Part 163

=vacance=, _n.f._, vacancy. _pl._, vacation, holidays; recess (of parliament). _Entrer en —s_; to break up (of schools).

=vacant=, =-e=, _adj._, vacant, unfilled, unoccupied, empty; (jur.) in abeyance, unclaimed.

=vacarme=, _n.m._, hubbub, tumult, uproar. _Faire du —_; to kick up a shindy; to create a disturbance.

=vacation=, _n.f._, attendance, sitting (of public officers); day’s sale (of auctions); vacation (of courts); ☉trade, profession. _— avenante_; in case of a vacancy.

=vaccin=, _n.m._, (med.) vaccine matter, vaccine; lymph.

=vaccinal=, =-e=, _adj._, vaccinal, vaccine.

=vaccinateur=, _n.m._, vaccinator.

=vaccination=, _n.f._, vaccination.

=vaccine=, _n.f._, vaccinia, cow-pox; vaccination.

=vacciner=, _v.a._, to vaccinate.

=vache=, _n.f._, (mam.) cow; cow-hide (prepared for use). _Etable à —s_; cow-house, cow-stable _or_ shed. _— à lait_; milk cow, milch cow, dairy cow. _Manger de la — enragée_; to endure great hardships, to rough it. _Le grand chemin des —s_; the beaten track. _Le plancher des —s_; dry land, terra firma. _Parler français comme une — enragée_; to murder the French language.

=vach-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, cowherd, cow-keeper, neat-herd.

=vacherie= (va-shrî), _n.f._, cow-house.

=vaciet=, _n.m._, (bot.) grape-hyacinth.

=vacillant=, =-e= (-sil-lān, -t), _adj._, vacillating; reeling, staggering, tottering; wavering, uncertain, undecided; (bot.) versatile; (fig.) flickering (of light).

=vacillation= (-sil-la-), _n.f._, vacillation; wavering, flickering (of light).

=vaciller= (-sil-lé), _v.n._, to vacillate; to waver; to reel, to stagger; (fig.) to flicker (of light).

=vacuité=, _n.f._, vacuity, emptiness.

=vade=, _n.f._, vade, stake (at play).

=vademanque=, _n.f._, (banking) decrease of money in reserve.

=vade-mecum= (va-dé-mé-ko-m), _n.m._ (_—_), vade-mecum, manual.

=va-et-vient=, _n.m._ (_—_), (mec.) reciprocating motion, swing, sweep, see-saw motion; (fig.) oscillation; (nav.) small ferry-boat; pass-rope, traversing gear.

=vagabond=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, vagabond, vagrant; wandering.

=vagabondage=, _n.m._, vagrancy; roguery.

=vagabonder= _or_ ☉=vagabonner=, _v.n._, to be a vagabond, to wander, to roam, to tramp about.

=vagant=, _n.m._, wrecker.

=vagin=, _n.m._, (anat.) vagina.

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

=vagir=, _v.n._, (of infants) to wail, to mewl, to pule.

=vagissant=, _adj._, mewling, wailing, puling.

=vagissement=, _n.m._, crying, wailing, mewling (of infants).

=vague= (vag), _n.f._, wave, billow, surge.

=vague=, _adj._, vague, indeterminate, loose, uncertain; faint, indistinct, hazy; empty. _Terres —s_; waste-land.

=vague=, _n.m._, vagueness, looseness; uncertainty; space, empty space, emptiness; void, vacuum.

=vaguement= (vag-mān), _adv._, vaguely.

=vaguemestre= (vag-mès-tr), _n.m._, (milit.) wagon-master, baggage-master, paymaster, orderly, post-sergeant; (nav.) postman.

=vaguer= (va-ghé), _v.n._, to ramble, to rove, to range about, to wander, to stray, to straggle. _v.a._, to mash (in brewing).

=vaguesse=, _n.f._, (paint.) lightness, airiness.

=vaigrage=, _n.m._, (nav.) outer-planking, ceiling, wale.

=vaigre=, _n.f._, (nav.) plank (for ceiling).

*=vaillamment= (va-ia-mān), _adv._, valiantly, valorously, courageously, stoutly.

