _n.m._, sob. _pl._, sobbing, moaning (of the sea: V. Hugo). _—s entre-coupés_; broken sobs.

=sangloter=, _v.n._, to sob.

=sangsue= (san-sû), _n.f._, leech; (fig.) blood-sucker, extortioner.

=sanguification= (-gu-i-), _n.f._, sanguification.

=sanguifier= (-gu-i-), _v.a._, to sanguify.

_se_ =sanguifier=, _v.r._, to sanguify.

=sanguin=, =-e= (-ghīn, -ghi-n), _adj._, of blood, full-blooded; sanguineous, blood-colored, blood-red. _Vaisseau —_; blood-vessel.

=sanguinaire= (-ghi-), _adj._, sanguinary, bloody, murderous, bloodthirsty.

=sanguinaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) bloodwort.

=sanguine= (-ghi-n), _n.f._, red chalk, blood-stone.

=sanguinelle= (-ghi-), _n.f._, (bot.) gatter-tree.

=sanguinolent=, =-e= (-ghi-), _adj._, (med.) tinged with blood.

=sanhédrin=, _n.m._, sanhedrim.

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

=sanie=, _n.f._, (med.) sanies.

=sanieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sanious.

=sanitaire=, _adj._, sanitary.

=sans=, _prep._, without; free from; but for, had it not been for, were it not for. _— amis_; friendless. _— doute_; without doubt. _— cela_; were it not for that _or_ else. _— quoi_; otherwise _or_ else, without that. _— y penser_; unawares, unthinkingly. _— peur_; fearless. _— le sou_; penniless. _Cela va — dire_; of course, as a matter of course.

=sans-cœur=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, (pop.) heartless; unfeeling person _or_ wretch.

=sanscrit=, _n.m._, Sanscrit (language).

=sanscrit=, =-e=, _adj._, Sanscrit.

=sans-culotte=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) ragged fellow; sans-culotte; ultra-violent republican.

=sans-culottides=, _n.f.pl._, the five supernumerary days to complete the year in the calendar of the first French republic; _also_, the festivals held during those days.

=sans-dents=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) toothless old woman.

=sans-façon=, _n.m._, bluntness, off-handedness, familiarity.

=sans-fleur=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) a sort of apple.

=sans-gêne=, _n.m._, unceremoniousness; impudence, coolness; off-handedness.

=sansonnet=, _n.m._, (orni.) starling.

=sans-peau=, _n.f._, (_—_) summer-pear.

=sans que=, _conj._, without. _Il a passé — que je l’aie aperçu_; he passed without my seeing him.

=sans-soin=, _adj._, careless. _n.m.f._, careless creature.

=sans-souci=, _n.m._, (_—_) careless, indifferent man, jolly fellow.

=sans-terre=, _adj._, Lackland. _Les —s_; the Lacklanders.

=santal=, _n.m._ _V._ =sandal=.

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

=santé=, _n.f._, health, healthiness; soundness; toast. _Comment va la —?_ how is your health? how are you? _Maison de —_; private asylum. _Bureau de —_; board of health. _Billet de —_; certificate of health. _Boire à la — de quelqu’un_; to drink any one’s health. _Corps de —_; medical staff. _Officier de —_; medical practitioner.

=santoline=, _n.f._, (bot.) santolina. [Sometimes, but improperly, used for _santonine_, which see.]

=santon=, _n.m._, santon; a santon’s tomb (in Algeria).

=santonine=, _n.f._, (bot.) artemisia santonica; (chem.) santonin.

=sanve=, _n.f._, (bot.) charlock.

=saoul=, _adj._ _V._ =soûl=.

=saouler=, _v.a._ _V._ =soûler=.

=sapa=, _n.m._, (pharm.) grape-jelly, juice.

=sapajou=, _n.m._, (mam.) sapajou; (fig. pers.) monkey.

=sapan=, _n.m._, sapan-wood.

=sape=, _n.f._, (milit.) sap, sapping, mine, trench. _Aller à la —_; (milit.) to sap.

=saper=, _v.a._, to sap, to undermine, to cut away, to shake.

=sapeur=, _n.m._, (milit.) sapper.

=saphène=, _n.f._, (anat.) saphena.

=saphique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (Grec. poet.) sapphic.

=saphir=, _n.m._, sapphire.

=saphirine=, _n.f._, (min.) blue chalcedony.

=sapide=, _adj._, sapid, palatable.

=sapidité=, _n.f._, sapidity, sapidness, flavor.

=sapience=, _n.f._, ☉sapience, wisdom (theol.).

=sapientiaux=, _adj.m.pl._, (Bibl.) sapiential.

=sapin=, _n.m._, fir, fir-tree; spruce, deal; (pop.) hackney-coach. _Sentir le —_; to have a foot in the grave. _Sa toux sent le —_; he has a churchyard cough.

=sapine=, _n.f._, fir-plank, deal-board; scaffold-pole.

=sapinière=, _n.f._, fir-plantation, fir-grove.

=saponacé=, =-e=, _adj._, saponaceous.

=saponaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) soapwort.

=saponification=, _n.f._, saponification.

=saponifier=, _v.a._, to saponify.

_se_ =saponifier=, _v.r._, to saponify.

=saponine=, _n.f._, saponine.

=saporifique=, _adj._, saporific.

=sapote= _or_ *=sapotille=, _n.f._, sapota (fruit).

=sapotier= _or_ *=sapotillier=, _n.m._, sapota (tree).

=sar=, _n.m._ _V._ =sart=.

=sarabande=, _n.f._, saraband (dance).

=sarbacane=, _n.f._, air-cane; pea-shooter; speaking tube; puff and dart. _Par —_; by proxy.

=sarbotière=, _n.f._ _V._ =sorbétière=.

=sarcasme=, _n.m._, sarcasm.

=sarcastique=, _adj._, sarcastic; sarcastical.

=sarcelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) teal.

=sarcite=, _n.f._, flesh-stone.

=sarclage=, _n.m._, (gard.) weeding.

=sarcler=, _v.a._, (gard.) to weed; (fig.) to extirpate.

=sarcleur=, _n.m._, weeder.

=sarcloir=, _n.m._, weeding-hook _or_ fork, hoe.

=sarclure=, _n.f._, weedings.

=sarcocèle=, _n.f._, (surg.) sarcocele.

=sarcocolle=, _n.f._, sarcocolla.

=sarcocollier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sarcocol-tree, pænea mucronata.

=sarcologie=, _n.f._, sarcology.

=sarcomateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (surg.) sarcomatous.

=sarcome=, _n.m._, (surg.) sarcoma.

=sarcophage=, _n.m._, sarcophagus; coffin, representation of a coffin (at a funeral).

=sarcophage=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) caustic, corrosive, escharotic.

☉=sarcotique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) sarcotic.

=sardanapale=, _n.m._, effeminate man.

=sarde=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Sardinian.

=sarde=, _n.f._, (ich.) scomber; a kind of sardine _or_ pilchard (of Brazil).

=sardine=, _n.f._, pilchard, sardine.

=sardoine=, _n.f._, (min.) sardonyx.

=sardonien=, =-ne= (-ni-in, -ni-è-n), _adj._, sardonian, sardonic.

=sardonique=, _adj._, sardonic.

=sargasse=, _n.f._, sargassum, gulf-weed.

=sarge= _or_ =sargue=, _n.m._, (ich.) sheep’s head, sargus.

=sarigue=, _n.m.f._, opossum.

=sarisse=, _n.f._, (antiq.) sarissa, the phalanx’s long pike.

=sarmate=, _adj._, sarmatian.

=sarment=, _n.m._, vine-shoot, vine-twig.

=sarmenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) sarmentous, branchy, climbing.

=sarracénique=, _adj._, Saracenic.

=sarrasin=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Saracen; (arch.) Saracenic.

=sarrasin=, _n.m._, buckwheat.

=sarrasine=, _n.f._, (fort.) sarasin, sarrasine, portcullis, herse.

=sarrau=, _n.m._, smock-frock, smock; (children) pinafore.

=sarrette=, _n.f._, (bot.) saw-wort.

