Part 104

_se_ =méprendre=, _v.r._, to mistake; to make a mistake; to be mistaken; to be under a mistake; to misapprehend; (fig.) to forget one’s self, to be wanting in respect. _Vous vous méprenez_; you mistake; you forget yourself. _C’est à ne pas s’y —_; you cannot make a mistake. _C’est son père, à s’y —_; you would easily take him for his father; he is the dead-spit of his father.

=mépris=, _n.m._, contempt, scorn, contumely. _pl._, contumelious language, contemptuous treatment. _Avoir du — pour quelqu’un_; to feel contempt for any one. _Au — des lois_; in defiance of the laws. _Témoigner du — pour_; to evince contempt for. _Tomber dans le —_; to fall into contempt. _La familiarité engendre le —_; familiarity breeds contempt.

=méprisable=, _adj._, contemptible, despicable.

=méprisablement=, _adv._, despicably.

=méprisant=, =-e=, _adj._, contemptuous, scornful.

=méprise=, _n.f._, mistake, oversight, misunderstanding; misapprehension; error. _Lourde —_; gross mistake. _Faire une grande —_; to make a great mistake.

=mépriser=, _v.a._, to contemn, to despise, to scorn; to slight; to set at naught; to undervalue; to disregard.

=mer= (mèr), _n.f._, sea, deep, ocean, main; tide, water; jar (frequently replenished). _La haute —_; main sea; high sea; high water. _— basse_; shallow sea, low water. _Port de —_; sea-port. _Un coup de —_; (nav.) a sea. _Homme de —_; seafaring man. _Loup de —_; expert seaman, Jack Tar; old salt. _D’outre-—_; beyond the seas. _En pleine —_; on the open sea, on the high seas. _Chercher quelqu’un par — et par terre_; to look for any one high and low. _C’est la — à boire_; it is an endless task, an impossibility. _Porter de l’eau à la —_; to carry coals to Newcastle. _La — est belle_; the sea is smooth. _Tenir la —_; to keep at sea. _Tenir bien la —_; to be a good sea-boat. _Jeter_, _tomber_, _à la —_; to throw, to fall, overboard. _Embarquer un coup de —_; to ship a sea. _Gros coup de —_; heavy sea. _Mettre à la —_; to put to sea. _Pouvoir tenir la —_; (nav.) to be seaworthy (of a ship). _En —_; at sea. _Prendre la —_; to go to sea. _Mal de —_; seasickness. _Il y avait beaucoup_ or _pas mal de —_; there was a good sea on. _Ecumeur de —_; sea-rover. _Entouré par la —_; sea-girt. _Apporté par —_; sea-borne.

=mercadet=, _n.m._, jobber.

=mercantile=, _adj._, mercantile, commercial; (fig.) grasping, sordid.

*=mercantille=, _n.f._, (l.u.) petty trading; hucksterage.

=mercenaire=, _adj._, mercenary, venal.

=mercenaire=, _n.m._, mercenary, hireling.

=mercenairement= (-nèr-mān), _adv._, mercenarily.

=mercerie=, _n.f._, mercery, haberdashery.

=merci=, _n.f._ (_n.p._), mercy, discretion, will, pleasure. _Crier —_; to cry for mercy. _Don d’amoureuse —_; lady’s favors. _Se mettre_, or _être_, _à la — de quelqu’un_; to be, to place one’s self, at any one’s mercy, discretion.

=merci=, _n.m._, thanks; thank you. _Dieu —_; thank God! _Grand —!_ much obliged! _Sa —_; (old) thanks to him.

=merci=, _adv._, thank you, I have had quite enough, I’d rather not.

=merci-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, mercer, haberdasher. _Petit —_; haberdasher.

=mercredi=, _n.m._, Wednesday. _— des Cendres_; Ash-Wednesday.

=mercure=, _n.m._, (astron.) Mercury; quick-silver.

=mercuriale=, _n.f._, harangue, lecture, reprimand, curtain lecture, censure, rebuke; rating; averages, average prices of grain; (bot.) mercurialis.