*=vaillance=, _n.f._, valiance, valor, courage, bravery.

*=vaillant=, =-e=, _adj._, valiant, valorous, brave, courageous, gallant.

*=vaillant=, _n.m._, all a man is worth, one’s substance. _Tout son —_; one’s all.

*=vaillant=, _adv._, worth, value. _N’avoir pas un sou —_; not to be worth a penny (of a person). _Il n’a rien —_; he is penniless. _Il a dix mille écus —_; he is worth 30,000 francs.

☉*=vaillantise=, _n.f._, (fam.) prowess, valorous deed.

=vain=, =-e= (vin, vè-n), _adj._, vain, fruitless, ineffectual, unprofitable; empty, shadowy, foolish, trifling, frivolous; vainglorious, presumptuous, self-conceited. _En —_; vainly, in vain, to no purpose. _Homme —_; vain, conceited man.

=vaincre= (vainquant, vaincu), _v.a._, to vanquish, to conquer, to overcome, to master, to defeat, to get the better of; to outdo, to surpass, to excel. _Se laisser —_; to give way to, to yield. _Se laisser — à la pitié_; to be moved to pity.

_se_ =vaincre=, _v.r._, to conquer one’s self; to conquer one’s passions.

=vaincre=, _v.n._, to win; to be victorious.

=vaincu=, _n.m._, conquered, vanquished (enemy).

=vainement= (vè-n-mān), _adv._, vainly, in vain, fruitlessly; to no purpose.

=vainqueur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, vanquisher, conqueror, subduer, victor, overcomer; prize-winner, prize-man, prize-boy, prize-holder; conquering, victorious, triumphant.

=vair=, _n.m._, (her.) vair.

=vairé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) vairy.

=vairon=, _adj._, silver-eyed (of horses); (pers.) wall-eyed, odd-eyed. _Œil —_; wall-eye.

=vairon=, _n.m._, (ich.) minnow.

=vaisseau=, _n.m._, ship, vessel; structure, fabric; pile (inside of a building); (anat.) vessel, tube; (bot.) duct. _pl._, (nav.) shipping. _— d’approvisionnement_; victualing-ship. _— marchand_; merchantman. _— de guerre_; man-of-war. _— à deux ponts_; two-decker. _— de la marine royale_; His, Her, Majesty’s ship. _— frégate_; frigate-built ship. _— de compagnie_; (nav.) good company keeper. _— école_; training-ship. _— armé en guerre_; armed ship.

=vaisselle=, _n.f._, plates and dishes; plate (of gold _or_ silver). _— de terre_; earthenware. _— d’or_; gold plate. _— d’argent_; silver plate. _— ciselée_; carved plate. _— plate_; (of gold _or_ silver) plate.

=vaissellerie=, _n.f._, pots and pans.

=val=, _n.m._, valley, vale, dale. _Par monts et par vaux_; up hill and down dale.

=valable=, _adj._, valid, good for.

=valablement=, _adv._, validly.

=valenciennes=, _n.f._, valenciennes (lace).

=valériane=, _n.f._, (bot.) valerian.

=valet=, _n.m._, footman, valet; knave (at cards); door weight; hold-fast (of a joiner); support (of a looking-glass). _— de pied_; footman. _— de chambre_; valet. _— de bourreau_; assistant-executioner, aid. _Faire le bon —_; to be officious. _Maître —_; (agri.) headman. _— de ferme_; farm-servant. _— de chiens_; whipper-in. _Tel maître, tel —_; like master, like man. _C’est un — de cartes_; (fig.) he is a nobody, a contemptible fellow. _Il n’y a pas de grand homme pour son — de chambre_; no man is a hero to his valet. _On ne prend pas de — pour se servir soi-même_; what! keep a dog and bark thyself!

=valetage= (val-taj), _n.m._, duty of a valet, drudgery.

*=valetaille= (val-tâ-i), _n.f._, pack of men-servants, footmen, flunkies, lackeys, menials.

=valet-à-patin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (surg.) forceps (for ligatures).

=valeter= (val-té), _v.n._, to cringe, to dance attendance, to fawn upon.

=valétudinaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid.

=valeur=, _n.f._, value, worth, consideration; import, meaning. _pl._, (com.) bills, paper, stocks, shares, securities; valor, bravery, courage, gallantry. _Être en —_; to bear a good price. _Être de nulle —_; to be of no value, to be valueless. _Abaisser la —_; to depreciate. _— en espèces_; value in cash. _—s mobilières_; transferable securities. _Mettre en —_; to improve (land).

=valeureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, valiantly, valorously, bravely, courageously.

=valeureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, valiant, valorous, brave, courageous, gallant.

=validation=, _n.f._, (jur.) validation, rendering valid.

=validé=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) the title of the Sultan’s mother.

=valide=, _n.m._ and _adj._, person in health; healthy; in health, valid, good.

=validement= (-lid-mān), _adv._, (jur.) validly.

=valider=, _v.a._, to validate, to confirm, to ratify, to make valid.

=validité=, _n.f._, validity, validness.

=valise=, _n.f._, valise, portmanteau.

=valisnère= _or_ =valisnérie=, _n.f._, (bot.) frogbit.

=valkyrie=, _n.f._, (_—s_) Scandinavian myth, valkyrie, goddess, wish-maiden.

=vallaire=, _adj._, (antiq.) vallary, vallar. _Couronne —_; vallary crown.

=vallée=, _n.f._, valley, vale.

=vallon=, _n.m._, dale, vale, small valley.

=valoir= (valant, valu), _v.n._, to be worth, to be as good as, to be equal to; to yield, to bring, to win for, to procure. _— mieux_; to be better, to be preferable. _Il vaut mieux ne pas y aller_; it is better not to go there. _Cela ne vaut rien_; that is good for nothing. _Cet habit ne vaut plus rien_; this coat is quite worn out. _Cela ne vaut pas la peine d’y penser_; that is not worth a moment’s thought. _Il ne vaut pas la peine qu’on lui réponde_; he is not worth answering. _Vous ne faites rien qui vaille_; nothing you do is worth anything; you do nothing to speak of. _Chaque chose vaut son prix_; everything has its price. _Cela vaut son pesant d’or_; that is worth its weight in gold. _Faire — une terre_; to improve, to cultivate, an estate. _Faire — son argent_; to turn one’s money to account, to put it out at interest. _Faire — son talent_; to turn one’s talent to account. _Faire — sa marchandise_; to set off one’s goods. _Il fait bien — ce qu’il sait_; he makes the best of his knowledge. _Faire — son droit_; to assert, _or_ maintain, one’s right. _Se faire —_; to push one’s self forward, to brag too much. _Cela vaut fait_; that’s as good as done. _Vaille que vaille_; at all events, for better or worse. _Que lui a valu son ambition?_ what has his ambition brought him, _or_ won for him?

=valonnement=, _n.m._, disposing in vales.

_ad_ =valorem=, _adj._, (com.) ad valorem.

=valse=, _n.f._, waltz.

=valser=, _v.n._, to waltz.

=valseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, waltzer, dancer, partner (in a dance).

=value=, _n.f._, value. _Plus-—_; superior value. _Moins-—_; inferior value.

=valvaire=, _adj._, (bot.) valvate.

=valve=, _n.f._, valve; (tech.) clack, _or_ trap, door.

=valvé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) valved, valvate.

=valvule=, _n.f._, (anat.) valvule.

=vampire=, _n.m._, vampire.

=van=, _n.m._, (agri.) fan, van; winnowing-baskets.

=vandale=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Vandal; vandalic.

=vandalisme=, _n.m._, vandalism.

=vandoise=, _n.f._, (ich.) dart; dace.

*=vanille=, _n.f._, (bot.) vanilla, vanilla-tree; (bot.) vanilla (fruit).

*=vanillier=, _n.m._, (bot.) vanilla-tree, vanilla.

=vanité=, _n.f._, vanity, self-conceit. _Que vous avez de —!_ how full of vanity you are! _Faire — d’une chose_; to be proud of a thing. _Sans —_; vanity apart.

=vaniteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vainglorious, absurdly vain.

