coUoquial
cabane,/, hut.
cabaret, m, inn.
cabrer, rear of horses.
cacher, hide.
cacheter, seal.
cachette, /. hiding place, cachot, m. cell.
cadavérique, corpse-lîke.
cadavêriser (se), become a
corpse.
CLOSSARY
cadavre, m. corpse, dead-tired
body, 23:13.
cadencé, rhythmical.
cadre, m. frame.
café, m. coffee.
cage, /. case of a dock, cahoter, jolt.
caisse, chest, built înto the body
of ihe carriagCy 27:21.
calcul, calculation; par — , in
their own interest.
calculer, calculate, reckon.
calèche, /. light carriage.
calice, m. chalice.
callosité, /. callousness, cake of
dirtf 161:5.
calmant, soothing; potion — e,
sédative, 16:29.
camarade, m. comrade; — de
collège, schoolmate; — d'a-
teUer^ fellow student of
paintmg.
camelot, m. camlet, a coarse
woolen fabric, camisole des fous, straît-
jacket.
campagne,/, country, country-
side, campaîgn, military, canapé, m, sofa.
canard, m. duck, '^dodger,
"joker," 40:3.
cannelure, /. fluting, mode by
guUering candie grease, 121:
cannetille, /. wire ornament.
cannibale, m, monster.
canon, m. cannon, artUlery.
cantonner, canton, i.e. distri-
buU for lodging among inhab-
itants of a town.
caphamautn, m. lumber room.
caporal, m, corporal.
car, for.
carabin, f». "saw-bones," médical student.
caractère, m, character, nature.
carafe,/, water-bottle, carafecarême, m. Lent.
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caresser, soc the; caressant,
blissfid, 146:11.
carme, m. Carmélite, monk.
carnassière,/, game bag.
carré, m, square.
carreau, m. tiled floor, pane of
glassy 152:13.
carrefour, m. cross-roads.
carte,/, card.
carton, m. pasteboard.
cas, m, case.
casquette,/, cap.
casser, break, cassure,/, break, fracture.
cause, /. cause, case, légal;
pour — de, because of .
causer, cause, produce, talk,
chat, 77:1.
causerie, /. talk, conversation.
cavalier, m, huntsman, cavalier. [15.
cave, /. cellar, wîne-cellar, 75 :
céder, yield. ceinture,/, belt.
célèbre, famous, noted.
célébré, made famous.
céleste, heavenly.
cellule,/, cell.
cendres, pi, ashes.
centaine,/, hundred.
centième, m, hundredth.
cependant, yet, meantime.
cercueil, m. coffin.
cerf, m. stag.
certes, surely.
cerveau, m. and cervelle, /.
brain, brains.
cesse; sans — , constantly.
cesser, stop; faire — , end; ne
cessait de. kept on, 15:25.
chabraque,/. saddle-cloth.
chacun, each one.
chagrin, regret, vexation, grief,
troubles; tout — , much
grieved, 5:31.
chagriner, vex.
chair, /. flesh; — de cheval,
horse-flesh.
GLOSSARY
chaise,/, chair.
châle, m. shawl, wrap.
chaleur,/, warmth.
chaleureux, -se, warm.
chaloupe,/, boat.
chambre,/, chamber, room.
chambranle, m. mantle shelf.
champ, m. field; — de bataille, battle-field ; Champs-Elysées, Elysian Fields in Paris,
champêtre, rural.
chanceler, stagger, f aller; chancelant, rickety, 158:18.
chandelier, m, candie-stick.
chandelle,/, candie.
change; agent de — y broker.
changement, m. change, transformation.
chanter, sing, chant, intone, 168:26.
chapeau, m, hat.
chapelet, m, chaplet, rosary, 14:19.
chaque, each.
char. m. chariot.
charbon, charcoal, pi. coals, 26:
charbonné, scorched, charred.
charge,/, burden, duty.
charger, load, cover, charge
with a duty, 18:24, 104:16;
se — , take charge of , be re-
sponsible for, 32:30.
charlatan, m, pretender, charlatan.
charognes, pL carrion.
charrette,/, cart.
