Chapter M (23)

=tenu=, =-e=, _part._, held, kept; bound, obliged; reputed, considered. _Je ne suis pas — à cela_; I am not bound to that. _À l’impossible nul n’est —_; there’s no flying without wings.

=ténu=, =-e=, _adj._, tenuous, thin, spare.

=tenue=, _n.f._, holding (of assemblies); session; attitude (of a person); dress; deportment, carriage, bearing, address; appearance; steadiness (of troops); keeping (of books); (mus.) holding-note; (nav.) anchor-hold; holding (of the pen); steadiness (of a thing). _Tout d’une —_; contiguous (of lands). _Grande —_; (milit.) full dress. _Petite —_; (milit.) undress. _— des livres_; book-keeping.

=ténuirostres=, _n.m.pl._, (orni.) tenuirostres.

=ténuité=, _n.f._, tenuity, thinness, spareness.

=tenure=, _n.f._, tenure.

=téorbe=, _n.m._, (mus.) theorbo, archlute.

=tépide=, _adj._, (l.u.). _V._ =tiède=.

=tépidité=, _n.f._, (l.u.). _V._ =tiédeur=.

=ter= (tèr), _adv._, third; (mus.) three times; (of houses) B.

=tératologie=, _n.f._, (physiology) teratology.

=tercer= _or_ =terser= (tèr-), _v.a._, to give a third dressing to.

=tercet= (tèr-sè), _n.m._, tiercet (poet.).

=térébenthine=, _n.f._, turpentine.

=térébinthe=, _n.m._, (bot.) turpentine-tree.

=térébrant=, _adj._, (med.) keen, lancinating pain; (mol.) terebrating.

=térébrants=, _n.m.pl._, (ent.) terebrantia.

=térébration=, _n.f._, terebration, boring.

=tergiversation=, _n.f._, tergiversation, shift, evasion, shuffling.

=tergiverser=, _v.n._, to tergiversate, to shift, to practise evasion, to shuffle.

=terme= (tèrm), _n.m._, term; termination; bound, end, limit, post; time; quarter’s-rent, quarter-day; boundary; word, expression. _pl._, state, condition, terms. _Toucher au —_; to draw near the term, the close. _Payer son —_; to pay one’s rent. _Qui a — ne doit rien_; no one is obliged to pay before a debt is due. _Le — vaut l’argent_; time is money. _Ménager ses —s_; to modify one’s expressions. _À long —_; (com.) of bills long-dated. _À court —_; short-dated. _Avant —_; prematurely, before one’s time.

=termès=, _n.m._ _V._ =termite=.

=terminaison=, _n.f._, termination, end, ending.

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

=terminati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) terminational.

=terminer= (tèr-), _v.a._, to terminate, to end, to bound, to limit, to put an end to, to conclude, to bring to a close, to settle.

_se_ =terminer=, _v.r._, to end, to come to an end, to terminate, to be bounded; to conclude, to be brought to a conclusion, to be settled.

=terminologie=, _n.f._, terminology.

=termite= _or_ =termès=, _n.m._, (ent.) white ant; termes. _pl._, termites.

=ternaire= (tèr-nèr), _adj._, tenary.

=terne= (tèr-n), _adj._, tarnished, dull, dim; wan, tame, spiritless.

=terne= (tèr-n), _n.m._, two threes (at dice); trey (in a lottery).

=terné=, =-e= (tèr-), _adj._, (bot.) ternate.

=ternir=, _v.a._, to tarnish, to dull; to deaden; to sully; to stain. _— des couleurs_; to deaden the colors. _— sa gloire_; to tarnish one’s glory.

_se_ =ternir=, _v.r._, to tarnish, to grow dull, to be sullied; to fade (of colors).

=ternissure=, _n.f._, tarnishing, dullness, fading, blemish, stain.

=terrage=, _n.m._, claying (of sugar).

=terrain=, _n.m._, ground; soil, earth, land; ground-plot; piece of ground, field, course. _Gagner du —_; to gain ground. _Tâter le —_; (fig.) to feel one’s way. _Être sur son —_; to be in one’s element. _Sur le —_; on the field. _Aller sur le —_; to fight a duel. _Céder le —_; to yield, to give way. _Disputer le —_; to stand one’s ground, to dispute every inch of the ground. _Le — des courses_; the race course, the course. _Ménager le —_; (fig.) to act cautiously.

=terral=, _n.m._, (nav.) wind coming from land.

=terraqué=, =-e= (-ké), _adj._, terraqueous.

=terrasse=, _n.f._, terrace; flat roof, balcony, earthwork; (paint.) foreground.

=terrassement= (-ras-mān), _n.m._, earthwork, embankment, ballasting, banking.

=terrasser=, _v.a._, to fill in with earth-work; to embank; to throw on the ground; to fell, to throw down; to knock down; to confound, to dismay, to throw into consternation, to nonplus, to beat.

=terrasseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, earthy (of marble).

=terrassier=, _n.m._, digger, excavator, navvy.

=terre=, _n.f._, earth, land, ground, soil, mold; dominion, territory, grounds, estate, property, homestead; world; land, shore. _Cultiver la —_; to till the ground. _— ferme_; dry-land, _terra firma_, main land, continent. _Se coucher à —_; to lie flat on the ground. _Jeter un homme à —_; to throw a man on the ground. _Hautes —s_; highlands. _Basses —s_; lowlands. _— à foulon_ or _— à dégraisser_; fuller’s earth. _— à potier_; potter’s earth. _Vaisselle de —_; earthenware. _Mettre pied à —_; to alight. _Mettre à —_; to put down; (nav.) to land. _Perdre —_; to lose sight of land; to get out of one’s depth (in swimming). _Aller à —_; to be prosy, to grovel; (man.) to passage low; (nav.) to sail along the coast. _— franche_; vegetable mold. _— sainte_; consecrated ground; holy land. _Pipe de_, or _en_, _—_; clay pipe. _— à porcelaine_; china clay. _— glaise_; clay. _Par —_; on the ground, on the floor; by land. _À —_; on the ground, on the floor. _Tomber par —_, _tomber à —_; to fall down. _Aller par —_; to go by land. _Qui — a, guerre a_; much coin, much care. _Mettre en —_; to bury. _Ventre à —_; at full gallop. _Vivre sur ses —s_; to live on one’s property. _Vivre de ses —s_; to live on the income of one’s property. _— à —_, _adj._, commonplace; vulgar, low, prosy.

=terreau=, _n.m._, (gard.) vegetable mold; mold, compost.

=terre d’ombre=, _n.f._ _V._ =ombre=.

=terre-mérite=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) turmeric (in powder).

=terre-neuve=, _n.m._, (_—_) Newfoundland dog.

=terre-neuvier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) banker; Newfoundland fisherman, _or_ (of a ship) trader; Newfoundland dog.

=terre-noix=, _n.f._, (_—_) (bot.), pig-nut, earth-nut, ground-nut.

=terre-plein=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) terre-plein; platform.

=terrer=, _v.a._, (gard.) to renew the mold of; to spread mold over; to burrow; to clay (sugar), to fuller’s earth (cloth, etc.).

_se_ =terrer=, _v.r._, to earth one’s self, to burrow.

=terrer=, _v.n._, to burrow.

=terrestre=, _adj._, terrestrial, earthly.

=terrette=, _n.f._, ground-ivy.

=terreur= (tèr-reur), _n.f._, terror, trepidation, awe, dread. _Temps de la —_; (French hist.) Reign of Terror.

=terreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, terreous, earthy; dirty; dull (of colors); cadaverous (of the countenance).

=terrible= (tèr-ribl), _adj._, terrible, dreadful, awful; unmanageable (of children).

=terriblement= (tèr-ri-), _adv._, terribly, dreadfully, awfully; with a vengeance.

=terrien= (tè-ri-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (tè-ri-èn), _n.f._, landholder.

=terrier= (tè-rié), _n.m._, terrier (hole); burrow, hole; terrier (dog). _— griffin_; Scotch terrier.

=terrier= (tè-rié), _adj.m._, only used in the expression, _Papier —_; court-roll, terrier.

=terrifier= (tèr-ri-), _v.a._, to terrify, to dismay.

=terrine= (tè-ri-n), _n.f._, earthen pan; dish. _En —_; potted.

=terrinée= (tè-ri-), _n.f._, panful.

=terrir= (tè-rir), _v.n._, to lay eggs in earth or sand (of the tortoise); (nav.) to approach land.

=territoire= (tè-ri-toar), _n.m._, territory; jurisdiction.

=territorial=, =-e= (tè-ri-), _adj._, territorial.

=terroir= (tè-roar), _n.m._, soil, ground. _Goût de —_; raciness (of style).

=terroriser= (tèr-ro-), _v.a._, to govern by terror, to terrorize.

=terrorisme= (tèr-ro-), _n.m._, terrorism.

=terroriste= (tèr-ro-), _n.m._, terrorist.

=terser= (tèr-), _v.a._ _V._ =tercer=.

=tertiaire= (tèr-siè-r), _adj._, (geol., med.) tertiary.

