Part 155

=tableau=, _n.m._, painting, picture, piece, scene, view, sight, description; (nav.) breastwork; list, roll, table; panel (of juries); (paint.) painting, piece; (at races) telegraph-board. _— de chevalet_; easel-piece. _—x vivants_; tableaux vivants, living pictures. _Encadrer un —_; to frame a picture. _Former un —_; (jur.) to empanel (a jury). _— annonces_; advertising board.

=tablée=, _n.f._, tableful, table-length.

=tabler=, _v.n._, to dress the board (backgammon). _Vous pouvez — là-dessus_; you may depend upon it.

=tableti-er= (-blĕ-tié), _n.m._, =-ère= (-blĕ-tiè-r), _n.f._, dealer in fancy turnery or toys.

=tablette= (-blèt), _n.f._, shelf; tablet; (nav.) rising-staff; (arch.) table; cake (of chocolate); (pharm.) lozenge. _pl._, note-book. _— de cheminée_; mantel-piece. _— de chocolat_; cake of chocolate. _Rayez cela de vos —s_; don’t depend upon that. _Vous êtes sur mes —s_; I have you in my books, _or_ I’ll not forget you.

=tabletterie= (-blè-trî), _n.f._, fancy-turnery trade, fancy stationery; toy-trade.

=tablier=, _n.m._, apron, pinafore; (of carriages, of docks, of basins) apron; floor, platform (of a bridge); (fort.) platform; chess-board.

=tabloin=, _n.m._, (artil.) wooden platform.

=tabou=, _n.m._, taboo.

=tabouer=, _v.a._, to taboo.

=tabouret=, _n.m._, stool; foot-stool; stool of repentance; (bot.) shepherd’s pouch. _— de piano_; music-stool.

=tabourin=, _n.m._, chimney cowl, _or_ cawl.

=tabulaire=, _adj._, tabular.

=tac=, _n.m._, (vet.) rot (in sheep).

=tacaud=, _n.m._, (ich.) whiting-pout.

=tacet= (-sèt), _n.m._, (mus.) pause, tacet; (fig.) silence. _Il a gardé le —_; he kept silent.

=tachant=, =-e=, _adj._, soiling.

=tache=, _n.f._, spot, stain, blot, speck; speckle, blemish. _— de rousseur_; freckle. _Avoir des —s de rousseur_; to be freckled. _— de feu_; tan spot. _— de naissance_; birth-mark.

=tâche=, _n.f._, task; task-work; job. _À la —_; by the task, by the job, by the piece. _Travailler à la —_, _être à la —_; to work by the task, by the piece. _Prendre à — de faire une chose_; to make it one’s business to do a thing. _Ouvrier à la —_; jobber, jobbing-workman.

=tacher=, _v.a._, to stain; to spot; to taint; to tarnish; to blemish.

_se_ =tacher=, _v.r._, to soil one’s self; to soil one’s clothes.

=tâcher=, _v.n._, to try, to endeavor, to strive, to seek. _Pardonnez-lui, il n’y tâchait pas_; (iron.) pardon him, he did not mean it.

=tâcheron=, _n.m._, (tech.) jobber.

=tacheté=, =-e=, _part._, spotted, speckled, tabby (of cats).

=tacheter= (tash-té), _v.a._, to speckle, to mark with spots, to fleck.

=tachygraphe=, _n.m._, tachygrapher, shorthand writer.

=tachygraphie=, _n.f._, tachygraphy, shorthand writing.

=tachygraphique=, _adj._, tachygraphic.

=tacite=, _adj._, tacit, implied.

=tacitement= (-sit-mān), _adv._, tacitly, impliedly, by implication.

=taciturne=, _adj._, taciturn, silent.

=taciturnité=, _n.f._, taciturnity.

=tact= (takt), _n.m._, feeling, touch; tact.

=tac tac=, _onomatopœia_, tick tack (of clocks); rap-tap (of knockers).

=tacticien= (-si-in), _n.m._, tactician.

=tactile=, _adj._, tactile.

=tactilité=, _n.f._, tactility, tangibility.

=taction=, _n.f._, taction, touch.

=tactique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, tactics, generalship; manœuvre, stratagem; plan, way, move; tactical.

=tadorne=, _n.m._, (orni.) sheldrake, bergander.

=tael=, _n.m._, tael (China money, about 70 cents American).

