Part 107

=monter=, _v.a._, to mount, to carry up, to lift up; to make up; to raise, to prepare; to wind up; to equip, to furnish, to stock; to mount, to ride; to put together; to furnish, to supply. _— une montre_; to wind up a watch. _— un diamant_; to set a diamond. _— sa lyre_; to tune one’s lyre. _— le gouvernail_; to hang the rudder. _— un vaisseau_; to have the command of a vessel. _— un canot_; to man a boat. _— la garde_; to mount guard. _— un cheval_; to mount a horse; to train a horse. _Faire —_; to send up, to store up; to take up, to bring up.

_se_ =monter=, _v.r._, to amount; to rise; to be _or_ to get excited; to supply one’s self, to take in a stock, a supply (of).

=monteur=, _n.m._, setter, mounter (of jewels).

=montfaucon=, _n.m._, (near Paris) the gibbet, the gallows.

=montgolfière=, _n.f._, fire-balloon.

=monticule=, _n.m._, hillock, knoll.

=montie= (-tî), _n.f._, (bot.). _V._ =mouron=.

=mont-joie=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) title of the first king at arms in France; ancient war-cry of the French.

☉=mont-joie=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) cairn.

=montoir=, _n.m._, mounting, riding; horse-block; near side. _Côté du —_; near side. _Côté hors —_; off-side. _Difficile_, _doux au —_; difficult, easy to mount _or_ ride.

=montrable=, _adj._, showable, presentable.

=montre=, _n.f._, watch; sample; show, pattern, parade; show-case, show-window, exhibition. _— à réveil_; alarum-watch. _— marine_; chronometer. _— à répétition_; repeating-watch, repeater. _— à double boîte_; double-cased watch. _— à savonnette_; hunting-watch. _— détraquée_; watch out of order. _Boîte de —_; watch-case. _Il est une heure à ma —_; it is one o’clock by my watch. _Faire — de son esprit_; to show off one’s wit. _En —_; prominently; (com.) in the window. _Affiche de —_; show-card.

=montrer=, _v.a._, to show, to exhibit, to point out; to teach; to set forth, to intimate. _— une chose au doigt_; to point out a thing. _— la porte à quelqu’un_; to show any one the door. _— quelqu’un du doigt_; to point one’s finger at any one. _Se faire — du doigt_; to get pointed at. _Cela montre la corde_; that is threadbare.

_se_ =montrer=, _v.r._, to show one’s self; to appear; to prove one’s self to be; to look; to turn out.

=montreur=, _n.m._, shower, showman.

=montueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, hilly, mountainous.

=monture=, _n.f._, animal for riding; nag; mounting, setting (of gems); head-stall (of a bridle). _— d’un fusil_; stock of a gun. _— d’éperon_; spur leather. _Qui veut aller loin ménage sa —_; (prov.) he who wishes to live long, avoids excess.

=monument=, _n.m._, monument; tomb; memorial.

=monumental=, =-e=, _adj._, monumental.

=moquable=, _adj._, laughable, ridiculous.

=moque=, _n.f._, (local) mug; (nav.) dead-eye, dead-block. _— à un trou_; heart. _— de civadière de trélingage_; sprit-sail sheet-block.

_se_ =moquer=, _v.r._, to mock, to jeer, to deride, to make game of, to make fun of, to make a fool of, to ridicule, to laugh at; to set at defiance, to disregard; to jest; to scoff at. _On s’est moqué de lui_; they laughed at him. _Se faire — de soi_; to get laughed at. _Je m’en moque_; what do I care. _Je ne m’en moque pas mal_; I don’t care a straw. _Vous vous moquez, je pense_; you are in jest, I suppose.

=moquerie= (mo-krî), _n.f._, mockery, scoff, scorn, jeer, derision, jest.

=moquette=, _n.f._, Wilton carpet; velvet pile; decoy-bird.

=moqueu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, mocking, sneering, scornful, jeering, deriding.

=moqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, derider, mocker, scoffer, quiz, wag. _— d’Amérique_; mocking-bird.

*=morailles=, _n.f.pl._, horse-twitchers.