=mercuriel=, =-le=, _adj._, mercurial. _Onguent —_; mercurial ointment.

=merde=, _n.f._, dirt, dung; excrements (of man and animals). _—!_ you be blowed!

=mère=, _n.f._, mother; (of animals) dam; (fig.) cause, source, reason. _Belle-—_, (_—s-—s_) mother-in-law; step-mother. _Grand’—_, (_— —s_), (pop.) _—-grand_, (_—s-—_) grandmother. _Dure-—_, (_n.p._) dura mater. _Pie-—_, (_n.p._) pia mater. _Eau —_; mother water. _L’oisiveté est la — de tous les vices_; idleness is the mother of all vices. _— nourrice_; foster-mother. _La — patrie_; the mother-country. _Notre — commune_; our mother-earth.

=mère=, _adj._, mother; chief, primitive. _— goutte_; unpressed wine. _— laine_; fine wool.

=méreau=, _n.m._, counter, ticket, check.

=mérelle=, _n.f._ _V._ =marelle=.

=méridien= (-in), _n.m._, meridian.

=méridien=, =-ne=, _adj._, meridian.

=méridienne= (-di-è-n), _n.f._, siesta, afternoon nap; meridian line. _Faire la —_; to take an afternoon nap.

=méridional=, =-e=, _adj._, meridional, southern.

=méringue= (-ringh), _n.f._, meringue (cake).

=mérinos= (-nôs), _n.m._, merino sheep; merino (stuff).

=merise=, _n.f._, wild cherry.

=merisier=, _n.m._, wild cherry-tree.

=méritant=, =-e=, _adj._, meritorious, worthy, deserving.

=mérite=, _n.m._, merit, worth; desert, talent, attainments. _Il sera traité selon ses —s_; he shall be dealt with according to his deserts. _Se donner le — de quelque chose_; to assume the merit of anything. _Se faire un — de_; to make a merit of. _Remplir son —_; to act up to one’s reputation.

=mériter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to deserve, to merit; to earn; to procure, to gain; to need, to require. _Il mérite d’être récompensé_; he deserves to be rewarded. _Cette nouvelle mérite confirmation_; that news requires confirmation. _Cela ne mérite pas qu’on en parle_; that is not worth mentioning.

=mérithalle=, _n.m._, (bot.) internode.

=méritoire=, _adj._, meritorious.

=méritoirement= (-toâr-mān), _adv._, meritoriously.

=merlan=, _n.m._, (ich.) whiting; (b.s.) journeyman hair-dresser.

=merle=, _n.m._, (orni.) blackbird. _— aquatique_; water-ouzel. _C’est un fin —_; he is a cunning blade _or_ fellow. _Dénicheur de —s_; person not to be trusted. _On ne prend pas les vieux —s à la pipée_; old birds are not to be caught with chaff.

=merlette=, _n.f._, (her.) martlet, hen blackbird.

=merlin=, _n.m._, (nav.) marline; cudgel; cleaver, chopper, pole-ax (tool).

=merlon=, _n.m._, (fort.) merlon.

=merluche=, _n.f._, (ich.) dried haddock; stockfish; salt-cod.

=merlus=, _n.m._, hake; haddock.

=merrain=, _n.m._, broad lath, planks, stave-wood, (hunt.) horn (of deer); (cooperage) clap-board.

*=merveille=, _n.f._, wonder, marvel, miracle, prodigy. _À —_; admirably done, wonderfully well, capitally. _Faire des —s_; to perform wonders. _Promettre monts et —s_; to promise wonders. _Mes affaires vont à —_; my affairs are going on admirably, swimmingly. _Se porter à —_; to be in splendid health, to be very fit.

*=merveilleuse=, _n.f._, affected lady.

*=merveilleusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, wonderfully, admirably; wonderfully well.

*=merveilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, wonderful, wondrous, marvelous; remarkable.

*=merveilleux=, _n.m._, wonderful, marvelous part; marvelous, exquisite; coxcomb, swell, dandy, beau.

