Bengalee, Bengal finch

bénir, v.a. [L. benedicere], to bless, congecrate.

bénit, e, (part: of bénir], hallowed, eonsecrated, holy [used only as adij.).

berceau, s.m.[L.* berceolum], cradle, arbor, bower, place of one’s infancy, homestead.

berceur, 8e, «dj. [bercerl, rocking, swinping, waving, cradling.

berge, s.f., [L.* berga], steep bank of a river, bluff, embankment,.

berger, s.m., fem. bergère, [L.* berbicarius], shepherd,

Berthe, Bertka (see note 107, 17.)

besogne, s.f. [doublet of besoin], work, business, labor.

besoin, s.m. (origin unknown], need, want, occasion, necessity.

bête, 1. s.f. [L. bestia], beast, brute, fool, blockhead, stupid creature.

2. adj. silly, nonsensical, dull, aïimless, stupid, foolish, lifeless, inert, unprotesting.

bêtement, adv. [bête], like a fool, foolishly, stupidly. childishly.

Béthune, Betnune (see note, 3, 24.)

bêtise, s.f. [2‘e], silliness, nonsense, tomfoolery, stupidity.

beurrer, v.a. [beurre—L. butyrum], to butter.

bien, 1. sm. [L. bene}, good, benefit, welfare ; plu., goods, good things.

comfortable, much, truly, indeed, quite, very, very much, many, great many, readily, willingly.

bien-aimé, e, adj. [bien+aimé], beloved, well-beloved.

bien-être, s.m. [bien+étre], wellbeing, comfort.

bien que, (bien, que], although though (with subj.) d

bientôt, adv. [bien<+-t6t], soon, shortly.

bilan, s.m. [{Iè bilancid], balancesheet.

piles 8.m. [L.* bila], note, letter, 1,

biniou, s.m. [from the Celtic], biniou, bag-pipes.

bizarre, adj [Sp. bizarro], odd, fantastic, strange, whimsical.

bizarrement, adv. [bizarre], oddly, curiously, fantastically, whimsically.

blanc, che, adj. (0.H.G. banch], white.

blancheur, s.f. [blanc], whiteness.

blanchir, v.a [blanc], to whiten, make white.

blé, s.m. [L. bladum], wheat, corn, grain.

blême, adj. {9. Scan. blämi, ‘ blue ”], sallow, pale, pallia, wan.

blesser, v.a. [M.H.G. bletzen], to wound, cut, hurt, offend.

bleu, 6, adj. [O.H.G. btéol, blue ; bleu clair, clear blue.

blond, e, adj. [origin unknown}, flaxen, fair, light.

blouse, sf. [O.F. bliant], umock, frock, blouse.

boire, v.a. and v.n. irr. [L.* bibere], (buvant, bu, je bois, je bus, je boirai, que je boive), to drink.

bois, s.m.[L.* boscus — Ger. busch], wood, forest.

boîte, s.f. [Gr. mu£is], box.

bol, s.m. [Eng. bowl], bowl, basin.

bon, bonne, adj. [L. bonus], good, kind.

bonheur, s.m. [bon+heur—L. auqurium], happiness, prosperity, welfare, good-fortune, good luck. .

bonhomme, s.m. [bon + homamel,

good, easy man ; kind, good natured man.

[plu. bonshommes.]

bonjour, s.m. [bon + jour], good rnorning, good day.

bonnement, adv. [bon], plainiy,