=tænia=, _n.m._ _V._ =ténia=.

=taffetas= (taf-tâ), _n.m._, taffeta, lustring; plain silk. _— d’Angleterre_; court-plaster. _— gomme_; oil-silk.

=tafia=, _n.m._, tafia (rum).

=taïaut= _or_ =tayaut=, _n.m._ (hunt.) tally-ho.

=taïcoun=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Tycoon.

=taie=, _n.f._, pillow-case; (med.) film, speck. _— d’oreiller_; pillow-case.

☉*=taillable=, _adj._, taxable (feud.).

*=taillade=, _n.f._, slash, gash, cut.

*=taillader=, _v.a._, to slash, to cut, to gash. _Des manches tailladées_; slashed sleeves.

*=taillanderie=, _n.f._, edge-tool trade; edge-tools.

*=taillandier=, _n.m._, edge-tool maker.

*=taillant=, _n.m._, edge (of a knife).

*=taille=, _n.f._, cutting, cut; edge of a sword; size, height, stature; shape, waist, figure; tally-stick; (hort.) pruning; (surg.) cystotomy; (mus.) tenor part; (feudalism) poll-tax; subsidy; deal (at cards); (mus.) tenor; (fig.) level. _Frapper d’estoc et de —_; to cut and thrust, _or_ to hit right and left. _La — des arbres_; the pruning of trees. _La — d’un habit_; the cut of a coat. _La — des pierres_; the cutting of stones. _Pierre de —_; free-stone. _Il est de ma —_; he is my height. _—-douce_, (_—s-—s_) (engr.) copper-plate. _Haute-—_; (mus.) upper-tenor. _Basse-—_; (mus.) bass. _Faire des coches sur une —_; to tally. _De — à_; big enough to, quite capable of. _Ils nous ont fait une France à leur —_; (fig.) they have brought France down to their level (Béranger). _Ma colère va haut et me monte à sa —_; my anger knows no bounds and _raises_ me to his level (V. Hugo).

*=taillé=, =-e=, _part._, cut, carved, trimmed. _Être bien —_; to be well-knit.

*=taille-crayons=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) pencil-pointer.

*=taille-légumes=, _n.m._, vegetable cutter.

*=taille-mèche=, _n.m._ (_—-—s_) wick-cutter.

*=taille-mer=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) cutwater.

*=taille-plume=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) pen-cutter.

*=tailler=, _v.a._, to cut, to cut out; to carve; to hew; to trim, to prune; to make, to mend (pens); to frame, to tally, to deal (cards). _— un diamant_; to cut a diamond. _— des arbres_; to prune trees. _— un habit_; to cut out a coat. _— des plumes_; to make pens. _— une armée en pièces_; to cut an army to pieces. _— de la besogne à_; to cut out work for; to give a great deal of trouble to. _— des bavettes_; (fam.) to gossip, to chatter, to spin yarns.

*=tailler=, _v.n._, to cut (shape). _Il peut — en plein drap_; he has everything at his command. _— de l’avant_; (nav.) to go very fast, to make good headway.

_se_ =tailler=, _v.r._, to be cut, etc.

*=tailleur=, _n.m._, tailor; cutter; hewer; banker (at faro). _— de pierre_; stone-cutter _or_ mason. _— d’habits_; tailor. _Garçon —_; journeyman tailor. _— à façon_; jobbing tailor.

*=tailleuse=, _n.f._, tailoress, cutter out (dress-making).

*=taille-vent=, _n.m._, sea-gull; (nav.) lug-sail.

*=taillis=, _n.m._ and _adj._, copse, coppice, thicket, underwood; cut. _Bois —_; copse.

*=tailloir=, _n.m._, trencher, platter; (arch.) abacus.

*=taillon=, _n.m._, nib (of a pen).

=tain=, _n.m._, foil, tin-foil, leaf-tin.

=taire= (taisant, tu), _v.a._, to say nothing of; to pass over in silence; to conceal, to suppress. _Faire —_; to silence, to reduce to silence, to hush; to gag (the press); to suppress, to lay aside.

_se_ =taire=, _v.r._, to hold one’s tongue, _or_ one’s peace, to be silent, to remain silent. _Taisez-vous_; hold your tongue, _or_ tongues.

=taisson=, _n.m._, (mam.) badger.

