Part 125

=porter=, _v.a._, to carry, to bear; to bring; to support; to wear, to have on; to convey, to declare, to express, to measure; to bring forth, to yield, to produce; to declare, to manifest, to induce, to prompt, to impel, to urge, to prevail, to excite, to persuade, to contain, to import, to hit, to strike, to take effect, to tell. _— un fardeau_; to carry a burden. _L’un portant l’autre_; one with another, upon an average. _Vous en porterez le péché_; the sin will lie at your door. _Il ne porte jamais d’argent sur lui_; he never carries money about him. _— un habit_; to wear a coat. _— le deuil_; to be in mourning. _— perruque_; to wear a wig. _— ses cheveux_; to wear one’s own hair. _— une bague au doigt_; to wear a ring on one’s finger. _Il a porté la livrée_; he has worn a livery, he has been a servant. _Elle porte la culotte_; she wears the breeches _or_ the gray mare is the better horse. _— l’épée_; to wear a sword. _— les armes_; to carry arms, to shoulder arms. _— la tête haute_; to carry one’s head high. _— le bras en écharpe_; to carry one’s arm in a sling. _— aux nues_; to laud to the skies. _— son pied en dedans_; to walk with the feet turned in. _—_ (_le nez_) _au vent_; to toss (the head) in the air; (of a horse) its nose in the wind. _Le — haut_; to carry it with a high hand. _— la main à l’épée_; to lay one’s hand upon one’s sword. _— une botte_; (fenc.) to make a thrust. _Porter coup_; to strike home _or_ to tell. _— ses vues bien haut_; to have great aspirations. _Somme qui porte intérêt_; sum that yields _or_ bears interest. _Il en portera la peine_; he will suffer for it. _Vin qui porte bien l’eau_; wine that bears being watered. _Ils l’ont porté à la vengeance_; they have excited him to revenge. _Être porté à la vertu_; to be inclined to virtue. _L’ordre du roi ne porte pas cela_; the king’s order does not convey as much. _L’arrêt porte condamnation_; the sentence carries condemnation with it. _La déclaration porte que_; the declaration stipulates that. _— amitié à quelqu’un_; to bear any one friendship. _— respect_; to respect. _— envie_; to envy. _— bonheur_; to bring good luck. _— préjudice_; to be prejudicial to. _— témoignage_; to bear witness. _— son jugement sur quelque chose_; to pass judgment upon anything. _— une santé_; to propose a toast, to drink to the health of.

_se_ =porter=, _v.r._, to be, to do (of health); to tend, to incline; to be inclined, to be disposed; to be worn; to proceed; to repair; to move; to stand forth; to be prone, to resort, to flock (to); to turn, to be directed. _Comment vous portez-vous?_ how do you do? _Se — bien_; to be well, in good health. _Ne pas se — bien_; to be unwell. _— sur les lieux_; to repair to the place. _Cette pièce réussit, la foule s’y porte_; the piece has caught on, crowds go to see it. _Il se porte au bien_; he is well disposed. _Il s’est porté à cela lui-même_; he took to that of his own accord. _Se — fort pour quelqu’un_; to answer for any one, to stand security for any one. _Portez-vous bien!_ good health! take care of yourself.

=porter=, _v.n._, to bear, to rest, to lie; (artil., man.) to carry; (nav.) to stand, to bear off; (her.) to bear; to aim at; to hit, to take effect; to reach; to bear young, to be with young (of animals). _Le carrosse porte sur la flèche_; the coach bears upon the pole. _Un raisonnement qui porte à faux_; an inconclusive argument, a remark not to the point. _Tous les coups que l’on tire ne portent pas_; all shots fired do not carry home, _or_ hit the mark. _Ce vin porte à la tête_; that wine goes to the head. _Sa vue porte loin_; his eye reaches far. _— au nord-ouest_; to stand to the north-west. _Les voiles portent_; the sails are full. _— gueules_; (her.) to bear gules.

