Part 148

=sel=, _n.m._, salt; wit; point, humor. _— gris_; bay salt. _De bon —_; properly salted. _À la croque au —_; with salt only. _— gemme_; rock-salt. _— marin_; sea-salt. _Un miton de —_; a peck of salt. _Au gros —_; (fig.) coarse. _Beurre demi —_; salt-butter. _— Anglais_; Epsom salts. _— blanc_; table-salt. _Gros —_; coarse salt. _Couche de —_; bed of salt. _— attique_; Attic wit. _Ils ne mangeront pas un miton de — ensemble_; (prov.) they will soon be at sixes and sevens, _or_ will soon fall out.

=sélaciens=, _n.m.pl._, (ich.) cartilaginous fishes.

=sélam= _or_ =sélan=, _n.m._, (_—s_) emblematic nosegay (in the East).

=sélection=, _n.f._, selection.

=sélénieux=, _adj._, (chem.) selenious.

=sélénite=, _n.f._, (chem.) selenite.

=séléniteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, selenitic.

=sélénium= (-om), _n.m._, (chem.) selenium.

=sélénographie=, _n.f._, selenography.

=sélénographique=, _adj._, selenographical.

=sélin=, _n.m._, milk-parsley (bot.).

=sellage=, _n.m._, saddling.

=selle=, _n.f._, saddle; stool, motion of the bowels; water-closet; washing board. _— de femme_; side-saddle, lady’s saddle. _Cheval de —_; saddle-horse. _Aller à la —_; to go to the stool. _Être toujours en —_; never to be out of the saddle. _— à tous chevaux_; common saddle; commonplace discourse. _La première —_; the best horse in the stable. _— de calfat_; (nav.) calking-box.

=seller=, _v.a._, to saddle.

_se_ =seller=, _v.r._, (agri.) to harden (as land).

=sellerie= (sèl-rî), _n.f._, saddlery, saddle-room.

=sellette=, _n.f._, culprits’ seat; (fig.) stool of repentance; bed (of a carriage); shoe-black’s box; collar (of a plow); cradle (of painters); (nav.) calking-box. _Être sur la —_; to be at the bar (of criminals). _Mettre sur la —_; to haul over the coals. _Tenir sur la —_; to cross-question, to heckle, to pump (a person).

=sellier=, _n.m._, saddler.

=selon=, _prep._, according to, agreeably to, conformably to, pursuant to. _On l’a traité — son mérite_; he was treated according to his deserts. _— moi_; in my opinion. _C’est —_; that depends.

=selon que=, _conj._, as, according as.

*=semailles=, _n.f.pl._, sowing; seed; sowing-time.

=semaine=, _n.f._, week; week’s work; week’s wages; week’s money; week’s pocket-money; week’s allowance. _À la —_; by the week. _Prêter à la petite —_; to lend money (for a short time) at high interest. _— sainte_; Holy Week. _— grasse_; shrove-tide. _Par —_; a week. _La — prochaine_; next week. _La — des quatre jeudis_; when two Sundays come together (_i.e._ never). _Être de —_; to be on duty (for the week).

=semainier=, _n.m._, officer, monk, _or_ actor, on duty (for the week); case of seven razors; letter-rack; bangle.

=semainière=, _n.f._, nun, _or_ actress, on duty (for the week).

=sémaphore=, _n.m._, semaphore, signal-post.

=semaque=, _n.f._, fishing-boat, fishing-smack.

=semblable=, _adj._, like, alike, not unlike, similar, such. _— à un torrent_; like a torrent.

=semblable=, _n.m._, like; fellow, match, equal; fellow-creature, fellow-man.

=semblablement=, _adv._, likewise, too, also, in like manner.

☉=semblance=, _n.f._, resemblance, semblance, look, likeness.

=semblant=, _n.m._, appearance, semblance, seeming, air, look; pretense, show, sham. _Faux —_; false pretense. _Faire —_; to feign, to pretend, to dissemble, to seem, to appear as if. _Il fait — de ne pas le voir_; he pretends not to see it. _Ne faire — de rien_; to appear to take no notice (of); to feign ignorance (of). _Sans faire — de rien_; looking as if nothing was the matter.

