Part 151

=souci=, _n.m._, anxious care, anxiety; (bot.) marigold; (orni.) golden-crested wren. _Sans —_; free from care. _Avoir —_; to take care. _Avoir des —s_; to have cares. _Être dévoré de —_; to be careworn. _C’est le moindre_, or _le cadet_, _de mes —s_; I don’t care a rap about it, _or_ it doesn’t trouble me in the least. _— d’eau_, _— des marais_; (bot.) marsh-marigold. _— des champs_; (bot.) wild marigold; cow-marigold. _— figue_; (bot.) fig-marigold.

_se_ =soucier=, _v.r._, to care, to mind, to be concerned, to concern one’s self, to be anxious, to be uneasy; to like, to want. _Il ne s’en soucie guère_; he cares little for, _or_ about, it. _Il ne se soucie de rien_; he cares for nothing. _Je ne m’en soucie plus_; I have no further wish for it. _S’en — comme de l’an quarante_; not to care a rush, _or_ a rap.

=soucieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, anxious, full of care, careworn, pensive, thoughtful.

=soucoupe=, _n.f._, saucer; salver.

=soudable=, _adj._, that can be soldered.

=soudage=, _n.m._, soldering, welding.

=soudain=, =-e=, _adj._, sudden, unexpected, unlooked-for.

=soudain=, _adv._, suddenly, on a sudden, all of a sudden.

=soudainement= (-dè-n-mān), _adv._, suddenly, on a sudden, all of a sudden.

=soudaineté= (-dè-n-té), _n.f._, suddenness, unexpectedness.

=soudan=, _n.m._, (_—s_) sultan.

=soudard= _or_ =soudart=, _n.m._, (fam.) trooper, veteran soldier.

=soude=, _n.f._, (min.) soda; (bot.) glasswort.

=souder=, _v.a._, to solder, to weld; (fig.) to unite, to join.

_se_ =souder=, _v.r._, to be soldered _or_ welded; to unite, to consolidate.

=soudiviser=, _v.a._ _V._ =subdiviser=.

=soudoir=, _n.m._, soldering-iron.

=soudoyer=, _v.a._, to hire, to pay troops; to keep in pay.

=soudrille=, _n.m._, (fam.) lewd, thievish soldier.

=soudure=, _n.f._, solder; soldering, welding.

=soufflage=, _n.m._, glass-blowing; blowing; (nav.) sheathing.

=soufflant=, =-e=, _adj._, blowing.

=souffle=, _n.m._, breath, breathing; puff (of wind); (fig.) inspiration, influence, breath.

=soufflement=, _n.m._, blowing.

=souffler=, _v.n._, to blow; to breathe, to pant, to puff; to swell; to complain; to seek the philosopher’s stone. _— aux oreilles de quelqu’un_; to whisper in any one’s ear. _— dans ses doigts_; to blow upon one’s fingers. _Il n’oserait —_; he dares not complain.

=souffler=, _v.a._, to blow, to blow out; to breathe, to breathe out; to inflate; to whisper; to huff (at draughts); (nav.) to sheathe; to prompt. _— le feu_; to blow the fire. _— le chaud et le froid_; to blow hot and cold. _— un comédien_; to prompt a player. _— l’orgue_; to blow an organ. _— à quelqu’un un emploi_; to rob any one of a situation (by forestalling him). _— un vaisseau_; to sheath a ship. _— les canons_; (artil.) to scale the guns. _Ne pas — mot_; not to say a word, _or_ not to open one’s mouth.

_se_ =souffler=, _v.r._, to be blown.

=soufflerie=, _n.f._, bellows (of an organ); blast-apparatus; ☉alchemy.

=soufflet=, _n.m._, bellows, pair of bellows; head _or_ hood (of a carnage); box on the ear, slap in the face; affront, mortification; humiliation. _Donner un — à Vaugelas_; to murder the Queen’s English.

