firent, fissent, fit, see faire

fixe, fixed, glazed, staring, of

eyes.

fixement, fixedly.

filacon, m. little bottle; — de

sels, bottle of smelling salts.

flaire, snuffle at, 46:1.

flamand, Flemish.

flambeau, m. tall candlestick,

a mantle ornamenty 122:24.

flamber, flicker; flambant,

"spick and span," 116:13.

flamboyant, flairing, flashing.

flanqué, attended, 178:27; lined

on its side, 176:8.

flèche, /. arrow.

fléchir, bend.

flétrir, withered, blasted, faded,

blighted.

flétrissant, blasting, wîthering.

fleur, /. flower; — -de-lys, fleur

de lis, emblem of the Bourbon

dynasty.

fleurdeliser, ornament with

fleur de lis.

fleurir, decorate.

fleuve, m. river, flot, m. flood, tide, swell, wave, fluet, -te, slender.

flux et reflux, ebb and flow.

foi. /. faith; avec bonne — ,

honestly; bonne — d'artiste, artist's impulsive frankness, 149:27; sur la — de, trusting in, 53:16.

fois, /. time; une — , once; encore une — , once more; une — que, when once; deux — , twice; à la — , at once; tout à la — , at the same time; ne sort pas de — , never goes out, 116:14.

folie, /. foUy, insanity; — d'opéra, operatic madness.

foUe, see fou.

follet, see feu.

foncé, dark. [66:5.

fonction; en — , on theîr duties,

fond, m. background; au — , in the depths, at or to the .bottom, down the barrcd, 50:24. See fonds.

fondateur, m. founder.

fondation,/, endowment.

fonder, base, found.

fondre, melt; — en larmes, burst into tears; se — , mingle, 138:7.

fonds; — publics, government bonds; — de terre, investments in real estate.

font, see faire.

fontaine,/, fountaîn, tank, 82:

force, /. also in pL, force, strength; à — de, by dint of ; avec — , with intense feeUng, 92:19.

forêt,/, forest.

forfait, m. transgression.

forme,/, for m; pL shape, build.

former, for m; se — , gather, 167:9.

formuler, formulate.

fort, strong, violent, large; adverbe very, much, hard, 180:

15; fortement, much, strongly, earnestly, 45:17.

fossé, m, ditch.

fossette,/, dimple.

fou, fol, folle, crazy, foolish, insane, lunatic, 44:15; folle de, with a passion for, 107:29.

foudre, m. thunderbolt.

foudroyer, batter, blast, sweep,