Part 100

=maint=, =-e=, _adj._, many. _— homme_; many a man. _—es fois_; many a time.

=maintenant= (min-tnān), _adv._, now, and now, at this time, at present, this moment, nowadays, by this time.

=maintenir= (min-tnir), _v.a._, to sustain, to keep together; to maintain, to keep up; to secure; to enforce, to preserve.

_se_ =maintenir=, _v.r._, to hold out, to stand one’s ground, to maintain one’s position; to subsist, to last, to be in force; to keep up, to be kept up, to be maintained. _Se — dans les bonnes grâces de_; to keep one’s self in the good graces of.

=maintenue=, _n.f._, confirmation of; possession.

=maintien= (-ti-in), _n.m._, maintenance, preservation; keeping up; carriage, deportment, bearing; attitude, demeanor.

=maïolique= _or_ =majolique=, _n.f._, old Spanish _or_ Italian earthenware, faïence.

=mairain=, _n.m._ _V._ =merrain=.

=maire=, _n.m._, mayor.

=mairie=, _n.f._, mayoralty; town-hall.

=maïs= (mah-is), _n.m._, maize, Indian wheat.

=mais= (mè), _conj._, but; why. _— encore_; but yet. _—, qu’ai-je fait?_ why, what have I done? _—, oui_; why, yes; yes, of course. _—, non_; why, no; no, of course. _Je n’en puis —_; I cannot help it; I have nothing to do with it.

=maison=, _n.f._, house, household, home, habitation; family, race; (com.) firm. _Le devant_, _le derrière_, _d’une —_; the front, the back, of a house. _— de campagne_; country-house, country-seat. _— seigneuriale_; mansion. _— de ville_, _— commune_; town-hall. _À la —_; at home. _Tenir —_; to keep house. _Faire — nette_; to dismiss all the servants; to make a clean sweep (of servants). _Faire — neuve_; to change all one’s servants. _Garder la —_; to keep at home; to be confined to the house. _Petites-—s_; mad-house. _— garnie_; furnished house. _— d’éducation_; school, boarding-school. _— de jeu_; gaming-house. _La — du roi_; the king’s household.

=maisonnée=, _n.f._, whole house _or_ family. _Faire des demandes par dessus les —s_; to make most unreasonable demands.

=maisonnette=, _n.f._, small house, cottage, lodge.

=maître=, _n.m._, master, owner, proprietor, landlord; ruler; instructor, teacher, governor, director; chief, head; (nav.) boatswain. _— d’école_; school-master. _— de pension_; boarding-school, _or_ house, master. _— d’étude_; usher. _— de chapelle_; precentor. _— de conférences_; lecturer. _— de forges_; iron-master. _— Jacques_; factotum; Jack-of-all-work. _— à danser_, _— de danse_; dancing-master. _— d’armes_; fencing-master. _— des hautes œuvres_; executioner. _—-des-arts_; master of arts. _— d’hôtel_; steward, butler, major-domo. _Un petit-—_; (_—s-—s_) a beau, a dandy; a fop. _— homme_; superior man. _Se rendre — de la conversation_; to monopolize the whole conversation. _Vous êtes le — d’y aller_; you are at perfect liberty to go there. _Il a trouvé son —_; he has met with his match. _Tel —, tel valet_; like master, like man. _Compter de clerc à —_; to render a minute account. _Heurter en —_; to rap hard. _De main de —_, _en —_; in a masterly manner. _— clerc_; chief clerk (of a lawyer). _Le —-autel_ (_—s-—s_); the high-altar. _— câble_; sheet cable. _— d’équipage_; boatswain (of a ship of war). _— canonnier_; master-gunner. _— de port_; harbor-master. _— de vaisseau_; commander of a merchant-ship. _Ce tableau est d’un grand —_; that picture is by a great master. _Coup de —_; masterly stroke. _Main de —_; masterly hand. _Un — gonin_; an arch cheat.

