Chapter IX: Preface: To Revised Edition (9)

=blessure=, _n.f._, wound, cut, hurt. _Les —s faites à l’honneur_; the wounds inflicted upon one’s honor. _Gratification pour —_; (milit.) smart-money. _Coups et —s_; aggravated assault.

=blet=, =-te=, _adj._, (fruit) soft, sleepy. _Poire blette_; sleepy pear.

=blète= _or_ =blette=, _n.f._, (bot.) blite, strawberry-spinach; kind of amaranth, flower-gentle.

=bleu=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—s_) blue. _Avoir les yeux —s_; to be blue-eyed. _Cordon —_; first-rate cook. _Conte —_; tale of a tub, fairy tale. _Il m’a battu tout —_; he has beaten me black and blue.

=bleu=, _n.m._, (_—s_) blue, blueness. _— de Prusse_; Prussian blue. _— d’azur_; smalt. _— de cobalt_; cobalt blue. _— de ciel_; sky blue. _Petit —_; bad, sourish wine.

=bleuâtre=, _adj._, bluish, somewhat blue.

=bleuet=, _n.m._ _V._ =bluet=.

=bleuette=, _n.f._ _V._ =bluette=.

=bleuir=, _v.a._, to make blue, to blue.

=blindage=, _n.m._, sheeting, iron-plating, armor-plating; (milit.) poling.

=blinder=, _v.a._, to sheet, to plate; (milit.) to cover with blinds.

=blindes=, _n.f.pl._, (fort.) blinds.

=bloc=, _n.m._, lump, bulk, mass; block, log; stocks. _Acheter en —_; to buy in a lump.

=blocage=, _n.m._, rubble.

=blocage=, _n.m._, (print.) turned letter, turning.

*=blocaille=, _n.f._, (mas.) rubble-stone; pebble-work.

=blockhaus= (blok-hôs), _n.m._, (_—_) blockhouse.

=blocus=, _n.m._, (_—_) (milit.) investment; (nav.) blockade. _Lever le —_; to raise the blockade.

=blond=, =-e=, _adj._, flaxen, fair, light. _Des cheveux —s_; light hair. _Un homme —_; a fair man. _Il est délicat et —_; he is a dainty spark, difficult to please.

=blond=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, fair, light color; fair person. _— ardent_; sandy color. _— cendré_; light yellow. _— doré_; golden. _Courtiser la brune et la —e_; to make love to a number of women.

=blonde=, _n.f._, blond, blond-lace.

=blondier=, _n.m._, blonde-lace maker.

=blondin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, a fair-complexioned person; spark. _Un beau —_; a fine young spark.

=blondir=, _v.n._, to grow light or fair.

=blondissant=, =-e=, _adj._, yellowish, golden.

=bloqué=, _n.m._, ball holed (at billiards).

=bloquer=, _v.a._, to blockade; to block up, to fill up (cavities in walls with mortar); (print.) to turn; to hole a ball (billiards).

_se_ =blottir=, _v.r._, to squat, to cower, to crouch, to lie close to the ground.

=blouse=, _n.f._, pocket (of a billiard-table); smock-frock; blouse; pinafore.

=blouser=, _v.a._, to hole (at billiards); to cheat. _Il m’a blousé_; he has cheated me.

_se_ =blouser=, _v.r._, to hole one’s own ball; to blunder; to be in the wrong box.

=bluet=, _n.m._, (bot.) bluebottle, corn-flower; (orni.) bluebird, kingfisher.

=bluette=, _n.f._, spark, flash, flake of fire; (lit.) literary trifle; smart production.

=blutage=, _n.m._, bolting, sifting (of flour).

=bluteau= _or_ =blutoir=, _n.m._, bolter, bolting-mill.

=bluter=, _v.a._, to bolt, to sift (meal).

=bluterie= (-trî), _n.f._, bolting-room.

=boa=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (erpetology) boa; fur tippet.

=bobêche=, _n.f._, sconce; socket (of a candle-stick).

=bobine=, _n.f._, bobbin; spool, reel.

=bobiner=, _v.a._, to wind on a bobbin, to spool.

=bobineuse=, _n.f._, winder.

=bobo=, _n.m._, hurt, sore. _Avoir —_; to have a slight ailment.

=bocage=, _n.m._, grove, coppice.

=bocag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of groves, shady.

=bocal=, _n.m._, short-necked bottle; glass bowl; large phial; carboy mouthpiece.

=bocard=, _n.m._, (metal.) stamper, crushing-mill.

=bocardage=, _n.m._, (metal.) crushing, pounding, stamping.

=bocarder=, _v.a._, (metal.) to stamp, to pound.

=bock=, _n.m._, glass of beer.

=bodruche=. _V._ =baudruche=.

=bœuf=, _n.m._, ox, bull; beef. _Troupeau de —s_; drove of oxen. _Accoupler_, _découpler_, _les —s_; to yoke, to unyoke, oxen. _Du — à la mode_; a-la-mode beef. _Un —_; a dull-pated, heavy fellow. _Mettre la charrue devant les —s_; to put the cart before the horse. _Le — gras_; the fatted ox, prize ox.

=bœufs= (beû), _n.m.pl._, oxen.

=boghei= (-gay), _n.m._, (_—s_) light gig, buggy.

=bogue= (bog), _n.f._, chestnut-bur.

=bohé= _or_ =bohea=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, bohea tea.

=bohème=, _n.m.f._, =bohémien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, gipsy, bohemian, tramp.

=boïard=, _n.m._ _V._ =boyard=.

=boire= (buvant, bu), _v.a._, to drink, to imbibe; to absorb. _— un affront_; to pocket an affront. _— le calice jusqu’à la lie_; to drain the cup to the dregs. _Qui fait la folie, la boit_; as you brew, so you must drink.

=boire=, _v.n._, to drink, to tipple; to blot, to be puckered (of needlework). _— à la ronde_; glasses round. _— à la santé de quelqu’un_; to drink any one’s health. _C’est un homme qui boit_; he is a drunkard. _— à longs traits_; to drink long draughts. _— sec_; to drink hard, neat. _— comme un trou_; to drink like a fish. _A —_; some drink. _Ce papier boit_; this paper blots. _Qui a bu, boira_; habit is second nature. _Le vin est tiré, il faut le —_; in for a penny, in for a pound.

=boire=, _n.m._, drink, drinking. _Le — et le manger_; eating and drinking. _Elle lui apprête son — et son manger_; she prepares his meals for him.

=bois=, _n.m._, wood, forest; timber; horns (of a deer, &c.); cross (of Christ); bedstead; stock (of a gun); staff (of a lance). _Un — de haute futaie_; a wood of lofty trees. _Un — taillis_; a copse. _— mort sur pied_; dead wood. _Mort-—_; wood of little value, such as hawthorn, bramble, &c. _La lisière d’un —_; the skirt, edge of a wood. _La faim chasse le loup du —_; hunger will break through stone walls. _— puant_; beau trefoil. _— de rose_; tulipwood. _— de gaiac_; lignum vitæ. _— de Sainte-Lucie_; Mahaleb. _— de palissandre_; violet ebony. _— sur pied_; standing wood. _— d’équarrissage_; square timber. _— en grume_; round timber. _Le fil du —_; the grain of the wood. _— de sciage_; sawn timber. _— de refend_; cleft timber. _— chablis_; wind-fallen wood. _— de charpente_; timber, straight timber. _— de charronnage_; wheel-wrights’ timber. _— de construction pour la marine_; ship timber. _— de chauffage_; firewood. _— flotté_; floated wood. _— d’araignée_; crow-foot. _Faire du —_; to get wood. _Une voie de —_; load of wood. _Un train de —_; a float of wood. _Il ne sait plus de quel — faire flèche_; he does not know which way to turn, what to be at. _Je sais de quel — il se chauffe_; I know what metal he is made of. _Il est du — dont on fait les flûtes_; he will chime in with anything. _Trouver visage de —_; to find no one at home. _Un — de lit_; a bedstead. _Le — tortu fait le feu droit_; the end justifies the means.

=boisage=, _n.m._, wood-work.

=boisé=, =-e=, _adj._, woody, abounding with wood, wooded. _Chambre —e_; wainscoted room.

=boisement=, _n.m._, planting land with trees, timbering, afforestation.

=boiser=, _v.a._, to put woodwork to; to timber.

=boiserie= (boaz-rî), _n.f._, wainscot, wainscoting.

=boiseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, woody, ligneous.

=boisseau=, _n.m._, bushel.

=boisselée= (boas-lée), _n.f._, a bushelful.

=boisselier=, _n.m._, cooper, bushel-maker.

=boissellerie= (boa-sèl-rî), _n.f._, cooperage, bushel-making.

=boisson=, _n.f._, drink, beverage, drinking, drunkenness. _Être adonné à la —_; to be addicted to drinking. _Être pris de —_; to be intoxicated.

=boîte=, _n.f._, ripeness, maturity of wine. _En —_; matured.

=boîte=, _n.f._, box; case (of a watch, a rudder). _— de montre_; watch-case. _— à poudre_; powder-box. _— à savon_; soap-tray. _— à thé_; tea-caddy. _— aux lettres_; letter-box.