=vannage=, _n.m._, (agri.) winnowing; (hydraul.) system of water-gates in a dam, etc.

=vanne=, _n.f._, water-gate, sluice, sluice-gate; paddle-door. _adj._ _Eaux —s_; waste waters (from factories, etc.).

=vanneau=, _n.m._, (orni.) lapwing, peewit, plover.

=vanner=, _v.a._, to winnow, to fan, to sift, to hull; (hydraul.) to make, _or_ to place, water-gates in dams, etc.

=vannerie= (va-n-rî), _n.f._, basket-trade; basket-work.

=vannet=, _n.m._, scallop, scollop (shell-fish).

=vannette=, _n.f._, server, flat basket (to give horses their corn). _— crible_; oat-sieve.

=vanneur=, _n.m._, winnower.

=vannier=, _n.m._, basket-maker.

*=vantail=, _n.m._, leaf of a folding-door; window-shutter; lock-gate. _Fermer les vantaux_; to shut the folding-doors.

=vantard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, boaster, bragger, braggart; boasting, boastful; bragging.

=vantardise=, _n.f._, (fam.) habitual boasting, bragging.

=vanter=, _v.a._, to vaunt, to cry up, to praise up, to extol.

_se_ =vanter=, _v.r._, to boast, to vaunt, to brag; to praise one’s self; to plume one’s self upon. _Il n’y a pas de quoi se —_; there is nothing to brag of.

=vanterie= (vān-trî), _n.f._, boasting, bragging, vaunting; brag, boast.

☉=vanteur=, _n.m._ _V._ =vantard=.

=va-nu-pieds=, _n.m._ and _f._, (_—_) tatterdemalion, ragged rascal, ragamuffin, waif and stray; vagabond, beggar.

=vapeur=, _n.f._, vapor, fume, steam, damp, exhalation. _pl._, vapors, hysterics. _À la —_; by steam. _Bateau à —_; steam-boat, steamer. _Remorqueur à —_; steam-tug. _Chaudière à —_; steam-boiler. _Machine à —_; steam-engine. _Registre de —_; throttle-valve (of a steam-engine). _En —_; with the steam on. _À toute —_; at full speed. _Mettre en —_; to put the steam on, to get up steam. _On est en pleine —_; steam is up.

=vapeur=, _n.m._, steamer. _— poste_; mail-steamer.

=vaporeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vaporous, vaporish; (paint.) aërial.

=vaporisation=, _n.f._, vaporization.

=vaporiser=, _v.a._, to vaporize.

_se_ =vaporiser=, _v.r._, to vaporize, to be vaporized.

=vaquer= (va-ké), _v.n._, to be vacant, void, empty; to be in vacation-time, not to sit; to attend, to devote one’s self to. _Il vaque à ses affaires_; he is attending to his business.

*=varaigne=, _n.f._, tide-sluice (of salt marshes).

=varaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) white hellebore.

=varangue= (-rāng), _n.f._, (nav.) floor-timbers of a ship. _— plate_ or _— de fond_; flat floor-timber. _— fort acculée_; rising floor-timber (amidships).

=vare=, _n.f._, Spanish measure of length, about a yard.

=varec= _or_ =varech=, _n.m._, (bot.) varec, wrack, sea-wrack, sea-weed; (jur.) wreck (things washed upon the shore by the sea); sunken ship.

=varenne=, _n.f._, waste-land; (hunt.) ☉chase, royal preserve.

=vareuse=, _n.f._, oil-skin (jacket); pilot-jacket; jersey, blazer.

=variabilité=, _n.f._, variableness, variability, changeableness; (alg.) variability.

=variable=, _adj._, variable, changeable, fickle, unsettled, unsteady. _La fortune est —_; fortune is fickle. _Pouls —_; changeable pulse.

=variable=, _n.m._, variable, change. _Le baromètre est au —_; the barometer is at change.

=variant=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) variable, fickle.

=variante=, _n.f._, different reading, _or_ interpretation; various, _or_ different, spelling; alteration, difference (in different editions of a book), etc.

=variation=, _n.f._, variation, variety, change, changeableness; alteration.

=varice=, _n.f._, (med.) varix, varicose vein.