*=moraillon=, _n.m._, hasp, clasp.

=moraine=, _n.f._, (geol.) moraine.

=moral=, =-e=, _adj._, moral, mental.

=moral=, _n.m._, mental faculties, mind; spirit, morale, spirits (of troops, etc.). _Il faut vous remonter le —_; you must cheer up _or_ shake off your depression of spirits.

=morale=, _n.f._, ethics; morals, moral philosophy, morality; rebuke, lecture. _Il faut lui faire une bonne —_; you must give him a good lecture. _Faire de la —_; to moralize, to lecture.

=moralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, morally.

=moralisation=, _n.f._, moralization.

=moraliser=, _v.n._, to moralize.

=moraliseur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) moralizer.

=moraliste=, _n.m._, moralist, moralizer.

=moralité=, _n.f._, morality, morals; moral reflection; moral sense _or_ responsibility.

=moraves=, _adj._, Moravian brethren. _V._ =hernutes=.

=morbide=, _adj._, (paint., sculpt.) soft, delicate; (med.) morbid.

=morbidesse=, _n.f._, (paint.) morbidezza; suppleness, ease, elegance of attitude, manners, gait; softness, delicacy.

=morbifique=, _adj._, morbific.

=morbleu!= _int._, zounds!

=morce=, _n.f._, curb-stone, binding-stone.

=morceau=, _n.m._, bit, piece, morsel, fragment, snack, mouthful. _— délicat_ or _bon —_; tit-bit. _Aimer les bons —x_; to love good things. _Il a ses —x taillés_; he has just enough to live on _or_ he must not go beyond his orders. _Manger un —_; to eat a morsel, a mouthful. _— d’ensemble_; (mus.) concerted piece. _Mettre en —x_; to tear to pieces.

=morceler=, _v.a._, to parcel, to parcel out, to partition, to cut up; to mangle.

_se_ =morceler=, _v.r._, to be parceled out.

=morcellement= (-sèl-man), _n.m._, dividing into parcels, parceling out, partition, subdivision.

=mordache=, _n.f._, rice-chops, tongs; gag.

=mordacité=, _n.f._, mordacity, corrosiveness; virulency, bitterness, sarcasm, causticity.

=mordant=, =-e=, _adj._, biting; cutting, sarcastic, keen, sharp; poignant. _Style —_; sarcastic, cutting style.

=mordant=, _n.m._, (dy. gilding) mordant; sarcasm, keenness, point.

=mordicant=, =-e=, _adj._, mordant, corrosive; biting, acrid, pungent.

=mordicus= (-kus), _adv._, tenaciously, stoutly, doggedly.

☉=mordienne= (-di-èn), _n.f._, only used in the phrase _À la grosse —_; unceremoniously, bluntly.

=mordieu=, _int._, zounds! s’death!

*=mordiller=, _v.a._, to nibble, to bite at, to gnaw.

=mordoré=, =-e=, _adj._, reddish brown.

=mordorure=, _n.f._, reddish brown (color).

=mordre=, _v.a._, to bite, to nibble; to corrode, to gnaw; to carp at, to find fault with. _— la poussière_; to bite the dust. _Chien qui aboie ne mord pas_; barking dogs do not bite.

_se_ =mordre=, _v.r._, to bite one’s self. _Se — la langue_, _les lèvres_; to bite one’s tongue, one’s lip; (fig.) to repent, to be annoyed. _S’en — les doigts_; to repent of anything.

=mordre=, _v.n._, to bite, to nibble; to eat away; to hold fast, to take effect, to take to, to like; to get on with, to come at; to criticize; to censure; (print.) to cover. _Je n’ai jamais pu — au Latin_; I was never able to take to Latin. _Il ne saurait y —_; it is beyond his reach; he will never attain to it. _— à l’hameçon_; to take, to snap at, _or_ swallow, the bait.

=mordu=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) premorse (ending abruptly, as if bitten off).

=more=, _n.m._, Moor; blackamoor.

☉=moreau=, _adj._, extremely black. _Cheval —_; jet-black horse.

=morelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) nightshade.

=morène=, _n.f._, (bot.) frogbit.

=moresque=, _adj._, Moorish, moresque.

=moresque=, _n.f._, morris-dance; (paint.) moresque.

=moret= _or_ =mouret=, _n.m._, (bot.) whortleberry.

=morfil=, _n.m._, wire edge (of knives, of razors); elephant’s tusks, (unwrought) ivory.

=morfondre=, _v.a._, to chill.

_se_ =morfondre=, _v.r._, to catch cold, to be chilled; to wait in vain, to dance attendance; (vet.) to morfounder. _La pâte se morfond_; the dough is losing its heat. _Il s’y est morfondu_; he wasted much time over it.

=morfondu=, =-e=, _adj._, chilled, frozen; disappointed, downcast; kept waiting.

=morfondure=, _n.f._, (vet.) morfoundering; (old) cold, chill, catarrh.

=morganatique=, _adj._, morganatic; left-handed (of marriages).

=morgeline=, _n.f._, (bot.) chickweed.

=morgue= (morg.), _n.f._, haughty look, haughtiness; arrogance, self-sufficiency, conceit; inspection room (of a prison); morgue, dead-house.

☉=morguer= (ghé), _v.a._, to dare, to brave, to defy, to beard.

=moribond=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, moribund, dying, in a dying state; person in a dying state.

=moricaud=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, blackamoor; blackish; nigger.

=morigéner=, _v.a._, to school, to reprimand; to form the morals of, to educate.

*=morille=, _n.f._, (bot.) moril (mushroom).

*=morillon=, _n.m._, black grape; (orni.) tufted duck; rough emerald.

=morio=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) Camberwell beauty, white-edged butterfly.

=morion=, _n.m._, morion.

=morne=, _n.m._, hill, hillock (West Indies).

=morne=, _adj._, dull, gloomy, mournful, dejected, depressed; dreary, dismal, dull.

=morné=, =-e=, _adj._, blunted (of arms).

=mornifle=, _n.f._, slap in the face.

=morose=, _adj._, morose, sullen, sour, surly, peevish.

=morosité=, _n.f._, moroseness, sullenness, surliness.

=morphée=, _n.m._, Morpheus. _Être dans les bras de —_; (fig.) to be asleep. _Les pavots de —_; sleep.

=morphine=, _n.f._, morphia.

=morpion=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) crab-louse; (pers. pop.) vermin, dirty fellow.

=mors=, _n.m._, bit (of a bridle); curb, check, restraint. _Les chevaux prirent le — aux dents_; the horses ran away. _Prendre le — aux dents_; to take fright; to run headlong into pleasure; to fly into a passion; to buckle to, to work in good earnest.

=morse=, _n.m._, morse, sea-horse, walrus.

=morsure=, _n.f._, bite, biting; sting.

=mort=, _n.f._, death, decease; (hunt.) mort. _Avoir la — sur les lèvres_; to look like death. _Avoir la — dans l’âme_; to be sick at heart, to be in despair; to be intensely grieved. _Être à l’article de la —_; to be at the point of death, at death’s door. _Mourir de sa belle —_; to die a natural death. _Mourir de — violente_; to die a violent death. _Mettre à —_; to put to death, to slay, to kill. _Il a la — entre les dents_; he has one foot in the grave. _À —_; mortally, to the death. _Les affres de la —_; the terrors of death. _À la vie, à la —_; forever; in life and death. _La peine de —_; capital punishment.

=mort=, =-e=, _part._, dead, defunct; lifeless, insensible; dormant; stagnant; still, inanimate. _Un enfant —-né_ (_—-—s_); a still-born child. _Une fille —-née_ (_—-—s_); a still-born girl. _Le feu est —_; the fire is out. _Argent —_; money lying dead, idle. _Couleur —e_; faint color. _—e-saison_, (_—s-—s_) slack season. _—e-eau_; neap tide. _Tête —e_; (chem.) _caput mortuum_. _Il n’y a pas de main —e_; he strikes hard (_i.e._ like a blacksmith). _—e la bête, — le venin_; dead men do not bite. _Mort-bois_; _V._ =bois=. _Morte-eau_; _eau morte_; _V._ =eau=. _Morte-paye_; _V._ =paye=. _Œuvres —es_; (nav.) upper works.