=boite=, _n.f._, foot-soreness (of cattle).

=boitement= (boat-mān), _n.m._, halting, limping.

=boiter=, _v.n._, to be lame, to walk lame, to limp, to halt, to hobble. _— d’un pied_; to walk lame of one foot. _En boitant_; limpingly.

=boiterie= (boa-trî), _n.f._, (vet.) halting.

=boiteu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, lame person; lame, halt, hobbling; limping. _Le Diable —_; the Devil on two sticks. _Attendre le —_; to bide one’s time. _Il ne faut pas clocher devant les —_; you must not remind people of their infirmities.

=boîtier=, _n.m._, surgeon’s case of instruments.

=bol=, _n.m._, a large pill, bolus; (min.) bole; bowl, basin, finger-glass.

=bolaire=, _adj._, (min.) bolary.

=bolet=, _n.m._, (bot.) boletus.

=bolide=, _n.m._, (astron.) bolis, fire-ball.

=bolus=, _n.m._ _V._ =bol=.

=bombance=, _n.f._, feasting, junketing. _Faire —_; to feast.

=bombarde=, _n.f._, bomb-ketch, bomb-vessel; (mus.) organ-stop.

=bombardement=, _n.m._, bombardment.

=bombarder=, _v.a._, to bombard.

=bombardier=, _n.m._, bombardier.

☉=bombasin=, _n.m._, bombazine.

=bombe=, _n.f._, bomb-shell, ball. _La — a crevé en l’air_; the bomb has burst in the air. _Voûte à l’épreuve de la —_; bomb-proof vault. _Gare la —!_ look out for squalls!

=bombé=, =-e=, _adj._, arched; barreled; convex.

=bombement= (-mān), _n.m._, swelling, bulging out, convexity.

=bomber=, _v.a._, to cause anything to bulge, to jut, to swell out, to arch, to curve, to barrel (of roads).

=bomber=, _v.n._, to bulge, to jut out.

=bomberie= (bon-brî), _n.f._, shell-foundry, bomb-foundry.

=bombeur=, _n.m._, maker of convex glasses.

=bombonne=, _n.f._, big can, drum.

=bombyx=, _n.m._, (ent.) bombyx, silkworm.

=bomerie= (bôm-rî), _n.f._, (com.) bottomry.

=bon=, =-ne=, _adj._, good, kind; favorable; fine, convenient, advantageous, profitable, proper; safe, solvent; full; silly, foolish; wholesome; easy, good-natured. _—!_ good! _C’est —_; all right, very good. _Cela ne présage rien de —_; that bodes no good. _En — état_; sound. _—ne foi_; plain dealing, uprightness. _— sens_; sensibleness. _Faire —ne chère_; to live well. _À — appétit il ne faut point de sauce_; a good appetite needs no sauce. _Une —ne fois_; once for all. _Vous êtes trop —_; you are too kind. _C’est une —ne personne_; she is a good creature. _— à prendre_; worth taking. _— à boire_; good to drink. _À quoi — tant de peines?_ what is the use of so much trouble? _—ne nourriture_; wholesome food. _Voilà ce qu’il y a de —_; that’s one comfort. _Prendre quelque chose en —ne part_; to take a thing well. _Les — comptes font les — amis_; short reckonings make long friends. _Tout lui est —_; all is fish that comes to his net. _C’est une —ne tête_; he has a good head-piece. _À — jour, —ne œuvre_; the better the day, the better the deed. _De —ne heure_; early. _Il est encore de —ne heure_; it is still early. _À la —ne heure!_ good! well done! that’s something like. _Se donner du — temps_; to divert one’s self. _Trouver —_; to approve, to like. _Sentir —_; to have a good smell. _Tenir —_; to hold out. _Il ne fait pas — avoir affaire à lui_; it is dangerous to meddle with him. _La lui garder —ne_; to owe any one a grudge. _Être homme à —nes fortunes_; to be a lady-killer. _Il y va de —ne foi_; he plays fair and square. _Si — vous semble_; if you think proper. _Vous êtes — vous!_ I like you! _De — cœur_; heartily. _De —ne foi_; sincerely. _La faire courte et —ne_; to have a short but merry life. _Que vous êtes —!_ how silly you are! _Tout de —_; in earnest. _À quelque chose malheur est —_; it’s an ill wind that blows good to no one. _Faire —ne mine à mauvais jeu_; to put a good face upon matters. _À — vin, point d’enseigne_; good wine needs no bush. _Une —ne fuite vaut mieux qu’une mauvaise attente_; discretion is the better part of valor.

=bon=, _n.m._, good quality, what is good in a thing; the best, the fun of a thing; voucher, check, bond. _Il a cela de — qu’il ne ment jamais_; he has this good quality, that he never tells a lie. _Le — de l’histoire_; the cream of the story.

=bon=, _int._, well, good, right.

=bonace=, _n.f._, (nav.) calm, smooth sea; lull.

=bonasse=, _adj._, simple, foolish; silly, credulous; soft, complying.

=bonbon=, _n.m._, bonbon, sweetmeat, comfit.

=bonbonnière=, _n.f._, sweetmeat box; snug little house.

=bon-chrétien= (-kré-), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) Bartlett pear.

=bond=, _n.m._, bound, skip, gambol; caper, leap, jump. _Faire un —_; to make a bound. _Second —_; rebound. _Prendre la balle au —_; to catch the ball at the bound; to seize time by the forelock. _Il m’a fait faux —_; he has given me the slip. _Il s’élança d’un — par-dessus la muraille_; he cleared the wall at a bound. _Par sauts et par —s_; by leaps and bounds. _Il ne va que par sauts et par —s_; he only works by fits and starts. _Tant de — que de volée_; anyhow, _or_ by hook or by crook.

=bondé=, =-e=, _adj._, quite full, full to the bung.

=bonde=, _n.f._, sluice; bung, bung-hole.

=bonder=, _v.a._, (nav.) to lade full, to fill.

=bondir=, _v.n._, to bounce, to bound, to rebound; to caper, to skip, to frisk. _Il bondissait de rage_; he bounded with rage. _Cela fait — le cœur_; that makes one’s heart leap.

=bondissant=, =-e=, _adj._, bounding, skipping, frisking.

=bondissement= (-mān), _n.m._, bouncing, bounding, skipping, frisking.

=bondon=, _n.m._, bung; bunghole.

=bondonner=, _v.a._, to bung, to stop with a bung, to close up.

=bondonnière=, _n.f._, bung-borer (tool).

=bonduc=, _n.m._, (bot.) nickar-tree.

=bon-henri=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) all-good, English mercury.

=bonheur= (bo-neur), _n.m._, happiness, prosperity, felicity, welfare, blessing, good fortune, good luck, chance, happy thing. _Envier le — d’autrui_; to envy another’s prosperity. _Le — de l’Etat_; the welfare of the state. _Faire le — de quelqu’un_; to delight any one. _Avoir du —_; to be lucky. _Être en —_; to be fortunate. _Par —_; luckily. _Porter —_; to bring good luck. _Jouer de —_; to be lucky, in luck’s way. _Au petit —_; happen what may, I will chance it.

=bonhomie= (bo-no-mi), _n.f._, good nature, easy humor, simplicity, credulity.

=bonhomme= (bo-nom), _n.m._, (bonshommes) simple, good-natured man; old codger. _Vieux —_; old fellow, old buffer, fogy. _Petit —_; little fellow.

☉=bonhommeau=, _n.m._ _V._ =bonhomme=.

=boni=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (fin.) bonus.

=boniface=, _adj._, simple, artless.

=bonification=, _n.f._, amelioration, improvement; (com.) allowance.

=bonifier=, _v.a._, to better, to improve, to ameliorate; to make up, to make good.

=boniment=, _n.m._, quack’s show, puff; humbug, clap-trap speech.

=bonisseur=, _n.m._, showman’s puffer; speech.

=bonjour=, _n.m._, good morning, good day, compliments. _Je vous souhaite le —_; I wish you good morning.

=bonne=, _n.f._, nursery-maid; lady’s-maid; good friend; fine story. _— à_, or _pour_, _tout faire_; maid of all work.

=bonneau=, _n.m._, (nav.) buoy of an anchor.

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

=bonnement= (bo-n-mān), _adv._, plainly, simply, honestly, truly, merely.

=bonnet=, _n.m._, cap. _— de laine_; woolen cap. _— de nuit_; night-cap. _Gros —_; big wig, person of importance. _Opiner du —_; to adopt the opinion of another; to vote blindly. _Triste comme un — de nuit_; as dull as ditch water. _Jeter son — par-dessus les moulins_; to throw off all restraint; to be reckless. _Avoir la tête près du —_; to be hot-headed. _Ce sont deux têtes dans un —_; they are hand and glove together. _C’est — blanc et blanc —_; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. _Prendre sous son —_; to invent, make up a tale. _Y jeter son —_; to give it up.

=bonnetade=, _n.f._, capping, half-capping (jest).

☉=bonneter=, _v.a._, to cap, to doff one’s hat (jest); to cringe.

