Chapter VIII: Preface: To Revised Edition (8)

=barreau=, _n.m._, bar (for closing); bar (place reserved for barristers); lawyers, barristers; splat (of chairs). _Fréquenter le —_; to attend the courts. _Suivre le —_; to be a barrister. _Être reçu_, _admis_, _au —_; to be called to the bar.

=barrer=, _v.a._, to bar; to bar up; to fence up; to obstruct, to thwart; to stop up; to cancel; to dash over; to cross off; (her.) to bar; (vet.) to knit fast (a vein). (fig.) _— quelqu’un_; to throw obstacles in any one’s way.

=barrette=, _n.f._, man’s cap; cardinal’s cap.

=barricade=, _n.f._, barricade.

=barricader=, _v.a._, to barricade, to obstruct.

=barrière=, _n.f._, rail, bar, barrier, stile; starting post.

=barriquaut=, _n.m._, keg.

=barrique=, _n.f._, large barrel or cask, hogshead.

=barrir=, _v.n._, to trumpet (of elephants).

=barrot=, _n.m._, (nav.) beam.

=barroté=, =-e=, _adj._, (of a vessel) full to the beams.

=barroter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to load (a vessel).

=barrotin=, _n.m._, (nav.) lodge (across deck beam).

=bartavelle=, _n.f._, red partridge.

=baryte=, _n.f._, baryta.

=baryton=, _n.m._, (mus.) baritone; (Greek gram.) barytone.

=bas=, =-se=, _adj._, not high, low; shallow; vile, mean, despicable; abject, sordid; low, lower; inferior. _La marée est —se_; it is low water. _—se mer_; low water. _Une rivière —se_; a shallow river. _Les eaux sont —ses chez lui_; he is hard pushed for money. _Des sentiments —_; mean sentiments. _Une —se flatterie_; mean flattery. _Avoir l’âme —se_; to have a sordid soul. _Le — peuple_; the mob, the common people. _Parler d’un ton —_; to speak in a low voice. _Avoir le cœur haut et la fortune —e_; to have more spirit than fortune. _Avoir la vue —se_; to be short-sighted. _Une messe —se_; a low mass. _— étage_; lower story. _Une —se-fosse_; a dungeon. _Ce — monde_; this lower world. _Les Pays-Bas_; the Netherlands. _Le Bas-Rhin_; the Lower Rhine. _La Basse-Saxe_; Lower Saxony. _Les — officiers_; the inferior officers. _J’ai acheté cela à — prix_; I bought that at a very low price. _Les —ses cartes_; the small cards. _—se naissance_; mean birth. _Le — bout d’une chose_; the lower end of a thing. _La —se latinité_; low Latin. _Faire prendre à quelqu’un un ton plus —_; to make any one lower his tone. _Faire main —se sur_; to pillage, plunder, lay hands upon. _À porte —se, passant courbé_; one must bow to circumstances; the low door suits the shrunken frame.

=bas=, _adv._, down, low. _À —!_ down with. _A — le tyran!_ down with the tyrant! _À — les ministres!_ down with the ministers! _Au plus —_; at the very lowest. _Bien —_; very low. _En —_; below, down stairs. _Être à —_; to be ruined. _Être — percé_; to be short of, to be run aground for money. _Chapeaux —!_ hats off! _Jeter —_; to throw down. _Ici-—_; here below. _Là-—_; over there, over the way, yonder. _Le malade est encore bien —_; the patient is still very weak. _Mettre —_; (of animals) to bring forth, to whelp, to foal, to cub, to lamb, to pup, to kitten; to lay down; to take off. _Parler —_; to speak low. _Regarder_, _traiter_, _quelqu’un du haut en —_; to look at, to treat any one contemptuously. _Tenir —_; to keep in submission, to keep under.

=bas=, _n.m._, lower part; bottom; foot (of a thing); small (of the leg). _Le — du visage_; the lower part of the face. _Le — de l’escalier_; the foot of the stairs. _Il y a du haut et du — dans la vie_; there are ups and downs in life. _Être au —_; to be low (of liquids in casks). _Sa voix est belle dans le —_; (mus.) his voice is excellent in the lower notes.

=bas=, _n.m._, stocking. _— bleu_; blue-stocking (literary woman). _— à côtes_, _à jour_; ribbed, open-worked, stocking. _— de laine_, _de soie_; woolen, silk, stocking. _Cela vous va comme un — de soie_; it fits you like a glove.

=basalte=, _n.m._, basalt.

=basaltique=, _adj._, basaltic.

=basane=, _n.f._, sheep-leather.

=basané=, =-e=, _adj._, tawny, sun-burnt, swarthy.

=bas-bord=, _n.m._, (_n.p._). (nav.) _V._ =bâbord=.

=bascule=, _n.f._, see-saw; weighing-machine; plyer (of a draw-bridge); reciprocating motion; rocker (of cradles); lever. _Chaise à —_; rocking-chair. _Faire la —_; to see-saw. _Fusil à —_; breech-loading gun. _Pont à —_; weigh-bridge.

=basculer=, _v.n._, to see-saw, to tip off (to fall).

=bas-dessus=, _n.m._, (_—-—_) (mus.) low treble.

=base=, _n.f._, base, basis, bottom, foundation; ground-work, ground-plot; foot, stock, radix (of logarithms). _La — d’un système_; the basis of a system. _— des fondations_; (engineering) footing.

=baselle=, _n.f._, (bot.) basella.

=baser=, _v.a._, to found, to fix, to base, to ground, to rest, to settle.

_se_ =baser=, _v.r._, to be fixed; to be grounded; to be founded; to depend, to rely.

=bas-fond=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) flat, hollow, bottom; (nav.) shoal, shallow, shallow water.

=basilaire=, _adj._, (anat.) basilar.

=basilic=, _n.m._, (bot.) basil, sweet basil; (erpetology) basilisk, cockatrice.

=basilicon= _or_ =basilicum=, _n.m._, ointment, basilicon.

=basilique=, _n.f._, (anat., arch.) basilic, basilica.

=basilique=, _adj._, (anat.) basilical.

=basiliques=, _n.f.pl._, Basilic Constitutions.

=basin=, _n.m._, dimity.

=basique=, _adj._, (chem.) basic.

=bas-métier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (manu.) hand-frame.

☉=basoche=, _n.f._, basoche (corporation of lawyers).

=basque=, _n.m.f._, Biscayan; Basque (nation and language).

=basque=, _n.f._, flap, skirt, tail, of a garment. _Être toujours pendu à la — de quelqu’un_; to be always after any one, pestering anybody.

=basquine=, _n.f._, skirt.

=bas-relief=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (sculpt.) basso-relievo, bas-relief.

=basse=, _n.f._, (mus.) bass, bass-string. _— continue_; thorough-bass. _Contre-—_; double-bass.

=basse=, _n.f._, (nav.) shallow, flat, shoal, ridge of rocks, sand-bank, breaker.

=basse-contre=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (mus.) bass-counter, lower tenor.

=basse-cour=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_), inner court, poultry-yard, back-yard.

=basse-étoffe=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) mixture of lead and pewter.

=basse-fosse=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) dungeon.

=basse-marche=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) treadle (for weaving).

=bassement= (bâs-mān), _adv._, meanly, pitifully, poorly, despicably, vilely, sordidly. _Il s’exprime —_; he expresses himself vulgarly. _Penser —_; to have ignoble thoughts.

=bassesse=, _n.f._, baseness, meanness, vileness, littleness, villany, servileness; mean, sordid, action. _Avec —_; meanly. _Faire une —_; to do a base action.

=basset=, _n.m._, (mam.) terrier; basset-hound.

=basset=, =-te=, _adj._, of low stature.

*=basse-taille=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (mus.) bass, (sculpt.) bas-relief. _V._ =baryton= and =bas-relief=.

=bassette=, _n.f._, basset (game at cards).

=basse-voile=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (nav.) lower sail of a ship.

=bassin=, _n.m._, basin, valley, hollow; pond; (anat.) pelvis; scale (balance); (nav.) dock. _Droit de —_; dock-due. _Le — d’un port_; the basin of a harbor; wet dock. _Les —s d’une balance_; the scales of a balance. _Cracher au —_; (fig.) to contribute, to fork out. _Mettre dans le —_; (nav.) to dock. _— à flot_; floating dock. _— d’échouage_, or _— de radoub_; dry dock.

=bassine=, _n.f._, deep, wide pan.

=bassiner=, _v.a._, to warm (a bed); to bathe (with warm lotions), to foment, to steep; to water.

=bassinet=, _n.m._, pan, fire-pan (of fire-arms); (bot.) crowfoot; (anat.) calyx.

=bassinoire=, _n.f._, warming-pan.

=bassiot=, _n.m._, small tub (used by distillers).

=basson=, _n.m._, (mus.) bassoon; bassoonist.

=baste=, _n.m._, basto (cards).

☉=baster=, _v.n._, to suffice. Only employed in: _Baste pour cela_; well, so be it, let that pass. _Baste!_ pooh! nonsense!

☉=basterne=, _n.f._, basterna (cart drawn by oxen).

=bastide=, _n.f._, block house, country-house, villa (in the south of France).

*=bastille=, _n.f._, Bastille; fortress.

*=bastillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) having inverted battlements.

