Chapter V (1)

=v=, _n.m._, the twenty-second letter of the alphabet, v.

=v=, (initial letter of _voir_, to see). _V._, vide.

=va=, imperative of _aller_, to go. _— pour cela_; I consent to it; done, agreed.

=va=, _n.m._, va (at basset, faro).

=vacance=, _n.f._, vacancy. _pl._, vacation, holidays; recess (of parliament). _Entrer en —s_; to break up (of schools).

=vacant=, =-e=, _adj._, vacant, unfilled, unoccupied, empty; (jur.) in abeyance, unclaimed.

=vacarme=, _n.m._, hubbub, tumult, uproar. _Faire du —_; to kick up a shindy; to create a disturbance.

=vacation=, _n.f._, attendance, sitting (of public officers); day’s sale (of auctions); vacation (of courts); ☉trade, profession. _— avenante_; in case of a vacancy.

=vaccin=, _n.m._, (med.) vaccine matter, vaccine; lymph.

=vaccinal=, =-e=, _adj._, vaccinal, vaccine.

=vaccinateur=, _n.m._, vaccinator.

=vaccination=, _n.f._, vaccination.

=vaccine=, _n.f._, vaccinia, cow-pox; vaccination.

=vacciner=, _v.a._, to vaccinate.

=vache=, _n.f._, (mam.) cow; cow-hide (prepared for use). _Etable à —s_; cow-house, cow-stable _or_ shed. _— à lait_; milk cow, milch cow, dairy cow. _Manger de la — enragée_; to endure great hardships, to rough it. _Le grand chemin des —s_; the beaten track. _Le plancher des —s_; dry land, terra firma. _Parler français comme une — enragée_; to murder the French language.

=vach-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, cowherd, cow-keeper, neat-herd.

=vacherie= (va-shrî), _n.f._, cow-house.

=vaciet=, _n.m._, (bot.) grape-hyacinth.

=vacillant=, =-e= (-sil-lān, -t), _adj._, vacillating; reeling, staggering, tottering; wavering, uncertain, undecided; (bot.) versatile; (fig.) flickering (of light).

=vacillation= (-sil-la-), _n.f._, vacillation; wavering, flickering (of light).

=vaciller= (-sil-lé), _v.n._, to vacillate; to waver; to reel, to stagger; (fig.) to flicker (of light).

=vacuité=, _n.f._, vacuity, emptiness.

=vade=, _n.f._, vade, stake (at play).

=vademanque=, _n.f._, (banking) decrease of money in reserve.

=vade-mecum= (va-dé-mé-ko-m), _n.m._ (_—_), vade-mecum, manual.

=va-et-vient=, _n.m._ (_—_), (mec.) reciprocating motion, swing, sweep, see-saw motion; (fig.) oscillation; (nav.) small ferry-boat; pass-rope, traversing gear.

=vagabond=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, vagabond, vagrant; wandering.

=vagabondage=, _n.m._, vagrancy; roguery.

=vagabonder= _or_ ☉=vagabonner=, _v.n._, to be a vagabond, to wander, to roam, to tramp about.

=vagant=, _n.m._, wrecker.

=vagin=, _n.m._, (anat.) vagina.

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

=vagir=, _v.n._, (of infants) to wail, to mewl, to pule.

=vagissant=, _adj._, mewling, wailing, puling.

=vagissement=, _n.m._, crying, wailing, mewling (of infants).

=vague= (vag), _n.f._, wave, billow, surge.

=vague=, _adj._, vague, indeterminate, loose, uncertain; faint, indistinct, hazy; empty. _Terres —s_; waste-land.

=vague=, _n.m._, vagueness, looseness; uncertainty; space, empty space, emptiness; void, vacuum.

=vaguement= (vag-mān), _adv._, vaguely.

=vaguemestre= (vag-mès-tr), _n.m._, (milit.) wagon-master, baggage-master, paymaster, orderly, post-sergeant; (nav.) postman.

=vaguer= (va-ghé), _v.n._, to ramble, to rove, to range about, to wander, to stray, to straggle. _v.a._, to mash (in brewing).

=vaguesse=, _n.f._, (paint.) lightness, airiness.

=vaigrage=, _n.m._, (nav.) outer-planking, ceiling, wale.

=vaigre=, _n.f._, (nav.) plank (for ceiling).

*=vaillamment= (va-ia-mān), _adv._, valiantly, valorously, courageously, stoutly.

*=vaillance=, _n.f._, valiance, valor, courage, bravery.

*=vaillant=, =-e=, _adj._, valiant, valorous, brave, courageous, gallant.

*=vaillant=, _n.m._, all a man is worth, one’s substance. _Tout son —_; one’s all.

*=vaillant=, _adv._, worth, value. _N’avoir pas un sou —_; not to be worth a penny (of a person). _Il n’a rien —_; he is penniless. _Il a dix mille écus —_; he is worth 30,000 francs.

☉*=vaillantise=, _n.f._, (fam.) prowess, valorous deed.

=vain=, =-e= (vin, vè-n), _adj._, vain, fruitless, ineffectual, unprofitable; empty, shadowy, foolish, trifling, frivolous; vainglorious, presumptuous, self-conceited. _En —_; vainly, in vain, to no purpose. _Homme —_; vain, conceited man.

=vaincre= (vainquant, vaincu), _v.a._, to vanquish, to conquer, to overcome, to master, to defeat, to get the better of; to outdo, to surpass, to excel. _Se laisser —_; to give way to, to yield. _Se laisser — à la pitié_; to be moved to pity.

_se_ =vaincre=, _v.r._, to conquer one’s self; to conquer one’s passions.

=vaincre=, _v.n._, to win; to be victorious.

=vaincu=, _n.m._, conquered, vanquished (enemy).

=vainement= (vè-n-mān), _adv._, vainly, in vain, fruitlessly; to no purpose.

=vainqueur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, vanquisher, conqueror, subduer, victor, overcomer; prize-winner, prize-man, prize-boy, prize-holder; conquering, victorious, triumphant.

=vair=, _n.m._, (her.) vair.

=vairé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) vairy.

=vairon=, _adj._, silver-eyed (of horses); (pers.) wall-eyed, odd-eyed. _Œil —_; wall-eye.

=vairon=, _n.m._, (ich.) minnow.

=vaisseau=, _n.m._, ship, vessel; structure, fabric; pile (inside of a building); (anat.) vessel, tube; (bot.) duct. _pl._, (nav.) shipping. _— d’approvisionnement_; victualing-ship. _— marchand_; merchantman. _— de guerre_; man-of-war. _— à deux ponts_; two-decker. _— de la marine royale_; His, Her, Majesty’s ship. _— frégate_; frigate-built ship. _— de compagnie_; (nav.) good company keeper. _— école_; training-ship. _— armé en guerre_; armed ship.

=vaisselle=, _n.f._, plates and dishes; plate (of gold _or_ silver). _— de terre_; earthenware. _— d’or_; gold plate. _— d’argent_; silver plate. _— ciselée_; carved plate. _— plate_; (of gold _or_ silver) plate.

=vaissellerie=, _n.f._, pots and pans.

=val=, _n.m._, valley, vale, dale. _Par monts et par vaux_; up hill and down dale.

=valable=, _adj._, valid, good for.

=valablement=, _adv._, validly.

=valenciennes=, _n.f._, valenciennes (lace).

=valériane=, _n.f._, (bot.) valerian.

=valet=, _n.m._, footman, valet; knave (at cards); door weight; hold-fast (of a joiner); support (of a looking-glass). _— de pied_; footman. _— de chambre_; valet. _— de bourreau_; assistant-executioner, aid. _Faire le bon —_; to be officious. _Maître —_; (agri.) headman. _— de ferme_; farm-servant. _— de chiens_; whipper-in. _Tel maître, tel —_; like master, like man. _C’est un — de cartes_; (fig.) he is a nobody, a contemptible fellow. _Il n’y a pas de grand homme pour son — de chambre_; no man is a hero to his valet. _On ne prend pas de — pour se servir soi-même_; what! keep a dog and bark thyself!

=valetage= (val-taj), _n.m._, duty of a valet, drudgery.

*=valetaille= (val-tâ-i), _n.f._, pack of men-servants, footmen, flunkies, lackeys, menials.

=valet-à-patin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (surg.) forceps (for ligatures).

=valeter= (val-té), _v.n._, to cringe, to dance attendance, to fawn upon.

=valétudinaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid.

=valeur=, _n.f._, value, worth, consideration; import, meaning. _pl._, (com.) bills, paper, stocks, shares, securities; valor, bravery, courage, gallantry. _Être en —_; to bear a good price. _Être de nulle —_; to be of no value, to be valueless. _Abaisser la —_; to depreciate. _— en espèces_; value in cash. _—s mobilières_; transferable securities. _Mettre en —_; to improve (land).

=valeureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, valiantly, valorously, bravely, courageously.

=valeureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, valiant, valorous, brave, courageous, gallant.

=validation=, _n.f._, (jur.) validation, rendering valid.

=validé=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) the title of the Sultan’s mother.

=valide=, _n.m._ and _adj._, person in health; healthy; in health, valid, good.

