Part 111

=nullement= (nul-mān), _adv._, not at all, by no means.

=nullifier= (nul-li-fié), _v.a._, to nullify.

=nullité= (nul-li-té), _n.f._, nullity, incapacity; (jur.) flaw. _La — d’un acte_; the nullity of a deed. _Cet homme est d’une parfaite —_; that man is a perfect cipher.

=numéraire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, metallic currency, specie, cash; legal (of coin). _Valeur —_; legal value, legal tender.

=numéral=, =-e=, _adj._, numeral.

=numérateur=, _n.m._, (arith.) numerator.

=numération=, _n.f._, (arith.) numeration.

=numérique=, _adj._, numerical.

=numériquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, numerically.

=numéro=, _n.m._, number; (com.) size; sort, kind, quality. _Donnez-moi le — de sa maison_; give me the number of his house. _Voyez le — cinq_; see number five. _Il entend le —_; (pop.) he understands his business.

=numérotage=, _n.m._, numbering.

=numéroter=, _v.a._, to number.

=numismate=, _n.m._, numismatist.

=numismatique=, _adj._, numismatic.

=numismatique=, _n.f._, numismatics.

=numismatographie=, _n.f._, numismatography.

=nummulaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) moneywort.

=nummulite=, _n.f._, nummulite.

=nuncupatif=, _adj.m._, nuncupatory, nuncupative. _Testament —_; nuncupative will.

=nuptial=, =-e=, _adj._, nuptial, bridal.

=nuque=, _n.f._, nape (of the neck); poll (of horses).

=nutation=, _n.f._, (astron., bot.) nutation.

=nutriti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, nutritive, nutritions, nourishing.

=nutrition=, _n.f._, nutrition.

=nyctage du Pérou=, _n.f._, (bot.) marvel of Peru, mirabilis.

=nyctalope=, _n.m.f._, nyctalops.

=nyctalopie=, _n.f._, nyctalopia, nyctalopy.

=nymphe=, _n.f._, nymph; (ent.) nymph, grub. _pl._, (anat.) nymphæ.

=nymphéa=, _n.m._, (bot.) nenuphar, white water-lily.

=nymphéacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) nymphæaceæ.

=nymphée=, _n.f._ or _m._, (antiq.) nymphæum.

=nymphomanie=, _n.f._, nymphomania.

=nyssa=, _n.m._, tupelo, sour-gum-tree.

O

=o=, _n.m._, the fifteenth letter of the alphabet, o.

=o.= (ab. of Ouest), W., West.

=o!= _int._, O! oh! _Les — de Noël_; Christmas anthems.

=oasis= (o-a-zîs), _n.f._, oasis.

=obclavé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) obovate.

=obconique=, _adj._, (bot.) obconic, obconical.

=obcordé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) obcordate.

=obédience=, _n.f._, (theol.) permission to leave one convent for another; functions (in a convent); jurisdiction (of the pope); (Bibl.) obedience.

=obédiencier=, _n.m._, priest doing duty in another’s benefice, obedienciary.

=obédientiel=, =-le= (-ci-èl), _adj._, (ecc.) pertaining, relating to obedience; (Bibl.) obediential.

=obéir=, _v.n._, to obey, to comply with, to be obedient; to bend, to yield, to give way, to submit. _Pour — à_; in obedience to. _Il faut lui —_; he must be obeyed. _Se faire —_; to make one’s self obeyed.

=obéissance=, _n.f._, obedience, allegiance; dominion (of princes). _Prêter — à un prince_; to yield dominion to a prince. _Être sous l’— de père et mère_; to be under the legal authority of parents. _Être d’une grande —_; to be very obedient.

=obéissant=, =-e=, _adj._, obedient, docile, dutiful, submissive; pliant, obsequious.

=obélisque=, _n.m._, obelisk.

=obérer=, _v.a._, to encumber, to run into debt. _C’est un homme fort obéré_; he is greatly in debt.

_s’_=obérer=, _v.r._, to involve one’s self in debt, to become involved.

=obèse=, _adj._, obese, corpulent.