=maîtresse=, _n.f._ and _adj._, sweetheart, lady-love, mistress; teacher, governess; landlady. _adj._, chief, head, leading, governing; main, consummate. _Petite-—_; lady of studied elegance. _— de pension_; school-mistress. _— d’hôtel_; landlady, hotel-keeper. _— femme_; superior woman. _— ancre_; sheet anchor.

=maîtrise=, _n.f._, freedom (of a company); precentorship.

=maîtriser=, _v.a._, to master, to domineer, to lord it over, to get master of, to get under; to overcome, to subdue, to control, to manage. _— ses passions_; to control one’s passions.

=majesté=, _n.f._, majesty. _Crime de lèse-—_; high-treason. _Sa —_; His _or_ Her Majesty.

=majestueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, majestically.

=majestueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, majestic.

=majeur=, _n.m._, a male of full age, major; (mus.) major mode; middle finger.

=majeur=, =-e=, _adj._, major, greater; superior, main, chief, paramount; important; of age, of full age; (mus.) major. _Force —e_; superior force; absolute necessity; “vis major.”

=majeure=, _n.f._, (log.) major; of age (of a woman).

=majolique=, _n.f._, majolica.

=major=, _n.m._, major. _Etat-—_; (milit.) staff, staff-officers, headquarters. _— de place_; town commandant. _Tambour —_; drum major.

=majorat=, _n.m._, entail; entailed estate.

=majordome=, _n.m._, major-domo.

=majorité=, _n.f._, majority, full age. _Arriver à sa —_; to come of age.

=majuscule=, _n.f._ and _adj._, capital; large, capital letter.

=maki=, _n.m._, (mam.) lemur.

=makis= _or_ =maquis=, _n.m._, thicket, brushwood, bush (in Corsica).

=mal=, _n.m._, evil, ill; harm, hurt, pain, ache, sickness, distemper, complaint; hardship; pity; mischief; misfortune; trouble, difficulty, labor. _— du pays_; homesickness, nostalgia. _Les maux de la vie_; the evils of life. _Rendre le bien pour le —_; to return good for evil. _De deux maux il faut choisir le moindre_; of two evils, choose the least. _Il a eu plus de peur que de —_; he was more frightened than hurt. _Il faut éviter le — et faire le bien_; do good and shun evil. _Quel — y a-t-il à cela?_ what harm is there in that? _Induire quelqu’un à —_; to lead any one into evil. _Penser à —_; to mean harm, to meditate evil. _Il a — au côté_; he has a pain in his side. _Un — de tête_; a headache. _La tête me fait —_; my head aches. _— de dents_; tooth-ache. _— d’yeux_; sore eyes. _Vous me faites —_; you hurt me. _Avoir — à_; to have a pain or pains in. _Faire —_; to ache, to be painful, to hurt. _Faire du — à_; to injure, to harm, to be injurious to. _— d’aventure_; whitlow. _— de mer_; sea-sickness. _— de cœur_; qualmishness. _En —_; amiss, ill, in a bad sense. _Aux grands maux les grands remèdes_; desperate diseases require desperate remedies. _Tomber de fièvre en chaud —_; to fall out of the frying-pan into the fire. _Dire du — de son prochain_; to speak ill of one’s neighbor. _Prendre en —_; to take offense at. _Mener_ or _conduire à —_; to bring to a bad end. _Tourner à —_; to end badly; to take a bad turn. _Tourner en —_; to misinterpret; to put a wrong construction on. _Avoir — au cœur_; to feel sick. _J’ai — à la tête_; I have a headache.

=mal=, _adv._, ill, wrong, amiss, badly; uncomfortably; on bad terms. _Il écrit —_; he writes badly. _Cela va —_; things are going badly. _Vous vous y prenez —_; you go the wrong way to work. _Cet habit vous sied —_, or _vous va —_; that coat does not become you. _De — en pis_; from bad to worse. _Se trouver —_; to faint; to feel faint. _Mettre — avec_; to set at variance with. _Être — dans ses affaires_; to be low in the world. _Être — avec quelqu’un_; to be on bad terms with any one. _— à propos_; improperly, unseasonably. _Pas —_; not badly; not a little, not a few. _Être fort —_; to be very ill. _Être au plus —_; to be past recovery. _N’être pas —_; not to be bad-looking. _Trouver —_; to find amiss. _C’est — à lui de_; it is wrong of him to.