=bonneterie= (bo-n-trî), _n.f._, hosiery business.

=bonneteur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) cringer, card-sharper.

=bonnetier= (bo-n-tié), _n.m._, hosier.

=bonnette=, _n.f._, (fort.) bonnet; (nav.) studding sail; (of a telescope or camera) cap.

=bonsoir=, _n.m._, good evening, good night; not if I know it. _— et bonne nuit!_ a good night’s rest to you!

=bonté=, _n.f._, goodness, excellence, kindness, attention, good-heartedness, favor. _Abuser de la — de quelqu’un_; to take advantage of any one’s goodness. _Avoir la — de_; to be so good as to.

=bonze=, _n.m._, bonze (Buddhist priest).

☉*=boquillon=, _n.m._, woodman, feller of wood.

=boracique=, _adj._ _V._ =borique=.

=borax= (-raks), _n.m._, borax.

=borborygme=, _n.m._, (med.) borborygm, rumbling.

=bord=, _n.m._, shore; bank, strand, side, margin; brink, edge, brim, skirt; rim, border, extremity; hem, edging, lace; (nav.) board; (nav.) broadside; (nav.) tack. _Le — de la mer_; the seashore. _Le — d’une rivière_; the bank of a river. _Le — d’un précipice_; the brink of a precipice. _Le — d’une table_; the edge of a table. _Le — d’un chapeau_; the rim of a hat. _Le — d’un bateau_; the side of a boat. _Le — d’une robe_; the skirt of a gown. _J’ai son nom sur le — des lèvres_; I have his name on the tip of my tongue. _À pleins —s_; full to the brim. _J’allai à son —_; I went aboard his ship. _Coucher à —_; to sleep on board ship. _Tourner_, _changer_, _virer_, _de —_; to tack about, to veer. _Courir même — que l’ennemi_; to stand on the same tack with the enemy. _— au large_; standing off shore. _— à terre_; standing in shore. _— à —_; alongside.

=bordage=, _n.m._, (nav.) planking, plank, poling, bulwarks.

=bordé=, _n.m._, hem, edging, bordering.

=bordeaux=, _n.m._, claret, Bordeaux wine.

=bordée=, _n.f._, (nav.) broadside; volley; salvo; stretch, tack. _Lâcher_, or _tirer_, _une —_; to fire a broadside. _Une — d’injures_; a shower of abuse. _Courir des —s_; to tack about.

=bordel=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) brothel.

=bordelais=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, of Bordeaux.

=bordement=, _n.m._, edge.

=border=, _v.a._, to edge, to hem, to skirt, to bind, to lace, to border; (nav.) to gather (the sheets); to plank; to lay (a deck); to tuck up (bed-clothes); to line (a road). _Les soldats bordent la côte_; soldiers line the coast. _— les côtés d’un vaisseau_; to plank a ship. _— les ponts_; to lay a ship’s decks. _— une écoute_; to tally a sheet. _Borde au vent!_ haul aft the sheets.

=bordereau=, _n.m._, (com.) account, memorandum, note.

=bordi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (nav.) lop-sided.

=bordier=, _n.m._, lop-sided ship.

=bordigue= (-dig), _n.f._, crawl (for taking fish).

=bordure=, _n.f._, frame, edge, edging; border, curb; rim; (nav.) foot.

=bore=, _n.m._, (chem.) boron.

=boréal=, =-e=, _adj._, boreal, northern.

=borée=, _n.m._, Boreas, North-wind.

*=borgne=, _n._ and _adj._, one-eyed person; blind of one eye; one-eyed; dark, obscure, paltry. _Changer son cheval — contre un aveugle_; to change for the worse. _Au royaume des aveugles les —s sont rois_; among the blind, the one-eyed is king.

*=borgnesse=, _n.f._, (pop.) one-eyed woman.

=borique=, _adj._, (chem.) boracic.

=bornage=, _n.m._, settling bounds, fixing limits.

=borne=, _n.f._, landmark; boundary, limit, confine; bounds; mile-stone, spur-post. _Mettre des —s à son ambition_; to set bounds to one’s ambition. _Cela passe toutes les —s_; that is going beyond all bounds. _Être planté là comme une —_; to stand there like a post.

=borné=, =-e=, _part._, bounded, limited, confined; narrow, mean, small; shallow. _Esprit fort —_; narrow mind.

=borne-fontaine=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) water-post.

=borner=, _v.a._, to set landmarks; to bound, to set bounds to, to limit, to circumscribe, to restrict, to terminate, to confine. _— son ambition_; to set bounds to one’s ambition.

_se_ =borner=, _v.r._, to keep within bounds, to restrain one’s self. _Il faut se — à cela_; we must be content with that, or not go beyond that.

=bornous= (-noos), _n.m._, _V._ =bernous=.

=bornoyer=, _v.a._, to place, to set marks in, to look with one eye at.

=bosan=, _n.m._, bosa (Turkish beverage).

=bosel=, _n.m._, (arch.) torus.

=bosphore=, _n.m._, Bosphorus.

=bosquet=, _n.m._, grove, thicket.

=bossage=, _n.m._, (arch.) bossage, embossment, relief.

=bosse=, _n.f._, hunch, hump; bump; bruise; knob, protuberance, lump; bunch; boss; embossment; (sculp.) relievo, relief, embossment; (paint.) bust; boss (at tennis). _Ne demander que plaie et —_; to think of nothing but mischief or fighting. _Ouvrage relevé en —_; embossed piece of work. _Ouvrage de demi —_; figure in half-relief. _Donner dans la —_; to fall into the snare, to be duped, to be caught. _Travailler en —_; to emboss.

=bosselage= (bos-laj), _n.m._, embossing.

=bosselé=, =-e=, _adj._, bruised (metal); (bot.) bunched; embossed.

=bosseler= (bos-lé), _v.a._, to dent; to emboss.

=bosselure= (bos-lur), _n.f._, embossment.

=bosser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to stopper.

=bossette=, _n.f._, (arch., man.) boss, stud.

=bossoir=, _n.m._, (nav.) cat-head; bow.

=bossu=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, hunchback; hunchbacked, humpbacked, deformed, uneven, crooked, tortuous. _— par-devant_; pigeon-breasted. _Rire comme un —_; to split one’s sides with laughter.

=bossuer=, _v.a._, to bruise, to dent, to batter.

_se_ =bossuer=, _v.r._, to get bruised, dented.

=bostangi=, _n.m._, (_—s_) soldier of the Turkish militia.

=boston=, _n.m._, boston (game at cards).

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

=bot=, _adj._, club-footed. _Pied —_; (subst.) club-foot. _C’est un pied —_; he is club-footed.

=bot=, _n.m._, Dutch-boat.

=botanique=, _n.f._, botany.

=botanique=, _adj._, botanical.

=botaniste=, _n.m._, botanist.

=botargue=, _n.f._ _V._ =boutargue=.

=botte=, _n.f._, boot (man’s only); Wellington boot; bunch, bundle, truss; (fenc.) pass, thrust, lunge; step of a coach; cask; clod of dirt or snow; wine vessel, butt. _—s à genouillère_; jack-boots. _—s à l’écuyère_; top-boots. _Souliers —s_; Blucher boots. _—s retroussées_, _—s à revers_; top-boots. _—s de sept lieues_; ogre’s boots. _—s fines_; dress boots. _Tirant de —_; boot-strap. _Tige de —_; boot-leg. _Tire-—_; boot-jack. _Mettre du foin dans ses —_; to feather one’s nest. _A propos de —s_; about nothing. _Graisser ses —_; to prepare for a journey, for death. _Décrotter_, _cirer_, _des —s_; to clean, to polish, boots. _Une — d’asperges_; a bundle of asparagus. _Une — de foin_; a truss of hay. _Porter une — à quelqu’un_; (fenc.) to make a pass, a lunge, at one. _Parer une —_; to parry a pass. _Il lui a porté une vilaine —_; he served him a very scurvy trick.

=botté=, =-e=, _adj._, booted, with boots on.

=bottelage= (bo-tlaj), _n.m._, tying up in bundles.

=botteler= (bo-tlé), _v.a._, to put up in bundles.

=botteleur= (bo-tleur), _n.m._, (agri.) binder, bandster.

=botter=, _v.a._, to make, to supply any one with, boots; to boot anybody. _Ce bottier botte bien_, _mal_; this bootmaker makes boots well, badly. (fam.) _Cela me botte_; that suits me down to the ground.

_se_ =botter=, _v.r._, to put one’s boots on; to get one’s shoes clogged with dirt; to ball (of horses); (milit.) to boot. _Cet homme se botte bien_, _mal_; this man wears well made, badly made, boots.

=bottier=, _n.m._, bootmaker, shoemaker.

=bottine=, _n.f._, half-boot; lady’s boot.

=boubie=, _n.f._, (orni.) booby, gannet.

=bouc=, _n.m._, he-goat; goat-skin; pulley. _— émissaire_; scape-goat.

=boucage=, _n.m._, (bot.) burnet saxifrage.

=boucan=, _n.m._, a place to smoke-dry in.

=boucaner=, _v.a._, to smoke (meat, hides).

