adv. in a few words, in short, to be brief

Bretagne, Brittany.

breton, onne, adj. and &., a native of Brittany, Breton.

bride. s.f. |O.H.G. briftil], bridie.

brillant, e, adj. [briller], brilliant, shining, sparkling.

briller, v.n. [L. berillus], to shine, glitter, sparkie, glisten, blaze, gleam, glare.

brin, s.m. [a Celtic word], blade, sprig, shoot, bit; brin à brin, bit by it.

brindille, s.f. [brin], sprig, twig, shoot, bit.

brioche, s.f. [origin unknown], cake, sponge-cake (plain, made with flour, butter and eggs.)

briser, v.a. (0.H.G. brestan, or Celt.

bris], to break to pieces, burst, crack, shatter, shiver, crush, bruise, Brocelyande, Broceliande, an ancient forest in Brittany {ee note 72,16.)

broncher, v.n. [0. F, branche,

‘branch’, It. bronco, ‘trunk’, whence broncher to strike against the trunk of a tree. Further origin unknown], to stumble, trip.

brouiller, v.a. [breuil, a Celtio word], to throw into confusion, to mix, blend, stir up, shake, set at variance, confuse,

bruire, v.n. [L. rugire], to rustle, rattle, hum.

bruit, s.m. [bruire], noise, bustle, din, sound, racket, clamor.

brûlant, e, adj. [brûler], burning, scorching, hot, eager, ardent.

brûler. va. and v.n. [L. per, L.* ustulare], to burn.

brume, s.f. [L. brumal], fog, haze.

brun, e, adj. [O.H.G. brân], brown, dark.

brusque, adj. [It. brusco], abrupt, gruff, sudden,

brusquement, adv. [brusque], bluntly, abruptly, gruffy, hastily.

bruyant, e, adj. [bruire], blustering, clatmorous, loud.

bruyère, s.f. [a Celtic word], heath, heather.

bu, part. p. of boire.

büûcheron, s.m. [bûche, a doublet of bois], woodcutter, chopper.

buffet, s.m. [origin unknown], cupboard, sideboard.

buis, s.m. [L.* buœus], boxwood (see note 13, 4.)

bureau, s.m. [bu.e—1L.*burra], office.

bureaucrate, s. iv [bureau, Gr.

kpareiv], bureaucrat, clesk in à public oflice.

blunt,

noisy,

bureaucratie, s.f. [bureaucratel], bureaucracy.

bureaucratique, adj. [bureau-

crate], bureaucratic.

buste, s.m [It. busto], bust, head and shoulders.

but, s.m. [doublet of ‘bout’i, mark, object, end, aim, purpose, design, view, goal [t is pronounced].

buter, v.a. [a doublet of bouter', to stumble against.

butte, s.f. [O.F. fem. of but], knoll, mound ; étre en butte à, to be exposed to,

buvait, imp. ind. 8rd sing. of boire.

c’, contraction of ce.

ça, pro. [contraction of cela], that.

à, adv. [L. ecce hoc], here, hither (see

note 67, 20.)

cabinet, sm. [cabine—cabane, à Celtic word], closet, study, cabinet,

cachemire, [Cachemire India)], cashmere.

cacher, v.a. [14 coactare], to hide, secrete, conceal.

sm. (in

cachette, s.f. [cache—cacher], hidin::

place ; en cachette, secretly, by stealth.

cadre, s.m. [L. quadrum], frame.

café, s.m. [Turkish k£ahveh|, coffee, coffee-house.

cafetière, s.f. [café], coffee-pot.

cage, s.f. [[. caveu], cage, coop.

Calcul, s.m. [L. calculus], calculation, ciphering, computation, reckoning, counting.

calèche, s.f. [Polish ko/aska], calash, open carriage, (very light, with springs, four-wheeled, open in front, a hood overhead).

. Câlir,e, adj. [origin unknown !, wheedling, cajoling, tender.

câliner, v.a. [calin], to coax, coddle, cajole; se caliner, to coddle one’s self, lean fondly on.

calme, 1. s.m. [Sp. calma—L. calare or L.* cauma, ‘heat’ Fk stillness, calmness, tranquility.