se—, rush

langage, m, language.

langes, pL swaddling clothes

for a neW'born child.

langue, /. tongue, language,

lanterne,/, street lamp, 151:9.

lapin, m, rabbit, "horse"; 32:

laquais, m, footman.

large, wide, broad, strong, 133:

1 1 ; largement, generaUy,

GLOSSARY

largeur,/, width.

larme,/, tear.

las, lasse, weary.

lasser, tire, weary.

lassitude, /. lassitude; — de la

vie, weariness with life.

latent, private, 96:9.

latte, /. lathe.

lavement, m. ablution.

laver, wash, wash away, 89:8.

lecture, /. reading.

léger, -ère, light, slîght, thîn,

light-hearted; légèrement»

thoughtlessly, 95:9.

légèreté, /. lightness, nîmble-

ness.

légitime, lawful.

léguer, bequeathe.

lendemain, m, next day, day

after, morrow.

lent, slow, tedious.

lésion au cerveau, burstîng of

a blood vessel in the brain,

lestement, briskly, quickly;

si — , with such agility. lester, ballast, stuff, 64:16.

lever, raise; se — , rise, arise,

increase, 109:25.

lèvre, /. lip.

lévrier, m. greyhound.

lézarde, /. crack in a walL lézarder, crack, of a walL libertine, free.

libre, free.

lien, m. tie, bond of union, lier, bind, fasten.

lierre, m. ivy.

lieu, m, place, pi, place, 89:20,

situation, 74:7; — commun,

commonplace; avoir — , take

place; au — de, instead of.

lieue, /. league, ahout 2\ miles.

lièvre, m. hare.

ligne,/. Une, lines, zZ'-^y 111:6.

lin, m. linen, thefabric.

linge, m. linen, household or

Personal,

lire, irr, read.

lisible, legible.

lisière,/, verge, outskirts, 1 17.

lit, m. bed; — de sangle, folding bed.

litière, /.; faire mettre une — ^ hâve some bedding put, 70:

livide, pale.