Part 156

=taverni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, tavern-keeper, publican.

=taxateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) taxer, assessor; taxing-master.

=taxation=, _n.f._, taxation; fixing of prices.

=taxe=, _n.f._, assize, price, price fixed; tax, assessment, impost, toll.

=taxer=, _v.a._, to rate, to fix the price of; to assess; to tax, to lay a tax upon; to charge (with), to accuse (of); to term. _On le taxa d’avarice_; they taxed him with, _or_ accused him of, avarice.

_se_ =taxer=, _v.r._, to tax one’s self.

=taxiarque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) taxiarch.

=taxidermie=, _n.f._, taxidermy.

=taxis=, _n.f._, (surg.) taxis.

=tayaut=, _n.m._, (hunt.). _V._ =taïaut=.

=tchèque=, _n.m._, (phil.) Czech (language).

=té=, _n.m._, (fort.) mines having the shape of a ⊤, to blow up an enemy’s fortification; anything in the shape of a ⊤.

=te=, _pron._, thee, to thee, you, to you.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _adj._, technical.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _n.f._, technics.

=technique= (tèk-nik), _n.m._, (arts) execution, make, style, technique.

=techniquement= (tèk-nik-mān), _adv._, technically.

=technologie= (tèk-no-), _n.f._, technology.

=technologique= (tèk-no-), _adj._, technological.

=teck= _or_ =tek=, _n.m._, (bot.) teak, teak-wood.

=tectrices=, _n.f.pl._, coverts (of feathers of birds).

=te deum= (té-dé-om), _n.m._, (_—_) Te Deum.

=tégument=, _n.m._, tegument; (anat.) integument.

*=teignasse=, _n.f._ _V._ =tignasse=.

*=teigne=, _n.f._, (med.) ringworm of the scalp, trichonosis tonsurans, tinea capitis; (ent.) corn-moth (in wheat); (vet.) thrush.

*=teigneu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, scurvy; scurvy, dirty person.

*=teillage=, _n.m._ _V._ =tillage=.

*=teille=, _n.f._ _V._ =tille=.

*=teiller=, _v.a._ _V._ =tiller=.

*=teilleur=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (agri.). _V._ =tilleur=.

=teindre= (*teignant, teint), _v.a._, to dye, to tinge, to stain, to color.

=teint=, _n.m._, (dy.) dye, color; tincture; complexion. _Grand —_, _— solide_; fast dye; fast color.

=teinte=, _n.f._, (paint.) tint, tinge; tincture; shade, hue; dye (fig.) smack, touch. _Demi-—_; (_—s-—s_) mezzotinto.

=teinter=, _v.a._, (paint.) to tint, to tinge, to tone.

=teinture=, _n.f._, dye, dyeing; (pharm.) tincture; (fig.) superficial knowledge, smattering.

=teinturerie= (-tur-rî), _n.f._, dye-shop; dye-works.

=teinturi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, dyer.

=tel=, =-le=, _adj._, such, like; similar; such an one. _— maître, — valet_; like master, like man. _Telle vie, telle fin_; men die as they live. _M. un —_; Mr. so and so. _J’irai dans —le ville à —le époque_; I shall go to such a town at such a time. _— quel_; such as it is, just as it was, indifferent, so so. _Ce sont des gens —s quels_; they are no great shakes. _— est pris qui croyait prendre_; it is a case of the biter bit.

=télamons=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) telamones.

=télégramme=, _n.m._, telegram.

=télégraphe=, _n.m._, telegraph. _Faire jouer le —_; to telegraph.

=télégraphie=, _n.f._, telegraphy.

=télégraphier=, _v.a._, to telegraph.

=télégraphique=, _adj._, telegraphic.

=télescope=, _n.m._, telescope.

=télescopique=, _adj._, telescopic.

=tellement= (tèl-mān), _adv._, so, in such a manner; so much; so far, in such sort. _— que_; so that, so much so that. _— quellement_; indifferently, so-so.

=tellière=, _n.f._, foolscap paper.

