Part 102

=marli=, _n.m._, catgut, thread gauze.

*=marmaille=, _n.f._, (fam.) brats, lots of little brats.

=marmelade=, _n.f._, marmalade. _Cette viande est en —_; that meat is done to a jelly. _Mettre en —_; to beat to a jelly. _Avoir la mâchoire en —_; to have one’s jaw smashed in.

=marmenteau=, _adj._, reserved, ornamental (of trees).

=marmite=, _n.f._, pot, saucepan, boiler, copper. _Elles servent à faire bouillir la —_; they help to make the pot boil. _Ecumeur de —s_; sponger, parasite. _Nez en pied de —_; pug nose. _— à vapeur_; steamer. _La — bout dans cette maison_; they live well _or_ keep a good table. _La — est renversée_; they give no more dinner parties, they see no more company.

☉=marmiteu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam.) pitiful, poor wretch; sad, wretched, whimpering, whining, pitiful, seedy.

=marmiton=, _n.m._, scullion, kitchen drudge.

=marmonner=, _v.a._ and _n._ _V._ =marmotter=.

=marmoréen=, =-ne=, _adj._, marmorean.

=marmose=, _n.f._, (mam.) marmose.

=marmot=, _n.m._, ☉monkey; (mam.) marmoset; puppet, grotesque figure; brat, little chap. _Croquer le —_; to dance attendance, to kick up one’s heels, to wait.

=marmotte=, _n.f._, brat (little girl); (mam.) marmot; woman’s head-dress; (nav.) match-tub. _Dormir comme une —_; to sleep like a top.

=marmotter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to mutter, to mumble, to grumble, to growl.

=marmouset=, _n.m._, grotesque figure; young monkey (little boy); fire-dog, andiron.

=marnage=, _n.m._, (agri.) marling, chalking, claying.

=marne=, _n.f._, (agri.) marl, chalk, clay.

=marner=, _v.a._, (agri.) to marl, to chalk, to clay.

=marneron=, _n.m._, (agri.) marler, marl-digger.

=marneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, marly.

=marnière=, _n.f._, marl-pit, clay-pit, chalk-pit.

=maronite=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Maronite.

=maronner=, _v.n._, (pop.) to grumble, to growl, to croak. _Faire —_; to keep waiting a long time; to tease, to plague.

=maroquin=, _n.m._, morocco-leather, roan. _— du Levant_; Turkey-leather.

=maroquiner=, _v.a._, to morocco.

=maroquinerie= (-ki-n-rî), _n.f._, morocco-leather manufacture.

=maroquinier=, _n.m._, morocco-tanner.

=marotique=, _adj._, marotic (imitation of Marot’s style).

=marotisme=, _n.m._, marotism (imitation of Marot’s style).

=marotte=, _n.f._, fool’s bauble, cap and bells; fancy, folly, whim, hobby. _Chacun a sa —_; everybody has his hobby.

=maroufle=, _n.m._, ragamuffin; booby, clod-hopper, bumpkin, clown, churl.

=maroufle=, _n.f._, (paint.) lining-paste.

=maroufler=, _v.a._, (paint.) to line.

=marquant=, =-e=, _adj._, conspicuous, striking. _Personne —e_; person of note, of distinction.

=marque=, _n.f._, mark, cipher, stamp; (com.) private mark; brand (with a hot iron); badge; trace (of footsteps) print; sign; token; testimony; proof, instance; counter (at play); pit (of the small-pox). _— de fabricant_; manufacturer’s mark. _— de la douane_; custom-house stamp. _— d’honneur_; badge of honor. _Homme de —_; man of note. _Donner à quelqu’un une — d’estime_; to give any one a proof of esteem. _Lettres de —_; letters of mark (for seizing vessels). _Ville de —_; coinage-town. _— de beau temps_; signs of fine weather. _Une — qu’il est venu, c’est qu’il a laissé ceci_; a proof that he came, is that he left this. _Faire porter ses —s à quelqu’un_; (fam.) to leave one’s mark on any one.