=malachite= (-kit), _n.f._, (min.) malachite.

=malacie=, _n.f._, (med.) malacia, depraved appetite.

=malacologie=, _n.f._, malacology.

=malactique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) emollient.

=malade=, _adj._, sick, ill, diseased; unwell, poorly, bad, sickly, infirm; affected, attacked. _— à la mort_; sick unto death. _Avoir l’air —_; to look ill. _Bras —_; sore arm. _Ces plantes sont —s_; those plants are diseased. _Rendre —_; to make ill.

=malade=, _n.m.f._, sick person, sufferer, invalid; patient. _pl._, sufferers.

=maladie=, _n.f._, illness, sickness, malady, disease, complaint, disorder, distemper; passion, fondness, mania. ☉_— du pays_; homesickness, nostalgia. _Faire une —_; to have an illness. _— noire_; hypochondria.

=maladi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, sickly, puny, ailing, unhealthy.

=maladivement=, _adv._, unhealthily, morbidly.

☉=maladiveté= (-div-té), _n.f._, sickliness, unhealthiness.

=maladministration=, _n.f._, maladministration.

☉=maladrerie=, _n.f._, hospital for lepers.

=maladresse=, _n.f._, awkwardness, clumsiness, unskillfulness, awkward thing, blunder; (fig.) bad shot. _—!_ bad shot!

=maladroit=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, awkward person; awkward, clumsy, stupid, unskillful. _Vous êtes un —!_ what an awkward fellow you are! _C’est une —e_; she is an awkward, clumsy woman.

=maladroitement= (-droat-mān), _adv._, clumsily, awkwardly.

=malaga=, _n.m._, Malaga (wine).

=malaguette= _or_ =maniguette=, _n.f._, Guinea-pepper.

=malai= _or_ =malais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Malay.

=malai=, _n.m._, Malay language.

=malaise=, _n.m._, uncomfortableness, uneasiness, discomfort. _Sentir du —_; to feel uncomfortable. _Être dans le —_; to be in straitened circumstances.

=malaisé=, =-e=, _adj._, hard, difficult, rough, toilsome; inconvenient; straitened in circumstances, hard up.

=malaisément=, _adv._, with difficulty, with trouble.

=malandre=, _n.f._, (vet.) malanders; rotten knot (in timber).

=malandreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, having rotten knots (of wood); (fig. and fam.) sickly, seedy.

=malandrin=, _n.m._, brigand, highwayman, robber, ruffian, marauder.

=mal-appris=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, unmannerly, ill-bred; ill-bred person, churl, vulgar fellow.

=malart=, _n.m._, wild drake.

=malavisé=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-advised, imprudent, ill-informed, unwise, silly, ill-judged.

=malaxer=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to work up.

=malbâti=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, ill-favored person; ill-shaped, gawky.

=mal-bouché=, =-e=, _adj._ (vet.) ill-mouthed.

=malchance=, _n.f._, ill-luck, mishap, mischance.

☉=malcontent=, _n.m._, disaffected man, malcontent. _Les —s_; (French hist.) the Malecontents, name of a party at the court of Charles IX. _Coiffé à la —_; with hair cut short.

☉=malcontent=, =-e=, _adj._, displeased, dissatisfied, discontented, malcontent.

=maldisant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, slanderer; slanderous.

=mâle=, _n.m._, male; cock.

=mâle=, _adj._, male, manly, manful, vigorous, virile; masculine, he. _Air —_; manliness. _Voix —_; manly voice. _Style —_; vigorous style.

=malédiction=, _n.f._, malediction, curse. _Donner sa — à_; to curse.

=malefaim= (mal-fin), _n.f._, gnawing hunger.

=maléfice=, _n.m._, witchcraft, sorcery.