=tellure=, _n.m._, (chem.) tellurium.

=tellurique=, _adj._, (chem.) telluric.

=téméraire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, rash, reckless person; rash, foolhardy, reckless. _Un coup —_; a rash enterprise.

=témérairement= (-rèr-mān), _adv._, rashly, foolhardily, recklessly.

=témérité=, _n.f._, temerity, rashness, foolhardiness, recklessness.

*=témoignage=, _n.m._, testimony, evidence; testimonial; witness; (fig.) token, mark, proof. _Rendre — à la vérité de_; to bear witness, _or_ to testify, to the truth of. _Appeler en —_; to call to witness. _Faux —_; false swearing, perjury. _En — de quoi_; in witness whereof.

*=témoigner=, _v.a._, to testify; to show, to prove, to express, to convey; to indicate, to mark. _— du chagrin_; to show sorrow.

*=témoigner=, _v.n._, to testify, to witness, to bear witness, to give evidence.

=témoin=, _n.m._, witness, evidence; testimony; proof; mark; second (in duels). _— auriculaire_; ear-witness. _— à charge_; witness for the prosecution. _— à décharge_; witness for the defense. _— oculaire_; eye-witness. _Prendre à —_; to call to witness.

=tempe=, _n.f._, (anat.) temple.

=tempérament=, _n.m._, constitution, temperament; temper; medium, middle-course, compromise; (com.) tally-trade. _Un — ruiné_; a broken constitution.

=tempérance=, _n.f._, temperance, sobriety.

=tempérant=, =-e=, _adj._, temperate, sober; (med.) sedative.

=tempérant=, _n.m._, temperate man; (med.) sedative.

=température=, _n.f._, temperature.

=tempéré=, _n.m._, temperate; (rhet.) unadorned style.

=tempéré=, =-e=, _adj._, temperate, mild; mixed, limited (governments); (rhet.) tempered, unadorned.

=tempérer=, _v.a._, to temper, to allay, to mollify, to soothe, to assuage, to moderate, to regulate; to contain, to check.

_se_ =tempérer=, _v.r._, to become tempered; to become temperate _or_ mild (of the weather).

=tempête=, _n.f._, tempest, storm, gale.

=tempêter=, _v.n._, to storm, to bluster, to fume.

=tempêtueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tempestuous, boisterous, stormy.

=temple=, _n.m._, temple.

=templier=, _n.m._, templar, knight-templar.

=temporaire=, _adj._, temporary.

=temporairement=, _adv._, temporarily, for the time being.

=temporal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) temporal.

☉=temporalité=, _n.f._, temporality.

=temporel=, =-le=, _adj._, temporal.

=temporel=, _n.m._, (ecc.) temporalities; (pol.) temporal power.

=temporellement= (-rèl-mān), _adv._, temporally.

=temporisat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, procrastinator, temporizer; procrastinating, temporizing.

=temporisation=, _n.f._, temporizing, procrastination.

=temporiser=, _v.n._, to temporize, to delay, to procrastinate.

=temporiseur=, _n.m._, (l.u.). _V._ =temporisateur=.

=temps= (tān), _n.m._, time, while, period, term; leisure; season; weather; (gram.) tense; (mus.) time-stroke. _Passer son — à étudier_; to spend one’s time in study. _Il a fait son —_; he has had his day, he has served his time. _Du — d’Auguste_; in the time of Augustus. _— moyen_; mean time. _Dans le —_; formerly, of yore. _Avec le —_; in time, in course of time. _Grand —_; high time. _En un rien de —_ or _en deux — et trois mouvements_; in a trice, in a jiffy. _En même —_; at the same time. _À —_; in time. _De — en —_; from time to time, now and then. _De tout —_; at all times. _À quelque — de là_; some time after. _S’accommoder au —_; to comply with the times. _Le — perdu ne se retrouve point_; lost time is never found again. _Réparer le — perdu_; to make up for lost time. _Se donner du bon —_; to take it easy; to enjoy one’s self. _Prendre le — comme il vient_; to take things easily. _Du — que Berthe filait_; when Adam delved and Eve spun _or_ when the world was young. _Par le — qui court_; nowadays, as times go. _Autres — autres mœurs_; manners change with the times. _En — et lieu_; in proper time and place. _Prendre bien son —_; to choose one’s time well. _Quel — fait-il?_ what sort of weather is it? _Il fait beau —_; it is fine weather. _Gros —_; (nav.) stormy weather. _Mauvais —_; bad weather. _— fait_; settled weather. _Par le — qu’il fait_; in such weather (_i.e._ as we are having).