=obésité=, _n.f._, obesity, corpulence.

=obier=, _n.m._, guelder-rose.

=obit= (o-bit), _n.m._, (c.rel.) obit.

=obituaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (c.rel.) obituary.

=objecter=, _v.a._, to object, to raise as an objection (to), to reproach (with); to allege (against); to demur (to). _Vous m’objecterez que c’est bien connu_; you will say to me that it is a well-known thing.

=objecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, objective.

=objectif=, _n.m._, (opt.) object-glass; (philos., milit.) object, objective; aim, end.

=objection=, _n.f._, objection. _Aller au-devant d’une —_; to meet an objection. _Je ne vois pas d’objection à ce que cela se fasse_; I see no objection to its being done.

=objectivement=, _adv._, objectively.

=objectivité=, _n.f._, objectivity.

=objet=, _n.m._, object, subject, matter, business; aim, end, view, drift, purport; article. _pl._, goods. _Un — de risée_; a laughing-stock. _Être l’— de la conversation_; to be the subject of conversation. _Il n’a pour — que son intérêt_; his only aim is self-interest. _Il vend toutes sortes d’—s_; he deals in all sorts of articles. _—s de première nécessité_; articles of indispensable use.

=objurgation=, _n.f._, objurgation.

=objurgatoire=, _adj._, objurgatory.

=oblat=, _n.m._, ☉lay monk.

=oblation=, _n.f._, oblation, offering.

=obligataire=, _n.m._, (com., fin.) bond-holder, debenture-holder.

=obligation=, _n.f._, obligation; (com., fin., jur.) bond, debenture, preference share. _Remplir ses —s_; to fulfill one’s obligations. _Vous êtes dans l’— de lui répondre_; you are bound to answer him. _Être dans l’— de_; to be under an obligation to. _Porteur d’—_; (com.) bond-holder, debenture holder.

=obligatoire=, _adj._, obligatory, incumbent.

=obligatoirement= (-tôar-mān), _adv._, obligatorily, compulsorily.

=obligé=, _n.m._, indentures (of apprenticeship).

=obligé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) obligor, debtor.

=obligé=, =-e=, _part._, obliged, compelled, bound; necessary, usual. _Je suis — de sortir_; I am obliged to go out.

=obligeamment= (-ja-mān), _adv._, obligingly.

=obligeance= (-jans), _n.f._, kindness, obligingness.

=obligeant=, =-e=, _adj._, obliging, kind.

=obliger=, _v.a._, to oblige, to bind; to compel, to induce; to gratify. _Votre devoir vous y oblige_; you are bound in duty to do it. _— un apprenti_; to bind an apprentice.

_s’_=obliger=, _v.r._, to bind one’s self.

=obliger=, _v.n._, to impose obligations; to oblige, to favor.

=oblique=, _adj._, oblique, slanting; (fig.) indirect, unfair. _Pont —_; oblique-bridge, skew-bridge.

=obliquement= (o-blik-mān), _adv._, obliquely, crookedly, indirectly, unfairly, aslant.

=obliquer=, _v.n._, to walk in an oblique direction, to slant, to swerve, to turn (to).

=obliquité=, _n.f._, obliquity; obliqueness; slant; unfairness.

=oblitération=, _n.f._, obliteration.

=oblitérer=, _v.a._, to obliterate.

_s’_=oblitérer=, _v.r._, to become obliterated; (l.u.) to fall into disuse, to disappear.

=oblong=, =-ue=, _adj._, oblong.

=obole=, _n.f._, obole; (fig.) groat, farthing, stiver; mite, particle. _N’avoir pas une —_; not to be worth a stiver.

=obombrer=, _v.a._, (Bibl.) to overshadow.

=obreptice=, _adj._, obreptitious.

=obrepticement= (-tis-mān), _adv._, by concealing the truth, obreptitiously.

=obreption=, _n.f._, concealment of the truth, reticence, obreption.

=obscène=, _adj._, obscene.

=obscénité=, _n.f._, obscenity, obsceneness.