=validement= (-lid-mān), _adv._, (jur.) validly.

=valider=, _v.a._, to validate, to confirm, to ratify, to make valid.

=validité=, _n.f._, validity, validness.

=valise=, _n.f._, valise, portmanteau.

=valisnère= _or_ =valisnérie=, _n.f._, (bot.) frogbit.

=valkyrie=, _n.f._, (_—s_) Scandinavian myth, valkyrie, goddess, wish-maiden.

=vallaire=, _adj._, (antiq.) vallary, vallar. _Couronne —_; vallary crown.

=vallée=, _n.f._, valley, vale.

=vallon=, _n.m._, dale, vale, small valley.

=valoir= (valant, valu), _v.n._, to be worth, to be as good as, to be equal to; to yield, to bring, to win for, to procure. _— mieux_; to be better, to be preferable. _Il vaut mieux ne pas y aller_; it is better not to go there. _Cela ne vaut rien_; that is good for nothing. _Cet habit ne vaut plus rien_; this coat is quite worn out. _Cela ne vaut pas la peine d’y penser_; that is not worth a moment’s thought. _Il ne vaut pas la peine qu’on lui réponde_; he is not worth answering. _Vous ne faites rien qui vaille_; nothing you do is worth anything; you do nothing to speak of. _Chaque chose vaut son prix_; everything has its price. _Cela vaut son pesant d’or_; that is worth its weight in gold. _Faire — une terre_; to improve, to cultivate, an estate. _Faire — son argent_; to turn one’s money to account, to put it out at interest. _Faire — son talent_; to turn one’s talent to account. _Faire — sa marchandise_; to set off one’s goods. _Il fait bien — ce qu’il sait_; he makes the best of his knowledge. _Faire — son droit_; to assert, _or_ maintain, one’s right. _Se faire —_; to push one’s self forward, to brag too much. _Cela vaut fait_; that’s as good as done. _Vaille que vaille_; at all events, for better or worse. _Que lui a valu son ambition?_ what has his ambition brought him, _or_ won for him?

=valonnement=, _n.m._, disposing in vales.

_ad_ =valorem=, _adj._, (com.) ad valorem.

=valse=, _n.f._, waltz.

=valser=, _v.n._, to waltz.

=valseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, waltzer, dancer, partner (in a dance).

=value=, _n.f._, value. _Plus-—_; superior value. _Moins-—_; inferior value.

=valvaire=, _adj._, (bot.) valvate.

=valve=, _n.f._, valve; (tech.) clack, _or_ trap, door.

=valvé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) valved, valvate.

=valvule=, _n.f._, (anat.) valvule.

=vampire=, _n.m._, vampire.

=van=, _n.m._, (agri.) fan, van; winnowing-baskets.

=vandale=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Vandal; vandalic.

=vandalisme=, _n.m._, vandalism.

=vandoise=, _n.f._, (ich.) dart; dace.

*=vanille=, _n.f._, (bot.) vanilla, vanilla-tree; (bot.) vanilla (fruit).

*=vanillier=, _n.m._, (bot.) vanilla-tree, vanilla.

=vanité=, _n.f._, vanity, self-conceit. _Que vous avez de —!_ how full of vanity you are! _Faire — d’une chose_; to be proud of a thing. _Sans —_; vanity apart.

=vaniteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vainglorious, absurdly vain.

=vannage=, _n.m._, (agri.) winnowing; (hydraul.) system of water-gates in a dam, etc.

=vanne=, _n.f._, water-gate, sluice, sluice-gate; paddle-door. _adj._ _Eaux —s_; waste waters (from factories, etc.).

=vanneau=, _n.m._, (orni.) lapwing, peewit, plover.

=vanner=, _v.a._, to winnow, to fan, to sift, to hull; (hydraul.) to make, _or_ to place, water-gates in dams, etc.

=vannerie= (va-n-rî), _n.f._, basket-trade; basket-work.

=vannet=, _n.m._, scallop, scollop (shell-fish).

=vannette=, _n.f._, server, flat basket (to give horses their corn). _— crible_; oat-sieve.

=vanneur=, _n.m._, winnower.

=vannier=, _n.m._, basket-maker.

*=vantail=, _n.m._, leaf of a folding-door; window-shutter; lock-gate. _Fermer les vantaux_; to shut the folding-doors.

=vantard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, boaster, bragger, braggart; boasting, boastful; bragging.

=vantardise=, _n.f._, (fam.) habitual boasting, bragging.

=vanter=, _v.a._, to vaunt, to cry up, to praise up, to extol.

_se_ =vanter=, _v.r._, to boast, to vaunt, to brag; to praise one’s self; to plume one’s self upon. _Il n’y a pas de quoi se —_; there is nothing to brag of.

=vanterie= (vān-trî), _n.f._, boasting, bragging, vaunting; brag, boast.

☉=vanteur=, _n.m._ _V._ =vantard=.

=va-nu-pieds=, _n.m._ and _f._, (_—_) tatterdemalion, ragged rascal, ragamuffin, waif and stray; vagabond, beggar.

=vapeur=, _n.f._, vapor, fume, steam, damp, exhalation. _pl._, vapors, hysterics. _À la —_; by steam. _Bateau à —_; steam-boat, steamer. _Remorqueur à —_; steam-tug. _Chaudière à —_; steam-boiler. _Machine à —_; steam-engine. _Registre de —_; throttle-valve (of a steam-engine). _En —_; with the steam on. _À toute —_; at full speed. _Mettre en —_; to put the steam on, to get up steam. _On est en pleine —_; steam is up.

=vapeur=, _n.m._, steamer. _— poste_; mail-steamer.

=vaporeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vaporous, vaporish; (paint.) aërial.

=vaporisation=, _n.f._, vaporization.

=vaporiser=, _v.a._, to vaporize.

_se_ =vaporiser=, _v.r._, to vaporize, to be vaporized.

=vaquer= (va-ké), _v.n._, to be vacant, void, empty; to be in vacation-time, not to sit; to attend, to devote one’s self to. _Il vaque à ses affaires_; he is attending to his business.

*=varaigne=, _n.f._, tide-sluice (of salt marshes).

=varaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) white hellebore.

=varangue= (-rāng), _n.f._, (nav.) floor-timbers of a ship. _— plate_ or _— de fond_; flat floor-timber. _— fort acculée_; rising floor-timber (amidships).

=vare=, _n.f._, Spanish measure of length, about a yard.

=varec= _or_ =varech=, _n.m._, (bot.) varec, wrack, sea-wrack, sea-weed; (jur.) wreck (things washed upon the shore by the sea); sunken ship.

=varenne=, _n.f._, waste-land; (hunt.) ☉chase, royal preserve.

=vareuse=, _n.f._, oil-skin (jacket); pilot-jacket; jersey, blazer.

=variabilité=, _n.f._, variableness, variability, changeableness; (alg.) variability.

=variable=, _adj._, variable, changeable, fickle, unsettled, unsteady. _La fortune est —_; fortune is fickle. _Pouls —_; changeable pulse.

=variable=, _n.m._, variable, change. _Le baromètre est au —_; the barometer is at change.

=variant=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) variable, fickle.

=variante=, _n.f._, different reading, _or_ interpretation; various, _or_ different, spelling; alteration, difference (in different editions of a book), etc.

=variation=, _n.f._, variation, variety, change, changeableness; alteration.

=varice=, _n.f._, (med.) varix, varicose vein.

=varicelle=, _n.f._, (med.) varicella, swine-pox.

=varicocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) varicocele.

=varier=, _v.a._, to vary, to variegate, to diversify. _— la phrase_; to say the same thing in other words.

=varier=, _v.n._, to vary, to change, to be changeable; to disagree, to be at variance; to be fickle.

=variété=, _n.f._, variety, diversity, change. _pl._, miscellanea; varieties; medley; extracts.

_ne_ =varietur= (né varié-tur), (jur.) in order that no change may be made; “final edition” of an author’s works.

=variole=, _n.f._, small-pox, variola.

=varioleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._, (a person) suffering from small-pox.

=variolique=, _adj._, (med.), variolous, variolar, variolic.

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

=varioloïde=, _n.f._, (med.) varioloid, chicken-pox.

=variorum=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (_—_) variorum. _Edition —_; variorum edition.

=variqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, varicose, varicous.

☉=varlet=, _n.m._, varlet, page.

=varlope=, _n.f._, jointer, jointing-plane.

=vasculaire= _or_ (l.u.) =vasculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (anat.) vascular.

=vase=, _n.m._, vase, vessel, urn. _—s antiques_; antique vases. _—s étrusques_; Etruscan vases. _—s cinéraires_; funeral urns. _— de nuit_; chamber utensil.

=vase=, _n.f._, slime, mud, mire, ooze, silt.

=vaseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, slimy, muddy, miry, silty, oozy.

=vasi-er=, =-ère=, _n._ and _adj._, mud, of mud.

=vasière=, _n.f._, salt-pan, brine-pan; mussel-bed.

=vasistas= (-tâs), _n.m._, casement-window, casement; hatch-door; shutter; blind (of a carriage).

=vasque=, _n.f._, basin (of a fountain).

=vassal=, _n.m._, vassal.