=boucaner=, _v.n._, to smoke-dry; to hunt wild bulls for their hides.

=boucanier=, _n.m._, buccaneer, bucanier; free-booter; buccaneer’s musket.

=boucaro=, _n.m._, boucaro, red clay.

=boucassin=, _n.m._, lining.

=boucaut=, _n.m._, cask, hogshead.

=bouche=, _n.f._, mouth; lips; tongue; muzzle (of a cannon); voice; victuals; eating, living; cooks (of a sovereign); mouth, opening, aperture (of canals, rivers); plug-hole, fire-plug. _Dépense de —_; household expenses. _Munitions de —_; provisions. _— à —_; face to face. _— béante_; open-mouthed. _De —_; by word of mouth. _Être sur sa —_; to be given to gluttony. _Que l’imposture ne souille point votre —_; let not falsehood sully your lips. _— close_; keep it to yourself; mum’s the word! _Il dit cela de —, mais le cœur n’y touche_; he says one thing and thinks another. _Fermer la — à quelqu’un_; to stop any one’s mouth. _Il dit tout ce qui lui vient à la —_; he says whatever comes uppermost. _Faire la petite —_; to be difficult to please, dainty. _Elle n’en fait point la fine —_; she does not mince it. _Faire la — en cœur_; to screw up one’s mouth, to look captivating. _Cela rend la — amère_; that leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. _Garder une chose pour la bonne —_; to keep a tit-bit till the last. _Cela fait venir l’eau à la —_; that makes one’s mouth water. _Prendre sur sa —_; to stint one’s self. _Selon ta bourse, gouverne ta —_; you must cut your coat according to your cloth. _Il arrive bien des choses entre la — et le morceau_; there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. _Cheval qui a bonne —_; hard-feeding horse. _Un cheval qui n’a ni — ni éperon_; a horse that obeys neither bridle nor spur. _Un homme fort en —_; a man that out-talks everybody. _Il y en avait à — que veux-tu_; there was enough and to spare.

=bouchée=, _n.f._, mouthful. _Ne faire qu’une — de quelqu’un_; to make but a mouthful of any one, to beat any one with ease.

=bouche-nez=, _n.m._, stench-trap.

=boucher=, _v.a._, to stop, stuff, choke up; to obstruct. _— une bouteille_; to cork a bottle. _— un tonneau_; to bung a barrel. _— la vue d’un voisin_; to obstruct a neighbor’s view. _Se — les oreilles_; to stop one’s ears. _Se — le nez_; to hold one’s nose. _— un trou_; to stop up a gap, to pay a debt.

=boucher=, _n.m._, butcher. _— en gros_; carcass-butcher.

=bouchère=, _n.f._, a butcher’s wife, woman keeping a butcher’s shop.

=boucherie= (boo-shrî), _n.f._, shambles, butchery, market; slaughter, carnage, massacre.

=bouche-trou=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) a stop-gap.

=bouchoir=, _n.m._, oven-door, lid, stopper.

=bouchon=, _n.m._, cork, stopper; ☉darling; wisp (of straw, &c.); packet (of linen); pot-house. _Frotter un cheval avec un — de paille_; to rub down a horse with a wisp of straw. _— de cabaret_; tavern-bush (kind of game).

=bouchonner=, _v.a._, to rub down (a horse).

=bouchonnier=, _n.m._, corkcutter.

=bouchot=, _n.m._, fishing-hurdles; mussel-bed.

=bouchure=, _n.f._, quickset hedge.

=boucle=, _n.f._, buckle; ring; curl, ringlet, lock; (arch.) knocker; (nav.) staple, ring. _Des —s d’oreilles_; ear-rings. _Mettre une perruque en —s_; to curl a wig. _Mettre en —_; to put in irons.

=bouclé=, =-e=, _part._, buckled, curled. _Cheveux —s_; curly hair.

=boucler=, _v.a._, to buckle; to put a ring to; to curl (hair); (hunt.) to ferret out.

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

=boucler=, _v.n._, to curl, to put out, bulge.

=bouclier=, _n.m._, buckler, shield; defense, protection; (ich.) lump-fish. _Levée de —s_; rising in arms; insurrection.

☉=boucon=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) poisoned drink or dish.

=bouddhique=, _adj._, Buddhistic.

=bouddhisme=, _n.m._, Buddhism.

=bouddhiste=, _n.m._ and _f._, Buddhist.

=bouder=, _v.n._, to pout, to look sour, to sulk; to pout at; not to be able to play (dominoes); (hort.) to be stunted.

_se_ =bouder=, _v.r._, to be sulky with, to be cool, towards each other.

=bouderie= (bou-drî), _n.f._, pouting, sulking, sulkiness.

=boudeu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, sulky, sullen.

=boudeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, person who sulks.

=boudin=, _n.m._, black pudding; (nav.) pudding; (arch.) torus; saddle-bag, cloak-bag; spring (of a coach); long curl; sausage-finger.

=boudinage=, _n.m._, slubbing, roving.

=boudine=, _n.f._, (glass-making) bunt, knot.

=boudineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, rover, slubber.

=boudini-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, black-pudding-maker.

=boudinoir=, _n.m._, roving-machine.

=boudoir=, _n.m._, boudoir, lady’s private-room.

=boue=, _n.f._, dirt, mire, mud; filth; meanness; sordidness; sediment (of ink). _Je n’en fais pas plus de cas que de la — de mes souliers_; I don’t value it more than the dirt on my shoes. _Une âme de —_; a mean soul. _Tirer quelqu’un de la —_; to raise any one from the dunghill. _Traîner quelqu’un dans la —_; to load any one with abuse.

=bouée=, _n.f._, (nav.) buoy. _— de sauvetage_; life-buoy.

=boueur=, _n.m._, scavenger, dustman.

=boueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dirty, miry; muddy; foul. _Chemin —_; dirty road. _Ecriture —se_; thick writing.

=bouffant=, =-e=, _adj._, puffed.

☉=bouffante=, _n.f._, hoop, farthingale.

=bouffarde=, _n.f._, (pop.) short pipe. _Téter_ or _fumer sa —_; to have a whiff, to blow one’s cloud.

=bouffe=, _n.m._, buffoon. _pl._, Italian opera (in Paris). _Aller aux —s_; to go to the Italian opera.

=bouffée=, _n.f._, puff, gust, blast, whiff; fit. _Par —s_; by fits and starts.

=bouffer=, _v.n._, to puff, to swell, to rise, to bulge.

=bouffer=, _v.a._, to blow (meat).

=bouffette=, _n.f._, bow (ribbon), ear-knot.

=bouffi=, =-e=, _adj._, puffed up, swollen, inflated. _Des joues —es_; puffed out cheeks. _— d’orgueil_; puffed up with pride. _Ange —_; chubby child.

=bouffir=, _v.a._, to puff up, to swell, to bloat.

=bouffissure=, _n.f._, swelling, puffing up; turgidness, bombast.

=bouffon=, _n.m._, buffoon, jester, clown; merry-andrew, jack-pudding, droll. _Un mauvais —_; a sorry jester. _Faire le —_; to play the buffoon.

=bouffon=, =-ne=, _adj._, jocose, facetious, comical.

=bouffonner=, _v.n._, to be jocose, full of jests; to play the buffoon.

=bouffonnerie= (-fo-n-rî), _n.f._, buffoonery, drollery, jesting.

=bouge=, _n.m._, little closet, hole, wretched den, hovel; bulge of a cask.

=bougeoir= (-joar), _n.m._, flat candlestick, chamber-candlestick; taper-stand.

=bougeotte=, _n.f._, pigeon-hole.

=bouger=, _v.n._, to stir, to budge, to wag, to fidget. _Il ne bouge de cette maison_; he is always at that house.

=bougie=, _n.f._, candle, wax-candle, wax-light; (surg.) bougie.

=bougier=, _v.a._, to wax.

=bougonner=, _v.n._, to grumble, to scold, to jaw, to mum.

=bougran=, _n.m._, buckram.

=bougre=, _n.m._, blackguard; fellow. _Bon —_; good sort of fellow. _Mauvais —_; nasty fellow, ugly customer.

*=bouillabaisse=, _n.f._, Provençal fish-soup with garlic, &c.; mish-mash.

*=bouillant=, =-e=, _adj._, boiling, boiling-hot, scalding-hot, piping-hot; hot, fiery, hasty, eager, fierce, hot-headed. _Jeunesse —e_; fiery youth. _— de colère_; boiling with anger. _— d’impatience_; burning with impatience.

*=bouille=, _n.f._, fishing-pole.

*=bouiller=, _v.a._, to stir the water with a pole.

*=bouillerie=, _n.f._, boilery.

*=bouilleur=, _n.m._, boiler-tube (of an engine).

*=bouilli=, _n.m._, boiled beef, bouilli.

*=bouillie=, _n.f._, pap (for infants); pulp (to make paper). _Faire de la — pour les chats_; fruitless labor, profitless undertaking.

*=bouillir=, _v.n._, to boil, to simmer. _Faire — à demi_; to parboil. _— à gros bouillons_; to boil fast. _— à petits bouillons_; to boil gently; to simmer. _Cela sert à faire — la marmite_; that helps to make the pot boil.