=porte-respect=, _n.m._, (_—_) weapon carried in self-defence; life-preserver; mark of dignity; person of an imposing exterior.

=porte-rideau=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) curtain-pole.

=porte-rôtie=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) toast-stand, toast-rack.

=porte-scie=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) (ent.) saw-fly. _Insectes —_; saw-flies.

=porte-serviettes=, _n.m._, towel-horse.

=porte-tapisserie=, _n.m._, (_—_) tapestry frame.

=porte-trait=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) trace-strap, trace-robin.

=porteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, porter, carrier, heaver; bearer; (com.) holder. _Le — d’une lettre_; the bearer of a letter. _Payable au —_; payable to bearer. _Cheval —_; near-side horse. _— de chaise_; chairman.

=porte-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) wind-trunk (of organs).

=porte-verge=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) verger, beadle.

=porte-vergue=, _n.f._, (_—_) (nav.) iron-horse.

=porte-vis=, _n.m._, (_—_) screw-piece.

=porte-voix=, _n.m._, (_—_) speaking-trumpet.

=portier= (-tié), _n.m._, porter, door-keeper.

=portière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, curtain (before a door); carriage-door; portress.

=portière=, _adj.f._, of an age to bear (of cows).

=portion=, _n.f._, portion, part, share; allowance, pittance. _— de nourriture_; allowance of food. _Diminuer la — de quelqu’un_; to curtail any one’s allowance.

=portioncule=, _n.f._, (l.u.) a small portion.

=portique=, _n.m._, portico, doorway; porch.

=portor=, _n.m._, portor (black marble).

☉=portraire=, _v.a._, to portray, to depict, to paint.

=portrait=, _n.m._, portrait, likeness, picture, image, description. _Peintre de —s_; portrait painter. _— en grand_; full size portrait. _— à l’huile_; portrait in oils. _— en pied_; full length portrait. _— flatté_; flattering portrait. _— chargé_; caricature.

=portraitiste=, _n.m.f._, portrait-painter.

=portraiture=, _n.f._, ☉portraiture; portrait-painting. _Livre de —_; (paint.) drawing-book.

=portugais=, _n.m._, Portuguese (language).

=portugais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Portuguese.

=portulan=, _n.m._, (nav.) a book (of sea-ports).

=posage=, _n.m._, laying; laying down; (of bells, etc.) putting up.

=pose=, _n.f._, laying, setting, laying down on; posture, attitude; show, sham, make-believe; hanging (of bells); stationing, posting (of sentries). _— de la première pierre_; laying of the foundation stone.

=posé=, =-e=, _part._, laid, set, poised, bearing, resting, leaning. _Cela —, il s’ensuit que_; this being granted, it follows that. _Un homme bien — dans le monde_; a man in a good position, a man of standing.

=posé=, =-e=, _adj._, sedate, staid, sober, grave.

=posément=, _adv._, sedately, staidly.

=poser=, _v.a._, to place, to set, to lay down; to suppose, to admit, to grant; to post up; to hang, to put up (bells); (mus.) to pitch; (arith.) to put down; to pose (at dominoes). _— le pied_; to set foot. _Posez votre paquet_; lay down your bundle. _— l’arme à terre_; to ground arms. _— les armes_; to lay down one’s arms. _— une figure_; to put a figure in the proper position. _— la première pierre d’un édifice_; to lay the first stone of an edifice. _— à sec_; to lay down dry. _— à cru_; to erect timber framework on the bare ground. _— à plat_; to lay down flat. _— une sonnette_; to hang a bell. _— des gardes_; to post guards. _— en fait_; to lay down as a fact. _— une question_; to put a question. _Posons que cela soit_; let us suppose it to be so. _Il pose bien sa voix_; he gives his voice the proper pitch.

_se_ =poser=, _v.r._, to place, perch, pitch, settle one’s self; to assume an attitude, to set up for; to pitch (of birds).