=sarriette=, _n.f._, (bot.) savory; common marum.

=sarrot=, _n.m._ _V._ =sarrau=.

=sart= _or_ =sar=, _n.m._, sea-wrack.

=sas=, _n.m._, bolting-sieve; sieve; screen; chamber (of locks). _Passer au —_; to sift (fig.). _Passer au gros —_; to examine superficially.

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

=sasse=, _n.f._, (nav.) scoop.

=sassement= (sâs-mān), _n.m._, sifting, winnowing.

=sassenage= (sās-naj), _n.m._, Sassenage cheese.

=sasser=, _v.a._, to sift, to bolt; to winnow; to scan, to scrutinize.

=sasset=, _n.m._, little sieve.

=sasseur=, _n.m._, sifter, bolter; winnower.

=satan=, _n.m._, Satan.

=satanas=, _n.m._, (fam.) Satan.

=satané=, _adj._, (fam.) roguish, wanton, mischievous; devilish, confounded.

=satanique=, _adj._, satanic, satanical.

=satellite= (-tèl-lit), _n.m._, satellite.

=satellite=, _adj._, (anat.) companion. [Only used in: _veines —s_; _venæ comites_; companion veins.]

=satiété=, _n.f._, satiety, surfeit, fullness.

=satin=, _n.m._, satin.

=satinade=, _n.f._, satinet.

=satinage=, _n.m._, satining; glazing (of paper).

=satiné=, =-e=, _adj._, satin-like, satiny, hot _or_ cold pressed; glazed (of paper). _Peau —e_; skin as soft as velvet.

=satiner=, _v.a._, to satin; to glaze (paper). _— à chaud_; to hot press. _— à froid_; to cold press.

=satiner=, _v.n._, to become as soft as satin.

=satire=, _n.f._, satire; lampoon. _— piquante_; cutting satire. _— personnelle_; lampoon.

=satirique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, satirist; satirical.

=satiriquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, satirically.

=satiriser=, _v.a._, to satirize.

=satirist=, _n.m.f._, satirist.

=satisfaction=, _n.f._, satisfaction, gratification, pleasure; atonement.

=satisfactoire=, _adj._, (theol.) satisfactory.

=satisfaire=, _v.a._, to satisfy, to please, to gratify; to supply (wants); to answer; to meet, to discharge; to give satisfaction (to) (to make amends); to perform, to execute, to fulfill; to comply (with), to obey. _— sa passion_; to gratify one’s passion. _— l’attente de quelqu’un_; to answer any one’s expectation.

_se_ =satisfaire=, _v.r._, to satisfy one’s self, to indulge one’s self.

=satisfaire=, _v.n._, to satisfy; to discharge; to perform, to execute; to gratify, to indulge. _— à ses engagements_; to meet one’s engagements.

=satisfaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, satisfactory.

=satisfait=, =-e=, _adj._, satisfied, contented, pleased.

=satisfecit=, _n.m._, (_—_) certificate of good conduct.

=satrape=, _n.m._, satrap.

=satrapie=, _n.f._, satrapy.

=saturable=, _adj._, saturable.

=saturant=, =-e=, _adj._, saturant.

=saturation=, _n.f._, saturation.

=saturer=, _v.a._, to saturate; to surfeit.

_se_ =saturer=, _v.r._, to become saturated, surfeited.

=saturnales=, _n.f.pl._, Saturnalia.

=Saturne=, _n.m._, (astron., chem.) Saturn.

=saturnin=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) lead. _Colique —e_; lead colic.

=satyre=, _n.m._, satyr.

=satyre=, _n.f._, (Grec. antiq.) satyric play; satire.

=satyriasis= (-zis), _n.m._, (med.) satyriasis.

=satyrion=, _n.m._, (bot.) satyrion, satyrium, standard-grass, stander-grass.

=satyrique=, _adj._, pertaining to satyrs, satyric.

=sauce=, _n.f._, (cook.) sauce. _— relevée_; rich, highly-seasoned, sauce. _— douce_; sweet sauce. _— piquante_; sharp sauce. _À toute —_; in all manner of ways, for any sort of work. _Il n’est —_ (or _chère_) _que d’appétit_; a good appetite is the best sauce. _On ne sait à quelle — le mettre_; there is no knowing what to do with him. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one a smart rebuke, to pull any one up sharply. _Être dans la —_; to be in a pickle.

=saucé=, =-e=, _part._, drenched, soused, wet through. _Médailles —es_; plated medals.

=saucer=, _v.a._, to dip in sauce; to sop, to souse, to wet through; to scold; to blow up.

=saucier=, _n.m._, (nav.) saucer (of a capstan); sauce-maker, sauce-contriver.

=saucière=, _n.f._, sauce-boat, sauce-tureen.

=saucisse=, _n.f._ sausage.

=saucisson=, _n.m._, large sausage; (artil.) saucisson, saucisse; (fort.) bundle of fagots _or_ fascines.

=sau-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, safe, unhurt, unscathed, spared. _Il en est revenu sain et —_; he returned safe and sound. _La vie —ve_; with one’s life.

=sauf=, _prep._, saving, save, except, but; reserving; subject to; under. _— erreur ou omission_; errors excepted. _— correction_; under correction. _— votre respect_; saving your presence.

=sauf-conduit=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) safe-conduct.

=sauge=, _n.f._, (bot.) sage.

=saugrenu=, =-e=, _adj._, absurd, ridiculous.

=saulaie=, _n.f._, willow-plantation _or_ grove.

=saule=, _n.m._, willow. _— pleureur_; weeping willow.

=saulée=, _n.f._, row _or_ avenue of willows.

=saumâtre=, _adj._, brackish, briny.

=saumon=, _n.m._, (ich.) salmon; (metal.) pig, brock; (nav.) kentledge. _— mariné_; pickled salmon. _— de fonte_; pig-iron.

=saumoné=, =-e=, _adj._, salmon. _Truite —e_; salmon-trout.

=saumoneau=, _n.m._, (ich.) young salmon, grilse.

=saumure=, _n.f._, brine, pickle.

=saumurer=, _v.a._, to brine, to pickle, to souse.

=saumurois=, _adj._, native of Saumur.

=saunage=, _n.m._, salt-trade; salt-making. _Faux-—_; (_n.p._) illicit salt-trade.

=sauner=, _v.n._, to make salt.

=saunerie= (sô-n-rî), _n.f._, salt-house; salt-works.

=saunier= _or_ =saulnier=, _n.m._, salt-maker. _Faux-—_, (_—-—s_) dealer in contraband salt.

=saunière=, _n.f._, salt-box.

=saupiquet=, _n.m._, (cook.) sharp sauce.

=saupoudrage=, _n.m._, salting, besprinkling.

=saupoudrer=, _v.a._, to powder; to sprinkle with salt, pepper, etc.; to strew; to sprinkle; (fig.) to intersperse, to interlard, to strew.

=saur=, _adj._, red (of herrings). [This word is an abbreviation of _saure_, which see below.]

=saure=, _adj._, yellowish brown; sorrel (of horses); red, smoked (of herrings). _Un hareng —_; a red herring. _Un cheval —_; a sorrel horse.

=saurer=, _v.a._, to smoke (herrings).

=sauret=, _adj._, (l.u.) red (of herrings).

=sauriens= (-īn), _n.m.pl._, saurians; lizards.

=saurin=, _n.m._, herring (just) smoked.

=saussaie=, _n.f._ _V._ =saulaie=.

=saut=, _n.m._, leap, jump, skip, bound; spring; waterfall; (man.) vault, leap. _Faire un —_; to take a leap. _— de carpe_ or _périlleux_; somerset, somersault. _— de Breton_; tripping up any one. _— de loup_; ha-ha; ditch. _Il s’élança tout d’un —_; he sprang forward at a bound. _Au — du lit_; on getting up, on getting out of bed. _De plein —_; at once; point blank. _Par —s et par bonds_; by fits and starts. _— de mouton_; (man.) goat-leap; (game) leap-frog.

=sautage=, _n.m._, exploding, blasting (mines).

=saute=, _n.f._, (nav.) sudden veering of the wind, chopping.