=marqué=, =-e=, _part._, marked, evident, conspicuous, obvious; decided, pronounced; strong, resolute. _— de la petite vérole_; pitted with small-pox. _Homme — au bon coin_; a man of the right stamp. _— à l’A._; thoroughly reliable, the soul of honor. _Ouvrage — au bon coin_; excellent work. _Attentions —es_; marked attentions. _Il est né —_; he was born with a mark. _Avoir les traits —s_; to have strongly-marked features.

=marquer=, _v.a._, to mark, to stamp, to note down; to brand; to stigmatize; to leave marks; to score up; to mark out, to trace out; to mark down, to note; to betoken, to bespeak, to denote; to tell, to mention, to write; to show, to give marks of, to testify, to single out. _— son jeu_; to mark one’s points at play. _Je lui ai marqué que_; I wrote to him that. _— à quelqu’un sa reconnaissance_; to show one’s gratitude to any one. _— à quelqu’un ce qu’il doit faire_; to specify to any one what he has to do.

=marquer=, _v.n._, to make its appearance, to show (of a thing); to be remarked, to be evident; to be remarkable, distinguished; to set off; to be of note; to show the hour (of sun-dials); to mark, to show age by the teeth (of horses); (fenc.) to make a full pass. _Cela marquerait trop_; (fam.) that would attract too much attention. _Cet homme ne marque point_; that man is in no way remarkable.

=marqueter=, _v.a._, to speckle, to spot, to inlay.

=marqueterie= (-kè-trî), _n.f._, marquetry, checkered-work, checker-work, inlaid-work, inlaying, mosaic, patchwork.

=marqueteur=, _n.m._, inlayer.

=marquette=, _n.f._, cake (of virgin wax).

=marqueur= (-keur), _n.m._, marker, scorer, tally-keeper.

=marquis=, _n.m._, marquis, marquess. _— de Carabas_; (jest.) great landed proprietor. _Faire le —_; to give one’s self airs.

=marquisat=, _n.m._, marquisate.

=marquise=, _n.f._, marchioness; marquee, awning, verandah; settee; waist-buckle.

=marquiser=, _v.a._, to style any one a marquis.

_se_ =marquiser=, _v.r._, to assume the title of marquis.

=marquoir=, _n.m._, bodkin.

=marraine=, _n.f._, godmother, sponsor.

=marre=, _n.f._, mattock, hoe.

☉=marri=, =-e=, _adj._, sorry, grieved, concerned, troubled.

=marron=, _n.m._, (bot.) large French chestnut; chestnut; ☉large curl tied with a ribbon; cracker (fire-works); (milit.) mark; unlicensed broker; unlicensed printer; (print.) work printed clandestinely; chestnut color. _— d’Inde_; horse-chestnut. _— d’eau_; water-caltrops (fruit). _—s glacés_; candied chestnuts. _Tirer les —s du feu_; to pull the chestnuts out of the fire.

=marron=, _adj. invariable_, maroon, chestnut-color.

=marron=, =-ne=, _adj._, fugitive, runaway (of slaves); wild (of animals that have been tame); (com.) unlicensed, interloping. _Courtier —_; (com.) unlicensed broker. _Cochon —_; wild hog.

=marron=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, runaway slave; maroon; free black slave (of the West Indies).

=marronnage=, _n.m._, state of a runaway slave; running away (of slaves); carrying on the business of a broker without a license.

☉=marronner=, _v.a._, to curl the hair with curling-tongs.

=marronnier=, _n.m._, (bot.) French chestnut-tree, chestnut-tree. _— d’Inde_; horse-chestnut-tree.

=marrube=, _n.m._, (bot.) madwort; horehound; bugle-weed.

=mars= (mars), _n.m._, March; (chem.) Mars (iron); (astron.) Mars; (fig., poet.) war. _pl._, seed sown in spring. _Giboulées de —_; April showers. _Champ de —_; (milit.) large drilling ground. _Cela vient comme — en carême_; that comes very seasonably, _or_ in the nick of time.

=marseillaise=, _n.f._, Marseillaise (French national anthem).

=marsouin=, _n.m._, (mam.) porpoise, sea-hog; ugly wretch. _Vilain —_; ugly, disagreeable man.

