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59* — 1. impasse, "blind allej"; sometimes called cnUde-tae (bottom of a sack). Voltaire, wlio disliked the latter expression, coined the word imposés,

15. ayant mis à Conrder de pied à l'étrier, "having put Courcier's foot in the stirrup."

80. canaille. Old French ehienaUle, f rom eJnen, dog. It means the lowest class of mankind, morally speaking; ''the rabble." It is also used with a singular meaning, '*blackguard," *• villain."