=vassalité=, _n.f._, vassalage; land held by vassals.

=vasselage= (vas-laj), _n.m._, vassalage.

=vaste=, _adj._, vast, wide, great, spacious, extensive. _— pays_; vast country. _De —s desseins_; great designs. _Un lieu —_; a vast place. _int._ (nav.) avast!

=vastement=, _adv._, vastly, extensively, hugely, widely, greatly.

=vatican=, _n.m._, Vatican, the Palace of the Pope.

=va-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) staking all one has, one’s all (at cards).

_à_ =vau-de-route=, _adv._ _V._ =à vau-l’eau=.

=vaudeville= (vôd-vil), _n.m._, (thea.) vaudeville; ballad; (thea.) ballad-opera, ballad-farce (corruption of _Vaux de Vire_, by Olivier Basselin).

=vaudevilliste=, _n.m._, vaudeville-writer; ballad-writer.

=vaudois=, _n.m._, Vaudois, native of Vaud.

_à_ =vau-l’eau=, _adv._, with the current, down stream; (fig.) to wrack and ruin; at sixes and sevens.

=vaurien= (-in), _n.m._, good-for-nothing wretch, worthless fellow, scamp, scape-grace; rogue, vagabond.

=vautour=, _n.m._, (orni.) vulture.

=vautrait=, _n.m._, (hunt.) boar-hunting equipage.

=vautre=, _n.m._, boar-hound.

=vautré=, =-e=, _adj._, wallowing, weltering; sprawling.

_se_ =vautrer=, _v.r._, to wallow, to welter, to roll; to spread one’s self out, to sprawl.

=vavasseur=, _n.m._, vavasor (vassal of a vassal).

=vayvodat=, _n.m._, waywodate, waywodeship.

=vayvode=, _n.m._, (_—s_) waiwode, waywode.

=vayvodie=, _n.f._, waywodeship.

=veau=, _n.m._, calf; bull-calf; calf’s leather; veal; lazy fellow. _— marin_; seal, sea-calf; sealskin. _Chair de —_; veal. _Longe de —_; loin of veal. _Rouelle de —_; fillet of veal. _Des pieds de —_; calves’ feet. _Eau de —_; veal broth. _Faire le pied de —_; (fig.) to cringe, to bow and scrape, to truckle (to). _Faire le —_; to sprawl; to indulge one’s self, to idle one’s time away.

=vecteur=, _adj._, (astron.) vector. _Rayon —_; radius vector.

=véda=, _n.m._, Veda (sacred books of the Hindoos).

=védasse=, _n.f._, (dy.) weed-ashes.

=vedette=, _n.f._, scout, vedette, mounted sentinel; watch-box, watch-tower. _Ecrire quelque chose en —_; to write anything in a line by itself. _Mettre en —_; to place on vedette.

=védique=, _adj._, Vedic.

=végétable=, _adj._, capable of vegetation.

=végétal=, _n.m._, vegetable; plant.

=végétal=, =-e=, _adj._, vegetable.

=végétalité=, _n.f._, vegetability.

=végétant=, =-e=, _adj._, vegetating.

=végétarien=, =-ne=, _n.m.f._, vegetarian.

=végétati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, vegetative.

=végétation=, _n.f._, vegetation.

=végéter=, _v.n._, to vegetate. _Il ne fait plus que —_; he merely vegetates.

=véhémence=, _n.f._, vehemence, vehemency, impetuosity; force, violence.

=véhément=, =-e=, _adj._, vehement, impetuous, hot, passionate. _Naturel —_; hot temper. _Orateur —_; vehement orator, impassioned orator.

=véhémentement=, _adv._, ☉(jur.) strongly; (fam., fig.) vehemently.

=véhicule=, _n.m._, vehicle.

=vehme=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) Vehmic Court.

=vehmique=, _adj._, Vehmic.

*=veille=, _n.f._, watch, watching, sitting up; eve, vigil, day before; point, verge. _Être à la — de_; to be on the point of, on the verge of. _Entre la — et le sommeil_; between sleeping and waking.

*=veillée=, _n.f._, sitting up to work in company; evening (in company); night attendance (upon a sick person). _Les —s d’hiver_; the winter evenings.

*=veiller=, _v.n._, to watch, to sit up, to wake, to be awake, to lie awake; to be on the watch; to attend, to take care, to see, to have an eye upon. _— au salut de l’état_; to watch over the safety of the state. _— sur soi même_; to be upon one’s guard. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to keep any one up. _Veillez-y_; see to it.

*=veiller=, _v.a._, to watch over, to look after, to sit up with. _— un malade_; to sit up with, _or_ to watch by the bedside of, a sick person.

*=veilles=, _n.f.pl._, labors; night-studies, night-watches, vigils.

*=veilleur=, _n.m._, watcher; night watchman.

*=veilleuse=, _n.f._, night-lamp; float-light, watch-light.

*=veillote= _or_ =veillotte=, _n.f._, hay-cock; (bot.) meadow-saffron.

=veinage=, _n.m._, (paint.) veining.

=veinard=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (pop.) lucky fellow, in luck’s way.

=veine=, _n.f._, (anat., geol., min.) vein; (of marble _or_ wood) vein; (geol.) seam; underground spring of water; (fig.) vein. _Je suis en —_; my hand is in; I am in luck’s way. _En — de_; in the vein for, in the humor for. _Bonne —_; good run of luck (at play). _Avoir de la —_; to be in luck. _Je ne suis plus en —_; my luck has turned.

=veiné=, =-e=, _adj._, veiny, veined.

=veiner=, _v.a._, (paint.) to vein.

=veineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, veined, veining; (anat.) venous, venal.

=veinule=, _n.f._, (anat.) small vein.

=vêlage=, _n.m._, calving (of cows).

=vélar=, _n.m._, hedge-mustard, hedge-garlic.

=vélarium= (-rio-m), _n.m._, (_—s_) (Rom. antiq.) velarium (awning stretched above the theater to keep off the sun).

=vélaut!= _int._, (hunt.) tally-ho.

=velche=, _n.m._, Goth, ignoramus.

=velcherie=, _n.f._, ignorance, stupidity.

=vêle=, _n.f._, cow-calf.

=vêler=, _v.a._, (of cows) to calve.

=vélin=, _n.m._, vellum; fine Alençon lace.

=vélite=, _n.m._, (Rom. antiq.) light-armed soldier, skirmisher.

=velléité= (vél-lé-), _n.f._, velleity, slight desire, fancy, mind.

☉=véloce=, _adj._, (astron.) swift, rapid.

=vélocipède=, _n.m._, velocipede, cycle.

=vélocité=, _n.f._, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, speed.

=velours=, _n.m._, velvet. _— ras_; short-nap velvet. _— façonné_; figured velvet. _— de soie_; silk velvet. _— de coton_; cotton velvet. _— à côtes_; corduroy. _— de coton croisé_; velveteen. _— glacé_; shot velvet. _Faire patte de —_; to speak smoothly; to draw in one’s claws. _Habits de — ventre de son_; (prov.) silks and satins put out the kitchen fire. _Passe —_; (bot.) prince’s feathers.

=velouté=, _n.m._, velveting, flock surface; velvet-pile; softness; (bot.) velvet; (med.) ☉mucous membrane.

=velouté=, =-e=, _adj._, velvet, velvety; cut in imitation of velvet; velvet-like; with the softness of velvet; soft and smooth to the palate (of wines).

=velouter=, _v.a._, to give (to some material) the appearance of velvet; to make velvet-like.

=veloutier= (-tié), _n.m._, velvet-worker.

=veltage=, _n.m._, measuring liquids by the _velte_.

=velte=, _n.f._, an (obsolete) measure of capacity, about 7 quarts English; a sort of gauge to measure the capacity of casks.

=velter=, _v.a._, to measure liquids by the _velte_.

=velteur=, _n.m._, gauger; one who measures by the _velte_.

=velu=, =-e=, _adj._, hairy (not applied to the head or beard); shaggy, rough. _n.m._, shagginess; hairy part.

=velverette=, _n.f._, corduroy.

=velvet=, _n.m._, =velvetine=, _n.f._, velveteen.

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

=venaison=, _n.f._, venison.

=vénal=, =-e=, _adj._, venal, mercenary.

=vénalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, in a venal, mercenary manner.

=vénalité=, _n.f._, venality.

=venant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, comer; coming. _A tout —_; to the first comer; to any one, _or_ as the fancy takes one.

=vendable=, _adj._, salable, vendible.

=vendange=, _n.f._, vintage; grape-gathering. _Faire —_; to gather the grapes; (fig.) to make a good thing of, to profit by.

=vendanger=, _v.a._ and _n._, to gather grapes; to vintage; (fig.) to make illicit profits; to ravage, to spoil, to devastate, to sweep away.

=vendangeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, vintager, grape-gatherer.

=vendéen=, =-ne=, _n._, _adj._, Vendean.

=vendémiaire=, _n.m._, Vendémiaire, the first month of the calendar of the first French republic, from September 22d or 23d to October 21st or 22d.

=venderesse= (vān-drès), _n.f._, (jur.) vendor.

=vendetta=, _n.f._, (_—s_) vendetta, vengeance.

=vendeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, seller, vendor, dealer. _— d’orviétan_; quack.

=vendication=, _n.f._ _V._ =revendication=.

=vendiquer=, _v.a._ _V._ =revendiquer=.

☉=vendition=, _n.f._, (jur.) sale.

=vendre=, _v.a._ and _n._, to sell, to vend, to sell out; (fig.) to betray. _— cher_; to sell dear. _— à bon marché_; to sell cheap. _— argent comptant_; to sell for ready money. _À —_; to be sold, for sale. _Chose qui plaît est à moitié vendue_; good wares make quick sales.

_se_ =vendre=, _v.r._, to sell one’s self; to sell, to go off (of a thing).

=vendredi=, _n.m._, Friday. _Le — saint_; Good-Friday.

=vené=, =-e=, _adj._, high (of meat).

☉=vénéfice=, _n.m._, (jur.) poisoning by malefice.

☉=venelle=, _n.f._, small street, alley, lane. [Only used in the popular expression _Enfiler la —_; to run away, to take to one’s heels.]

=vénéneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, venomous, poisonous (of plants only).

=vener=, _v.a._, to run (cattle) to make their flesh tender. _Faire — de la viande_; to keep meat until it gets high.

=vénérable=, _adj._, venerable, reverend.

=vénérablement=, _adv._, venerably, reverently.

=vénération=, _n.f._, veneration. _Sa mémoire est en —_; his memory is held in veneration.

=vénérer=, _v.a._, to venerate, to reverence.

=vénerie= (vé-n-rî) _n.f._, venery, hunting; hunting-train; kennel.

=vénérien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, venereal, syphilitic.

=venette=, _n.f._, (pop.) fright, funk. _Avoir la —_; to be in a funk. _Donner la —_; to frighten, to put into a funk.

=veneur=, _n.m._, huntsman. _Grand —_; master of the hounds.

=venez-y-voir=, _n.m._, (_—_) (fam., iron.) sight, show, raree-show; trifle, catch, cheat.

=vengeance= (-jans), _n.f._, vengeance, revenge. _Tirer — d’un affront_; to be revenged for an affront. _Demander_, or _crier_, _—_; to call, _or_ cry, for vengeance. _Esprit de —_; revengefulness. _Par —_; out of revenge.

=venger=, _v.a._, to revenge, to avenge, to take revenge for, to resent. _— une injure_; to avenge an injury.

_se_ =venger=, _v.r._, to revenge one’s self, to avenge one’s self; to be revenged. _Se — de quelqu’un_; to be revenged on any one.

=venge-ur=, =-resse=, _n._ and _adj._, avenger, revenger; revengeful, avenging.

=véniel=, =-le=, _adj._, venial.

=véniellement= (-nièl-mān), _adv._, venially.

=veni-mecum= (vé-ni-mé-co-m), _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =vade-mecum=.

=venimeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, communicating poison, venomous (of animals); poisonous, malignant.

=venin=, _n.m._, venom, poison, spite, rancor, malice. _Morte la bête, mort le —_; dead dogs can’t bite or dead men tell no tales. _Il a jeté tout son —_; he has vented all his spite.

=venir= (venant, venu), _v.n._, to come, to be coming; to come along, to arrive; to chance, to fall out, to occur, to happen; to be descended; to grow, to grow up, to thrive (of plants); to issue, to run, to flow; to emanate, to proceed, to arise, to derive; to reach. _Je le vois —_; I see him coming; (fig.) I see what he is driving at. _Le voilà qui vient_; here he comes. _Venez ici_; come here. _Voulez-vous — avec nous à Londres?_ will you go with us to London? _Faire —_; to send for. _Faire — le médecin_; to send for the doctor. _Il va et vient_; he goes in and out. _Il s’en est allé comme il est venu_; he has had his labor for his pains. _Je ne ferai qu’aller et —_; I will not stay, I shall be back again directly. _En — aux extrémités_; to come to extremities. _S’en —_; to come away. _Il en vint jusqu’à le menacer_; he went so far as to threaten him. _En — aux mains_; to come to blows. _Il en faut — là_; we must come to that at last. _Si ma lettre venait à se perdre_; if my letter should happen to be lost, _or_ to miscarry. _Tout lui vient à souhait_; everything succeeds according to his wishes. _Cette nouvelle est venue jusqu’à moi_; that news reached even me. _Il me vint une pensée_; a thought came into my head. _D’où vient-il que?_ how is it that? _D’où vient cela?_ what is the cause of that? _D’où vient que?_ how is it that? _Quand il vint à parler de_; when he came to speak of. _— au monde_; to come into the world. _— de_; to come from; (followed by an infinitive) to have just. _Je viens de le quitter_; I have just left him. _Se faire bien — de_; to ingratiate one’s self (with), to curry favor (with). _Il vient de partir_; he has only just gone, _or_ started. _Il vient d’arriver_; he has just arrived. _Je viens le voir_; I come to see him. _Je viens de le voir_; I have just seen him. _Cet arbre vient bien_; that tree thrives well. _Viens donc_, _venez donc_; come away, come along. _Où voulez-vous en —?_ what are you aiming, driving, at? _D’où venez-vous?_ where do you come from? where were you brought up? _Il faut le voir —_; we must first see what he is driving at. _Vouloir en — à_; to aim at, to be driving at, to mean, to be up to. _Temps à —_; future time. _— à bout de_; to succeed, to master, to get through (anything). _Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre_; everything comes to him who waits. _C’est un beau — y voir_; a pretty sight, indeed!

=venir=, _n.m._, coming.

=vent=, _n.m._, wind, gale; flatulence; breath; (hunt.) scent; vanity, emptiness; (artil.) windage. _Un souffle de —_; a puff of wind. _Un — coulis_; a slight draught. _Il fait du —_; it is windy. _Être à l’abri du —_; to be sheltered from the wind. _Jeter la plume au —_; to allow chance to decide. _Autant en emporte le —_; all that is idle talk. _Aller comme le —_; to go swiftly, like the wind. _Aller selon le —_; to sail with the wind; (fig.) to go with the times; to be a time-server. _— fait_; settled wind. _Au —_; to the wind; (nav.) to windward. _Sous le —_; (nav.) to leeward. _— de terre_; land breeze. _— de mer_; sea breeze. _Avoir — et marée_; to have both wind and tide (in one’s favor). _Avoir le dessus du —_; (nav.) to have the weather-gauge; (fig.) to have the upper hand of any one. _Avoir des —s_; to be troubled with wind, flatulence (fig.). _Lâcher un —_; to break a wind. _Tout cela n’est que du —_; all that means nothing. _Si le — le permet_; weather permitting. _Filer — arrière_; (nav.) to sail before the wind. _Gagner le — sur_; to get to windward of; to weather. _Prendre le —_; to scent; (nav.) to sail near the wind. _— frais_; fresh gale. _Gros coup de —_; strong gale. _Être logé aux quatre —s_; to be exposed to every wind that blows. _Avoir le — contraire_; to have the wind against one. _Flotter au gré du —_; to float in the wind. _Iles du —_; (geog.) Windward Islands. _— au visage rend un homme sage_; (prov.) adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

*=ventail=, _n.m._, (her.) ventail, visor (of a helmet).

=vente=, _n.f._, sale; selling, auction; felling, cutting out (of timber). _En —_; for sale, now ready (of a book). _Mettre en —_; to offer for sale; to put up for sale, to publish (a book). _— aux enchères_; auction. _— judiciaire_; sale under warrant, _or_ before the sheriff. _Marchandise de bonne —_; goods that go off well. _Asseoir les —s_; to mark the trees that are to be felled. _Lods et —s_; tax on the sale of heritages.

=ventelle=, _n.f._ paddle-valve (of lock-gates).

=venter=, _v.n.imp._, to blow, to be windy. _Il vente_; the wind is blowing, it is windy.

=venteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, windy, flatulent.

=ventier=, _n.m._, wood-salesman.

=ventilateur=, _n.m._, ventilator, fan; (phys.) air-exhauster.

=ventilation=, _n.f._, ventilation, airing; (jur.) valuation.

=ventiler=, _v.a._, to ventilate, to air; (jur.) to value; (fig.) to discuss, to moot.

=ventis=, _n.m._, wind-fallen timber.

=ventolier=, _n.m._, (hawking) bird that flies well against the wind.

=ventôse=, _n.m._, Ventose, the sixth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from February 19th or 20th to March 20th.

=ventosité=, _n.f._, flatulence, ventosity.

=ventouse=, _n.f._, cupping-glass, sucker; the devil-fish; ventilator, vent-hole, air-hole; (arch.) ventiduct. _pl._, cupping-glasses. _Appliquer les —s_; to cup. _—s-sèches_; dry-cupping.

=ventouser=, _v.a._, to cup.

=ventouseur=, _n.m._, cupper.

=ventral=, =-e=, _adj._, ventral.