*=bouillir=, _v.a._, to boil. Only used in the popular and figurative expression: _— du lait à quelqu’un_; to say something very pleasant to somebody.

*=bouilloire=, _n.f._, boiler, kettle.

*=bouillon=, _n.m._, broth; bubble, ripple, bubbling; ebullition, transport; puff (of a lady’s dress). _— en tablette_; portable broth, meat-tablet. _— de poulet_; chicken broth. _— de veau_; veal-broth. _— coupé_; broth diluted with water. _Prendre un —_; to take some broth. _Boire un —_; to swallow a mouthful (in bathing); to meet with a loss. _— pointu_; clyster. _L’eau sort de la roche à gros —s_; the water comes gushing out of the rock. _Un — d’eau_; a bubbling fountain.

*=bouillon-blanc=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) mullein, cow’s-lung-wort.

*=bouillonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, bubbling, gurgling.

*=bouillonnement= (-io-n-mān), _n.m._, bubbling up, spouting or gushing out; ebullition, effervescence, agitation.

*=bouillonner=, _v.n._, to bubble, to gush out, to boil, to boil over.

=bouillonner=, _v.a._, to put puffs to. _— une robe_; to put puffs to a dress.

*=bouillotte=, _n.f._, foot-warmer.

*=bouillotte=, _n.f._, bouillotte (game at cards).

=bouin=, _n.m._, (dy.) head of silk.

=bouis=, _n.m._, glazing-stick.

=boujaron=, _n.m._, tot, about half a gill (nav.).

=boulaie=, _n.f._, (l.u.) birch plantation.

=boulang-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, baker; baker’s wife.

=boulanger=, _v.a._, to make bread. _Du pain bien boulangé_; well-made bread.

=boulanger=, _v.n._, to bake.

=boulangerie= (-lan-jrî), _n.f._, baking, bakers’ business; bakehouse.

=boule=, _n.f._, bowl, ball, pate, head, noddle, sconce. _Il est rond comme une —_; he is as round as a ball. _Un jeu de —_; a bowling-green. _Jouer à la —_; to play at bowls. _Avoir la —_; to play first. _Boule-de-neige_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) snow-ball. _— d’eau chaude_; hot water bottle. ☉_A la — vue_; in haste, carelessly. _—_; (for voting) ballot. (pop.) _Perdre la —_; to lose one’s head.

=bouleau=, _n.m._, birch, birch-tree.

=bouledogue=, _n.m._, bull-dog.

=bouler=, _v.n._, to swell, to pout (of pigeons).

=boulet=, _n.m._, bullet, ball; fetlock-joint (of a horse); (man.) boulet. _Un — de canon_; a cannon-ball. _Un coup de —_; a cannon-shot. _— rouge_; red-hot ball. _— ramé_; chain-shot, bar-shot. _Condamner au —_; (milit.) to condemn to chain and ball. _Tirer à —s rouges sur quelqu’un_; to load any one with abuse.

=bouleté=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) upright on fetlock-joint. _V._ =juché=.

=boulette=, _n.f._, forced-meat ball; pellet, paper-bullet, blunder. _Faire des —s_; to commit blunders.

=bouleux=, _n.m._, thick-set horse; heavy hack; drudge. _Un bon —_; a plodding man, a drudge.

=boulevard= _or_ =boulevart= (bool-var), _n.m._, bulwark, rampart; boulevard.

=bouleversement= (bool-vers-mān), _n.m._, destruction, ruin; overthrow; overthrowing; overturning; commotion, confusion, disorder.

=bouleverser= (bool-vèr-) _v.a._, to overthrow; to throw down, to subvert; to agitate, to trouble, to throw into commotion; to upset; to unsettle, to unhinge, to convulse. _Cela m’a tout bouleversé_; it has quite unhinged me.

☉_à la_ =boule vue=, _adv._ _V._ =boule=.

=boulier=, _n.m._, bag-net (fishing).

=boulimie=, _n.f._, (med.) bulimy.

=boulimique=, _adj._, bulimic.

=boulin=, _n.m._, pigeon-hole; (mas.) pigeon-cove; putlog. _Trous de —_; scaffolding-holes.

=bouline=, _n.f._, (nav.) bowline, gantlet. _Aller à la —_; to sail close to the wind; to tack about. _Courir la —_; to run the gantlet.

=bouliner=, _v.n._, to sail close to the wind.

=bouliner=, _v.a._, to haul to windward. _— une voile_; to haul a sail to windward.

=boulingrin=, _n.m._, bowling-green, grass-plot.

=boulinier=, _n.m._, (nav.) _Un bon —_; a ship that sails well to windward.

=bouloir=, _n.m._, (mas.) larry, pole.

=boulon=, _n.m._, bolt, large iron pin.

=boulonnement=, _n.m._, bolting, pinning.

=boulonner=, _v.a._, to pin, to fasten with iron pins, to bolt.

=boulot=, =-te=, _adj._, fat, dumpy, squatty.

=boulotter=, _v.n._, to jog along.

☉=bouque=, _n.f._, channel, strait, mouth, passage.

☉=bouquer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to kiss forcibly; to yield, to truckle.

=bouquet=, _n.m._, bunch, cluster, tuft; nosegay, bouquet, posy; birth-day ode, sonnet; birth-day present; flavor, aroma (of wine). _Un — de plumes_; a plume of feathers. _Un — de pierreries_; a sprig of jewels. _Un — de bois_; a cluster of trees. _Fleur qui vient en —s_; flower that grows in bunches. _— de fusées_; bunch of rockets. _Réserver une chose pour le —_; to keep a thing for the last. _Et maintenant, pour le —!_ and now, to cap the story!

=bouquetier= (book-tié), _n.m._, flower-vase.

=bouquetière=, _n.m._, flower-girl.

=bouquetin=, _n.m._, wild goat, ibex.

=bouquin=, _n.m._, old he-goat; buck-hare; old book. _Mauvais —_; worthless book; (of pipes) mouth-piece.

=bouquiner=, _v.n._, to buck, to couple (of hares); to hunt after, to read, old books.

=bouquinerie= (-ki-n-ri), _n.f._, old-book trade.

=bouquineur=, _n.m._, lover of old books, book-fancier.

=bouquiniste=, _n.m._, dealer in old books.

=bouracan=, _n.m._, a sort of camlet, barracan.

=bouracanier=, _n.m._, barracan maker.

=bourbe=, _n.f._, mire, mud, dirt.

=bourbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, miry, muddy, sloughy, sloshy.

=bourbier=, _n.m._, slough, puddle, mire, mud; lurch, plunge, scrape, danger. _Il s’est mis dans le —_; he has got himself into a scrape.

*=bourbillon=, _n.m._, core (of an abscess).

=bourcette=. _V._ =mâche=.

=bourdaine=, _or_ =bourgène=, _n.f._, black alder.

=bourdalou=, _n.m._, hat-band; sort of chamber-pot.

=bourde=, _n.f._, fib, sham, humbug, lie. _Donner une — a quelqu’un_; to tell any one a fib.

=bourder=, _v.n._, to fib, to sham, to humbug.

=bourdeur=, _n.m._, fibber, shammer.

*=bourdillon=, _n.m._, stave-wood (for casks).

=bourdon=, _n.m._, drone; pilgrim’s staff; great bell; (mus.) drone; humble-bee; great bell; (print.) out, omission.

=bourdonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, humming, buzzing.

=bourdonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, buzz, buzzing; hum, humming; murmur; tinkling noise.

=bourdonner=, _v.n._, to buzz, to hum, to murmur.

=bourdonner=, _v.a._, to hum; to bore; to pester.

=bourdonnet=, _n.m._, (surg.) dossil.

=bourdonneur=, _n.m._, humming-bird, colibri.

=bourg=, _n.m._, borough, market-town.

=bourgade=, _n.f._, small market-town, straggling village.

=bourgène=, _n.f._ _V._ =bourdaine=.

=bourgeois=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (-joâ, -joaz), burgess, citizen, townsman, commoner; master, mistress, owner of a merchant-ship; contractor. _Un bon —_; a substantial citizen. _Un petit —_; a humble citizen. _Être en —_; (of officers) to be dressed in plain clothes.

=bourgeois=, =-e=, _adj._, middle-class; belonging to, or becoming, a citizen, citizenlike; private; plain; common. _Famille —e_; good middle-class family. _Avoir l’air —_, _les manières_, _—es_; to be common in one’s gait and manners. _Cuisine —e_; plain, homely cooking. _Pension —_; private boarding-house. _Comédie —e_; private theatricals.

=bourgeoisement= (-joaz-mān), _adv._, citizenlike, humbly; vulgarly.

=bourgeoisie= (-joa-zî), _n.f._, middle-class, citizenship, citizens. _Droit de —_; freedom of a city. _Haute —_; upper middle-class, gentry. _Caution —_; good security.

=bourgeon= (boor-jon), _n.m._, bud, gem; shoot; pimple.

=bourgeonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, budding.

=bourgeonné=, =-e=, _part._, budded, pimpled.