=sauté=, _n.m._, (cook.) stew.

=sauté=, =-e=, _adj._, (cook.) stewed.

=saute-en-barque=, _n.m._, boating-jacket.

=sautelle=, _n.f._, vine-shoot.

=sauter=, _v.n._, to leap, to leap off, to jump, to skip, to pass over, to overlook; to spring; (nav.) to veer, to shift, to chop round (of the wind); to blow up (to explode); to kick the bucket; to be discharged (of a person). _— en avant_; to leap forward. _— par-dessus une muraille_; to leap over a wall. _— de joie_; to jump, _or_ leap, for joy. _Faire — un bastion_; to blow up a bastion. _Faire — la banque_; to break the bank. _— au collet de quelqu’un_; to collar any one. _Cela saute aux yeux_; that is obvious, self-evident. _— aux nues_; to jump up to the ceiling. _Le vent saute_; (nav.) the wind is shifting, _or_ chopping, round. _— en l’air_; to bounce, _or_ jump, up. _— à bas du lit_; to jump out of bed. _Reculer pour mieux —_; to await a better opportunity. _— en selle_; to leap into the saddle.

=sauter=, _v.a._, to leap, to leap over; to overlook, to pass over; to leave out, to skip. _— un fossé_; to clear a ditch. _Il a sauté une phrase_; he has skipped a sentence. _— à pieds joints_; to jump close-feet _or_ close-legged.

=sautereau= (sô-trô), _n.m._, jack (of harpsichords).

=sauterelle= (sô-trèl), _n.f._, grasshopper, locust, gutter-skipper; (carp.) level (instrument).

=saute-ruisseau=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) (game) hop-scotch; errand-boy. _— de mer_; squilla (sort of shrimp).

=sauteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, leaper, jumper, tumbler, mountebank; (man.) vaulter; leaping-horse.

=sauteuse=, _n.f._, a kind of dance.

*=sautillant=, =-e=, _adj._, hopping, skipping; (fig.) jerky (of style).

*=sautillement=, _n.m._, hopping, skipping.

*=sautiller=, _v.n._, to hop, to skip, to jump about.

=sautoir= (sô-toar), _n.m._, Saint Andrew’s cross; scarf, watch-guard; (her.) saltier; (cook.) stew-pan; (horl.) jumper. _En —_; cross-wise, slung over the shoulder (of muskets); crossways; (her.) saltier-wise. _Porter son bagage en —_; to have one’s baggage slung over one’s shoulder.

=sauvage=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, savage; savage, wild, untamed; shy, timid; unsociable; uncivilized; rude, brutal, barbarous.

=sauvagement=, _adv._, wildly; savagely; fiercely.

=sauvageon= (-jon), _n.m._, (agri.) wild stock.

=sauvagerie= (sô-va-jrî), _n.f._, unsociableness; shyness, wildness.

=sauvagesse=, _n.f._, uncivilized woman; (fam.) a woman destitute of education and manners, a scold, a shrew.

=sauvagin=, _n.m._, taste, _or_ smell, of water-fowl.

=sauvagin=, =-e=, _adj._, fishy (in taste). _Sentir le —_; to taste fishy, to smell fishy.

=sauvagine=, _n.f._, wild water-fowl; odour of water-fowl; (com.) common unprepared skins _or_ furs.

=sauvegarde= (sôv-gard), _n.f._, safe-keeping, safeguard; shield, buckler, protection. _—s de beaupré_; (nav.) man-ropes of the bowsprit; rudder pendant.

=sauvegarder= (sôv-gardé), _v.a._, to protect, to safeguard.

=sauve-qui-peut=, _n.m._, (_—_) headlong flight, rout; stampede; panic.

=sauver=, _v.a._, to save, to deliver, to rescue; to keep, to be the salvation of; to economize; to ward off, to palliate; to conceal; to excuse, to vindicate. _Sauve qui peut_; save himself who can, every one for himself. _— les apparences_; to save appearances. _— les défauts d’un ouvrage_; to conceal the imperfections of a work. _— la vie à quelqu’un_; to save any one’s life.

_se_ =sauver=, _v.r._, to escape, to make good one’s escape, to run away; to abscond; to make off; to take refuge; to retrieve one’s self; to indemnify one’s self; to work out one’s salvation.

=sauvetage= (sôv-taj), _n.m._, (nav.) salvage, saving, rescue. _Canot de —_; life-boat. _Ceinture de —_; life-belt. _Bouée de —_; life-buoy. _Société de —_; life-boat institution. _Appareil_, or _sac_, _de —_; fire-escape.

=sauveteur= (sôv-teur), _n.m._, rescuer; life-preserver; fire-escape; salvor.

=sauvette=, _n.f._ duck-stone (game).

=sauveur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, saver, deliverer; Saviour, Redeemer; (Bib.) all-saving.

=sauve-vie=, _n.f._, (_—_) (bot.) wall-rue.

=savamment= (-va-mān), _adv._, learnedly, cleverly; knowingly, wittingly.

=savane=, _n.f._, savannah.

=savant=, =-e=, _adj._, learned, clever; masterly, able, skillful. _Une main —e_; a skillful hand. _Femme —e_; blue-stocking.

=savant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, scholar, learned person. _Les —s_; the literati, the learned.

=savantasse=, _n.m._, pedant. [Sometimes spelt _savantas_ in poetry.]

=savanterie=, _n.f._, pedantry.

=savantissime=, _adj._, most learned.

=savarin=, _n.m._, tipsy cake.

=savate=, _n.f._, old shoe; awkward, clumsy person; (nav.) shoes; slip-shoe; shoe down at the heel; (game) hunt the slipper; bungler. _Traîner la —_; to be as poor as Job; to shuffle along. _Tirer la —_; to fight with the feet.

=savaterie=, _n.f._, old-shoe trade _or_ market; old-shoe shop.

=saveter= (sav-té), _v.a._, to cobble; to bungle, to botch.

=savetier= (sav-tié), _n.m._, cobbler; bungler, botcher, duffer.

=saveur=, _n.f._, savor, flavor, relish; taste, zest.

=savoir= (sachant, su), _v.a._, to know, to have a knowledge of, to be aware of; to understand; to be sensible of; to be acquainted with. _Il n’en sait rien_; he knows nothing about it. _Puis-que vous en savez tant_; since you know so much (about it) _or_ since you are so well posted up (in the matter). _Faire —_; to notify, to acquaint, to let know, to inform. _Je ne sais_; I don’t know. _Je ne sais que faire_; I don’t know what to do. _Je suis tout je ne sais comment_; I am all out of sorts. _Pas que je sache_; not that I know, not to my knowledge. _Il sait son pain manger_; he knows what he is about. _— vivre_; to know how to behave, to be well-bred, to have breeding. _Il ne sait pas vivre_; he has no manners. _Il ne sait ni A ni B_; he is a regular dunce _or_ duffer. _En — plus d’une_; to know a trick or two. _En — gré à quelqu’un_; to be grateful, _or_ thankful, to any one (for). _En — trop long_; to know too much. _Je ne sais qu’en croire_; I know not what to think of it. _Je le sais de bonne part_; I have it from a good source. _Si l’on vient à — cela_; if that comes to be known. _Je ne saurais qu’y faire_; I cannot help it. _Je ne sais où j’en suis_; I do not know which way to turn, _or_ what I am about. _Autant que je sache_; to the best of my belief. _Que nous sachions_; as far as we know; as far as we recollect; as far as we can judge; as far as we are aware. _Un je ne sais quoi_; an indescribable something. [_Je ne sais quoi_ is the “indescribable” in French.] _Qui sait plus se tait_; (prov.) a still tongue shows a wise head.

=savoir=, _v.n._, to know, to be learned, to be a scholar, to be a person of learning. _—_, _à —_; viz., namely, that is to say, to wit; that remains to be known; perhaps.

_se_ =savoir=, _v.r._, to get _or_ become known, to know one’s self to be. _Tout se sait avec le temps_; everything becomes known in time.

=savoir=, _n.m._, knowledge, learning, scholarship, talents, skill.