=taissonnière=, _n.f._, badger’s hole.

=talapoin=, _n.m._, talapoin (Buddhist priest); (mam.) talapoin (monkey).

=talc=, _n.m._, talc, isinglass-stone.

=talcique=, _adj._, (min.) talcky.

=taled= (-lèd), _n.m._, taled (Jew. rel.).

=talent=, _n.m._, talent, power, ability, faculty, art, skill, attainments; talented person; (coin) talent. _De —_; talented.

☉=taler=, _n.m._ _V._ =thaler=.

=talève=, _n.f._, (orni.) sultana-bird.

=talion=, _n.m._, retaliation, talio. _Loi du —_; law of retaliation (lex talionis).

=talisman=, _n.m._, talisman.

=talismanique=, _adj._, talismanic.

=talitre=, _n.m._, sand-hopper.

=talle=, _n.f._, (hort.) sucker. _V._ =drageon=.

=taller=, _v.n._, (hort.) to shoot, to throw out suckers. _V._ =drageonner=.

=tallevane=, _n.f._, butter jar.

=tallipot=, _n.m._, (bot.) tallipot, _or_ fan palm.

=talmouse=, _n.f._, cheese-cake; (pop.) whack, slap.

=talmud= (-mud), _n.m._, Talmud.

=talmudique=, _adj._, Talmudical.

=talmudiste=, _n.m._, _adj._, Talmudist, Talmudistic.

=taloche=, _n.f._, cuff, punch, thump.

=talon=, _n.m._, heel; stock (at cards); heel (of shoes, razors); (nav.) sole (of a rudder); shoulder (of a sword); (arch.) ogee; voucher (of receipts, checks); rest (of a saddle); remnant (of bread). _Mettre des —s à_; to heel. _Marcher sur les —s de quelqu’un_; to tread upon any one’s heels. _Jouer des_, or _montrer les_, _—s_; to take to one’s heels, to scuttle. _Tourner les —s_; to go away. _Donner un coup de —_; (nav.) to ground, to strike, to bump. _Avoir l’esprit aux —_; to shine at the wrong end, to be anything but witty. _— rouge_; aristocrat, nobleman.

=talonner=, _v.a._, to be close at the heels of; to pursue close; to press hard, to urge, to dun.

=talonner=, _v.n._, (nav.) to ground.

=talonnier=, _n.m._, heel-maker.

=talonnières=, _n.f._, heel-piece; (nav.) heel (of a rudder); (_pl._, myth.) talaria, Mercury’s heel wings.

=talpack=, _n.m._, (mil.) busby.

=talqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (min.) talcous, talcose.

=talus=, _n.m._, slope, declivity, bank, embankment; mound; (arch., fort.) talus. _En —_; slopingly, shelving. _Aller en —_; to slope down; to shelve.

=talutage=, _n.m._, sloping; embanking.

=taluter=, _v.a._, (arch.) to slope, to shelve.

=tamandua=, _n.m._, (mam.) a species of ant-eaters.

=tamanoir=, _n.m._, (mam.) the great ant-eater.

=tamarin=, _n.m._, tamarind; tamarind-tree; (mam.) tamarin.

=tamarinier=, _n.m._, tamarind, tamarind-tree, Indian acacia.

=tamaris=, =tamarisc=, _or_ =tamarix=, _n.m._, (bot.) tamarisk.

=tambour=, _n.m._, drum; drummer; (horl.) barrel; (mec.) drum, barrel, tympan; (arch.) drum; embroidery-frame; (anat.) tympanum; paddle-box (of steamboats). _—-major_, (_—s-—s_), _—-maître_, (_—s-—s_) drum-major, drum-master. _Broderie au —_; tambour work. _Mener — battant_; to carry it with a high hand, to beat out and out. _— de basque_; tambourine. _— voilé_; muffled drum. _Sortir — battant_; to leave with the honors of war.

=tambourin=, _n.m._, tambourine, tabor; timbrel; player on the tambourine.

=tambourinage=, _n.m._, drumming.

=tambouriner=, _v.n._, to drum, to beat the drum, to tattoo.

=tambouriner=, _v.a._, to advertise, to puff; to cry by the town drummer.

=tambourineur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) drummer.

=taminier=, _n.m._, (bot.) Indian acacia, black briony.