=maléficié=, =-e=, _adj._ bewitched; (fig.) worn out, broken down, decrepit.

=maléfique=, _adj._, (astrol.) malevolent, malignant.

=malemort=, _n.f._, tragic death; bad end.

=malencontre=, _n.f._, mishap, mischance, untoward accident.

=malencontreusement= (-treûz-man), _adv._, unluckily, untowardly.

=malencontreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, unlucky, untoward. _Evénement —_; untoward event.

=mal-en-point=, _adv._, badly off; in a sorry plight.

=malentendu=, _n.m._, misunderstanding, misapprehension; mistake; misconception.

=malepeste!= (mal-pèst), _int._, egad! plague on it!

=mal-être=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) uncomfortableness, uneasiness, painful sensation.

=malévole=, _adj._, (fam. l.u.) malevolent, evil-disposed.

=malfaçon=, _n.f._, bad work; cheat, trickery.

=malfaire=, _v.n._, to do evil; to do mischief; to be mischievous.

=malfaisance=, _n.f._, (l.u.) evil-doing, mischief; (jur.) malfeasance.

=malfaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, malevolent, mischievous, unhealthy; injurious, prejudicial. _Nourriture —e_; unwholesome food.

=malfait=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-made, ill-shaped, deformed; badly done; ill-advised.

=malfaiteur=, _n.m._, malefactor, evil-doer.

=malfamé=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-famed.

=malformation=, _n.f._, malformation.

=malgracieusement=, _adv._, ungraciously, rudely, uncivilly.

=malgracieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rude, ungracious, uncivil, churlish.

=malgré=, _prep._, in spite of; notwithstanding, against the will of. _Il l’a fait — moi_; he did it in spite of me. _— cela_; nevertheless; for all that; yet.

=malhabile=, _adj._, unskillful, awkward.

=malhabilement=, _adv._, unskillfully, awkwardly.

=malhabileté= (-bil-té), _n.f._, unskillfulness, awkwardness.

=malherbe=, _n.f._, deadly carrot.

=malheur=, _n.m._, misfortune; mischance, mishap; unhappiness, unfortunate thing; calamity; disaster; accident; adversity; poverty; disgrace, woe. _Par —_; unhappily, unluckily. _De —_; unlucky, ill-omened. _Oiseau de —_; bird of ill-omen. _Avoir du —_; to be unfortunate. _Jouer de —_; to be unlucky. _Être en —_; to have a run of ill luck. _Porter —_; to bring ill luck. _Il n’y a qu’heur et — en ce monde_; hap and mishap govern the world. _C’est un petit —_; it is but a slight misfortune. _Un — ne vient jamais seul_; misfortunes never come singly. _À quelque chose — est bon_; it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. _Quel —!_ what a misfortune! _— à vous!_ woe betide you! _— aux vaincus!_ woe to the vanquished! _Pour comble_, or _pour surcroît de —_; to crown all; as a crowning misfortune.

=malheureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, unfortunately, unluckily, unhappily.

=malheureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, unfortunate, unlucky, unsuccessful, disastrous, fatal, unpleasant, disagreeable; unhappy; miserable, wretched, poor, needy. _Il est né —_; he was born unfortunate. _Il mène une vie fort —se_; he leads a most unhappy life. _Faire une fin —se_; to come to an unhappy end.

=malheureu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, unhappy person, wretched being; poor wretch, wretch; naughty child. _Ce — fera une mauvaise fin_; the wretch will come to a bad end. _—!_ wretch that you are!

=malhonnête=, _adj._, dishonest; impolite; uncivil; rude. _n.m.f._, rude fellow, saucy baggage.

=malhonnêtement= (-nêt-mān), _adv._, dishonestly; unpolitely, rudely, uncivilly.

=malhonnêteté= (-nêt-té), _n.f._, impoliteness, rudeness, incivility; rude action; dishonesty, knavery. _Il est d’une — révoltante_; he is shockingly rude.

