Part 164

=vener=, _v.a._, to run (cattle) to make their flesh tender. _Faire — de la viande_; to keep meat until it gets high.

=vénérable=, _adj._, venerable, reverend.

=vénérablement=, _adv._, venerably, reverently.

=vénération=, _n.f._, veneration. _Sa mémoire est en —_; his memory is held in veneration.

=vénérer=, _v.a._, to venerate, to reverence.

=vénerie= (vé-n-rî) _n.f._, venery, hunting; hunting-train; kennel.

=vénérien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, venereal, syphilitic.

=venette=, _n.f._, (pop.) fright, funk. _Avoir la —_; to be in a funk. _Donner la —_; to frighten, to put into a funk.

=veneur=, _n.m._, huntsman. _Grand —_; master of the hounds.

=venez-y-voir=, _n.m._, (_—_) (fam., iron.) sight, show, raree-show; trifle, catch, cheat.

=vengeance= (-jans), _n.f._, vengeance, revenge. _Tirer — d’un affront_; to be revenged for an affront. _Demander_, or _crier_, _—_; to call, _or_ cry, for vengeance. _Esprit de —_; revengefulness. _Par —_; out of revenge.

=venger=, _v.a._, to revenge, to avenge, to take revenge for, to resent. _— une injure_; to avenge an injury.

_se_ =venger=, _v.r._, to revenge one’s self, to avenge one’s self; to be revenged. _Se — de quelqu’un_; to be revenged on any one.

=venge-ur=, =-resse=, _n._ and _adj._, avenger, revenger; revengeful, avenging.

=véniel=, =-le=, _adj._, venial.

=véniellement= (-nièl-mān), _adv._, venially.

=veni-mecum= (vé-ni-mé-co-m), _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =vade-mecum=.

=venimeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, communicating poison, venomous (of animals); poisonous, malignant.

=venin=, _n.m._, venom, poison, spite, rancor, malice. _Morte la bête, mort le —_; dead dogs can’t bite or dead men tell no tales. _Il a jeté tout son —_; he has vented all his spite.

=venir= (venant, venu), _v.n._, to come, to be coming; to come along, to arrive; to chance, to fall out, to occur, to happen; to be descended; to grow, to grow up, to thrive (of plants); to issue, to run, to flow; to emanate, to proceed, to arise, to derive; to reach. _Je le vois —_; I see him coming; (fig.) I see what he is driving at. _Le voilà qui vient_; here he comes. _Venez ici_; come here. _Voulez-vous — avec nous à Londres?_ will you go with us to London? _Faire —_; to send for. _Faire — le médecin_; to send for the doctor. _Il va et vient_; he goes in and out. _Il s’en est allé comme il est venu_; he has had his labor for his pains. _Je ne ferai qu’aller et —_; I will not stay, I shall be back again directly. _En — aux extrémités_; to come to extremities. _S’en —_; to come away. _Il en vint jusqu’à le menacer_; he went so far as to threaten him. _En — aux mains_; to come to blows. _Il en faut — là_; we must come to that at last. _Si ma lettre venait à se perdre_; if my letter should happen to be lost, _or_ to miscarry. _Tout lui vient à souhait_; everything succeeds according to his wishes. _Cette nouvelle est venue jusqu’à moi_; that news reached even me. _Il me vint une pensée_; a thought came into my head. _D’où vient-il que?_ how is it that? _D’où vient cela?_ what is the cause of that? _D’où vient que?_ how is it that? _Quand il vint à parler de_; when he came to speak of. _— au monde_; to come into the world. _— de_; to come from; (followed by an infinitive) to have just. _Je viens de le quitter_; I have just left him. _Se faire bien — de_; to ingratiate one’s self (with), to curry favor (with). _Il vient de partir_; he has only just gone, _or_ started. _Il vient d’arriver_; he has just arrived. _Je viens le voir_; I come to see him. _Je viens de le voir_; I have just seen him. _Cet arbre vient bien_; that tree thrives well. _Viens donc_, _venez donc_; come away, come along. _Où voulez-vous en —?_ what are you aiming, driving, at? _D’où venez-vous?_ where do you come from? where were you brought up? _Il faut le voir —_; we must first see what he is driving at. _Vouloir en — à_; to aim at, to be driving at, to mean, to be up to. _Temps à —_; future time. _— à bout de_; to succeed, to master, to get through (anything). _Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre_; everything comes to him who waits. _C’est un beau — y voir_; a pretty sight, indeed!

