Part 108

=mouton=, _n.m._, sheep; mutton; sheep-leather; rammer; beetle, monkey (rammer); (pers.) lamb, ninny, decoy, prison-spy. _pl._, (of the sea) white horses, white-crested waves. _Un troupeau de —s_; a flock of sheep. _Revenons à nos —s_; let us return to our subject.

☉*=moutonnaille=, _n.f._, flock of sheep.

=moutonné=, =-e=, _adj._, fleecy, curled; (of the sea) white with foam.

=moutonner=, _v.a._ and _n._, to make woolly, fleecy; to curl to frizzle; (nav.) to foam; (of a crowd) to rear their heads; to worm anything out of any one; to spy upon, to denounce.

=moutonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, woolly; foamy, rough (of waves).

=moutonni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, fleecy, woolly; sheep-like, silly.

=mouture=, _n.f._, grinding; charge for grinding; meslin of wheat, rye, and barley. _Tirer d’un sac deux —s_; to get a double profit on anything.

=mouvance=, _n.f._, (feudalism) tenure.

=mouvant=, =-e=, _adj._, moving, shifting, unstable; (jur.) depending on; (her.) issuant; animated, busy. _Sable —_; quicksand.

=mouvement= (moov-mān), _n.m._, movement, motion, progress, advance, march; move, manœuvre; fluctuation; (mus.) time; (paint.) animation, life, bustle, stir; spirit; impulse, emotion, disturbance, commotion; (horl.) works; animation, sparkle (of style); bursts (of eloquence). _Se donner du —_; to bestir one’s self. _— naturel_; natural impulse. _Faire une chose de son propre —_; to do a thing of one’s own accord. _Se mettre en —_; to stir, to start; (mil.) to move forward, to advance.

=mouver=, _v.a._, (gard.) to loosen, to stir.

=mouvoir= (mouvant, mu), _v.a._, to move, to stir; to prompt, to stir up, to actuate; to excite.

_se_ =mouvoir=, _v.r._, to move, to stir, to be moved. _Faire se —_; to set in motion.

=moxa=, _n.m._, (surg.) moxa.

=moye= (moa), _n.f._, soft part (of stone).

=moyen= (moa-yin) _n.m._, means, way, manner; medium; power, possibility; (jur.) plea; (log.) mean; (math.) middle term. _pl._, means, resources; pecuniary circumstances; abilities, talents; parts. _Il n’y a pas — de faire cela_; that is not to be done. _Je n’en ai pas le —_; I have not the ability to do it; I can’t afford it. _Le — de lui parler?_ how can one manage to speak to him? _Contribuer chacun selon ses —s_; to contribute each according to his means. _Il a beaucoup de —s_; he is very clever; he has plenty of brains. _Voies et —s_; ways and means. _Au — de_; by means of, with the help of. _Trouver —_; to find means, to contrive, to manage. _Faire valoir ses —s_; to make the most of one’s talents.

=moyen=, =-ne= (moa-yin, -yè-n), _adj._, mean, middle, middle-sized, average. _Le — âge_; the Middle Ages. _Terme —_, _chiffre —_; average, mean, on an average.

=moyennant= (moa-iè-nān), _prep._, by means of, with the help of; in consideration of, in return for.

=moyennant que=, _conj._, provided that, on condition that.

=moyenne=, _n.f._, average; (math.) mean, medium; (writ.) round hand. _— approximative_; rough average. _Sur une — de_; at an average of. _En —_; on an average; (of writing) in round hand.

☉=moyennement= (moa-iè-n-mān), _adv._, moderately, indifferently.

☉=moyenner=, _v.a._, to mediate, to procure, to bring about.

=moyer=, _v.a._, to saw (freestone).

=moyette=, _n.f._, (agri.) shock, stook.

=moyeu=, _n.m._, nave (of a wheel); preserved plum; ☉yolk of an egg.

=mozarabe=, _n.m._, Muzarab.

=mozarabe=, _or_ =mozarabique= _adj._, muzarabic.

=mr.= (ab. of _Monsieur_), Mr., Mister.

=m’sieu=, _n.m._ (pop. for _Monsieur_), sir, mister.

=ms.=, =msc.=, (ab. of _Manuscrit_), ms., manuscript.