=marsupial=, =-e=, _adj._, (natural hist.) marsupial.

=martagon=, _n.m._, (bot.) martagon, mountain-lily, Turk’s-cap.

=marte=, _n.f._ _V._ =martre=.

=marteau=, _n.m._, hammer, clapper; knocker; (ich.) hammer-fish; hammer-oyster. _Être entre le — et l’enclume_; to be in an embarrassing position. _— à deux mains_; sledge-hammer. _— d’une arbalète_; cross. _Graisser le —_; to fee the porter. _Avoir un coup de —_; to be somewhat gone in the upper story. _Il faut être enclume ou —_; you must bite _or_ be bitten. _N’être pas sujet au coup de —_; to be one’s own master.

=martel=, _n.m._, ☉hammer. [Only used in: _Avoir — en tête_; to be very uneasy. _Se mettre — en tête_; to fret one’s self to death.]

=martelage=, _n.m._, (tech.) hammering; (of trees) marking.

=martelé=, =-e=, _part._, hammered; (mus.) brilliant and distinct. _Vaisselle —e_; hammered plate. _Vers —s_; labored verses.

=marteler=, _v.a._, to hammer; to torment, to tease, to vex, to strain, to labor. _Il martèle ses vers_; he labors his verses.

=martelet=, _n.m._, little hammer.

=marteleur=, _n.m._, hammerman.

=martial=, =-e=, _adj._, martial, warlike, soldierly. _Code —_, _législation —e_; articles of war.

=martin=, _n.m._, (orni.) pastor, (kind of starling) _La Saint-—_; Martinmas. _— pêcheur_; kingfisher.

=martiner=, _v.a._, to tilt, to hammer.

=martinet=, _n.m._, (orni.) martinet, martlet, swift, sea-martin; flat candlestick, hand-candlestick; tilt-hammer; cat-o’-nine-tails. _— de pic_; (nav.) peak-halliards of the mizzen.

=martingale=, _n.f._, (nav., man.) martingale. _Jouer à la —_; to play double or quits.

=martinisme=, _n.m._, martinism.

=martiniste=, _n.m._, martinist.

=martin-pêcheur=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) kingfisher.

=martin-sec=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a kind of pear.

=martre=, _n.f._, (mam.) marten, sable. _— zibeline_; sable. _Prendre — pour renard_; to take a cow for a bull.

=martyr=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, martyr. _Le commun des —s_; the common herd.

=martyre=, _n.m._, martyrdom. _Souffrir le —_; to suffer martyrdom. _Faire souffrir le — à quelqu’un_; to make any one suffer martyrdom.

=martyriser=, _v.a._, to make any one suffer martyrdom, to make a martyr of; to torment; to torture.

=martyrologe=, _n.m._, martyrology.

=martyrologiste=, _n.m._, martyrologist.

=marum= (-rom), _n.m._, (bot.) cat-thyme.

=mascarade=, _n.f._, masquerade, mask.

=mascaret=, _n.m._, eddy of water, violent eddy of the tide, swelling (of waters); bar (of harbors).

=mascarille=, _n.m._, a delicious kind of mushroom; the flunkey (of Molière’s comedies).

=mascaron=, _n.m._, (arch.) mask, grotesque figure.

=masculin=, =-e=, _adj._, masculine, male. _Fief —_; fee in tail male.

=masculin=, _n.m._, (gram.) masculine.

=masculiniser=, _v.a._, to make masculine. _Se —_, _v.r._, to become masculine.

=masculinité=, _n.f._, masculineness, masculinity.

=masque=, _n.m._, mask; blind, cloak, pretense; masker, masquerader, mummer; face-guard; (paint.) head; (arch.) mask. _Il a un bon —_; (of actors) his features are expressive. _Lever le —_; to pull off the mask. _Arraches les —s_; to tear off the disguise.

☉=masque=, _n.f._, ugly woman; naughty little girl.

=masqué=, =-e=, _part._, masked; disguised. _Être toujours —_; to be always close. _Bal —_; masked ball, masquerade.