chasse; partie de — , hunting
party.
chasser, drive, drive away,
push, toss, 13:6.
chasseur, m» hunter, light-in-
fantry man.
châssis, m. sash of a window, chat, M. chatte, /. cat.
château, m. manor-house, coun-
try-seat, castle.
chatoyer, show changing colors.
chaud, warm, hot; faire — , be
warm.
chauffer, warm.
chaumes, pi. stubble.
chaumière, /. hovel, hut.
chaumine, /. cottage, shelter,
chaussure, /. foot gear.
chaux vive, quick lime.
chavirer, capsize.
chef, m. chief , head, pi. officers,
cheinin, m. road, path, course; bien de — , a long joumey,
cheminée,/, chimney, chimney
pièce, hearth; au coin de la
— , by the fire, 95:11.
chêne, m. oak.
chenet en fer, andiron.
cher, chère, dear, predous; mon — , my dear fellow.
chercher, seek, search, look for, fetch, get, 160:17, try, 44:5, sélect, 80:10.
chercheur, m. searcher, amateur, 62:24.
chère,/, cheer.
chétif, -ve, puny, chétivement, sparsely.
cheval, chevaux, m. horse; à — , on horseback.
chevalet, m. trestle of a bridge, easel; — des ponts, pontoonbridge trestle.
chevalier, m. knight, chevalier.
chevelure, /. hair, mass of hair.
chevet, m. pillow; — de son lit, his bedside, 16:24.
cheveux, pi. hair, hairs, 60:10.
chèvre,/, kid, nanny-goat.
chevreau, m. kid.
chez, at or to the dwelling of, in the case of, 4:2^, in the heart of, 117:13, with, 17:3, among, 28:25; — lui, home, 103:26, his house, 171:3; — elles, at home, 117:28;
GLOSSARY
de — , f rom the house of , 136 :
14; d'entrer — , to visit, 145:
chieiiy m. chienne,/, dog; — de
garde, watch dog.
chifire, m. number.
chiiÀ^que, fanciful, chimerical, "loony," 107:21.
chirurgie,/.; de — , surgical.
chirurgien, m. surgeon; — major, surgeon-major.
choc, shock.
choisir, choose.
chose,/, thing.
choucroute, /. sauerkraut.
chrétien, -ne, Christian.
chronique,/, story, 176:24.
chuchoter, whisper.
chuchotement, m, whîspered talk.
chut, hush!
chute, /. fall, close of day.
ciboire, m. sacred vessel, ciborium.
cicatrise,/, scar.
cicatriser, close, of a wound,
ci-devant; un — , one of the old aristocracy.
ciel, m. heaven, sky; pi. deux, heaven.
cierge, m. taper, candie.
cil, m. eye-lash.
dme,/. top.
circonstance, /. circumstance, opportunity, 37:31-
cire, /. wax; — à cacheter, sealing-waz.
citoyen, -ne, citizen, Htle replacing Monsieur or Madame during the First Republic,
civil, civilian.
clair, clear, limpîd; — de lune, moonshine; clair-semé, scattered; clair-obscure, chiaroscuro, blending of light and shade.
clameur, /. clamor, roar, 56:4.
clapotis, m, rippling, splashiag.
clarinette, /. clarîonette, ''mus-
ket *' 'îs :2Ç.
clarté', /. light, bright light, 8:
24, clearness, 69:7.
claustral, cloistered.
clef, m, key.
clerc, m. clerk.
cliquetis, m. clinking.
cloche,/, bell, church-bell, 182:
cloison vitrée, /. glazed partition.
clos, m. field.
clos, shut, closed, close, clôture,/, enclosure.
clou, m. nail.
cloué, made fast, 186:12.
coeur, m. heart.
coffre, m, box, trunk, ''bread-
basket," 23:21.
coiffure,/, head dress, 152:31,
eut of the hair, 54:28.
coin, m. corner, mint stamp,
col. m. neck.
colère, /. anger. collation,/, refreshment, lunch,
collège, m. high school, collège, coller (se), stick to, press one-
self again&t.
collet, m. collar, cape of a dress,