=sembler=, _v.n._, to seem, to appear. _Cela me semble ainsi_; it appears so to me. _Il semble_; it seems, it appears, it would appear. _Il me semble que je le vois_; I think, _or_ I fancy, I see him. _Il lui semble que_; he fancies that. _Que vous en semble?_ what do you think of it? _Il lui semble que cela n’est rien_; he thinks it is nothing. _Si bon lui semble_; if he thinks fit. _C’est ce qui me semble_; precisely as I thought. _Il semble que ce soit_; it seems that it is. _Il me semble que c’est_; it seems to me that it is.

=semé=, =-e=, _part._, sowed, sown; strewn (with); interspersed (with); (her.) aspersed. _— d’étoiles_; bespangled with stars. _— de fleurs_; strewn with flowers.

=séméiologie=, _n.f._, semeiology.

=séméiotique=, _n.f._, semeiotics.

=semelle=, _n.f._, sole (of boots, shoes); foot (of stockings); length of a foot; (carp.) sleeper; dormant-tree; shoe (of an anchor). _— simple_; single sole. _Battre la —_; to pad the hoof, to tramp; to warm one’s feet, _or_ trudge about. _Reculer d’une —_; to give way a foot. _Ne pas rompre d’une —_; not to draw back a step; not to give way an inch. _Rompre la —_; (fencing) to retire in parrying. _— de dérive_; (nav.) lee-board.

=semence=, _n.f._, seed; seeds; saving; fine sprigs (small nails, tin tacks); (fig.) cause. _— de perles_; seed-pearl. _— d’un procès_; cause of a lawsuit. _— de diamant_; diamond-sparks.

=semencine=, _n.f._, (pharm.) one of the three kinds of wormwood.

=semen-contra= (sé-mè-n-), _n.m._, (_n.p._) (pharm.) semen-contra, worm-seed.

=semé=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, sown, strewn, interspersed.

=semer=, _v.a._, to sow, to scatter; to spread; to strew, to sprinkle, to disseminate. _— du blé_; to sow wheat. _— de l’argent_; to scatter money. _— la discorde_; to sow discord. _— la terreur_; to spread terror. _— des fleurs_; to strew flowers. _Il faut — pour recueillir_; one must sow first to reap afterwards. _Se —_; to be sowed.

=semestre= (-mès-), _n.m._, half-year; six months; half-year’s duty, half-year’s income; (milit.) six months’ furlough. _Entrer en —_; to enter upon a six months’ duty. _Congé de —_; six months’ furlough. _Par —_; half-yearly.

=semestriel=, =-le= (-mès-), _adj._, half-yearly.

=semestrier=, (-mès-), _n.m._, (milit.) soldier absent on a six months’ furlough.

=semeur=, _n.m._, seedsman, sower; disseminator, spreader.

=semi=, _adj. invariable_, semi, demi, half.

=semi-arien=, =-ne=, _adj._ and _n._, (_—-—s_) Semi-Arian.

=semi-circulaire=, _adj._, semicircular.

=semi-double=, _adj._, semi-double.

=semi-flosculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) semi-flosculous.

=semi-hebdomadaire=, _adj._, semi-weekly.

=semillance=, _n.f._, sprightliness, liveliness.

*=sémillant=, =-e=, _adj._, brisk, lively, frisky, sprightly.

=sémiller=, _v.n._, to be sprightly _or_ lively; to be brisk.

=semi-lunaire=, _adj._, semi-lunar.

=semi-mensuel=, =-le=, _adj._, fortnightly.

=séminaire=, _n.m._, seminary, clerical college; school.

=séminal=, =-e=, _adj._, seminal.

=séminariste=, _n.m._, seminarist.

=sémination=, _n.f._, semination.

=semi-périodique=, _adj._, semi-periodic.

=semi-preuve=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) imperfect proof, beginning of a proof.

=semis=, _n.m._, seed-plot, seedling.

=sémitique=, _adj._, Semitic.

=semi-ton=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (mus.) semitone.

=semoir=, _n.m._, (agri.) seed-lip; drill-machine, corn-drill.