=masquer=, _v.a._, to mask, to conceal, to cloak, to disguise; (milit.) to mask.

_se_ =masquer=, _v.r._, to be masked, to mask; to disguise one’s self; (of things) to be disguised.

=massacrant=, =-e=, _adj._, killing; cross, peevish, surly, dreadful, disagreeable. _Humeur —e_; awful temper.

=massacre=, _n.m._, massacre, butchery; slaughter, havoc, waste, squandering; bungler, botcher; (hunt.) head (of a deer newly killed).

=massacrer=, _v.a._, to massacre, to butcher, to murder, to slay, to slaughter; to bungle, to botch, to destroy; to hack (meat or poultry). _Cet acteur a massacré son rôle_; that actor murdered his part. _— des hardes_, _des meubles_; to spoil clothes, furniture.

=massacreur=, _n.m._, slaughterer, slayer; bungler, botcher.

=massage=, _n.m._, shampooing.

=masse=, _n.f._, mass, heap, lump; earnings; hoard; stock; mace; butt-end, butt; (jur.) creditors, estate (of bankrupts); (com.) capital stock, capital; (tech.) sledge-hammer. _— des biens_; (jur.) estate. _— des biens immeubles_; (jur.) real estate. _— des biens meubles_; (jur.) personal estate. _— de plume_; fifty pounds of feathers. _— de héron_; heron’s crest, tuft. _— d’eau_; typha, reed-mace. _En —_; in a body, in the mass, by the bulk. _Les —s_; the people as a whole, the million, the masses. _— d’armes_; mace. _Soulever les —s_; to stir up the people.

☉=masse=, _n.f._, stake, pool (at play).

=massement=, _n.m._, (milit.) massing of troops.

=massepain= (mas-pin), _n.m._, marchpane (kind of cake).

=masser=, _v.a._, (milit.) to mass troops; ☉to stake, to put into the pool (at play); (paint.) to mass; to shampoo.

=massette=, _n.f._, (bot.) mace-reed, reed-mace; cat’s-tail. _— à larges feuilles_; great cat’s-tail.

=masseur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, shampooer.

=massicot=, _n.m._, (chem.) massicot, masticot; paper-cutter.

=massier=, _n.m._, mace-bearer.

=massi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, massive, bulky; lumpish; massy, solid; clumsy, heavy, dull. _Figure d’argent —_; figure of solid silver, of massive silver. _Avoir l’esprit —_; to be dull-minded.

=massif=, _n.m._, (gard.) group, clump, cluster (of trees, flowers); grove; solid mass, group, block, (of masonry) wall (of an oven); (mas.) solid mass.

=massivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, massively, heavily, solidly; stupidly, dully.

=massiveté=, _n.f._, massiveness.

=massorah= _or_ =massore=, _n.f._, masorah, massora.

=massorète=, _n.m._, masorite.

=massorétique=, _adj._, massoretic, masoretic.

=massue=, _n.f._, club, crowbar. _Coup de —_; dreadful blow, heavy blow, knock-down blow; calamity.

=mastic=, _n.m._, mastic; cement; putty; (print.) transposition.

=masticage=, _n.m._, cementing, puttying.

=mastication=, _n.f._, mastication, chewing.

=masticatoire=, _n.m._, (med.) masticatory.

=mastigadour=, _n.m._, (vet.) masticador, slabbering-bit (of a bridle).

=mastiquer=, _v.a._, to putty; to cement.

=mastiquer=, _v.n._, to masticate.

=mastodonte=, _n.m._, (fos.) mastodon.

=mastoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) mastoid. _Apophyse —_; mastoid process.

=mastoïdien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) mastoidean.

=masturbation=, _n.f._, masturbation, self-pollution.

=masturber=, _v.a._, to pollute.

_se_ =masturber=, _v.r._, to commit self-pollution.

=masulipatan=, _n.m._, calico (sort of).

=masure=, _n.f._, ruins; hovel, hut, tumble-down house.

=mat= (mat), =-e=, _adj._, unpolished, dead, dull; flat, insipid; heavy, sodden; (chess) mated, checkmated. _Or —_; unpolished gold. _Coloris —_; dim coloring. _Broderie —e_; heavy embroidery.