=tertio= (tèr-siô), _adv._, thirdly.

=tertre= (tèr-), _n.m._, hillock, rising ground, knoll, ridge, mound. _— funéraire_; grave; moldering heap (Gray).

=tes= (tè), _possessive adj._ _pl._, thy. _V._ =ton=.

=tesson= (tè-) _or_ =têt= (tè), _n.m._, potsherd, fragment of broken glass.

=test= (tèst), _n.m._, (English hist.) test.

=test= (tèst) _or_ =têt= (tè), _n.m._, (zöol.) shell.

=testacé= (tès-), _n.m._, shelled animal, testacean.

=testacé=, =-e= (tès-), _adj._, testaceous.

=testament= (tès-), _n.m._, Testament; testament, will, last will and testament. _Ancien —_; Old Testament. _Nouveau —_; New Testament.

=testamentaire= (tès-), _adj._, testamentary.

☉=testat= (tès-tat), _adj._, testate.

=testat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (tès-), testator, testatrix.

=tester= (tès-), _v.n._, to make one’s will. _Mourir sans —_; to die intestate.

=testicule= (tès-), _n.m._, testicle.

=testif= (tès-), _n.m._, camel’s hair.

=testimonial=, =-e= (tès-), _adj._, testifying, of testimony, by witness.

☉=teston= (tès-), _n.m._, (old coin) testoon.

☉=testonner= (tès-), _v.a._, to dress the hair.

=têt= (tè) _or_ =test= (tèst), _n.m._, (chem., metal.) test, cupel, potsherd, broken glass, etc.

=tétanique=, _adj._, (med.) tetanic.

=tétanos= (-nos), _n.m._, (med.) tetanus; lock-jaw.

=têtard=, _n.m._, tadpole; pole-socket (of carriages); (ich.) bull-head, miller’s thumb.

=tétasses= (tè-), _n.f.pl._, (triv.) flabby hanging-down breasts.

=tête=, _n.f._, head, head-piece; brains, sense, judgment; presence of mind, self-possession; hair, head of hair; horns (of stags); front, head (of a bridge); top (of things); (milit.) van, vanguard; court-card (of playing cards); (bot.) capitulum; header (swimming). _— à perruque_; wig-block, barber’s block; (fig.) blockhead, old fogy. _— de Méduse_; Medusa’s head; (fig.) anything producing terror, anything horrible. _Mal de —_; headache. _Signe de —_; nod. _La — en avant_; head foremost. _— ou pile_; head or tails. _— de colonne_; foremost body. _— de ligne_; starting point, terminus, port of departure. _Payer tant par —_; to pay so much a head, a piece. _Aller la — levée_; to carry one’s head high. _Donner — baissée contre_; to run full butt at. _Donner de la — contre un mur_; to hit one’s head against a stone wall. _Se monter la —_; to get excited over anything. _Avoir mauvaise — mais bon cœur_; to be quick-tempered, but kind-hearted. _Avoir la — fêlée_; to be crack-brained. _Avoir des affaires par-dessus la —_; to be over head and ears in business, in work. _Avoir de la —_; to have presence of mind, to be resolute. _Ce sont deux —s dans un bonnet_; they are hand and glove together. _Crier à tue —_; to bawl out loud, to shout at the top of one’s voice. _— baissée_; headlong. _— pelée_, _— chauve_; bald head. _Cela lui met martel en —_; that worries him to death. _La — me fend_; my head is ready to split. _La — me tourne_; I feel giddy. _En avoir pardessus la —_; to be sick and tired of anything, to be over head and ears in. _Avoir la — près du bonnet_; to be passionate, hot-headed. _La — lui a tourné_; he has lost his senses. _Il ne sait où donner de la —_; he does not know which way to turn. _Autant de —s, autant d’opinions_; so many men, so many minds. _Il y va de votre —_; your life is at stake. _Vous en répondrez sur votre —_; your head will answer for it. _Il est homme de —_; he has a good head, he is a man of resource. _Il a la — dure_; he is dull of understanding. _C’est une mauvaise —_; he is an obstinate fellow. _Avoir une chose en —_; to have a thing in one’s head, to be bent upon a thing. _Perdre la —_; to lose one’s head, to lose one’s self-possession; to lose one’s wits. _Agir de —_; to act with prudence. _Faire à sa —_; to have one’s own way, to follow one’s own bent. _Avoir la — chaude_; to be hot-headed. _Tenir — à quelqu’un_; to cope with any one. _Tourner la — à quelqu’un_; to turn any one’s head, brain. _De la — aux pieds_; from head to foot; from top to toe. _Faire un signe de —_; to nod. _— de mort_; death’s head. _En —_; in one’s head; in front, ahead. _— d’âne_; (ich.) miller’s thumb, bull-head.

=tête-à-tête=, _n.m._, (_—_) tête-à-tête, private interview _or_ conversation. _En —_; face to face, in private, by ourselves, etc.; (furniture) settee, ottoman.

=têteau=, _n.m._, end of a branch.

=tête-bêche=, _adj._, top against bottom.

=tête-bleu!= _int._, zounds!

=tête-dieu!= _int._, zounds!

=teter= (té-) _or_ =téter=, _v.a._, to suck (milk).

=teter= (té-) _or_ =téter=, _v.n._, to suck. _Donner à — à_; to give suck to, to suckle.

=têtière= (-ti-è-r), _n.f._, infant’s cap; antimacassar; head-stall (of a bridle).

=tétin= (té-), _n.m._, nipple, teat.

=tétine= (té-), _n.f._, (cook.) udder; dent (on a cuirass).

=téton= (té-), _n.m._, teat, breast (of a woman). _Bouton du —_; nipple.

=tétonnière= (té-), _n.f._, breast-band; (l.ex.) full-breasted woman.

=tétra=, a prefix from Gr. τετρα.

=tétracorde=, _n.m._, tetrachord.

=tétradrachme=, _n.m._ and _f._, (antiq.) tetradrachm.

=tétradynamie=, _n.f._, (bot.) tetradynamia.

=tétraèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) tetrahedron.

=tétragone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (geom.) tetragon; tetragonal.

=tétralogie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) tetralogy.

=tétramètre=, _n.m._, tetrameter.

=tétrandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) tetrandria.

=tétrapétalé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) tetrapetalous.

=tétraphylle=, _adj._, (bot.) tetraphyllous.

=tétrarcat= _or_ =tétrarchat=, _n.m._, tetrarchate.

=tétrarchie=, _n.f._, tetrarchy.

=tétrarque=, _n.m._, tetrarch.

=tétras= (-trâs), _n.m._, (orni.) grouse, capercailzie.

=tétrastyle=, _n.m._, (arch.) tetrastyle.

=tétrasyllabe=, _n.m._, (gram.) tetrasyllable.

=tette= (têt), _n.f._, teat, dug (of animals).

=tette-chèvre= (tèt-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (orni.) goat-sucker, fern-owl.

=têtu=, =-e=, _adj._, headstrong, willful, stubborn, obstinate.

=têtu=, _n.m._, (tech.) granite hammer.

=teutonique=, _adj._, Teutonic.

=texte= (tèkst), _n.m._, text, theme, matter, subject, point; (jur.) purview; passage (of Scripture). _Petit —_; (print.) brevier. _Gros —_; (print.) two-line brevier. _Revenir à son —_; to return to the point. _Restituer un —_; to restore a text. _Livre de —_; text-book.

=textile= (tèks-til), _n.m._ and _adj._, textile material; textile.

=textuaire= (tèks-tu-è-r), _n.m._, text. _adj._, textuary.

=textuel=, =-le= (tèks-tu-èl), _adj._, textual, word for word.

=textuellement= (tèks-tu-èl-mān), _adv._, textually, word for word, verbatim.

=texture= (tèks-tur), _n.f._, weaving, texture; connection.

=thalame=, _n.m._, (bot.) thalamus.

=thaler= (-lèr), _n.m._, dollar (German coin).

=thallium=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (chem.) thallium.

=thalweg=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (geog.) thalweg; middle line of a river.

=thane=, _n.m._, thane (Saxon _or_ Danish baron).

=thapsie=, _n.f._, (bot.) deadly carrot.

=thaumaturge=, _n.m._ and _adj._, thaumaturge; thaumaturgical.

=thaumaturgie=, _n.f._, thaumaturgy.

=thé=, _n.m._, tea; tea-party; (bot.) tea-tree. _Boîte à —_; tea-caddy, tea-canister. _Cabaret à —_, _service à —_; set of tea-things, tea-service.

=théatin=, _n.m._, theatine (monk _or_ nun).

=théâtral=, =-e=, _adj._, theatrical.

=théâtralement=, _adv._, theatrically.

=théâtre=, _n.m._, theater, playhouse; stage; plays (collection); theater (scene, place of action); scene, field, seat. _Monter sur le —_; to appear upon the stage, to act, to tread the boards. _Changement de —_; change of scenery. _Coup de —_; unexpected event, striking event; (fam.) claptrap. _— de la guerre_; seat of war. _— de Corneille_; Corneille’s plays. _Roi de —_; mere shadow of a king. _Accommoder un sujet au —_; to adapt anything for the stage.