=venir=, _n.m._, coming.

=vent=, _n.m._, wind, gale; flatulence; breath; (hunt.) scent; vanity, emptiness; (artil.) windage. _Un souffle de —_; a puff of wind. _Un — coulis_; a slight draught. _Il fait du —_; it is windy. _Être à l’abri du —_; to be sheltered from the wind. _Jeter la plume au —_; to allow chance to decide. _Autant en emporte le —_; all that is idle talk. _Aller comme le —_; to go swiftly, like the wind. _Aller selon le —_; to sail with the wind; (fig.) to go with the times; to be a time-server. _— fait_; settled wind. _Au —_; to the wind; (nav.) to windward. _Sous le —_; (nav.) to leeward. _— de terre_; land breeze. _— de mer_; sea breeze. _Avoir — et marée_; to have both wind and tide (in one’s favor). _Avoir le dessus du —_; (nav.) to have the weather-gauge; (fig.) to have the upper hand of any one. _Avoir des —s_; to be troubled with wind, flatulence (fig.). _Lâcher un —_; to break a wind. _Tout cela n’est que du —_; all that means nothing. _Si le — le permet_; weather permitting. _Filer — arrière_; (nav.) to sail before the wind. _Gagner le — sur_; to get to windward of; to weather. _Prendre le —_; to scent; (nav.) to sail near the wind. _— frais_; fresh gale. _Gros coup de —_; strong gale. _Être logé aux quatre —s_; to be exposed to every wind that blows. _Avoir le — contraire_; to have the wind against one. _Flotter au gré du —_; to float in the wind. _Iles du —_; (geog.) Windward Islands. _— au visage rend un homme sage_; (prov.) adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

*=ventail=, _n.m._, (her.) ventail, visor (of a helmet).

=vente=, _n.f._, sale; selling, auction; felling, cutting out (of timber). _En —_; for sale, now ready (of a book). _Mettre en —_; to offer for sale; to put up for sale, to publish (a book). _— aux enchères_; auction. _— judiciaire_; sale under warrant, _or_ before the sheriff. _Marchandise de bonne —_; goods that go off well. _Asseoir les —s_; to mark the trees that are to be felled. _Lods et —s_; tax on the sale of heritages.

=ventelle=, _n.f._ paddle-valve (of lock-gates).

=venter=, _v.n.imp._, to blow, to be windy. _Il vente_; the wind is blowing, it is windy.

=venteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, windy, flatulent.

=ventier=, _n.m._, wood-salesman.

=ventilateur=, _n.m._, ventilator, fan; (phys.) air-exhauster.

=ventilation=, _n.f._, ventilation, airing; (jur.) valuation.

=ventiler=, _v.a._, to ventilate, to air; (jur.) to value; (fig.) to discuss, to moot.

=ventis=, _n.m._, wind-fallen timber.

=ventolier=, _n.m._, (hawking) bird that flies well against the wind.

=ventôse=, _n.m._, Ventose, the sixth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from February 19th or 20th to March 20th.

=ventosité=, _n.f._, flatulence, ventosity.

=ventouse=, _n.f._, cupping-glass, sucker; the devil-fish; ventilator, vent-hole, air-hole; (arch.) ventiduct. _pl._, cupping-glasses. _Appliquer les —s_; to cup. _—s-sèches_; dry-cupping.

=ventouser=, _v.a._, to cup.

=ventouseur=, _n.m._, cupper.

=ventral=, =-e=, _adj._, ventral.

=ventre=, _n.m._, belly, stomach; (of bottles) belly; womb; chest, body, inside. _— à terre_; at full speed. _Passer sur le — à_; to bear down upon, to rout, to put to rout. _Prendre du —_; to get a corporation. _Le bas-—_; (anat.) the abdomen. _J’ai mal au —_; I have a stomach-ache. _Remettre le cœur au — à quelqu’un_; to give any one fresh courage. _À plat —_; flat on the face. _Faire —_; to bulge, to swell out. _Manger à — déboutonné_; to eat like a glutton. _— affamé n’a point d’oreilles_; a hungry man will not listen to reason _or_ a hungry man is an angry man. _Savoir ce que quelqu’un a dans le —_; (fam.) to know what a person is worth, _or_ is thinking of. _N’avoir pas à trois mois dans le —_; (fam.) not to have three months to live. _— affamé prend tout à gré_; any food is good food when you are starving.

