adv. well, right, proper, straight, | simply

d, quite, t many,

mé], be- ], well- Ithough,

shortly.

balance-

, letter, }, biniou, dd, fan- }, oddly, ly.

blanch],

teness.

whiten,

at, COrn, ‘blue ?],

zen], to

ue ; bleu

bonnet, s.m. [L.* boneta, ‘a cloth, cap.

bonté, s.f. IL. bonitatem], goodness, excellence, «indness, got ‘heartedness, favor ; plu, £cts of kindness.

bord, s.m. [Neth.|, board, edge, sideboard [d is rever heard.]

bossele:, v.a. [bosse—L.* bocia—Ger.

Batz]}, to dent, indent, emboss.

botte, s.°. [L.* botta, O.HG. buted]boot.

bottine, s.f. [botte], half-boot, lady’s boot.

bouche, [L. bucca], mouth.

bouchée, s.f. [bouche], mouthful.

boucle, s.f. [L. bucula], buckle, ring, curl, ringlet, lock.

boudoir, s.m. [bouder], boudoir, lady’s private room.

bouder, v.n. [origin unknown], to pout,

boue, 8.f. [a Celtic word], dirt, mud, mire.

bouffi, e, adj. [boufir—onomat.], putfed, swollen, chubby.

bouffonnerie, sf. [bouffon — It.

buffone], buffoonery, drollery, jesting.

bougeoir, s.m. [bouer (because movable)], candle-stick, taper-stand.

bouger, v.n. [It. huligore—H. ballire|, to stir, budge.

bougie, s.f. [Bouyie, a town in Algiers where wax candles used to be made], wax-candle, wax-light.

bouillant, ee, adj.[bouillir—L.bullire], boiling, boiling-hot, fiery.

bouillotter, v.n. [bouillir], to simmer.

boulanger, s.m. [origin unknown], baker.

boulangerie, 8.f. [boulanger], bakehouse, bakery.

boule, s.f. [L. bulla], bowl, ball.

boulevard, s.m. [Ger. Bollwerk], boulevard, rampart.

bouleversement, s.m. [boule, verser], destruction, overthrow, overturning.

bouleverser, v. a. [boule + verser “turn like a ball’], to overthrow, subvert, upset, unsettle.

bouquet, s.m. [L.* boschettum]. tuft, bouquet, clump, patch fé is never heara.]

spouquetiere, a.f. (bouguet], flowergirl.

bourgeois, 1. s.m. bourgeoise, 8.f.

on

[L* burgensis--L. buraus, O.H.G. Burg], burgess, citizen, townsman, inaster.

2, adj., belonging to a citizen, citizen, city, burgher, citizen-like, private (see note 1,11.)

bourrelet, s.m. [0.F. bourre], pad, padding, wadding. .

bourrer, v.a [bourre—1. burra], to stuff, wad, fill,

bourru, e, adj. [bourre], cross, peevish, moody, vexed, chagrined.

bout, s.m. [bouter—M.H.G. bôzen)], end, tip, bit.

bouteille, s.f. [L.* buticula], bottle.

boutique, s.f. [It. battega—L. apotheca], shop.

boutonner, v.a. [bouton—bout], to button.

brauche, si. [L.* brancal, branch, bough, stick.

bras, s.m. [L. brachium], arm.

brave, adj. It. bravo], brave, gallant, true, honest, good, kind, worthy.

bravement, adv. brave], bravely, stoutly, valiantly, manfully.

bref, 1. adj., fem. bréve, [L. brevis], brief, short, succint, concise.