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livre, m, book

livre, /. pound, livre, formerl^ a coin of varying value, later popular name for franc, « aboul 20 cents.

livrer, give over, sacrifice, 169:

19; — à, wage with, 59:3; se — , surrender oneself, 117:18.

locataire, m. tenant.

loge, /. lodge, doorkeeper^s or porteras.

logement, m. dwelling.

loger (se), settle oneself, 19:7-

logé, dwelling, living.

logis, m. lodging, dwelling, inn; au — , at home; maître du logis, master of the house, innkeeper, host.

loi, /. law; projet de — , législative bill.

loin, far, far from; au — , far away, straggling, 8:10; de — , at a distance, 50:15.

lointain, distant; as noun, distance.

lombard, m. usurer.

long, longue, long; le — de, along; longuement, at length, fully, 103:15.

longer, foUow along, skirt.

longtemps, long, for a long while, for some time.

longueur, /. tedious passage, 117:30.

longue-vue,/, spy-glass.

loquet, m. latch.

lors; — de, at the time of; dès — , from that moment.

lorsque, when; — ... que . • •

GLOSSARY

que, when . . . when . . .when 85:1.

louange, /. praîse.

louer, praise, hire.

louis and louis d'or, louis, i, e.

lo-franc pièce with head of King Louis, = aboui $4.

lourd, heavy, weighted down, 189:25.

loyauté,/, loyalty.

loyer, m. rent.

lu, see lire.

lueur, /. light, glow, gleam, réflexion, 182:5.

lugubre, mournful.

luisant, glossy.

lumière, /. light, glow, flame of a lampy 121:18.

lumineux, -se, radiant.

lune,/, moon.

lutin, elfish.

lutte, /. struggle.

lutter, struggle.

luxe,/, luxury.

M., see monsieur. ^ machinal, mechanical.

maçon, m. mason.

madame, mesdames, /. mad-

am; pi. ladies, 125:24.

mademoiselle,/, miss.

Madelaine./. Magdalen.

magasin de parfumerie, per-

fumer's shop.

magie, /. magie; de — , magie,

magnifique, magnîfieent; — de

peinture, magnîfieently

paînted, 122:20. maigre, thin, spare.

maigrir, grow thin.

main,/, hand.

maintenant, now.

maintenir, irr, maintain, hold

in plaee.

maintes fois, often.

nuure, m, mayor.

mais, but.

maison, /. house, firm for busi' ness.

midtre, m, master, host.

midtresse,/. mistress, lady, beloved; — d'auberge, landlady; — du logis, hostess.

majestueux, -se, majestic.

mal, maux, m, evil, harm, suffering, illness; faire — , hurt.

malade, ill, sîek; as noun, patient, 17:21.

maladie, /. malady, illness.

maladresse,/, taetlessness.

maladroit, bungUng.

mâle, manly.

malédiction,/, curse.

malgré, in spite of .

malheur, m. mishap, misfortime, ill4uck, trouble, sorrow; par — , unfortunately; pour son — , as bis ilMuek would hâve it, 141:15.

malheureux, -se, unfortunate, unhappy, unlueky, wretched.

malice,/, roguîshness.

malin, evil.

malpropreté, /. slovenly state.

maltôtier, m. unjust tax gatherer.

manger, eat, consume.

manière, /. way, manner; pL manners, bearing; à sa — , in his own way; de — , in a way; de — à, so as to.

manœuvre, /. manœuvre, action.

manque, m. lack. [lack.

manquer, be laekîng, faîl; — de,

mansarde, /. attic story.

mante, /. mantle, cloak.

manteau, m, mantle.

marais, m. bog, marsh.

marbre, m. marble, marble top of a tabUf 122:18.

marchand, -e, dealer, tradesman, or -woman.

GLOSSARY

marchandise, /. pièce of goods.

marche, /. walking, gait, pro-

gress, pL steps of stairs.

marcher, march, walk, start

up, 23:15; faire — , stîr,

make move.

mare,/, pool, maréchal, m, marshall, horse-

shoer, 33:15.

marguerite de la prairie, field

daisy.

mari, m. husband.

marier, marry off, 185:18; se

— , marry, blend.

marin, m. sailor.

marine; de — , naval; termes

de — , sailor talk, 180:18.

marinier, m, sailor.

marmotte, /. marmot, "kid,"

girl.

maroquin, morrocco, leaiher, marque,/, sign, mark.

marquer, mark, score in a

gante.

marquise,/, marchioness.

martinet, m, low candiestick. martyre, m, martyrdom.

massif, m. group, clump.

massif, -ve, solid, huge.

matelas, m, mattress.

matelot, m. sailor.

matériel, m. material, military

equipment, 19:8.

matin, m. morning, in the morn-

ing, 16:29; de grand — , very

early, 143:3mfttin, m. "dog," rascal.

matinal, morning.

matière à, occasion for.

matinée,/, morning.

maudire, irr. curse. ' maudit, wretched, unlucky,

mauvais, evil, bad, wretched,

shabby.

mécanique, mechanîcal.

méchant, malicious, bad,

wretched, shabby, 120:6.

mèche, /. wick of a îamp, lock

of hait, méconnaître, irr, be ignorant

of, 115:1.

mécontenter, displease.

mécréant, skeptic, miscreant.

médecin, m. physician.

médiocre, triflîng, middle class;

vie — , "love in a cottage,"

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