=mes= (mè), _adj.m.f.pl._, my.

=mésadvenir= _or_ =mésavenir=, _v.imp._, (l.u.) to come to any harm, to turn out ill.

=mésair= _or_ =mézair=, _n.m._, (man.) prancing.

=mesaise=, _n.m._, uncomfortableness, uneasiness.

=mésalliance=, _n.f._, misalliance, disparagement, bad match.

=mésallier=, _v.a._, to disparage; to marry (beneath one); (fig.) to lower, to degrade.

_se_ =mésallier=, _v.a._, to disparage one’s self; to lower _or_ degrade one’s self; to contract a misalliance; to marry beneath one.

=mésange=, _n.f._, titmouse, tomtit, tit.

=mésangette=, _n.f._, bird trap.

=mésarriver= _or_ =mésavenir=, _v.imp._, to come to any harm, to happen unluckily, to turn out ill.

=mésaventure=, _n.f._, mischance, mishap, misadventure.

=mésembryanthème=, _n.m._, (bot.) fig-marigold.

=mésentère=, _n.m._, (anat.) mesentery.

=mésentérique=, _adj._, (anat.) mesenteric.

=mésestime=, _n.f._, bad opinion, disesteem; disfavor, discredit, disrepute.

=mésestimer=, _v.a._, to disesteem, to undervalue, to depreciate, to despise.

=mésintelligence=, _n.f._, misunderstanding, variance, disagreement.

=mésinterprétation=, _n.f._, misinterpretation, misconstruction.

=mésinterpréter=, _v.a._, to misinterpret, to misconstrue.

=mesmérisme=, _n.m._, mesmerism.

=mésoffrir=, _v.n._, to underbid.

=mesquin=, =-e=, _adj._, mean, shabby; paltry, poor, pitiful; niggardly, illiberal.

=mesquinement= (-ki-n-mān), _adv._, shabbily, meanly.

=mesquinerie= (-ki-n-rî), _n.f._, meanness, shabbiness; mean _or_ paltry thing; stinginess, paltriness.

=mess=, _n.f._, (_—_) (milit.) mess, officers’ table.

=message=, _n.m._, message; errand.

=messag-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, messenger, fore-runner, harbinger; carrier. _Les hirondelles sont les —ères du printemps_; swallows are the fore-runners _or_ harbingers of spring.

=messagerie= (mé-sa-jri), _n.f._, stage-coach office; stage-coach, coach, stage; carriage of goods; goods traffic, goods department. _—s liners_; steam packets.

=messaline=, _n.f._, dissolute woman, strumpet.

=messe=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) mass. _— haute_, _grand’—_ (_—-—s_); high mass, grand mass. _Petite —_, _— basse_; low mass. _— des morts_, _— de requiem_; mass for the dead. _— de minuit_; midnight service. _— du Saint Esprit_; invocation. _Livre des —_; prayer-book, church-service. _Près du moutier a — le dernier_; the nearer the church, the farther from God.

=messéance=, _n.f._, unseemliness, unbecomingness.

=messéant=, =-e=, _adj._, unseemly, unbecoming.

=messeigneurs=, _n.m.pl._, my lords.

=messeoir= (mé-soâr), _v.n._, to be unbecoming; not to befit, to ill-become.

=messidor=, _n.m._, Messidor, the tenth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from June 19th to July 18th.

=messie=, _n.m._, Messiah.

=messier=, _n.m._, keeper of standing crops, of vineyards.

=messieurs= (mè-sieû), _n.m.pl._, gentlemen, Messrs.

=messin=, =-e=, _adj._, native of Metz.

=messire jean=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a variety of pear.

=mestre=, _n.m._ (nav.). _V._ =meistre=.

☉=mestre de camp=, _n.m._, colonel (of a horse or infantry regiment). _— général_; brigadier-general.

☉=mestre de camp=, _n.f._, the first company of a regiment.

=mesurable=, _adj._, measurable.