=mss.= (ab. of _Manuscrits_,) mss., manuscripts.

=muabilité=, _n.f._ _V._ =mutabilité=.

=muable=, _adj._, mutable, changeable.

=muance=, _n.f._, (mus.) changing a note. _En —_; (of the voice) breaking.

=mucate=, _n.m._, mucic acid combined.

_à_ =muche-pot=, _adv._ _V._ =musse-pot= (à).

=mucilage=, _n.m._, mucilage.

=mucilagineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, mucilaginous.

=mucosité=, _n.f._, mucus, phlegm.

=mucus= (-kus), _n.m._, mucus.

=mue=, _n.f._, molting; molting season; cast-skin, slough; mew, coop (cage). _Être en —_; to be molting; to break (of the voice).

=muer=, _v.n._, to molt, to cast its skin, to cast horns; to mew; (of the voice) to break, to change. _Ce chien mue_; that dog is shedding its coat. _Sa voix mue_; his voice is breaking.

=muet=, =-te=, _adj._, dumb, mute, speechless; taciturn, secret; (of maps) in outline; (of evidence) presumptive, circumstantial; silent (of letters). _Il est sourd-—_, _sourd et —_; he is deaf and dumb. _La frayeur le rendit —_; terror struck him dumb. _Scène —te_; dumb show.

=muet=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, dumb man, dumb woman.

=muette=, _n.f._, mew, mews; hunting-lodge.

=muezin=, _n.m._, (_—s_) muezzin.

=mufle=, _n.m._, snout, muzzle (of animals); face, phiz, mug (of persons). _— de veau_; (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout. _Quel —!_ what a face!

=mufleau=, _n.m._, (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout.

=muflier=, _n.m._, (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout.

=mufti= _or_ =muphti=, _n.m._, (_—s_) mufti.

=muge=, _n.m._, (ich.) mullet, gray mullet.

=mugir=, _v.n._, to bellow, to low; to roar, to groan; to sough (of the wind).

=mugissant=, =-e=, _adj._, bellowing, roaring.

=mugissement= (-jis-mān), _n.m._, bellowing, lowing; roaring; soughing (of the wind).

☉=mugot=, _n.m._ _V._ =magot=.

=muguet=, (-ghè) _n.m._, (bot.) lily of the valley, May-lily; (med.) thrush; ☉(fam.) beau, fop. _— des bois_; woodruff.

=mugueter= (mug-té), _v.a._, (fam., l.u.) to play the gallant, to flirt.

☉=muid=, _n.m._, hogshead (measure).

=mulasse=, _n.f._, young mule.

=mulâtre=, _adj._, mulatto.

=mulâtr-e=, _n.m._, =-esse=, _n.f._, mulatto.

☉=mulcter=, _v.a._, (jur.) to fine, to punish; to vex, to ill-treat.

=mule=, _n.f._, slipper; she-mule. _pl._, chilblains in the heels, kibes; (vet.) chaps. _La — du pape_; the pope’s slipper. _Baiser la — du pape_; to kiss the pope’s toe. _Ferrer la —_; to get the market-penny (of servants).

=mulet=, _n.m._, he-mule; (bot., orni.) mule; working-bee; (ich.) mullet. _Garder le —_; to be kept waiting, to dance attendance.

=muletier= (mul-tié), _n.m._, muleteer.

=mulle=, _n.m._, (ich.) surmullet.

☉=mulle=, _n.f._ _V._ =caillette=.

=mulle=, _adj._, (com.) of inferior quality (of madder).

=mulot=, _n.m._, field-mouse.

=multangulaire=, _adj._, (bot.) multangular.

=multangulé=, =-e=, _adj._, multangular.

=multi=, a prefix from Latin _multus_.

=multicapsulaire=, _adj._, (bot.) multicapsular.

=multicolore=, _adj._, of many colors, many-colored.

=multifide=, _adj._, (bot.) multifid.

=multiflore=, _adj._, (bot.) multiflorous, many-flowered.

=multiforme=, _adj._, multiform.

=multilatère=, _adj._, multilateral, many-sided.

=multiloculaire=, _adj._, (bot.) muitilocular.

=multinôme=, _n.m._, (l.u.) (alg.) multinominal. _V._ =polynôme=.