=tenable=, _adj._, tenable; habitable.

=tenace=, _adj._, tenacious, adhesive, sticky; niggardly, stingy; retentive (of the memory).

=ténacité=, _n.f._, tenacity, tenaciousness, adhesiveness; retentiveness (of the memory); stinginess.

*=tenaille=, _n.f._, (fort.) tenaille. _pl._, pincers, nippers, pinchers, tongs.

*=tenailler=, _v.a._, to tear off, to hold tight, to squeeze; (fig.) to torture, to torment.

*=tenaillon=, _n.m._, (fort.) tenaillon.

=tenance=, _n.f._, (feudalism) tenancy.

=tenanci-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (feudalism) holder, occupier. _Franc —_; freeholder.

=tenant=, _n.m._, (at a tournament) challenger, champion; supporter; defender. _Les —s et aboutissants_; the adjacent lands, houses, etc.; (fig.) details, particulars, circumstances.

=tenant=, =-e=, _adj._, holding, having something of, seldom used but in the expression, _Séance —e_; before the meeting separates, during the sitting; there and then.

=ténare=, _n.m._, (poet.) Tænarus, hell.

=tendance=, _n.f._, tendency, leaning, inclination.

=tendant=, =-e=, _adj._, tending, aiming at.

=tendelet= (tan-dlè), _n.m._, (nav.) awning, canopy; (arch.) tilt.

=tender= (tin-dèr), _n.m._, (rail.) tender.

=tendeu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, stretcher, hanger (of tapestry); spreader, layer, setter (of snares); coupling-iron.

=tendineu-x=, _-se_, _adj._, tendinous.

=tendon=, _n.m._, (anat.) tendon, sinew.

=tendre=, _adj._, tender, soft; delicate, sensitive, affecting, moving, fond, affectionate, loving; early, young, new (of bread). _Du pain —_; new bread. _Avoir le cœur —_; to be tender-hearted. _Un métal —_; a soft metal. _Couleur —_; delicate color.

=tendre=, _n.m._, (fam.) tenderness, affection, liking, inclination; love. _Le pays de —_; Love.

=tendre=, _v.a._, to bend, to stretch, to spread, to lay; to strain; to set; to hold out; to pitch (tents); to hang (tapestry). _— un arc_; to bend a bow. _— une souricière_; to set a mouse-trap. _— un lit_; to put up a bed. _Il me tendit la main_; he stretched out his hand to me. _— la joue_; to hold out the cheek. _— les bras à quelqu’un_; to hold out one’s arms to any one. _— une tente_; to pitch a tent. _— la perche à_; to help, to lend a helping hand to. _Il vaut mieux — la main que le cou_; it is better to beg than to steal. _L’arc toujours tendu se gâte_; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

=tendre=, _v.n._, to lead to; to tend; to conduce; to hang tapestry, etc. _Où tend ce chemin?_ where does that road lead to?

=tendrement=, _adv._, tenderly, dearly, affectionately.

=tendresse=, _n.f._, tenderness, love, fondness. _pl._, tender caresses.

=tendret=, =-te=, _adj._, rather tender.

=tendreté=, _n.f._, (l.u.) tenderness (of fruit, etc.).

=tendron=, _n.m._, shoot, tendril (of plants); gristle; (fam.) young lass.