=ventre=, _n.m._, belly, stomach; (of bottles) belly; womb; chest, body, inside. _— à terre_; at full speed. _Passer sur le — à_; to bear down upon, to rout, to put to rout. _Prendre du —_; to get a corporation. _Le bas-—_; (anat.) the abdomen. _J’ai mal au —_; I have a stomach-ache. _Remettre le cœur au — à quelqu’un_; to give any one fresh courage. _À plat —_; flat on the face. _Faire —_; to bulge, to swell out. _Manger à — déboutonné_; to eat like a glutton. _— affamé n’a point d’oreilles_; a hungry man will not listen to reason _or_ a hungry man is an angry man. _Savoir ce que quelqu’un a dans le —_; (fam.) to know what a person is worth, _or_ is thinking of. _N’avoir pas à trois mois dans le —_; (fam.) not to have three months to live. _— affamé prend tout à gré_; any food is good food when you are starving.

=ventrebleu!= _int._ zounds!

=ventrée=, _n.f._, litter (of animals).

=ventricule=, _n.m._, ventricle.

=ventrière=, _n.f._, girth (of a horse), belly-band, abdominal belt; sling; (carp.) purlin; (machinery) brace.

=ventriloque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, ventriloquist; ventriloquous, ventriloquial.

=ventriloquie=, _n.f._, ventriloquy, ventriloquism.

*_se_ =ventrouiller=, _v.r._, to wallow in the mire, _or_ in the mud.

=ventru=, =-e=, _adj._, big-bellied, corpulent; bulging (out).

=venu=, =-e=, _part._, come. _Bien —_; welcome, well-grown (of trees, etc.). _Mal —_; ill-received; not welcome; ill-grown, stunted (of trees, etc.); not justified, wrong. _Le premier —_, _la première —e_; the first-comer, the first that comes, the first person one meets, any one, no matter which _or_ who. _Le dernier —_; the last comer. _Nouveau —_; new-comer (_m.s._). _Des nouveaux —s_; new-comers (_m.pl._). _Une nouvelle —e_; a new-comer (_f.s._). _Des nouvelles —es_; new-comers (_f.pl._).

=venue=, _n.f._, coming, arrival, advent, growth. _Allées et —s_; goings and comings. _Tout d’une —_; at a stretch, all at once. _À la bonne —_; come what may, at all hazards.

☉=vénule=, _n.f._ _V._ =veinule=.

=vénus= (-nus), _n.f._, (astron., myth.) Venus; ☉(chem.) copper.

=vénusté=, _n.f._, (l.u.) handsomeness, gracefulness, elegance.

=vêpres=, _n.f.pl._, vespers.

=ver= (vèr), _n.m._, worm, maggot; moth; mite. _— luisant_; glowworm. _— de fumier_; muck-worm. _— à soie_; silk-worm. _— rongeur_; never-dying worm. _— de fromage_; cheese-mite. _— solitaire_; tape-worm. _— de terre_; earth-worm. _Mangé_, or _rongé_, _des —s_; worm-eaten. _Nu comme —_; stark naked. _Tuer son —_; (pop.) to have a morning nip.

=véracité=, _n.f._, veracity.

=véraison=, _n.f._, turning, ripening (of grapes).

=véranda=, _n.f._, verandah.

=vératre=, _n.m._, (bot.) veratrum.

=vératrine=, _n.f._, (chem.) veratria, veratrine.

=verbal=, =-e=, _adj._, verbal. _Promesse —e_; promise by word of mouth.

=verbalement= (-bal-mān), _adv._, verbally, by word of mouth.

=verbaliser=, _v.n._, to draw up a written statement; to state facts, to be long-winded.

=verbe=, _n.m._, (gram.) verb; voice; (theol.) the Word.

=verbénacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) verbenaceæ.

=verbération=, _n.f._, verberation.

=verbeusement=, _adv._, verbosely, with many words.

=verbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, verbose, prolix.

=verbiage=, _n.m._, verbiage.

=verbiager=, _v.n._, to be verbose.

=verbiageu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, verbose, _or_ wordy, talker; twaddler.

=verbosité=, _n.f._, verbosity.

=ver-coquin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (ent.) vine-grub; (vet.) staggers; caprice, whim.

=verd=, _adj._ _V._ =vert=.

=verdal=, _n.m._, basement-light, cellar-light.

=verdâtre=, _adj._, greenish.

=verdée=, _n.f._, white wine of Tuscany.

=verdelet=, =-te=, _adj._, tart (of wine); vigorous, strong, hale (of old people).

=verderie=, _n.f._, verderer’s range; verderer’s jurisdiction.

=verdet=, _n.m._, verdigris.

=verdeur=, _n.f._, greenness, viridity, sap; tartness, harshness (of wine); acrimony; (of old people) vigor, freshness.

=verdict= (-dikt), _n.m._, (jur.) verdict, finding. _Rendre un —_; to deliver a verdict.

=verdier=, _n.m._, verderer, verderor; (orni.) greenfinch, green-linnet.

=verdir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to paint green; to grow green, to become green; to get covered with verdigris (of copper).

=verdoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, verdant, green.

=verdoyer=, _v.n._, to be verdant, to become green.

=verdure=, _n.f._, verdure, greenness, green; pot-herbs.

=verdurier=, _n.m._, greengrocer.

=véreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, worm-eaten, maggoty, full of maggots, rotten; suspicious, suspected of a concealed vice _or_ defect; (com.) (of bills) insecure, unsafe, doubtful.

=verge=, _n.f._, rod, wand; shank (of an anchor); handle (of a whip); penis. _pl._, rod, birch (old); yard (measure). _— de bedeau_, verger’s wand. _Cet enfant craint les —s_; that child fears the rod. _Donner des —s pour se faire fouetter_; to give a rod to beat one’s self. _Passer_ (_quelqu’un_) _par les —s_; (mil.) to flog. _Être passé par les —s_ or _passer par les —s_; to run the gauntlet. _Faire passer_ (_un soldat_) _par les —s_; (mil.) to flog through the lines.

=vergé=, =-e=, _adj._, (of paper) laid; (of textile fabrics) streaky.

=vergée=, _n.f._, about a rood.

=verger=, _v.a._, to measure by the rod.

=verger=, _n.m._, fruit-garden, orchard.

=vergeté=, =-e=, _part._, beaten (cleaned with a cane); streaked (of skin).

=vergeter=, _v.a._, to beat, to whisk, to brush (with a cane).

=vergetier= (-tié), _n.m._, brushmaker, rodmaker.

=vergette=, _n.f._, brush, clothes-brush, bundle of rods, switch (generally used in the plural); hoops (of a drum). _Donner un coup de —s_ (_à_); to give a brushing, to brush.

=vergeure= (-jur), _n.f._, wire-mark (of paper).

=verglacé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, covered with rime, coated over with frost, frozen over.

=verglacer=, _v.imp._ (old). _Il verglace_; the rain freezes as it falls. _V._ =verglas=.

=verglas=, _n.m._, glazed frost, frozen rain, rime. _Il fait —_ or _il tombe du —_; the rain freezes as it falls.

*=vergne=, _n.m._, alder-tree.

*=vergogne=, _n.f._, shame. _Sans —_; shameless.

=vergogneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, shy, reserved, modest, bashful.

=vergue= (vèrg), _n.f._, (nav.) yard (of a sail). _Grande —_; main-yard.

=véricle=, _n.f._, paste, imitation (jewelry).

=véridicité=, _n.f._, veracity, credibility.

=véridique=, _adj._, veracious, credible.

=véridiquement=, _adv._, veraciously, truthfully.

=vérificateur=, _n.m._, verifier, examiner (of work); auditor (of accounts).

=vérification=, _n.f._, verification, examining, auditing; (of wills) probate.

=vérifier=, _v.a._, to inspect, to examine, to verify, to try (weights, measures); to audit, to prove (a will).

=vérin=, _n.m._, screw-jack.

=vérine=, _n.f._, verinas (tobacco); (nav.) binnacle-lamp.

=vérissime=, _adj._, most true, most faithful.

=véritable=, _adj._, true, genuine, pure, real, staunch. _Un — ami_; a true friend.

=véritablement=, _adv._, truly, really, in reality, indeed, in truth.

=véritas=, _n.m._, Lloyd’s register (French). _Bureau —_; (French) Lloyd’s rooms.

=vérité=, _n.f._, truth, verity, truthfulness. _Dire la —_; to speak the truth. _En —_; indeed, truly. _À la —_; indeed; it is true; I confess. _Toute — n’est pas bonne à dire_; all truths are not to be spoken at all times. _On dit souvent la — en riant_; there’s many a true word spoken in jest. _Dire ses —s à quelqu’un_; (not to be afraid) to tell anyone his faults; to be outspoken with any one.

=verjus=, _n.m._, verjuice; sour grapes. _C’est jus vert et —_; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.

=verjuté=, =-e=, _adj._, sharp, tart, acid.

=verjuter=, _v.a._, to flavor with verjuice.

*=vermeil=, =-le=, _adj._, vermilion, ruby, ruddy, rosy, coral. _Teint —_; rosy complexion.

*=vermeil=, _n.m._, silver-gilt.

=vermicel= _or_ =vermicelle=, _n.m._, vermicelli.

=vermicelier=, _n.m._, vermicelli manufacturer.

=vermiculaire=, _adj._, vermicular, worm-shaped; (anat.) vermiform.

=vermiculaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) stone-crop.

=vermiculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) vermicular, vermiculated.