=multipare=, _adj._, multiparous.

=multipartite=, _adj._, (bot.) multipartite.

=multipède=, _adj._, multiped.

=multiple=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (arith.) multiple.

=multipliable=, _adj._, multipliable.

=multipliant=, _adj._, multiplying. _n.m._, multiplying-glass.

=multiplicande=, _n.m._, (arith.) multiplicand.

=multiplicateur=, _n.m._, (arith.) multiplier.

=multiplication=, _n.f._, multiplication. _Table de —_; multiplication table.

=multiplicité=, _n.f._, multiplicity.

=multiplié=, =-e=, _adj._, multifarious, multiplied, manifold, repeated, frequent.

=multiplier=, _v.a._, to multiply.

_se_ =multiplier=, _v.r._, to multiply; to be repeated, to be everywhere.

=multiplier=, _v.n._, to multiply.

=multitude=, _n.f._, multitude.

=multivalve=, _n.f._ and _adj._, multivalve; multi-valvular.

=muni=, =-e=, _part._, supplied, furnished, provided (with); possessed (of); fortified.

=municipal=, =-e=, _adj._, municipal.

=municipal=, _n.m._, municipal officer; municipal guard. _Conseiller —_; member of the town council. _Musique —e_; town-band.

=municipalité=, _n.f._, municipality.

=munificence=, _n.f._, munificence, bounty.

=munir=, _v.a._, to provide (with), to supply, to furnish (with); to arm, to fortify, to secure.

_se_ =munir=, _v.r._, to provide one’s self, to be provided, to be supplied, to be furnished (with).

=munition=, _n.f._, ammunition. _pl._, military stores, provisions. _—s de bouche_; provisions. _—s de guerre_; ammunition.

=munitionnaire=, _n.m._, (milit.) contractor; commissary of stores.

=muphti=, _n.m._ _V._ =mufti=.

=muqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, mucous.

=mur=, _n.m._, wall. _— mitoyen_; partition wall. _— de clôture_; inclosure-wall. _— d’appui_; wall breast-high, parapet wall. _— blanc_; dead wall. _Mettre quelqu’un au pied du —_; to nonplus any one, to drive into a corner.

=mûr=, =-e=, _adj._, ripe, mature, matured; worn out, shabby (of clothes). _L’âge —_; mature age. _Du vin —_; wine fit for drinking.

=murage=, _n.m._, walling.

*=muraille=, _n.f._, thick, high wall; rampart.

*=muraillement=, _n.m._, (mas.) walling.

=mural=, =-e=, _adj._, mural.

=mûre=, _n.f._, (bot.) mulberry. _— sauvage_, _— de ronce_, _— de haie_; blackberry.

=mûrement= (mûr-mān), _adv._, maturely. _J’y ai — réfléchi_; I have deeply reflected upon it.

=murène=, _n.f._, (ich.) muræna.

=murer=, _v.a._, to wall; to wall up; to brick up; to immure; to screen, to veil.

=murex= (-rèks), _n.m._, (conch.) murex.

=muriate=, _n.m._, (chem.) muriate.

=muriatique=, _adj._, (chem.) muriatic. _Acide —_; muriatic acid.

=mûrier=, _n.m._, mulberry-tree.

=mûrir=, _v.n._, to ripen, to grow ripe, to mature.

=mûrir=, _v.a._, to ripen, to mature, to bring to perfection _or_ completeness. _Se —_; to ripen.

=murmurant=, =-e=, _adj._, murmuring, babbling, purling; muttering, grumbling.

=murmurateur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, murmurer, grumbler; discontented, murmuring, grumbling person.

=murmure=, _n.m._, murmur; murmuring, grumbling, muttering; whispering; prattling; babbling; purl (of a brook); soughing (of the wind).

=murmurer=, _v.n._, to murmur, to grumble, to mutter; to whisper; to gurgle, to prattle, to purl, to babble, to sough.

=murmurer=, _v.a._, to mutter, to whisper. _Que murmurez-vous là?_ what are you muttering there?

_se_ =murmurer=, _v.r._, to be whispered, to be whispered about.

=muron=, _n.m._, blackberry; wild raspberry.

=murrhin=, =-e=, _adj._, murrhine.

