Sultan. — A dog's name

36. Faire sauter. — In cookery, this means to stew; otherwise it means to blow up, to destroy, to ruin. Hence the play upon the words, as d-decant, which immediately foUows, was commonly used substantively during the Révolution to designate a nobleman.

87. dio^en. — When titles were abolished, the words cUoyen, citoyenne^ were substituted for monsieur and madame. The old formulas were resumed, however, under the Empire.