=mesurage=, _n.m._, measurement, measuring; gauging, surveying, metage.

=mesure=, _n.f._, measure, gauge, standard; dimension; (mus.) measure, bar; (fenc.) proper distance; (poet.) meter, measure; bound; extent, limit, compass; moderation, prudence; precaution; decorum; calculation, reckoning; propriety. _Il a comblé la —_; he has heaped up the measure. _Au fur et à — que_; in proportion as; according to. _Observer la —_; to keep time. _Battre la —_; to beat time. _Chanter_, or _aller_, _en —_; to keep time in singing. _Ne point garder de — avec une personne_; to have no regard, no consideration, for a person. _Cette idée passe la — de son esprit_; that idea is beyond the compass of his intellect. _Outre —_; excessively, beyond measure. _À — que_; in proportion as. _À —_; in proportion, accordingly. _À la —_; by measure, on draught. _A — que l’un avançait, l’autre reculait_; as one advanced, the other retired. _Vous n’avez qu’à travailler, et on vous paiera à —_; you need only work, and you’ll be paid accordingly. _Sans —_; beyond all measure, immeasurably, unguardedly. _Se mettre en — de_; to prepare to do anything, to get ready, to arrange. _Prendre ses —s_; to take one’s precautions.

=mesuré=, =-e=, _part._, measured, regular; cautious; circumspect, guarded, prudent. _Il est très — dans ses discours_; he is very guarded in what he says.

=mesurer=, _v.a._, to measure, to gauge; to proportion, to survey, to compare, to consider, to weigh, to examine. _— les autres à son aune_; to measure other people’s corn by one’s own bushel. _À brebis tondue Dieu mesure le vent_; God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. _— ses discours_; to be cautious in what one says.

_se_ =mesurer=, _v.r._, to measure one’s self; to be measured; to vie, to contend, to cope with; to try one’s strength; to measure swords.

=mesureur=, _n.m._, measurer, meter, gauger.

=mésusage=, _n.m._, misuse, abuse.

=mésuser=, _v.n._, to misuse, to abuse.

=métabole=, _n.f._, (rhet.) metabola.

=métacarpe=, _n.m._, (anat.) metacarpus.

=métacarpien=, =-ne=, _adj._, metacarpal.

=métacentre=, _n.m._, (geom. nav.) metacenter.

=métachronisme= (-kro-), _n.m._, metachronism.

=métacisme=, _n.m._, metacism.

=métairie=, _n.f._, land (held on condition that the landlord shall receive half the produce); small farm, dairy-farm; farmhouse.

=métal=, _n.m._, metal, ore. _— vierge_; native ore. _— blanc anglais_; Britannia metal. _— blanc d’Alger_; nickel silver, German silver. _— appliqué sur un autre_; charge. _— précieux_; precious metal.

=métalepse=, _n.f._, (rhet.) metalepsis.

=métallifère= (-tal-li-), _adj._, metalliferous.

=métallique= (-tal-lik), _adj._, metallic.

☉=métallique=, _n.f._ _V._ =métallurgie=.

=métallisation= (-tal-li-), _n.f._, (chem.) metallization.

=métalliser= (-tal-li-), _v.a._, (chem.) to metallize.

=métallographie= (-tal-lo-), _n.f._, metallography.

=métalloïde=, _n.m._, (chem.) metalloid.

=métallurgie= (-tal-lur-), _n.f._, metallurgy.

=métallurgique= (-tal-lur-), _adj._, metallurgic.

=métallurgiste= (-tal-lur-), _n.m._, metallurgist.

=métamorphique=, _adj._, metamorphic.

=métamorphisme=, _n.m._, metamorphism.

=métamorphose=, _n.f._, metamorphosis, transformation.

=métamorphoser=, _v.a._, to metamorphose, to transform.

_se_ =métamorphoser=, _v.r._, to metamorphose one’s self; to be, _or_ become, metamorphosed; to change, to alter; to become changed.

=métaphore=, _n.f._, (rhet.) metaphor.