=souffletade=, _n.f._, (l.u.) slapping (in the face).

=souffleter=, _v.a._, to slap in the face, to box the ears of; (fig.) to strike, to insult, to buffet.

☉=souffleteur=, _n.m._, striker, slapper.

=souffletier=, _n.m._, bellows-maker.

=souffleur=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) a species of dolphin. _Les —s_; cetaceans.

=souffleu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, blower, organ-blower; panter; (thea.) prompter; glass-blower; alchemist; panting (of horses). _— d’orgue_; organ-blower. _Cheval —_; panting horse; roarer.

=soufflure=, _n.f._, (metal.) flaw; seedy glass.

=souffrable=, _adj._, (l.u.) sufferable, tolerable.

=souffrance=, _n.f._, suffering, pain, suspense, sufferance; endurance; (jur.) sufferance, toleration. _En —_; suspended; (com.) standing over; (of bills) dishonored. _Jour de —_; borrowed light.

=souffrant=, =-e=, _adj._, suffering, in pain; patient; enduring; unwell, poorly, ailing.

=souffre-douleur=, _n.m._, (_—_) drudge; fag; butt, laughing-stock.

=souffreteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, miserable, unwell, poorly, sickly, weakly, puny.

=souffrir= (souffrant, souffert), _v.a._, to suffer, to bear, to endure, to abide; to undergo, to sustain, to stand; to tolerate; to permit, to let, to allow, to put up with; to admit of. _— la douleur_; to endure pain. _— la fatigue_; to bear fatigue. _— un assaut_; to stand an assault. _— un affront_; to put up with an affront. _Je ne saurais — cet homme-là_; I cannot endure that man. _Il souffre tout à ses enfants_; he is too indulgent to his children. _Pourquoi souffrez-vous cela?_ why do you put up with that? _Cela ne souffre point de retardement_; that admits of no delay. _Faire —_; to pain, to grieve, to torture.

=souffrir=, _v.n._, to suffer, to suffer pain, to be in pain; to be pained; to be a sufferer; to be injured. _— de la tête_; to feel a pain in one’s head. _Se —_; to endure each other; to be tolerated; to be suffered (of things).

=soufi=, _n.m._ _V._ =sofi=.

=soufrage=, _n.m._, sulphuring; smoking with brimstone.

=soufre=, _n.m._, sulphur, brimstone. _Fleur de —_; flour of brimstone.

=soufrer=, _v.a._, to dip in brimstone, to sulphur.

=soufrière=, _n.f._, sulphur-mine.

=soufroir=, _n.m._, sulphuring-stove.

=sougarde=, _n.f._ _V._ =sous-garde=.

=sougorge=, _n.f._ _V._ =sous-gorge=.

=souhait=, _n.m._, wish, desire. _À —_; to one’s heart’s content, according to one’s desire, as one would have it. _Avoir tout à —_; to have everything to one’s liking. _À vos —s_; (fam.) God bless you! (after sneezing).

=souhaitable=, _adj._, desirable, to be wished for.

=souhaiter=, _v.a._, to wish, to wish for, to long for. _Je vous souhaite le bonjour_; I wish you good morning. _Il serait à — que, etc._; it is desirable that, etc. _Que souhaitez-vous?_ what do you wish for? _Je vous en souhaite_, _je t’en souhaite_; I wish you may get it. _— la bonne année à quelqu’un_; to wish any one a happy New Year.

_se_ =souhaiter=, _v.r._, to wish one’s self, _or_ each other.

=souï=, _n.m._, soy (sauce).

*=souille=, _n.f._, (hunt.) wallowing place (of wild boars); bed (impression made by the bottom of a ship on the mud).

*=souiller=, _v.a._, to soil, to dirty, to stain, to blemish, to sully, to defile, to pollute, to contaminate.

_se_ =souiller=, _v.r._, to soil, to get dirty; to sully, to tarnish.