=mat= (mat), _n.m._, (chess) mate; (tech.) deadening. _Donner_, _faire_, _échec et —_; to checkmate.

=mât= (mâ) _n.m._, mast; pole. _Le grand —_; the main-mast. _— de perroquet_; top-gallant-mast. _— de beaupré_; bowsprit. _— de misaine_; fore-mast. _— d’artimon_; mizzen-mast. _Bas — de misaine_; lower fore-mast. _Petit — de hune_; top-mast. _— de perroquet de fougue_; mizzen top-mast. _— de perruche_; mizzen top-gallant-mast. _— à pible_; pole mast. _— vertical_; mast on end. _—s inclinés vers l’arrière_; masts hanging abaft. _— d’un brin_; mast of one piece of wood only. _— d’assemblage_; made mast. _— forcé_; mast which is sprung. _— jumelé_, _reclampé_, _renforcé_; mast fished (in a weak place or opposite any spring). _— de pavillon_; ensign staff. _—s de hune de rechange_; spare top-masts. _—s majeurs_; standing masts. _Aller à —s et à cordes_; to scud under bare poles. _—s venus à bas_; disabled masts. _Caler les —s_; to lower the masts. _Lieu d’un —_; station of a mast. _Mettre_, or _guinder_, _les —s de hune_; to heave the top-masts on end. _— de fortune_; jury mast. _— de rechange_; spare mast. _— de cocagne_; greasy pole.

=matador=, _n.m._, matador; matadore (at play); magnate, big wig.

=mâtage=, _n.m._, masting (of a ship).

=matamore=, _n.m._, hector, bully.

=matasse=, _n.f._, raw silk; raw cotton.

☉=matassins=, _n.m.pl._, matachin dance; matachins; (figs.) buffoon.

=maté=, _n.m._, (bot.) maté; Paraguay tea.

=mâté=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) masted. _— en caravelle_; fitted with pole top-masts. _— en chandelier_; masted upright. _— en frégate_; having bent, inclined, masts. _— en vaisseau_; masted as a ship of the line. _— en fourche_; masted with a gaff. _— à pible_; pole-masted. _— en polacre_; masted with three pole masts and square sails. _— en heu_; masted for a sprit. _— en galère_; masted as a galley. _Haut —_, _trop —_; over-masted.

=matelas= (ma-tlâ), _n.m._, mattress; pad; wadding. _— d’un carrosse_; squab, cushion, of a coach. _— de bourre_; flock-bed. _— à air_; air mattress.

=matelasser= (ma-tla-sé), _v.a._, to cover with a mattress, to stuff.

=matelassi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, mattress-maker.

=matelot= (ma-tlô), _n.m._, seaman, sailor; (nav.) consort-ship. _Bon —_; able seaman. _— de première classe_; able-bodied seaman. _— à deniers_; seaman engaged for a specified time. _— à mariage_; seaman engaged for the whole voyage. _Vaisseau —_; good company-keeper.

=matelotage= (ma-tlo-taj), _n.m._, seamanship; seaman’s wages, pay.

=matelote= (ma-tlot), _n.f._, (cook.) matelote, fish-stew. _À la —_; seamanlike, sailor fashion.

=mâter=, _v.a._, to mast; to toss up (the oars). _Machine à —_; sheers. _Machine à — flottante_; sheer-hulk.

=mater=, _v.a._, to mortify, to harass (with corporal hardships); to bring down, to break down, to curb; to subdue, to conquer; to check-mate. _On a bien maté son orgueil_; his pride has been sadly brought down. _On aura de la peine à la —_; she will take some subduing.

=mâtereau=, _n.m._, (nav.) small mast; spar, pole, staff.

=matérialiser=, _v.a._, to materialize.

=matérialisme=, _n.m._, materialism.

=matérialiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, materialist; materialistic.

=matérialité=, _n.f._, materiality.

=matériaux=, _n.m.pl._, materials, material.