=métaphorique=, _adj._, metaphorical.

=métaphoriquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, metaphorically.

=métaphrase=, _n.f._, metaphrase.

=métaphraste=, _n.m._, metaphrast.

=métaphysicien= (-in), _n.m._, metaphysician.

=métaphysique=, _n.f._, metaphysics.

=métaphysique=, _adj._, metaphysical.

=métaphysiquement= (-zik-mān), _adv._, metaphysically.

=métaphysiquer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to subtilize.

=métaplasme=, _n.m._, (gram.) metaplasm.

=métastase=, _n.f._, (med.) metastasis.

=métatarse=, _n.m._, (anat.) metatarsus.

=métathèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) metathesis.

=métayage=, _n.m._, leasing of farms (on condition of giving to the owner half the produce).

=métay-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, metayer, farmer; small farmer, dairy farmer; (_f._) farmer’s wife.

*=méteil=, _n.m._, meslin, maslin (mixture of wheat and rye). _Passe-—_; wheat-rye.

*=méteil=, _adj._, of wheat mixed with rye.

=métempsycose=, _n.f._, metempsychosis, transmigration of souls.

=métempsycosiste=, _n.m.f._, one who believes in metempsychosis.

=métemptose=, _n.f._, (astron.) metemptosis.

=météore=, _n.m._, meteor, fire-ball.

=météorique=, _adj._, meteoric.

=météorisation=, _n.f._, (vet.) wind, flatulence.

=météorisé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) flatulent, distended.

=météorolithe=, _n.m._, meteorite, aerolite.

=météorologie=, _n.f._, meteorology.

=météorologique=, _adj._, meteorological.

=méthode=, _n.f._, method, system; custom, way. _Cet homme a une étrange —_; that man has a strange way with him.

=méthodique=, _adj._, methodical, systematical.

=méthodiquement= (-dik-mān), _adv._, methodically, systematically.

=méthodisme=, _n.m._, methodism.

=méthodiste=, _n.m.f._, methodist.

=méticuleusement=, _adv._, fastidiously, minutely, nicely.

=méticuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, over-scrupulous, fastidious, nice.

=métier= (-tié), _n.m._, trade, handicraft, business, calling, craft, profession; loom, frame; framework. _— à bas_; stocking-frame. _— à tisser_; power frame. _— à broder_; tambour-frame. _— à la main_; hand-loom. _De son —_; by trade, by profession. _Homme de —_; mechanic, handicraftsman. _Avoir le cœur au —_; to have one’s heart in anything. _Il n’a pas le cœur au —_; his heart is not in it. _Le — des armes_; the profession of arms. _Il est du —_; he is in the same trade, he belongs to the same fraternity; he is of the craft. _C’est un tour de son —_; that’s a trick of his. _Jouer_, or _servir_, _un tour de son —_; to play a trick. _Chacun son —, et les vaches sont bien gardées_; every one to his trade. _Faire — de_; to make a trade of. _Faire au —_; to work on a frame. _Corps de —_; corporation, guild. _Sur le —_; (fig.) on the stocks.

=méti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ _V._ =métis=.

=métis= (-tîs), =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, creole, mongrel; of mongrel breed, half-bred, cross-bred; hybrid; mixed. _Toile —se_; union cloth. _Se tenir —_; (fig.) to trim one’s sails; to steer a middle course (Montaigne).

=métissage=, _n.m._, cross-breeding.

=métisser=, _v.a._, to cross (animals).

=métonomasie=, _n.f._, metonomasy.

=métonymie=, _n.f._, (rhet.) metonymy.

=métope=, _n.f._, (arch.) metope.

=métoposcopie=, _n.f._, metoposcopy.

=métoposcopique=, _adj._, metoposcopical.

=mètre=, _n.m._, meter (1.093633 yards); (poet.) meter.

=métrer=, _v.a._, to measure (by the meter).

=métreur=, _n.m._, (arch.) measurer; appraiser, valuer.