=tendu=, =-e=, _part._ and _adj._, bent; tight, stiff; strained. _Style —_; stiff, affected, far-fetched, unnatural style. _Situation —_; a strained _or_ delicate situation.

=ténèbres=, _n.f.pl._, darkness, night, gloom. _Les — de l’ignorance_; the night of ignorance.

=ténébreusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, darkly, gloomily; secretly.

=ténébreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dark, gloomy, obscure, overcast, melancholy; underhand.

=tènement= (tè-n-mān), _n.m._, (feudalism) tenement; block of houses.

=ténesme=, _n.m._, (med.) tenesmus.

=tenettes=, _n.f.pl._, (surg.) lithotomy forceps, extractor.

=teneur=, _n.f._, tenor, terms, text; purport; contents. _Je n’en comprends pas la —_; I don’t understand the purport of it.

=teneur de livres=, _n.m._, book-keeper.

=tenez!= _int._ _V._ =tiens=.

=ténia=, _n.m._, tænia, tape-worm.

=tenir= (tenant, tenu), _v.a._, to hold, to have hold of, to have; to contain; to possess; to believe, to regard, to maintain, to be possessed of, to occupy; to take up, to keep; to perform; to account, to look upon, to consider, to think, to detain. _Vous tenez trop de place_; you take up too much room. _— maison_; to keep house. _— boutique_; to keep a shop. _— le lit_; to keep one’s bed. _— le large_; (nav.) to go out into the open. _— la mer_; (nav.) to be seaworthy. _— la campagne_; (milit.) to have taken, _or_ to hold, the field. _— la tête droite_; to hold up one’s head. _— les yeux baissés_; to keep one’s eyes down. _Cela m’a tenu plus que je ne pensais_; that detained me longer than I thought. _Je tiens cela de bonne source_; I have it on the best authority. _Je le tiens pour honnête homme_; I look upon him as an honest man. _Voilà la conduite qu’il tient_; such is the way in which he behaves. _— sa parole_; to keep one’s word. _Cessez de — ce langage_; cease to hold this language, cease to speak in such a manner. _— table ouverte_; to keep open house (com.). _— les livres en partie double_; to keep books by double entry. _— la caisse_; to be a cashier, to have charge of the cash. _— registre de quelque chose_; to keep an account of anything. _Je tiendrai compte de cela_; I shall take that into consideration. _— quelqu’un à distance_; to hold any one at a distance. _— quelque chose dans la main_; to hold anything in the hollow of one’s hand. _Faire — des lettres à quelqu’un_; to forward, _or_ send, letters to any one. _— lieu de_; to be instead of, to stand in the place of. _Il m’a tenu lieu de père_; he has been like a father to me. _— le loup par les oreilles_; to be in a critical situation. _— son homme_; to have one’s man. _— quelqu’un à quatre_; to hold any one down by force.

_se_ =tenir=, _v.r._, to hold, to hold on, to hold fast, to hold each other; to abide by; to cling, to adhere, to stick; to keep, to stay; to keep one’s self; to be; to stand, to lie; to remain; to be held; to sit; to think one’s self, to consider one’s self; to contain one’s self, to refrain. _Je m’y tiens_; I stand (at cards). _S’en tenir à_; to rely on, to adhere to, to rest content, to stick to. _Je m’en tiens à votre avis_; I stick to your advice. _Se — mal à cheval_; not to sit well on horseback. _Tenez-vous en là_; go no further in the matter; remain content. _Se — en embuscade_; to lie in ambush. _Se — sur ses gardes_; to stand upon one’s guard. _Se le — pour dit_; to take it for granted; not to forget it. _Tenez-vous en repos_; be, _or_ keep, quiet. _Se — à ne rien faire_; to stand doing nothing. _Se — les bras croisés_; to sit with one’s arms crossed. _Se — à genoux_; to be, to remain, upon one’s knees. _Se — debout_; to stand up. _Se — droit_; to stand upright. _Je me suis tenu à quatre pour ne pas rire_; it was almost more than I could do not to laugh. _Ne pas savoir à quoi s’en tenir_; not to know what to believe. _Savoir à quoi s’en —_; to know how it is, how matters stand, _or_ what to do.