*=souillon=, _n.m.f._, scullion; sloven, slut, slattern, trollop.

*=souillure=, _n.f._, dirt, spot of dirt; spot, stain; blot, impurity; contamination, pollution, defilement.

=soûl=, =-e= (soo, -l), _adj._, glutted; surfeited, drunk, tipsy; cloyed, satiated, heartily sick of. _— comme une grive_; as drunk as a lord. _Il est — de musique_; he is surfeited with music. _A merle — cerises sont amères_; plenty makes dainty. _Tout son —_; to one’s heart’s content.

=soûl= (soo), _n.m._, one’s fill, one’s bellyful. _Boire et manger son —_; to eat and drink one’s fill.

=soulageant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, easing; comforting; relieving.

=soulagement= (-la-jmān), _n.m._, relief, ease, comfort, alleviation, assuagement; solace, help. _Cela me donne du —_; that relieves me. _C’est un — à ses peines_; it is an alleviation of his troubles.

=soulager=, _v.a._, to relieve, to ease, to lighten; to alleviate, to allay, to assist, to comfort; to assist, to help.

_se_ =soulager=, _v.r._, to relieve one’s self, _or_ each other.

=soûlaison=, _n.m._, (fam.) drunkenness; drinking bout, boozing.

=soûlard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (pop.) drunkard.

☉=soûlaud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (pop.) drunkard.

=soûler=, _v.a._, to fill, to glut, to satiate, to surfeit; to intoxicate, to make drunk.

_se_ =soûler=, _v.r._, to glut one’s self, to satiate one’s self; to get intoxicated; to riot, to get drunk.

=souleur=, _n.f._, (fam.) fright, shock.

=soulèvement= (-lèv-mān), _n.m._, heaving, rising (of the stomach); swelling, upheaving (of the waves); insurrection, revolt; indignation.

=soulever= (sool-vé), _v.a._, to raise; to lift, to heave up, to take up; to lift up; to excite, to stir up; to urge to insurrection; to excite to action; to raise the indignation of; to make indignant; to moot, _or_ raise (question).

_se_ =soulever= (sool-), _v.r._, to raise one’s self, to rise; to swell; to be urged to action; to be urged to indignation, to be indignant; to rise to revolt, to rise in insurrection, in arms.

=soulever= (sool-), _v.n._, to rise, turn (of the stomach). _Le cœur me soulève à la pensée de_; my stomach rises at the thought of.

=soulier=, _n.m._, shoe. _—s ferrés_; hobnailed shoes. _Être dans ses petits —s_; to be in an awkward situation, to be uneasy in one’s mind; to be on pins and needles.

=soulier-botte=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) Blucher boot.

*=soulignement=, _n.m._, underlining.

*=souligner=, _v.a._, to underline.

☉=souloir=, _v.n._, to be wont, to use.

=soulte= _or_ =soute=, _n.f._, (jur. com.) balance; premium, settlement.

=soumettre=, _v.a._, to subdue, to submit, to bring under subjection, to subject; to overcome; to subjugate; to subordinate, to refer. _— un pays_; to subdue a country.

_se_ =soumettre=, _v.r._, to submit, to yield, to be submissive, to give way; to succumb, to assent (to); to comply (with). _Il faut se — ou se démettre_; one must knuckle under or clear out, submit or resign.

=soumission=, _n.f._, submission, submissiveness, subjection, compliance, obedience, mark of respect; tender for a contract; contract; deed of contract; (jur.) bond; subscription. _—s cachetées_; sealed tenders.

=soumissionnaire=, _n.m.f._, tendering party.

=soumissionner=, _v.a._, to make a tender for _or_ to tender for.

=soupape=, _n.f._, plug, valve. _— dormante_; fixed valve. _— à clapet_; clack-valve. _— à gorge_; throttle valve. _— de sûreté_; safety-valve. _À —_; with a valve.

=soupatoire=, _adj._, (fam.) of supper, serving as a supper. _Dîner —_; dinner-supper.