=matériel=, =-le=, _adj._, material; coarse, gross, rough; massy, heavy, dull. _Il est —_; he is a matter-of-fact man. _Faux —_; (jur.) forgery.

=matériel=, _n.m._, materials, stock, working-stock; stores, apparatus, fittings, plant. _— d’une armée_; baggage, ammunition, artillery. _— de siège_; siege apparatus. _— d’une imprimerie_; printing-office plant.

=matériellement= (-rièl-mān), _adv._, materially; coarsely, grossly, roughly.

=maternel=, =-le=, _adj._, maternal, motherly. _Parents —s_; relations on the mother’s side. _Langue —le_; mother-tongue.

=maternellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, maternally.

=maternité=, _n.f._, maternity.

=mâteur=, _n.m._, (nav.) mast-maker.

=mathématicien= (-siin), _n.m._, mathematician.

=mathématique=, _n.f._, mathematics. _—s pures_; pure mathematics. _—s mixtes_; mixed mathematics. _Etudier les —_; to study mathematics. [Rarely used in the singular.]

=mathématique=, _adj._, mathematical.

=mathématiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, mathematically.

=matière= (ma-ti-èr), _n.f._, matter; substance, stuff, fluid; subject, cause, reason, motive, grounds; theme, contents. _— brute_, _— première_; raw material. _—s d’or et d’argent_; bullion. _S’élever au-dessus de la —_; to soar above matter. _Donner — à parler_; to give occasion for talking. _En — de_; in point of, in matters of.

=matin=, _n.m._, morning, noon, forenoon; prime, dawn. _Demain —_; to-morrow morning. _Se lever de grand —_; to rise very early. _Un beau —_; some fine day, _or_ one fine morning. _Un de ces quatre —s_; one of these fine days.

=matin=, _adv._, early, early in the morning. _De grand_, or _de bon_, _—_; very early.

=mâtin=, _n.m._, mastiff; rascal, cur. _Mâtin!_ By Jove! _Ce — de_; that scoundrel of, that confounded, that cursed.

=matinal=, =-e=, _adj._, morning; early-rising; early, up early.

=matinalement=, _adv._, early.

=mâtine=, _n.f._, hussy, wench. _Cette — de_; that confounded, _or_ cursed.

=mâtineau=, _n.m._, little mastiff.

=matinée=, _n.f._, morning, forenoon, morning’s work; morning performance. _Dormir_, or _faire_, _la grasse —_; to lie in bed late in the morning, to sleep it out.

=mâtiner=, _v.a._, to serve (of a mastiff); to abuse, to disparage, to snub.

=matines=, _n.f.pl._, matins.

=matineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ (generally), rising early; early riser (of persons).

=matini-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, morning, of the morning. [Only used in: _l’étoile —ère_; the Morning-Star.]

=matir=, _v.a._, to deaden (metals).

=matois=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, cunning, artful, sly, deep; cunning person, sly dog. _C’est un fin —_; he’s an artful blade.

=matoisement=, _adv._, cunningly, slyly.

=matoiserie= (ma-toa-zrî), _n.f._, cunning, slyness.

=matou=, _n.m._, tom-cat; ugly person, monkey, curmudgeon.

=matras= (-trâ), _n.m._, (chem.) matrass.

=matricaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) matricaria, feverfew.

=matrice=, _n.f._, matrix, womb; (com.) matrice; (min.) matrix; standard weight, measure, original register.

=matrice=, _adj._, mother, principal, primitive, unmixed. _Eglise —_; mother-church. _Langue —_; mother-tongue. _Couleurs —s_; primitive, unmixed colors.

=matricide=, _n.m._, matricide.

=matriculaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, matriculate; matriculated.

=matricule=, _n.f._ and _adj._, register, matricula; matriculation, certificate of matriculation; matriculation. _Registre —_; matriculation book.

=matrimonial=, =-e=, _adj._, matrimonial.

=matrone=, _n.f._, matron; ☉midwife.

=matte=, _n.f._, (metal.) matt. _pl._, clotted milk, curds.

=maturati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) maturative.

=maturatif=, _n.m._, (med.) maturant.