=tenir=, _v.n._, to hold, to hold fast; to be contiguous; to hang; to adhere, to stick; to be held (of fairs, markets, assemblies); to take after; to be of the nature; to keep together, to remain; to withstand, to resist; (milit.) to hold out; to subsist; to be connected with; to be desirous; to proceed, to result. _— bon_; to hold out, to stick fast. _Il tient à le faire_; he is anxious to do it. _Il ne tient pas à moi qu’elle ne vienne pas_; it is not my fault that she does not come. _Qu’à cela ne tienne_; never mind, let not that be an objection. _Il n’y a pas d’amitié qui tienne_; friendship has nothing to do with the question. _La vie ne tient qu’à un fil_; life only hangs on a thread. _S’il ne tient qu’à cela_; if that is all. _À quoi tient-il que?_ how is it that? _À quoi cela tient-il?_ what is it owing to? _Il tient de son père_; he takes after his father. _Ce clou ne tient pas_; this nail does not hold. _Je n’y tiens plus_; I cannot stand it any longer. _Je n’y tiens pas_; I am not particular about it. _En —_; to be smitten. _Il ne tient qu’à vous de_; it only depends on you to, _or_ only rests with you to. _Tiens! c’est vous_; hullo! well, I never! is that you? _Tiens! tiens!_ indeed, you don’t say so. _Il vaut mieux — que courir_ or _un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras_; (prov.) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. _Cela lui tient au cœur_; he thinks of nothing else. _— comme teigne_; (pop.) to stick like wax.

=tenon=, _n.m._, tenon; bolt (of fire-arms); nut (of an anchor).

=ténor=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) tenor.

=ténotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) tenotomy.

=tensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tense.

=tension=, _n.f._, tension, intenseness. _— d’esprit_; intense application of mind.

=tenson=, _n.f._, (ancient poet.) tenson (love-plaint).

=tentacule=, _n.m._, (ent.) tentacle, feeler.

=tentant=, =-e=, _adj._, tempting.

=tentat-eur=, _n.m._, _adj._, =-rice=, _n.f._, tempter, temptress, tempting.

=tentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, tentative.

=tentation=, _n.f._, temptation.

=tentative=, _n.f._, attempt, trial, endeavor.

=tente=, _n.f._, tent, pavilion, (nav.) awning. _Dresser une —_; to pitch a tent.

=tenté=, _adj._, tempted, disposed, inclined.

=tenter=, _v.a._, to attempt, to try, to tempt.

_se_ =tenter=, _v.r._, to be attempted _or_ tried.

=tenture=, _n.f._, tapestry, hangings.

=tenu=, =-e=, _part._, held, kept; bound, obliged; reputed, considered. _Je ne suis pas — à cela_; I am not bound to that. _À l’impossible nul n’est —_; there’s no flying without wings.

=ténu=, =-e=, _adj._, tenuous, thin, spare.

=tenue=, _n.f._, holding (of assemblies); session; attitude (of a person); dress; deportment, carriage, bearing, address; appearance; steadiness (of troops); keeping (of books); (mus.) holding-note; (nav.) anchor-hold; holding (of the pen); steadiness (of a thing). _Tout d’une —_; contiguous (of lands). _Grande —_; (milit.) full dress. _Petite —_; (milit.) undress. _— des livres_; book-keeping.

=ténuirostres=, _n.m.pl._, (orni.) tenuirostres.

=ténuité=, _n.f._, tenuity, thinness, spareness.

=tenure=, _n.f._, tenure.

=téorbe=, _n.m._, (mus.) theorbo, archlute.

=tépide=, _adj._, (l.u.). _V._ =tiède=.

=tépidité=, _n.f._, (l.u.). _V._ =tiédeur=.

=ter= (tèr), _adv._, third; (mus.) three times; (of houses) B.

=tératologie=, _n.f._, (physiology) teratology.