=semonce=, _n.f._, rebuke, reprimand, lecture; call, summons.

=semoncer=, _v.a._, to reprimand, to lecture, to summon, to call.

=semoule=, _n.f._, semolina.

=semper-virens= (sin-pèr-vi-rīns), _n.m._, _adj._, (_—_) (bot.) coral honeysuckle; evergreen.

=sempiternel=, =-le= (sin-), _adj._, sempiternal, everlasting.

=sénat=, _n.m._, senate; senate-house.

=sénateur=, _n.m._, senator.

=sénatorerie=, _n.f._, senatorship.

=sénatorial=, =-e=, _adj._, senatorial.

=sénatorien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, senatorial, senatorian.

=sénatrice=, _n.f._, senator’s lady.

=sénatus-consulte= (-tus-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) senatus-consultum; decree (of a senator).

=senau=, _n.m._, (nav.) snow (sort of vessel). _Voile de —_; try-sail.

=séné=, _n.m._, senna.

=sénéchal=, _n.m._, seneschal. _Grand —_; high seneschal.

=sénéchale=, _n.f._, seneschal’s wife.

=sénéchaussée=, _n.f._, seneschal’s jurisdiction; seneschal’s court.

=seneçon= (sè-n-son), _n.m._, (bot.) groundsel.

=senegrain=, =senègre=, _or_ =senegré=, _n.m._, (bot.) fenugreek.

=senelle=, _n.f._ _V._ =cenelle=.

=sénestre=, _adj._, ☉left; (her.) sinister.

=sénevé= (sé-n-vé), _n.m._, (bot.) charlock, black mustard.

☉=sénieur=, _n.m._, senior.

=sénile=, _adj._, senile, old.

=sénilité=, _n.f._, senility, old age.

=senne=, _n.f._ _V._ =seine=.

=sens= (sānss), _n.m._, sense, senses, feelings, passions; understanding, judgment; intellect; reason, intelligence; opinion, sentiment; wits, reason, judgment; meaning, import; way, direction. _Reprendre ses —_; to come to one’s senses, to come to. _Bon —_; good sense. _— commun_; common-sense. _— propre_; proper meaning. _— figuré_; figurative sense. _— intime_; consciousness. _À double —_; with double meaning. _A mon —_; in my opinion. _Dans tous les —_; in all directions, to and fro. _En tous —_; in every direction. _N’avoir pas le — commun_; to be preposterous, absurd. _Tomber sous le —_; to be obvious, self-evident. _À contre —_; wrong way, in a wrong sense. _— devant derrière_; hind part foremost; wrong side first. _Ce mot a deux —_; that word has two meanings. _Il abonde en son —_; he is wedded to his opinion. _J’abonde dans votre —_; I am of your opinion. _— dessus dessous_; upside down, topsy-turvy. _Être dans son bon —_; to be in one’s right senses. _Mettre quelqu’un hors de son bon —_; to drive any one out of his senses. _En — inverse_; in a contrary direction.

=sensation=, _n.f._, sensation, feeling. _Faire —_; to cause a sensation. _À —_; sensational.

=sensé=, =-e=, _adj._, sensible, intelligent, reasonable.

=sensément=, _adv._, sensibly, judiciously.

=sensibilité=, _n.f._, sensibility, sensitiveness, feeling, delicacy; tenderness, soreness; tender-heartedness.

=sensible=, _adj._, sensible; perceptible, obvious, palpable, evident; feeling, sensitive; visible (horizon); tender, sore (of flesh). _Il se montra — à ma douleur_; he seemed moved by my sorrow. _C’est son endroit —_; that’s his sensitive part. _Note —_; (mus.) leading note.

=sensible=, _n.f._, (mus.) leading note.

=sensiblement=, _adv._, sensibly, feelingly, keenly; vividly, deeply, obviously, perceptibly, greatly, visibly, considerably, much.

=sensiblerie=, _n.f._, sentimentality.

=sensiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, sensitive.

=sensitive=, _n.f._, (bot.) sensitive plant.

=sensorial=, _adj._, (physiol.) sensorial.