=vermiculures=, _n.f.pl._, (arch.) vermiculated work.

=vermiforme=, _adj._, worm-shaped; (anat.) vermiform.

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

*=vermiller=, _v.n._, (hunt.) (of boars) to scratch for worms, etc.

*=vermillon=, _n.m._, vermilion.

*=vermillonner=, _v.a._, to vermilion; to paint in red.

=vermine=, _n.f._, vermin, (fig.) rabble.

=vermineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) caused by worms.

=vermisseau=, _n.m._, vermicule, grub, earthworm, little worm.

_se_ =vermouler=, _v.r._, to be worm-eaten.

=vermoulu=, =-e=, _adj._, worm-eaten, decayed, crumbling to pieces.

=vermoulure=, _n.f._, worm-hole, rottenness in wood, dry-rot.

=vermout= _or_ =vermouth=, _n.m._, bitters.

=vernaille=, _n.f._, (min.) telesia.

=vernal=, =-e=, _adj._, vernal, spring-like.

=vernation=, _n.f._, (bot.) vernation, foliation.

=verne=, _n.m._, (bot.). _V._ =vergne=.

=vernier=, _n.m._, vernier, sliding-rule.

=vernir=, _v.a._, to varnish; to glaze; to japan, to lacquer, to polish.

=vernis=, _n.m._, varnish, polish, glaze, glazing. _— gras_; oil-varnish. _Donner un — à_; to polish, to set off.

=vernissage=, _n.m._, varnishing; glazing.

=vernisser=, _v.a._, to varnish, to glaze, to japan.

=vernisseur=, _n.m._, varnisher.

=vernissure=, _n.f._, the application of varnish, _or_ glazing, on anything.

=vérole=, _n.f._, pox. _La petite —_; the small-pox. _Grain de petite —_; pock-mark. _Petite — volante_; chicken pox.

=vérolé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (l.ex.) (med.) poxed, syphilitic.

=vérolique=, _adj._, (med.) syphilitic.

=véron=, _n.m._ _V._ =vairon=.

=véronique=, _n.f._, (bot.) veronica, speedwell.

*=verraille=, _n.f._, small glass wares; old glass.

=verrat=, _n.m._, boar.

=verre=, _n.m._, glass. _— à boire_; drinking glass. _Choquer les —s_; to touch glasses. _— grossissant_; magnifying-glass. _— ardent_; burning-glass. _Grand —_; tumbler. _— à pied_; rummer. _— à vin_; wine-glass. _— de vin_; glass of wine. _— de couleur_; stained glass, colored glass.

=verrée=, _n.f._, glassful.

=verrerie= (vér-rî), _n.f._, glass-works; glass-making; glass-wares.

=verrier=, _n.m._, glass-maker, glassman, glass-blower; dealer in glassware; glass-basket.

=verrière=, _n.f._, glass-stand, monteith; (in churches) stained window.

=verrine= _or_ =verrière=, _n.f._, glazed box; glass picture frame.

=verroterie= (vè-ro-trî), _n.f._, glass-ware; glass trinket; glass beads.

=verrou=, _n.m._, bolt. _Fermer une porte au —_; to bolt a door. _S’enfermer au —_; to bolt one’s self in. _Au —_; under lock and key, locked up.

*=verrouiller=, _v.a._, to bolt, to bar.

*_se_ =verrouiller=, _v.r._, to bolt one’s self in.

=verrucaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) wartwort.

=verrue=, _n.f._, wart.

=verruqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, warty; wart-like; verrucose; (med.) tubercled.

=vers= (vèr), _n.m._, verse, line (of poetry). _Faire des —_; to write verses. _Grand —_; Alexandrine (twelve-syllabled verse).

=vers=, _prep._, towards, about, to. _Tournez-vous — moi_; turn towards me. _— les quatre heures_; about four o’clock.

=versable=, _adj._, apt to overturn, liable to upset.

=versade=, _n.f._, upsetting, overturning.

=versage=, _n.m._, (agri.) first dressing (of land).

=versant=, =-e=, _adj._, liable to be overturned.

=versant=, _n.m._, declivity, side, slope (of mountains); watershed.

=versatile=, _adj._, versatile, variable, changeable.

=versatilité=, _n.f._, versatility, variableness.

=verse=, _adj._, (geom.) versed. _Sinus —_; versed sine.

_à_ =verse=, _adv._, (of rain) very fast, in torrents. _Il pleut à —_; it is raining in torrents, or cats and dogs.

=versé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, poured, overturned; (fig.) versed, skilled, conversant.

=verseau=, _n.m._, (astron.) Aquarius.

=versement=, _n.m._, payment; deposit. _— partiel_; installment.

=verser=, _v.a._, to pour, to pour out; to shoot, to discharge, to empty; to shed, to spill; to lodge, to deposit (money); to overturn, to upset, to cast, to throw.

=verser=, _v.n._, to overturn, to upset, to be overturned, to overset (of vehicles); to be laid, to be beaten down (of standing corn).

=verset=, _n.m._, (Bibl.) verse.

=versicules= _or_ =versiculets=, _n.m.pl._, (fam., jest.) little verses, versicles.

=versificateur=, _n.m._, versifier, poetaster.

=versification=, _n.f._, versification.

=versifier=, _v.n._, to versify, to make verses.

=versifier=, _v.a._, to turn into verses.

_se_ =versifier=, _v.r._, to be versified, to be put into verse.

=version=, _n.f._, version, translation.

=verso=, _n.m._, (_—s_) back (of a leaf); (print.) reverse, even, left-hand page.

=versoir=, _n.m._, mold-board (of a plow).

=verste=, _n.f._, verst (Russian measure of length, about 1166 yards).

=vert=, =-e=, _adj._, green; sharp, harsh (of things); tart (of wine); raw (of hides); vigorous, robust (of old age); resolute. _Bois —_; green wood. _Morue —e_; salt fish (that has not been yet dried). _Cuir —_; raw leather. _Fruit —_; green fruit. _Du vin —_; tart wine. _Pomme —e_; unripe apple. _Pierres —es_; stones just cut out of the quarry. _Une —e vieillesse_; a vigorous, _or_ hale, old age. _Une —e réponse_; a sharp answer. _Ils sont trop —s_; the grapes are sour. _Il a la tête —e_; he is a hare-brained fellow, _or_ a greenhorn.

=vert=, _n.m._, green, green color; grass; green meat; green food; tartness (of wine). _— de mer_; sea-green. _Employer le — et le sec_; to leave no stone unturned. _Mettre des chevaux au —_; to turn horses out to grass. _Vous ne le prendrez pas sans —_; you will not catch him napping. _Manger son blé en —_; (prov.) to anticipate one’s income.

=vert d’eau= _or_ =vert de mer=, _n.m._, sea-green.

=vert-de-gris=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) verdigris.

=vert de vessie=, _n.m._, sap-green.

=vert-pomme=, _n.m._, apple-green.

=vertébral=, =-e=, _adj._, vertebral.

=vertèbre=, _n.f._, vertebra.

=vertébré=, =-e=, _adj._, vertebral, vertebrate.

=vertébré=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) vertebral, vertebrate. _Les —s_; the vertebrates.

=vertement=, _adv._, vigorously, briskly, sharply; harshly, severely. _Je l’ai tancé —_; I reprimanded him most severely, I gave him a good talking to.

=vertical=, =-e=, _adj._, vertical.

=verticalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, vertically.

=verticalité=, _n.f._, verticalness.

*=verticille=, _n.m._, (bot.) verticil; whorl.

*=verticillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) verticillate.

=verticité=, _n.f._, verticity (of the sea compass).

=vertige=, _n.m._, dizziness, giddiness, vertigo, swimming in the head; (vet.) staggers; (fig.) folly, madness, intoxication.

=vertigineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, giddy, dizzy (of heights, etc.), subject to giddiness.

=vertigo=, _n.m._, (_—s_) vertigo; whim, crotchet; (vet.) staggers.

=vertu=, _n.f._, virtue, chastity; property, faculty, quality; power, force. _Faire de nécessité —_; to make a virtue of necessity. _En — de_; by virtue of, in pursuance of. _— de ma vie!_ why, bless my heart!

☉=vertubleu!= =vertuchou!= _int._, bless my heart! zounds!

=vertueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, virtuously.

=vertueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, virtuous.

☉=vertugadin=, _n.m._, farthingale.

=verve=, _n.f._, warmth, fancy, inspiration; animation, liveliness; spirit; fervor; rapture; raciness, humor; (l.u.) fancy, whim, crotchet. _Avoir de la —_; to be sprightly, spirited.

=verveine=, _n.f._, (bot.) vervain, verbena.

=vervelle=, _n.f._, (falconry) varvel.

=verveux= _or_ =vervier=, _n.m._ and _adj._, hoop-net (for fishing).

=vésanie=, _n.f._, (med.) madness, insanity.

=vesce=, _n.f._, (bot.) vetch, tare.

=vésical=, =-e=, _adj._, vesical.

=vésicant=, =-e=, _adj._, causing blisters, vesicatory.

=vésication=, _n.f._, (med.) vesication.