=tercer= _or_ =terser= (tèr-), _v.a._, to give a third dressing to.

=tercet= (tèr-sè), _n.m._, tiercet (poet.).

=térébenthine=, _n.f._, turpentine.

=térébinthe=, _n.m._, (bot.) turpentine-tree.

=térébrant=, _adj._, (med.) keen, lancinating pain; (mol.) terebrating.

=térébrants=, _n.m.pl._, (ent.) terebrantia.

=térébration=, _n.f._, terebration, boring.

=tergiversation=, _n.f._, tergiversation, shift, evasion, shuffling.

=tergiverser=, _v.n._, to tergiversate, to shift, to practise evasion, to shuffle.

=terme= (tèrm), _n.m._, term; termination; bound, end, limit, post; time; quarter’s-rent, quarter-day; boundary; word, expression. _pl._, state, condition, terms. _Toucher au —_; to draw near the term, the close. _Payer son —_; to pay one’s rent. _Qui a — ne doit rien_; no one is obliged to pay before a debt is due. _Le — vaut l’argent_; time is money. _Ménager ses —s_; to modify one’s expressions. _À long —_; (com.) of bills long-dated. _À court —_; short-dated. _Avant —_; prematurely, before one’s time.

=termès=, _n.m._ _V._ =termite=.

=terminaison=, _n.f._, termination, end, ending.

=terminal=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) terminal.

=terminati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) terminational.

=terminer= (tèr-), _v.a._, to terminate, to end, to bound, to limit, to put an end to, to conclude, to bring to a close, to settle.

_se_ =terminer=, _v.r._, to end, to come to an end, to terminate, to be bounded; to conclude, to be brought to a conclusion, to be settled.

=terminologie=, _n.f._, terminology.

=termite= _or_ =termès=, _n.m._, (ent.) white ant; termes. _pl._, termites.

=ternaire= (tèr-nèr), _adj._, tenary.

=terne= (tèr-n), _adj._, tarnished, dull, dim; wan, tame, spiritless.

=terne= (tèr-n), _n.m._, two threes (at dice); trey (in a lottery).

=terné=, =-e= (tèr-), _adj._, (bot.) ternate.

=ternir=, _v.a._, to tarnish, to dull; to deaden; to sully; to stain. _— des couleurs_; to deaden the colors. _— sa gloire_; to tarnish one’s glory.

_se_ =ternir=, _v.r._, to tarnish, to grow dull, to be sullied; to fade (of colors).

=ternissure=, _n.f._, tarnishing, dullness, fading, blemish, stain.

=terrage=, _n.m._, claying (of sugar).

=terrain=, _n.m._, ground; soil, earth, land; ground-plot; piece of ground, field, course. _Gagner du —_; to gain ground. _Tâter le —_; (fig.) to feel one’s way. _Être sur son —_; to be in one’s element. _Sur le —_; on the field. _Aller sur le —_; to fight a duel. _Céder le —_; to yield, to give way. _Disputer le —_; to stand one’s ground, to dispute every inch of the ground. _Le — des courses_; the race course, the course. _Ménager le —_; (fig.) to act cautiously.

=terral=, _n.m._, (nav.) wind coming from land.

=terraqué=, =-e= (-ké), _adj._, terraqueous.

=terrasse=, _n.f._, terrace; flat roof, balcony, earthwork; (paint.) foreground.

=terrassement= (-ras-mān), _n.m._, earthwork, embankment, ballasting, banking.

=terrasser=, _v.a._, to fill in with earth-work; to embank; to throw on the ground; to fell, to throw down; to knock down; to confound, to dismay, to throw into consternation, to nonplus, to beat.

=terrasseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, earthy (of marble).

=terrassier=, _n.m._, digger, excavator, navvy.