=ventrebleu!= _int._ zounds!

=ventrée=, _n.f._, litter (of animals).

=ventricule=, _n.m._, ventricle.

=ventrière=, _n.f._, girth (of a horse), belly-band, abdominal belt; sling; (carp.) purlin; (machinery) brace.

=ventriloque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, ventriloquist; ventriloquous, ventriloquial.

=ventriloquie=, _n.f._, ventriloquy, ventriloquism.

*_se_ =ventrouiller=, _v.r._, to wallow in the mire, _or_ in the mud.

=ventru=, =-e=, _adj._, big-bellied, corpulent; bulging (out).

=venu=, =-e=, _part._, come. _Bien —_; welcome, well-grown (of trees, etc.). _Mal —_; ill-received; not welcome; ill-grown, stunted (of trees, etc.); not justified, wrong. _Le premier —_, _la première —e_; the first-comer, the first that comes, the first person one meets, any one, no matter which _or_ who. _Le dernier —_; the last comer. _Nouveau —_; new-comer (_m.s._). _Des nouveaux —s_; new-comers (_m.pl._). _Une nouvelle —e_; a new-comer (_f.s._). _Des nouvelles —es_; new-comers (_f.pl._).

=venue=, _n.f._, coming, arrival, advent, growth. _Allées et —s_; goings and comings. _Tout d’une —_; at a stretch, all at once. _À la bonne —_; come what may, at all hazards.

☉=vénule=, _n.f._ _V._ =veinule=.

=vénus= (-nus), _n.f._, (astron., myth.) Venus; ☉(chem.) copper.

=vénusté=, _n.f._, (l.u.) handsomeness, gracefulness, elegance.

=vêpres=, _n.f.pl._, vespers.

=ver= (vèr), _n.m._, worm, maggot; moth; mite. _— luisant_; glowworm. _— de fumier_; muck-worm. _— à soie_; silk-worm. _— rongeur_; never-dying worm. _— de fromage_; cheese-mite. _— solitaire_; tape-worm. _— de terre_; earth-worm. _Mangé_, or _rongé_, _des —s_; worm-eaten. _Nu comme —_; stark naked. _Tuer son —_; (pop.) to have a morning nip.

=véracité=, _n.f._, veracity.

=véraison=, _n.f._, turning, ripening (of grapes).

=véranda=, _n.f._, verandah.

=vératre=, _n.m._, (bot.) veratrum.

=vératrine=, _n.f._, (chem.) veratria, veratrine.

=verbal=, =-e=, _adj._, verbal. _Promesse —e_; promise by word of mouth.

=verbalement= (-bal-mān), _adv._, verbally, by word of mouth.

=verbaliser=, _v.n._, to draw up a written statement; to state facts, to be long-winded.

=verbe=, _n.m._, (gram.) verb; voice; (theol.) the Word.

=verbénacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) verbenaceæ.

=verbération=, _n.f._, verberation.

=verbeusement=, _adv._, verbosely, with many words.

=verbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, verbose, prolix.

=verbiage=, _n.m._, verbiage.

=verbiager=, _v.n._, to be verbose.

=verbiageu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, verbose, _or_ wordy, talker; twaddler.

=verbosité=, _n.f._, verbosity.

=ver-coquin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (ent.) vine-grub; (vet.) staggers; caprice, whim.

=verd=, _adj._ _V._ =vert=.

=verdal=, _n.m._, basement-light, cellar-light.

=verdâtre=, _adj._, greenish.

=verdée=, _n.f._, white wine of Tuscany.

=verdelet=, =-te=, _adj._, tart (of wine); vigorous, strong, hale (of old people).

=verderie=, _n.f._, verderer’s range; verderer’s jurisdiction.

=verdet=, _n.m._, verdigris.

=verdeur=, _n.f._, greenness, viridity, sap; tartness, harshness (of wine); acrimony; (of old people) vigor, freshness.

=verdict= (-dikt), _n.m._, (jur.) verdict, finding. _Rendre un —_; to deliver a verdict.

=verdier=, _n.m._, verderer, verderor; (orni.) greenfinch, green-linnet.

=verdir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to paint green; to grow green, to become green; to get covered with verdigris (of copper).

=verdoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, verdant, green.

=verdoyer=, _v.n._, to be verdant, to become green.

=verdure=, _n.f._, verdure, greenness, green; pot-herbs.