=malice=, _n.f._, malice, maliciousness, spite; roguishness, archness; prank, waggish thing, roguish thing, trick, dodge.

=malicieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, maliciously, malignantly; archly, roguishly, slyly.

=malicieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, malicious, malignant, mischievous; roguish, waggish, arch; spiteful, sly. _Un enfant —_; a roguish child.

*=malignement=, _adv._, malignantly, maliciously.

*=malignité=, _n.f._, malignity, malice; maliciousness.

=malin=, _n.m._, devil, evil spirit, fiend.

=mali-n=, *=-gne=, _adj._, malicious, mischievous, malignant; waggish, arch, roguish; shrewd; sly, knowing, clever, cunning. _L’esprit —_, _le — esprit_; the evil one, Satan. _Un regard —_; an arch look. _Il est trop — pour se laisser attraper_; he is too shrewd to be caught. _Fièvre —gne_; malignant fever.

=mali-n=, _n.m._, *=-gne=, _n.f._, malignant, malicious person; sly, shrewd, acute person; knavish person. _C’est un —_; he is a sly one, a knowing one.

=maline=, _n.f._, (nav.) spring-tide.

=malines=, _n.f._, Mechlin, Mechlin lace.

=malingre=, _adj._, poorly, sickly, weakly, puny.

=malintentionné=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, evil-minded person, evil-minded, ill-disposed. _Il est — à votre égard_; he is ill-disposed towards you.

=malique=, _adj._, (chem.) malic.

=malitorne=, _n._ and _adj._, awkward, ungainly, dowdy person; awkward, ungainly, gawky, clumsy.

=mal-jugé=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (jur.) erroneous judgment, error in judgment.

=mallard=, _n.m._, small grindstone.

=malle=, _n.f._, trunk; peddler’s box; mail, mail-coach; mail. _Faire_, _défaire_, _sa —_; to pack up, to unpack.

=malléabilité= (mal-lé-), _n.f._, malleability.

=malléable= (mal-lé-), _adj._, malleable.

=malléole=, _n.f._, (anat.) malleolus, ankle-bone.

=malle-poste=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) mail-coach.

=malletier= (mal-tié), _n.m._, (l.u.) trunk-maker.

=mallette=, _n.f._, small trunk; portmanteau.

=mallier=, _n.m._, shaft-horse, wheeler.

=malmener=, _v.a._, to use ill, to maltreat, to handle roughly; to bully, to abuse.

=malotru=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, ill-bred person; uncouth person, lout, boor.

*=malpeigné=, _n.m._, dirty fellow, dirty pig. _adj._, unkempt.

=malplaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, unpleasant, disagreeable.

=malpropre=, _adj._, dirty, slovenly, squalid, untidy; unfit for.

=malproprement=, _adv._, dirtily, slovenly, squalidly.

=malpropreté=, _n.f._, dirtiness, uncleanliness, slovenliness; dirt, filth.

=malsain=, =-e=, _adj._, unhealthy, sickly; unwholesome, injurious, dangerous; not good for. _Cet air est —_; that air is injurious to, not good for, health.

=malséance=, _n.f._, unbecomingness, unseemliness, impropriety.

=malséant=, =-e=, _adj._, unbecoming, unseemly, improper.

=malsonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, ill-sounding, offensive.

=malt= (malt), _n.m._, malt.

=maltage=, _n.m._, maltage.

=malté=, =-e=, _adj._, malted.

=malteur=, _n.m._, maltman, maltster.

=maltraiter=, _v.a._, to maltreat; to treat harshly, to use ill, to abuse, to handle roughly; to wrong, to injure.

=malvacée=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, malvaceous plant; malvaceous.

*=malveillance=, _n.f._, malevolence, ill-will, malice.

*=malveillant=, =-e=, _adj._, malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed, ill-natured, spiteful.

*=malveillant=, _n.m._, evil-minded person.

=malversation=, _n.f._, malversation, malpractice, embezzlement, fraud.

=malverser=, _v.n._, to be guilty of malversation, of malpractices; to embezzle.