=savoir-faire=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) management; tact, ability, skill; wits. _Il vit de son —_; he lives by his wits.

=savoir-vivre=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) good manners, good breeding.

=savoisien=, =-ne=, _adj._ and _n._, Savoyard; of, from, Savoy.

=savon=, _n.m._, soap; rebuke, scolding, blowing up, wigging; soaping. _Donner un — à quelqu’un_; to blow any one up, to give a wigging to. _— marbré_; mottled soap. _— parfumé_; scented soap. _— noir_; soft soap. _Eau de —_; soapsuds.

=savonnage=, _n.m._, soaping; washing with soap, soap-suds.

=savonner=, _v.a._, to soap; to wash with soap, to lather; (pop.) to rebuke, to scold, to blow up.

_se_ =savonner=, _v.r._, to bear washing, to wash (of fabrics). _Cette étoffe se savonne_; this material will wash, will bear washing.

=savonnerie= (-vo-n-rî), _n.f._, soap-house, soap-trade; soap-works.

=savonnette=, _n.f._, wash-ball; soap-ball.

=savonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, soapy.

=savonnier=, _n.m._, soap-boiler, soap-manufacturer; (bot.) soapberry-tree.

=savourement= (-voor-mān), _n.m._, savoring, tasting; (fig.) enjoyment.

=savourer=, _v.a._, to savor; to relish, to taste; (fig.) to enjoy, to delight in.

=savouret=, _n.m._, marrow-bone.

=savoureusement= (-reuz-mān), _adv._, with relish.

=savoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, savory, delicious.

=savoyard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Savoyard; native of Savoy; (fig.) ill-mannered, rude, unmannerly person. _V._ =savoisien=.

=saxatile=, _adj._, saxatile.

=saxifrage=, _adj._, saxifragous.

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

=saxon=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Saxon.

=saynète=, _n.f._, sainette (Spanish farce).

=sayon=, _n.m._, sayon, tunic.

=sbire=, _n.m._, sbirro, myrmidon.

=scabellon=, _n.m._, (arch.) socle, small pedestal.

=scabieuse=, _n.f._, (bot.) scabious.

=scabieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) scabious, scabby.

=scabreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, scabrous, rugged, rough; dangerous, difficult, slippery; delicate; ticklish.

=scabrosité=, _n.f._, (of plants) roughness; ruggedness.

=scalaire=, _n.f._, (moll.) wentletrap.

=scalde=, _n.m._, (antiq.) Scandinavian poet.

=scalène=, _adj._, (geom.) scalene, scalenous.

=scalpel=, _n.m._, scalpel.

=scalper=, _v.a._, to scalp. _S’entre —_; to scalp one another.

=scalpeur=, _n.m._, scalper.

=scammonée=, _n.f._, scammony.

=scandale=, _n.m._, scandal; offense; exposure; shame; dismay, horror. _Au grand — de tout le monde_; to every one’s horror. _Faire du —_; to make a scene.

=scandaleusement= (-leûz-mān), _adv._, scandalously.

=scandaleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, scandalous.

=scandaliser=, _v.a._, to scandalize, to shock.

_se_ =scandaliser=, _v.r._, to be scandalized, to be shocked, to take offense. _Il se scandalise de tout_; he takes offense at everything.

=scander=, _v.a._, to scan.

_se_ =scander=, _v.r._, to be scanned.

=scandinave=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, scandinavian.

=scansion=, _n.f._, scansion.

=scape=, _n.m._, (bot.) flower-supporting stem, scape.

=scaphandre=, _n.m._, cork-jacket (for swimming); diving apparatus.

=scaphandrier=, _n.m._, diver.

=scaphoïde=, _adj._, scaphoid.

=scapin=, _n.m._, knave, rogue, scamp. [The “knave” of Molière’s comedies.]

=scapolite=, _n.m._, (min.) scapolite.

=scapulaire=, _n.m._, scapular, scapulary; (surg.) shoulder-band.

=scapulaire=, _adj.f._, (anat., orni.) scapular.

=scarabée=, _n.m._, (ent.) scarabæus, beetle.

=scaramouche=, _n.m._, scaramouch.

=scare=, _n.m._, (ich.) scarus, parrot-fish.

=scarieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) scarious.

=scarificateur=, _n.m._, (surg.) scarificator; scarifier (instrument).

=scarification=, _n.f._, scarification.

=scarifier=, _v.a._, to scarify.

=scariole=, _n.f._ _V._ =escarole=.

=scarlatine=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, (med.) scarlatina; scarlet. _Fièvre —_; scarlet fever.

=sceau=, _n.m._, seal; impression of a seal; act of confirmation; sanction. _—x de l’Etat_; Seals of the State. _Petit —_; privy seal. _Garde des —x_; Keeper of the Seals. _— de Notre Dame_; (bot.) black briony. _Apposer son —_; to affix one’s seal. _Mettre le — à_; to seal; to complete, to put the finishing touch to. _Être marqué d’un —_; to be branded with. _Marqué au — du génie_; pregnant with genius (V. Hugo).

☉=scel=, _n.m._ _V._ =sceau=.

=scélérat=, =-e=, _adj._, flagitious, nefarious, villainous, infamous, vile.

=scélérat=, _n.m._, scoundrel, villain; wretch.

=scélératesse=, _n.f._, villainy, infamy, atrociousness, wickedness.

=scellé=, _n.m._, waxen stamp placed officially on locks, closets, etc.; seals. _Apposer les —s_; to affix the seals. _Lever les —s_; to take off the seals. _Bris de —_; unlawful breaking of the seals.

=scellement= (sèl-mān), _n.m._, sealing; fastening.

=sceller=, _v.a._, to put an official seal to, to seal, to seal up; to fix, to bind; to ratify, to confirm; to cement; to make fast; (mas.) to bed.

=scelleur=, _n.m._, sealer.

=scène=, _n.f._, scene; uproar, quarrel, row, scene; (thea.) stage, scenery. _La mise en — d’une pièce_; (thea.) the getting up _or_ staging of a piece. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to have a row with any one, to blow any one up. _Être en —_; (thea.) to be upon the stage.

=scénique=, _adj._, scenical, scenic.

=scénite=, _adj._, dwelling in tents.

=scénographie=, _n.f._, scenography.

=scénographique=, _adj._, scenographical.

=scénopégie=, _n.f._, the feast of tabernacles.

=scepticisme=, _n.m._, scepticism.

=sceptique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, sceptic, sceptical.

=sceptre= (sèp-tr), _n.m._, sceptre; sway, empire, dominion.

=schabraque= _or_ =chabraque= (sha-), _n.f._, shabrack.

=schah= (shâ), _n.m._, Shah (of Persia).

=schako= (sha-), _n.m._ _V._ =shako=.

=schall= (shâl), _n.m._ _V._ =châle=.

=scheik= (shèk), _n.m._ _V._ =cheik=.

=schelling= (shĕ-lin), _n.m._, (_—s_) shilling.

=schenante= (shĕ-), _n.m._, (bot.) lemon-grass.

=schène= (skè-n), _n.m._, (antiq.) scheme (Egyptian measure of length; about six miles and a half).

=schérif= (shé-), _n.m._ (_—s_). _V._ =chérif= and =shérif=.

=scherzo= (skèr-), _n.m._, (_scherzi_) (mus.) scherzo, (sportive piece in a symphony).

=schiite= (shi-it), _n.m._, shiite, schismatic Mahometan.

=schismatique= (shis-), _n.m._ and _adj._, schismatic; schismatical.

=schisme= (shism), _n.m._, schism.

=schiste= (shist), _n.m._, (min.) schist, slate.

=schisteu-x=, =-se= (shis-), _adj._, schistous.

=schlague= (shlag), _n.f._, (milit.) flogging.

=schlich= (shlik), _n.m._, (min.) slick.

=schlittage=, _n.m._, sledge (for felled trees).

=schlitte=, _n.f._, sledge (for felled trees) (in Erckmann-Chatrian).

=schlitteur=, _n.m._, sledger (of felled trees).

=schnapan= (shna-), _n.m._ _V._ =chenapan=.