=thébaïde=, _n.f._, Egyptian desert; (fig.) a desert, lonely solitude.

=thébain=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Theban.

=théière=, _n.f._, tea-pot.

=théiforme=, _adj._, theiform (infusions).

=théisme=, _n.m._, theism.

=théiste=, _n.m._, theist.

=theifuse=, _n.f._, river-crab.

=thème=, _n.m._, topic, subject, theme; (mus.) theme; (astrol.) scheme; composition, exercise (in schools).

=thémis=, _n.f._, Themis, (poet. st.e.) justice.

=théocratie= (-ci), _n.f._, theocracy.

=théocratique=, _adj._, theocratic, theocratical.

=théocratiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, theocratically.

=théodicée=, _n.f._, theodicy.

=théodolite=, _n.m._, (math.) theodolite.

=théodosien=, _adj._, Theodosian.

=théogonie=, _n.f._, theogony.

=théogonique=, _adj._, relating to theogony.

=théologal=, _n.m._, lecturer on divinity.

=théologal=, =-e=, _adj._, theological, divine.

=théologale=, _n.f._, lectureship on divinity.

=théologie=, _n.f._, theology, divinity. _Docteur en —_; doctor of divinity.

=théologien= (-ji-in), _n.m._, theologian, divine.

=théologique=, _adj._, theological.

=théologiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, theologically.

=théorbe=, _n.m._ _V._ =téorbe=.

=théorème=, _n.m._, theorem.

=théoricien= (-sī-in), _n.m._, theorist.

=théorie=, _n.f._, theory; speculation. _Faire des —s_; to speculate, to theorize.

=théorique=, _adj._, theoretical.

=théoriquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, theoretically.

=théoriser=, _v.a._, to theorize.

=théoriste=, _n.m._, theorist.

=théosophe=, _n.m._, theosophist.

=théosophie=, _n.f._, theosophy.

=thérapeutes=, _n.m.pl._, (religious order) Therapeutics.

=thérapeutique=, _adj._, therapeutical.

=thérapeutique=, _n.f._, (med.) therapeutics.

=thériacal=, =-e=, _adj._, (pharm.) theriac, theriacal.

=thériaque=, _n.f._, (pharm.) theriac.

=thermal=, =-e= (tèr-), _adj._, thermal. _Eaux —es_; hot mineral waters, hot springs.

=thermes= (tèrm), _n.m.pl._, thermal baths; (antiq.) thermæ.

=thermidor= (tèr-), _n.m._, Thermidor, eleventh month of the calendar of the first French republic, from July 19th to August 17th.

=thermidorien=, =-ne= (tèr-), _n._ and _adj._, Thermidorian.

=thermo-manomètre= (tèr-), _n.m._, (of steam-engines) thermometer-gauge.

=thermomètre= (tèr-), _n.m._, thermometer.

=thermométrique= (tèr-), _adj._, thermometric.

=thermoscope= (tèr-), _n.m._, (phys.) thermoscope.

=thermostat= (tèr-), _n.m._, (phys.) thermostat.

=thésauriser=, _v.n._, to treasure up, to hoard up, to heap up treasure.

=thésauriseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hoarder.

=thèse=, _n.f._, thesis, theme; disputation, argument, discussion; the printed sheet containing the thesis. _Vous sortez de la —_; you are wandering from the question. _Soutenir — pour quel-qu’un_; to side with any one, to stand up for any one. _Il voulut soutenir sa —_; he resolved to maintain his point. _Cela change la —_; that alters the matter. _En — générale_; as a rule.

=thessalonicien=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Thessalonian.

=théurgie=, _n.f._, theurgy.

=théurgique=, _adj._, theurgic, theurgical.

=thibaude=, _n.f._, hair-cloth, cow-hair cloth, coarse drugget.

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

=thon=, _n.m._, (ich.) tunny, tunny-fish.

=thoracique= _or_ ☉=thorachique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) pectoral; thoracic. _Canal —_; thoracic duct.

=thorax= (-raks), _n.m._, (anat.) thorax, chest.

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

=thrombus= (-bus), _n.m._, (surg.) thrombus.

=thuia=, _n.m._, (bot.) thuja, arbor vitæ.

=thuriféraire=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) censer-bearer.

=thurifère=, _n.m._, (bot.) thuriferous.

=thuya=, _n.m._ _V._ =thuia=.

=thyade=, _n.f._, (antiq.) Bacchante.

=thym= (tin), _n.m._, (bot.) thyme.

=thymus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (anat.) thymus.

=thyroïde=, _adj._, (anat.) thyroid.

=thyrse=, _n.m._, (antiq.) thyrsus; (bot.) thyrsus.

=tiare= (tiar), _n.f._, tiara.

=tibia=, _n.m._, (anat.) tibia, shin, shin-bone.

=tibial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) tibial.

=tibio-tarsien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) tibio-tarsal.

=tic=, _n.m._, knack, ugly knack, bad habit; (vet.) crib-biting; bad habits of cattle; (med.) tic. _— douloureux_; tic douloureux, facial neuralgia.

=tic tac=, _n.m._, ticktack; tick, ticking, click.

=tiède=, _adj._, lukewarm, tepid; mild, soft, cool; (fig.) indifferent.

=tièdement= (tièd-mān), _adv._, coldly, with indifference; lukewarmly.

=tiédeur=, _n.f._, lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness; (fig.) coldness, indifference.

=tiédir=, _v.n._, to cool, to grow lukewarm, to become lukewarm; to grow cool, to become cool.

=tien=, =-ne= (ti-in, -è-n), _pron._, thine, yours.

=tien=, _n.m._, thine, thy own, yours, your own. _Les —s_; thy people, thy relations and friends.

=tiens=, _n.m._, only used in the expression _Un — vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras_; (prov.) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

=tiens!= _or_ =tenez!= _int._, expressing astonishment, _or_ to call the attention of the hearer; look! look here! look there! hold! now then! there!

=tierce= (tièrs), _n.f._, third (of time); (mus.) third, tierce; tierce (at cards); (fenc.) tiers; (print.) press-revise. _— majeure_; (mus.) major third; tierce major (at cards). _— mineure_; (mus.) minor third.

=tiercelet= (tièr-slè), _n.m._, (hawking) tercel, tiercel, tiercelet, tarsel.

=tiercement= (tièrs-mān), _n.m._, (thea.) increase of a third (in prices); ☉(jur.) outbidding by one third a price offered.

=tiercer= (tièrsé), _v.a._ and _n._, (thea.) to raise prices one third; ☉(jur.) to outbid by one third a price offered; (agri.) to plow a third time. _V._ =tercer=.

=tierceron= (tièr-), _n.m._, (arch.) tierceron.

=tierçon= (tièr-), _n.m._, a measure, tierce (of a cask).

=tier-s=, =-ce= (tièr, tièrs), _adj._, third, of a third person, third party. _Le — état_; the people, the commons. _Fièvre —ce_; tertian ague. _— porteur_, _— détenteur_; third party _or_ hand. _— parti_; third party.

=tiers=, _n.m._, third, third person; third part. _Le — et le quart_; everybody, all the world.

=tiers-point=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) tierce-point; (tech.) saw-file.

=tige=, _n.f._, trunk, stem, body; stalk, leg (of a boot); shank (of a candlestick); stock, head (of a family); shank (of an anchor); straw (of corn); tail (of a valve); (tech.) rod. _— de communication_; connecting rod. _— graduée_; index rod. _Arbres à haute —_; tall trees. _Arbres à basse —_; dwarf trees.

=tigette=, _n.f._, (arch.) honeysuckle ornament (at the springing of a volute).

*=tignasse=, _n.f._, (fam., pop.), mop, shock (of hair); old wig.

*=tignon=, _n.m._ _V._ =chignon=.

*=tignonner=, _v.a._, to curl the hair behind the head (of women).

*_se_ =tignonner=, _v.r._, to seize each other by the hair (behind), to pull caps, to have a set-to.

=tigre=, _n.m._, (mam.) tiger; (ich.) square fish; (conch.) tiger-shell; groom; (ent.) tiger-beetle.

=tigre=, _adj._, spotted (like a tiger).

=tigré=, =-e=, _adj._, spotted, speckled.

=tigrer=, _v.a._, to spot, to speckle.

=tigresse=, _n.f._, (mam.) tigress.

=tilbury=, _n.m._, tilbury, gig, two-wheeled cart.

=tiliacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) tiliaceæ.

*=tillac=, _n.m._, (nav.) deck, poop. _Franc —_; main deck. _Faux —_; orlop deck.

*=tillage= _or_ =teillage=, _n.m._, (agri.) stripping, scutching (hemp).

*=tille= _or_ =teille=, _n.f._, bast of the lime-tree; cabin, cuddy (of an undecked vessel); ax-hammer; hemp-harl.

*=tiller= _or_ =teiller=, _v.a._, (agri.) to peel, to strip, to scutch (hemp).

*=tilleul=, _n.m._, (bot.) linden-tree, lime-tree.

