J^en ai, i. e., I am laid up

13. Eusculape. Esculapius, in Greek myth., the god of the healing art, a name extended as a cant term to a physician.

^ 204. 1. Se morfondait Cf. n. p. 179, 1. 2, and ex. p. 231, 1. 3.

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8anê trop, ete, Without understanding much

about them.

Mauvaiê sujets. Cf. n. p. 17, L 16.

Campé, Posted.

Brugnon, A kind of clingstone peach with a smooth skin ; *' nectarine."

Juraient, Contrasted, were ont of harmony.

Moutonne, i, 6., présents an irregular broken surface (as tbat of a choppy sea) . Cf. n. p. 178, 1. 23.

Au revers de. Opposite to, facing.

Diaprure, Blending of various bright colors ; color variety.

4. Barroises, Pertaining to the former Duchy of Bar (or le Barrais), an ancif^nt division of the oid province of Lorraine (cf. n. p. 7, 1. 8 and p. 153, 1. 2). The term is found as a local dénomination, e, g,, Ligny-en-Barrois, near Bar-le-Duc ; Juvigny-en-Barrois, the name of our imaginary town (where the qualification en-Barrois defines its location).

24. Béions. A localism for a kind of charrette or tomr hereau. The word suggests a relationship with banne, benne, banneau, etc., which under various f orms is widespread throughout northem France in the sensé of a conveyance of one kind or another. In Lorraine, bélon=charrette sur laquelle on charge les paniers ou les cuves (vats) remplis de raisins.

208. 4. Goûter, Lunch (usually in the aftemoon, between the noon and night meal).

6. Orandgousier, A character in Rabelais' satirical work, '^Gargantua and Pantagruel" (cf. n. p. 24, 1. 16). He is an amiable giant of robust appetite, and, as the name signifies (grand gosier), a partkan of copions good cheer well washed down. Genealogically, he is the father of the

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first named above and giandfather of the second. The mild paternalism of his rule may be indicated by the foUowing passage (B'k I, ch. IV, last par.) describing the habits of his **bon8 sujets": "Après disner (= dîner), tous allèrent pesle mesle (=pêle-mêle) à la Saulsaie (=8aulaie, saussaie,=lieu planté de saules, et par extension, d'arbres quelconques— cf. ex. p. 147, 1. 9), et u! sus (=sur) Therbe drue, danseront au son des joyeux flageoUets et douces cornemuses tant (=si) baudement (cf. note) que c'est passe-temps céleste les voir ainsi soy ri^oUer (=se divertir) ".