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3. à tire-d'aile, ' as fast as their wings can carry iheni ' ; the only phrase in which the old expression à tire, de tire, ' strajght,' ' without stopping^' ' at a stretch," is used.

7. épeiche, ' streakedwood-pecker,' Pia/s major. pivert, Picus viridis.

tâcherons, ' worknien working by the job,' ' job-hands." voltiges (Ht. ' slack-rope dancing'), 'évolutions.' agace, also agasse, a popular name iox pie, ' magpie.* policières, say ' vigilant. ' qui font la grappe, ' in a cluster.' barde, 'saddle,' 'trappings' ; a saddle shaped as an arm-

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