*=tilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, _or_ =teilleu-r=, =-se=, (agri.) stripper, scutcher (of hemp).

=timbale=, _n.f._, kettle-drum; (mus.) timbal; cup (of metal); battledore; (cook.) mold.

=timbalier=, _n.m._, kettle-drummer.

=timbrage=, _n.m._, stamping (of government paper).

=timbre=, _n.m._, bell, clock-bell; office-bell, call-bell; ring, sound (of a bell); thrill, tone, voice; stamp (on paper); (her.) helmet; (horl.) bell; (post-office) post-mark; head, brains. _— de la voix_; tone of the voice. _— acquit_, _quittance_; receipt-stamp. _Droit de —_; stamp duty. _Sa voix a un — argentin_; he has a silver-toned voice. _Il a le — fêlé_; he is crack-brained, cracked.

=timbré=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, stamped. _Papier —_; stamped paper, summons, writ. _Esprit_, _cerveau —_; crack-brained person. _Il est —_; he is cracked.

=timbre-poste=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) postage-stamp.

=timbrer=, _v.a._, to stamp (paper, parchment); (her.) to crest.

=timbreur=, _n.m._, stamper.

=timide=, _adj._, timid, bashful, timorous, shy.

=timidement= (-mid-mān), _adv._, timidly, bashfully; timorously; shyly.

=timidité=, _n.f._, timidity, timorousness, nervousness, shyness, bashfulness.

=timon=, _n.m._, pole (of a coach); beam (of a plow); (nav.) helm, tiller (of a rudder); (fig.) helm, direction, government; (tech.) draught-bar. _Tenir le —_; to be at the helm.

=timonerie= (-mo-n-rî), _n.f._, (nav.) steerage.

=timonier=, _n.m._, wheeler, wheel-horse; (nav.) steersman, helmsman.

=timoré=, =-e=, _adj._, timorous, fearful, scrupulous.

=tin=, _n.m._, (nav.) block of wood; (tech.) cask-stand.

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

=tinctorial=, =-e=, _adj._, tinctorial.

=tine=, _n.f._, tub, water-cask, firkin.

=tinet=, _n.m._, gambrel (of horses); bent stick (for suspending carcases).

=tinette=, _n.f._, half tub, kit, firkin (of butter).

=tintamarre=, _n.m._, hubbub, uproar, clatter, hurly-burly, din, racket.

=tintement= (tīnt-mān), _n.m._, ringing sound, tinkling; tingling; toll, tolling, jingling, jingle. _— funèbre_; funeral toll, knell. _— d’oreilles_; tingling, _or_ ringing, in the ears.

=tintenague= (tīnt-nag), _n.f._ _V._ =toutenague=.

=tinter=, _v.a._, to toll, to ring, to ring for; (nav.) to put upon the stocks, to set on blocks, to prop, to support.

=tinter=, _v.n._, to toll, to ring; to tinkle, to jingle; to tingle. _Les oreilles me tintent_; my ears tingle.

=tintin=, _n.m._, jingling, tinkling (of bells, glasses).

=tintouin=, _n.m._, tingling (in one’s ear); noise, hubbub; anxiety, uneasiness, trouble. _Avoir du —_; to be upon thorns, to be in trouble.

=tique=, _n.f._, (ent.) tick. _— ricin_; wood-tick, dog-tick.

=tiquer=, _v.n._, (of horses) to be vicious.

=tiqueté=, =-e= (tik-té), _adj._, variegated, speckled, spotted.

=tiqueture=, _n.f._, spottedness, spots, speckles; variegation.

=tiqueu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, crib-biting (of horses). _n.m._, crib-biter.

=tir=, _n.m._, shooting, firing, fire; shooting-gallery, shooting-ground. _— en écharpe_; flank-fire, rifle-range, range. _— à la cible_; target-firing. _Chasse au —_; (hunt.) shooting. _Justesse du —_; trueness of the aim. _Avoir un — infaillible_; to have au unerring aim, to be a deadly shot.

=tirade=, _n.f._, tirade; (mus., thea.) tirade; passage (of prose _or_ verse). _Tout d’une —_; all in one speech _or_ breath, _or_ at one stretch.

=tirage=, _n.m._, draught; towing (of boats); towing-path; drawing (of a lottery); (print.) working, working off, pulling, printing; winding-off (of silk); (fig.) difficulty, obstacle. _— au sort_; drawing lots, balloting. _Le — d’une cheminée_; the draught of a chimney.

*=tiraillement=, _n.m._, plucking, pulling, hauling about; twitching, twinge, pain; (fig.) anxiety; jarring, jar, disagreement. _— d’estomac_; pain in the stomach, griping.

*=tirailler=, _v.a._, to pull, to haul about, to tug, to twitch; to tease, to plague, to bother, to pester.

*_se_ =tirailler=, _v.r._, to pull one another about.

*=tirailler=, _v.n._, to shoot wildly; to bang away; (milit.) to skirmish.

*=tiraillerie=, _n.f._, (milit.) desultory, wild, aimless firing.

*=tirailleur=, _n.m._, (milit.) sharpshooter; skirmisher.

=tirant=, _n.m._, string (of purses); boot-strap; cramp, cramp-iron; (carp.) collar; iron bar, bolt, holdfast; (cook.) white leather; string of parchment; brace (of a drum); ship’s gauge, ship’s draught. _— d’eau_; (nav.) gauge, sea-gauge, ship’s draught.

=tirasse=, _n.f._, (hunt.) draw-net.

=tirasser=, _v.a._ and _n._, (hunt.) to catch with a draw-net; to set a draw-net.

=tire=, _n.f._, tug, pull; quick jerk of the wing. _Tout d’une —_; at a stretch. _Voleur à la —_; pickpocket. _Vol à la —_; pocket-picking.

=tiré=, =-e=, _adj._, drawn.

=tiré=, _n.m._, (hunt.) shooting; (com.) drawee (of bills).

=tire-balle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) bullet-forceps; (milit.) ramrod-screw.

=tire-botte=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) boot-hook; boot-jack.

=tire-bouchon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) cork-screw; ringlet (of hair).

=tire-bouchonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (of hair) in ringlets.

=tire-bourre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) worm-screw (to unload a gun).

=tire-bouton=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) button-hook.

=tire-clou=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) nail-drawer; (tech.) claw-hammer; slater’s hammer.

_à_ =tire-d’aile=, _adv._, with a quick jerk of the wings; at a single flight; with outstretched wings, darting through the air. _Voler à —_; to fly as fast as its wings can carry it; at full speed.

=tire-étoupe=, _n.m._, (_—_) (tech.) worm.

=tire-feu=, _n.m._, (artil.) lanyard.

=tire-fond=, _n.m._, (_—_) turrel elevator.

_à_ =tire-larigot=, _adv._, only used in _Boire à —_; to drink hard, to drink like a fish.

*=tire-ligne=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) drawing-pen.

=tirelire=, _n.f._, money-box.

☉=tirelire=, _n.m._, song, carol (of the lark).

☉=tirelirer=, _v.n._, to sing like a lark.

=tire-moelle=, _n.m._, (_—_) marrow-spoon.

=tire-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) shoemaker’s stirrup.

=tire-plomb=, _n.m._, (_—_) glazier’s vice.

=tire-point= _or_ =tire-pointe=, _n.m._, (_—_) pricker (used in stitching).

=tirer=, _v.a._, to draw, to pull, to give a pull; to take, to take out, to pull out; to get, to extract, to collect; to fire, to shoot, to fire at, to shoot at; to trace, to delineate; to receive, to reap, to recover; to extricate, to free from; to relieve; to conclude, to infer, to deduce; to draw on, to put on, to draw up; to draw down; (print.) to work, to work off, to pull, to print, to pull off; to approach, to border, to verge (on); (nav.) to draw; to tighten (a rope); to tap (liquors); to stretch (linen); to cast (a nativity); to draw (a bill); to take out (a tooth); to let (blood). _— en arrière_; to pull back. _— de l’eau_; to draw water. _— dedans_; to pull in. _— en haut_; to pull up. _— en bas_; to pull down. _— les oreilles à quelqu’un_; to pull any one’s ears. _— la langue_; to put out one’s tongue. _Faire — l’épée à quelqu’un_; to make any one draw his sword. _Se faire — l’oreille_; to require (much) pressing. _— ses bottes_; to pull off one’s boots. _— de l’argent de sa poche_; to pull money out of one’s pocket. _— pied ou aile d’une chose_; to reap some benefit (from a thing) by hook or by crook. _Il tire beaucoup de la cour_; he gets a great deal by the court. _— parti de_; to make the best of, to turn to account. _— satisfaction d’une injure_; to obtain satisfaction for an injury. _— vengeance_; to be revenged. _— vanité_, or _gloire_, _d’une chose_; to glory in, to be proud of, to boast of, to take a pride in. _— avantage d’une chose_; to derive advantage from anything. _— la racine carrée_, _la racine cubique d’un nombre_; to extract the square, the cubic root of a number. _— le suc des herbes_; to extract the juice of herbs. _— une conséquence_; to draw an inference. _— une corde_; to tighten a cord. _— quelqu’un à quatre chevaux_; to draw and quarter any one, to tear any one to pieces. _— ses chausses_, _— ses guêtres_; (fam., pop.) to cut one’s sticks, to scamper off. _— une vache_; to milk a cow. _— les rideaux_; to open the curtains; to close, to pull the curtains to. _— l’or_; to wire-draw gold. _— les cartes_; to tell fortunes. _— d’erreur_; to undeceive. _— une affaire en longueur_; to protract, to delay, to put off anything. _— une allée au cordeau_; to make a walk in a straight line. _— en cire_; to reproduce in wax. _— des estampes_; to pull prints. _— un fusil_; to shoot a gun. _— un coup de canon_; to fire a gun. _— des fusées_; to let off rockets. _— un oiseau_; to shoot at a bird. _— une estocade_; (fenc.) to make a pass. _— le diable par la queue_; to lead a struggling existence. _— les vers du nez à quelqu’un_; to pump any one. _Tirez le rideau, la farce est jouée_; ring down the curtain, the play is over (Rabelais).