=tamis=, _n.m._, sieve, strainer, sifter. _Passer au —_; to sift, to strain; (fig.) to examine thoroughly.

=tamisage=, _n.m._, sifting, straining.

*=tamisaille= _or_ =tamise=, _n.f._, (nav.) sweep of the tiller.

=tamiser=, _v.a._, to sift, to strain.

=tamiser=, _v.n._, (nav.) to shake.

=tamiserie=, _n.f._, sieve-making; sieves.

=tamiseur=, _n.m._, sifter (glass factory).

=tamisier=, _n.m._, sieve-maker.

=tampe=, _n.f._, wedge (cloth manufacture).

=tamper=, _v.a._, to fix the wedge on the friezing-table.

=tampon=, _n.m._, plug; stopper; pad; bung; (artil.) tampion; (tech.) buffer.

=tamponnement=, _n.m._, plugging, stopping.

=tamponner=, _v.a._, to plug, to stop up; to tent (a wound). _Se —_; (rails) to run into each other; (fig. and pop.) to have a set-to.

=tam-tam=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tam-tam, tom-tom.

=tan=, _n.m._, tan; tanner’s bark. _Gros —_; coarse bark.

=tanaisie=, _n.f._, (bot.) tansy.

=tancement=, _n.m._, rebuking, lecturing, scolding.

=tancer=, _v.a._, to rebuke, to lecture, to scold.

=tanche=, _n.f._, (ich.) tench.

=tandis que= (-di-), _conj._, whilst; while (implying contrast); whereas.

=tangage=, _n.m._, (nav.) pitching (of ships).

=tangara=, _n.m._, (orni.) tanager.

=tangence=, _n.f._, (geom.) tangency, contact.

=tangent=, =-e=, _adj._, (geom.) tangential, tangent.

=tangente=, _n.f._, (geom.) tangent.

=tanger=, _v.n._, (nav.) to hug the coast.

=tangibilité=, _n.f._, tangibility, tangibleness.

=tangible=, _adj._, tangible.

=tangon=, _n.m._, (nav.) fore-sail boom.

=tangue=, _n.f._, sea-sand (used as manure).

=tanguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to pitch, to heave.

=tanière=, _n.f._, den, hole, lair (of beasts).

=tanin=, _n.m._, (chem.) tannin.

=tannage=, _n.m._, tanning.

=tannant=, =-e=, _adj._, tanning; (pop.) tiresome, irksome. _Une substance —e_; a tanning substance. _Un homme —_; a bore. _Une occupation —e_; an irksome task; irksome work.

=tanne=, _n.f._, (med.) comedo, grub.

=tanné=, _n.m._, tan-color.

=tanné=, =-e=, _adj._, tanned, tawny, tan-colored.

=tannée=, _n.f._, waste tan; tanner’s bark.

=tanner=, _v.a._, to tan; (pop.) to vex, to plague, to tease, to annoy, to beat, to hide.

=tannerie= (ta-n-rî), _n.f._, tan-yard.

=tanneur=, _n.m._, tanner.

☉=tannin=, _n.m._ _V._ =tanin=.

=tant=, _adv._, so much; so many; as much; as many; both; to such a degree; so; so far; so long; as far; as long. _— soit peu_; ever so little. _Tous — que nous sommes_; every one of us, or the whole lot of us. _Nous sommes — à —_; we are even (at play). _— petits que grands_; both small and great. _— pour vous que pour lui_; as much for you as for him. _— il était abusé_; so much was he deceived. _— il est vrai_; so true is it. _— le monde est crédule_; so credulous is, _or_ such is the credulity of, the world. _— que_; as long as. _— que je vivrai_; as long as I live. _— mieux_; so much the better. _— pis_; so much the worse. _— s’en faut_; far from it. _— s’en faut que_; so far from. _— y a que_; (fam.) at all events, however, but the fact remains that. _Si — est que je le puisse_; if, _or_ supposing, I can. _— de monde_; so many people. _Vous m’en direz —!_ that alters the case; now! I understand; that’s quite another thing! _Comme il y en a —_; (in speaking of beauty) nothing out of the common. _— bien que mal_; indifferently, so so; as well as one can.

=tantale=, _n.m._, Tantalus. _Supplice de —_; tantalism.

=tantaliser=, _v.a._, to tantalize.

=tantalisme=, _n.m._, tantalism.