=bastingage=, _n.m._, (nav.) barricading, netting.

=bastingue= (-ghe), _n.f._, quarter-netting.

=bastinguer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to barricade.

_se_ =bastinguer= (-ghé), _v.r._, (nav.) to barricade, to put up the netting.

=bastion=, _n.m._, bastion.

=bastionné=, =-e= (-tio-né), _adj._, having bastions.

=bastionner=, _v.a._, to bastion, to fortify.

=bastonnade=, _n.f._, bastinade, bastinado, drubbing.

=bastringue= (-ghe), _n.m._, public-house ball; (pop.) uproar, row, shindy.

=bastude=, _n.f._, fishing-net (used in the South).

=bas-ventre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) lower part of the abdomen.

☉=bat= (bate), _n.m._, tail of a fish; (nav.) barrel.

=bât= (bā), _n.m._, pack-saddle. _Un cheval de —_; a pack-horse; (fig.) stupid person. _Vous ne savez pas où le — le blesse_; you know not where the shoe pinches him.

=bataclan=, _n.m._, uproar, row, shindy. _Et tout le —_; and the rest of it.

*=bataille=, _n.f._, battle, fight, engagement; battle array; beggar-my-neighbor. _— rangée_; pitched battle. _Ranger une armée en —_; to draw up an army in battle-array. _Cheval de —_; war-horse. _Livrer —_, or _donner —_; to give battle. _Livrer — pour quelqu’un_; to take up the cudgels for any one. _C’est son cheval de —_; it is his sheet-anchor _or_ stronghold.

*=batailler=, _v.n._, to battle, to fight; to struggle hard.

*=batailleu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, combative, pugnacious, quarrelsome; disputatious.

*=bataillon=, _n.m._, battalion; (fig.) great number, host, regiment. _—s_, _pl._, army. _Chef de —_; major.

=bâtard=, =-e=, _adj._, bastard, base-born, illegitimate, spurious; mongrel; inclined (of writing). _Chien —_; mongrel. _Fruits —s_; spurious fruits. _Porte —e_; small gateway.

=bâtard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bastard, natural child.

=batardeau=, _n.m._, coffer-dam.

=bâtardière=, _n.f._, nursery of grafted trees.

=bâtardise=, _n.f._, bastardy, spuriousness.

☉=batate= (bot.). _V._ =patate=.

=batavique=, _adj._ _V._ =larme=.

=batayole=, _n.f._, (nav.) stanchion.

=bâté=, =-e=, _part._, saddled with a pack. _Il n’y a point d’âne plus mal — que celui du commun_; what is everybody’s business is always badly done.

=bateau=, _n.m._, boat, barge, bark; body of a coach. _— à vapeur_; steamer, steamboat. _— d’agrément_; pleasure-boat. _— non ponté_; open boat. _— pêcheur_; fishing-boat. _— délesteur_; ballast-boat, lighter. _Porter —_; (of rivers) to to be navigable. _— lavoir_, _à lessive_; washerwoman’s boat. _— de passage_; ferry-boat. _— feu_; light-ship. _Arriver en trois —x_; to come with great fuss; in great state.

=batelage= (-laj), _n.m._, juggling, juggler’s trick, legerdemain; boating.

=batelée= (-lée), _n.f._, boat-load, boatful of people; crowd, flock.

=batelet= (-lè), _n.m._, a little boat.

=bateleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, juggler, buffoon, mountebank, merry-andrew, vaulter, rope-dancer.

=bateli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, waterman, ferryman, boatman.

=bâter=, _v.a._, to load with a pack-saddle.

=bâti=, _n.m._, basting, tacking (of garments).

=bâti=, =-e=, _part._, built. _Un homme bien —_; a well-built man.

=bâtier= (-tié), _n.m._, pack-saddle maker.

=batifolage=, _n.m._, romping.

=batifoler=, _v.n._, to play, to romp.

=batifoleur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) romp.

=bâtiment=, _n.m._, building, pile, structure, edifice, ship, vessel. _— marchand_; merchant vessel. _— balise_; beacon-ship, light-ship. _— parlementaire_; (nav.) flag of truce. _Emplacement d’un —_; site of a building. _— qui menace ruine_; building ready to fall.

=bâtir=, _v.a._, to build, to raise, to erect, to rear up; to found; to trump up, to tack, to baste (linen, cloth). _C’est — en l’air_; it is building castles in the air. _— sur le devant_ (triv.); to grow bulky.

=bâtisse=, _n.f._, building, construction (in masonry).

=bâtisseur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) builder; wretched builder.

=batiste=, _n.f._, cambric. _— de coton_; imitation muslin. _— de France_; French muslin.

=bâton=, _n.m._, stick, staff, cudgel, cane, walking-staff, perch, truncheon; straight stroke (writing). _— de cannelle_; roll of cinnamon. _— de commandement_; staff of command. _— de pavillon_; flag-staff. _Donner des coups de — à quelqu’un_; to cudgel any one. _Il l’a menacé du —_; he threatened to cane him. _— à deux bouts_; quarter-staff. _Tour du —_; by-profit. _Faire une chose à —s rompus_; to do a thing by fits and starts. _Aller à cheval sur un —_; to ride on a stick. _Faire mourir sous le —_; to beat to death. _Jeter des —s dans les roues_; (fig.) to put spokes in anybody’s wheels, to raise obstacles. _Sauter le —_; to do anything in spite of one’s self. _Tour du —_; perquisites, pickings.

=bâtonnat=, _n.m._, the presidentship of the order of French advocates.

=bâtonner=, _v.a._, to cudgel, to cane, to bastinade; to cross out.

=bâtonnet=, _n.m._, cat, tip-cat (boys’ game).

=bâtonnier=, _n.m._, staff-bearer; president of the order of French advocates.

=bâtonniste=, _n.m._, cudgel-player.

=battage=, _n.m._, threshing (grain); striking (metal).

=battant=, _n.m._, clapper (of bells); leaf (of a table or door); fly (of a flag).

=battant=, _adj._, at work; beating, pelting; (nav.) ready for battle (of a ship). _Porte —e_; swing-door. _Tout — neuf_; brand-new. _Mener quelqu’un tambour —_; to carry it with a high hand over any one. _Par une pluie —e_; in pelting rain.

=battant-l’œil=, _n.m._, (_—_), morning-cap.

=batte=, _n.f._, wooden sabre; beater; washing-board; (gard.) turf-beetle. _— à beurre_; churn-staff.

=battellement= (-mān), _n.m._, house-eaves.

=battement= (-mān), _n.m._, clapping (of hands); stamping (of feet); flapping (of wings); beating (of the heart); shuffling (of cards); (horl.) beat.

=batte-queue=, _n.m._, wag-tail.

=batterie= (-rî), _n.f._, fight; battery; scuffle; lock (of fire-arms); beating (of the drum); broadside (of a ship). _Dresser une —_; to erect a battery. _— de cuisine_; kitchen utensils. _— électrique_; electric battery.

=batteur=, _n.m._, beater. _— d’or_; goldbeater. _— en grange_; (agri.) thrasher. _— de pavé_; idler, lounger, loafer.

=batteuse=, _n.f._, (agri.) thrashing-machine.

=battoir=, _n.m._, beetle (of washerwomen); battledoor, racket.

=battologie=, _n.f._, tautology.

=battologique=, _adj._, tautological.

=battre=, _v.a._, to beat, to strike, to bang, to thrash, to whip (a horse); to shuffle (cards); to gammon; to flag (of a sail against a mast). (agri.) _— en grange_; to thrash. _— un noyer_; to thrash a walnut-tree. _— du beurre_; to churn milk. _— monnaie_; to coin money; (fig.) to raise money. _— le fusil_; to strike a light. _— en retraite_; to beat a retreat. _— quelqu’un de ses propres armes_; to foil a man with his own weapons. _— la mesure_; to beat time. _— les cartes_; to shuffle the cards. _— le pavé_; to loaf about. _— la semelle_; to beat the hoof, to be upon the tramp. _— le bois_; to beat the wood for game. _— la campagne_; to rave, to talk, nonsense; to beat about the bush.

_se_ =battre=, _v.r._, to fight, to combat, to scuffle. _Se — à qui aura quelque chose_; to scramble for something.

=battre=, _v.n._, to beat, to pant, to throb; to be loose (of a horse-shoe). _Le pouls lui bat fort_; his pulse beats fast. _Le cœur me bat_; my heart beats. _Le fer de ce cheval bat_; the shoe of that horse is loose. _— des mains_; to applaud. _— de l’aile_; to flutter. _— froid à quelqu’un_; to give any one the cold shoulder.

=battu=, =-e=, _part._, beaten, fought.

=battue=, _n.f._, (hunt.) battue, beat.

=batture=, _n.f._, gold-lacquering; (nav.) flat, shallow.

=bau=, _n.m._, (nav.) beam. _Demi-—_; half-beam. _Maître —_; midship-beam. _Faux —_; orlop beam.

=baud=, _n.m._, stag-hound.

=baudet=, _n.m._, ass; sawyer’s trestle; donkey.

=baudir=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to cheer the pack.

=baudrier=, _n.m._, baldrick, shoulder-belt, belt.

=baudroie=, _n.f._, (ich.) sea-devil, frog-fish.