=mort=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, dead person, deceased; dead body, corpse. _Enterrer les —s_; to bury the dead. _Le jour des —s_; All Souls’-day. _Faire le —_; to pretend to be dead. _Faire un —_ or _faire une partie du —_; (at cards) to play dummy whist. _Prendre le —_; to take dummy.

=mortadelle=, _n.f._, (Italian) sausage.

*=mortaillable=, _adj._, (feudalism) in bondage.

=mortaisage=, _n.m._, mortising.

=mortaise=, _n.f._, mortise.

=mortaiser=, _v.r._, to mortise.

=mortalité=, _n.f._, mortality.

=mortel=, =-le=, _adj._, mortal, deadly; grievous, extreme, excessive; long, tedious.

=mortel=, _n.m._, =-le=, _n.f._, mortal.

=mortellement= (-tèl-mān), _adv._, mortally, deadly, grievously, dreadfully.

=mortellerie=, _n.f._, stone-breaking.

=mortellier=, _n.m._, stone-breaker.

=mortier= (-tié), _n.m._, (artil., mas.) mortar; mortier (cap of the president of a court of justice); mortar (vessel). _Président à —_; chief justice.

=mortifère=, _adj._, mortiferous, deadly.

=mortifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, mortifying, humiliating.

=mortification=, _n.f._, mortification, humiliation.

=mortifier=, _v.a._, to mortify, to vex, to humiliate, to humble, to subdue. _— de la viande_; to make meat tender.

_se_ =mortifier=, _v.r._, to mortify one’s self; to grow tender (of meat).

=mort-ivre=, _adj._ _V._ =ivre mort=.

=mortuaire=, _adj._, mortuary. _Drap —_; pall. _Registre —_; death register. _Extrait —_; certificate of death. _Droit —_; burial fee.

=morue=, _n.f._, cod, codfish.

=morve=, _n.f._, snot, mucus; (vet.) glanders.

=morveau=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) thick mucus.

=morveu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, snotty; (vet.) glandered. _Cheval —_; horse that has the glanders. _Qui se sent —se mouche_; (prov.) if the cap fits, wear it.

=morveu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (in contempt) child, brat, urchin; despicable, mean fellow. _Petit — va!_ you little scamp, you!

=morvolant=, _n.m._, silk mixed with floss.

=mosaïque=, _adj._, Mosaic, of, from Moses.

=mosaïque=, _n.f._, mosaic, mosaic-work, tessellated pavement.

=mosaïste=, _n.m._, mosaist, worker in mosaics.

=mosarabe=, _n.m._ _V._ =mozarabe=.

=moscouade=, _n.f._, muscovado (unrefined sugar).

=mosquée=, _n.f._, mosque.

=mot=, _n.m._, word; expression; saying, sentence; motto; note, line, memorandum; answer (to a riddle); cue, hint, intimation; (mil.) parole, watchword. _À bon entendeur, demi-— suffit_; a word to the wise is sufficient. _— usité_, _— inusité_; word in use, obsolete word. _— à double entente_; ambiguous word, bearing a double interpretation. _Jeu de —s_; play upon words. _— forgé_; coined word. _Gros —s_; high words. _— d’ordre_; watch-word, pass-word. _— de passe_; pass-word. _Trancher le —_; to speak out, to speak one’s mind, not to mince matters. _Tenir le —_; to take the bet. _Ne dire —_, _ne pas souffler —_; not to utter, not to breathe, a word. _Qui ne dit — consent_; silence gives consent. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to give any one the word, the cue. _Bon —_; witticism. _— pour rire_; jest, joke. _Il lui a dit un — à l’oreille_; he whispered a word in his ear. _Prendre quelqu’un au —_; to take any one at his word. _Ils se sont donné le —_; they understand one another, they have passed the word round. _— à —_, _— pour —_; word for word. _En un —_; in a word, in short. _À ces —s_; at those words, so saying. _Avoir le — pour rire_; to be ready with a joke; to be full of fun. _Au bas —_; at the least. _Entendre à demi —_; to take a hint. _C’est mon dernier —_; it is the last concession I can make; I will take nothing less. _Savoir le fin —_; to understand the upshot of anything. _Si c’est là le fin —_; if that is the upshot of, _or_ the last word. _Je vous enverrai un —_; I shall send you word, _or_ a reminder. _Envoyez-moi un —_; let me know _or_ send me a line.