=varicelle=, _n.f._, (med.) varicella, swine-pox.

=varicocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) varicocele.

=varier=, _v.a._, to vary, to variegate, to diversify. _— la phrase_; to say the same thing in other words.

=varier=, _v.n._, to vary, to change, to be changeable; to disagree, to be at variance; to be fickle.

=variété=, _n.f._, variety, diversity, change. _pl._, miscellanea; varieties; medley; extracts.

_ne_ =varietur= (né varié-tur), (jur.) in order that no change may be made; “final edition” of an author’s works.

=variole=, _n.f._, small-pox, variola.

=varioleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._, (a person) suffering from small-pox.

=variolique=, _adj._, (med.), variolous, variolar, variolic.

=variolite=, _n.f._, (min.) variolite.

=varioloïde=, _n.f._, (med.) varioloid, chicken-pox.

=variorum=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (_—_) variorum. _Edition —_; variorum edition.

=variqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, varicose, varicous.

☉=varlet=, _n.m._, varlet, page.

=varlope=, _n.f._, jointer, jointing-plane.

=vasculaire= _or_ (l.u.) =vasculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (anat.) vascular.

=vase=, _n.m._, vase, vessel, urn. _—s antiques_; antique vases. _—s étrusques_; Etruscan vases. _—s cinéraires_; funeral urns. _— de nuit_; chamber utensil.

=vase=, _n.f._, slime, mud, mire, ooze, silt.

=vaseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, slimy, muddy, miry, silty, oozy.

=vasi-er=, =-ère=, _n._ and _adj._, mud, of mud.

=vasière=, _n.f._, salt-pan, brine-pan; mussel-bed.

=vasistas= (-tâs), _n.m._, casement-window, casement; hatch-door; shutter; blind (of a carriage).

=vasque=, _n.f._, basin (of a fountain).

=vassal=, _n.m._, vassal.

=vassalité=, _n.f._, vassalage; land held by vassals.

=vasselage= (vas-laj), _n.m._, vassalage.

=vaste=, _adj._, vast, wide, great, spacious, extensive. _— pays_; vast country. _De —s desseins_; great designs. _Un lieu —_; a vast place. _int._ (nav.) avast!

=vastement=, _adv._, vastly, extensively, hugely, widely, greatly.

=vatican=, _n.m._, Vatican, the Palace of the Pope.

=va-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) staking all one has, one’s all (at cards).

_à_ =vau-de-route=, _adv._ _V._ =à vau-l’eau=.

=vaudeville= (vôd-vil), _n.m._, (thea.) vaudeville; ballad; (thea.) ballad-opera, ballad-farce (corruption of _Vaux de Vire_, by Olivier Basselin).

=vaudevilliste=, _n.m._, vaudeville-writer; ballad-writer.

=vaudois=, _n.m._, Vaudois, native of Vaud.

_à_ =vau-l’eau=, _adv._, with the current, down stream; (fig.) to wrack and ruin; at sixes and sevens.

=vaurien= (-in), _n.m._, good-for-nothing wretch, worthless fellow, scamp, scape-grace; rogue, vagabond.

=vautour=, _n.m._, (orni.) vulture.

=vautrait=, _n.m._, (hunt.) boar-hunting equipage.

=vautre=, _n.m._, boar-hound.

=vautré=, =-e=, _adj._, wallowing, weltering; sprawling.

_se_ =vautrer=, _v.r._, to wallow, to welter, to roll; to spread one’s self out, to sprawl.

=vavasseur=, _n.m._, vavasor (vassal of a vassal).

=vayvodat=, _n.m._, waywodate, waywodeship.

=vayvode=, _n.m._, (_—s_) waiwode, waywode.

=vayvodie=, _n.f._, waywodeship.

=veau=, _n.m._, calf; bull-calf; calf’s leather; veal; lazy fellow. _— marin_; seal, sea-calf; sealskin. _Chair de —_; veal. _Longe de —_; loin of veal. _Rouelle de —_; fillet of veal. _Des pieds de —_; calves’ feet. _Eau de —_; veal broth. _Faire le pied de —_; (fig.) to cringe, to bow and scrape, to truckle (to). _Faire le —_; to sprawl; to indulge one’s self, to idle one’s time away.