=baudruche=, _n.f._, gold-beater’s skin.

=bauge=, _n.f._, lair of a wild boar; dirty hovel; (mas.) pugging-mortar.

=baume=, _n.m._, balm; balsam; balm-mint. _Je n’ai pas de foi dans son —_; I have no faith in his plan, promises.

=baumier=, _n.m._, balm-tree.

=bauque=, _or_ =baugue=, _n.f._, grass-wrack.

=bauquière=, _n.f._, (nav.) clamp.

=bavard=, =-e=, _adj._, prating, talkative, loquacious, babbling.

=bavard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, prater, babbler, chatterer.

=bavardage=, _n.m._, babbling, prattling, garrulity.

=bavarder=, _v.n._, to babble, to prattle, to blab, to jabber.

=bavarderie=, _n.f._, babbling, prating, garrulity, loquacity.

=bavardin=, =-e= (l.u.). _V._ =bavard=.

=bavardiner=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to talk; to prate, to prattle.

=bavardise=, _n.f._, (l.u.) babbling, prating.

=bavaroise=, _n.f._, bavaroise (an infusion of tea or milk and some syrup).

=bave=, _n.f._, drivel, slaver, dribble; foam; slime.

=baver=, _v.n._, to drivel, to slabber, to slaver, to dribble.

=bavette=, _n.f._, bib, slabbering-bib. _Tailler des —s_; to gossip.

=baveu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, driveling, slabbering.

=baveu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, driveler, dribbler.

=baveuse=, _n.f._, (ich.) blenny.

=bavoché=, =-e=, _part._, (engr.) uneven, smeary.

=bavocher=, _v.a._, (engr.) to render uneven, to smear.

=bavochure=, _n.f._, unevenness, smearing.

=bavolet=, _n.m._, rustic head-gear.

=bavure=, _n.f._, seam (in molding); blister (on pipes).

=bayadère=, _n.f._, Bayadere (dancing-girl).

=bayart=, _n.m._, hand-barrow.

=baye=. _V._ =baie=.

☉=bayer=, _v.n._, to gape, to hanker after. _— après les richesses_; to hanker after riches. _— aux corneilles_; to stand gaping in the air.

=bayette=, _n.f._, baize.

☉=bayeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gaper, starer.

=bayonnette=. _V._ =baïonnette=.

=bazar=, _n.m._, bazaar, hovel, concern.

=bazat=, _n.m._, Jerusalem cotton, bazat.

=bdellium= (-om), _n.m._, gum resin.

=béant=, =-e=, _adj._, gaping, yawning, wide open. _Gouffre —_; open pit, yawning chasm. _Bouche —e_; gaping mouth, all agape.

=béat=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, devout person; (b.s.) sanctimonious individual.

=béat=, =-e=, _adj._, (b.s.) sanctimonious.

=béatement=, _adv._, sanctimoniously.

=béatification=, _n.f._, beatification.

=béatifier=, _v.n._, to beatify.

=béatifique=, _adj._, beatifical, blissful.

*=béatilles=, _n.f.pl._, tit-bits, dainties.

=béatitude=, _n.f._, beatitude, blessedness.

=beau= _or_ =bel=, =belle=, _adj._, [_bel_ before nouns singular beginning with a vowel or _h_ mute], beautiful, fine, lovely, handsome; fair; smart, spruce; glorious; lofty, noble; seemly, becoming. _Une belle journée_; a fine day. _C’est un beau parleur_; he is a fine-spoken man. _Se faire beau_; to make one’s self smart. _Comme vous voilà beau aujourd’hui!_ how spruce you are to-day! _Une belle femme_; a handsome woman. _De beaux traits_; handsome features. _Un beau teint_; a fair complexion. _Le beau sexe_; the fair sex. _Le temps se met au beau_; the weather is clearing up. _À beau jeu, beau retour_; one good turn deserves another. _Donner beau jeu à quelqu’un_; to give any one good cards, to give any one fair play. _Avoir beau jeu_; to have good cards, to have fair play. _Prendre sa belle_; to seize the opportunity. _Faire un beau coup_; to make a lucky hit. _Une belle âme_; a lofty soul. _Il fait beau se promener aujourd’hui_; it is fine weather for walking to-day. _Il en fait de belles_; he is going on at a fine rate, playing fine tricks. _Il m’en a compté de belles_; he told me a lot of lies. _Il m’en a compté de belles sur votre compte_; he abused you right and left to me. _Belle demande!_ a fine request to make! _Il l’a échappé belle_; he has had a narrow escape of it. _Charles le Bel_; (of France) Charles the Fair. _Philippe le Bel_; (of France) Philip the Fair. _Philippe le Beau_; (of Spain) Philip the Handsome. _Le beau monde_; the fashionable world. _Mourir de sa belle mort_; to die a natural death. _Au beau milieu_; in the very middle. _La belle plume fait le bel oiseau_; fine feathers make fine birds. _Déchirer à belles dents_; to criticize mercilessly, to rend any one. _Il fera beau quand j’y retournera_; it will be a long day before I go there again. _Être dans de beaux draps_; to be in a pretty pickle.

=beau=, =bel=, =belle=, _adv._ _De plus belle_; with renewed ardor, worse than ever. _Tout beau_; gently, not so fast. _Avoir beau faire_; to try in vain. _J’ai beau faire_; it is in vain that I try. _Avoir beau dire_; to speak in vain. _J’ai beau dire_; it is useless for me to speak. _Bel et bien_; entirely, quite, altogether. _Bel et bon_; all very fine. _Voir tout en beau_; to see everything through rose-colored spectacles. _Faire le beau_; (of dogs) to beg. _Jouer la belle_; to play the rubber.

=beau=, _n.m._, =belle=, _n.f._, beauty; beau, belle; charmer.

=beaucoup=, _adv._, many much; a great many, a great deal; deeply; considerably; far. _Avoir — d’argent_; to have much money. _Avoir — d’enfants_; to have many children. _Il a — de patience_; he has a great deal of patience. _À — près_; by a great deal; near. _Il n’est pas à — près aussi riche qu’un tel_; he is not nearly so rich as so-and-so. _Il s’intéresse — à votre affaire_; he is deeply interested in your case. _De —_; by far. _Vous l’emportez de — sur lui_; you are far superior to him. _Vous le surpassez de —_; you are far beyond him. _Il s’en faut de — que son ouvrage soit achevé_; his work is very far from being finished. _À — moins_; for much less. _— de bruit pour rien_; much ado about nothing.

=beau-fils=, _n.m._, (_—x-—_) son-in-law.

=beau-frère=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) brother-in-law.

=beau-père=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) father-in-law.

=beaupré=, _n.m._, (nav.) bowsprit.

=beau-semblant=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) pretense, feint.

=beauté=, _n.f._, beauty; fineness, comeliness, prettiness, loveliness, elegance, agreeableness, neatness. _Tache de —_; beauty-spot. _Être dans toute sa —_; to be in one’s prime, at the height of one’s beauty. _Conserver sa —_; to preserve, to keep up, one’s beauty. _Avoir un — pour_; to be sweet upon.

=bébé=, _n.m._, baby, baby-doll.

=bec=, _n.m._, beak; bill, nib, rostrum; burner; lamp; snout; spout; socket; mouth-piece. _Le — de certains poissons_; the snout of some fishes. _Le — d’une aiguière_; the spout of an ewer. _Le — d’une plume_; the nib of a pen. _— de lampe_; socket of a lamp. _— de gaz_; gas-burner. _— d’une ancre_; bill of an anchor. _—-de-lièvre_, (_—s-—_) harelip. _Blanc-—_, (_—s-—s_) greenhorn; youngster. _—-en-ciseaux_, (_—s-—_) (orni.) cutwater. _Coups de —_; pecking. _Donner des coups de —_; to peck. _Percer à coups de —_; to peck through. _Coup de —_; wipe, taunt. _Tour de —_; kiss, buss. _Causer — à —_; to have a private talk with. _Avoir le — bien effilé_; to have one’s tongue well hung. _Elle n’a que le —_; she is all tongue. _Avoir le — gelé_; to be tongue-tied. _Avoir — et ongles_; to have teeth and nails. _Faire le — à quelqu’un_; to give one his cue. _Faire le petit —_; to mince. _Tenir quelqu’un le — dans l’eau_; to keep in suspense. _S’humecter le —_; to wet one’s whistle. _Se prendre de — avec quelqu’un_; to have a quarrel with any one. _Mener quelqu’un par le —_; to lead any one by the nose. _Passer la plume par le —_; to frustrate, to balk. _Se laisser passer la plume par le —_; to let one’s self be taken in.

=bécabunga=, _or_ =beccabunga=, _n.m._, (bot.) beccabunga, brook-lime.

*=bec-à-cuiller=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (orni.) spoonbill.

=bécard= _or_ =beccard=, _n.m._, female salmon.

=bécane=, _n.f._, bike, bicycle.

=bécarre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (mus.) natural.

=becasse=, _n.f._, woodcock; idiot. _Brider la —_; to cozen any one. _C’est une —_; she is a goose.

=bécasseau=, _n.m._, young woodcock; dunlin, sand-piper.

=bécassine=, _n.f._, (orni.) snipe.

=bec-courdé=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =avocette=.

=bec-croisé=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) crossbill.