=motacille=, _n.f._, wag-tail.

*=motelle=, _n.f._, (ich.) burbot, rockling.

=motet=, _n.m._, (mus.) motet.

=moteur=, _n.m._, mover, author; motive power, propeller, contriver; (anat.) motor.

=mot-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, motive, propelling, driving.

=motif=, _n.m._, motive, incentive, incitement; ground, cause; (mus.) subject; (paint.) design, pattern. _Pour quel —?_ on what ground? on what score? _Faire valoir les —s_; (jur.) to show cause.

=motion=, _n.f._, motion. _Faire appuyer_, _faire adopter_, _une —_; to make, to support, to carry, a motion.

=motiver=, _v.a._, to allege, to assign, as a motive; to be the cause of, to justify, to bring about; to lead to. _Se —_, _v.r._, to be founded _or_ justified.

=motte=, _n.f._, clod; ball of earth; turf (fuel); lump, roll (of butter).

_se_ =motter=, _v.r._, (hunt.) to lurk behind a clod.

=motteux=, _n.m._, (orni.) fallow-finch; wheatear.

=motu proprio=, _adv._, on one’s own impulse, spontaneously, of one’s own accord.

=motus!= (-tûs), _int._, mum! silence! not a word!

=mou=, =mol=, _adj.m._, =molle=, _f._, soft, mellow; weak; slack, feeble, nerveless, flabby; inactive; sluggish; tame, effeminate, careless, luxurious. _Cire molle_; soft wax. _Poires molles_; mellow pears. _Style mou_; nerveless style. _Mer molle_; (nav.) slack water. [_Mol_ is used in the masc. before a vowel or _h_ mute.]

=mou=, _n.m._, soft; slack (of a rope); lights (of animals).

=mouchage=, _n.m._, snuffing (of candles).

=mouchard=, _n.m._, _or_ =mouche=, (l.u.) _n.f._, spy, police-spy, informer.

=moucharder=, _v.a._, to inform, to spy, to spy upon.

=mouche=, _n.f._, fly; patch (on the face); beauty-spot; button (of a foil); (astron.) musca; (of a target) bull’s-eye; (nav.) fen-boat; loo (at cards). _Prendre la —_; to take offense easily, to be touchy. _Gober les —s_; to stand gaping. _Faire d’une — un éléphant_; to make a mountain of a molehill. _Quelle — vous a piqué?_ why, what’s the matter with you? what ails you? what whim have you got into your head? _Des pieds de —s_; scrawl (writing). _—s volantes_; (med.) motes in the eyes. _Faire des pieds de —s_; to write an illegible scrawl. _C’est une fine —_; he, she is a sly dog. _Chiures de —s_; fly-blows. _—-guêpe_, (_—s-—s_) (ent.) wasp-fly. _— bleue_; blue-bottle. _— à feu_; fire-fly. _— abeille_; drone. _— à miel_; honey-bee. _On prend plus de —s avec du miel qu’avec du vinaigre_; more is done by kindness than by harshness.

=moucher=, _v.a._, to wipe the nose of; to snuff; ☉(fam.) to spy, to dog. _Mouchez cet enfant_; wipe that child’s nose. _— une chandelle_; to snuff a candle.

_se_ =moucher=, _v.r._, to blow one’s nose. _Mouchez-vous_; blow your nose. _Ne pas se — du pied_ or _du coude_; to be up to snuff; to be no fool; to do things in grand style.

=moucher=, _v.n._, to clear one’s nose.

=moucherolle=, _n.m._, (orni.) fly-catcher.