=vésicatoire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, blister; vesicatory; blistering. _Un emplâtre —_; a blistering plaster. _Un —_; a blister. _Mouche à —_; blister-fly.

=vésiculaire=, _adj._, vesicular.

=vésicule=, _n.f._, vesicle, bladder.

=vésiculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vesiculate, bladdery.

=vesou=, _n.m._, sugar-cane juice.

=vespasienne= (-zi-èn), _n.f._, urinal (public).

=vesper= (vès-pèr), _n.m._, (astron.) Vesper, Venus.

☉=vespériser=, _v.a._, to scold, to reprimand.

=vespétro=, _n.m._, ratafia (a cordial).

=vesse=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) fizzling (school-slang). _Vesse!_ cave! _Avoir la —_; (fig.) to be in a funk.

=vesse-de-loup=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) puff-ball.

=vesser=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to fizzle; (fig.) to funk.

=vesseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) one who fizzles; coward, funk.

=vessie=, _n.f._, bladder; blister; (ich.) bladder; (fig.) trifle, nonsense. _— natatoire_; swimming bladder. _Faire croire que des —s sont des lanternes_; (prov.) to make any one believe that the moon is made of green cheese. _Il vaut nous faire prendre des —s pour des lanternes_; he would make us believe ..., etc. _Faire venir des —s_; to blister.

=vessigon=, _n.m._, (vet.) vessicnon, wind-gall.

=vesta=, _n.f._, (astron.) Vesta.

=vestale=, _n.f._, vestal.

=veste=, _n.f._, round jacket.

=vestiaire= (-ti-èr), _n.m._, vestiary; robing-room; wardrobe; dressing-room; cloak-room; charity clothing-club; clothes-money (in convents).

=vestibule=, _n.m._, vestibule, lobby, hall, porch, gateway; passage.

=vestige=, _n.m._, footstep, track; vestige, sign, mark, foot-print; trace, remains.

=veston=, _n.m._, lounge-jacket, dress-jacket.

=vésuvien=, =-ne=, _adj._, Vesuvian.

=vêtement= (vêt-mān), _n.m._, garment; garb. _pl._, dress, clothes, raiment, wearing apparel. _— manqué_; misfit.

=vétéran=, _n.m._, veteran; unpromoted pupil.

=vétérance=, _n.f._, quality of a veteran, veteranship.

=vétérinaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, veterinary surgeon; veterinary.

*=vétillard=, =-e=. _V._ =vétilleur=.

*=vétille=, _n.f._, trifle.

*=vétiller=, _v.n._, to trifle, to stand upon trifles.

=vétillerie=, _n.f._, hair-splitting.

*=vétilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who stands upon trifles, trifler, hair-splitter.

*=vétilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, overnice, fastidious, captious, hair-splitting (of a person); ticklish, minute, tedious, trifling (of a thing).

=vêtir= (vêtant, vêtu), _v.a._, to clothe, to vest, to array, to dress.

_se_ =vêtir=, _v.r._, to put on one’s clothes, to dress one’s self.

=vétiver= (-vèr), _n.m._, (bot.) whorl-flowered bent-grass.

=veto= (vé-tô), _n.m._, (_n.p._) veto.

=vêtu=, =-e=, _part._, dressed, clothed, clad, arrayed. _Mal —_; ill-dressed. _— de blanc_, _de noir_; dressed in white, in black.

=vêture=, _n.f._, taking the habit _or_ the veil (of friars and nuns). [_Prise d’habit_ is more frequently used.]

=vétusté=, _n.f._, antiquity, oldness, decay.

=vétyver= (-vèr), _n.m._ _V._ =vétiver=.

=veu-f=, =-ve=, _n._ and _adj._, widower; widow; widowed. _Cette église est —ve de son évêque_; this church is deprived of its bishop. _Eglise —ve_; a church no longer, a cathedral. _Epouser la —_; (pop.) to be guillotined.

=veule=, _adj._, (gard.) too light (of earth); long, small and weak (branches); (pers.) weak, powerless.

=veuvage=, _n.m._, widowhood.

=veuve=, _n.f._, widow; (bot.) tulip streaked white and violet; (orni.) widow-bird, whidah-finch, vidua.

=veuvier=, _adj._, widower.

=vexant=, =-e=, _adj._, vexing, provoking, annoying.

=vexat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, vexatious.

=vexation=, _n.f._, vexation, molestation, annoyance.

=vexatoire=, _adj._, vexatious, annoying.

=vexer=, _v.a._, to vex, to plague, to molest, to torment, to annoy.

=vexillaire=, _n.m._, (Rom. antiq.) vexillary, standard-bearer.

=vexillaire=, _adj._, (nav.) vexillary (of signals made by means of flags); (bot.) having the shape of a flag.

=viâ=, _prep._, via, by way of.

=viabilité=, _n.f._, (med., jur.) viability (of infants); condition of the roads of a country; good repair.

=viable=, _adj._, viable, likely to live.

=viaduc=, _n.m._, viaduct.

=viag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, for life, during life. _Rente —ère_; life-annuity. _Placer en —_; to sink (money); to invest in a life-annuity.

=viager=, _n.m._, (fin.) life-interest.

=viande=, _n.f._, meat, viand. _— de boucherie_ or _grosse —_; butcher’s meat. _Menue —_; fowl and game. _— blanche_; white meat (poultry, veal, etc.). _— noire_; brown meat (game). _Basse —_; inferior, coarse meat. _Un mangeur de —s apprêtées_; a lazy fellow, a sponger.

=viander=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to graze (of deer).

=viandis=, _n.m._, pasture, grazing (of deer).

=viatique=, _n.m._, Viaticum; last sacrament; provisions for a journey; traveling money.

=vibord=, _n.m._, (nav.) waist (of a ship).

=vibrant=, =-e=, _adj._, vibrating; vibrant; jarring.

=vibration=, _n.f._, vibration.

=vibratoire=, _adj._, vibratory.

=vibrer=, _v.n._, to vibrate.

=vibrion=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) vibrio, microscopic eel.

=vicaire=, _n.m._, vicar (delegate); curate of a parish. _Le — de Jésus-Christ_; the Pope. _Grand —_; grand vicar.

=vicairie=, _n.f._, _or_ =vicariat=, _n.m._, curacy, curateship, vicarage, living.

=vicarial=, =-e=, _adj._, vicarial.

=vicarier=, _v.n._, to officiate as a curate.

=vice=, _n.m._, vice, fault; blemish, defect, flaw, imperfection, error. _Pauvreté n’est pas —_; poverty is no crime. _— de forme_; informality.

=vice=, _Latin particle_, vice, instead of. [Only used in French in composition with nouns.]

=vice-amiral=, _n.m._, (_—-amiraux_), vice-admiral; second ship of a fleet.

=vice-amirauté=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) vice-admiralty.

*=vice-bailli=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vice-bailiff.

=vice-chancelier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vice-chancellor.

=vice-consul=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vice-consul.

=vice-consulat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vice-consulship.

=vice-gérant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vicegerent, deputy manager.

=vice-gérent=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vicegerent.

=vice-légat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vice-legate.

=vice-légation=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) vice-legateship.

=vicennal=, =-e=, _adj._, vicennial (of twenty years).

=vice-préfet=, _n.m._, vice-prefect.

=vice-présidence=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) vice-presidency.

=vice-président=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vice-president.

=vice-reine=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) vice-queen.

=vice-roi=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) viceroy.

=vice-royauté=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) viceroyalty, viceroyship.

=vice-sénéchal=, _n.m._, (_—-sénéchaux_) deputy-seneschal.

=vice versa=, _adv._, vice versa.

=vicié=, =-e=, _adj._, vitiated, depraved, corrupted; foul (air).

=vicier=, _v.a._, to vitiate, to taint, to corrupt, to make _or_ render foul.

_se_ =vicier=, _v.r._, to become vitiated _or_ corrupt; to become, _or_ get, tainted _or_ foul.

=vicieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, viciously.

=vicieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vicious, faulty, defective.

=vicinal=, =-e=, _adj._, (of roads) parish, parochial, connecting.

=vicinalité=, _n.f._, condition of the roads of a parish, connection, communication (of roads).

=vicissitude=, _n.f._, vicissitude; revolution, change.

=vicomtal=, =-e=, _adj._, of a viscount _or_ viscountess.

=vicomte=, _n.m._, viscount.

=vicomté=, _n.f._, viscountship; viscounty.

=vicomtesse=, _n.f._, viscountess.

=victimaire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) victimarius. _adj._, of a victim, _or_ victims.

=victime=, _n.f._, victim, sufferer. _Être — de_; to be a sufferer by. _Mourir — de_; to die a victim to.

=victimer=, _v.a._, to victimize; to sacrifice; to immolate; to ridicule; to quiz; to make a laughing-stock of.

=victoire=, _n.f._, victory, conquest. _Remporter la —_; to gain the victory. _proper noun_, Victoria.

=victoria=, _n.f._, victoria, park-phaeton.

=victorieuse=, _n.f._, (bot.) a variety of anemone.

=victorieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, victoriously, triumphantly.

=victorieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, victorious, triumphant.

=victorieux=, _n.m._, (bot.) a variety of carnation.