=sensorium= (-om), _n.m._, sensorium.

=sensualisme=, _n.m._, sensualism.

=sensualiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, sensualist; sensual.

=sensualité=, _n.f._, sensuality.

=sensuel=, =-le=, _n._ and _adj._, sensualist; sensual, voluptuous.

=sensuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, sensually.

☉=sente=, _n.f._ _V._ =sentier=.

=sentence=, _n.f._, sentence; maxim; judgment; decree, decision, verdict.

☉=sentencié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, convict.

☉=sentencier=, _v.a._, (criminal law) to condemn, to pass sentence, to sentence.

=sentencieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, sententiously.

=sentencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sententious.

=sentène=, _n.f._, thread of a skein. _V._ =centaine=.

=senteur=, _n.f._, scent, fragrance, perfume, odor, smell. _Pois de —_; sweet pea.

=senti=, =-e=, _part._ and _adj._, felt, experienced, perceived. _Bien —_, _vivement —_; heartfelt, deeply felt; (fig.) expressive, impressive, well expressed.

=sentier= (-tié), _n.m._, path, foot-path, pathway, by-way; lane, track; balk (in a plowed field). _— battu_; beaten track.

=sentiment=, _n.m._, feeling, sensation; sentiment; perception; sense, consciousness, sensibility; opinion. _Avoir le — de_; to be conscious of. _Juger par —_; to judge from feeling. _— d’amour_; feeling of love. _Selon mon —_; in my opinion. _Faire des —_; to be sentimental.

=sentimental=, =-e=, _adj._, sentimental.

=sentimentalement=, _adv._, sentimentally.

=sentimentalité=, _n.f._, sentimentality.

=sentine=, _n.f._, (nav.) well-room (of a ship); (fig.) sink of vice.

=sentinelle=, _n.f._, sentinel, sentry. _— perdue_; forlorn sentinel. _Faire —_; to keep sentry, to mount guard, to be on the watch.

=sentir= (sentant, senti), _v.a._, to feel, to be sensible of, to have a sense of; to smell, to scent; to taste, to have a taste of, to savor; to look like, to perceive, to experience, to foresee, to guess, to know. _Cette carpe sent la bourbe_; this carp tastes of the mud. _Faire — quelque chose à quelqu’un_; to impress any one with a sense of any thing, to bring home to. _Il sent les choses de loin_; he foresees things from afar. _Se faire —_; to make itself felt.

_se_ =sentir=, _v.r._, to feel one’s self, to know one’s self, to be sensible; to be conscious, to feel the effects of; to be visible _or_ perceived; to feel within one’s self. _Il se sentait mourir_; he felt himself dying. _Il ne se sent pas de froid_; he is quite benumbed with cold. _Ne pas se — de joie_; to be beside one’s self with joy; to be in raptures. _Il se sent bien_; he knows himself very well.

=sentir=, _v.n._, to feel; to smell, to have an odor; to have a bad smell. _— bon_; to smell nice. _— mauvais_; to smell bad. _Cette viande commence à —_; this meat is beginning to be tainted. _Cela ne sent pas bon_; (fig.) I don’t like the look of it.

=seoir= (soâr), _v.n._, to suit, to become, to fit. _Il vous sied mal_, or _il ne vous sied pas_, (_de_); it ill becomes you to.

=seoir= (soâr), _v.n._, (l.u.) to sit, to be sitting.

=séparable=, _adj._, separable.

=séparation=, _n.f._, separation, severing; parting; partition. _— de biens_; separate estate, separate maintenance. _— de corps et de biens_; divorce _a mensâ et thoro_, _or_ judicial separation. _Mur de —_; partition wall.

=séparatiste=, _n.m._, separatist, secessionist. _adj._, seceding.

=séparément=, _adv._, separately; disjunctively; apart, asunder.

=séparer=, _v.a._, to separate, to sever, to disunite, to divide, to part, to set apart, to drive asunder, to disjoin, to divorce; to disconnect, to cut off. _— le bon grain d’avec le mauvais_; to separate the good seed from the bad. _— les cheveux sur le front_; to part the hair on the forehead. _— deux hommes qui se battent_; to part two men fighting.