=scholastique= (sko-). _V._ =scolastique=.

=scholie= (sko-). _V._ =scolie=.

=schooner= (shoo-nèr, skoonèr), _n.m._, (nav.) schooner.

=schorl= (shorl), _n.m._, (min.) schorl.

=sciage=, _n.m._, sawing.

=sciagraphie=, _n.f._ _V._ =sciographie=.

=sciant=, =-e=, _adj._, boring, annoying, bothering, tiresome, tedious.

=sciatérique=, _adj._, sciatheric.

=sciatique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (anat., med.) sciatica, hip gout; sciatical.

=scie=, _n.f._, saw; (ich.) saw-fish; (pop.) trouble, bore (tiresome thing). _— à main_; handsaw. _— à découper_; fret-saw. _Quelle —!_ (fig.) what a bore! _— de scieur de long_; pit-saw.

=sciemment= (si-a-mān), _adv._, wittingly, knowingly.

=science=, _n.f._, knowledge, science, learning. _Posséder une — à fond_; to be thoroughly master of a science. _S’adonner aux —s_; to devote one’s self to the study of sciences. _La — infuse_; intuition. _De — certaine_; for a positive fact.

=scientifique=, _adj._, scientific.

=scientifiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, scientifically.

=scier=, _v.a._, to saw; to reap, to cut down. _— le dos à quelqu’un_; (pop.) to bore any one.

_se_ =scier=, _v.r._, to saw, to be cut with a saw.

=scier=, _v.n._, to saw; (nav.) to back water. _— à culer_; (nav.) to put astern, to back water.

=scierie= (sî-rî), _n.f._, saw-mill.

=scieur=, _n.m._, sawyer; reaper. _Fosse de — de long_; saw-pit.

=scille=, _n.f._, (bot.) squill.

=scillitique=, _adj._, (pharm.) of squill.

=scindé=, =-e=, _adj._, divided; (of books) in parts.

=scinder=, _v.a._, to divide. _Se —_; to be divided.

=scinque=, _n.m._, (erpelotogy) skink.

=scintillant=, =-e= (-til-lān, -t), _adj._, scintillant.

=scintillation= (-til-la-), _n.f._, scintillation.

=scintillement= (sin-til-mān), _n.m._, scintillation, sparkling, twinkling.

=scintiller= (-til-lé), _v.n._, to scintillate, to sparkle, to twinkle.

=sciographie=, _n.f._, (arch.) sciagraphy, sciography.

=sciographique=, _adj._, (arch.) sciagraphical, sciographical.

=scion=, _n.m._, (bot.) scion, shoot.

=scioptique=, _adj._, (opt.) scioptic.

=scirpe=, _n.m._, (bot.) club-rush.

=scissile=, _adj._, scissible.

=scission=, _n.f._, scission, split, secession; division (of opinions); defection, separation. _Faire —_; to secede.

=scissionnaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, seceder; seceding.

=scissure=, _n.f._, (anat.) fissure; crack, cleft.

=sciure=, _n.f._, saw-dust, saw-powder.

=sclarée=, _n.f._, (bot.) clary.

=sclérophtalmie=, _n.f._, (med.) ophthalmy (inflammation of the conjunctiva).

=sclérotique=, _n.f._, (anat.) sclerotic.

=scolaire=, _adj._, scholar, academic; (of schools). _Année —_; academic year (October to August in France).

=scolarité=, _n.f._, course of study; curriculum.

=scolastique=, _adj._, scholastical; academic; of schools.

=scolastique=, _n.m._, scholastic, school-man.

=scolastique=, _n.f._, scholasticism.

=scolastiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, scholastically.

=scoliaste=, _n.m._, scholiast.

=scolie=, _n.f._, scholium; (Grec. antiq.) table-song.

=scolie=, _n.m._, (geom.) scholium.

=scolopendre=, _n.f._, (bot.) hart’s-tongue; (ent.) scolopendra, centiped.

=scombre=, _n.m._, (ich.) scomber.

=scorbut=, _n.m._, scurvy.

=scorbutique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, scorbutic.

=scordium= (-diom), _n.m._, (bot.) water-germander.

=scorie=, _n.f._, (metal.) scoria, dross.

=scorification=, _n.f._, (metal.) scorification.

=scorificatoire=, _n.m._, scorifier.

=scorifier=, _v.a._, to scorify.

=scorpioide=, _n.f._, (bot.) scorpion’s-tail.

=scorpiojelle=, _n.f._, scorpion oil.

=scorpion=, _n.m._, (astron.) Scorpion; (ent.) scorpion.

=scorpione=, _n.f._, (bot.) scorpion-grass, scorpion’s-tail.

=scorpiure=, _n.f._, (bot.) caterpillar.

=scorsonère=, _n.f._, (bot.) viper’s-grass.

=scotie= (-tî), _n.f._, (arch.) scotia; casement.

=scribe=, _n.m._, scribe, writer.

=scripteur=, _n.m._, writer of the pope’s bulls.

=scrofulaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) figwort.

=scrofules=, _n.f.pl._, scrofula, king’s evil.

=scrofuleu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, scrofulous person; scrofulous.

=scrotocèle=, _n.f._, (surg.) scrotocele.

=scrotum= (-tom), _n.m._, (_—_) (anat.) scrotum.

=scrupule=, _n.m._, scruple; qualm; scrupulousness; scruple (weight). _Avoir des —s_; to be scrupulous. _Lever des —s_; to remove scruples. _Je m’en ferais —_; I would hesitate to do it.

=scrupuleusement= (-leûz-mān), _adv._, scrupulously, strictly, exactly.

=scrupuleu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, over-nice, over-scrupulous person; scrupulous, strict, nice, rigorous, precise.

=scrutat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, investigator, explorer, searcher, scrutinizer; (of a ballot) scrutineer; teller; investigating, searching, scrutinizing.

=scruter=, _v.a._, to scrutinize, to search closely, to investigate, to fathom; to look carefully into.

=scrutin=, _n.m._, ballot, balloting. _— de liste_; vote by ticket. _Dépouiller le —_; to count the votes. _Au —_, or _au — secret_; by ballot.

=scubac=, _n.m._ _V._ =usquebac=.

=sculptable= (skul-tabl), _adj._, to be sculptured; to be carved.

=sculpter= (skul-té), _v.a._, to sculpture, to carve.

=sculpteur= (skul-teur), _n.m._, sculptor, carver.

=sculptural= (skul-tu-), _adj._, sculptural.

=sculpture= (skul-tur), _n.f._, sculpture, carving; carved work.

=scutiforme=, _adj._, scutiform, shield-shaped.

=scylla=, _n.m._, Scylla. _V._ =charybde=.

=scytale=, _n.m._, a species of snake.

=scythe=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Scythian.

=se=, =s’=, _pron._, one’s self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; one another, each other. _Il — ruine_; he is ruining himself. _Ils s’aiment_; they love one another. _Cela — peut_; that may be. _Ils — connaissent_; they know each other. _Ils — parlent_; they speak to each other.

=séance=, _n.f._, seat (right of sitting); sitting (time of meeting of deliberative assemblies); meeting; sitting (for one’s portrait); recital; lecture. _Avoir —_; to have a seat. _Lever la —_; to close the meeting. _Faire une —_; to sit (at table, at play, etc.). _En —_; sitting, _— tenante_; there and then, forthwith.

=séant=, _part._, (jur.) sitting.

=séant=, _n.m._, sitting upright. _Être sur son —_, _se mettre sur son —_; to sit up in bed.

=séant=, =-e=, _adj._, fitting, seemly, becoming.

=seau=, _n.m._, pail, bucket. _Il pleut à —x_; it is raining in torrents.

=sébacé=, =-e=, _adj._, sebaceous.

=sébeste=, _n.m._, sebesten-plum.

=sébestier= (-tié), _n.m._, (bot.) sebesten-plum-tree.

=sébifère=, _adj._, (bot.) sebiferous (yielding tallow).

=sébile=, _n.f._, small wooden bowl (a receptacle for the powder used to dry ink).