=musagète=, _adj._, (myth.) chief of the Muses (of Apollo).

*=musaraigne=, _n.f._, (mam.) shrew-mouse.

=musard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, loiterer, dawdler; loitering, dawdling.

=musarder=, _v.n._, to loiter, to dawdle.

=musarderie=, _n.f._, loitering, trifling; dawdling.

=musc= _or_ =porte-musc=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mam.) musk, musk-deer.

=musc=, _n.m._, musk (scent).

=muscade=, _n.f._, nutmeg; juggler’s ball. _Noix —_; nutmeg.

=muscadet=, _n.m._, muscadet (wine).

=muscadier=, _n.m._, nutmeg-tree.

=muscadin=, _n.m._, musk-lozenge; ☉beau, dandy, fop, spark.

=muscat=, _n.m._ and _adj._, muscatel, muscadine, muscadel (a kind of grapes, of wine, of pears).

=muscatelline=, _n.f._, (bot.) adoxa, moschatel.

=muscle=, _n.m._, muscle.

=musclé=, =-e=, _adj._, strongly marked (of the muscles).

=musculaire=, _adj._, muscular.

=musculature=, _n.f._, (sculpt., paint.) muscularity, muscling.

=musculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, muscular, brawny, musculous.

=muse=, _n.f._, Muse.

=muse=, _n.f._, (hunt.) rutting-time.

=museau=, _n.m._, muzzle, snout, nose, face.

=musée=, _n.m._, museum. _— de tableaux_; picture-gallery.

=museler= (mu-zlé), _v.a._, to muzzle, to silence, to gag.

=muselière=, _n.f._, muzzle.

=musellement=, _n.m._, muzzling; (fig.) gagging, silencing.

=muser=, _v.n._, to loiter, to trifle, to moon, to dawdle; (hunt.) to begin to rut. _Qui refuse muse_; you may lose by refusing.

=muserolle= (muz-rol), _n.f._, nose-band, musrole.

=musette=, _n.f._, bagpipe; tune for ditto; nose-bag (for horses).

=muséum= (-om), _n.m._, (_—s_) museum.

=musical=, =-e=, _adj._, musical.

=musicalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, musically.

=musicien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, (-in, -è-n), musician.

=musico=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (in the Netherlands) a low music hall; gaff; pot-house.

=musicomane=, _n.m._, (l.u.) person extremely fond of music. _V._ =mélomane=.

=musicomanie=, _n.f._, (l.u.) passion for music. _V._ =mélomanie=.

=musi-f= _or_ =mussi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (chem.) mosaic. _Or —_; mosaic-gold, ormolu.

=musique=, _n.f._, music; band, musicians. _Mettre des vers en —_; to set verses to music. _Être réglé comme un papier de —_; to be as regular as clockwork. _Nous ferons de la —_; we shall have some music. _La — du régiment_; the regimental band.

=musiquer=, _v.n._, to strum (on the piano).

=musoir=, _n.m._, pier-head, jetty-head.

=musqué=, =-e=, _adj._, musked, perfumed; studied, unnatural; odd, strange.

=musquer=, _v.a._, to perfume with musk, to musk, to scent.

_se_ =musquer=, _v.r._, to scent one’s self with musk.

_à_ =musse-pot=, _adv._, in concealment, secretly. _V._ =à muche-pot=.

☉_se_ =musser=, _v.r._, to hide one’s self; to lurk in a corner.

=mussulman=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Mussulman; Mahometan, Mohammedan.

=mustelle=, _n.f._, (ich.) whistle-fish.

☉=musurgie=, _n.f._, (mus.) musurgy.

=mutabilité=, _n.f._, mutability, changeableness.

=mutation=, _n.f._, mutation, change.

=muter=, _v.a._, to sulphur (wine-casks).

=mutilat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, mutilator; mutilating.

=mutilation=, _n.f._, mutilation; maiming; mangling, garbling.

=mutiler=, _v.a._, to mutilate; to maim; to disfigure, to garble.

=mutin=, =-e=, _adj._, obstinate, stubborn, unruly, fractious; riotous, seditious, rebellious.

=mutin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, obstinate person; refractory child; mutineer, rioter.

=mutiné=, =-e=, _part._, mutinous, riotous. _Peuple —_; riotous people. _Les flots —s_; the raging waves.