=obscur=, =-e=, _adj._, obscure, dark, black, gloomy, sombre; (fig.) mean, humble, mysterious. _Il fait —_; it is dark. _Naissance —e_; mean birth. _Couleur —e_; dark color. _Clair-—_, (_—s-—s_) (paint.) light and shade.

=obscurantisme=, _n.m._, obscurantism.

=obscurantiste=, _n.m._, anti-educationist.

=obscurcir=, _v.a._, to obscure, to darken, to dim, to sully, to tarnish, to throw into the shade. _— la vue_; to dim the sight.

_s’_=obscurcir=, _v.r._, to become obscure, dark; to grow dim. _Le soleil s’obscurcit_; the sun is hidden. _Le ciel s’obscurcit_; the sky is overcast. _Son esprit s’obscurcit_; his intellect _or_ mind is becoming clouded.

=obscurcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, obscuration, darkness, dimness.

=obscurément=, _adv._, obscurely, confusedly, dimly.

=obscurité=, _n.f._, obscurity, gloom, darkness; (fig.) humbleness, meanness, mysteriousness. _À travers l’— de la nuit_; through the darkness of the night.

=obsécration=, _n.f._, (rhet.) obsecration.

=obséder=, _v.a._, to beset; to importune, to possess (of evil spirits); to torment, to haunt.

=obsèques= (ob-sèk-), _n.f.pl._, obsequies, funeral.

=obséquieusement=, _adv._, obsequiously.

=obséquieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, obsequious.

=obséquiosité=, _n.f._, obsequiousness.

=observable=, _adj._, observable.

=observance=, _n.f._, observance.

=observantin=, _n.m._, Observant Franciscan.

=observat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, observer; observant, observing, spy, looker-on. _Un esprit —_; an observing mind.

=observation=, _n.f._, observance; observation, remark, hint; (fig.) fulfillment, accomplishment. _Être en —_; to be on the look-out.

=observatoire=, _n.m._, observatory.

=observer=, _v.a._, to observe, to mind, to notice; to point out (to); to watch, to keep a watch over; to practice, to fulfill, to perform. _— les lois_; to observe the laws. _Lui avez-vous fait — que?_ did you point out to him that? _Faire —_; to remind, to call a person’s attention to.

_s’_=observer=, _v.r._, to be circumspect, to be cautious, to look about one’s self; to eye one another; to be on one’s guard; to keep a check upon one’s self.

=obsesseur=, _adj._, besetting.

=obsession=, _n.f._, besetting, obsession; being possessed of.

=obsidiane= _or_ =obsidienne=, _n.f._, (min.) obsidian (volcanic glass).

=obsidional=, =-e=, _adj._, obsidional. _Couronne —e_; obsidional crown.

=obstacle=, _n.m._, obstacle, bar, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, check, drawback. _Lever un —_; to remove an impediment. _Rencontrer un —_; to meet with an obstacle. _Faire naître un —_; to raise an obstacle.

=obstétrical=, =-e=, _adj._, obstetric, obstetrical.

=obstétrique=, _n.f._, obstetrics.

=obstination=, _n.f._, obstinacy, pertinacity, stubbornness, willfulness.

=obstiné=, =-e=, _adj._, obstinate; self-willed; stubborn; determined.

=obstinément=, _adv._, obstinately, stubbornly, willfully.

=obstiner=, _v.a._, to make obstinate.

_s’_=obstiner=, _v.r._, to be obstinate, to be obstinately resolved (upon), to insist (on), to persist (in). _S’— à une chose_; to persist in a thing. _Il s’obstine dans son opinion_; he clings to his opinion.

=obstructi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, obstructive, obstruent.

=obstruction=, _n.f._, obstruction, stoppage.

=obstrué=, =-e=, _adj._, obstructed, stopped.

=obstruer=, _v.a._, to obstruct, to stop up; to block up, to bar. _S’—_; to become obstructed, knocked up.

=obtempérer=, _v.n._, (jur.) to obey; to submit (to), to comply (with), to fall in (with). _— à un ordre_; to obey an order.