=sec=, =sèche=, _adj._, dry, lean, spare; barren; plain; unadorned; cold, unfeeling, sharp; dissatisfied (of looks); (paint.) hard; dried (of fruit, flowers, leaves, fish, &c.); severe (of reprimands). _Des mains sèches_; lean hands. _Un homme —_; a spare, thin man. _Coup —_; sharp stroke. _Avoir le gosier —_; to be very dry. _Il a le pouls —_; his pulse is sharp. _Être à —_; to have no money. _Cœur —_; unfeeling heart. _Mine sèche_; dissatisfied look. _Perte sèche_; dead loss. _— comme un pendu_; as thin as a lath.

=sec=, _n.m._, dryness; fodder; dry weather. _A —_; dried up; (nav.) under bare poles; empty, low; drained, exhausted; (fig.) hard up. _À — sur le rivage_; (nav.) high and dry (of ships). _Mettre un étang à —_; to drain a pond; (fig.) to exhaust. _Vaisseau à —_; ship under bare poles.

=sec=, _adv._, dryly, sharply. _Boire —_; to drink hard. _Répondre —_; to answer sharply.

=sécable=, _adj._, divisible.

=sécant=, =-e=, _adj._, (geom.) secant.

=sécante=, _n.f._, (geom.) secant.

=sécateur=, _n.m._, (gard.) pruning-shears.

=sécéder=, _v.n._, to secede.

=sécession=, _n.f._, secession.

=sécessioniste=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, secessionist.

=séchage=, _n.m._, drying.

=sèche= _or_ =seiche=, _n.f._, cuttle-fish.

=séchée=, _n.f._, drying.

=sèchement= (sèsh-mān), _adv._, dryly; sharply; barrenly, without ornament, plainly.

=sécher=, _v.a._, to dry, to dry up, to cure.

_se_ =sécher=, _v.r._, to dry one’s self; to dry (of a thing).

=sécher=, _v.n._, to dry, to wither, to pine away. _Faire — du linge_; to spread out linen to dry. _— sur pied_; to pine away, to be extremely dejected.

=sécheresse= (sè-shrès), _n.f._, dryness; drought; sharpness, barrenness.

=sécherie= (sé-shrî), _n.f._, (manu.) drying-house.

=séchoir=, _n.m._, (manu.) drying-room; (tech.) dryer.

=second=, =-e= (sĕ-gōn, -d), _adv._, second; junior; inferior. _Eau —e_; (chem.) lye-water. _De —e main_; second-hand. _Sans —e_; matchless, peerless.

=second= (sĕ-gōn), _n.m._, second, assistant; second story, second floor, second class; fore cabin (in ships). _Il demeure au —_; he lives on the second floor. _En —_; second, second in command; in the second place; in a subordinate capacity; (nav.) mate. _En —e_; in the second class (rail.).

=secondaire= (se-gon-dèr), _adj._, secondary, accessory. _Enseignement —_; secondary _or_ higher education.

=secondairement= (se-gon-dèr-mān), _adv._, secondarily, accessorily.

=seconde= (se-gond), _n.f._, second (of time); second class (in schools); (mus.) second; (print.) revise, second proof.

=secondement= (se-gon-dmān), _adv._, secondly, in the second place.

=seconder= (se-gon-dé), _v.a._, to second, to assist; to favor, to back, to support; to promote, to forward.

=secondine= (se-gon-di-n), _n.f._, (bot.) secundine. _pl._, secundines, after-birth.

=sécot=, _adj._, lean, lanky, bony.

=secouement=, _n.m._ _V._ =secoûment=.

=secouer=, _v.a._, to shake, to shake off; to jolt, to toss; to discard, to rouse; to rate, to handle roughly. _— le tête_; to shake one’s head. _— les oreilles_; to demur, to say nay. _— le joug_; to shake off the yoke.

_se_ =secouer=, _v.r._, to shake one’s self; to take exercise; to move about; to exert one’s self.

=secoûment= _or_ =secouement=, _n.m._, shaking, jogging, jolting.

=secourable=, _adj._, helpful, helping, willing to help; relievable.

=secourir=, _v.a._, to succor, to assist, to relieve, to help, to aid; to rescue.

=secours=, _n.m._, help, relief, succor, assistance; aid; rescue. _Donner du —_; to render assistance. _Crier au —_; to cry out for help. _Au —!_ help! help! _— à domicile_; outdoor relief. _Société de — mutuels_; benefit society.

=secousse=, _n.f._, shake, shock; blow, concussion, toss, tossing, jerk; (fig.) agitation; check.

=secr-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, secret, private, hidden, undiscovered, reserved, silent. _Tenir —_; to keep secret. _Escalier —_ or _dérobé_; back-stairs, private staircase.

=secret=, _n.m._, secrecy, privacy, mystery; secret; solitary confinement; secret drawer, secret spring. _C’est mon —_; that is not a fair question. _Mettre un prisonnier au —_; to put a prisoner in solitary confinement. _En —_; secretly, privately, in private. _Sous le —_; in secrecy, under the seal of secrecy. _Le — de Polichinelle_; an open secret; no secret at all. _— de deux — de Dieu, — de trois — de tous_; no secret but between two.

=secrétaire=, _n.m._, secretary; escritoire; writing-table; (orni.) secretary-bird. _— d’ambassade_; secretary to an embassy. _— d’état_; secretary of state. _Sous — général_; under secretary (of state).

=secrétairerie= (-tèr-rî), _n.f._, secretary’s office.

=secrétariat=, _n.m._, secretaryship; secretary’s office.

=secrète=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) secret prayer.

=secrètement= (-krèt-mān), _adv._, secretly, privately, in secret, in private; inwardly.

=sécréter=, _v.a._, (physiology) to secrete.

=sécréteur=, _adj._, secretory.

=sécrétion=, _n.f._, (physiology) secretion.

=sécrétoire=, _adj._, secretory, secreting.

=sectaire=, _n.m.f._, sectarian.

=sectateur=, _n.m._, follower, votary.

=secte=, _n.f._, sect. _Faire —_; to form a sect. _Faire — à part_; to differ from most people, to form a separate body.

=secteur=, _n.m._, (geom.) sector.

=sectile=, _adj._, sectile.

=section=, _n.f._, section, division. _— de vote_; polling-station.

=sectionnement=, _n.m._, dividing into parts; division.

=sectionner=, _v.a._, to divide into parts; to divide.

=séculaire=, _adj._, secular, coming once in a century; centenarian; venerable; time-honored, ancient. _Un chêne —_; a venerable oak.

=sécularisation=, _n.f._, secularization.

=séculariser=, _v.a._, to secularize.

=sécularité=, _n.f._, secularity, secular jurisdiction.

=séculi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, secular, worldly. _Le bras —_; the secular power.

=séculier=, _n.m._, laic, layman.

=séculièrement= (-lièr-mān), _adv._, secularly.

=secundo= (se-gon-), _adv._, secondly.

=sécurité=, _n.f._, security, safety; confidence.

=sedan=, _n.m._, Sedan-cloth.

=sédanoise= _or_ =parisienne=, _n.f._, (print.) pearl.

=sédati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) sedative.

=sédatif=, _n.m._, sedative.

=sédentaire=, _adj._, sedentary, settled, stationary.

=sédiment=, _n.m._, sediment, grounds, dregs, lees.

=sédimentaire=, _adj._, sedimentary.

=séditieusement= (-si-eûz-mān), _adv._, seditiously.

=séditieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, seditious, mutinous, rebellious, riotous.

=séditieux=, _n.m._, rebel, mutineer.

=sédition=, _n.f._, sedition, mutiny, riot. _Faire une —_; to promote a sedition. _Eteindre une —_; to quash a sedition.

=séduct-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, seducer, enticer; seductive, enticing, fascinating; deluding.

=séduction=, _n.f._, seduction, enticement; allurement; bribing, subornation. _— de témoins_; bribing of witnesses. _La — des richesses_; the allurements of wealth.

=séduire= (séduisant, séduit), _v.a._, to seduce; to charm, to win over; to fascinate, to captivate; to delude, to beguile; to suborn, to bribe; to bewitch. _— des témoins_; to bribe witnesses.