_se_ =tirer=, _v.r._, to extricate one’s self; to get out to, to get through; to recover (from illness). _Se — d’affaire sain et sauf_; to escape safe and sound, to get off scot free. _Se — d’un puits_; to get out of any difficulty. _Je me ferais — à quatre avant de parler_; wild horses would not make me speak. _Se — d’affaire_; to get out of (a scrape, a difficulty). _S’en —_; to pull through, to manage it.

=tirer=, _v.n._, to draw; to go, to make for; to shoot; to tend, to border, to verge; to fire. _— sur_; to incline to, to border, to verge on. _Cette pierre tire sur le vert_; that stone is greenish. _— à sa fin_; to be closing in (of day); (fig.) to be on one’s last legs. _Bon à —_; order for press; ready for press, passed for press.

=tire-racine=, _n.m._, (_—_) stump-forceps (of a dentist).

=tiret=, _n.m._, slip of parchment; hyphen.

=tiretaine= (tir-tè-n), _n.f._, linsey-woolsey. _V._ =breluche=.

=tire-tête=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) craniotomy forceps.

=tireu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who draws, drawer; marksman, shot (pers.); rifleman, sharpshooter; drawer (of a bill of exchange). _— d’or_; gold wire-drawer. ☉_— d’armes_; fencing-master. _— se de cartes_; fortune-teller. _C’est un bon —_; he is a good shot.

*=tire-veille=, _n.f._, (_—_) (nav.) ladder-rope; manrope. _— de l’échelle hors le bord_; manropes of the sides. _— de cabestan_; swifter.

=tiroir=, _n.m._, drawer (of a table, etc.); (milit.) middle rank; (tech.) slide, slide-box. _Pièce à —_; (thea.) comedy of episodes.

=tironien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (antiq.) Tironian. _Abréviation —ne_; Tironian note.

=tisane=, _n.f._, (med.) diet-drink, infusion, decoction (of herbs). _— de champagne_; light champagne (for invalids).

=tisard=, _n.m._, door (of an oven).

=tiser=, _v.a._, to stoke.

=tison=, _n.m._, brand, fire-brand.

=tisonné=, _adj.m._, only used in _Gris —_; (of horses) marked with black spots.

=tisonner=, _v.n._, to stir, _or_ to poke, the fire.

=tisonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, person fond of poking the fire.

=tisonnier=, _n.m._, poker; blacksmith’s poker.

=tissage=, _n.m._, weaving, plaiting; texture.

=tisser=, _v.a._, to weave, to plait; to contrive.

=tisserand= (tis-rān), _n.m._, weaver.

=tisseranderie= (tis-ran-drî), _n.f._, weaver’s business.

=tissu=, =-e=, _past part._ (of ☉_tistre_), woven, spun, made up. _Des jours —s d’or et de soie_; happy, halcyon days.

=tissu=, _n.m._, texture, textile fabric, contexture; tissue. _— de mensonges_; tissue of lies. _— d’argent_; silver tissue. _— d’or_; golden tissue. _— métallique_; gauze wire, gauze wire-work. _— réticulaire_; (anat.) reticular body.

=tissure=, _n.f._, tissue, texture, web, weaving, contexture.

=tissuterie=, _n.f._, ribbon-weaving.

=tissutier= (-tié), _n.m._, weaver (of silk textures).

☉=tistre=, _v.a._, to weave.

=titan=, _n.m._, (myth.) Titan.

=titane=, _n.m._, _or_ =titanium= (-om), _n.m._, (chem.) titanium.

=titanique=, =titanesque=, _adj._, titanic.

=tithymale=, _n.m._, (bot.) tithymal.

=titi=, _n.m._, gay apprentice, roystering blade; mummer (at carnivals).

=titillant=, =-e= (til-lān, -t), _adj._, titillating; tickling.

=titillation= (-til-la-), _n.f._, titillation, tickling; slight agitation.

=titiller= (-til-lé), _v.n._ and _a._, to titillate, to tickle.

=titre=, _n.m._, title, style, title-page; capacity, claim, reason, cause; respect, way, right; standard (of coin); (jur.) title, title-deed, deed, indenture. _Faux —_; false title; falsehood, sham; (print.) half-title. _Donner un — à_; to entitle to. _À — de_; by right of, in virtue of. _À bon —_, _à juste —_; deservedly, justly. _À — gratuit_; gratuitously. _En —_; at the head of, on the title _or_ title page; chief, titular, acknowledged. _À plus d’un —_; for more reasons than one, on more grounds than one. _Se donner le — de_; to style one’s self.

=titré=, =-e=, _adj._, titled; conferring a title (of estates).

=titrer=, _v.a._, to give a title to.

=titrier=, _n.m._, forger of titles _or_ deeds (l.u.); curator of deeds (in monasteries).

=titubant=, =-e=, _adj._, staggering.

=titubation=, _n.f._, titubation, reeling, staggering.

=tituber=, _v.n._, to stagger, to reel.

=titulaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, titular, titulary, incumbent, head, chief.

=toast= _or_ =toste= (tost), _n.m._, toast, health. _Porter_, _donner_, _un —_; to toast, to give _or_ propose a toast.

=toaster= (tos-té), _v.a._ _V._ =toster=.

=toc!= _int._ and _n.m._, rap, knock (at a door); sham, _or_ imitation, jewelry; paste; brummagem goods.

=tocane=, _n.f._, unpressed wine.

=tocante=, _n.f._, (pop.) ticker, watch.

=tocsin=, _n.m._, tocsin, alarm-bell; (fig.) hue and cry.

=todier=, _n.m._, (orni.) tody.

=toge=, _n.f._, (Rom. antiq.) toga, robe, gown.

=tohu-bohu=, _n.m._, (_—_) (from Hebrew) chaos; jumble, medley; (fig.) confusion, uproar, disorder, hurly-burly, hubbub.

=toi=, _pron._, thee, thyself, thou, you, yourself.

=toile=, _n.f._, cloth, linen cloth; (thea.) curtain; canvas (for painting); canvas, sail; (paint.) painting, picture, piece; web (of a spider). _pl._ (hunt.) toils. _— à sac_; sack-cloth. _— écrue_; brown holland. _— ouvrée_; huckaback. _— d’emballage_; pack-cloth. _— grasse_; tarpaulin. _— vernie_; oil-skin. _— peinte_; printed calico, print. _— pour chemises_; shirting. _— pour draps de lit_; sheeting. _—s de sabords_; port-sails. _— de dunette_; canvas-covering for the poop. _— d’or_; gold cloth. _— cirée_; oil-cloth. _— d’araignée_; cob-web. _Blanchisseur de —s_; bleacher. _Marchand de —s_; linendraper. _— de Pénélope_; Penelope’s web. _La — est levée_; (thea.) the curtain is up. _La — tombe_; (thea.) the curtain falls. _Derrière la —_; (thea.) behind the curtain.

=toilerie= (toal-rî), _n.f._, linen-cloth trade, linen drapery.

=toilette=, _n.f._, toilet; attire, dress; dressing-table, toilet-table, wash-stand; trimming (of horses). _Revendeuse à la —_; wardrobe purchaser (of left-off wearing apparel). _Grande —_; full dress. _Cabinet de —_; dressing-closet, dressing-room. _Il_, or _elle_, _fait sa —_; or _il_, or _elle_, _est à sa —_; he, _or_ she, is dressing.

=toili-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, dealer in linen; linen-cloth maker, cotton-cloth maker.

=toise=, _n.f._, toise (6·39459 feet); fathom. _On ne mesure pas les hommes à la —_; men ought not to be judged by their size. _Mesurer les autres à sa —_; to measure others by one’s own standard.

=toisé=, _n.m._, measuring; (math.) mensuration.

=toiser=, _v.a._, to measure; to survey, to examine; to eye from head to foot, to look down upon; to settle, to conclude. _— un soldat_; to take the height of a soldier. _— quelqu’un_; to look any one up and down, _or_ to look down on any one. _Cela est toisé_; (pop.) that is done for.