=malvoisie=, _n.f._, Malmsey.

=malvoulu=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) disliked, hated; cut, avoided.

=maman=, _n.f._, mamma, mother. _Bonne —_, _grand’—_; grandmother, granny. _Une grosse —_; a fat woman.

=mame= (pop.), for =madame=.

=mamelle=, _n.f._, breast; teat; udder. _Un enfant à la —_; a child at the breast.

=mamelon= (ma-mlon), _n.m._, nipple, teat; dug (of animals); pap (of a mountain).

=mamelonné=, =-e=, _adj._, mammillated.

=mamelu=, =-e= (ma-mlu), _adj._, full-breasted.

=mameluk= (ma-mlook), _n.m._, Mameluke.

=mamillaire= (-mil-lèr), _adj._, (anat.) mammillary.

=mammaire= (mam-mèr), _adj._, (anat.) mammary.

=mammalogie= (mam-ma-), _n.f._, mammalogy.

=mammalogiste= (mam-ma-), _n.m._, mammalogist.

=mammifère= (mam-mi-), _n.m._ and _adj._, mammifer; mammiferous.

=mammiforme= (mam-mi-) _adj._, mammiform.

=mammon=, _n.m._, Mammon.

=mammouth=, _n.m._, mammoth.

=m’amour=, (obsolete abbreviation of _ma amour_) my love, lovee. _—s_; marks of love, caresses, soft nothings; wheedling, coaxing. _Faire des —s_; to fawn upon, to coax, to wheedle.

=manant=, _n.m._, ☉peasant; clown, clodhopper.

*=mancenille=, _n.f._, (bot.) manchineel.

*=mancenillier=, _n.m._, manchineel-tree.

=manche=, _n.m._, handle; neck (of musical instruments). _— à gigot_; bone-holder. _— de gigot_; knuckle-bone (of mutton); finger-board (of a violin); tail (of a plow). _— de couteau_; knife handle. _Il branle dans le —_; he hesitates; he is irresolute. _Jeter le — après la cognée_; to throw the rope after the bucket (_i.e._ to give up in despair).

=manche=, _n.f._, sleeve; (geog.) channel; (at play) rubber, game, heat; (nav.) flexible pipe, hose. _Bouts de —_; half-sleeves. _Grandes —s_; pudding-sleeves. _—s pendantes_; hanging-sleeves. _— à —_; even (at play). _Avoir une personne dans sa —_; to have somebody at one’s disposal. _C’est une autre paire de —s_; that is quite another thing _or_ a horse of another color _or_ quite another pair of shoes. _J’ai gagné la première —_; I have won the first game (of the rubber) _or_ first heat (racing). _— à vent_; (nav.) windsail.

=manchette=, _n.f._, cuff, ruffle; (print.) sidenote.

=manchon=, _n.m._, muff.

=manchot=, =-te=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, one-handed, one-armed person; one-handed, one-armed. _Il n’est pas —_; he is no fool.

=manchot=, _n.m._, (orni.) penguin.

=mancienne= (-si-èn), _n.f._, mealy-tree, wayfaring-tree.

=mandant=, _n.m._, (jur.) employer; (com.) principal; constituent, elector.

=mandarin=, _n.m._, mandarin.

=mandarine=, _n.f._, mandarin orange.

=mandarinier=, _n.m._, (bot.) mandarin orange-tree.

=mandat=, _n.m._, (jur.) warrant, mandate, authority, charge, commission; (com.) draft; check; money-order; order. _— de comparution_; summons to appear. _— d’arrêt_, _— d’amener_; warrant. _— de_ or _sur la poste_; money-order. _— de dépôt_; commitment. _— de perquisition_; search warrant. _— de banque_; bank-post bill.

=mandataire=, _n.m._, mandatory; proxy, attorney, representative, agent.

=mandater=, _v.a._, to deliver an order for the payment of; to deliver an order for.

=mandement= (mān-dmān), _n.m._, mandate, order, mandamus; charge (of a bishop).