=métrique=, _n.f._, scansion, versification.

=métrique=, _adj._, metrical.

=métrologie=, _n.f._, metrology.

=métromane=, _n.m.f._, metromaniac.

=métromanie=, _n.f._, metromania.

=métropole=, _n.f._, mother country, metropolis, capital, metropolitan see.

=métropolitain=, =-e=, _adj._, metropolitan. _Eglise —e_; mother-church.

=métropolitain=, _n.m._, metropolitan, bishop, archbishop; underground railway (in Paris).

=métrorrhagie=, _n.f._, (med.) metrorrhagia, uterine hemorrhage.

=mets= (mê), _n.m._, dish, food, viands.

=mettable=, _adj._, fit to be worn, wearable.

=metteur=, _n.m._, putter, layer. _— en œuvre_; setter, mounter (of jewels). _— en pages_; (print.) maker-up, clicker. _— en scène_; getter up (of plays); stage manager. _— au point_; carver.

=mettre= (mettant, mis), _v.a._, to put, to put out, to put in, to invest (money); to put on, to wear; to place, to lay, to set; to bring; to reduce, to carry; to employ; to contribute, to devote, to give; to stake, to bid. _— au jour_; to bring to light; to give birth to. _— à jour_; to bring up to date. _— en ordre_; to set in order. _— la charrue devant les bœufs_; to put the cart before the horse. _— des paroles en musique_; to set words to music. _— de la prose en vers_; to turn prose into verse. _— du fard_, _du rouge_; to paint one’s face. _— par écrit_; to put _or_ set down in writing. _— une chose au net_; to make a fair copy. _— un habit_; to put on a coat. _— le couvert_; to lay the cloth. _— un officier aux arrêts_; to put an officer under arrest. _— quelqu’un en état de_; to enable any one to. _— une chose en tête à quelqu’un_; to persuade any one to do a thing, to suggest the doing of anything. _— un livre au jour_; to publish a book. _— un vaisseau à l’eau_; to launch a ship. _— quelqu’un à la besace_; to reduce any one to beggary. _— un arrêt à exécution_; to execute a decree. _— bas_; to bring forth, to litter. _— quelqu’un dehors_; to turn any one out of doors. _— quelqu’un au fait_; to inform any one of a thing, of what is going on, of the state of matters. _— quelqu’un à l’amende_; to fine any one. _— quelqu’un à la raison_; to bring any one to reason. _— deux personnes mal ensemble_; to set two persons by the ears. _— une affaire en compromis_; to submit a thing to arbitration. _— quelqu’un en peine_; to make any one uneasy. _— quelqu’un en colère_; to put any one into a passion. _— quelqu’un au désespoir_; to drive any one to despair. _— ordre à ses affaires_; to put one’s affairs in order. _Il met son nez partout_; he thrusts his nose everywhere. _— en pages_; (print.) to make up, to click. _— du sien_; to contribute something; to invest some money; to make concessions; to meet half way; to give a helping hand. _Mettez cinq cents francs_; make it a hundred dollars.

_se_ =mettre=, _v.r._, to put _or_ place one’s self; to sit down; to stand, to lie down; to dress; to begin; to set about; to take to, to apply one’s self to, to get into; to spread, to break out. _Se — à table_; to sit down to table. _Se — à la fenêtre_; to place one’s self at the window. _Se — en danger_; to get into danger. _Se — en colère_; to get into a passion. _Se — sur son quant-à-soi_; to give one’s self airs. _Se — dans le commerce_; to turn tradesman; to take to trade. _Se — à son aise_; to take one’s ease. _Se — sur les rangs pour une charge_; to enter as a candidate for a place. _Se — en voyage_; to set out upon a journey. _Se — en route_, _en chemin_, _en marche_; to start, to go forward, to make a move. _Se — bien_; to dress well. _Se — mal avec quelqu’un_; to fall out with any one. _Se — en tête_; to take it into one’s head. _Se — bien avec_; to get on good terms with. _Se — mal avec_; to quarrel with, to fall out with. _La peste se mit dans l’armée_; the plague broke out in the army. _Il se met à tout_; he turns his hand to everything. _Se — à parler_; to begin to speak. _S’y —_; to set about it, to turn to, to buckle to.