=moucheron=, _n.m._, gnat, midge, very small fly; snuff (of a candle).

=mouchet=, _n.m._, (orni.) bog-rush.

=moucheté=, =-e=, _adj._, spotted, speckled, flecked. _Cheval —_; dappled, spotted horse. _Fleuret —_; capped foil.

=moucheter=, _v.a._, to spot, to speckle, to fleck; to cap (of foils).

=mouchettes=, _n.f.pl._, snuffers.

=moucheture=, _n.f._, spot, speck, speckle; (surg.) scarification; spottedness, speckledness.

=moucheur=, _n.m._, candle-snuffer; nose-blower.

=mouchoir=, _n.m._, handkerchief. _— de cou_; neckerchief. _— de poche_; pocket handkerchief. _Jeter le —_; to throw the handkerchief (game). _Elle a réfusé le —_; (fig.) she would have nothing to say to him.

=mouchure=, _n.f._, snuff (of a candle).

=mouçon=, _n.f._ _V._ =mousson=.

=moudre= (moulant, moulu), _v.a._, to grind, to mill, to crush. _— du blé_; to grind corn. _— de coups_; to beat soundly. _J’ai le corps tout moulu_; I am bruised all over. _Il viendra — à notre moulin_; he will want us some day.

=moue=, _n.f._, pout, pouting; wry face, grimace. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to make a wry face at any one. _Faire la —_; to pout.

=mouée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) reward, hound’s fee.

=mouette=, _n.f._, (orni.) gull, sea-mew.

=moufette=, _n.f._ _V._ =mofette=.

=mouflard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (pop.) bloated face.

=moufle=, _n.f._, (mec.) tackle; tackle-block; fingerless glove, mitten.

=mouflé=, =-e=, _adj._, used only in _poulie —e_; single pulley connected with others in a tackle-block.

=moufle=, _n.m._, (chem.) muffle.

=mouflon=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) moufflon, wild sheep.

=mouillade=, _n.f._, wetting.

*=mouillage=, _n.m._, anchorage, roadstead, soaking, wetting, watering. _Être au —_; to be at anchor; to lie _or_ ride at anchor. _Droits de —_; harbor dues; keelage.

*=mouillé=, =-e=, _part._, wet, watery; (of the letter l) liquid; (of ships) moored, anchored. _Poule —e_; milksop (pers.).

*=mouille-bouche=, _n.f._, (_—_ or _—-—s_) a kind of pear.

*=mouiller=, _v.a._, to wet, to moisten, to steep; to moor (a ship). _— l’ancre_; (nav.) to let go the anchor.

*=mouiller=, _v.n._, (nav.) to anchor, to cast anchor.

*=mouillette=, _n.f._, sippet (to eat with boiled eggs).

*=mouilloir=, _n.m._, water-can (in which women dip their fingers when they spin).

*=mouillure=, _n.f._, wetting, watering, sprinkling.

=moujik=, _n.m._, (_—s_) moujik, Russian peasant.

=moulage=, _n.m._, molding; grinding, milling; mill-work, machinery of a mill, mill-stone spindle; ☉measuring (of wood).

=moulard=, _n.m._, moularde, _n.f._, grindstone-dust.

=moule=, _n.m._, matrix, mold, cast; netting, pin. _— à beurre_; butter-print. _Faire un —_; to take a cast. _Jeter en —_; to cast in a mold. _Cela ne se jette pas en —_; (prov.) that cannot be done easily. _Fait au —_; (fig.) beautifully shaped.

=moule=, _n.f._, (conch.) mussel.

=moulé=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, molded; cast; printed, shaped, formed. _Lettre —e_; printed letter. _Chandelle —e_; molded candle.

=moulé=, _n.m._, (pop.) print, printed letters, type.

=mouler=, _v.a._, to cast, to mold, to shape, to form, to print.

_se_ =mouler=, _v.r._, to mold one’s self. _— sur un autre_; to take another for one’s model.

=mouleur=, _n.m._, molder.