=obtenir=, _v.a._, to obtain, to procure, to get, to gain. _— satisfaction d’un outrage_; to obtain satisfaction for an insult. _Faire —_; to get, to procure for (anybody).

_s’_=obtenir=, _v.r._, to be obtained or obtainable.

=obtention=, _n.f._, obtaining, obtainment, getting; (jur.) purchase.

=obturateur=, _n.m._, (anat.) obturator; lid, cover.

=obturat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (anat.) obturator; obturating; covering, stopping; pubic (artery).

=obturation=, _n.f._, (surg.) covering, stopping.

=obtus=, =-e=, _adj._, obtuse, dull, blunt. _Angle —_; obtuse angle. _Esprit —_; dull, heavy mind.

=obtusangle=, _adj._, obtuse-angular.

=obtusangulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) obtuse-angled.

=obus= (o-buz), _n.m._, (artil.) shell.

=obusier=, _n.m._, (artil.) howitzer.

=obvenir=, _v.n._, (jur.) to escheat.

=obvention=, _n.f._, (ecc.) obvention.

=obvers= _or_ =obverse=, _n.m._, obverse.

=obvier=, _v.n._, to obviate, to prevent, to hinder. _— à un inconvénient_; to prevent an inconvenience.

=oc=, _adv._, (in Old Provençal) yes. _Langue d’—_; langue d’oc (the language south of the Loire).

=oca=, _n.m._, (bot.) oca.

=occase=, _adj._, (astron.) occasive (_i.e._ westerly).

=occasion=, _n.f._, opportunity, occasion; cause, reason, behalf, sake; bargain, job-lot, second-hand. _Il faut attendre l’—_; one must bide one’s time. _Profiter d’une —_; to take advantage of, to improve, an opportunity. _En toute —_; on all occasions. _Dans l’—_; as occasion offers, when occasion serves. _Par —_; occasionally; accidentally. _Je vous l’enverrai par —_; I shall send it you by private hand. _À votre —_; for your sake. _D’—_; accidentally; second-hand. _Marchandise d’—_; second-hand goods, job-lot.

=occasionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, occasional.

=occasionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, occasionally.

=occasionner=, _v.a._, to occasion, to bring on, to cause, to produce.

=occident=, _n.m._, West. _D’—_; western.

=occidental=, =-e=, _adj._, occidental, western, westerly. _Les Indes —es_; the West Indies.

=occidentaux=, _n.m.pl._, natives, inhabitants, of the western countries.

=occipital=, =-e=, _adj._, occipital.

=occiput= (-put), _n.m._, occiput.

☉=occire=, _v.a._, to slay, to kill, to do for.

☉=occis=, _part._, killed, slain, done for.

☉=occiseur=, _n.m._, murderer, killer, slayer.

☉=occision=, _n.f._, killing; slaughter.

=occlusion=, _n.f._, (med.) closing, shutting up.

=occultation=, _n.f._, (astron.) occultation.

=occulte=, _adj._, occult, hidden, secret.

=occupant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, occupant, possessor; occupier; occupying, engrossing, taking up; (jur.) concerned (as attorney).

=occupation=, _n.f._, occupation, business, employment, work. _Donner de l’— à quelqu’un_; to cut out work for any one.

=occupé=, =-e=, _adj._, busy, occupied, engaged.

=occuper=, _v.a._, to occupy, to employ; to take up, to fill; to inhabit. _— une maison_; to occupy a house. _— la place de quelqu’un_; to be in any one’s place. _Il faut — les jeunes gens_; youth must have occupation.

_s’_=occuper= =à= (habitual) _or_ =de= (particular), _v.r._, to occupy one’s self; to be busy, to apply one’s self, to attend to, to trouble one’s self about. _S’— à lire_; to be busy reading. _Je m’occupe de votre affaire_; I am looking after _or_ attending to your business.

=occuper=, _v.n._, (jur.) to be concerned as attorney, to appear; to plead.

=occurrence= (o-kur-rans), _n.f._, occurrence, emergency.

=occurrent=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) occurring, occurrent.