=séduisant=, =-e=, _adj._, seductive, seducing; delusive, bewitching, fascinating, tempting. _Offres —es_; tempting offers.

=ségétal=, =-e=, _adj._, growing in cornfields.

=segment=, _n.m._, (geom.) segment.

=segmentaire=, _adj._, segmental.

=ségrairie=, _n.f._, woods held in common.

=ségrais=, _n.m._, detached wood.

=ségrégation=, _n.f._, segregation.

=ségrégativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, separately, segregatively.

=seiche=, _n.f._ _V._ =sèche=.

=séide=, _n.m._, fanatical partisan; assassin; blind supporter.

=seigle=, _n.m._, (bot.) rye. _— ergoté_; spurred rye. _Faux —_; rye-grass.

*=seigneur=, _n.m._, lord; the Lord, squire. _Petit —_; lordling. _— suzerain_; lord paramount. _Notre-—_; our Lord. _À tout — tout honneur_; honor to whom honor is due. _En grand —_; in grand style.

*=seigneuriage=, _n.m._, seigniorage (duty on coinage).

*=seigneurial=, =-e=, _adj._, seigniorial, manorial, lordly.

*=seigneurie=, _n.f._, seigniory, lordship; manor. _Votre —_; your lordship.

=seime=, _n.f._, (vet.) wire-heel.

=sein=, _n.m._, breast, bosom; heart (midst); middle; womb. _Au — de l’église_; in the bosom of the church. _Donner le — à un enfant_; to give a child the breast, to suckle.

=seine=, _n.f._, fish-net, seine. _Pêche à la —_; seine-fishing.

=seing= (sīn), _n.m._, sign manual, signature. _Blanc —_; signature in blank. _— privé_; private seal.

=seize=, _n.m._ and _adj._, sixteen, sixteenth.

=seizième=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, sixteenth.

=seizièmement=, _adv._, sixteenthly.

=séjour=, _n.m._, stay, abode, residence, sojourn; place, regions; continuance; dwelling, habitation; delay. _Permis de —_; permission to reside.

=séjourner=, _v.n._, to stay, to sojourn, to dwell, to make a stay, to tarry; to remain, to continue.

=sel=, _n.m._, salt; wit; point, humor. _— gris_; bay salt. _De bon —_; properly salted. _À la croque au —_; with salt only. _— gemme_; rock-salt. _— marin_; sea-salt. _Un miton de —_; a peck of salt. _Au gros —_; (fig.) coarse. _Beurre demi —_; salt-butter. _— Anglais_; Epsom salts. _— blanc_; table-salt. _Gros —_; coarse salt. _Couche de —_; bed of salt. _— attique_; Attic wit. _Ils ne mangeront pas un miton de — ensemble_; (prov.) they will soon be at sixes and sevens, _or_ will soon fall out.

=sélaciens=, _n.m.pl._, (ich.) cartilaginous fishes.

=sélam= _or_ =sélan=, _n.m._, (_—s_) emblematic nosegay (in the East).

=sélection=, _n.f._, selection.

=sélénieux=, _adj._, (chem.) selenious.

=sélénite=, _n.f._, (chem.) selenite.

=séléniteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, selenitic.

=sélénium= (-om), _n.m._, (chem.) selenium.

=sélénographie=, _n.f._, selenography.

=sélénographique=, _adj._, selenographical.

=sélin=, _n.m._, milk-parsley (bot.).

=sellage=, _n.m._, saddling.

=selle=, _n.f._, saddle; stool, motion of the bowels; water-closet; washing board. _— de femme_; side-saddle, lady’s saddle. _Cheval de —_; saddle-horse. _Aller à la —_; to go to the stool. _Être toujours en —_; never to be out of the saddle. _— à tous chevaux_; common saddle; commonplace discourse. _La première —_; the best horse in the stable. _— de calfat_; (nav.) calking-box.

=seller=, _v.a._, to saddle.

_se_ =seller=, _v.r._, (agri.) to harden (as land).

=sellerie= (sèl-rî), _n.f._, saddlery, saddle-room.

=sellette=, _n.f._, culprits’ seat; (fig.) stool of repentance; bed (of a carriage); shoe-black’s box; collar (of a plow); cradle (of painters); (nav.) calking-box. _Être sur la —_; to be at the bar (of criminals). _Mettre sur la —_; to haul over the coals. _Tenir sur la —_; to cross-question, to heckle, to pump (a person).

=sellier=, _n.m._, saddler.

=selon=, _prep._, according to, agreeably to, conformably to, pursuant to. _On l’a traité — son mérite_; he was treated according to his deserts. _— moi_; in my opinion. _C’est —_; that depends.

=selon que=, _conj._, as, according as.

*=semailles=, _n.f.pl._, sowing; seed; sowing-time.

=semaine=, _n.f._, week; week’s work; week’s wages; week’s money; week’s pocket-money; week’s allowance. _À la —_; by the week. _Prêter à la petite —_; to lend money (for a short time) at high interest. _— sainte_; Holy Week. _— grasse_; shrove-tide. _Par —_; a week. _La — prochaine_; next week. _La — des quatre jeudis_; when two Sundays come together (_i.e._ never). _Être de —_; to be on duty (for the week).

=semainier=, _n.m._, officer, monk, _or_ actor, on duty (for the week); case of seven razors; letter-rack; bangle.

=semainière=, _n.f._, nun, _or_ actress, on duty (for the week).

=sémaphore=, _n.m._, semaphore, signal-post.

=semaque=, _n.f._, fishing-boat, fishing-smack.

=semblable=, _adj._, like, alike, not unlike, similar, such. _— à un torrent_; like a torrent.

=semblable=, _n.m._, like; fellow, match, equal; fellow-creature, fellow-man.

=semblablement=, _adv._, likewise, too, also, in like manner.

☉=semblance=, _n.f._, resemblance, semblance, look, likeness.

=semblant=, _n.m._, appearance, semblance, seeming, air, look; pretense, show, sham. _Faux —_; false pretense. _Faire —_; to feign, to pretend, to dissemble, to seem, to appear as if. _Il fait — de ne pas le voir_; he pretends not to see it. _Ne faire — de rien_; to appear to take no notice (of); to feign ignorance (of). _Sans faire — de rien_; looking as if nothing was the matter.

=sembler=, _v.n._, to seem, to appear. _Cela me semble ainsi_; it appears so to me. _Il semble_; it seems, it appears, it would appear. _Il me semble que je le vois_; I think, _or_ I fancy, I see him. _Il lui semble que_; he fancies that. _Que vous en semble?_ what do you think of it? _Il lui semble que cela n’est rien_; he thinks it is nothing. _Si bon lui semble_; if he thinks fit. _C’est ce qui me semble_; precisely as I thought. _Il semble que ce soit_; it seems that it is. _Il me semble que c’est_; it seems to me that it is.

=semé=, =-e=, _part._, sowed, sown; strewn (with); interspersed (with); (her.) aspersed. _— d’étoiles_; bespangled with stars. _— de fleurs_; strewn with flowers.

=séméiologie=, _n.f._, semeiology.

=séméiotique=, _n.f._, semeiotics.

=semelle=, _n.f._, sole (of boots, shoes); foot (of stockings); length of a foot; (carp.) sleeper; dormant-tree; shoe (of an anchor). _— simple_; single sole. _Battre la —_; to pad the hoof, to tramp; to warm one’s feet, _or_ trudge about. _Reculer d’une —_; to give way a foot. _Ne pas rompre d’une —_; not to draw back a step; not to give way an inch. _Rompre la —_; (fencing) to retire in parrying. _— de dérive_; (nav.) lee-board.

=semence=, _n.f._, seed; seeds; saving; fine sprigs (small nails, tin tacks); (fig.) cause. _— de perles_; seed-pearl. _— d’un procès_; cause of a lawsuit. _— de diamant_; diamond-sparks.

=semencine=, _n.f._, (pharm.) one of the three kinds of wormwood.

=semen-contra= (sé-mè-n-), _n.m._, (_n.p._) (pharm.) semen-contra, worm-seed.