_se_ =mutiner=, _v.r._, to mutiny, to be refractory, unruly. _Cet enfant se mutine_; that child is getting unruly.

=mutinerie= (-ti-n-rî), _n.f._, mutiny, riot, sedition; unruliness.

=mutisme=, _n.m._, dumbness, speechlessness.

=mutualité=, _n.f._, mutuality.

=mutuel=, =-le=, _adj._, mutual, reciprocal. _Société de secours —s_; benefit _or_ friendly society.

=mutuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, mutually, reciprocally.

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

=myélite=, _n.f._, (med.) inflammation of the spinal marrow.

=myographie=, _n.f._, myography.

=myologie=, _n.f._, myology.

=myope=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, myope, short-sighted person; short-sighted.

=myope=, _n.m._, (ent.) conops.

=myopie=, _n.f._, myopia, myopy, short-sightedness.

=myose=, _n.f._, (med.) myosis.

=myosotis=, _n.m._, (bot.) myositis, forget-me-not, scorpion-grass.

=myosure=, _n.f._, (bot.) mouse-tail.

=myotomie=, _n.f._, myotomy.

=myriade=, _n.f._, myriad.

=myriagramme=, _n.m._, myriagramme (22·0485 lbs. avoirdupois).

=myriamètre=, _n.m._, myriametre (6·2138 miles).

=myriapode=, _n.m._, (ent.) myriapod.

=myrmidon=, _n.m._ _V._ =mirmidon=.

=myrobolan=, _n.m._, (bot.) myrobalan.

=myrobolan=, =-te=, _adj._ _V._ =mirobolant=.

=myrobolanier=, _n.m._, myrobalan-tree.

=myrrhe=, _n.f._, myrrh.

=myrrhis= (mir-ris), _n.m._, (bot.) myrrhis.

=myrte=, _n.m._, myrtle.

=myrtiforme=, _adj._, myrtiform.

=myrtille=, _n.f._, (bot.) bilberry.

=mystagogue= (-gog), _n.m._, (antiq.) mystagogue.

=mystère=, _n.m._, mystery, secret, secrecy; fuss, ado; importance. _Sans autre —_; without further ado. _Approfondir un —_; to probe a mystery. _Mettre du — à_; to make a mystery of.

=mystérieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, mysteriously.

=mystérieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, mysterious.

=mysticisme=, _n.m._, mysticism.

=mysticité=, _n.f._, mysticism.

=mystificateur=, _n.m._, hoaxer, mystifier. _adj._, mystifying, hoaxing.

=mystification=, _n.f._, hoaxing, hoax, mystification.

=mystifier=, _v.a._, to hoax, to mystify.

=mystique=, _adj._, mystical, mystic.

=mystique=, _n.m.f._, (pers.) mystic.

=mystique=, _n.f._, (philos.) the study of spirituality.

=mystiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, mystically.

=mythe=, _n.m._, myth, fable, fiction.

=mythique=, _adj._, mythic, mythical.

=mythologie=, _n.f._, mythology.

=mythologique=, _adj._, mythological, fabulous.

=mythologiste= _or_ =mythologue=, _n.m._, mythologist.

=myure=, _adj._, (med.) sinking (of the pulse).

N

=n= (èn), _n.f._ (ne), _n.m._, the fourteenth letter of the alphabet, n.

=n’= (contraction of _Ne_), not.

=nabab=, _n.m._, nabob.

=nababie=, _n.f._, nabobship.

=nable=, _n.m._, (nav.) scuttle-hole; plug-stopper.

=nabot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jest.) shrimp, manikin; (pers.) dwarf.

=nacarat=, _n.m._, nacarat.

=nacarat=, _adj. invariable_, nacarat.

=nacelle=, _n.f._, wherry, small boat, skiff; (of balloon) car; (arch.) scotia, casement.

=nacre=, _n.f._, mother-of-pearl.

=nacré=, =-e=, _adj._, nacreous, pearly.

=nadir=, _n.m._, (astron.) nadir.

=naevus=, _n.m._, birth-mark, mole.

=naffe=, _n.m._, orange-flower. Only used in _Eau de —_; orange-flower water.