_se_ =séparer=, _v.r._, to separate, to sever, to part, to part company (with); to secede, to divide; to break up (of assemblies); to come off. _Il n’y a si bonne compagnie qui ne se sépare_; the best friends must part at last.

=sépia=, _n.f._, sepia. _À la —_; in sepia.

=seps= (sèps), _n.m._, (erpetology) seps.

=sept= (sèt), _n.m._ and _adj._, seven, seventh.

=septain=, _n.m._, seven-lined stanza.

☉=septante= (sèp-), _adj._, seventy. _Version des —s_; septuagint.

=septembre= (sèp-), _n.m._, September.

=septembriseur= (sèp-), _n.m._, (French hist.) septembrist, agent of the massacres of September, 1792.

=septénaire= (sèp-), _n.m._ and _adj._, septenary.

=septennal=, =-e= (sèp-tè-n-nal), _adj._, septennial.

=septennalité= (sèp-tè-n-na-), _n.f._, seven years’ duration.

=septentrion= (sèp-), _n.m._, North; (astron.) Lesser Bear.

=septentrional=, =-e= (sèp-), _adj._, North, Northern.

=septidi= (sèp-), _n.m._, septidi, the seventh day of the decade of the calendar of the first French republic.

=septième= (sè-tièm), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, seventh; seventh day. _Elève de —_; seventh form boy (in France); lowest-class boy (in America).

=septième= (sĕ-tièm), _n.f._, sequence of seven cards; (mus.) seventh; (piquet) septieme.

=septièmement= (sè-tièm-mān), _adv._, seventhly.

=septier= (se-tié), _n.m._ _V._ =setier=.

=septillion= (sèp-), _n.m._, (arith.) one quadrillion.

=septimo= (sèp-), _adv._, seventhly, in the seventh place.

=septique= (sèp-), _adj._, (med.) septical, septic.

=septuagénaire= (sèp-), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, septuagenarian.

=septuagésime= (sèp-), _n.f._, septuagesima.

=septuor= (sèp-), _n.m._ (_—_), (mus.) a piece for seven voices, _or_ seven instruments.

=septuple= (sèp-), _n.m._ and _adj._, septuple, sevenfold.

=septupler= (sèp-), _v.a._, to increase sevenfold.

=sépulcral=, =-e=, _adj._, sepulchral, cadaverous.

=sépulcre=, _n.m._, sepulchre, tomb, grave.

=sépulture=, _n.f._, burial, sepulture, interment, vault (tomb). _La — ecclésiastique_; Christian burial. _Privé de —_; left unburied. _Donner la —_; to bury, to inter.

=séquelle=, _n.f._, (fam.) gang, crew (of persons); set, host (of things).

=séquence=, _n.f._, sequence (at cards); (c.rel.) sequence.

=séquestration=, _n.f._, sequestration.

=séquestre=, _n.m._, sequestration; sequestrator; deposit, depository. _Mettre en —_; to sequester.

=séquestré=, =-e=, _adj._, sequestered, solitary, lonely, retired.

=séquestrer=, _v.a._, to sequester; to put away.

_se_ =séquestrer=, _v.r._, to sequester one’s self.

=séquin=, _n.m._, sequin (gold coin).

*=sérail=, _n.m._, seraglio.

=séran=, _n.m._, hatchel, flax comb.

=sérançage=, _n.m._, hatcheling.

=sérancer=, _v.a._, to hatchel, to dress (flax).

=séranceur=, _n.m._, hatcheler, flax _or_ hemp-dresser.

=sérançoir=, _n.m._, hatchel, flax-comb.

=sérancolin=, _n.m._, Serancolin marble.

=séraphin=, _n.m._, seraph.

=séraphique=, _adj._, seraphic.

=sérasquier=, _n.m._, seraskier, pacha (commanding the troops of a province).

=serbocal=, _n.m._, small glass cylinder.

=serein=, _n.m._, night-dew, evening-damp.

=serein= (sĕ-rīn), =-e=, (sĕ-rè-n), _adj._, serene, placid, calm; happy.