=bourgeonnement= (-jo-n-mān), _n.m._, budding, budding-time.

=bourgeonner= (-jo-né), _v.n._, to bud, to shoot, to put forth young shoots; to break out in pimples.

=bourgeonnier= (-jo-nié), _n.m._, (orni.) bullfinch.

=bourgmestre=, _n.m._, burgomaster.

*=bourgogne=, _n.m._, Burgundy wine.

=bourgépine= (-ghé-), _n.f._, (bot.) buckthorn.

*=bourguignon=, =-ne= (-ghi-), _n._ and _adj._, Burgundian, of Burgundy.

=bourlet=, _n.m._ _V._ =bourrelet=.

=bournous=. _V._ =bernous=.

=bourrache=, _n.f._, (bot.) borage.

=bourrade=, _n.f._, blow with a musket butt; beating, home-thrust; taunt; (hunt.) snapping.

=bourras=, _n.m._ _V._ =bure=.

=bourrasque=, _n.f._, squall; relapse; fresh attack (of a disease); vexation; caprice; fit of anger, of ill-humor.

=bourre=, _n.f._, hair, fluff (of animals); stuff, trash; flock (of wool); floss (of silk); wad (of fire-arms); kind of down (on the buds of trees). _Lit de —_; flock-bed.

=bourreau=, _n.m._, hangman, executioner; tormentor, tyrant, butcher. _Un — d’argent_; a spendthrift.

=bourrée=, _n.f._, brushwood, chatwood; small fagot; boree (dance).

=bourreler= (boor-), _v.a._, to torment, to sting; to torture, to rack, to goad.

=bourrelet= _or_ =bourlet=, _n.m._, pad; cushion; sand-bag; swelling (about the loins); padded cap; (of horses) collar.

=bourrelier= (boor-), _n.m._, harness-maker.

=bourrelle=, =-ment=, _n.m._, torment, torture.

=bourrellerie= (boo-rèl-rî), _n.f._, business of a harness-maker.

=bourrer=, _v.a._, to ram; to thrash; to abuse; to stuff, to wad; to cram with food; ☉to nonplus; (hunt.) to snap. _— de coups_; to give a sound thrashing to.

_se_ =bourrer=, _v.r._, to cram one’s self with food; to abuse each other.

=bourrer=, _v.n._, (of horses) to bolt.

=bourriche=, _n.f._, game-basket.

=bourrique=, _n.f._, she-ass; ignorant, stupid person.

=bourriquet=, _n.m._, ass’s colt; hand-barrow; windlass; mason’s horse.

=bourriqui-er=, =-ère=, _n.m.f._, donkey-driver.

=bourrir=, _v.n._, to whir (of partridges).

=bourroir=, _n.m._, tamping-bar.

=bourru=, =-e=, _adj._, cross, morose, peevish, crabbed, moody, wayward, surly, snappish; unfermented.

=bourse=, _n.f._, purse; hair-bag; purse-net; saddle-bag; scholarship; foundation; (anat.) sac; (bot.) wrapper; (surg.) suspensory bandage; (com.) exchange. _Coupeur de —_; cut-throat. _Avoir la —_; to keep the money. _Faire — commune_; to live in common. _Faire — à part_; to keep one’s own money. _La — ou la vie!_ your money or your life! _Aller à la —_; to go to the Exchange, to go on ’Change. _Loger le diable en sa —_; to be penniless. _Avoir toujours la — à la main_; to be always dipping into one’s purse. _Sans — délier_; without expense.

=bourses=, _n.f.pl._, scrotum.

=boursette=, _n.f._, small purse.

=boursicaut=, _n.m._, small purse; small sum.

=boursier=, _n.m._, purse-maker; foundation scholar, exhibitioner.

*=boursiller=, _v.n._, to club together; to fork out.

=bourson=, _n.m._, fob, little pocket.

=boursouflage=, _n.m._, bombast, fustian.

=boursouflé=, =-e=, _adj._, bloated; bombastic, inflated, turgid. _Style —_; turgid style.

=boursoufler=, _v.a._, to bloat, to make turgid, to puff up.

=boursouflure=, _n.f._, bloatedness (face); turgidness (style).

=bousage=, _n.m._, dunging.

=bousard= _or_ =bouzard=, _n.m._, deer’s dung.

=bousculade= _or_ =bousculement= (boos-kul-mān), _n.m._, jostling, hustling; bullying.

=bousculer= (boos-) _v.a._, to turn upside down, to throw into disorder; ta jostle, to hustle, to squeeze.

=bouse= (booz), _n.f._, cow-dung.

*=bousillage=, _n.m._, mud-wall; mud-walling; bungling piece of work.

*=bousiller=, _v.a._, to make a mud-wall; to bungle, to botch.

*=boursilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mud-wall builder, bungler, botcher.

=bousin=, _n.m._, the soft crust of freestone; (l.ex.) row, shindy.

=boussole=, _n.f._, sea compass, compass; mariner’s needle; guide, direction.

=boustrophédon=, _n.m._, (antiq.) boustrophedon.

=bout=, _n.m._, end, extremity, tip; top, point; bit; nipple; muzzle, ferrule; fag-end. _Le — des doigts_; the finger-ends. _Savoir une chose sur le — des doigts_; to have a thing at one’s finger’s ends, to know it perfectly. _Brûler la chandelle par les deux —s_; to burn the candle at both ends, to be a bad manager. _Le bas —_; the lower end. _Le — de la langue_; the tip of the tongue. _Le — de la mamelle_; the nipple of the breast. _—s de manches_; false sleeves. _—s d’aile_; pinions. _Bâton à deux —s_; quarter staff. _Au — d’une heure de conversation_; after an hour’s conversation. _Tenir le haut —_; to get the upper hand. _Se tenir sur le — des pieds_; to stand on tip-toe. _Patience, nous ne sommes pas au —_; have patience, we have not done yet. _Tirer un coup de pistolet à — portant_; to fire off a pistol point-blank. _Rire du — des dents des lèvres_; to laugh in a forced manner. _Un — de ruban_; a bit of ribbon. _Il est économe de —s de chandelle_; he is penny wise and pound foolish. _Mettre la patience de quelqu’un à —_; to exhaust any one’s patience. _Pousser quelqu’un à —_; to drive any one to extremities. _Venir à — de_; to succeed, to get through anything. _On ne saurait venir à — de cet enfant_; this child cannot be managed. _À tout — de champ_; at every turn. _Au — du compte_; after all; upon the whole. _D’un — à l’autre_; from beginning to end. _Au — de l’aune faut le drap_; the last straw breaks the camel’s back. _Jusqu’au — des ongles_; to one’s finger-tips. _Laisser voir le — de l’oreille_; to reveal one’s true character. _—-rimé_. _V._ =bout-rimé=.

=boutade=, _n.f._, (boo-) whim, fit, start, caprice, frolic, freak. _Par —s_; by fits and starts.

=boutant=, _adj._, (arch.) supporting. _Arc-—_; buttress.

=boutargue= _or_ =botargue=, _n.f._, botargo.

=bout-dehors=, (_—s-—_). _V._ =boute-hors=.

=bouté=, =-e=, _adj._, (man.) straight-legged. _Cheval —_; straight-legged horse.

=boute-en-train=, _n.m._, (_—_) stallion kept with mares; bird piper. _Être le —_; to be the life and soul of the company.

=boutefeu=, _n.m._, (artil.) linstock; incendiary, firebrand.

☉=boute-hors=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) boom; outrigger; good command of words. _Jouer au —_; to try to oust one another, to play at beggar my neighbor.

*=bouteille=, _n.f._, bottle; bottleful; bubble; bottle case. _Boucher une —_; to cork a bottle. _Déboucher une —_; to uncork a bottle. _Mise en —_; bottling. _Faire sauter le bouchon d’une —_; to crack a bottle (instead of uncorking it). _N’avoir rien vu que par le trou d’une —_; to know nothing of the world.

☉*=bouteiller=. _V._ =boutillier=.

*=bouteilles=, _n.f.pl._, (nav.) round house.

☉=bouter=, _v.a._, to pare, to flesh, to put.

=bouter=, _v.n._, (of wine) to become ropy.

=bouterolle= (boo-trol), _n.f._, chape (of a scabbard).

=boute-selle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) signal to saddle.

☉=boute-tout-cuire=, _n.m._, (_—_) (fam.) a spend-all, glutton.

=bouteuse=, _n.f._, pin-sticker.

=bouteux=, _n.m._, putting-net, shrimp-net.

☉*=boutillier=, _n.m._, cup-bearer.

=boutique=, _n.f._, shop; merchandise of a shop; tools; implements; well for fish. _Garçon de —_; shop-boy. _Demoiselle de —_; shop-girl. _Cela vient de votre —_; that is your doing. _— bien fournie_; a well-stocked shop. _Il a vendu toute sa —_; he has left off business, or disposed of his business.

=boutiqu-ier= (boo-), _n.m._, =-ière=, _n.f._, tradesman; shopkeeper; vulgar fellow. _adj._, shoppy.

=boutis=, _n.m._, (hunt.) rooting-place.