=poser=, _v.n._, to bear, to rest, to lean; to take a posture, to stand, to dance attendance, to wait, to sit for one’s portrait, to attitudinize.

=poseur=, _n.m._, one who lays down stones, etc.; setter, layer; (rail.) plate-layer. _— de sonnettes_; bell-hanger.

=poseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who gives himself airs; a prig, a snob.

=positi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, positive, certain, practical; certain, sure, matter-of-fact. _Ce fait est —_; it is a positive fact. _Un esprit —_; a practical mind. _C’est un homme —_; he is a matter-of-fact man. _Elle ne m’avait rien promis de —_; she had made me no positive _or_ definite promise. _C’est —!_ it’s a fact!

=positif=, _n.m._, positive reality, certainty, fact; (gram.) positive.

=position=, _n.f._, position, situation, status, standing; posture; stand, place; station of life, case, state; circumstances. _— embarrassante_; involved circumstances. _Fausse —_; (arith.) false position. _Dans une bonne —_; well off. _Dans une — peu élevée_; in a small, _or_ inferior, position. _Être en — de_; to be able to. _Quelle est sa —?_ how is he circumstanced?

=positivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, positively, exactly, expressly, explicitly.

=positivisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) positivism.

=positiviste=, _n.m._, (philos.) positivist, follower of positivism.

=pospolite=, _n.f._, pospolite (Polish nobility).

=possédé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person possessed, madman, maniac. _Un homme — du démon_; a man possessed of the devil. _Il se démène comme un —_; he lays about him like a madman.

=posséder=, _v.a._, to possess, to be possessed of, to be master of, to be conversant with, to enjoy, to own, to hold, to have, to be worth (of a person); to be acquainted with. _— un emploi_; to hold a situation. _Les vertus qu’il possède_; the virtues he is possessed of. _L’ambition le possède_; he is eaten up with ambition. _Le diable le possède_; the devil is in him. _Bien — une langue_; to be thorough master of a language. _Bien — son sujet_; to have a thorough command of one’s subject.

_se_ =posséder=, _v.r._, to command one’s temper, to command one’s self, to master one’s passions, to contain one’s self. _Ne point se —_; to be beside one’s self. _Il ne se possède pas de joie_; he is beside himself with joy.

=possesseur=, _n.m._, possessor, owner, master; occupant, occupier. _— légitime_; lawful possessor.

=possessif=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) possessive case; possessive.

=possession=, _n.f._, possession, occupation, right, privilege. _Mettre en —_; to give possession, to invest. _— antérieure_; preoccupancy. _Prise de —_; taking possession. _— injuste_; wrongful possession. _Être en — de_; to be able to, to have the right _or_ privilege (of).

=possessoire=, _adj._, (jur.) possessory. _Action —_; possessory action.

=possessoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) possession (of real property).

=posset=, _n.m._, posset.

=possibilité=, _n.f._, possibility.

=possible=, _adj._, possible. _Il est — de le faire_; it is possible to do it. _Il est — qu’il le fasse_; he may possibly do it. _Venez le plus tôt —_; come as early as you can.

=possible=, _n.m._, possibility, utmost. _Faire tout son —_; to do one’s utmost. _Je ferai tout mon —_; I’ll do whatever lies in my power, _or_ the best I can, _or_ all I can. _Au —_; amazingly, to a degree. _C’est —_; very likely, that may be. _Pas —!_ you don’t say so!

=postal=, =-e=, _adj._, postal, of the post.

=postalement=, _adv._, by post.

=postcommunion=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) post-communion.

=postdate=, _n.f._, (l.u.) postdate.

=postdater=, _v.a._, to postdate.

=poste=, _n.m._, post; guard-house, station; station-house; place, employment; (nav.) berth; station (of a ship). _— de chirurgiens_; surgeons’ berth. _— des malades_; cockpit. _— de combat_; quarters. _— d’un vaisseau_; station of a ship in a fleet. _Être à — fixe dans un lieu_; to be stationed in a place, to reside on the spot; (fig.) to be a fixture. _Être à son —_; to be at one’s post.

