abattis, barricade

Pag'e 57. — i. tourbillonner, to whirl, to tum.

2. s'écouler, speaking of liquids, to flow azvay ; hère to disperse.

3. les trois queues, the three horse-tails, which were borne as an emblem before a pacha of the highest rank. While they were not really horse-tails, but tails of the bos grunniens, the custom bas prevailed to call them horse-tails.

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Page 58. — i. combler, to fill up.