=tante=, _n.f._, aunt; (pawnbroker) uncle. _Grand-—_; great aunt. _— à la mode de Bretagne_; cousin german.

=tantet= _or_ =tantinet=, _n.m._, the least bit, the least little drop, dash.

=tantôt=, _adv._, presently, by and by, soon, anon; a little while ago; just now; sometimes. _Je finirai cela —_; I shall finish that by and by, _or_ in the afternoon. _Il est — nuit_; it will soon be night. _Il se porte — bien, — mal_; sometimes he is well, sometimes ill. _À —!_ good-bye for the present.

=taon= (tān), _n.m._, (ent.) ox-fly, breeze, gad-fly.

=tapage=, _n.m._, noise, uproar, row, racket, piece of work; show, display.

=tapageur=, _n.m._, noisy fellow, blusterer.

=tapageu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, rackety, roystering, noisy, loud, blustering; gaudy, flashy.

=tape=, _n.f._, rap, slap, tap, thump; (nav.) tampion.

=tapecu= _or_ =tape-cul= (tap-ku), _n.m._, swing-gate; see-saw; (nav.) ring-tail, ring-sail; jolting carriage.

=tapée=, _n.f._, (pop.) a lot, a whole host of.

=tapement=, _n.m._, striking.

=taper=, _v.a._, to strike, to hit, to slap; to frizzle (the hair); (paint.) to sketch freely; to paint in a free, bold style; (nav.) to put a tampion in (a gun).

=taper=, _v.n._, to strike, to hit; to stamp; to strum (musical instruments); to be heady (of wine). _— du pied_; to stamp with one’s foot. _Ce vin tape fort_, or _tape à la tête_; this wine is heady.

_en_ =tapinois=, _adv._, stealthily, clandestinely, slyly.

=tapioca= _or_ =tapioka=, _n.m._, tapioca.

_se_ =tapir=, _v.r._, to squat, to crouch, to cower, to lie hid.

=tapir=, _n.m._, (mam.) tapir.

=tapis=, _n.m._, carpet, rug; tapis, cover, cloth (for tables); ground. _Mettre sur le —_; to bring on the tapis; to bring forward; to bring under discussion. _— vert_; grass-plot; green cloth; gaming-table. _— de cheminée_; hearth-rug. _— de lit_; bedside carpet. _Amuser le —_; to beat about the bush; to talk the time away. _Être sur le —_; to be talked about, to be much discussed. _Faire — net_ or _nettoyer le —_; to sweep the stakes. _Eclairer le —_; to put down one’s stakes.

=tapisser=, _v.a._, to upholster, to carpet; to paper, to cover; to hang with tapestry; to deck, to adorn.

=tapisserie= (-pi-srî), _n.f._, tapestry, hangings; upholstery; fancy needlework; carpeting. _Faire —_; to be a wall-flower (at a ball). _Faire de la —_; to do fancy work.

=tapissier=, _n.m._, upholsterer, tapestry-worker.

=tapissière=, _n.f._, upholsteress, tapestry-worker; tilted cart, spring van.

=tapon=, _n.m._, (fam.) bundle (of clothes); (nav.) plug, stopper.

=tapoter=, _v.a._, to pat, to tap, to strum.

=tapure=, _n.f._, frizzling (of hair).

=taque=, _n.f._, cast-iron plate.

=taquer=, _v.a._, (print.) to plane, to plane down.

=taquet=, _n.m._, (nav.) whelp, pin (of the capstan); (nav.) kevel, cleat; (joiner’s work) angle-block.

=taquin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, tease, torment (pers.); teasing, of a teasing disposition.

=taquinement= (-ki-n-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) teasingly.

=taquiner=, _v.n._, to tease, to plague, to torment.

=taquinerie= (-ki-n-ri), _n.f._, teasing.

=taquoir=, _n.m._, (print.) planer.

=tarabuster=, _v.a._, to pester, to plague, to tease, to bother; to handle roughly.

=tarare=, _n.m._, (agri.) winnowing-machine.

=tarare!= _int._, pshaw! fiddlestick! _—-ponpon!_ (l.u.) brag!

=taraud=, _n.m._, (tech.) tap-borer, screw-tap.

=taraudage=, _n.m._, tapping (screws, nuts).

=tarauder=, _v.a._, (tech.) to tap (screws, nuts).