=soupçon=, _n.m._, suspicion; surmise, conjecture, taste, smack, dash, jot, bit, trifle; touch. _Un — d’ail_; just a taste of garlic. _Un —, s’il vous plaît_; the smallest of pieces, please!

=soupçonnable=, _adj._, suspectable, liable to be suspected.

=soupçonner=, _v.a._, to suspect, to surmise.

_se_ =soupçonner=, _v.r._, to suspect one another; to be suspected.

=soupçonneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, suspecter.

=soupçonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, suspicious.

=soupe=, _n.f._, soup, slice of bread for soup, sippet, sop; (fam.) dinner. _— à perroquet_; bread steeped in wine. _— au lait_; milk-porridge. _Ivre comme une —_; as drunk as a lord, _or_ as tight as a drum. _Trempé comme une —_; drenched _or_ wet to the skin. _Tremper la —_; to soak the bread in the soup. _Tailler la —_; to cut bread for the soup. _— grasse_; meat soup. _— maigre_; vegetable soup. _S’emporter comme une — au lait_; to be of a very hasty temper; to fly into a passion (without any warning). _Manger la — avec quelqu’un_; (fam.) to come and dine with any one _or_ to come and have pot-luck with any one.

=soupente=, _n.f._, loft, garret; brace (of a coach); strap (of a horse).

=souper=, _v.n._, to sup, to take supper. _À —_; to sup; one’s supper.

=souper= _or_ =soupé=, _n.m._, supper.

=soupeser=, _v.a._, to weigh, to lift, to try the weight of.

=soupette=, _n.f._, thin slice of bread, sippet.

=soupeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, supper, eater; gay man _or_ woman.

=soupied=, _n.m._ _V._ =sous-pied=.

=soupière=, _n.f._, tureen, soup-tureen.

=soupir=, _n.m._, sigh, breath; breathing; gasp; (fig.) wish, longing; (mus.) crotchet-rest. _pl._, sighing. _Pousser des —s_; to heave sighs. _Rendre le dernier —_; to breathe one’s last.

*=soupirail=, _n.m._, air-hole, vent-hole.

=soupirant=, _n.m._, wooer, lover.

=soupirer=, _v.n._, to sigh; to gasp; to long. _— de douleur_; to sigh for grief. _— après une chose_; to long for a thing.

=soupirer=, _v.a._, to breathe, to breathe forth, to sigh.

=soupireur=, _n.m._, (fam.) sigher.

=souple=, _adj._, supple, pliant, flexible, yielding, tractable, docile, compliant. _Un esprit —_; a compliant temper.

=souplement=, _adv._, pliantly, flexibly, compliantly.

=souplesse=, _n.f._, suppleness, pliancy, flexibility, facility, compliance, versatility. _La — de l’osier_; the flexibility of the osier. _Tours de —_; cunning tricks. _Sa voix a de la —_; there is a marked flexibility in his voice.

*=souquenille=, _n.f._, smock-frock; gabardine.

=source=, _n.f._, source, spring, fountain, fountain-head; well-spring, rise. _— d’eau_; spring. _Eau de —_; spring water. _Prendre sa —_; to take its rise (of a river). _Avoir sa — dans_; (fig.) to have its rise in, to proceed from. _Couler de —_; to flow naturally; to come from the heart.

=sourcier=, _n.m._, bletonist, spring-finder.

=sourcil=, (-ci), _n.m._, eye-brow, brow. _Froncer le —_; to knit one’s brow.

=sourcili-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (anat.) superciliary.

*=sourciller=, _v.n._, to knit one’s brows; to frown; to wince, to flinch; (of water) to spring, to gush out. _Sans —_; without moving a muscle _or_ without wincing.

*=sourcilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, haughty, proud; supercilious, cloud-topped, towering, steep; uneasy; melancholy. _Montagnes —ses_; lofty mountains.