=toiseur=, _n.m._, measurer, surveyor.

=toison=, _n.f._, fleece; (pop.) thick head of hair. _— d’or_; golden fleece. _L’ordre de la — d’or_; the Order of the Golden Fleece.

=toit=, _n.m._, roof, house-top; top (of a mine); dwelling, home. _— à cochons_; pig-sty. _— à deux croupes_; (arch.) compass roof, span roof. _Dire_, or _crier_, _quelque chose sur les —s_; to proclaim anything from the housetop. _Habiter sous les —s_; to live in a garret, _or_ an attic. _Commencer une maison par le —_; (fig.) to begin at the wrong end.

=toiture=, _n.f._, roofing, roof.

=tokai= _or_ =tokay=, _n.m._, Tokay wine.

=tôle=, _n.f._, sheet-iron; (metal.) plate-iron. _— ondulée_; corrugated iron.

=tolérable=, _adj._, tolerable, bearable, supportable; middling, passable.

=tolérablement=, _adv._, tolerably, supportably; passably, middlingly.

=tolérance=, _n.f._, tolerance, toleration, endurance, forbearance, indulgence; (jur.) sufferance; (coin.) deduction, allowance. _Maison de —_; house of ill-fame.

=tolérant=, =-e=, _adj._, tolerant.

=tolérantisme=, _n.m._, (theol.) system of toleration.

=tolérer=, _v.a._, to tolerate, to suffer, to allow, to endure, to bear, to allow of; to wink at. _Je ne puis — cet homme_; I cannot bear, endure, that man. _Se —_; to tolerate one’s self, to be tolerated.

=tôlerie= (tôl-rî), _n.f._, sheet-iron manufactory; (metal.) flatting-mills; sheet-iron goods.

=tolet=, _n.m._, (nav.) thole.

=toletière= (tol-tièr), _n.f._, (nav.) rowlock.

=tôlier=, _n.m._, work in sheet-iron; manufacturer of sheet-iron.

=tollé=, _n.m._, hue and cry. _Crier — sur quelqu’un_; to raise a hue and cry against any one.

=tomahawk=, _n.m._, tomahawk.

=tomaison=, _n.f._, numbering (into volumes); number (of a volume).

=tomate=, _n.f._, (bot.) tomato, love-apple.

=tombac=, _n.m._, (metal.) tombac.

=tombal=, =-e=, _adj._, (archæology) only used in _Pierre —e_; tomb-stone.

=tombant=, =-e=, _adj._, falling down, drooping, flowing.

=tombe=, _n.f._, tomb, grave, tombstone, headstone, gravestone. _Descendre dans la —_; to die, to sink into the grave. _Être sur le bord de la —_; to be on the brink of the grave.

=tombeau=, _n.m._, tomb, grave; tombstone; sepulcher, death. _Mettre au —_; to bring down to the grave _or_ to bury.

=tombée=, _n.f._, fall (of day). _À la — de la nuit_; at nightfall. _À la — du jour_; at close of day.

=tombelier=, _n.m._, carter.

=tomber=, _v.n._, to fall, to fall down; to tumble, to tumble down; to drop, to drop down; to sink, to sink down; to break in, to come, to light, to hit on, to come across; to come down, to sink, to decay, to fall away, to dwindle, to droop, to come out; to abate, to die away; (nav.) to sag; to hang, to incline. _— bien_ or _mal_; to be lucky _or_ unlucky; to come seasonably _or_ unseasonably; to come to the wrong _or_ right person. _Il est tombé de cheval_; he fell off his horse. _— à terre_, _— par terre_; to fall down. _Le brouillard tombe_; the fog is falling. _— malade_; to fall ill. _— de faiblesse_; to drop down from weakness. _— d’inanition_; to be ready to faint for want of food. _— du haut mal_; to have the falling sickness. _— raide mort_; to fall down dead. _Se laisser —_; to get a fall. _— en enfance_; to become childish. _— dans les bras de quelqu’un_; to fall into any one’s arms. _— sur une maison_; to come across a house. _— d’accord_; to agree, to be at one with. _— de son haut_, _— des nues_; to be amazed, to be astounded. _Les bras m’en tombèrent_; I was struck dumb with surprise. _Le sort est tombé sur lui_; the lot has fallen upon him. _Cela m’est tombé entre les mains_; that fell into my hands. _Le jour tombe_; the day is closing in. _Faire —_; to throw, push, _or_ knock, down; to trip up. _Laisser —_; to drop, to let fall. _— dans l’eau_; (fig.) to fall through, to come to nothing, to fall to the ground. _— sous le vent_; (nav.) to fall to leeward. _— de fièvre en chaud mal_, _— de la poêle dans la braise_; to jump out of the frying pan into the fire.

=tombereau= (ton-brô), _n.m._, (for the condemned) tumbril-cart; dust-cart; ballast-truck; sledge.

=tombola=, _n.f._, tombola, lottery, raffle.

=tome=, _n.m._, volume, tome.

=tomenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot., zoöl., anat.) tomentous, tomentose, downy.

=ton=, _m._, =ta=, _f._, =tes=, _pl.m.f._, _possessive adj._, thy, your. _— frère, ta sœur et tes cousins_; thy brother, sister, and cousins. _— âme_; thy soul. [_Ton_ is used for the _f._ before a vowel or silent _h._]

=ton=, _n.m._, tone; tune; voice, accent; manner, strain, style, taste; manners, breeding; color, tint, tinge. _— aigre_; shrill tone. _— doux_; soft, sweet tone. _Mauvais —_; ill-breeding, ill-manners, vulgarity. _De mauvais —_; ill-bred, unmannerly, ungentlemanly, low, vulgar, improper. _Donner le —_; to give the tone, to lead the fashion; (mus.) to pitch, to tone. _Parler d’un — fier_; to speak haughtily. _Parler d’un — de maître_; to speak in a magisterial manner, to be very masterful. _Le prendre sur un —_; to assume airs. _Le prendre sur un haut —_; to speak with arrogance; to carry it high. _Changer de —_; to sing to another tune, to change one’s tone. _Il donne le — à la conversation_; he takes the lead in conversation. _Donner le — à l’orchestre_; to lead the orchestra. _C’est le — qui fait la musique_; it is the manner which shows the intention.

=tonalité=, _n.f._, (mus.) tonality.

=tondaison=, _n.f._ _V._ =tonte=.

=tondeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, shearer, clipper. _— de draps_; shearman, clothworker.

=tondeuse=, _n.f._, shearing-machine. _— de gazon_; lawn-mower.

=tondre=, _v.a._ and _n._, to shear, to clip, to crop; to shave, to trim, to pare. _— des brebis_; to shear sheep. _— du drap_; to shear cloth. _— une haie_; to clip a hedge. _— sur un œuf_; to skin a flint.

=tondu=, =-e=, _part._, shorn. _Il n’y avait que trois —s et un pelé_; there was nothing but the ragtag and bobtail.

=tonicité=, _n.f._, (med.) tonicity.

=tonique=, _adj._, (med., mus., gram.) tonic.

=tonique=, _n.m._, (med.) tonic.

=tonique=, _n.f._, (mus.) tonic, key-note, key.

☉=tonisme=, _n.m._ _V._ =tonicité=.

=tonlieu=, _n.m._, market-toll (feudalism).

=tonnage=, _n.m._, tonnage. _Droit de —_; tonnage dues.

=tonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, thundering. _Jupiter —_; (myth.) Jupiter the thunderer, Jupiter tonans, thundering Jove.

=tonne=, _n.f._, tun (wooden vessel); (conch.) spotted tun; (nav.) can-buoy; ton (20 cwts.=1000 kil.).

=tonneau=, _n.m._, tun (wooden ship); cask; tun (measure); (nav.) ton (1000 kil.; 1 mètre cube). _Enfoncer un —_; to stave in a cask. _Mettre un — en perce_; to broach a cask. _— percé_; leaky cask; (fig.) spendthrift.

=tonneler= (to-n-lé), _v.a._, (hunt.) to tunnel.

=tonnelet= (to-n-lé), _n.m._, small cask, keg.

=tonneleur= (to-n-leur), _n.m._, (hunt.) tunneler (one who takes partridges with a tunnel-net).

=tonnelier=, _n.m._, cooper.

=tonnelle=, _n.f._, (hunt.) tunnel-net; arbor, green arbor, bower, alcove; (arch.) semicircular vault.

=tonnellerie= (to-nèl-rî), _n.f._, cooperage; cooper’s trade; (nav.) cooper’s shed.

=tonner=, _v.n._, to thunder; to inveigh (against); to exclaim. _Il tonne_; it thunders.

=tonnerre=, _n.m._, thunder, thunderbolt; thundering noise. _Coup de —_, _éclat de —_; clap of thunder, peal of thunder. _—!_ _int._, by jingo! bedad! by Jove!

=tonsille=, _n.f._, (l.u.) (anat.) tonsil. _V._ =amygdale=.

=tonsure=, _n.f._, tonsure; orders, clergy.

=tonsuré=, _adj._, _n.m._, tonsured, shaven; priest.