=poste=, _n.f._, post, post-house; post-stage; post-office; mail; buck-shot. _Aller en —_; to travel post. _Courir_, or _aller_, _la —_; to ride _or_ travel post; to go post-haste, very fast. _Chevaux de —_; post-horses. _— aux chevaux_; post-house. _— aux lettres_; letter-post, pillar post. _Bureau de —_; post-office. _— pour —_; by return of post. _Maître de —_; postmaster. _Relais de —_; post-stage. _— restante_; till called for. _Directeur des —s_; postmaster general. _Grande —_; General Post-office. _Petite —_; district post-office; receiving house.

=posté=, =-e=, _part._, placed, stationed.

=postel=, _n.m._, teasel, kind of thistle (used in cloth manufactories).

=poster=, _v.a._, to station, to place, to post.

=postérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, posterior, subsequent, later; future.

=postérieur=, _n.m._, posteriors.

=postérieurement= (-eur-mān), _adv._, subsequently, after, since.

_à_ =posteriori=, _adv._, (log.) a posteriori (from the effect to the cause); _or_ from what follows.

=postériorité=, _n.f._, posteriority.

=postérité=, _n.f._, posterity, issue. _En appeler à la —_; to appeal to posterity. _Transmettre son nom à la — la plus reculée_; to transmit, _or_ hand down, one’s name to the remotest posterity. _Passer à la —_; to be handed down to posterity.

=postface=, _n.f._, address (placed at the end of a work), after-address.

☉=postfixe=, _n.m._, (gram.) postfix, termination.

=posthume=, _n.m._ and _adj._, posthumous child; posthumous. _Œuvres —s_; posthumous works. _Un fils —_; a posthumous son. _C’est un —_; he is a posthumous child.

=postiche=, _adj._, superadded; false, misplaced; false, artificial, sham, mock; (milit.) provisional acting. _Dents —s_; false teeth. _Cheveux —s_; false hair. _Caporal —_; acting-corporal.

*=postillon=, _n.m._, postilion; post-boy; (backgammon) mark above the half.

=postposer=, _v.a._, ☉to put after; (book-bind.) to transpose.

=postpositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) postpositive.

=postposition=, _n.f._, postposition.

=postscénium=, _n.m._, (_—_) postscenium.

=post-scriptum= (-tom), _n.m._, (_—_) postscript.

=postulance=, _n.f._, application, candidature.

=postulant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, postulant, candidate, applicant.

=postulat=, _n.m._, postulate.

=postulation=, _n.f._, conducting a suit, _or_ cause; (canon law) application for a dispensation.

=postulatum=, _n.m._, (postulata) (philos.) postulate. _V._ =postulat=.

=postuler=, _v.a._, to solicit; to apply for, to be a candidate for; (ecc.) to apply for a dispensation. _— une place_; to apply for a place.

=postuler=, _v.n._, to conduct a suit, to plead.

=posture=, _n.f._, posture, attitude, situation, condition.

=pot=, _n.m._, pot, jug; tankard, can, jar; (stationery) foolscap; ☉pot, morion, helmet. _Mettre en —_; to pot. _— de chambre_; chamber-pot. _Bête comme un —_; as stupid as an owl. _Mettre le — sur le feu_; to put the pot on the fire. _Prendre la fortune du —_; to take pot-luck. _— pourri_; hotch-potch; jar filled with all sorts of flowers; medley, jumble, olio. _— à feu_; (artil.) fireball, cresset, fire-pot. _—-au-feu_; (_—_) meat to boil (to make soup); broth; (fig.) bread and butter, bread and cheese. _— à l’eau_; water-jug. _— au lait_; milk-can. _Tourner autour du —_; to beat about the bush. _Gare le — au noir_; beware of the danger. _Découvrir le — aux roses_; to find out the secret, to lay bare the mystery. _Il en payera les —s cassés_; he will pay for the damage, stand the racket. _C’est le — de terre contre le — de fer_; it is the earthen pot against the iron pot (_i.e._, the weak against the strong). _Un — fêlé dure longtemps_; threatened men live long. _Il n’y a si méchant — qui ne trouve son couvercle_; every Jack has his Jill. _Être à — et à rôt avec_; to be great pals with _or_ to be very thick with.