=sourd=, =-e=, _adj._, deaf; dull, hollow, muffled (of sound); insensible, dead; (math.) ☉surd; secret, underhand; rumbling. _Voix —e_; hollow voice. _— comme un pot_; as deaf as a post. _Il court un bruit —_; it is whispered about. _Lanterne —e_; dark lantern. _Lime —e_; dead file. _Douleur —e_; dull pain. _Menées —es_; underhand dealings. _Faire la —e oreille_; to turn a deaf ear.

=sourd=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, deaf person; (zoöl.) salamander (local ex.). _Frapper comme un —_; to strike hard. _Faire le —_; to sham deafness. _Il n’est pire — que celui qui ne veut pas entendre_; none so deaf as those who won’t hear. _— et muet_; deaf and dumb.

=sourdaud=, _n.m._, person hard of hearing.

=sourdeline=, _n.f._, Italian bag-pipe.

=sourdement=, _adv._, indistinctly; with a hollow voice; dully, rumblingly; (of sound) with a dull rumbling noise; secretly; in an underhand manner. _Brûler —_; to smoulder.

=sourdine=, _n.f._, sordet, sordine (of a trumpet); damper (piano). _À la —_; secretly, on the sly.

=sourd-muet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_), =sourde-muette=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) deaf and dumb person.

=sourdon=, _n.m._, (conch.) cockle.

=sourdre=, _v.n._, to spring, to issue, to gush out, to arise, to well; (nav.) (of a cloud) to rise.

=souriant=, _adj._, smiling.

=souriceau=, _n.m._, little mouse.

=souricier=, _n.m._, mouser.

=souricière=, _n.f._, mouse-trap.

=souriquois=, =-e=, _adj._, (jest.) of mice. _La gent —e_; the mouse tribe, the murine race.

=sourire=, _v.n._, to smile; to countenance; to be agreeable, to delight, to please (of a thing); to favor; to tempt, to suit. _— à quelqu’un_; to smile upon any one.

=sourire= _or_ =souris=, _n.m._, smile. _— moqueur_; a sneer, scornful smile.

=souris=, _n.f._, mouse; mouse-color; venison-bit, knuckle (of a leg of mutton); (milit.) saucisse, saucisson (to fire a mine); (vet.) nasal cartilage (of the horse). _Pas de —_; (fort.) flight of steps leading to the moat. _Chauve-—_, (_—s-—_) bat. _— qui n’a qu’un trou est bientôt prise_; it is well to have more than one string to one’s bow; _on entendrait trotter une —_; you could hear a pin drop.

=souris=, _adj. invariable_, mouse-colored. _Cheval —_; mouse-colored horse.

=sournois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dissembler, artful person, sly fox, sly boots; dissembled, artful, cunning, sly, deep, crafty.

=sournoisement=, _adv._, slyly, cunningly, on the sly.

=sournoiserie=, _n.f._, slyness, artfulness, cunning, sly trick.

=sous=, _prep._, under, beneath; upon; with; in; by; sub; deputy. _— le lit_; under the bed. _— terre_; underground. _Affirmer — serment_; to swear upon oath. _— silence_; in silence. _— la main_; close at hand. _— presse_; in the press. _— peu de jours_; in a few days. _— peu de temps_; in a short time. _Regarder quelqu’un — le nez_; to stare any one in the face. _—-gouverneur_, (_—-—s_) deputy-governor. _— secrétaire_; under-secretary. _— voile_; (nav.) under sail. _— le vent_; to leeward.

=sous-affermer=, _v.a._, to underlet; to take an under-lease.

=sous-agent=, _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) under-agent.

=sous-aide=, _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) under-assistant; assistant surgeon.

=sous-amendement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) additional amendment; amendment to an amendment.

=sous-amender=, _v.a._, to make an additional amendment.

=sous-arbrisseau=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) (bot.) suffrutex; undershrub.

=sous-aumônier=, _n.m._, sub-almoner; assistant chaplain.