=semé=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, sown, strewn, interspersed.

=semer=, _v.a._, to sow, to scatter; to spread; to strew, to sprinkle, to disseminate. _— du blé_; to sow wheat. _— de l’argent_; to scatter money. _— la discorde_; to sow discord. _— la terreur_; to spread terror. _— des fleurs_; to strew flowers. _Il faut — pour recueillir_; one must sow first to reap afterwards. _Se —_; to be sowed.

=semestre= (-mès-), _n.m._, half-year; six months; half-year’s duty, half-year’s income; (milit.) six months’ furlough. _Entrer en —_; to enter upon a six months’ duty. _Congé de —_; six months’ furlough. _Par —_; half-yearly.

=semestriel=, =-le= (-mès-), _adj._, half-yearly.

=semestrier=, (-mès-), _n.m._, (milit.) soldier absent on a six months’ furlough.

=semeur=, _n.m._, seedsman, sower; disseminator, spreader.

=semi=, _adj. invariable_, semi, demi, half.

=semi-arien=, =-ne=, _adj._ and _n._, (_—-—s_) Semi-Arian.

=semi-circulaire=, _adj._, semicircular.

=semi-double=, _adj._, semi-double.

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

=semi-hebdomadaire=, _adj._, semi-weekly.

=semillance=, _n.f._, sprightliness, liveliness.

*=sémillant=, =-e=, _adj._, brisk, lively, frisky, sprightly.

=sémiller=, _v.n._, to be sprightly _or_ lively; to be brisk.

=semi-lunaire=, _adj._, semi-lunar.

=semi-mensuel=, =-le=, _adj._, fortnightly.

=séminaire=, _n.m._, seminary, clerical college; school.

=séminal=, =-e=, _adj._, seminal.

=séminariste=, _n.m._, seminarist.

=sémination=, _n.f._, semination.

=semi-périodique=, _adj._, semi-periodic.

=semi-preuve=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) imperfect proof, beginning of a proof.

=semis=, _n.m._, seed-plot, seedling.

=sémitique=, _adj._, Semitic.

=semi-ton=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (mus.) semitone.

=semoir=, _n.m._, (agri.) seed-lip; drill-machine, corn-drill.

=semonce=, _n.f._, rebuke, reprimand, lecture; call, summons.

=semoncer=, _v.a._, to reprimand, to lecture, to summon, to call.

=semoule=, _n.f._, semolina.

=semper-virens= (sin-pèr-vi-rīns), _n.m._, _adj._, (_—_) (bot.) coral honeysuckle; evergreen.

=sempiternel=, =-le= (sin-), _adj._, sempiternal, everlasting.

=sénat=, _n.m._, senate; senate-house.

=sénateur=, _n.m._, senator.

=sénatorerie=, _n.f._, senatorship.

=sénatorial=, =-e=, _adj._, senatorial.

=sénatorien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, senatorial, senatorian.

=sénatrice=, _n.f._, senator’s lady.

=sénatus-consulte= (-tus-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) senatus-consultum; decree (of a senator).

=senau=, _n.m._, (nav.) snow (sort of vessel). _Voile de —_; try-sail.

=séné=, _n.m._, senna.

=sénéchal=, _n.m._, seneschal. _Grand —_; high seneschal.

=sénéchale=, _n.f._, seneschal’s wife.

=sénéchaussée=, _n.f._, seneschal’s jurisdiction; seneschal’s court.

=seneçon= (sè-n-son), _n.m._, (bot.) groundsel.

=senegrain=, =senègre=, _or_ =senegré=, _n.m._, (bot.) fenugreek.

=senelle=, _n.f._ _V._ =cenelle=.

=sénestre=, _adj._, ☉left; (her.) sinister.

=sénevé= (sé-n-vé), _n.m._, (bot.) charlock, black mustard.

☉=sénieur=, _n.m._, senior.

=sénile=, _adj._, senile, old.

=sénilité=, _n.f._, senility, old age.

=senne=, _n.f._ _V._ =seine=.

=sens= (sānss), _n.m._, sense, senses, feelings, passions; understanding, judgment; intellect; reason, intelligence; opinion, sentiment; wits, reason, judgment; meaning, import; way, direction. _Reprendre ses —_; to come to one’s senses, to come to. _Bon —_; good sense. _— commun_; common-sense. _— propre_; proper meaning. _— figuré_; figurative sense. _— intime_; consciousness. _À double —_; with double meaning. _A mon —_; in my opinion. _Dans tous les —_; in all directions, to and fro. _En tous —_; in every direction. _N’avoir pas le — commun_; to be preposterous, absurd. _Tomber sous le —_; to be obvious, self-evident. _À contre —_; wrong way, in a wrong sense. _— devant derrière_; hind part foremost; wrong side first. _Ce mot a deux —_; that word has two meanings. _Il abonde en son —_; he is wedded to his opinion. _J’abonde dans votre —_; I am of your opinion. _— dessus dessous_; upside down, topsy-turvy. _Être dans son bon —_; to be in one’s right senses. _Mettre quelqu’un hors de son bon —_; to drive any one out of his senses. _En — inverse_; in a contrary direction.

=sensation=, _n.f._, sensation, feeling. _Faire —_; to cause a sensation. _À —_; sensational.

=sensé=, =-e=, _adj._, sensible, intelligent, reasonable.

=sensément=, _adv._, sensibly, judiciously.

=sensibilité=, _n.f._, sensibility, sensitiveness, feeling, delicacy; tenderness, soreness; tender-heartedness.

=sensible=, _adj._, sensible; perceptible, obvious, palpable, evident; feeling, sensitive; visible (horizon); tender, sore (of flesh). _Il se montra — à ma douleur_; he seemed moved by my sorrow. _C’est son endroit —_; that’s his sensitive part. _Note —_; (mus.) leading note.

=sensible=, _n.f._, (mus.) leading note.

=sensiblement=, _adv._, sensibly, feelingly, keenly; vividly, deeply, obviously, perceptibly, greatly, visibly, considerably, much.

=sensiblerie=, _n.f._, sentimentality.

=sensiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, sensitive.

=sensitive=, _n.f._, (bot.) sensitive plant.

=sensorial=, _adj._, (physiol.) sensorial.

=sensorium= (-om), _n.m._, sensorium.

=sensualisme=, _n.m._, sensualism.

=sensualiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, sensualist; sensual.

=sensualité=, _n.f._, sensuality.

=sensuel=, =-le=, _n._ and _adj._, sensualist; sensual, voluptuous.

=sensuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, sensually.

☉=sente=, _n.f._ _V._ =sentier=.

=sentence=, _n.f._, sentence; maxim; judgment; decree, decision, verdict.

☉=sentencié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, convict.

☉=sentencier=, _v.a._, (criminal law) to condemn, to pass sentence, to sentence.

=sentencieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, sententiously.

=sentencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sententious.

=sentène=, _n.f._, thread of a skein. _V._ =centaine=.

=senteur=, _n.f._, scent, fragrance, perfume, odor, smell. _Pois de —_; sweet pea.

=senti=, =-e=, _part._ and _adj._, felt, experienced, perceived. _Bien —_, _vivement —_; heartfelt, deeply felt; (fig.) expressive, impressive, well expressed.

=sentier= (-tié), _n.m._, path, foot-path, pathway, by-way; lane, track; balk (in a plowed field). _— battu_; beaten track.

=sentiment=, _n.m._, feeling, sensation; sentiment; perception; sense, consciousness, sensibility; opinion. _Avoir le — de_; to be conscious of. _Juger par —_; to judge from feeling. _— d’amour_; feeling of love. _Selon mon —_; in my opinion. _Faire des —_; to be sentimental.

=sentimental=, =-e=, _adj._, sentimental.

=sentimentalement=, _adv._, sentimentally.

=sentimentalité=, _n.f._, sentimentality.

=sentine=, _n.f._, (nav.) well-room (of a ship); (fig.) sink of vice.

=sentinelle=, _n.f._, sentinel, sentry. _— perdue_; forlorn sentinel. _Faire —_; to keep sentry, to mount guard, to be on the watch.