GLOSSARY

Aboi, harking Abonner, to mbscrihefor Accroc, impediment Accrocher, to hang up^ to catch S'Affaler, (of ships) to elide down a

back-stay Affiche, plojcard^ hand-biU Affouiller, to undermine Afîut, (gun) carriage S'Aligner, to dress, put in order Amarrer, to make fast to^ to lash Amonceler, to accumtUate Anse, creek, hay Antre, cave Arbalète, cro88-bow Archet, bow, bow-hand Arçon, saddle-bow Arête, the edge or side of a moun-

tain Argousin de chiotirme, conmd'

kei'per Asculer, to drive into a corner Aspliyxie, suspended animation Asséner, to strike, deaX {a blow) Assommer, to plague to death,

weary out S'Assouvir, to be satiated Atout, (cards) trump^ trump eard Attirail, impUmentSt apparatua Attiser, to poke thefire, to stir up Attouchement, touch^ fed, feding Avorton, abortion

Bâbord, larboard Bafouer, to baffle^ toscoffat Bâiller, to yawn^ gope ; (of Windows, doors) to be ajar , Banal, commonplaoej kackney Baquet, ti^^ bucket

Barboter, to dabble, paddle B^ioler, to make a medley or

mixture of Battre la semelle, to warm onéê

feet (by striking the soles against

each other) Bifurqué, forked Bigarrer, to interaperae, make .a

medley of Bise, north wind Boiserie, wainscoting Bonnet-à-poil, bearskin Bosselé, èiruisedt emboseed Bouffi, puffed up Bourbeux, miry^ muddy Bourrasque, a sudden squaU Bourrelet, pad Braise, wood-cinders Bretelle, strap^ brace-band Bretelles en tricot à damier, straps

knitted in a checked pattem Brimborions, baubles, knicknacks Broncher, to stumble Brouhaha, uproar^ huhbub Broussailles, brushwood Bruire, to rustle, roar^ rattle Bûche, blockhead, log of wood Buraliste, office-keeper

Cabotin, strolling player Cabriole, caper, leap Cahot, ajolting or jolt Cantonnier, road-labourer Carcasse, akeleton Carène, keel Carrefour, cross-road Cauchemar, nightmare Cauteleux, ercfty^ cunning Chandeleur, Candlemoê

GLOSSABY.

Charrette de poste, post-cart Châsse, rdiquary ; (of a balance)

cheek Chatoyer, to he chatoyant {the co-

leurs to play) Chétif, mean^ wretched Chevelure, head of hair^ foliage Chevrotant, tremulous Chiche, sparing^ ni^arcUy Chiourme, convict Chiper, to pi/fer Choir, to/all Chouquet, a naval expression for

cap Chuchoter, to whisper Ciselures, carved work Cloison, partition of boardê, or

atone-work {pnly) Clopiner, to hobbce Clore, to close {a discussion) Clôture, enclosurCf fence Commis-voyageur, commercial tra-

veUer Constater, to establishf ascertain Cornac, dephant driver, or show-

man Couchette, bedstead Coude, (of roads) tuming, tum Coudriers, hazel-nuts Couloir, lobby Courroucer, to grow angry Courtines, curtains Couver, to hatch Crâne, swaggerer, skull Crête, crest Creux, hollow, cavit Crevache, horsewkip Crue, rising ; (of waters; growth,

swelling

D&imj fallow deer Dédale, maze, labyrinth Dégringoler, to tumble dotim, to go

fast in spite of oneself Deniers, funds Déteindre, to take out the colour of.