=potable=, _adj._, drinkable.

=potage=, _n.m._, porridge, soup. _— aux herbes_; vegetable soup. _Il ne trouva que cela pour tout —_; that’s all he found. _Pour tout —_; in all, all told.

=potager=, _n.m._, kitchen-stove; kitchen-garden; soup-pan.

=potag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, culinary, cooking. _Herbes_, or _plantes_, _—ères_; pot-herbs. _Jardin —_; kitchen-garden.

=potamot=, _n.m._, (bot.) pond-weed.

=potasse=, _n.f._, potash. _— d’Amérique_; pearl-ash.

=potassium= (-siom), _n.m._, potassium.

=pot-de-vin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) gratuity; premium; good-will; bonus; bribe; tip.

=pote=, _adj._, (fam.) big, swollen, sore (of the hand).

=poteau=, _n.m._, post, stake, pillar. _— cornier_; corner-post. _— indicateur_ or _guide_; finger-post; sign-post. _— d’enseigne_; sign-post. _— d’arrivée_; winning-post. _— de départ_; starting-post.

=potée=, _n.f._, potful; houseful _or_ swarm (of children); putty (of tin); (metal.) molding, luting loam. _— d’étain_; putty-powder. _— d’émeri_; emery dust.

=potelé=, =-e= (po-tlé), _adj._, plump, fat, chubby.

=potelet= (po-tlè), _n.m._, (carp.) strut; prop.

=potence=, _n.f._, gallows, gibbet; bracket; prop; crutch (shaped in the form of a T); sliding rule for measuring the height of men and horses; (nav.) gallowsbit; (horl.) potence. _Gibier de —_; Newgate _or_ jail bird.

=potentat=, _n.m._, potentate.

=potentiel=, =-le=, (-ci-èl), _adj._, (med., gram.) potential.

=potentiellement= (-ci-èl-), _adv._, potentially.

*=potentille=, _n.f._, (bot.) cinque-foil.

=poterie= (-trî), _n.f._, pottery, earthenware. _— de grès_; stoneware.

=poterne=, _n.f._, (fort.) postern.

=potiche=, _n.f._, China _or_ Japan vase.

=potier= (-tié), _n.m._, potter. _Terre à —_; potter’s clay. _— d’étain_; pewterer.

=potin=, _n.m._, pinchbeck; (fam.) gossip, tittle-tattle.

=potion=, _n.f._, (med.) potion, draught.

=potiron=, _n.m._, pumpkin.

☉=potron-jaquet= _or_ =potron-minet=, _n.m._ _V._ =patron-jaquet=.

=pou=, _n.m._, louse. _Des —x_; lice.

=pouacre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (pop.) niggardly; nasty fellow; filthy; nasty.

=pouah!= _int._, faugh! ugh!

=pouce=, _n.m._, thumb; inch. _Il s’en mordra les —s_; he will rue it, _or_ regret it. _Serrer les —s à quelqu’un_; to wrest a secret from any one. _Mettre les —s_; to give in; to knuckle under. _Manger sur le —_; to have a snack.

=poucet=, _n.m._, small thumb. _Le petit —_; Tom Thumb.

=poucettes=, _n.f.pl._, manacles (for the thumbs).

=poucier=, _n.m._, thumb-stall.

=pou-de-soie=, _n.m._, (_—x-—_) _or_ =poult-de-soie=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (silk) paduasoy; stout silk.