=bec-d’âne= (bé-da-n), _n.m._, (_—s-—_) mortise-chisel.

=bec-de-corbin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) bill-head; (nav.) ripping-iron.

=bec-de-grue=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) crane’s bill, stork’s bill (bot.).

=bec-de-lièvre=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) harelip; harelipped person.

=becfigue=, _n.m._, (orni.) fig-pecker.

=bec-fin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) warbler.

=béchamel=, _n.f._, (cook.) cream-sauce.

=bécharu=, _n.m._, (orni.) flamingo.

=bêche=, _n.f._, grafting-tool; spade.

=bêcher=, _v.a._, to dig.

=béchique=, _adj._, (med.) bechic, cough-relieving.

=bec-jaune=, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =béjaune=.

=becqué=, _adj._, (her.) beaked.

=becquée= _or_ =béquée=, _n.f._, a billful. _Donner la — à un oiseau_; to feed a bird.

=becqueter= _or_ =béqueter=, _v.a._, to peck.

_se_ =becqueter= _or_ =béqueter=, _v.r._, to peck one another; to beak; to bill.

=bécune=, _n.f._, (ich.) trumpet-fish, sea-snipe.

=bedaine=, _n.f._, (jest.) paunch. _Remplir_, _farcir sa —_; to stuff one’s belly.

=bédane=, _n.m._, mortise-chisel, paring-chisel.

=bedeau=, _n.m._, beadle.

=bédégar=, _n.m._, (phar.) bedeguar.

=bedon=, _n.m._, ☉tabret, drum. _adj._, barrel-bellied.

=bédouin=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Bédouin.

=bée=, _adj._, open at one end (of casks).

=bée=, _n.f._, mill-dam. _V._ =abée=.

=béer=. _V._ =bayer=.

=beffroi=, _n.m._, belfry; watch-tower; steeple; alarm-bell.

=bégaiement= _or_ =bégayement= (-ghê-mān), _n.m._, stammering, faltering.

=bégayer=, _v.n._, to stammer; to lisp; to falter.

=bégayer=, _v.a._, to stammer out, to stutter, to lisp.

=bégu=, =-ë=, _adj._, (of a horse) that does not mark age, counter-marked.

=bègue= (bèg), _adj._, stammering, stuttering.

=bègue=, _n.m.f._, stammerer, stutterer.

=bégueule= (-gheul), _n.f._, prude, proud minx.

=bégueule=, _adj._, prudish, squeamish, strait-laced.

=bégueulerie= (-gheul-rî), _n.f._, prudery, affected austerity, squeamishness.

=béguin= (-ghin), _n.m._, hood, child’s cap; beguin, monk, beghard. _Avoir un — pour_; to be sweet upon.

=béguine=, _n.f._, béguine; (b.s.) affectedly devout person; nun.

=béguinage= (-ghi-), _n.m._, convent of beguins; affected devotion.

=bégum= (-gom), _n.f._, begum.

=béhémoth=, _n.m._, behemoth, hippopotamus.

=béhen= (-hène), _n.m._, (bot.) behen.

=beige=, _adj._, (of wool); natural, undyed.

=beige=, _n.f._, unbleached serge.

*=beignet=, _n.m._, fritter.

=beïram=. _V._ =bairam=.

=béjaune=, _n.m._, (falconry) eyas, nias; ninny; blunder, silliness, mistake. _Montrer à quelqu’un son —_; to show any one his ignorance. _Payer son —_; to pay one’s footing.

=bel=, _adj.m._ _V._ =beau=.

=bélandre=, _n.f._, (nav.) bilander.

=bêlant=, =-e=, _adj._, bleating.

=belée=, _n.f._, (nav.) white hawser.

=bêlement= (-mān), _n.m._, bleating of sheep.

=bélemnite=, _n.f._, (foss.) belemnite.

=bêler=, _v.n._, to bleat. _Brebis qui bêle perd sa goulée_; (prov.) too much talk, no dinner.

=belette=, _n.f._, weasel, fitchet.

=belge=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Belgian.

=belgique=, _adj._, Belgic.

=belle=, =belif=, _or_ =bellif=, _n.m._, (her.) gules.

=bélier=, _n.m._, ram; battering-ram; Aries (one of the signs of the zodiac).

=bélière=, _n.f._, sheep-bell, clapper-bell.

=bélître=, _n.m._, rascal, scoundrel, ragamuffin.

=belladone=, _n.f._, belladonna, deadly nightshade.

=bellâtre=, _n.m._, insipid beauty; fop, coxcomb. _adj._, beauish, foppish.

=belle=, _n.f._ _V._ =beau=.

=belle=, _adj._ _V._ =beau=.

=belle-dame=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =arroche=.

=belle-de-jour=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) convolvulus, yellow day-lily.

=belle-de-nuit=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) marvel of Peru.

=belle-d’un-jour=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) yellow day-lily.

=belle-fille=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) daughter-in-law; step-daughter.

=bellement= (-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) softly.

=belle-mère=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) mother-in-law; step-mother.

=belles-lettres=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) polite literature, belles-lettres.

=belle-sœur=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) sister-in-law; step-sister.

=belligérant=, =-e= (bel-li-), _n._ and _adj._, belligerent, engaged in war.

=belligérer=, _v.n._, to make war.

=belliqueu-x=, =-se= (bel-li-), _adj._, warlike, martial, valiant; bellicose, quarrelsome.

=bellissime=, _adj._, (l.u.) extremely fine.

=bellot=, =-te=, _adj._, pretty, neat, natty.

=beluge=, _n.m._, (ich.) beluga.

=belvéder= (-dère), _or_ =belvédère=, _n.m._, turret, terrace, belvidere.

=belzébuth=, _n.m._, Beelzebub.

=bémol=, _n.m._, (mus.) flat, bemol.

=bémol=, _adj._, flat.

=bémoliser=, _v.a._, (mus.) to mark with a flat.

=ben= (bène), _n.m._, (bot., pharm.) ben; ben-nut. _Noix de —_; ben-nut, oil-nut.

=bénarde=, _n.f._, mortise dead-lock. _Serrure —_; opening and shutting on both sides. _Clé —_; solid-key, pin-key.

=bénédicité=, _n.m._, grace (before meals).

=bénédictin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, _adj._, Benedictine.

=bénédiction=, _n.f._, consecration, benediction, blessing, benison. _La — d’une église_; the consecration of a church. _Pays de —_; country of plenty. _Maison de —_; house of piety. _Combler de —s_; to load with blessings. _Donner la —_; to bless. _Quelle —!_ what a blessing! _En —_; blessed, held sacred.

=bénéfice=, _n.m._, benefice, living; benefit, advantage, profit; privilege. _À —_; (com.) at a premium. _— brut_; gross profit. _— net_; net profit. _— à charge d’âmes_; a living with care of souls. _Il faut prendre le — avec les charges_; we must take it for better or worse. _Avoir une représentation à —_; (thea.) to take a benefit.

☉=bénéficence=, _n.f._, beneficence, favor.

=bénéficiaire=, _adj._ _Héritier —_; heir liable to no debts above the value of the assets.

=bénéficiaire=, _n.m.f._, beneficiary, recipient; (thea.) person who takes a benefit.

=bénéficial=, =-e=, _adj._, beneficiary (of livings).

=bénéficier=, _n.m._, beneficed clergyman, incumbent.

=bénéficier=, _v.a._, to extract metal from its ore.

=bénéficier=, _v.n._, (com.) to get, to gain, to profit by.

=benêt=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, booby, fool, simpleton; silly.

☉=bénévole=, _adj._, gentle, kind, kindly. _Lecteur —_; kind, gentle, reader.

=bénévolement= (-mān), _adv._, out of good will.

=bengali= (bin-), _n.m._, Bengalee; (orni.) bengalee.

=béni=, =-e=, _part._, blessed, praised. _V._ =bénit=.

*=bénignement=, _adv._, benignly, kindly, graciously.

*=bénignité=, _n.f._, benignity, graciousness, kindness.

*=béni-n=, =-gne=, _adj._, benign, kind, gentle, good-natured, placid; (med.) mild.

=bénir=, _v.a._, to bless, to praise; to wish well; to hallow; to consecrate. _Dieu vous bénisse_; God bless you.

=bénit=, =-e=, _part._, hallowed, consecrated. _Du pain —_; consecrated bread. _De l’eau —e_; holy-water. _Eau de cour_; empty promises.

=bénitier= (-tié), _n.m._, holy-water basin; fount.

=benjamin= (bin-) _n.m._, favorite, youngest child.

=benjoin= (bin-), _n.m._, benjamin, benzoin, asadulcis.

=benoîte=, _n.f._, (bot.) herb-bennet, avens.

=benzine=, _n.f._, benzine.

=benzoate= (bin-), _n.m._, (chem.) benzoate.

=benzoïque= (bin-), _adj._, (chem.) benzoic.

*=béquillard=, _n.m._, (pop.) old cripple.

*=béquille=, _n.f._, crutch, crutch-stick; (agri.) spud; (nav.) shore.

*=béquiller=, _v.n._, to walk on crutches.

*=béquiller=, _v.a._, (gard.) to dig weeds up with a spud; (nav.) to shore up.

=ber= (bère), _n.m._, (nav.) cradle.

=berbère=, _n.m._ and _f._, Berber.