=vecteur=, _adj._, (astron.) vector. _Rayon —_; radius vector.

=véda=, _n.m._, Veda (sacred books of the Hindoos).

=védasse=, _n.f._, (dy.) weed-ashes.

=vedette=, _n.f._, scout, vedette, mounted sentinel; watch-box, watch-tower. _Ecrire quelque chose en —_; to write anything in a line by itself. _Mettre en —_; to place on vedette.

=védique=, _adj._, Vedic.

=végétable=, _adj._, capable of vegetation.

=végétal=, _n.m._, vegetable; plant.

=végétal=, =-e=, _adj._, vegetable.

=végétalité=, _n.f._, vegetability.

=végétant=, =-e=, _adj._, vegetating.

=végétarien=, =-ne=, _n.m.f._, vegetarian.

=végétati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, vegetative.

=végétation=, _n.f._, vegetation.

=végéter=, _v.n._, to vegetate. _Il ne fait plus que —_; he merely vegetates.

=véhémence=, _n.f._, vehemence, vehemency, impetuosity; force, violence.

=véhément=, =-e=, _adj._, vehement, impetuous, hot, passionate. _Naturel —_; hot temper. _Orateur —_; vehement orator, impassioned orator.

=véhémentement=, _adv._, ☉(jur.) strongly; (fam., fig.) vehemently.

=véhicule=, _n.m._, vehicle.

=vehme=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) Vehmic Court.

=vehmique=, _adj._, Vehmic.

*=veille=, _n.f._, watch, watching, sitting up; eve, vigil, day before; point, verge. _Être à la — de_; to be on the point of, on the verge of. _Entre la — et le sommeil_; between sleeping and waking.

*=veillée=, _n.f._, sitting up to work in company; evening (in company); night attendance (upon a sick person). _Les —s d’hiver_; the winter evenings.

*=veiller=, _v.n._, to watch, to sit up, to wake, to be awake, to lie awake; to be on the watch; to attend, to take care, to see, to have an eye upon. _— au salut de l’état_; to watch over the safety of the state. _— sur soi même_; to be upon one’s guard. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to keep any one up. _Veillez-y_; see to it.

*=veiller=, _v.a._, to watch over, to look after, to sit up with. _— un malade_; to sit up with, _or_ to watch by the bedside of, a sick person.

*=veilles=, _n.f.pl._, labors; night-studies, night-watches, vigils.

*=veilleur=, _n.m._, watcher; night watchman.

*=veilleuse=, _n.f._, night-lamp; float-light, watch-light.

*=veillote= _or_ =veillotte=, _n.f._, hay-cock; (bot.) meadow-saffron.

=veinage=, _n.m._, (paint.) veining.

=veinard=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (pop.) lucky fellow, in luck’s way.

=veine=, _n.f._, (anat., geol., min.) vein; (of marble _or_ wood) vein; (geol.) seam; underground spring of water; (fig.) vein. _Je suis en —_; my hand is in; I am in luck’s way. _En — de_; in the vein for, in the humor for. _Bonne —_; good run of luck (at play). _Avoir de la —_; to be in luck. _Je ne suis plus en —_; my luck has turned.

=veiné=, =-e=, _adj._, veiny, veined.

=veiner=, _v.a._, (paint.) to vein.

=veineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, veined, veining; (anat.) venous, venal.

=veinule=, _n.f._, (anat.) small vein.

=vêlage=, _n.m._, calving (of cows).

=vélar=, _n.m._, hedge-mustard, hedge-garlic.

=vélarium= (-rio-m), _n.m._, (_—s_) (Rom. antiq.) velarium (awning stretched above the theater to keep off the sun).

=vélaut!= _int._, (hunt.) tally-ho.

=velche=, _n.m._, Goth, ignoramus.

=velcherie=, _n.f._, ignorance, stupidity.

=vêle=, _n.f._, cow-calf.

=vêler=, _v.a._, (of cows) to calve.

=vélin=, _n.m._, vellum; fine Alençon lace.