*=victuaille=, _n.f._, (l.u.) provisions. _pl._, (nav.) ☉stores, victuals, eatables. _V._ =vivres=.

☉*=victuailleur=, _n.m._, (nav.) victualer, victualing-agent.

=vidage=, _n.m._, emptying.

=vidame=, _n.m._, (feudalism) vidame.

=vidamé=, _n.m._, _or_ =vidamie=, _n.f._, dignity of a vidame.

=vidange=, _n.f._, clearing, emptying, removing; (of cess-pools) night-work; ullage (of liquor). _pl._, night-soil; (med.) lochia. _En —_; (of corks) ullaged.

=vidangeur=, _n.m._, night-man, scavenger.

=vide=, _adj._, empty, void, blank, devoid, destitute, vacant, vacuous; (mus.) open. _Corde à —_; open string.

=vide=, _n.m._, void, gap, chasm, hole; vacuum, emptiness, vanity; blank, empty space. _À —_; empty, upon nothing. _Mâcher à —_; (fig.) to feed on false hopes.

=vidé=, =-e=, _part._, emptied, empty. _Jarrets bien —s_; (of a horse) clean hocks.

*=vide-bouteille=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) small country house, country-box (house).

=vide-poches=, _n.m._, (_—_) lady’s work-table, carriage-basket.

=vider=, _v.a._, to empty; to vacate; to decide, to end; to settle; to draw (poultry); to gut (fish); to drain. _— un étang_; to drain a pond. _— une clef_; to bore a key. _— du drap_; to pink cloth. _— un procès_; to adjust, _or_ to settle, a lawsuit. _— un différend_; to settle a dispute. _— ses comptes_; to make up one’s accounts. _— les lieux_, _une province_, _etc._; to leave, to be driven from, a place, a province, etc. (by force).

_se_ =vider=, _v.r._, to be emptied; to empty itself (of a thing); to be settled, to be adjusted.

=vidimer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to collate, to compare (the copy of a document with the original).

☉=vidimus=, _n.m._, the certifying the copy of a document as conforming to the original.

=vidrecome=, _n.m._, (l.u.) tumbler, large drinking-glass.

=viduité=, _n.f._, widowhood.

=vidure=, _n.f._, emptying, drawing; pinking.

=vie=, _n.f._, life, existence, days; morals, character; lifetime; livelihood, living; food, subsistence; way of living, course of life; vitality; spirit, animation. _Rendre la — à quelqu’un_; to restore life to any one. _Rendre la — dure à quel-qu’un_; to make any one miserable; to make life a burden to any one. _Être en —_; to be alive. _Il y va de la —_; it is a case of life and death. _Demander la —_; to beg for life. _Je n’ai rien vu de pareil de ma —_; I never saw anything like it in all my life. _Gagner sa —_; to get one’s livelihood. _Mendier sa —_; to beg one’s bread. _Faire bonne —_; to lead a merry life. _Faire la —_; to live fast; to racket. _Faire — qui dure_; to lead a sober life; (fig.) to husband one’s resources. _Mener une — heureuse_; to lead a happy life. _Avoir la — dure_; to have a hard time; to have nine lives. _Train de —_; way of living. _Tourmenter sa —_; to bestir one’s self. _Faire — de garçon_; to live like a bachelor. _Mener une — réglée_; to lead a regular life. _C’est ma —_; it is my very life. _Telle —, telle fin_; people die as they live. _Il a écrit lui-même sa —_; he has written his own life. _À la — et à la mort_; in life and death. _Une pension à —_; a pension for life. _Sa — durant_; during his life. _Prodiguer sa —_; to throw away one’s life, to expose one’s self to danger. _S’ôter la —_; to make way with one’s self.

=viédase=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) (pers.) puppy, jackanapes.

*=vieil=, _adj._ _V._ =vieux=.

*=vieillard=, _n.m._, old man.

*=vieille=, _adj._ _V._ =vieux=.

*=vieille=, _n.f._, old woman.

*=vieillement=, _adv._, in an old way, _or_ manner.

*=vieillerie=, _n.f._, old things; old clothes, old goods, old stuff, old lumber, rubbish.

*=vieillesse=, _n.f._, old age; oldness. _Elle est morte de —_; she died of old age.

*=vieillir=, _v.n._, to grow old; to get old; to look old; to become obsolete (of words).

*=vieillir=, _v.a._, to make old; to make look old.

*_se_ =vieillir=, _v.r._, to make one’s self look old; to give one’s self out as older than one actually is.

*=vieillissant=, =-e=, _adj._, growing old.

*=vieillissement= (-is-mān), _n.m._, growing old.

*=vieillot=, =-te=, _adj._, oldish.

=vielle=, _n.f._, hurdy-gurdy. _Il est du bois dont on fait les —s_; he is of a pliant temperament.

=vieller=, _v.n._, to play upon the hurdy-gurdy; (pop.) ☉to stand trifling.

=vielleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hurdy-gurdy player.

=vierge=, _n.f._, virgin, maid; (astron.) Virgo.

=vierge=, _adj._, virgin, virginal, maiden; pure, untrodden, unwrought; free from. _Métaux —s_; native, _or_ virgin, metals. _Forêt —_; primeval, untrodden, virgin forest. _Epée —_; unfleshed, maiden sword.

=vieux=, =vieil=, _adj.m._, =vieille=, _f._, old; aged, advanced in years; ancient, venerable. _Un vieux soldat_; an old soldier. _Un vieil arbre_; an old tree. _Un vieil harpagon_; an old miser. _Une vieille femme_; an old woman. [_Vieil_ may be used instead of _vieux_ before a vowel or a silent _h_.]

=vieux=, _n.m._, old man, old boy, old fellow; _un — de la vieille_; a veteran of the Old Guard.

=vieux=, _n.m._, anything that is old (especially clothes, shoes, etc.).

=vi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, alive, live, living; quick; lively, brisk, sprightly, smart, animated, fiery, mettlesome, ardent, eager, hasty, keen, alert, nimble; sharp, violent (of pain); vivid, bright (of colors). _Cheval —_; mettlesome horse. _Des yeux —s_; sparkling eyes. _Couleur —ve_; bright color. _Un froid —_; a piercing cold. _Une —ve douleur_; a violent pain. _Eau —ve_; spring-water. _Chaux —ve_; quicklime. _Haie —ve_; quickset hedge. _De —ve voix_; by word of mouth; vivâ voce; verbally, orally. _Il est — comme la poudre_; he is quick-tempered, as hot as a peppercorn; he is quick at work. _Mort ou —_; dead or alive.

=vif=, _n.m._, quick; (jur.) person living; shaft (of a column). _Être touché au —_; to be touched to the quick. _Trancher_, or _couper_, _dans le —_; to cut to the quick; (fig.) to set to work in earnest. _Piquer au —_; to sting to the quick. _Être pris sur le —_; (of pictures, descriptions) to be very life-like.

=vif-argent=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) quicksilver.

=vigie=, _n.f._, (nav.) look-out; look-out man; lurking rock; rock above water; (railways) seat (on the top of cars). _Être en —_; (nav.) to be on the look-out, on the watch.

=vigilamment= (-la-mān), _adv._, vigilantly, watchfully.

=vigilance=, _n.f._, vigilance, watchfulness.

=vigilant=, =-e=, _adj._, vigilant, watchful.

=vigile=, _n.f._, vigil, eve.

*=vigne=, _n.f._, vine; vineyard. _— sauvage_; wild vine. _— vierge_; wild-grape, wild-briony. _— noire_; black briony _or_ bryony. _— blanche_; white briony, traveler’s joy. _— de Judée_; woody nightshade, bitter-sweet. _Être dans les —s du Seigneur_; to be in one’s cups, to be half-seas-over.

*=vigneau=, _n.m._ _V._ =vignot=.

*=vigneron=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, vine-dresser, wine-grower.

*=vignette=, _n.f._, (engr.) vignette; (bot.) meadow-sweet.

=vignettiste=, _n.m._, vignettist, vignette-maker.

*=vignoble=, _n.m._, vineyard. _Propriétaire de —s_; wine-grower.

*=vignoble=, _adj._, wine-growing.

*=vignot= _or_ =vigneau=, _n.m._, periwinkle.

*=vigogne=, _n.m._, vicuna-felt hat.

*=vigogne=, _n.f._, vicugna, vicuña, vicuna; vicuna-wool, swan’s down.

=vigoureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, vigorously, stoutly, forcibly, energetically.

=vigoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vigorous, stout, hardy, lusty, forcible, energetic.

=viguerie=, _n.f._, provostship (in Languedoc, Provence).

=vigueur=, _n.f._, vigor, strength, force; power, sturdiness; energy, spirit. _Mettre en —_; to put in force, to enforce. _— d’esprit_; strength of mind. _Entrer en —_; to come into force.

=viguier=, _n.m._, provost (Languedoc, Provence).

=vil=, =-e=, _adj._, vile, base, mean, despicable, low, wretched. _À — prix_; very cheap, dirt-cheap.

=vilain=, _n.m._, (feudalism) villain, villein; niggard; blackguard, cad, nasty fellow; miser. _Oignez — il vous poindra, poignez — il vous oindra_; a bad man will return evil for good.