=boutisse= (boo-), _n.f._, (mas.) header, bondstone.

=boutoir=, _n.m._, snout of a wild boar; buttress; parer; currier’s knife. _Coup de —_; rough answer; disagreeable proposal; stunner.

=bouton=, _n.m._, button; stud; bud; nipple; pimple; gem; knob; sight (of a gun); (chem.) button. _— à queue_; shank button. _— d’or_; buttercup. _Le — d’une serrure_; the knob, button of a lock. _Serrer le — à quelqu’un_; to keep a tight hand over; to press hard upon.

=boutonné=, =-e=, _part._, buttoned, pimpled; (fig.) reserved. _Nez —_; nose full of red pimples. _C’est un homme —_; he is very reserved.

=boutonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, budding, buttoning.

=boutonner=, _v.a._, to button; (fenc.) to touch.

_se_ =boutonner=, _v.r._, to button one’s coat.

=boutonner=, _v.n._, to bud, to button.

=boutonnerie= (boo-to-n-rî), _n.f._, button-trade.

☉=boutonnet=, _n.m._, little bud, button, gem.

=boutonnier=, _n.m._, button-maker.

=boutonnière=, _n.f._, button-hole; (fig.) cut, gash.

=bout-rimé=, _n.m._, poetry made on given rhymes.

=bouts-rimeur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) person who fills up given rhymes.

*=bout-saigneux=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) scrag-end.

=bouture=, _n.f._, (hort.) slip; cutting.

=bouvart= _or_ =bouveau=, _n.m._, young bull.

=bouverie= (boo-vrî), _n.f._, ox-stall.

=bouvet=, _n.m._, joiner’s grooving-plane.

=bouvi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, cowherd, drover, ox-drover, (fig.) churl.

*=bouvillon=, _n.m._, young bullock, steer.

*=bouvreuil=, _n.m._, (boo-) bullfinch.

=bovine=, _adj._, bovine. _Peste —_; cattle plague.

=boxe=, _n.f._, boxing.

=boxer=, _v.n._, to box.

_se_ =boxer=, _v.r._, to box.

=boxeur=, _n.m._, boxer. _Combat de —s_; boxing-match.

=boyard=, _n.m._, boyard (Russian nobleman).

=boyau=, _n.m._, bowel, gut, cat-gut; (hort.) branch; hose, pipe. _Corde à —_; catgut. _— de tranchée_; branch of a trench (fort.) _Descente de —x_; rupture.

=boyauderie=, _n.f._, gut-works.

=boyaudier=, _n.m._, gutspinner.

=brabançon=, =-ne=, _adj._, Brabantine.

=brabant=, _n.m._, Belgian plow.

=bracelet= (bra-slè), _n.m._, armlet, bracelet, bangle.

=brachial=, =-e= (-ki-), _adj._, (anat.) brachial.

=brachygraphie= (-ki-), _n.f._, brachygraphy.

=brachylogie= (-ki-) _n.f._, (rhet.) brachylogy.

=braconnage=, _n.m._, poaching.

=braconner=, _v.n._, to poach, to steal game.

=braconnier=, _n.m._, poacher.

=bractée=, _n.f._, (bot.) bract, bractea.

=bractéifère=, _adj._, (bot.) bracteate.

=bractélé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =bractéifère=.

=brague= (brag), _n.f._, (nav.) breeching. _pl._, breeches.

=braguette=, _n.f._ _V._ =brayette=.

=brahmane=, =brahme=, _n.m._, Brahmin.

=brahmanique=, _adj._, Braminical.

=brahmanisme=, _n.m._, Braminism.

=brai=, _n.m._, resin, rosin, pitch.

=braie=, _n.f._, napkin, clout; (nav.) coat. _pl._, breeches, trousers. _S’en tirer les —s nettes_; to get off unharmed, to get clear off.

*=braillard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bawler, brawler, squaller.

*=braillard=, =-e=, _adj._, brawling, squalling; obstreperous.

=braillement=, _n.m._, squalling.

*=brailler=, _v.n._, to bawl, to be noisy.

=brailleu-r=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._ _V._ =braillard=.

=braiment=, _n.m._, braying of an ass.

=braire=, _v.n._, to bray; (fig.) to cry, to whine.

=braise=, _n.f._, live coals; embers, burning coal. _Il l’a donné chaud comme —_; he blurted it all out. _Tomber de la poêle dans la —_; from the frying-pan into the fire. _Passer sur une chose comme un chat sur la —_; to pass lightly over a subject; to skip over.

=braiser=, _v.a._, (cook.) to bake, to braise.

=braisier=, _n.m._, brazier.

=braisière=, _n.f._, oven.

=brame=. _V._ =brahmane=.

=bramement=, _n.m._, (hunt.) belling.

=bramer=, _v.n._, (of deer) to bell.

=bramin= _or_ =bramine=, _n.m._ _V._ =brahmane=.

☉=bran=, _n.m._, bran; (pop.) excrement. _— de son_; coarse bran; sawdust. _— de judas_; freckles.

=bran!= _int._ (l.ex.) _— de lui!_ a fig for him!

=brancard=, _n.m._, stretcher, litter, hand-barrow; shaft (of a cart).

=brancardier=, _n.m._, (milit.) ambulance-man, litter-bearer.

=branchage=, _n.m._, branches, boughs; horns.

=branche=, _n.f._, branch, bough, stick, arm; pin-wire; part, division; (arch.) branch; side (of a ladder); branch (of a family); (bot.) grain. _A —s_; branched. _Sauter de — en —_; to go from one thing to another. _Jeune —_; twig. _—s gourmandes_; proud wood. _S’accrocher à toutes les —s_; to try every possible means, whether fair or foul. _Être comme l’oiseau sur la —_; to be unsettled.

☉=brancher=, _v.a._, to hang on a tree.

=brancher=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to perch, to roost; to branch off.

=branche-ursine=, _or_ =branc-ursine=, _n.f._, (_—_) (bot.) brank-ursine.

=branchial=, =-e=, _adj._, (ich.) branchial. _Opercule —_; gill-cover.

=branchier=, _adj.m._, brancher, percher.

=branchies= (-shi), _n.f.pl._, fish-gills.

=branchu=, =-e=, _adj._, ramous, forked, bifurcated; two-horned.

=brandade=, _n.f._, ragout (of cod).

=brande=, _n.f._, heath, heather.

=brandebourg=, _n.m._, gimp, braid; facing.

☉=brandevin=, _n.m._, wine-brandy.

*=brandillement=, _n.m._, tossing, swinging.

*=brandiller=, _v.a._, to swing, to shake to and fro.

*_se_ =brandiller=, _v.r._, to swing.

*=brandilloire=, _n.f._, swing, see-saw; (agri.) swing-plough.

=brandir=, _v.a._, to brandish, to swing; to flourish; (carp.) to pin.

=brandon=, _n.m._, torch, wisp of lighted straw; fire-brand, flake of fire. _— de discorde_; cause of discord.

=brandonner=, _v.a._, to place brands in to mark the seizure of a field.

=branlant=, =-e=, _adj._, shaking, loose; wagging, tottering.

=branle=, _n.m._, jogging, push, shake, swing, tossing, motion, shaking; peal; sort of dance, brawl; hammock; (nav.) hammock. _Être en —_; to be in motion. _Donner le —_; to set going. _Mener le —_; to lead the dance.

=branle-bas=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) clearing, for action. _Faire le —_; to clear the decks. _—!_ up all hammocks!

=branlement= (branl-mān), _n.m._, jogging; shaking, swinging; tottering.

=branle-queue=, _n.m._, (_—_) (orni.) wag-tail; dish-washer.

=branler=, _v.a._, to jog, to wag, to move, to shake, to brandish.

_se_ =branler=, _v.r._, to move.

=branler=, _v.n._, to shake, to jog, to totter, to rock; to stir, to move, to wag; to give way, to waver. _— dans le manche_; to shake in the handle, to be unsteady, irresolute, to be shaky. _Tout ce qui branle ne tombe pas_; a creaking gate hangs long, _or_ threatened men live long.

=branloire=, _n.f._, see-saw; swing.

=braque=, _n.m._, brach-hound; a hare-brained fellow; mad-cap.

☉=braquemart=, _n.m._, cutlass; broadsword.

=braquement= (brak-mān), _n.m._, pointing (of ordnance).

=braquer=, _v.a._, to set, to turn, to level, to point. _— un canon_; to level a cannon. _— une lunette_; to point a telescope.