=tonsurer=, _v.a._, to tonsure.

=tonte=, _n.f._, shearing, sheepshearing, fleecing, clipping; clippings, clip; shearing-time.

=tontine=, _n.f._, tontine.

=tontini-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, sharer in, _or_ annuitant of, a tontine.

=tontisse=, _adj._, of shearings of woolen cloth.

=tontisse=, _n.f._, hangings coated with the shearings of cloth. _Papier-—_; flock-paper.

=tonton=, _n.m._, (child) nuncle.

=tonture=, _n.f._, shearing (of leaves, grass); shearings, clippings, flock (of cloth); (nav.) sheer. _— de drap_; flock. _— des ponts_; sheer (of a ship’s decks).

=topaze=, _n.f._, topaz.

=toper=, _v.n._, to cover one’s adversary’s stake; to agree. _Je tope à cela_; I agree to that. _Tope là!_ done! agreed! your hand upon it! _Je tope et tingue_; (at dice) I cover and I hold.

=tophacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) gouty.

=tophus= (-fus), _n.m._, (med.) tophus.

=topinambour=, _n.m._, Jerusalem-artichoke.

=topique=, _adj._, (med.) topic, topical.

=topique=, _n.m._, (rhet., med.) topic.

=topographe=, _n.m._, topographer.

=topographie=, _n.f._, topography.

=topographique=, _adj._, topographical.

=toquade=, _n.f._, (fam., pop.) infatuation, mad fancy, fad.

=toque=, _n.f._, flat cap, bonnet; toque (plaited all round).

=toqué=, =-e=, _adj._, cracked, crazy, touched; infatuated, in love (with).

=toquer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to offend; to hit, to strike, to knock; (pop.) to craze, to turn the brain of; to infatuate.

=toquet=, _n.m._, toquet, cap.

=torche=, _n.f._, torch, link; twist, pad; (paint.) rubber.

=torche-cul=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fig.) worthless writing, trash.

=torche-nez=, _n.m._, (_—_) (man.) twitch.

=torche-pinceau=, _n.m._, rubber.

=torche-pot=, _n.m._, (_—_) (orni.) nut-hatch.

=torcher=, _v.a._, to wipe; to knock off, to botch; to beat, to drub.

_se_ =torcher=, _v.r._, to be wiped; to wipe one’s self; (triv.) to fight.

=torchère=, _n.f._, torch, cresset, tall candelabrum.

=torchis=, _n.m._, mud, loam. _Mur de —_; mud-wall.

=torchon=, _n.m._, dish-cloth, dish-clout; house-cloth, duster.

=torcol=, =torcou=, _n.m._, (orni.) wry-neck.

=tordage=, _n.m._, twisting, twist.

=tord-boyaux=, _n.m._, rotgut, fiery brandy; rat’s bane.

=tordeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, twister; throwster (of silk). _f._, wringing-machine.

=tord-nez=, _n.f._, (_—_) (man.) twitch (for horses).

=tordre=, _v.a._, to twist, to wring, to wring out; to contort, to disfigure; to throw (silk); to buckle (a wheel). _— la bouche_; to twist one’s mouth. _Il ne fait que — et avaler_; he gives but one twist, and down it goes.

_se_ =tordre=, _v.r._, to twist; to writhe. _Se — de rire_; to be convulsed, to split one’s sides with laughter.

=tore=, _n.m._, (arch., bot.) torus, tore.

=toréador=, _n.m._, (_—s_) matador, toreador, bull-fighter.

=torisme=, _n.m._ _V._ =torysme=.

*=tormentille=, _n.f._, (bot.) tormentil, septfoil.

=torminal=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) griping, torminal.

=toron=, _n.m._, (nav.) strand (of a rope); (arch.) torus.

=torpeur=, _n.f._, torpor, torpidity, torpidness.

*=torpille=, _n.f._, (ich.) torpedo, cramp-fish; (explosive) torpedo.

=torpilleur=, _n.m._, torpedo-boat.

=torquer=, _v.a._, to twist (tobacco).

☉=torquet=, _n.m._, (pop.) snare. _Donner un —_, _donner le — à quelqu’un_; to humbug any one, to take any one in. _Donner dans le —_; to fall into the snare, to be taken in.

=torquette=, _n.f._, wicker-basket (for fish); game-basket.

=torréfaction= (tor-ré-), _n.f._, torrefaction.

=torréfier= (tor-ré-), _v.a._, to torrefy.

=torrent= (tor-rān), _n.m._, torrent, stream; flood (of tears); flow (of words).

=torrentueu-x=, =-se= (tor-rān-), _adj._, torrent-like; impetuous.

=torride= (tor-rid), _adj._, torrid.

=tors=, =-e=, _adj._, twisted, wry, crooked; wreathed, contorted. _Jambes —es_; crooked legs. _Bouche —e_; wry mouth.

=torsade=, _n.f._, twisted fringe _or_ cord; bullion (of epaulets).

=torse=, _n.m._, trunk, chest (of a person); (sculpt., paint.) torso, trunk, bust.

=torser=, _v.a._, to twist, to wreathe (the shaft of a column).

=torsil=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) twisted, contorted.

=torsion=, _n.f._, torsion; twisting.

=tort=, _n.m._, wrong, harm, injury, hurt; mischief, offense; prejudice, detriment. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to wrong any one. _Réparer le — qu’on a fait_; to repair the wrong one has done. _Se faire —_; to injure one’s self. _Avoir —_; to be wrong, to be in the wrong. _Donner — à quelqu’un_; to decide against any one. _Mettre quelqu’un dans son —_; to leave (a person) no loophole, no excuse. _À —_; wrong, wrongly, wrongfully, injuriously. _Il parle à — et à travers_; he speaks at random, thoughtlessly. _À — et à droit_; at random. _À — ou à droit_, _à — ou à raison_; rightly or wrongly. _Être dans son —_; to be in the wrong. _Se mettre dans son —_; to put one’s self in the wrong.

=tortelle=, _n.f._, hedge-mustard. _V._ =vélar=.

=torticolis=, _n.m._, wry-neck, stiff neck; crick (in the neck); (fig.) hypocrite, canter.

=tortil=, _n.m._, (her.) a baron’s wreath.

*=tortillage=, _n.m._, rigmarole, embarrassed language, shuffling.

*=tortille= _or_ =tortillère=, _n.f._, serpentine _or_ winding walk.

*=tortillé=, =-e=, _adj._, twisted, wreathed.

*=tortillement=, _n.m._, twisting, twist; wrench; (fig.) shifting, shuffling, shift, evasion.

*=tortiller=, _v.a._, to twist, to wriggle, to waddle. _Il n’y a pas à —_; (fig.) it must be done; there is no shuffling out of it. _— bien de la fourchette_; to tuck in, to lay to. _Il tortille en marchant_; he waddles along.

*_se_ =tortiller=, _v.r._, to wriggle, to writhe.

*=tortiller=, _v.n._, to wriggle, to shuffle.

*=tortillère=, _n.f._ _V._ =tortille=.

☉*=tortillon=, _n.m._, coarse cap; pad (for the head); country servant-girl, little slavey.

=tortionnaire= (tor-sio-), _n.m._ and _adj._, ☉executioner; (jur.) wrongful, unjust.

=tortionnairement= (tor-sio-nèr-mān), _adv._, (jur.) wrongfully.

☉=tortionner= (tor-sio-), _v.a._, to strain a text, to twist a passage of an author. _V._ =torturer=.

=tortis=, _n.m._, twist (of threads); ☉wreath, garland; (her.) circle of pearls round a baron’s coronet.

=tortu=, =-e=, _adj._, crooked, tortuous, bandy. _Jambes —es_; crooked legs.

=tortue=, _n.f._, tortoise, turtle; transport-ship; (Rom. antiq.) testudo. _À pas de —_; at a snail’s pace. _Potage —_; turtle-soup. _Fausse —_; mock-turtle.

=tortuer=, _v.a._, to make crooked, to crook, to bend.

_se_ =tortuer=, _v.r._, to grow crooked, to crook, to bend.

=tortueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, crookedly, tortuously.

=tortueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tortuous, winding, bending in and out; (fig.) artful, crafty; unfair, disingenuous.

=tortuosité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) tortuosity, crookedness; winding.

=torture=, _n.f._, torture, rack, pain. _Mettre à la —_; to put to the rack.

=torturer=, _v.a._, to torture, to put to the rack. _— un texte_, _un passage_; to strain _or_ twist (the meaning of) a text, a part of a book, a writing.

=tory=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Tory.

=torysme=, _n.m._, Toryism.

=toscan=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Tuscan.

=toste=, _n.m._ _V._ =toast=.

=toster=, _v.a._ and _n._, to toast; to give, _or_ to propose, a toast; to drink the health of.

=tôt=, _adv._, soon, shortly. _Trop —_; too soon. _— ou tard_; sooner or later. _Au plus —_, or _le plus —_, _possible_; as soon as possible, at soonest, as early as possible; at once. _Aussi — que_; as soon as, as early as. _Plus — que_; sooner than. _Le plus —_; the soonest, the earliest. _Le plus — que_; as early as.