=maturation=, _n.f._, maturation, ripening.

=mâture=, _n.f._, masting, masts, mast-store; wood for masts, sheer-hack, sheers.

=maturité=, _n.f._, maturity, ripeness, completion; consideration. _Avec —_; maturely, with consideration.

=matutinal=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) matutinal.

=maubèche=, _n.f._, (orni.) knot, sandpiper.

=maudire= (maudissant, maudit), _v.a._, to curse, to imprecate, to rue.

=maudissable=, _adj._, execrable, detestable.

=maudit=, =-e=, _part._, cursed, accursed, outcast, wretched. _— soit le maladroit!_ deuce take the clumsy fool! _— soit...!_ cursed be...! confound...!

=maugréer=, _v.n._, to fret and fume, to curse and swear; to grumble.

=maupiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._, ☉cruel, pitiless. _Faire le —_; to look miserable (without cause).

=maure=, _n.m._ _V._ =more=.

=mauresque=, _adj._ _V._ =moresque=.

=mauricaud=, _adj._ _V._ =moricaud=.

=mausolée=, _n.m._, mausoleum.

=maussade=, _adj._, sulky, sullen, cross, disagreeable; unpleasant, dull, tedious; awkward; slovenly, clumsy.

=maussadement= (mô-sad-mān), _adv._, disagreeably, sullenly, peevishly.

=maussaderie= (mô-sa-drî), _n.f._, unpleasantness, sullenness, sulkiness.

=mauvais=, =-e=, _adj._, bad, ill, evil; mischievous, ill-natured; injurious; wrong, amiss; unpleasant; contrary, adverse; (print.) battered (of letters); unhandsome. _—e nouvelle_; bad news. _— livre_; mischievous, wretched book. _Avoir —e mine_; to look ill. _Prendre quelque chose en —e part_; to take a thing ill, in a bad sense, _or_ in bad part. _—e tête_; hot-headed person. _— sujet_; worthless fellow, rascal, scoundrel.

=mauvais=, _n.m._, bad. _Il faut prendre le bon et le —_; one must take the good with the bad.

=mauvais=, _adv._, bad, wrong. _Sentir —_; to have a bad smell. _Il fait —_; it is bad weather. _Trouver — que_; to take it ill that.

=mauve=, _n.f._, mallow; (orni.) sea-gull, sea-mew.

=mauviette=, _n.f._, lark; field-lark; lath (thin person); poor stick.

=mauvis=, _n.m._, (orni.) mavis, redwing, throstle.

=maxillaire=, _adj._, pertaining to the jaw, maxillary.

=maxime=, _n.f._, maxim. _Tenir pour — de_; to hold it as a maxim to.

=maximum=, _n.m._ (_—s_), (math.) (maxima), highest, height, maximum; acme; (com.) the highest price.

=mayonnaise=, _n.f._, (cook.) mayonnaise.

=mazagran=, _n.m._, coffee in a glass (named after the once famous Café Mazagran).

=mazette=, _n.f._, tit, poor hack (sorry horse); milksop, poor creature; dull-head, duffer (at games). _—!_ (int.) zounds! you don’t say so!

=md.=, (ab. of Marchand) shopkeeper.

=mde.=, (ab. of Marchande) shopkeeper.

=me=, _pron._, me; to me _or_ at me. _Il — blâme_; he blames me. _Vous — parlez_; you speak to me. _— voici_; here I am.

=meâ-culpâ=, _n.m._, (_—_) expression taken from the Confiteor. _Dire_, _faire_, _son —_; to repent; to confess one’s faults.

=méandre=, _n.m._, meander, winding.

=méat=, _n.m._, (anat.) meatus, duct, passage.

=mécanicien= (-in), _n.m._, mechanician; machinist, mechanic; engine-maker; engine-man; engine-driver. _Ingénieur —_; mechanical engineer. _Serruries —_; manufacturing locksmith.

=mécanique=, _n.f._, mechanics; mechanism; machine, machinery, piece of machinery; brake. _Serrer la —_; to put on the brake.

=mécanique=, _adj._, mechanic, mechanical, machine-made.