=sérénade=, _n.f._, serenade. _Donner une — à_; to serenade.

=sérénissime=, _adj._, most serene (title).

=sérénité=, _n.f._, serenity, calmness; placidness; equanimity. _Avec —_; serenely, calmly.

=séreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) serous, watery.

=ser-f= (sèrf), =-ve= (sèrv), _n._ and _adj._, serf; in bondage, of serfs.

=serfouette= (sèr-), _n.f._, hoe.

=serfouir= (sèr-), _v.a._, to hoe.

=serfouissage= (sèr-), _n.m._, (gard.) hoeing.

=serge= (sèrj), _n.f._, serge.

=sergent= (sèr-), _n.m._, sergeant; (joiner’s tool) cramp. _— d’armes_; sergeant-at-arms. _— de ville_; policeman, constable.

☉=sergenter= (sèr-), _v.a._, to dun; to plague, to bore.

☉=sergenterie= (sèr-jan-tri), _n.f._, sergeantship.

=serger= _or_ =sergier= (sèr-), _n.m._, serge-weaver.

=sergerie= (sèr-), _n.f._, serge-manufactory, serge-trade.

=séricicole=, _adj._, silk-producing.

=sériciculteur=, _n.m._, silk-grower.

=sériciculture=, _n.f._, silk culture, silk husbandry.

=série=, _n.f._, series.

=sérieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, seriously, gravely, in earnest; for good; coolly, coldly.

=sérieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, serious, grave, staid; earnest, real, true, solid, substantial; said, _or_ meant, in earnest. _Mine —se_; serious look.

=sérieux=, _n.m._, seriousness, importance, gravity, earnestness; (thea.) serious business, serious side, serious part. _Garder son —_; to preserve one’s gravity, to keep one’s countenance. _Prendre son —_; to grow serious, to begin to look grave. _Au —_; in earnest, seriously. _Reprendre son —_; to recover one’s gravity.

=serin= (sĕ-rīn), _n.m._, =-e= (sĕ-ri-n), _n.f._, canary, canary-bird; (fig.) muff, flat, fool.

=serinage=, _n.m._, cramming, grinding (of pupils).

=seriner= (sĕ-), _v.a._, to teach with the bird-organ. _— un oiseau_; to teach a bird with the bird-organ; (fig.) to coach, to cram.

=serinette= (sĕ-), _n.f._, bird-organ; singer of no power.

=seringa= (sĕ-), _n.m._, (bot.) syringa.

=seringue= (sĕ-rīngh), _n.f._, syringe, squirt.

=seringuer= (sĕ-rīn-ghé), _v.a._, to syringe, to squirt, to inject, to flash. _— un vaisseau_; (nav.) to rake a ship.

=serment= (sèr-), _n.m._, oath, promise, solemn declaration. _pl._, swearing. _Faux —_; false oath. _Prêter —_; to take an oath, to be sworn. _Rompre son —_, _manquer à son —_; to break one’s oath. _Sous la foi du —_; upon oath. _Faire prêter — à_; to swear in any one, to put any one on his oath.

☉=sermente=, =-e= (sèr-), _adj._ _V._ =assermenté=.

=sermon= (sèr-), _n.m._, sermon; lecture, admonition.

=sermonnaire= (sèr-), _n.m._ and _adj._, collection of sermons; author of sermons; adapted to sermons.

=sermonner= (sèr-), _v.a._, (b.s.) to sermonize, to preach, to lecture.

=sermonneur= (sèr-), _n.m._, (b.s.) sermonizer, preacher, lecturer.

=sérosité=, _n.f._, serosity, wateriness.

=serpe= (sèrp), _n.f._, bill, bill-hook, hedge-bill, pruning-bill. _C’est fait à la —_; it is done in a bungling way.

=serpent= (sèr-), _n.m._, serpent, snake, adder; (mus.) serpent, serpent player. _— à sonnettes_; rattlesnake. _Œil-de-—_, (_—s-—_) (jewel) serpent’s-eye. _Langue-de-—_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) serpent’s-tongue.

=serpentaire= (sèr-), _n.f._, (bot.) serpentaria, snake-root; dragon’s-wort.