=sous-axillaire=, _adj._, (bot.) sub-axillary.

*=sous-bail=, _n.m._, (_—-baux_) under-lease.

=sous-baill-eur=, =-eresse=, _n.m.f._, under-lessor.

=sous-barbe=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) under jaw (of horses). _— de beaupré_; (nav.) bob-stay.

=sous-bibliothécaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-librarian.

=sous-bois=, _n.m._, underwood, undergrowth.

=sous-bras=, _n.m._, dress preserver.

=sous-brigadier=, _n.m._, lance-corporal.

=sous-carbonate=, _n.m._, sub-carbonate.

=sous-chantre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-chanter, succentor.

=sous-chef=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) chief-assistant, second head-clerk.

=sous-chevron=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (carp.) under-rafter.

=sous-clavi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (anat.) sub-clavian.

=sous-clerc=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-clerk.

=sous-comité=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-committee.

=sous-commis=, _n.m._, under-clerk, junior-clerk.

=sous-commissaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) under-commissary.

=sous-contrefort=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) stiffener (of boots, shoes).

=sous-costal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) sub-costal.

=sous-couche=, _n.f._, underlayer, substratum.

=souscripteur=, _n.m._, subscriber; (com.) underwriter.

=souscription=, _n.f._, subscription; signature; contribution.

=souscrire=, _v.a.n._, to subscribe, to sign; (fig.) to consent, to agree to; to approve, to indorse. _— un contrat_; to subscribe a contract.

=souscrivant=, _n.m._, underwriter.

=sous-cutané=, =-e=, _adj._, subcutaneous.

=sous-délégué=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-delegate.

=sous-déléguer=, _v.a._, to subdelegate.

=sous-diaconat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) subdeaconry.

=sous-diacre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) subdeacon.

=sous-direct-eur=, =-rice=, _n.m.f._, sub-manager, sub-manageress.

=sous-diviser=, _v.a._ _V._ =subdiviser=.

=sous-division=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) subdivision.

=sous-dominante=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (mus.) sub-dominant.

=sous-double=, _adj._, (math.) subduple.

=sous-doublé=, =-e=, _adj._, (math.) sub-duplicate.

=sous-doyen=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-dean.

=sous-doyenné=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-deanery, sub-deanship.

=sous-économe=, _n.m._, sub-treasurer.

=sous-entendre=, _v.a._, not to express fully, to understand, to hint, to imply.

_se_ =sous-entendre=, _v.r._, to be understood. _Cela se sous-entend_; that is understood.

=sous-entendu=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) thing understood. _adj._, understood.

=sous-entente=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) mental reservation.

=sous-entrepreneur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-contractor (of public works).

=sous-espèce=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sub-species.

=sous-faîte=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (carp.) under-ridge-board.

=sous-ferme=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) under-lease.

=sous-fermer=, _v.a._, to underlet; to take an under-lease.

=sous-fermi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) under-lessee.

=sous-fondation=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) subpavement.

=sous-fréter=, _v.a._, to underlet, to under-freight (ships).

=sous-garantie=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) counter-bond.

=sous-garde=, _n.f._, (_—_) trigger-guard.

=sous-genre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) subgenus.

=sous-gorge=, _n.f._, (_—_) throat-band (of a bridle).

=sous-gouverneur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) deputy-governor.

=sous-greffier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) deputy-registrar.

=sous-instructeur=, _n.m._, (mil.) fugleman.

=sous-intendance=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) deputy-commissaryship; under commissary’s office.

=sous-intendant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) deputy-commissary, sub-commissary.

=sous-jacent=, _adj._, subjacent.

=sous-jupe=, _n.f._, underskirt.

=sous-lieutenance=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (artil.) sub-lieutenancy; (milit.) ensigncy; (nav.) second-lieutenancy.

=sous-lieutenant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (artil.) sub-lieutenant; (milit.) ensign; (nav.) second-lieutenant.