=pouding=, _n.m._, pudding.

=poudingue= (-dingh), _n.m._, pudding-stone.

=poudre=, _n.f._, dust, sand; powder; gunpowder. _— d’or_; gold dust. _Sucre en —_; castor sugar. _Réduire en —_; to pulverize. _Jeter de la — aux yeux de quelqu’un_; to throw dust into the eyes of any one, to impose on any one. _Du tabac en —_; snuff. _— de chasse_; shooting-powder. _Du café en —_; ground coffee. _— à canon_; gunpowder. _La soute aux —s_; (nav.) the powder magazine. _Les —s_; the powder magazine. _Il n’a pas inventé la —_; he is no conjurer; he will never set the Thames on fire. _Mettre le feu aux —s_; (fig.) to fan the flame.

=poudrer=, _v.a._, to powder, to pounce, to sprinkle.

_se_ =poudrer=, _v.r._, to powder one’s hair.

=poudrerie=, _n.f._, gunpowder factory.

=poudrette=, _n.f._, dried night soil. _Faire la —_; (of fowls) to roll in the dust.

=poudreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dusty, powdery. _C’est un pied —_; he is a vagabond, a tramp.

=poudrier=, _n.m._, sand-box, pounce-box; gunpowder-maker.

=poudrière=, _n.f._, powder-mill; powder magazine; sand-box.

=poudroyer=, _v.a._, to fill, _or_ cover, with dust. _v.n._, to rise (of the dust); to be dusty (of roads).

=pouf=, _n.m._, puff; puffery, hoax; ottoman seat; centre ottoman. _Faiseur de —s_; (fig.) puffer; boaster, charlatan. _Faire des —s_; to disappear without paying one’s debts.

=pouf=, _adv._, plump, bang. _À —_; (pop.) on tick, on credit.

=pouf=, _adj. invariable_, crumbling (of stones).

=pouffer=, _v.n._, to puff. Only used in _— de rire_; to burst out laughing.

=poufferie=, _n.f._, puffery.

=pouffiste=, _n.m._, puffer.

*=pouillé=, _n.m._, register of benefices.

*=pouiller=, _v.a._, (pop.) to rail at, to abuse.

*_se_ =pouiller=, _v.r._, (pop.) to abuse each other.

*=pouilles=, _n.f.pl._, abuse, abusive language. _Il m’a chanté —_; he abused me.

*=pouilleu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, lousy person; beggarly fellow; lousy, wretched, mean.

*=pouillot=, _n.m._, (orni.) pewet.

*=poulailler=, _n.m._, hen-house, poultry-house; poultry-cart; (of persons) poulterer, poultry salesman.

=poulain=, _n.m._, foal, colt; (med.) bubo.

=poulaine=, _n.f._, (nav.) figure-head.

=poulan=, _n.m._, (at cards) pool.

=poularde=, _n.f._, fat pullet; capon.

=poule=, _n.f._, hen; fowl; pool (play). _Jeune —_; pullet. _— d’Inde_; turkey-hen. _— d’eau_; moor-hen. _Faire venir la chair de —_; to make one’s flesh creep, to make one shudder. _Plumer la — sans la faire crier_; to make any one disgorge without any fuss. _— mouillée_; milk-sop (pers.).

=poulet=, _n.m._, chicken; love-letter; (stationery) fancy note-paper.

=poulette=, _n.f._, young hen, pullet; lass. _À la —_; with white sauce.

☉=poulevrin=. _V._ =pulvérin=.

=pouliche=, _n.f._, filly, foal.

=poulie=, _n.f._, pulley; (nav.) block.

=poulier=, _v.a._, to hoist, to lift up, with a pulley.

=poulierie=, _n.f._, block-shed; block-manufacture; block-manufactory.

=poulieur=, _n.m._, block-maker.

☉=poulin=, =-e=. _V._ =poulain=, =pouliche=.