=mander=, _v.a._, to write, to write word, to send word, to send for; to inform, to acquaint, to let know. _Je lui ai mandé de venir_; I have sent him word to come. _On a mandé le médecin_; the doctor was sent for.

=mandibule=, _n.f._, (anat.) mandible, jaw.

☉*=mandille=, _n.f._, livery-coat.

=mandoline=, _n.f._, mandolin.

=mandoliniste=, _n.m._, mandolin-player.

=mandore=, _n.f._, mandore (sort of lute).

=mandragore=, _n.f._, (bot.) mandrake.

*=mandrill=, _n.m._, (mam.) mandrill, rib-nosed baboon.

=mandrin=, _n.m._, mandrel, (tech.) chuck, punch.

=manducation=, _n.f._, manducation.

=manéage=, _n.m._, (nav.) hand-work, handiwork.

=manège=, _n.m._, manege, horsemanship; riding-school; manœuvre, by-play, trick, intrigue.

=mânes=, _n.m.pl._, manes, shade, ghost, shades.

=manet=, _n.m._, drift-net.

=maneton=, _n.m._, lever-handle.

=manette=, _n.f._, (tech.) handgear; (hort.) trowel.

=manganèse=, _n.m._, manganese.

=mangeable= (-jabl), _adj._, eatable, fit to eat.

=mangeaille= (-jâ-i), _n.f._, food (for birds, cats); (b.s.) victuals, grub, eatables.

=mangeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, eating. _Être bien —_; to eat heartily; to be a hearty eater.

=mangeoire= (-joâr), _n.f._, manger, crib.

=mangeoter=, _v.n._, to eat little, to pick one’s food; to nibble.

=manger=, _v.a._, to eat; to eat up; to consume; to squander away, to run through. _Salle à —_; dining-room. _— son bien_; to squander one’s property. _À —_; to eat. _Donner à —_; to give food, to keep an eating-house. _— du bout des doigts_; to pick a bit here and there; to nibble at one’s food. _— des yeux_; to look daggers at. _On mange bien dans cet hôtel_; the cooking is excellent in that hotel. _— ses mots_; to clip one’s words. _Les gros poissons mangent les petits_; (fig.) might overcomes right.

_se_ =manger=, _v.r._, to eat each other; to eat each other up; to hurt each other, to look daggers at one another; (gram.) to be cut off, elided, not pronounced.

=manger=, _v.n._, to eat; to take one’s meals; to feed. _Il mange dans la main_; he eats out of your hand (of an animal). _Donnez-moi à —_; give me something to eat.

=manger=, _n.m._, eating, victuals, food. _Le — et le boire_; eating and drinking.

=mangerie= (man-jrî), _n.f._, (pop.) eating; exaction, extortion, imposition.

=mange-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) prodigal, spendthrift, squanderer.

=mangeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, eater; great eater; spendthrift. _Un — de viandes apprétées_; a lazy fellow. _— de petits enfants_; braggart. _— de livres_; a book-worm.

=mangeure= (-jur), _n.f._, place nibbled (by mice), feeding (for boars).

=mangle=, _n.f._, (bot.) mangle (fruit).

=manglier=, _n.m._, (bot.) mangrove, mangle.

=mangonneau=, _n.m._, mangonel (an engine formerly used for throwing stones).

=mangoustan=, _n.m._, (bot.) mangostan.

=mangouste=, _n.f._, (mam.) ichneumon; mangostan (fruit).

=mangue= (mang), _n.f._, (bot.) mango.

=manguier= (-ghié), _n.m._, (bot.) mango-tree.

=maniable=, _adj._, easy to be handled, workable; tractable, manageable, supple, pliable.

=maniaque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, maniac. _adj._, mad, furious, eccentric; crotchety.

=manichéen= (-in), =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Manichean.

=manichéisme=, _n.m._, Manicheism.

=manichordion= (-kor-), _n.m._, manichord, manicordon.

=manicle=, _n.f._ _V._ =manique=.

=manie=, _n.f._, mania, madness, folly, fancy, whim, hobby; inveterate habit.