=sous-locataire=, _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) under-tenant.

=sous-location=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) under-letting, under-tenancy.

=sous-louer=, _v.a._, to underlet; to under-hire.

=sous-maître=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) usher, under-master, assistant (at a school).

=sous-maîtresse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) assistant-teacher; governess.

=sous-marin=, =-e=, _adj._, submarine; submersed; underset (of currents).

=sous-maxillaire=, _adj._, (anat.) sub-maxillary.

=sous-multiple=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arith.) sub-multiple.

=sous-noix=, _n.f._, round (of beef).

=sous-normale=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (geom.) sub-normal; sub-perpendicular.

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

_en_ =sous-œuvre=, _adv._, (arch.) underpinning. _Reprendre un mur en —_; to underpin a wall.

=sous-officier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) non-commissioned officer.

=sous-orbiculaire=, _adj._, suborbicular.

=sous-ordre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) subordinate. _En —_; subordinately.

=sous-perpendiculaire=, _n.f._ _V._ =sous-normale=.

=sous-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) strap (of trousers).

=sous-précepteur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) assistant tutor.

=sous-préfecture=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sub-prefecture.

=sous-préfet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-prefect, under-sheriff.

=sous-prieur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-prior.

=sous-prieure=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sub-prioress.

=sous-principal=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vice-principal.

=sous-sacristain=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-sexton, under-sacristan.

=sous-secrétaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-secretary.

=sous-secrétariat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-secretaryship.

=sous-seing=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) private deed.

=sous-sel=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (chem.) sub-salt.

*=soussigné=, =-e=, _part._, undersigned, underwritten. _Nous —s certifions_; we, the undersigned, certify.

=sous-sol=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (agri.) sub-soil, sub-stratum; basement.

=sous-tangente=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (geom.) subtangent.

=sous-tendante=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (geom.) sub-tense chord.

=sous-tendre=, _v.a._, (geom.) to subtend.

=sous-titre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (print.) sub-heading, second title.

=soustraction=, _n.f._, (arith., jur.) subtraction; taking away.

=soustraire= (soustrayant, soustrait), _v.a._, to take away, to remove; to withdraw; to shelter, to screen; (arith.) to subtract.

_se_ =soustraire=, _v.r._, to escape, to avoid; to flee; to exempt one’s self; to withdraw; to be subtracted. _Se — au châtiment_; to avoid punishment. _Se — à la tyrannie_; to flee from tyranny. _Se — à la justice_; to fly from justice, to abscond.

=sous-traitant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-contractor.

=sous-traité=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-contract.

=sous-traiter=, _v.a._, to sub-contract.

=sous-triple=, _adj._, (math.) sub-triple.

=sous-triple=, =-e=, _adj._, (math.) sub-triplicate. _En raison —e_; in a sub-triplicate ratio.

=soustylaire=, _n.f._, substyle (of a dial).

=sous-variété=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sub-variety.

=sous-ventrière=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) belly-band.

=soutache=, _n.f._, braid (of a hussar’s shako).

=soutacher=, _v.a._, to braid (needlework).

=soutane=, _n.f._, cassock; (fig.) cloth; priests.

=soutanelle=, _n.f._, short cassock.

=soute=, _n.f._, (nav.) store-room. _— aux poudres_; (nav.) powder-magazine, powder-room. _V._ =soulte=. _— à charbon_; coal-bunker; coal-chute. _— au pain_; bread-room; bread-pan.

=soutenable= (soo-tnabl), _adj._, sustainable, maintainable; supportable, tenable.

=soutenance=, _n.f._, the sustaining of a thesis.

=soutenant= (soo-tnān), _n.m._, sustainer, mooter (student); respondent.

=soutènement= (-tè-n-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) support, prop; (jur.) written explanation. _Mur de —_; breast-wall.

=souteneur= (soo-tneur), _n.m._, bully; pimp.