=pouliner=, _v.n._, to foal (of mares).

=poulinière=, _n.f._ _Jument —_; brood mare.

=pouliot=, _n.m._, (bot.) penny-royal.

=poulpe=, _n.m._, (mol.) octopus, devil-fish.

=pouls= (poo), _n.m._, pulse. _— déréglé_; irregular pulse. _— faible_; low pulse. _— élevé_; high pulse. _— formicant_; small, weak and frequent pulse. _Se tâter le —_; to feel one’s own pulse; (fig.) to gauge one’s strength. _Tâter le — à quelqu’un_; to feel any one’s pulse. _Le — lui bat_; his pulse beats.

=poult-de-soie=, _n.m._ (_—s-—_). _V._ =pou-de-soie=.

=poumon=, _n.m._, lung, lungs.

=poupard=, _n.m._, (triv.) babe, baby, baby-doll.

=poupart=, _n.m._, large edible crab.

=poupe=, _n.f._, poop, stern. _À — carrée_, square-sterned. _À — étroite_; vertical-sterned. _Vent en —_; stern-wind. _Mettre vent en —_; to bear away before the wind. _Mouiller en —_; to moor by the stern. _Avoir le vent en —_; to sail before the wind; (fig.) to be in luck’s way.

=poupée=, _n.f._, doll; puppet; (arch.) poppy-head; (hort.) crown-graft; bunch of hemp _or_ flax tied to the distaff. _Enter en —_; (hort.) to graft in the bark.

=poupin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam.) fop, beau, dandy, belle; smart, spruce, dashy.

=poupon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, plump, chub-cheeked baby, boy, girl. _Ma —ne_; my darling.

=pour=, _prep._, for; on account of; in order; towards; to; though, notwithstanding. _— toujours_, _— jamais_; for ever. _— le moins_; at least. _— cet effet_; therefore, for this purpose. _— ainsi dire_; as it were, so to speak. _Il fera cela — vous_; he will do that for your sake. _On l’a laissé — mort_; he was left for dead. _— qui me prenez-vous?_ whom do you take me for? _Je le tiens — mon ami_; I take him to be, _or_ consider him, my friend. _— moi_; for my part, as for me. _— ce qui est de moi, j’y consens_; for my part I consent to it. _Comme —_; as if, as much as (to). _— ce qui est de_; as regards, as for.

=pour=, _n.m._, for, pro. _Les — et les contre_; the pros and cons.

=pourboire=, _n.m._, drink-money; tip. _Demander un —_; to ask for something (over and above the legal fare).

=pourceau=, _n.m._, hog, pig, swine. _Etable à —x_; hog-sty. _— de mer_; sea-hog, porpoise. _C’est un vrai —_; he is a perfect beast.

=pour-cent=, _n.m._, percentage.

=pourchasser=, _v.a._, to pursue, to seek eagerly; to chase; to dun, to badger.

=pourfendeur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) killer; swaggerer, bully. _— de géants_; giant-killer, braggadocio.

=pourfendre=, _v.a._, (fam.) to cleave asunder, to cleave; to kill outright.

=pourir=, _v.n._ _V._ =pourrir=.

=pourissage= _or_ =pourrissage=, _n.m._, (tech.) retting.

=pourissoir= _or_ =pourrissoir=, _n.m._, (tech.) retting vat.

=pouriture=, _n.f._ _V._ =pourriture=.

=pourlécher=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to lick all over; (fig.) to polish, to labor.

_se_ =pourlécher=, _v.r._, (fam.) to lick one’s chops; (fig.) to gloat over (in anticipation).

=pour lors=, _adv._, then, after that; at that time; henceforward.

=pourparler=, _n.m._, parley, conference. _Entrer en —s_; to enter into negotiations; to discuss.

=pour peu que=, _conj._, ever so little, however little; if only.

=pourpier=, _n.m._, (bot.) purslain.