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A PARIS — LE CITOYEN CIHOUBDAIR

I. qninqnet, 'lamp.' From the name of ita Invenlor; liike guittotinêt macadam, mansarde.

8. tio nervenx, ' nenrons twitcliing.' It is one of those onomatopoetio Trords (t'.e. by imitation of Eoutids) to be fnund in most langaages. Tliey express tlie eries of animais: as croaster, 'to croak, to caw;' miauler, 'to mew ; ' japper, ' to lap np,' etc. ; the phanes of human speeob : as fredonner, to bum ; ' chuchoter, ' ta wliisper,' etc. ; certain conditions of size or mûrement : as bouffer, ' to puif ; ' bouffir, ' to swell out ; ' some tuUural sounds : as clapoter, ' to plash ; ' bruire, ' to rustle.'

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