=tard=, _n.m._, _adj._ and _adv._, late; late hour. _Trop —_; too late. _Plus —_; later; afterwards; at some other time; later on; years, _or_ centuries, after; at a later period; in after life, in after years. _Au plus —_; at the latest. _Tôt ou —_; sooner or later. _Il est —_; it is late. _Il se fait —_; it is getting late. _Mieux vaut — que jamais_; better late than never.

=tarder=, _v.n._, to delay, to put off, to stay, to tarry; to loiter, to dally; to be long; (imper.) to long (to). _Il me tarde de le faire_; I long to do it. _Il ne tardera pas à venir_; it will soon be here. _Il me tarde de parler_; I am most anxious to speak.

=tardi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tardy, late, slow; backward. _Fruits —s_; late fruits.

=tardiflore=, _adj._, late blooming.

=tardigrade=, _adj._, tardigrade.

=tardivement= (-div-mān), _adv._, tardily, slowly.

=tardiveté= (-div-té), _n.f._, (hort.) lateness, backwardness.

=tare=, _n.f._, (com.) tare, waste; blemish, defect, fault, imperfection.

=taré=, =-e=, _adj._, injured, damaged, spoiled; of bad character; ill-famed, disreputable.

=tarentelle=, _n.f._, tarantella (an Italian dance).

=tarentule=, _n.f._, (ent.) tarantula.

=tarer=, _v.a._, to injure, to damage, to hurt; (com.) to tare.

_se_ =tarer=, _v.r._, to spoil, to deteriorate.

=taret=, _n.m._, teredo-worm, ship-worm.

=targe=, _n.f._, targe, target (shield).

=targette=, _n.f._, flat bolt, slide-bolt.

_se_ =targuer= (-ghé), _v.r._, to be proud of, to boast of, to brag of, to pride, to plume one’s self on.

=targum= (-gom), _n.m._, (_—_) targum.

=tari=, _n.m._, (_—_) tari (oriental drink).

=tarier=, _n.m._, (orni.) white bustard, whin-chat.

=tarière=, _n.f._, wimble, auger; borer; (ent.) terebra.

=tarif=, _n.m._, tariff, rate, scale of prices, price-list, list of charges.

=tarifer=, _v.a._, to tariff, to price, to rate.

=tarin=, _n.m._, (orni.) tarin.

=tarir=, _v.a._, to drain, to dry up, to exhaust.

_se_ =tarir=, _v.r._, to dry up, to be exhausted, to be drained; to cease, to stop, to end. _Ne pas se —_; (fig.) to talk incessantly, never to have done.

=tarir=, _v.n._, to be drained; to dry up.

=tarissable=, _adj._, drainable; exhaustible.

=tarissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, draining, exhausting, drying up.

=tarlatane=, _n.f._, tarlatan (muslin).

=taroté=, =-e=, _adj._, checkered, spotted (of cards).

=tarots= (-rô), _n.m.pl._, spotted cards.

=taroupe=, _n.f._, hair growing between the eye-brows.

=tarpéienne=, _adj.f._, Tarpeian, only used in _Roche —_; Tarpeian rock.

=tarse=, _n.m._, tarse, tarsus.

=tarsien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -si-è-n), _adj._, tarsal.

=tarsier=, _n.m._, (mam.) tarsier.

=tartan=, _n.m._, tartan, plaid.

=tartane=, _n.f._, (nav.) tartan (ship).

=tartare=, _n.m._, Tartar; (myth.) hell. _À la —_; (cook.) with cold mustard sauce.

=tartareu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tartareous.

=tartarin=, _n.m._, Barbary ape.

=tartarique=, _adj._, tartaric. _V._ =tartrique=.

=tartariser=, _v.a._, to tartarize.

=tarte=, _n.f._, (cook.) tart. _C’est sa — à la crème_; (fig.) it is his one and constant objection.

=tartelette=, _n.f._, tartlet.

=tartine=, _n.f._, slice of bread (with butter, preserves, etc.); (fig.) long, tedious speech _or_ newspaper article. _— de confitures_; slice of bread and jam.

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

=tartre=, _n.m._, (chem.) tartar.

=tartrique=, _adj._, (chem.) tartaric.

=tartufe=, _n.m._, hypocrite.

=tartuferie= (-tu-frî), _n.f._, hypocrisy.