=berbéris=, _n.m._, (bot.) barberry.

*=bercail=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) sheepfold, fold.

=berce=, _n.f._, (bot.) cow-parsnip.

=berceau=, _n.m._, cradle; place of one’s infancy; arbor, bower; (arch.) vault; (nav.) cradle; (fig.) source, origin, infancy.

=bercelle=, _n.f._, pincers (used by enamelers).

=bercelonnette=, _n.f._ _V._ =barcelonnette=.

=bercement=, _n.m._, rocking, lulling; deception, delusion.

=bercer=, _v.a._, to rock, to lull asleep; to lull, to amuse, to feed with hope; to delude, to flatter.

_se_ =bercer=, _v.r._, to delude one’s self, to feed on, to cradle. _Il se berce de vaines espérances_; he deludes himself with vain hopes. _Le diable le berce_; he is always on the rack. _J’ai été bercé de cela_; I have heard that from my cradle.

=berceuse=, _n.f._, rocker; rocking-chair.

=béret=, _n.m._, cap; Tam o’ Shanter.

=bergame=, _n.f._, bergamot.

=bergamote=, _n.f._, odoriferous citron; bergamot (pear); comfit box.

=berge=, _n.f._, steep bank of a river; bluff.

=berger=, _n.m._, shepherd; swain, lover. _L’heure du —_; the happy, favorable, moment.

=bergère=, _n.f._, shepherdess; nymph, lass; (fig.) easy-chair.

=bergerette=, _n.f._, little shepherdess, country lass; (ornith.) wagtail.

=bergerie=, _n.f._, sheepfold, pen; _pl._, pastorals.

=bergeronnette=, _n.f._, young shepherdess, lass; (orni.) dish-washer, wagtail.

=béril=, _n.m._ _V._ =béryl=.

=berle=, _n.f._, smallage, water-parsnip.

=berline=, _n.f._, traveling-coach, berlin.

=berlingot=, _n.m._, chariot resembling a berlin, sort of gig.

=berloque= _or_ =breloque=, _n.f._, (milit.) dinner-drum, breakfast-drum. (fig.) _Battre la —_; to talk at random.

=berlue=, _n.f._, dimness of sight, dazzling. _Avoir la —_; to be dim-sighted; (fig.) to be blind, not to see further than one’s nose.

=berme=, _n.f._, (fort.) berme.

=bermudienne= (-di-è-n), _n.f._, (bot.) bermudiana.

=bernable=, _adj._, deserving to be laughed at, ridiculous.

=bernacle=, _n.f._ _V._ =barnacle=.

=bernardin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bernardine (monk, nun).

=berne=, _n.f._, tossing in a blanket; banter. _En —_; (nav.) awaft. _Mettre le pavillon en —_; to set up the flag at half-mast.

=bernement=, _n.m._ _V._ =berne=.

=berner=, _v.a._, to toss in a blanket; to ridicule, to make a fool of, to deride, to laugh at.

=berneur=, _n.m._, chaffer, banterer, sneerer.

=bernique=, _int._, (pop.) no use; not a bit of it, no go. _Je croyais le trouver chez lui, mais —_; I thought I should find him in the house, but the bird had flown!

=berniquet=, _n.m._, (pop.) bran-basket. Only used in the expressions: _Être au —_; to be reduced to beggary. _Mettre quelqu’un au —_; to reduce any one to beggary.

=bernous=, _n.m._, bernous, hooded cloak.

=berret=, _n.m._ _V._ =béret=.

=béryl=, _n.m._, beryl.

=besace=, _n.f._, wallet. _Être à la —_; to be reduced to beggary. _Mettre à la —_; to bring one to beggary.

=besacier=, _n.m._, one who carries a wallet, a beggar.

=besaigre=, _adj._, (of wine) sourish, tartish. _Tourner au —_; to turn sour.

=besant=, _n.m._, (her.) bezant; (antiq.) byzant.

=besas=, =beset=, _n.m._, (trictrac) ambs-ace.

=besi=, _n.m._, a species of pear.

☉=besicles=, _n.f.pl._, spectacles; barnacles.

=bésigue=, _n.m._, besique or bézique (a card game).

*=besogne=, _n.f._, work, business, labor, job, piece of work. _Mettre la main à la —_; to set to work. _Mettre quelqu’un à la —_; to set any one to work. _Vous avez fait là une belle —_; you have made a pretty mess of it. _Aimer — faite_; to hate work. _S’endormir sur la —_; to be slack about one’s work. _Tailler de la — à quelqu’un_; to cut out work for, to give trouble to, any one. _Être accablé de —_; to be over head and ears in work. _Abattre de la —_; to get through a lot of work. _Aller vite en —_; to act quickly; not to mince matters.

☉*=besogner=, _v.n._, to work, to labor.

*=besogneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, necessitous, needy.

=besoin=, _n.m._, need, want, occasion, emergency; distress, necessity, requirement. _Avoir — de quelque chose_; to want something. _Je n’en ai pas —_; I have no occasion for it. _J’en ai plus — que vous_; I want it more than you do. _Il est dans le —_; he is in distress. _N’avoir — de rien_; to want nothing. _Au —_; at a pinch, in case of need. _Il l’a assisté dans le —_; he was a friend to him in his distress. _Autant qu’il est —_; as much as is needful. _Il n’est pas — de_, _il n’est pas — que_; it is not necessary to, there is no occasion for. _Pour subvenir à ses —s_; to supply one’s wants. _On connaît les amis au —_; a friend in need is a friend indeed.

=besson=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n._, twin.

=bestiaire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) gladiator, bestiarius; fable-book.

=bestial=, =-e=, _adj._, beastly, bestial, brutish.

=bestialement= (-mān), _adj._, bestially, brutally, like a beast.

=bestialité= (-tia-), _n.f._, bestiality.

=bestiasse= (-tias), _n.f._, dolt, simpleton, ass.

=bestiaux= (-tiô), _n.m._ (plural of =bétail=), cattle.

=bestiole= (-tiol), _n.f._, (l.u.) little animal; poor fool.

=bêta=, _n.m._, =bêtasse=, _n.f._, blockhead, simpleton, fool. _C’est un gros —_; he is a stupid fellow.

*=bétail=, _n.m._, (_bestiaux_) cattle. _Gros —_; horned cattle. _Menu —_; small cattle.

=bête=, _n.f._, beast, brute, dumb creature, beast; fool, blockhead, stupid creature, fool; beast (game at cards). _— à laine_; sheep. _— à cornes_; horned beast. _— de somme_; beast of burden. _— brute_; brute beast. _— de la Vierge_; ladybird. _Une bonne —_; a good-natured fool. _C’est une maligne —_; he is a spiteful animal. _C’est ma — noire_; he, she, it, is my pet aversion. _Faire la —_; to play the fool, to stand in one’s own light. _Remonter sur sa —_; to get on one’s legs again. _Morte la —, mort le venin_; dead men tell no tales.

=bête=, _adj._, silly, stupid, foolish, nonsensical. _Il est — à manger du foin_; he is a perfect idiot. _Pas si —_; not such a fool, not so green?

=bétel=, _n.m._, (bot.) betel.

=bêtement= (-mān), _adv._, like a fool, foolishly, stupidly.

=bêtise=, _n.f._, silliness, stupidity, tomfoolery, silly thing, absurdity. _C’est sa — qui l’a perdu_; his stupidity was the ruin of him. _Il a fait une —_; he did a stupid thing. _Quelle —!_ what an absurdity! _Il a dit une —_; he said a silly thing. _Il ne dit que des —s_; he talks nothing but nonsense. _C’est de la —_; it’s all nonsense. _Faire des —s_; to play pranks.

=bétoine=, _n.f._, (bot.) betony.

=bétoire=, _n.m._, drain-pit, drain-hole.

=béton=, _n.m._, beton, concrete.

=bette=, _n.f._, (bot.) beet.

=betterave= (-rav), _n.f._, beet, beet-root, mangold-wurzel.

=bétyle=, _n.f._, (myth.) idol-stone.

=beuglement=, _n.m._, bellowing, lowing.

=beugler=, _v.n._, to bellow, to low. _Il se mit à —_; he began to roar like a bull.

=beurre=, _n.m._, butter. _— fondu_; butter melted. _Pot de —_; jar of butter. _Pot à —_; butter-jar. _— noir_; brown butter. _Faire son —_; to make nice pickings. _Promettre plus de — que de pain_; to promise more than one can perform. _On ne peut manier le — qu’on ne se graisse les doigts_; you cannot touch pitch without soiling your fingers.

=beurré=, _n.m._, butter-pear.

=beurrée=, _n.f._, slice of bread and butter.

=beurrer=, _v.a._, to butter.

=beurrerie= (beur-rî), _n.f._, butter-dairy.

=beurrier=, _n.m._, butter-dish.

=beurri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, butter-man, butter-woman. _Il n’est bon que pour la beurrière_; (of a book) it is only fit for the cheesemonger’s shop.

=bévue=, _n.f._, blunder, oversight, mistake. _Une — grossière_; an egregious mistake. _Faiseur de —s_; blunderer.

=bey=, _n.m._, bey.

=bezet=, _n.m._ _V._ =besas=.

=bézoard=, _n.m._, (phar.) bezoar.