=nage=, _n.f._, swimming; rowing, sculling, paddling; (fig.) profuse perspiration, sweat. _A la —_; swimming, by swimming. _Passer la rivière à la —_; to swim across the river _or_ to row over. _Se jeter à la —_; to leap into the water. _Être tout en —_; to be in a bath of perspiration. _Donner la —_; to pull the stroke oar, to give the stroke.

=nagée=, _n.f._, (l.u.) stroke in swimming _or_ rowing.

=nagement= (na-jmān), _n.m._, swimming, rowing.

=nageoire=, _n.f._, fin (of a fish); cork, bladder, float for swimming; board floating in a pail (to keep the water steady).

=nageoter=, _v.n._, to swim a little, to swim about.

=nager=, _v.n._, to swim; to float; to roll; to welter; (nav.) to row, to paddle, to scull, to pull. _Il nage comme un poisson_; he swims like a fish. _— dans l’opulence_; to be rolling in riches. _— entre deux eaux_; to swim under water; (fig.) to be a trimmer. _— dans son sang_; to be weltering in one’s blood. _— à culer_; (nav.) to back, to back water.

=nageu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, swimmer; (nav.) rower, oarsman.

=naguère= _or_ =naguères= (na-ghèr), _adv._, lately, but lately, but now, not long ago.

=naïade=, _n.f._, (myth.) naiad, water-nymph.

=naï-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, naïve, native, artless, ingenuous; plain, unaffected, natural; candid; simple. _Grâce —ve_; native grace. _Réponse —ve_; ingenuous answer.

=naïf=, _n.m._, (lit., paint.) nature without art.

=nain= (nin), =-e= (nè-n), _n._ and _adj._, dwarf; dwarfish. _— jaune_; Pope Joan (card game). _Arbres —s_; dwarf trees. _Œuf —_; addled egg.

=naïre=, _n.m._, Indian chief (Malabar).

=naissain=, _n.m._, oyster-spat.

=naissance=, _n.f._, birth; nativity; descent, extraction; beginning, dawn, rise. _Le lieu de sa —_; one’s birth-place. _Jour de —_, _anniversaire de la —_; birth-day. _Être de haute —_; to be high-born. _Prendre — de_; to be born; to originate in. _Donner — à_; to give rise to. _La — de la poésie_; the dawn of poetry.

=naissant=, =-e=, _adj._, newly-born; dawning; budding, rising; infant, in its infancy; beginning, growing, nascent. _Une fortune —e_; a rising fortune.

=naître= (naissant, né), _v.n._, to be born, to come into the world; to originate, to arise; to rise, to dawn, to spring up. _Il est né poète_; he was born a poet. _Cela peut faire — des soupçons_; that may give rise to suspicion. _Faire —_; to call into existence; to create, to produce, to excite, to suggest. _Je l’ai vu —_; I knew him as a child.

=naïvement= (-iv-mān), _adv._, ingenuously, plainly, candidly, naïvely, artlessly.

=naïveté= (-iv-té), _n.f._, native simplicity, ingenuousness, artlessness; simple thing; naïveté.

=nanan=, _n.m._, sweetmeats, goody (childish).

=nankin=, _n.m._, nankeen.

=nanti=, =-e=, _part._, stocked, furnished with, holding as security. _Être — de_; to hold as a pledge.

=nantir=, _v.a._, to give as a pledge, to secure.

_se_ =nantir=, _v.r._, to hold as a pledge; to provide one’s self (with); to take possession (of); to feather one’s nest.

=nantissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, security, pledge, lien.

=napée=, _n.f._, (myth.) wood-nymph, mountain-nymph.

=napel=, _n.m._, (bot.) monk’s-hood.

=naphte=, _n.m._, naphtha.

=napiforme=, _adj._, (bot.) napiform, turnip-shaped.

=napoléon=, _n.m._, napoleon (French gold coin, worth $3.86).

=napolitain=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Neapolitan.

=nappe=, _n.f._, cloth, table-cloth, cover; (hunt.) dead animal’s skin; clap-net. _— d’eau_; sheet of water. _Eclair en —_; sheet-lightning.

=napperon= (na-pron), _n.m._, napkin, slip (small table-cloth).

=narcisse=, _n.m._, (bot.) daffodil, narcissus. _C’est un —_; he is enamored of his person.