=tartufier=, _v.n._, to play the hypocrite.

=tas=, _n.m._, heap, pile; lot, set (of persons); hand-anvil; (agri.) shock. _Mettre en —_; to put into a heap or heaps. _— de pierres_; heap of stones. _Un — de filous_; a set of sharpers. _Prendre au —_; to help one’s self to.

=tasse=, _n.f._, cup. _— à café_; coffee-cup. _— à thé_; tea-cup. _— de thé_; cup of tea. _Demi —_; small cup (of coffee).

=tasseau=, _n.m._, (arch.) hammer-beam, tassel.

=tassée=, _n.f._, cupful.

=tassement= (tâs-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) settling, sinking, subsiding, subsidence.

=tasser=, _v.a._, to heap up, to pile up; to cram, to beat down; to compress.

_se_ =tasser=, _v.r._, (arch.) to sink, to settle, to subside; (of plants) to grow thick; (of persons) to draw _or_ press closer, to crowd together.

=tasser=, _v.n._, (arch.) to settle; to sink; (hort.) to grow thick.

=tassette=, _n.m._, tasses, tassets (of armor).

=tâte-poule=, _n.m._, (_—_) (pop.) molly-coddle, molly.

=tâter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to feel; to try, to taste; to sound. _— le pouls_; to feel the pulse. _— le courage de quelqu’un_; to put any one’s courage to the test _or_ proof. _— quelqu’un sur une affaire_; to sound any one respecting anything. _— de quelque chose_; to taste anything.

_se_ =tâter=, _v.r._, to examine one’s self, to feel one’s self.

=tâteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, feeler, taster, irresolute person.

=tâte-vin=, _n.m._, (_—_) wine taster (instrument).

*=tatillon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, meddler, busy-body.

*=tatillonnage=, _n.m._, meddling, intermeddling.

*=tatillonner=, _v.n._, to meddle, to intermeddle.

=tâtonnement= (-to-n-mān), _n.m._, feeling one’s way, groping. _Méthode de —_; tentative method.

=tâtonner=, _v.n._, to feel one’s way, to grope.

=tâtonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, groper, fumbler; waverer; irresolute person.

_à_ =tâtons=, _adv._, feeling one’s way, groping; gropingly. _Marcher_, or _aller_, _à —_; to grope about, to feel one’s way. _Chercher à —_, or _chercher en tâtonnant_; to grope for.

=tatou=, _n.m._, (mam.) armadillo, dasypus.

=tatouage=, _n.m._, tattooing.

=tatouer=, _v.a._, to tattoo.

=tattersall=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) tattersall.

=taude=, _n.f._, (nav.) awning.

=taudion=, _n.m._, (pop.). _V._ =taudis=.

=taudis=, _n.m._, hole, hovel.

=taupe=, _n.f._, (mam.) mole; (vet.) ☉poll-evil; (med.) ☉wen, _V._ =loupe=; (pers.) cunning fox, intriguing person.

*=taupe-grillon=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (ent.) mole-cricket.

=taupier=, _n.m._, mole-catcher.

=taupière=, _n.m._, mole-trap.

=taupin=, _n.m._, click-beetle. _Franc —_; (obsol.) militiaman.

=taupinière=, _n.f._, mole-hill; hillock, knoll.

=taure=, _n.f._, yearling, heifer.

=tauréador=, _n.m._, (_—s_). _V._ =toréador=.

=taureau=, _n.m._, bull; (astron.) Taurus. _— sauvage_; wild bull. _Un combat de —x_; a bull-fight.

=tauricorne=, _adj._, tauricornous.

=tautochrone= (-krô-n), _adj._, tautochronous.

=tautochronisme= (-kro-), _n.m._, tautochronism.

=tautogramme=, _n.m._, tautogram (a poem every word of which begins with the same letter).

=tautologie=, _n.f._, tautology.

=tautologique=, _adj._, tautological.

=taux=, _n.m._, price, rate, rate of interest; assessment.

=tavaïolle=, _n.f._, chrisom-cloth; antimacassar.

=taveler= (ta-vlé), _v.a._, to spot, to speckle.

=tavelle=, _n.f._, crown-lace.

=tavelure= (ta-vlur), _n.f._, spots, speckles.

=taverne=, _n.f._, tavern, pot-house, public-house; beer-shop.