=océan=, _n.m._, ocean; the high seas.

=océanide=, _n.f._, (myth.) Oceanide, nymph of the Sea, daughter of the Ocean.

=océanique=, _adj._, oceanic.

=ocelle=, _n.m._, ocellus.

=ocellé=, =-e=, _adj._, ocellated.

=ochlocratie= (o-klo-cra-ci), _n.f._, ochlocracy.

☉=ochre=, _n.f._ _V._ =ocre=.

=ocre=, _n.f._, ochre.

=ocreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ochry, ochreous.

=octaèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) octahedron.

=octaédrique=, _adj._, (geom.) octahedral.

=octandre=, _adj._, (bot.) octandrian, octandrous.

=octandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) octandria.

=octant=, _n.m._, octant; quadrant.

☉=octante=, _adj._, eighty, fourscore.

☉=octantième= (-tièm), _adj._, eightieth.

=octarchie= (-shi), _n.f._, octarchy.

=octave=, _n.f._, octave; eight.

=octavin=, _n.m._, octave-flute.

=octavo=, _adv._, eighthly. _V._ =in-octavo=.

=octavon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, octoroon, mustee, person one-eighth black.

=octidi=, _n.m._, octidi, eighth day of the decade in the calendar of the first French republic.

=octil=, _adj.m._, (astron.) octile.

=octobre=, _n.m._, October.

=octogénaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, octogenary, octogenarian.

=octogone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, octagon; octagonal.

=octostyle=, _adj._, octostyle.

=octroi=, _n.m._, grant; concession; town-dues, toll, duty; octroi, toll-house _or_ office.

=octroyer=, _v.a._, to grant, to concede.

=octuple=, _adj._, eightfold, octuple.

=octupler=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to increase eightfold.

=oculaire=, _adj._, ocular. _Témoin —_; eye-witness. _Verre —_; eye-glass.

=oculaire=, _n.m._, (opt.) eye-glass, eye-piece, eye-end.

=oculairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, ocularly.

=oculiste=, _n.m._, oculist.

=odalisque=, _n.f._, odalisk, odalisque.

=ode=, _n.f._, ode.

=odelette=, _n.f._, (poet.) odelet.

=odéon= _or_ =odéum=, _n.m._, Odéon (name of a theatre in Paris).

=odeur=, _n.f._, odor, smell, scent, fragrancy, perfume. _N’être pas en — de sainteté auprès de quelqu’un_; not to be in the good graces of any one. _En — de sainteté_; in the Lord; in favor.

=odieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, odiously, hatefully.

=odieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, odious, hateful, loathsome, invidious. _Se rendre —_; to make one’s self odious.

=odieux=, _n.m._, odium, hatefulness, invidiousness. _L’— de la chose_; the hateful part of the business.

=odomètre=, _n.m._, odometer, pedometer. _V._ =pédomètre=.

=odontalgie=, _n.f._, odontalgia, toothache, odontalgy.

=ondontalgique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, odontalgic.

=odontoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) odontoid.

=odontologie=, _n.f._, (anat.) odontology.

=odorant=, =-e=, _adj._, odoriferous, fragrant, sweet-smelling.

=odorat=, _n.m._, smell; smelling; sense of smell.

=odoriférant=, =-e=, _adj._, odoriferous, fragrant, sweet-scented _or_ smelling.

=odyssée=, _n.f._, Odyssey.

=œcuménicité=, _n.f._, œcumenicity.

=œcuménique=, _adj._, œcumenical.

=œcuméniquement=, _adv._, œcumenically.

=œdémateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, œdematous.

=œdème=, _n.m._, (med.) œdema.

=œdipe=, _n.m._, riddle-solver.

=œgagre= (égagr), _n.m._, wild goat.