=narcotine=, _n.f._, narcotine.

=narcotique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, narcotic.

=narcotisme=, _n.m._, (med.) narcotism.

=nard=, _n.m._, (bot., pharm.) nard; (bot.) spikenard.

=nargue= (narg), _n.f._, pshaw, pish, scorn, disdain, slight, sneer. _Dire — de_; to snap one’s finger at. _— de l’amour_; a fig for, a plague on, love. _Faire — à_; to snap one’s fingers at.

=narguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to defy, to set at defiance; to beard.

=narguilé=, _n.m._, narghileh (Turkish, Persian pipe).

=narine=, _n.f._, nostril.

=narquois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, sharper, swindler; banterer, chaffer, quiz; cunning, sly, chaffing, bantering. _Parler —_; to talk slang.

=narquoisement=, _adv._, cunningly, slyly, sneeringly, banteringly.

=narrat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (nar-ra-), narrator, relater.

=narrati-f=, =-ve= (nar-ra-), _adj._, narrative, narratory.

=narration= (nar-ra-), _n.f._, narration, narrative.

=narré= (nar-ré), _n.m._, narrative, narration, recital, account, story.

=narrer= (nar-ré), _v.a._, to narrate, to relate, to tell.

=narthex=, _n.m._, (arch.) narthex vestibule.

=narval=, _n.m._, (mam.) narwhal, sea-unicorn.

=nasal=, =-e=, _adj._, nasal. _Son —_; nasal sound.

=nasale=, _n.f._, (gram.) nasal.

=nasalement=, _adv._, (gram.) with a nasal sound.

=nasaliser=, _v.a._, to render nasal, to nasalize.

=nasalité=, _n.f._, (gram.) nasal sound.

=nasard=, _n.m._, organ-stop (to imitate the human voice).

=nasarde=, _n.f._, fillip, rap on the nose.

=nasarder=, _v.a._, to fillip, to rap on the nose; to jeer, to banter; to defy, to make game of.

=naseau=, _n.m._, nostril (of animals). _Un fendeur de —x_; a swaggerer, a braggart.

=nasi=, _n.m._, President of the Sanhedrim.

*=nasillant=, =-e=, _adj._, speaking through the nose.

*=nasillard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, snuffler, person who speaks through his nose; snuffling, nasal.

*=nasillement=, _n.m._, speaking through the nose, snuffling; twang.

*=nasiller=, _v.n._, to speak through the nose, to snuffle.

=nasilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, snuffler.

*=nasillonner=, _v.n._, to speak a little through the nose.

=nasse=, _n.f._, bow-net, weel, eel-pot. _Il est dans la —_; he is in a scrape.

=nasselle=, _n.f._, rush net.

=natal=, =-e=, _adj._, natal, native, vernacular. _Lieu —_; birth-place. _Pays —_; native country. _Jour —_; birthday.

=natation=, _n.f._, swimming.

=natatoire=, _adj._, swimming, natatory.

=nati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, native, natural. _Il est — de_; he is a native of (towns). _Or —_; native gold.

=natif=, _n.m._, native.

=nation=, _n.f._, nation. _La grande —_; France (under Napoleon I.).

=national=, =-e=, _adj._, national, native. _Assemblée —e_; national assembly. _Garde —e_; national guard (corps). _Garde —_; national guard (man).

=nationalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, nationally.

=nationaliser=, _v.a._, to nationalize.

_se_ =nationaliser=, _v.r._, to become nationalized.

=nationalité=, _n.f._, nationality.

=nationaux=, _n.m.pl._, natives, native subjects; countrymen.

=nativité=, _n.f._, nativity, birth.

=natron= _or_ =natrum=, _n.m._, (min.) natron.

=natte=, _n.f._, mat, matting, straw-mat; plait, twist (of hair, silk, &c.).

=natter=, _v.a._, to mat; to plait, to plat, to twist.

=nattier=, _n.m._, mat-maker; straw-plaiter.

_in_ =naturalibus=, _adv._, (fam.) in a state of nakedness, stark naked.

=naturalisation=, _n.f._, naturalization.

=naturaliser=, _v.a._, to naturalize.

=naturalisme=, _n.m._, naturalism, naturalness.