=bezole=, _n.m._, (ich.) bezola.

=b-fa-si=, (mus.) B; (vocal mus.) si.

=biais=, _n.m._, bias, slope; slant, sloping, askew; way, manner, shift, subterfuge. _Couper une étoffe de —_; to cut on the bias, cross. _Prendre une affaire du bon —_, _du mauvais —_; to go the right, the wrong, way to work. _User de —_; use subterfuges.

=biaisement= (-mān), _n.m._, sloping, slanting, (b.s.) to shift, evasion.

=biaiser=, _v.n._, to slope, to slant, to lean; to use shifts, evasions. _C’est un homme qui biaise_; he is a shuffler.

=biaiseur=, _n.m._, shuffler, shifter.

=biangulaire=, _adj._, biangulated.

=bibelot=, _n.m._, bauble, trinket, nicknack, gewgaw.

=biberon=, _n.m._, the lip of a cruet; feeding-bottle. _Elever un enfant au —_; to bring up a child by hand.

=biberon=, =-ne=, _n.m._ and _n.f._, tippler, toper.

=bible=, _n.f._, Bible.

=bibliographe=, _n.m._, bibliographer.

=bibliographie=, _n.f._, bibliography.

=bibliographique=, _adj._, bibliographical.

=bibliolithe=, _n.f._, bibliolite.

=bibliomane=, _n.m._, bibliomaniac.

=bibliomanie=, _n.f._, bibliomania.

=bibliophile=, _n.m._, lover of books.

=bibliopole=, _n.m._, bibliopole, bibliopolist.

=bibliothécaire=, _n.m._, librarian, library-keeper.

=bibliothèque=, _n.f._, library; book-case, book-shelves. _C’est une — vivante_; he is a walking library.

=biblique=, _adj._, biblical.

=bibliste=, _n.m._, biblist.

=bibus=, _n.m._, trifle. _Des raisons de —_; paltry reasons.

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

=biceps= (-sèps), _n.m._, (anat.) biceps.

☉=bicêtre=, _n.m._, mad-house. (The French Bedlam.)

=biche=, _n.f._, hind; roe. _À pied de —_; claw-footed.

=bichette=, _n.f._, little dear, love (child).

=bichon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, lap-dog; little dear, love.

=bichonner=, _v.a._, to curl.

_se_ =bichonner=, _v.r._, to curl one’s hair.

=biconcave=, _adj._, bi-concave.

=bicoque=, _n.f._, little paltry town; hut, hovel.

=bicorne=, _adj._, bicornered, two-horned.

=bicornu=, =-e=, _adj._, bicornous.

=bicuspidé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) having two points, bicuspid.

=bidenté=, =-e=, _adj._, bidental.

=bidet=, _n.m._, pony, nag; bidet (bath).

=bidon=, _n.m._, can; camp-kettle; canteen.

=bief= (bié), _or_ =biez= (bié), _n.m._, mill-course, mill-race; reach (canals).

=bielle=, _n.f._, crank, connecting-rod.

=bien= (bi-in), _n.m._, good, benefit, welfare, wellbeing, blessing; gift; boon, mercy; endowment; estate; property; gains; _pl._, good things; goods; chattels. _Le souverain —_; the sovereign good. _Les —s de la terre_; the good things of the earth. _Rendre le — pour le mal_; to render good for evil. _Cela ne fait ni — ni mal_; that does neither good nor harm. _Cela fait du —_; that does one good. _Dire du — de quelqu’un_; to speak well of any one. _Grand — vous fasse_; much good may it do you. _Un homme de —_; an honest, virtuous man. _Les gens de —_; good men. _En tout — et tout honneur_; with honorable intentions. _— clair et liquide_; unencumbered estate. _— embarrassé_; encumbered estate. _— engagé_, _hypothéqué_; mortgaged estate. _Avoir du — au soleil_; to have landed property. _Avoir du — mal acquis_; to have ill-gotten gains. _Dépenser_, _manger son —_; to spend one’s fortune. _Le — public_; public weal. _Abondance de —s ne nuit pas_; store is no sore. _Mener à —_; to bring to a successful issue. _Le mieux est l’ennemi du —_; leave well alone. _Périr corps et —s_; (of ships) to go down with all hands. _Séparation de corps et de —s_; judicial separation (_a mensâ et thoro_).

=bien= (bi-in), _adv._, well; right; proper, properly; finely; in a fine plight, pickle, mess; comfortable; well off; on good terms; in favor; good-looking; much; certainly; truly; indeed; quite; full; completely; formally; clearly; expressly; very; far; very much; very well; many; great many; a great deal. _Il se conduit —_; he behaves well. _Il se porte —_; he is well. _Il parle — français_; he speaks French well. _Assez —_; pretty well. _Fort —_; very well. _Passablement —_; tolerably well. _Ils sont fort — ensemble_; they are on very good terms. _On est fort — ici_; this is a very comfortable place. _Je suis très — ici_; I am quite comfortable here. _Cette femme est —_; that woman is good-looking. _Cette jeune personne se tient —_; that young lady has a good carriage. _— trouvé_; cleverly thought of. _C’est —_; that’s right. _Tout va —_; all’s right. _Je me trouve — de ce nouveau régime_; I am all the better for this new diet. _Il est — dans ses affaires_; he is well to do. _Nous voilà —_; we are in a fine pickle. _Voilà — du bruit pour un rien_; here is a mighty deal of stir about nothing. _Il y avait — du monde_; there were many people. _Il est déjà — loin_; he is very far off by this time. _Vous êtes — bon_; you are very kind. _— mieux_; far better. _Il a été — attrapé_; he has been finely caught. _Il a été — battu_; he has been soundly beaten. _J’en ai — assez de tout ce monde_; I am heartily sick of all these people. _Il y a — dix lieues d’ici_; it is fully ten leagues away. _Je l’ai — pensé_; I thought so. _Je vous l’avais — dit_; I told you so. _Il y a — là de quoi plaisanter!_ a fine matter truly for joking! _Auriez-vous — l’assurance de le nier?_ would you really be bold enough to deny it? _C’est être — prompt_; this is being rather hasty. _Je le savais —_, _je m’en doutais —_; I knew as much, I suspected as much. _— lui a pris de_; it was well for him he did so. _Je le veux —_; I have no objection. _Voulez-vous — me donner son adresse?_ would you be so good as to give me his address? _Regardez-moi —_; look at me steadfastly.

=bien-aimé=, =-e=, _adj._ & _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) beloved, well-beloved, darling, dear, lief.

=bien-dire=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (fam.) fine speaking. _Le bien faire vaut mieux que le —_; to act well is better than to talk well. _Être sur son —_; to be on one’s best behavior.

=bien-disant=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) well-spoken.

=bien-être=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) well-being, welfare, comfort, comforts. _Tout le monde cherche son —_; every one looks after his own comforts.

=bienfaisance=, _n.f._, beneficence, bounty, munificence. _Société de —_; benevolent society. _Œuvre de —_; charity.

=bienfaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, beneficent, kind, gracious, bountiful, munificent.

=bienfait=, _n.m._, good term, good office, kindness, benefit, favor, pleasure, courtesy. _Combler de —s_; to load with favors. _On oublie plus tôt les —s que les injures_; services are sooner forgotten than injuries. _Un — n’est jamais perdu_; a kindness is never thrown away.

=bienfait-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, benefactor, benefactress, patron.

=bien-fonds=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) landed property.

=bienheureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, happy, fortunate, blest, blissful; blessed.

=biennal=, =-e= (bi-èn-nal), _adj._, biennial.

=bien que=, _conj._, though, although. _Bien qu’il le sache, il n’en parle pas_; although he knows it, he says nothing about it. _Si —_; so that.

=bienséance=, _n.f._, decency, decorum, propriety, seemliness; conveniency; manners. _Garder la —_, _les —s_; to observe decorum.

=bienséant=, =-e=, _adj._, decent, becoming, fitting, seemly, beseeming, decorous, fit.

☉=bien-tenant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) person in possession.

=bientôt=, _adv._, soon, ere long, shortly. _À —!_ good-bye for the present.

*=bienveillance=, _n.f._, benevolence, good-will, protection, favor, friendliness, kindness. _Gagner la — de quelqu’un_; to win any one’s good will.

*=bienveillant=, =-e=, _adj._, benevolent, kind, friendly, well-wishing.

=bienvenir=, _v.n._ Only used in the expression: _Se faire — de_; to ingratiate one’s self into any one’s favor.

=bienvenu=, =-e= (bi-in-vnu), _adj._, welcome. _C’est un homme qui est — partout_; he is welcome everywhere. _Soyez le —_; be welcome.

=bienvenue=, _n.f._, welcome; footing. _Payer sa —_; to pay one’s footing. _Souhaiter la — à_ (_quelqu’un_); to greet (any one).

☉=bienvoulu=, =-e=, _adj._, beloved, loved.

=bière=, _n.f._, beer. _Petite —_; small beer. _Débit de —_; ale-house. _Ce n’est pas de la petite —_; it is no joke.

=bière=, _n.f._, coffin, bier.

=bièvre=, _n.m._, beaver, castor.

=biez=, _n.m._ _V._ =bief=.

=biffer=, _v.a._, to cancel, to strike off; to run the pen through; to blot out.