=mettre=, _v.n._, to set, to put. _— en mer_; to put to sea.

=meublant=, =-e=, _adj._, serving to furnish; fit for furniture. _Meubles —s_; movables, house-hold goods.

=meuble=, _n.m._, piece of furniture; utensil. _pl._, furniture, household goods, belongings. _— de famille_; heirloom. _— à demeure fixe_; fixture. _Se mettre dans ses —s_; to furnish apartments of one’s own, to set up a house.

=meuble=, _adj._, movable; personal. _Biens —s et immeubles_; personal property. _Terre —_; light mellow land.

=meublé=, =-e=, _part._, furnished. _Être bien —_; to have one’s house, one’s rooms, well furnished. _Avoir la bouche bien —e_; to have a fine set of teeth.

=meubler=, _v.a._, to furnish, to stock, to store. _— sa mémoire_; to store one’s memory. _— une maison_; to furnish a house. _— une ferme_; to stock a farm.

_se_ =meubler=, _v.r._, to get furniture of one’s own.

=meubler=, _v.n._, to look well, to be ornamental.

=meuglement=, _n.m._ _V._ =beuglement=.

=meugler=, _v.n._ _V._ =beugler=.

=meulard=, _n.m._, large millstone; grindstone.

=meule=, _n.f._, millstone; grindstone; burr; base (of a deer’s head); (agri.) cock, stack, rick; (ich.) sun-fish. _— inférieure_, _— gisante_; nether millstone, bedder. _— supérieure_; upper millstone, runner. _Pierre à —s_; burrstone. _— de fromage_; round flat cheese.

=meulerie=, _n.f._, millstone _or_ grindstone yard.

=meulier=, _n.m._, millstone _or_ grindstone maker.

=meulière=, _n.f._ and _adj._, millstone, burrstone, millstone-quarry. _Pierre —_; millstone.

=meulon=, _n.m._, stubble-stack _or_ rick; cock (of hay); haulm-stack; shock _or_ stock (of corn).

=meunerie= (meû-n-rî), _n.f._, miller’s trade; flour mill.

=meunier=, _n.m._, miller; (ich.) chub. _Se faire d’évêque —_; (fig.) to come down in the world.

=meunière=, _n.f._, miller’s wife; (orni.) long-tailed titmouse.

=meurt de faim=, _n.m._, (_—_) half-starved wretch.

=meurt de soif=, _n.m.f._, drunkard.

=meurtre=, _n.m._, murder, manslaughter, homicide; sin, great shame, great pity. _Crier au —_; to cry murder; to complain bitterly. _Au —!_ murder!

=meurtri=, =-e=, _part._, bruised, black and blue, contused. _Il est tout — de coups_; he is covered with bruises.

=meurtri-er=, =-ère=, _n._ and _adj._, assassin, murderer; murderess; murdering, murderous, deadly; bloody; killing, homicidal.

=meurtrière=, _n.f._, (fort.) loophole.

=meurtrir=, _v.a._, to bruise, to contuse, to make black and blue; (fig.) to supple (leather); to soften (colors).

=meurtrissure=, _n.f._, bruise, contusion.

=meute=, _n.f._, pack (of hounds). _Chef de —_; whipper-in, leader of the band.

☉=mévendre=, _v.a._, to undersell.

=mévente=, _n.f._, ☉underselling; (com.) not selling, lack of sale.

=mézair=, _n.m._ _V._ =mésair=.

=mézéréon=, _n.m._, (bot.) mezereon.

=mezzanine=, _n.f._, (arch.) mezzanine.

=mezzo-termine=, _n.m._, (_—_) medium, middle course; mean.

=mezzotinto=, _n.m._, (_—_) mezzotint.

=mgr.=, (ab. of _Monseigneur_) my lord.