=moulin=, _n.m._, mill. _— à blé_; corn-mill. _— à vent_; wind-mill. _— à bras_; hand-mill. _— à eau_; water-mill. _— à vapeur_; steam-mill. _— à café_; coffee-mill. _C’est un — à paroles_; she is a chatterbox. _Faire venir l’eau au —_; to bring grist to the mill. _Jeter son bonnet par dessus les —s_; to throw off all restraint, to be regardless of consequences.

=moulinage=, _n.m._, (manu.) grinding, milling; silk-throwing.

=mouliner=, _v.a._, to eat away wood (of worms); to throw (silk).

=moulinet=, _n.m._, small windlass, capstan; small mill. _Faire le — avec une épée_; to twirl a sword about.

=moulineur= _or_ =moulinier=, _n.m._, silk-thrower.

☉=moult= (moo), _adv._, much, very much.

=moulu=, =-e=, _part._, ground; bruised.

=moulure=, _n.f._, (arch.) molding.

=mourant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dying person; dying, expiring; fading, going down gradually.

=mouret=, _n.m._ _V._ =moret=.

=mourine=, _n.f._, (ich.) eagle-ray.

=mourir= (mourant, mort), _v.n._, to die, to depart this life; to perish, to drop off, to go off, to expire, to stop; to go out (of fire); to be out (at play). _Être mort au monde_; to be dead to the world. _— de faim_; to die of starvation; to starve. _— de soif_; to be dying with thirst. _— de froid_; to perish from cold. _— d’envie_; to long for. _— de chagrin_; to die of a broken heart. _Il la fera — de chagrin_; he will break her heart. _— de rire_; to die with laughter. _C’est un meurt de faim_; he is a pauper, a starveling.

_se_ =mourir=, _v.r._, to be dying; to be dying out (of fire). _Cet homme se meurt_; this man is dying. [Only used in present and imperfect indicative.]

=mouron=, _n.m._, (bot.) pimpernel; chickweed; (ent.) eft.

=mourre=, _n.f._, (game) mora; Buck-buck, how many fingers do I hold up?

=mousquet=, _n.m._, musket, match-lock.

☉=mousquetade=, _n.f._, musket-shot, volley of musketry.

☉=mousquetaire=, _n.m._, musketeer.

=mousqueterie= (-kè-trî), _n.f._, musketry, volley of musketry.

=mousqueton=, _n.m._, musketoon, carbine; pendant (of a watch-chain).

=mousse=, _n.f._, moss; froth, foam; lather, effervescence. _Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas de —_; a rolling stone gathers no moss.

=mousse=, _n.m._, cabin-boy, ship-boy.

☉=mousse=, _adj._, blunt, dull (of tools).

=mousseline= (moos-li-n), _n.f._, muslin.

=mousser=, _v.n._, to froth, to foam, to effervesce, to lather. _Faire —_; to froth; to puff.

=mousseron= (moos-ron), _n.m._, mushroom.

=mousseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, foaming, frothy; (of wine) sparkling. _Rose —se_; moss-rose.

=moussoir=, _n.m._, chocolate-stick.

=mousson=, _n.f._, monsoon.

=moussu=, =-e=, _adj._, mossy, moss-grown.

=moustache=, _n.f._, moustache, mustachio; whisker (of animals). _Relever sa —_; to twirl up one’s moustache. _Brûler la — à quelqu’un_; to fire a pistol in any one’s face. _Donner sur la — à quelqu’un_; to hit any one in the face. _Vieille —_; veteran; old gray-beard.

=moustiquaire=, _n.f._, musquito-net.

=moustique=, _n.m._, musquito.

=moût=, _n.m._, must (wine not fermented); wort.

=moutard=, _n.m._, (pop.) brat, youngster.

=moutarde=, _n.f._, mustard. _Graine de —_; mustard-seed. _S’amuser à la —_; to trifle one’s time away. _Il m’a fait monter la — au nez_; he made me lose my temper. _C’est de la — après dîner_; it is a day after the fair.

=moutardier=, _n.m._, mustard-pot; mustard-maker; (orni.) black-martin, swift.

☉=moutier=, _n.m._, convent, monastery.