=total=, =-e=, _adj._, total, whole, entire, utter, universal, complete.

=total=, _n.m._, whole, whole sum, total, sum total. _Au —_, _en —_; upon the whole, taken all in all, after all.

=totalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, totally, wholly, entirely, utterly, completely.

=totaliser=, _v.a._, to form a total of, to foot up _or_ total up.

=totalité=, _n.f._, totality, whole. _En —_; the whole.

=toton= _or_ =touton=, _n.m._, teetotum; (child) nuncle.

=touage=, _n.m._, (nav.) towage, towing; warping.

*=touaille=, _n.f._, roller-towel, jack-towel.

=toucan=, _n.m._, (orni., astron.) toucan.

=touchable=, _adj._, touchable.

=touchant=, =-e=, _adj._, touching, moving, affecting.

=touchant=, _n.m._, the moving, affecting, impressive, touching part (of).

=touchant=, _prep._, concerning, respecting, touching, about, with respect to.

☉=touchante=, _n.f._, (geom.). _V._ =tangente=.

=touchau= _or_ =touchand=, _n.m._, touch-needle.

=touche=, _n.f._, touch, assay; trial; pointer; (paint.) stroke, touch; fret (of violins, guitars); key (of a piano, organ, harpsichord); (print.) inking (the form); drove (of oxen); hit, touch (fenc.). _Pierre de —_; touch-stone.

=touché=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, touched, affected. _Pièce —e, pièce jouée_ (chess), _dame —e, dame jouée_ (draughts, backgammon); if you touch your man _or_ piece you must play it. _Bien —_; (fig.) well-written, well-said, well-done, well-hit.

=touche-à-tout=, _n.m.f._, meddler; Jack of all trades.

=toucher=, _v.a._, to touch, to handle, to feel, to finger; to assay, to try (precious metals); to receive (money); to beat, to whip, to strike (animals); (mus.) to play; to express, to convey; to describe; (print.) to ink; to paint, to draw, to depict; to touch on, to allude to; to move, to affect; to concern, to regard; to interest, to inspire interest in. _— le_, ou _du_, _piano_; to play the piano. _— un ulcère_; (surg.) to touch an ulcer with caustic. _— ses appointements_; to receive one’s salary. _Cela ne me touche point_; that does not concern me. _— la grosse corde_; to come to, _or_ to speak upon, the main point (of an affair). _Se laisser — par les larmes de quelqu’un_; to be affected, to be moved, by any one’s tears. _— un mot_; to let drop a hint, to send word. _Je vous toucherai un mot_; I’ll drop you a line. _— le fond de la douleur possible_; (V. Hugo) to drain to the dregs the cup of human sorrow. _— un cheval_; to drive on.

_se_ =toucher=, _v.r._, to touch, to touch one another, each other, to join, to be adjoining, to meet.

=toucher=, _v.n._, to touch; to reach; to take away; to play a musical instrument; to draw near, to approach; to change, to alter; to concern, to regard, to interest; to be affected, to be moved; to drive, to drive on; (man.) to whip; to be related, to be akin; to be like; (nav.) to touch; (nav.) to ground; (nav.) to strike. _Sa maison touche à la mienne_; his house is next to mine. _— à une île_; (nav.) to touch at an island. _Touchez, cocher, allons plus vite_; drive on, coachman, faster, please! _J’y touche de la main_; I reach it with my hand. _— dans la main_; to strike hands (in concluding a bargain). _— à un certain temps_; to be very near a particular time. _Il n’osa — à la religion_; he dared not meddle with religion. _Il y a touché_; he had a hand in it. _— de près à quelqu’un_; to be nearly related to any one. _N’avoir pas l’air d’y —_; to look as if butter would not melt in one’s mouth. _Ne touchez pas à la reine!_ hands off the queen!

=toucher=, _n.m._, touch, feeling; touch (manner of playing an instrument).

=toucheur=, _n.m._, cattle drover; (print.) inking-roller.

=tou-coi=, _int._, (hunt.) lie down! down!

=toue=, _n.f._, ferry-boat, barge.

=touée=, _n.f._, (nav.) towage, towing, warping; towline. _Amarre de —_; towline. _Câble de —_; stream-cable. _Ancre de —_; kedge-anchor.

=touer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to tow, to warp.

_se_ =touer=, _v.r._, (nav.) to haul herself ahead.

=toueur=, _n.m._, towing-boat, tow-boat (on rivers).

=touffe=, _n.f._, tuft, bunch, cluster, clump; wisp (of straw, hay). _— de cheveux_; tuft of hair. _— d’arbres_; cluster of trees.

=touffer=, _v.a._, to tuft.

_se_ =touffer=, _v.r._, to bunch, to cluster.

=touffeur=, _n.f._, (fam.) stifling heat.

=touffu=, =-e=, _adj._, tufted, bushy, branchy, leafy; full, thick.

=toug=, _n.m._ _V._ =touc=.

=toujours=, _adv._, always, for ever, ever, evermore; still; nevertheless, at least. _Est-il — à Paris?_ is he still in Paris? _Se dire adieu pour —_; to bid each other adieu for ever. _— plus_; more and more. _— est-il que_; still; the fact remains that; as it is. _C’est — ça_ or _cela!_ that’s always as much, _or_ something!

=toupet=, _n.m._, tuft of hair; forelock; front, foretop; (fig.) presumption, brass, effrontery; cheek, impudence. _Avoir du —_; to have any amount of brass _or_ cheek. _Se prendre au —_; to take each other by the hair. _Quel —!_ what impudence! what effrontery! what cheek!

=toupie=, _n.f._, spinning-top, peg-top; humming-top; top; (fig.) (pers., pop.) trollop, drab. _— d’Allemagne_; humming-top. _Faire aller une —_; to spin a top.

*=toupiller=, _v.n._, to spin, to whirl about; (fam.) to do nothing but run up and down, _or_ about, the house.

*=toupillon=, _n.m._, little tuft of hair; waste branch (of an orange-tree).

=tour=, _n.f._, tower; rook, castle (at chess).

=tour=, _n.m._, turn, going round, winding; revolution; turn; circumference, circuit; trick; feat; order; manner; twist, strain; lathe; turning-box; tour, trip; valance (of bed); turn (act); tour, front, foretop (of hair). _Faire le — de_; to go round. _En un — de main_; in the twinkling of an eye; in a trice. _Faire un — de jardin_; to take a turn round, _or_ in, the garden. _Faire un —_; to take a stroll. _— de promenade_; turn, walk, stroll. _Cet arbre a dix pieds de —_; that tree is ten feet in circumference. _—s de gobelets_; juggler’s tricks, legerdemain. _Vous aurez votre —_; you will have your turn. _Faire_, _jouer_, _un mauvais — à quelqu’un_; to serve, _or_ play, any one a nasty trick. _— de reins_; twist, _or_ strain, in the back. _À chacun son —_; every dog has his day. _Chacun à son —_; every one in his turn. _— de cou_; necktie _or_ band. _— à —_; by turns. _— en l’air_; mandrel-lathe. _Fait au —_; made with a lathe, turned; extremely well made. _À — de rôle_; in turn, in succession. _Mon sang n’a fait qu’un —_; I turned deathly pale; I nearly fainted; I was thoroughly upset. _Faire ses quinze —s_; to do a hundred useless things. _Fermer à double —_; to double-lock. _Elle est faite au —_; she has a splendid figure.

*=touraille=, _n.f._, malt kiln.

=tourang-eau=, =-elle=, _n._ _adj._, of Touraine; native of Touraine.

=tourbe=, _n.f._, turf, peat; mob, vulgar herd.

=tourbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, turfy, peaty.

=tourbière=, _n.f._, peat-bog, peat-moss.

*=tourbillon=, _n.m._, whirlwind, vortex, tornado; whirlpool; eddy; hurly-burly, bustle; tourbillon (fireworks).

*=tourbillonnement=, _n.m._, whirling, eddying.

*=tourbillonner=, _v.n._, to eddy, to whirl, to wind, to curl.

=tourd=, _n.m._, =tourdelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) fieldfare, thrush; (ich.) sea fish (of the genus Labrax).

*=tourdille=, _adj._, spotty gray; dirty gray.

=tourelle=, _n.f._, turret.

=touret=, _n.m._, wheel (of a lathe); reel, drill.

=tourie=, _n.f._, carboy; (wicker) jar.

=tourière=, _n.f._, nun attendant, _or_ in attendance (at the turning-box in a nunnery).

*=tourillon=, _n.m._, trunnion; spindle, pivot (of a gate); axle, axle-tree, arbor.

=touriste=, _n.m._, tourist.

=tourlourou=, _n.m._, (pop.) foot-soldier.

=tourmaline=, _n.f._, tourmalin, turmalin.

=tourment=, _n.m._, torment, torture; anguish, pain; plague, scourge, vexation.

=tourmentant=, =-e=, _adj._, tormenting, troublesome.

=tourmente=, _n.f._, tempest, storm, hurricane, foul weather; (fig.) disturbance, turmoil.