=terre=, _n.f._, earth, land, ground, soil, mold; dominion, territory, grounds, estate, property, homestead; world; land, shore. _Cultiver la —_; to till the ground. _— ferme_; dry-land, _terra firma_, main land, continent. _Se coucher à —_; to lie flat on the ground. _Jeter un homme à —_; to throw a man on the ground. _Hautes —s_; highlands. _Basses —s_; lowlands. _— à foulon_ or _— à dégraisser_; fuller’s earth. _— à potier_; potter’s earth. _Vaisselle de —_; earthenware. _Mettre pied à —_; to alight. _Mettre à —_; to put down; (nav.) to land. _Perdre —_; to lose sight of land; to get out of one’s depth (in swimming). _Aller à —_; to be prosy, to grovel; (man.) to passage low; (nav.) to sail along the coast. _— franche_; vegetable mold. _— sainte_; consecrated ground; holy land. _Pipe de_, or _en_, _—_; clay pipe. _— à porcelaine_; china clay. _— glaise_; clay. _Par —_; on the ground, on the floor; by land. _À —_; on the ground, on the floor. _Tomber par —_, _tomber à —_; to fall down. _Aller par —_; to go by land. _Qui — a, guerre a_; much coin, much care. _Mettre en —_; to bury. _Ventre à —_; at full gallop. _Vivre sur ses —s_; to live on one’s property. _Vivre de ses —s_; to live on the income of one’s property. _— à —_, _adj._, commonplace; vulgar, low, prosy.

=terreau=, _n.m._, (gard.) vegetable mold; mold, compost.

=terre d’ombre=, _n.f._ _V._ =ombre=.

=terre-mérite=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) turmeric (in powder).

=terre-neuve=, _n.m._, (_—_) Newfoundland dog.

=terre-neuvier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) banker; Newfoundland fisherman, _or_ (of a ship) trader; Newfoundland dog.

=terre-noix=, _n.f._, (_—_) (bot.), pig-nut, earth-nut, ground-nut.

=terre-plein=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) terre-plein; platform.

=terrer=, _v.a._, (gard.) to renew the mold of; to spread mold over; to burrow; to clay (sugar), to fuller’s earth (cloth, etc.).

_se_ =terrer=, _v.r._, to earth one’s self, to burrow.

=terrer=, _v.n._, to burrow.

=terrestre=, _adj._, terrestrial, earthly.

=terrette=, _n.f._, ground-ivy.

=terreur= (tèr-reur), _n.f._, terror, trepidation, awe, dread. _Temps de la —_; (French hist.) Reign of Terror.

=terreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, terreous, earthy; dirty; dull (of colors); cadaverous (of the countenance).

=terrible= (tèr-ribl), _adj._, terrible, dreadful, awful; unmanageable (of children).

=terriblement= (tèr-ri-), _adv._, terribly, dreadfully, awfully; with a vengeance.

=terrien= (tè-ri-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (tè-ri-èn), _n.f._, landholder.

=terrier= (tè-rié), _n.m._, terrier (hole); burrow, hole; terrier (dog). _— griffin_; Scotch terrier.

=terrier= (tè-rié), _adj.m._, only used in the expression, _Papier —_; court-roll, terrier.

=terrifier= (tèr-ri-), _v.a._, to terrify, to dismay.

=terrine= (tè-ri-n), _n.f._, earthen pan; dish. _En —_; potted.

=terrinée= (tè-ri-), _n.f._, panful.

=terrir= (tè-rir), _v.n._, to lay eggs in earth or sand (of the tortoise); (nav.) to approach land.

=territoire= (tè-ri-toar), _n.m._, territory; jurisdiction.

=territorial=, =-e= (tè-ri-), _adj._, territorial.

=terroir= (tè-roar), _n.m._, soil, ground. _Goût de —_; raciness (of style).

=terroriser= (tèr-ro-), _v.a._, to govern by terror, to terrorize.

=terrorisme= (tèr-ro-), _n.m._, terrorism.

=terroriste= (tèr-ro-), _n.m._, terrorist.

=terser= (tèr-), _v.a._ _V._ =tercer=.

=tertiaire= (tèr-siè-r), _adj._, (geol., med.) tertiary.