*=œil= (eu-ye), _n.m._, (_yeux_) eye, look; bud; luster, gloss; (bot.) ox-eye, daisy; hole (in bread, cheese); (print.) face; bubble (of soup); luster (of precious stones); eye (of a needle). _Clin d’—_; twinkle. _En un clin d’—_; in the twinkling of an eye. _Un beau coup d’—_; a fine prospect _or_ view _or_ spectacle. _Le premier coup d’—_; the first glance _or_ sight of. _D’un coup d’—_; at a glance. _Avoir mal aux yeux_; to have sore eyes. _Regarder quelqu’un du coin de l’—_; to glance at, to ogle, to leer. _Regarder quelqu’un entre les deux yeux_; to look any one full in the face. _Entre quatre yeux_; in private, between ourselves. _Ouvrir de grands yeux_; to stare, to stare with one’s eyes wide open. _Avoir l’— à quelque chose_; to have an eye upon anything, to mind, to attend to. _Avoir l’— sur_; to watch any one, to see to anything. _Suivre de l’—_; to follow with the eye, to watch. _Le soleil me donne dans les yeux_; the sun dazzles my eyes. _La lumière me tire les yeux_; the light hurts my eyes. _Cela lui blesse les yeux_; that is an eyesore to him. _À vue d’—_; visibly. _Donner dans l’— à quelqu’un_; to take any one’s fancy. _Avoir le compas dans l’—_; to have a good eye for distances. _Avoir le coup d’—_; to have a carpenter’s eye. _Faire les yeux doux_; to look lovingly (at), to cast loving glances (at). _Dévorer quelqu’un des yeux_; to look any one through and through. _S’en battre l’—_; not to care a rap about. _Couver des yeux_; to look lovingly (on). _Dévorer une chose des yeux_; to look upon a thing with greedy eyes. _Cela saute aux yeux_; it is obvious; it is as clear as noonday. _Avoir un bandeau sur les yeux_; to be blindfolded. _Pour vos beaux yeux_; for your pretty face _or_ for nothing. _Je lui ai poché l’—_; I gave him a black eye. _Il a de bons yeux_; he is sharp-sighted. _Il n’a des yeux que pour elle_; he sees nothing but her. _Fermer les yeux sur quelque chose_; to connive at, to wink at anything. _Se mettre le doigt dans l’—_; to delude _or_ flatter one’s self. _N’avoir pas froid aux yeux_; not to funk; not to stick at trifles; not to be afraid of one’s shadow. _Mais! votre chapeau vous crève les yeux_; why, your hat is staring you in the face. _Avoir les yeux battus_; to have a tired look about the eyes. _Avoir les yeux cernés_; to have dark circles round the eyes. _Des yeux à fleur de tête_; goggle-eyes. _Voir de bon —_; to look favorably (on). _Voir de mauvais —_; to look unfavorably (on).

=œil-de-bœuf=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) bull’s eye; round or oval window; ☉a waiting-room in the royal palace at Versailles.

=œil-de-chat=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (min.) cat’s-eye.

=œil-de-perdrix=, _n.m._, (_yeux-—_) soft corn (on the foot).

=œil-de-serpent=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (min.) serpentine-stone.

=œil-d’or=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (ich.) gold-finny.

*=œillade=, _n.f._, glance, ogle, sheep’s eye. _Jeter des —s_; to cast glances (at), to ogle.

=œillère=, _adj.f._, of the eye. _Dent —_; canine tooth.

*=œillère=, _n.f._, eye-flap, blinker (of a horse); canine tooth.

*=œillet=, _n.m._, (bot.) carnation, pink; (nav.) eye; eyelet; eyelet-hole. _— de poète_; sweet william.

*=œilleton=, _n.m._, (hort.) offset; layer.

*=œillette=, _n.f._, field-poppy.

=œnanthe=, _n.f._, (bot.) watery drop-wort.

=œnologie=, _n.f._, wine-making.

=œnomancie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) œnomancy (divination by wine).

=œnomètre=, _n.m._, œnometer (to ascertain the strength of wine).

=œnophile=, _n.m._, œnophilist. _Société —_; wine company.

=œnophore=, _n.m._, (antiq.) wine vessel, goblet.

=œsophage=, _n.m._, œsophagus, gullet.

=œsophagien=, =-ne= (-in, -é-n), _adj._, pertaining to the œsophagus.