=vélite=, _n.m._, (Rom. antiq.) light-armed soldier, skirmisher.

=velléité= (vél-lé-), _n.f._, velleity, slight desire, fancy, mind.

☉=véloce=, _adj._, (astron.) swift, rapid.

=vélocipède=, _n.m._, velocipede, cycle.

=vélocité=, _n.f._, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, speed.

=velours=, _n.m._, velvet. _— ras_; short-nap velvet. _— façonné_; figured velvet. _— de soie_; silk velvet. _— de coton_; cotton velvet. _— à côtes_; corduroy. _— de coton croisé_; velveteen. _— glacé_; shot velvet. _Faire patte de —_; to speak smoothly; to draw in one’s claws. _Habits de — ventre de son_; (prov.) silks and satins put out the kitchen fire. _Passe —_; (bot.) prince’s feathers.

=velouté=, _n.m._, velveting, flock surface; velvet-pile; softness; (bot.) velvet; (med.) ☉mucous membrane.

=velouté=, =-e=, _adj._, velvet, velvety; cut in imitation of velvet; velvet-like; with the softness of velvet; soft and smooth to the palate (of wines).

=velouter=, _v.a._, to give (to some material) the appearance of velvet; to make velvet-like.

=veloutier= (-tié), _n.m._, velvet-worker.

=veltage=, _n.m._, measuring liquids by the _velte_.

=velte=, _n.f._, an (obsolete) measure of capacity, about 7 quarts English; a sort of gauge to measure the capacity of casks.

=velter=, _v.a._, to measure liquids by the _velte_.

=velteur=, _n.m._, gauger; one who measures by the _velte_.

=velu=, =-e=, _adj._, hairy (not applied to the head or beard); shaggy, rough. _n.m._, shagginess; hairy part.

=velverette=, _n.f._, corduroy.

=velvet=, _n.m._, =velvetine=, _n.f._, velveteen.

=velvote=, _n.f._, (bot.) (spurious) toad-flax.

=venaison=, _n.f._, venison.

=vénal=, =-e=, _adj._, venal, mercenary.

=vénalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, in a venal, mercenary manner.

=vénalité=, _n.f._, venality.

=venant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, comer; coming. _A tout —_; to the first comer; to any one, _or_ as the fancy takes one.

=vendable=, _adj._, salable, vendible.

=vendange=, _n.f._, vintage; grape-gathering. _Faire —_; to gather the grapes; (fig.) to make a good thing of, to profit by.

=vendanger=, _v.a._ and _n._, to gather grapes; to vintage; (fig.) to make illicit profits; to ravage, to spoil, to devastate, to sweep away.

=vendangeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, vintager, grape-gatherer.

=vendéen=, =-ne=, _n._, _adj._, Vendean.

=vendémiaire=, _n.m._, Vendémiaire, the first month of the calendar of the first French republic, from September 22d or 23d to October 21st or 22d.

=venderesse= (vān-drès), _n.f._, (jur.) vendor.

=vendetta=, _n.f._, (_—s_) vendetta, vengeance.

=vendeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, seller, vendor, dealer. _— d’orviétan_; quack.

=vendication=, _n.f._ _V._ =revendication=.

=vendiquer=, _v.a._ _V._ =revendiquer=.

☉=vendition=, _n.f._, (jur.) sale.

=vendre=, _v.a._ and _n._, to sell, to vend, to sell out; (fig.) to betray. _— cher_; to sell dear. _— à bon marché_; to sell cheap. _— argent comptant_; to sell for ready money. _À —_; to be sold, for sale. _Chose qui plaît est à moitié vendue_; good wares make quick sales.

_se_ =vendre=, _v.r._, to sell one’s self; to sell, to go off (of a thing).

=vendredi=, _n.m._, Friday. _Le — saint_; Good-Friday.

=vené=, =-e=, _adj._, high (of meat).

☉=vénéfice=, _n.m._, (jur.) poisoning by malefice.

☉=venelle=, _n.f._, small street, alley, lane. [Only used in the popular expression _Enfiler la —_; to run away, to take to one’s heels.]

=vénéneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, venomous, poisonous (of plants only).