=bras=, _n.m._, arm; power; sconce (candelabrum); arm (of anchors, capstans, levers, seats); brace (of yards); handle; shaft (of litters); (mec.) side rod; arm (of a horse); claw (of a crawfish). _Être blessé au —_; to be wounded in the arm. _Il a le — en écharpe_; he has his arm in a sling. _Recevoir quelqu’un à — ouverts_; to receive any one with open arms. _Demeurer les — croisés_; to stand with folded arms. _À pleins —_; by armfuls. _Un — de mer_; an arm of the sea. _À force de —_; by strength of arms. _Ne vivre que de ses —_; to live by the labor of one’s hands. _Avoir quelqu’un sur les —_; to have any one to maintain. _Avoir de grandes affaires sur les —_; to have great concerns in hand. _J’ai sur les — un puissant ennemi_; I have to do with a powerful enemy. _Les — m’en sont tombés_; I was struck dumb with surprise. _Se jeter entre les — de quelqu’un_; to fly to any one for protection. _Tendre les — à quelqu’un_; to offer one’s aid to any one. _Moulin à —_; handmill. _Les — de la mort_; the jaws of death. _À tour de —_; with all one’s might. _A —-le-corps_; in one’s arms. _Saisir quelqu’un à —-le-corps_; to seize any one round the body. _— dessus — dessous_; arm in arm. _Avoir les — longs_; to have great influence. _En prendre long comme le —_; to take an ell; to impose upon.

=braser=, _v.a._, to braze, to solder.

=brasier=, _n.m._, quick clear fire; red-hot fire; brazier, furnace.

*=brasillement= (-mān), _n.m._, (nav.) glittering, glancing, sparkling of the sea.

*=brasiller=, _v.a._, to sparkle (of the sea).

=brasque=, _n.f._, brasque (cement made of clay and charcoal dust).

=brasquer=, _v.a._, to cover with brasque.

=brassage=, _n.m._, stirring up; mashing, brewing; (coin.) mixing.

=brassard=, _n.m._, brace (armor), armlet, arm-guard.

=brasse=, _n.f._, (nav.) fathom, six feet, stroke. _Pain de —_; a twenty or twenty-five pound loaf.

=brassée=, _n.f._, armful; stroke (swimming).

=brasser=, _v.a._, to brew, to mash; to stir; to hatch, to work, to plot.

=brasserie=, _n.f._, brewery, brewhouse.

=brasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, brewer.

=brasseyage=, _n.m._, (nav.) bracing.

=brassiage=, _n.m._, (nav.) sounding.

=brassière=, _n.f._, shoulder-strap, brace, bodice with shoulder straps; restraint. _Être en —s_; to be under restraint.

=brassin=, _n.m._, brewing tub; mash-tub; boiling (quantity boiled or brewed).

=brassoir=, _n.m._, (metal.) stirring-stick.

=brasure=, _n.f._, brazing, soldering.

=bravache=, _n.m._, bully, swaggerer, blusterer.

=bravade=, _n.f._, bravado, boast, bluster.

=brave=, _adj._, brave, gallant, true; smart, fine, spruce; honest; good, kind. _— capitaine_; gallant captain. _Il est — comme l’épée qu’il porte_; he is as true as steel. _Il n’est — qu’en paroles_; he is only brave as far as words go. _Un homme —_; an honest man. _Vous voilà bien — aujourd’hui_; how smart you are to-day. _C’est un — homme_; he is an honest, worthy fellow. _C’est un — garçon_; he is a capital fellow; a brick.

=brave=, _n.m._, brave _or_ courageous man; (b.s.) ruffian, bully. _Faux —_; blustering bully. _Faire le —_; to play the bully. _— à trois poils_; hard-fighter; man of real courage, right down plucky, regular game. _En —_; bravely, gallantly.

=bravement= (-mān), _adv._, bravely, stoutly, valiantly, manfully; skillfully, finely.

=braver=, _v.a._, to defy, to set at defiance, to bid defiance, to dare, to beard, to face, to brave. _— les autorités_; to set the authorities at defiance. _— la mort_; to face death.

=braverie= (-vrî), _n.f._, boasting; finery, fine clothes.

=bravo=, _n.m._, (bravi _or_ bravos) bravo, hurrah; hired assassin; applause.

=bravo!= _adv._, bravo! well done! capital!

=bravoure=, _n.f._, bravery, courage, manhood, gallantry; (mus.) bravura. _Il a fait preuve de —_; he has given proofs of courage.

=brayer= (bra-ié), _n.m._, (surg.) truss, bandage.

=brayer= (brè-ié), _v.a._, (nav.) to pay over.

=brayette= (bra-iète), _n.f._, flap (of trousers); (bot.) cowslip.

=brayon= (bra-ion), _n.m._, trap (for vermin).

=break= (brèke), _n.m._, (_—s_) break (carriage).

=bréant= _or_ =bruant=, _n.m._, (orni.) bunting, yellow-hammer.

=brebis=, _n.f._, ewe; sheep. _pl._, flock. _— égarée_; stray sheep. _Troupeau de —_; flock of sheep. _Une — galeuse_; a scabby sheep. _Mener paître les —_; to lead the sheep to pasture. _Il ne faut qu’une — galeuse pour gâter tout un troupeau_; one scabby sheep will taint a whole flock. _Qui se fait —, le loup le mange_; daub yourself with honey, and you’ll never want for flies. _À — tondue, Dieu mesure le vent_; God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. _Faire un repas de —_; to eat a dry meal. _La — galeuse_; the black sheep. _— comptées, le loup les mange_; we must watch as well as count.

=brèche=, _n.f._, breach, flaw, rupture, hiatus; notch, gap. _Battre en —_; to batter in, to breach. _Monter à la —_; to mount the breach. _La — d’un couteau_; the notch of a knife. _Faire — à un pâté_; to make a gap in a pie. _C’est une — à l’honneur_; it is a breach of honor.

=brèche=, _n.f._, (min.) breccia.

=brèche-dent=, _adj._, (_—_) that has lost a front tooth or two; broken-mouthed.

=brèche-dent=, _n.m.f._, (_—_) person who has lost a front tooth.

=brechet=, _n.m._, breastbone, brisket.

=bredi-breda=, _adv._, (fam.) hastily.

=bredindin=, _n.m._, (nav.) garnet.

=brédissure=, _n.f._, (med.) locked jaw.

*=bredouillage=, _n.m._, jabbering, sputtering.

*=bredouille=, _n.f._, (trictrac) lurch. _Jouer —_; to play lurches. _Sortir —_; to go away as one came. _Revenir —_; to return with an empty bag (of sportsmen). _Se coucher —_; to go to bed supperless.

*=bredouillement=, _n.m._, stuttering, stammering, faltering.

*=bredouiller=, _v.n._, to stammer, to stutter, to falter.

*=bredouilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, stammerer, stutterer.

=br-ef=, =-ève=, _adj._, brief, short, concise, succinct. _Une réponse brève_; a brief reply. _Avoir le parler —_; to be a man of few words.

=bref=, _adv._, in a few words; in short, in fine, to be short.

=bref=, _n.m._, brief (pope’s pastoral letter); church calendar.

=brège=, _n.f._, salmon-net, close-net.

=bregin=, _n.m._, close-net.

*=bréhaigne=, _adj._, barren, sterile.

*=bréhaigne=, _n.f._, (pop.) barren, sterile woman.

=brelan=, _n.m._, brelan (game at cards); pair-royal; gaming-house. _Tenir —_; to keep a gaming-house.

=brelander=, _v.n._, to gamble, to be a gamester.

=brelandi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, gamester, gambler.

=brelique-breloque=, _adv._, at random; higgledy-piggledy; slap-dash.

=brelle=, _n.f._, raft, float of wood.

=breloque=, _n.f._, charm, gewgaw, toy, trinket. _V._ =berloque=.

☉=breluche=, _n.f._, drugget, linsey-woolsey.

=brème=, _n.f._, (ich.) bream.

=breneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.ex.) dirty, soiled.

=brequin=, _n.m._, wimble, bit of a wimble.

=brésil=, _n.m._, Brazil-wood.

*=brésiller=, _v.a._, to break small, to cut small; to dye with Brazil-wood.

*=brésillet=, _n.m._, Brazil or Jamaica-wood.

=breste=, _n.f._, catching birds with lime.

*=brétailler=, _v.n._, (b.s.) to tilt, to fight.

*=brétailleur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) bruiser, bully.

=bretaudé=, =-e=, _adj._, crop-eared.

=bretauder=, _v.a._, to crop badly (animals).

=bretelle=, _n.f._, strap; brace. _En avoir jusqu’aux —s_; to be over head and ears in trouble.

=breton=, =-ne=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, of Brittany.

=brette=, _n.f._, (jest.) long sword, rapier.

=bretté=, =-e=, _adj._, matched, indented, jagged.

=bretteler=, _v.a._, (arch.) to indent.

=bretter=, _v.a._, (arch.) to indent.

=bretteur=, _n.m._, bully, fighter.

=bretture=, _n.f._, teeth, notches (in tools).

*=breuil=, _n.m._, inclosed copse, thicket.

=breuvage=, _n.m._, beverage, potion, draught, liquor, drink; (vet.) drench.

=brève=, _n.f._, short syllable; (mus.) short note.

=brevet=, _n.m._, warrant, brevet; (milit.) commission; patent; license (of printers). _— d’apprentissage_; indentures.

=breveté=, =-e= (brèv-), _part._, patented.

=breveté=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, patentee.

=breveter= (brèv-), _v.a._, to patent, to license.

=bréviaire=, _n.m._, breviary.

=brévité=, _n.f._, (gram.) shortness (of syllables).

=bribe=, _n.f._, hunch. _pl._, scraps, bits; odd ends.