=serpentaire= (sèr-), _n.m._, (astron.) Serpentarius; (orni.) serpent-eater.

=serpente= (sèr-), _n.f._, silver-paper, tissue-paper.

=serpenteau= (sèr-), _n.m._, young serpent; (firework) serpent, squib.

=serpenter= (sèr-), _v.n._, to meander, to wind, to twine.

=serpentin=, =-e= (sèr-), _adj._, serpentine (of marble; of a horse’s tongue).

=serpentin= (sèr-), _n.m._, winding-pipe, worm (of a still).

=serpentine= (sèr-), _n.f._, serpentine-stone; serpentine-marble; (bot.) ophioxylon, snake-wood.

=serpette= (sèr-), _n.f._, pruning-knife, garden-knife.

=serpigineu-x=, =-se= (sèr-), _adj._, (med.) serpiginous.

*=serpillère= (ser-), _n.f._, packing-cloth; (coarse) apron, canvas.

=serpolet= (sèr-), _n.m._, (bot.) wild thyme.

=serrage=, _n.m._, tightening, pressing.

=serraté=, =-e=, _adj._, serrate, serrated.

=serratiforme=, _adj._, saw-shaped.

=serratule= (sèr-ra-), _n.f._, (bot.) serratula, saw-wort.

=serre= (sèr-), _n.f._, greenhouse; conservatory; talon, claw (of birds); pressure, squeeze (of fruit); grasp, grip, clutch, hand. _— chaude_; hot-house. _— à raisin_; vinery. _— à ananas_; pinery. _Avoir la — bonne_; to have a strong grasp, grip, _or_ hand.

=serré=, =-e= (sè-ré), _part._, close, serried, compact, tight, fast; crowded; close-fisted, covetous; (bot.) serrate, serrated; small (of writing); concise, terse (of style). _Un nœud —_; a tight knot. _Drap bien —_; close-woven cloth. _Avoir le cœur —_; to be oppressed with grief.

=serré= (sè-ré), _adv._, very much; hard (of freezing); impudently (of lying). _Jouer —_; to play prudently.

=serre-bosse= (sèr-), _n.f._, (_—_) (nav.) shank-painter.

=serre-étoupe= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—_) stuffing-box.

=serre-file= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) bringer up, last man; (nav.) sternmost vessel.

=serre-frein= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (rail.) brake-man.

=serrement= (sèr-mān), _n.m._, pressing, clasping; squeeze, squeezing. _— de cœur_; anguish of heart; pang. _— de main_; hand-squeeze.

=serrément= (sè-ré-), _adv._, niggardly, closely.

=serre-nez= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—_) (man.) twitch.

=serre-nœud= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) ligature-tightener.

=serre-papiers= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—_) paper-holder, set of pigeon-holes for papers.

=serrer= (sè-ré), _v.a._, to press, to press closely; to tighten, to squeeze, to grasp, to grip, to wring; to crowd, to condense, to put close together; to press, to push hard; to tie (a knot); (print.) to lock, to lock up; to oppress (the heart); (milit.) to close (the ranks); to clinch (one’s fist, one’s teeth); to put away; to clasp, to draw close, to hug (the coast). _— la main à quelqu’un_; to shake any one by the hand, to shake hands with any one. _— un nœud_; to tighten a knot. _— le bouton à quelqu’un_; to urge any one on. _— les pouces à quelqu’un_; to force any one to do a thing; to bring pressure to bear upon. _Cela serre le cœur_; it is a heart-rending sight. _— les rangs_; (milit.) to close the ranks. _Serrez les rangs!_ close up! _— son écriture_; to write close. _— les dents_; to clench one’s teeth. _— le poing_; to clench one’s fist. _— la forme_; (print.) to lock up the form. _— la muraille_; to pass close to, _or_ to skirt, the wall. _— de près_; to press hard. _— les voiles_; to take in the sails. _— le vent_; to haul close to the wind; to work to windward. _Serrez vos livres_; put your books away. _— les blés_; to house the corn. _— des vêtements_; to put away clothes. _— la bride_; to pull in the bridle; to pull up.