Se déteindre, to lose one's colour Dévidoir, winder, réel Dortoir, domiitory Dossier, the bock {of anything)

Doyen, the oldest member (of a

family) Dresser, (in law) todraw upateport Drôle, rogzie, scoundrel

S'Ecailler, to chip offl peel, ^c, Çcarquillé, open-eyed Échancrure, a sloping or hoUowing Echelon, stepping-sione, round ofa

ladder Ecran, fire-screen Çcrou, &itry in a gaol-book Egout,/a/^ of running waters, oi

prqfeoting arch Eminemment, eminently, in a higk,

an eminent degrés Emmagasiner, to place in a warS"

house Emmaillotter, to swaddls Emousser, to blunt Enclouer, to spike (guns). S'en-

douer, (of horses) to tread on a

nail En museau, muzzled Enroué, hoarse S'Entrechoquer, to interfère^ clash,

to strike againsi each other Envergure, spread of the wings,

extènded (Hrds) S'Eparpiller, to scatter, disperse Epopée, heroic yoem Escabeau, stool Escarcelle, purse Escargot, winding staircase Escarpolette, sudng Escroqué, swindled, cheated Essieu, axle-tree, axle 'Essor, play, scope, survey Etain, petoter

Etape, hàlting-place {for baiting) Etriqué, scanty, curtailed

Facette, face

Factices, artificial imitation

Fadaises, fiddle-faddle

Fadeur, insipidity

Falaise, sea-clift, shore, coast

Falot, lantem; a droU, oofmcal

fellow Farder, to ghss over

GLOSSART.

Fermoir, cilasp

Fétu, thing of liitle value

Feutre, old hat, a packing

lileuse, spinster

Foisonner, to abound^ increase

Fouetter, to harsewhip, flog

Fougue, heaty impetuosii^t passion

Fraiser, to plait

Franc étrier (A), ai fvU speed

Frôlement, rustling

Fronde, slmg

Frondeur, fattli-finder

Tutide, forest

Gabier, (naval) top-man Gâchette, tumhler Galonner, to lace with gold, ^h.

Gamme, scale Gerçure, c/e/)f, crack Giboulé, showered Gilet, waistcoatf vest Glands, /r««i^ of a chestnut'tree Goulotte, gullet Grabat, trttckle-bed Gréement, rigging Greffer, to graft Grelotter, to guàke, shiver Grève, strand Guenilles, rags, tatters Gueux, beggar^ scoundrel Guichet, tvicket, grating Guichetier, turnkey Guimbarde, Jeufs harp Guindé, hoisted^ raised Se Guinder, to be strained

Hallier en hallier, from hedge to

hedge Hangar, shed Hanneton, cockchafer, thoughUess

mortal Hébéter, to stupify Hennir, to neigh Hérisson, urchin, hedgehog Hêtre, beech-tree Heurt, shock, collision, blow, mark

of a blow "KobereaxiXtCountri/sçpiires, troubU'

some neighbours Hombre, (cards) ombre

Hoquet, hiccup Houseaux, gaiters Humer, to inhale Hune, (naval) the top Hunier, topsail

Ignorant] n, ignorant

Ilôt, small istefjetting rock

Impéritie, incapacUy, gross igno-

rance Intercaler, to interpolate

Jaunet, buttercup, gold coin Jeannette d'or, golden spinning-

jenny Jouer aux osselets, to play at

kmickle-bones Jucher, to roost, perch

Ladrerie, leprosy, hospUal for the

same Lambrissé, wainscoted, panelled Lames, waves

Liasse, (of papers) bundle,file Lien, bandj bond, shackles Limer, tofile,JUe off Lingot, (guns) slug ; buUion Loriot, gold-hammer, golc^ch Lourdaud, blockhead Luronne, a buxom vxrnian, a boun-

cinggirl

Madère malvoisie, malmsey, madeira

Maintes, (in poetry) many

Maladive, sinkly, aHing

Manie, mania, folly

Mansajrde, garret

Manutentionner, {from manutention) maintenance

Marchand ^e ferraille, dealer in old iron

Marchepied, steppingstone

Marionnette, puppet

Marronnier, chestnvi'tree

Martre, marten^ sable

Meneaux, mvUions

Mesquin, paltry, mean

Met, heavy, dim

Méticuleux, fastidùma

OLOSSABY.