=bifide=, _adj._, (bot.) bifid.

=biflore=, _adj._, (bot.) biflorous.

=bifolié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) two-leaved.

=bifteck=, _n.m._, beefsteak (_Châteaubriand_); rump-steak. _— d’ours_; bear-steak (_A. Dumas_).

=bifurcation=, _n.f._, bifurcation.

=bifurqué=, =-e=, _adj._, bifurcated, forked.

_se_ =bifurquer=, _v.r._, to be forked, bifurcated.

=bigame=, _adj._, guilty of bigamy.

=bigame=, _n.m.f._, bigamist.

=bigamie=, _n.f._, bigamy.

=bigarade=, _n.f._, Seville orange.

=bigaradier=, _n.m._, Seville orange-tree.

=bigarré=, =-e=, _adj._, (b.s.) party-colored, motley, streaked.

=bigarreau=, _n.m._, bigaroon (cherry).

=bigarreautier=, _n.m._, bigarreautier, bigaroon-tree.

=bigarrer=, _v.a._, to checker, to streak, to make motley, party color.

=bigarrure=, _n.f._, medley, mixture.

=bigéminé=, =-e=, _adj._, bigeminate.

=bigle=, _adj._, (l.u.) squint-eyed.

=bigler=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to squint.

*=bignonie=, _n.f._, trumpet-flower.

=bigorne=, _n.f._, beaked anvil, bickern.

=bigorneau=, _n.m._, periwinkle.

=bigot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bigot; devotee; hypocrite.

=bigot=, =-e=, _adj._, bigoted.

=bigoterie= (-trî), _n.f._, bigotry. _Donner dans la —_; to turn bigot.

=bigotisme=, _n.m._, bigotry.

=bigoudis=, _n.m._, curling pin, roller.

=bigourneau=. _V._ =bigorneau=.

=bigue= (big-) _n.f._, (nav.) sheers.

=bihoreau=, _n.m._, night heron.

=bijon=, _n.m._, (l.u.). _V._ =térébenthine=.

=bijou=, _n.m._, jewel, trinket. _Cet enfant est son —_; that child is his darling. _Venez, mon —_; come, darling.

=bijouterie= (-trî), _n.f._, jewelry.

=bijouti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, jeweler.

=bijugué=, =-e=, (-ghé), _adj._, bijugous.

=bilabié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) bilabiate.

=bilan=, _n.m._, (com.) balance-sheet; schedule. _Déposer son —_; to stop payment; to become bankrupt.

=bilatéral=, =-e=, _adj._, bilateral; (jur.) reciprocal.

=bilboquet=, _n.m._, cup and ball; curling-pipe. _C’est un véritable —_; he is a giddy-headed fellow.

=bile=, _n.f._, bile; gall, anger, spleen. _Echauffer la — à quelqu’un_; to provoke any one’s anger. _Décharger sa —_; to vent one’s anger. _Ne pas se faire de —_; to take things easily.

=biliaire=, _adj._, (med.) biliary.

=bilieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bilious; choleric, passionate, angry. _Au teint —_; bilious looking.

=bilingue=, _adj._, double-tongued, bilingual.

=bill=, _n.m._, (_—s_) bill (projet de loi).

*=billard=, _n.m._, billiards; billiard-table; billiard-room.

*=billarder=, _v.n._, to strike a ball twice; to strike the two balls together.

*=bille=, _n.f._, billiard-ball; marble taw (to play with); a log, balk (of timber). _Faire une —_; to hole a ball.

*=billebaude=, _n.f._, hurly-burly, confusion. _À la —_; in confusion, in disorder.

*=billet=, _n.m._, note, letter; bill, hand-bill; ticket, label; promissory note; billet (for quartering soldiers); note of hand; circular letter. _— à vue_, _à ordre_; bill payable at sight, to order. _— payable à présentation_; bill payable on demand. _— de complaisance_; accommodation bill. _— véreux_; unsafe bill. _— échu_; bill due. _Faire les fonds d’un —_; to provide for a bill. _J’en ai fait mon —_; I gave my promissory note for it. _— de banque_; bank-note. _— à porteur_; to bearer. _— à ordre_; to order. _— doux_; love-letter. _— d’entrée_; entrance-ticket. _— blanc_; a blank. _— de logement_; billet. _— d’aller_; single ticket. _— d’aller et retour_; return ticket.

*=billeté=, =-e=, _adj._, ticketed; labeled; (her.) billeted.

=billeter=, _v.a._, to ticket, to label; to billet.

*=billette=, _n.f._, notice to pay toll; (her.) billet.

*=billevesée=, _n.f._, idle story, foolish trash, crochet, stuff, nonsense.

=billion=, _n.m._, one thousand millions.

*=billon=, _n.m._, base coin; place where base coin is received (to be melted); (agri.) ridge. _Monnaie de —_; copper money.

*=billonnage=, _n.m._, dealing in base coin; (of land) ridging.

☉*=billonnement= (bi-io-n-mān), _n.m._, debasing coin.

☉*=billonner=, _v.a._, to debase coin, to circulate debased coin; (agri.) to ridge.

☉*=billonneur=, _n.m._, debaser, utterer of debased coin.

*=billot=, _n.m._, block, log; clog (for animals).

=bilobé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) bilobate.

=biloculaire=, _adj._, (bot.) bilocular.

=bimane=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (zoöl.) bimanous.

=bimbelot= (bim-blo), _n.m._, plaything, toy.

=bimbeloterie= (bim-blo-trî), _n.f._, playthings, toy trade.

=bimbelotier= (bim-blo-), _n.m._, toyman.

=binage=, _n.m._, plowing, second dressing; saying mass twice in a day.

=binaire=, _adj._, binary.

=binard=, _n.m._, wagon, trolley, truck.

=biné=, =-e=, _adj._, binated.

=biner=, _v.a._ and _v.n._, (agri.) to dig again, to dress a second time; to say two masses in a day.

=binet=, _n.m._, save-all. _Faire —_; to be miserly.

=binette=, _n.f._, hoe; face, phiz. _Quelle —!_ what a face, to be sure!

=binocle=, _n.m._, double eye-glass; binocle.

=binoculaire=, _adj._, binocular.

=binôme=, _n.m._, (alg.) binomial.

=biographe=, _n.m._, biographer.

=biographie=, _n.f._, biography.

=biographique=, _adj._, biographical.

=biologie=, _n.f._, biology.

=biologique=, _adj._, biological.

=bipédal=, =-e=, _adj._, bipedal.

=bipède=, _n.m._, biped. _— antérieur_; (man.) fore limbs of a horse. _— postérieur_; hind limbs.

=bipède=, _adj._, two-legged, bipedal.

=bipenne=, _n.f._, two-edged ax.

=biquadratique= (-koua-), _adj._, (alg.) biquadratic.

=bique=, _n.f._, she-goat; pony, nag; jade.

=biquet=, _n.m._, kid; assay scales.

=birème=, _n.f._, bireme.

=biribi=, _n.m._, biribi (a game of chance); back lining (of a shoe); punishment regiment in Algeria.

=birloir=, _n.m._, window-catch holder.

=bis= (bi), =-e=, _adj._, brown; tawny, swarthy. _Du pain —_; brown bread. _À — à blanc_; anyhow.

=bis= (bîss), _int._, twice; encore. _Crier —_; to encore.

=bisaïeul=, _n.m._, great-grandfather.

=bisaïeule=, _n.f._, great-grandmother.

=bisaille=, _n.f._, whole meal; field pea.

=bisannuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (bot.) biennial.

*=bisbille=, _n.f._, quarrel, bickering, jangling.

=biscaïen=, (i-in), _n.m._, ☉long-barreled musket; grapeshot ball.

=biscaïen=, =-ne=, _adj._, ☉long-barreled (of guns).

=bischof= _or_ =bishof=, _n.m._, bishop (liquor).

=biscornu=, =-e=, _adj._, outlandish, odd, queer.

=biscotin=, _n.m._, sweet biscuit.

=biscuit=, _n.m._, biscuit, sea-bread; hard kind of brick; semi-vitrified porcelain. _S’embarquer sans —_; to embark on an enterprise unprepared. _— à la cuiller_; Savoy biscuit.

=bise=, _n.f._, north wind, cold wind; blast.

=biseau=, _n.m._, (cook.) kissing-crust; beveling; basil; (carp.) feather edge; (print.) side-stick.

=biseauter=, _v.a._, to bevel; to cheat in gambling. _Cartes biseautées_; corner-bent cards.

=biser=, _v.n._, to blacken, to get brown (of seeds).

=biser=, _v.a._, (dye.) to dye a stuff over again.

=biset=, _n.m._, rock-dove or pigeon; coarse gray cloth; national guard on duty in private clothes.

=bisette=, _n.f._, footing lace; (orni.) sea-duck.

=bismuth=, _n.m._, bismuth, tin-glass.

=bison=, _n.m._, (mam.) bison.

=bisonne=, _n.f._, gray cloth used for lining.

=bisquain=, _n.m._, sheep’s skin with the wool on.

=bisque=, _n.f._, (cook.) bisk soup, cullis; odds (at tennis). _Avoir quinze et — sur la partie_; to have the odds in one’s favor.

=bisquer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to be vexed, to be riled. _Faire —_; to vex, plague, rile.