=œstre=, _n.m._, (ent.) œstrus, gad-fly.

=œuf= (euf), _n.m._, (_œufs_) (eû) egg. _pl._, roe (of a fish). _—s pochés_; poached eggs. _—s à la coque_; boiled eggs. _—s brouillés_; buttered eggs. _— couvi_; addled egg. _— frais_; new-laid egg. _—s sur le plat_, _—s au miroir_; fried eggs. _Plein comme un —_; as full as an egg. _Il tondrait sur un —_; he would skin a flint. _Mettre tous ses —s dans un panier_; to risk all in one enterprise. _Donner un — pour avoir un bœuf_, to give a sprat to catch a herring. _Faire d’un — un bœuf_; to make mountains out of mole-hills.

=œuvé=, =-e=, _adj._, hard-roed (of fish).

=œuvre=, _n.f._, work, piece of work; works (of an author); production, performance; deed, act; bezel, setting (of a stone); church-wardens’ pew; fabric (fund appropriated for the repairs of a church). _— de piété_, _— de charité_; act of piety, of charity. _—s pies_; pious works. _Une — de génie_; a work of genius. _La fin couronne l’—_; all’s well that ends well. _À l’ — on connaît l’ouvrier_; the workman is known by his work. _À bon jour, bonne —_; the better the day, the better the deed. _Maître des hautes —s_; hangman. _Maître des basses —s_; nightman. _Mettre en —_; to make use of, to work up, to bring to bear; to set (jewelry). _Mettre tout en —_; to leave no stone unturned. _—s inédites_; unpublished works. _—s posthumes_; posthumous works. _—s mêlées_; miscellaneous works, miscellanea.

=œuvre=, _n.m._, work; (arch.) clear; works of musicians and engravers; performance; (metal.) argentiferous lead. _Gros —_; outer wall. _Travailler au grand —_; to seek the philosopher’s stone. _Dans —_; (arch.) apart, inside; clear, in the clear. _Hors d’—_; (arch.) from out to out. _Sous —_; (mas.) underpinning. _À pied d’—_; at hand, in the neighborhood, near.

=œuvrer=, _v.a._, to work.

=offensant=, =-e=, _adj._, offensive, obnoxious, abusive.

=offense=, _n.f._, offense, affront, insult, injury, wrong; (jur.) contempt, transgression, trespass. _Demander réparation d’une —_; to demand satisfaction for an offense. _Pardonner les —s_; to forgive offenses. _Expier une —_; to atone for an offense.

=offensé=, _n.m._, offended party.

=offenser=, _v.a._, to offend, to give offense; to hurt, to injure, to insult, to abuse, to shock; to be offensive to, to offend against. _Le coup lui a offensé le cerveau_; the blow hurt his brain. _— la délicatesse_; to offend against delicacy.

_s’_=offenser=, _v.r._, to be offended, to take exception (to), to take offense (at).

=offenseur=, _n.m._, offender.

=offensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, offensive (attack).

=offensive=, _n.f._, offensive.

=offensivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, offensively.

=offerte=, _n.f._, or offertoire, _n.m._, (c.rel.) offertory.

=office=, _n.m._, office; duty; employment, functions; service, turn; worship. _D’—_; officially, ex-officio. _Avocat nommé d’—_; counsel appointed by the judge. _Faire quelque chose d’—_; to do a thing of one’s own accord. _C’est un — d’ami que vous lui avez rendu_; it is a friendly turn you have done him. _Rendre un mauvais — à quelqu’un_; to do any one an ill-turn. _L’— divin_; divine service, church-time. _Livre d’—_; prayer-book. _Exercer un —_; to hold an office. _Le saint-—_; the holy-office, the Inquisition.

=office=, _n.f._, servants’ hall, pantry, larder, steward’s room. _pl._, dependencies of the kitchen.

=official=, _n.m._, (ecc.) official.

=officialité=, _n.f._, officiality.

=officiant=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, officiating priest, officiating clergyman; officiating.

=officiante=, _n.f._, officiating nun.

=officiel=, =-le=, _adj._, official.