Mièvreries, roguish tricJcèy pranks

Milice, militia

Minauder, to he lack-a-daiéical

Misaine, foresail

Mitraille, grape-shot

Mobilier, personal property, stock

of fumiture Moelle, marrùw Moribond, in a dying $tate Mors, hit

Mouchard, ayw/, deféctiffe Moule, moffh/,form Mousser, to laiher,foam,froth Moutonneux, fleecy Munir, to provide^ wpply

Nabot, dwarf Nanti, provided^ stocked Navrer, to wound Nénufar, water-lity Nez camaid, ênub-nose Niais, simple, sHty^foolish

Orfèvre, golâsmith, ailvertmith

Paginer, to page, folio {hooks)

Palier, landing-place

Palonnier, swing-bar {of a car-

riage) Pansement, grooming, dressing {of

a horse) Paratonnerre, lighining-conductor Parquer, to pen up (cattle), to hdge Patache, (naval) jpc^acAtf Paysagiste, landscape-painter Pécore, stupid person Perler, to bead Péripétie, catastrophe, event Pétiller, to crackle Phthisique, consumptive Piailler, to bawl, squaU ont Piaulement, whining Picoter, to torment, tease Pignons, gable-ends Pilier d'estaminet, pillar of a

smoîcing-room Pinçon, mark in fhe skin where

one has been pinched Piqueur, outrider Pivert^ tt:H>d-pecker

Plaidoiries, barrisfcr's êpeech, or

trial Plat ventre (A), to lie flot on onês

face Pleurnicher, to whine Poil, hoir

Poitrail, chest {of horses) Pommette, pommel Porte-haubans, (naval) chain-wale,

cftannel "Postiche, misplaced, artificial, falsk.

Poterne, postem-gate Poulaine, foal, JUly Poupart, genuine crab Pourpoint, doublet Poutre, beam Prétoire, pretorium Pulluler, to incretuCf tmUHply

Quinquet d'estaminet^ lamp in a

emoking-room Quinteux, whimaioal, crotchety

Eabaisser, to undervalue, diminish

Bader, to scrape

Eacomi, hardened, shrivelled up

Kaffoler, to be in love with

Ragaillardir, to enliven

Bamage, warbling of birds

Bampe, flight of stairs, descent

Bâper, to grate, rasp

Bas, chse-shaved

Batelier, (of stables) rock

Bâter, to miss

Baturer, to erase, cross out

Banque, hoarse

Bavaler, to lower, run down

Bebuffade, rebuff, repuise

Béchaud, che^ng-dish

Bécidive, répétition of an offence

Béconforter, to strengihen, revive,

comfort, console Becoquiller, to tum up, curl up BejaiUir, to spring forth Bemaniement, altération, doing

ovcr a gain Beverbère, street4amp Bicochet, séries, succession Bigole, landing-place

GLOSSABY.

Boide (Haide), st^ff] rigid

Roitelet, wren

Rouer, to cntsh

Rupture de ban, hreach of word

Sabord, port-hole

Saillie, projection

Salamalac, low how

Salir, to tamish^ taint

Sarreau, STïwck-frock

Scélératesse, profligacy

Sébile, wooden bowl

Sève, pith, vigour^ sap

Sévir, to treat vigorovslyt be guUty

ofcruelty Sevrer, to wean^ deprive Sommelier, hutler Sournois, sly person Svelte, ^enaer, slim^ slight

Talus, dedivity^ slope Tancer, to remJeet upbraid, taunt Tartre, tartar TAVLpinihre, rising ground Tertre, eminence^ rising ground Tesson, fragment of broken glosa

Tilleul, linden-, lime-tree Tiraillement, slight pain, twinge,

tmtch Tirailler, to plague, tease Tisane, diet drink Tison, fire-brand Tissonner, topoke thefire Tôle soudée, iron aoldered Tôpe ! agreed! done!

Toque, cap

Torsade, btûlion, twisted fringe Tracasser, to annoy, trouble Tribord, starboard Trompe, water-tpout Truite, trout Tuile, tUing

Usine, Tnanufactur

Vaigrage, (naval) ceUing

Vernis, vamishy polish

Verve, rapture, spirit

Vétilleux, minute

Volte-face, tuming (Unmt, face

about Viréton, arrow (of a croes-bow)

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