=bissac=, _n.m._, wallet; (fig.) beggary.

=bissection=, _n.f._, (geom.) bisection.

=bisser=, _v.a._, to encore.

=bissexe=, _adj._, bisexous, bisexual.

=bissexte=, _n.m._, bissextile.

=bissextil=, =-e=, _adj._, bissextile. _Année —e_; leap-year.

=bissexuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (bot.) bisexous, bisexual.

=bissus= (-sus), _n.m._ _V._ =byssus=.

☉=bistoquet=, _n.m._, billiard-mace.

=bistorte=, _n.f._, (bot.) bistort, snake-weed.

=bistouri=, _n.m._, (surg.) bistoury, knife.

=bistourné=, =-e=, _adj._, twisted, crooked.

=bistourner=, _v.a._, to twist.

=bistre=, _n.m._, (paint.) bister.

=bistré=, =-e=, _adj._, color of bister; swarthy, dusky, tawny. _Teint —_; swarthy complexion.

=bistreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, of bister.

=biterné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) biternate.

=bitord=, =bitors=, _n.m._, (nav.) twine, spun-yarn.

=bitte=, _n.f._, (nav.) bitt.

=bitter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to bitt (a cable).

=bitton=, _n.m._, (nav.) timber-head.

=bitume=, _n.m._, bitumen.

=bituminer=, _v.a._, to bituminate.

=bitumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bituminous.

=bivalve=, _adj._, bivalvular.

=bivalve=, _n.m._, bivalve.

=bivouac= _or_ =bivac=, _n.m._, bivouac.

=bivouaquer= _or_ =bivaquer=, _v.n._, to bivouac.

=bizarre=, _adj._, odd, fantastical, singular, strange, whimsical, extravagant, out of the way.

=bizarre=, _n.m._ _V._ =bizarrerie=.

=bizarrement=, _adv._, oddly, fantastically, whimsically, queerly, strangely.

=bizarrerie= (-rar-rî), _n.f._, caprice, extravagance, whim, singularity, oddness.

=blafard=, =-e=, _adj._, dim, dull, wan, lurid. _Lumière —e_; dim, lurid light.

=blague= (blag), _n.f._, tobacco-pouch; (pop.) fudge, humbug; hoax. _La bonne —!_ what a joke!

=blaguer= (-ghé), _v.a._ and _n._, (pop.) to hoax, to humbug; to draw the long bow.

=blagueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, (pop.) hoaxer, humbug.

=blaireau=, _n.m._, badger, shaving-brush.

=blâmable=, _adj._, blamable, faulty, culpable.

=blâme=, _n.m._, blame, reproach, obloquy, disapprobation, reprehension. _Action digne de —_; blameable action. _Déverser le — sur_; to cast the blame on. _Eviter le —_; to avoid being blamed. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to blame any one. _Rejeter le — sur_; to throw the blame on. _Tout le — en tombe sur lui_; all the blame falls upon him.

=blâmer=, _v.a._, to blame, to censure, to disapprove, to find fault with. _On ne saurait le —_; he cannot be blamed.

=blanc=, =-he= (blan, blansh), _adj._, white; clean; hoar, hoary; (print.) open (of type); blank (of verses). _— comme neige_; as white as snow. _Gelée —he_; hoar frost. _Vers —s_; blank verse. _C’est bonnet —, et — bonnet_; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. _Rouge soir et — matin, c’est la journée du pèlerin_; evening red and morning gray sets the traveler on his way. _Du linge —_; clean linen. _Passer une nuit —che_; to have a sleepless night.

=blanc=, _n.m._, white, blank. _—-seing_; blank signature. _Le — de l’œil_; the white of the eye. _— d’Espagne_; whiting. _— de baleine_; spermaceti. _— de céruse_; ceruse. _— de plomb_; white lead. _— de chaux_; whitewash. _— de volaille_; breast of a fowl. _De but en —_; bluntly. _Dire tantôt —, tantôt noir_; to say first one thing, then another. _Se manger le — des yeux_; to look daggers at one another. _Ligne de —_; (print.) white line. _Tirage en —_; (print.) working the white paper. _Tirer en —_; (print.) to work the white paper. _En —_; left blank. _Le —_; the target.

=blanc-bec=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) beardless youth, youngster; (b.s.) greenhorn.

*=blanchaille=, _n.f._, fry, small fish, white-bait.

=blanchâtre=, _adj._, whitish, somewhat white.

=blanche=, _n.f._, minim (in music).

=blanchement= (blansh-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) cleanly, neatly.

=blancher=, _n.m._, tanner (of small skins).

=blancherie=, _n.f._ _V._ =blanchisserie=.

=blanchet=, _n.m._, strainer; (print.) blanket.

=blancheur=, _n.f._, whiteness; hoariness, cleanliness; light; purity, innocence, virtue.

=blanchiment=, _n.m._, bleaching, blanching, washing. _Le — de l’argent_; the washing of silver. _Mettre des chandelles au —_; to bleach candles.

=blanchir=, _v.a._, to whiten, to make white; to whitewash; to wash, to bleach, to make clean; to blanch; to boil off, to scald (fruits, greens); (print.) to white over; to plane, to rough down. _— un plafond_; to whitewash a ceiling. _— des toiles_; to bleach linen. _— les flans_; (coin.) to blanch planchets. _— du linge_; to wash linen. _On me blanchit_; they find me in washing. _On blanchit aujourd’hui chez nous_; this is washing-day with us. _— un ais_; to plane a board. _— à neuf_; to clear-starch.

=blanchir=, _v.n._, to whiten, to grow white, to foam. _Il commence à —_; he is getting gray. _Tête de fou ne blanchit jamais_; a fool’s head is never gray.

_se_ =blanchir=, _v.r._, to whiten, to wash.

=blanchissage=, _n.m._, washing. _— de fin_ or _à neuf_; clear-starching.

=blanchissant=, =-e=, _adj._, that whitens, grows white, foaming.

=blanchisserie= (-shis-rî), _n.f._, bleaching-house, laundry.

=blanchisseur=, _n.m._, washerman, bleacher.

=blanchisseuse=, _n.f._, washerwoman, laundress. _— de fin_; clear-starcher.

=blanc-manger=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (cook.) blancmange.

=blanc-seing=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) signature in blank.

=blanque=, _n.f._, lottery, lucky bag (of articles).

=blanquette=, _n.f._, blanket (pear); blanquette (wine); ragoût with white sauce; (bot.) corn-salad; (ich.) white-bait. _V._ =blanchaille=.

=blaque=, _n.f._ _V._ =blague=.

=blaser=, _v.a._, to blunt, to pall; to cloy, to sicken, to surfeit. _Il est blasé sur les plaisirs_; he has lost all sense of enjoyment. _Il est blasé sur tout_; he is sick of everything.

_se_ =blaser=, _v.r._, to be palled, surfeited, used up.

=blason=, _n.m._, heraldry, blazon, blazonry; coat of arms.

=blasonner=, _v.a._, to blazon; (fam.) to criticize, to traduce, to blacken.

=blasphémat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, blasphemer.

=blasphématoire=, _adj._, blasphemous.

=blasphème=, _n.m._, blasphemy.

=blasphémer=, _v.a._, to blaspheme.

=blasphémer=, _v.n._, to blaspheme, to curse.

=blatier=, _n.m._, corn-chandler, dealer in corn.

=blatte=, _n.f._, (ent.) mill-moth. _— d’Amérique_; cockroach. _V._ =cafard=.

=blaude=, _n.f._ _V._ =blouse=.

=blé=, _n.m._, wheat, corn; grain. _—-froment_; wheat. _—-seigle_; rye. _Grands —s_; wheat and rye. _Petits —s_; oats, barley. _— méteil_; wheat and rye. _— de Turquie_; Indian corn. _— noir_, _— sarrasin_; buckwheat. _— barbu_; stiff wheat. _Du — en herbe_; corn in the blade. _Serrer du —_; to house corn. _Manger son — en herbe_; to spend one’s money before one has it. _Facteur en —_; corn-factor. _Halle au —_; corn exchange.

=bleime=, _n.f._, (vet.) bleyme.

=blême=, _adj._, sallow, pale, ghastly, wan.

=blêmir=, _v.n._, to turn or grow pale.

=blende=, _n.f._, (min.) mock ore; blende.

=blennie= (blè-nî), _n.f._, (ich.) blenny.

=blennorrhée= (blèn-no-rée), _n.f._, blennorrhœa, gleet.

=blèsement=, _n.m._, lisping.

=bléser=, _v.n._, to lisp.

=blessant=, =-e=, _adj._, offensive, shocking.

=blessé=, =-e=, _part._, wounded, hurt, diseased.

=blesser=, _v.a._, to wound, to cut, to hurt, to pinch, to offend, to injure, to grate, to fret, to wring, to shock, to gall. _Cela me blesse_; that hurts me. _Mes souliers me blessent_; my shoes pinch me. _Cette phrase blesse l’oreille_; that sentence grates upon the ear. _— la vue_; to offend the eye. _— les oreilles chastes_; to offend chaste ears. _— l’honneur de quelqu’un_; to wound any one’s honor. _— les convenances_; to offend against propriety.

_se_ =blesser=, _v.r._, to hurt or cut one’s self; to take offense.