=verdurier=, _n.m._, greengrocer.

=véreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, worm-eaten, maggoty, full of maggots, rotten; suspicious, suspected of a concealed vice _or_ defect; (com.) (of bills) insecure, unsafe, doubtful.

=verge=, _n.f._, rod, wand; shank (of an anchor); handle (of a whip); penis. _pl._, rod, birch (old); yard (measure). _— de bedeau_, verger’s wand. _Cet enfant craint les —s_; that child fears the rod. _Donner des —s pour se faire fouetter_; to give a rod to beat one’s self. _Passer_ (_quelqu’un_) _par les —s_; (mil.) to flog. _Être passé par les —s_ or _passer par les —s_; to run the gauntlet. _Faire passer_ (_un soldat_) _par les —s_; (mil.) to flog through the lines.

=vergé=, =-e=, _adj._, (of paper) laid; (of textile fabrics) streaky.

=vergée=, _n.f._, about a rood.

=verger=, _v.a._, to measure by the rod.

=verger=, _n.m._, fruit-garden, orchard.

=vergeté=, =-e=, _part._, beaten (cleaned with a cane); streaked (of skin).

=vergeter=, _v.a._, to beat, to whisk, to brush (with a cane).

=vergetier= (-tié), _n.m._, brushmaker, rodmaker.

=vergette=, _n.f._, brush, clothes-brush, bundle of rods, switch (generally used in the plural); hoops (of a drum). _Donner un coup de —s_ (_à_); to give a brushing, to brush.

=vergeure= (-jur), _n.f._, wire-mark (of paper).

=verglacé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, covered with rime, coated over with frost, frozen over.

=verglacer=, _v.imp._ (old). _Il verglace_; the rain freezes as it falls. _V._ =verglas=.

=verglas=, _n.m._, glazed frost, frozen rain, rime. _Il fait —_ or _il tombe du —_; the rain freezes as it falls.

*=vergne=, _n.m._, alder-tree.

*=vergogne=, _n.f._, shame. _Sans —_; shameless.

=vergogneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, shy, reserved, modest, bashful.

=vergue= (vèrg), _n.f._, (nav.) yard (of a sail). _Grande —_; main-yard.

=véricle=, _n.f._, paste, imitation (jewelry).

=véridicité=, _n.f._, veracity, credibility.

=véridique=, _adj._, veracious, credible.

=véridiquement=, _adv._, veraciously, truthfully.

=vérificateur=, _n.m._, verifier, examiner (of work); auditor (of accounts).

=vérification=, _n.f._, verification, examining, auditing; (of wills) probate.

=vérifier=, _v.a._, to inspect, to examine, to verify, to try (weights, measures); to audit, to prove (a will).

=vérin=, _n.m._, screw-jack.

=vérine=, _n.f._, verinas (tobacco); (nav.) binnacle-lamp.

=vérissime=, _adj._, most true, most faithful.

=véritable=, _adj._, true, genuine, pure, real, staunch. _Un — ami_; a true friend.

=véritablement=, _adv._, truly, really, in reality, indeed, in truth.

=véritas=, _n.m._, Lloyd’s register (French). _Bureau —_; (French) Lloyd’s rooms.

=vérité=, _n.f._, truth, verity, truthfulness. _Dire la —_; to speak the truth. _En —_; indeed, truly. _À la —_; indeed; it is true; I confess. _Toute — n’est pas bonne à dire_; all truths are not to be spoken at all times. _On dit souvent la — en riant_; there’s many a true word spoken in jest. _Dire ses —s à quelqu’un_; (not to be afraid) to tell anyone his faults; to be outspoken with any one.

=verjus=, _n.m._, verjuice; sour grapes. _C’est jus vert et —_; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.

=verjuté=, =-e=, _adj._, sharp, tart, acid.

=verjuter=, _v.a._, to flavor with verjuice.

*=vermeil=, =-le=, _adj._, vermilion, ruby, ruddy, rosy, coral. _Teint —_; rosy complexion.

*=vermeil=, _n.m._, silver-gilt.

=vermicel= _or_ =vermicelle=, _n.m._, vermicelli.

=vermicelier=, _n.m._, vermicelli manufacturer.

=vermiculaire=, _adj._, vermicular, worm-shaped; (anat.) vermiform.

=vermiculaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) stone-crop.

=vermiculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) vermicular, vermiculated.

=vermiculures=, _n.f.pl._, (arch.) vermiculated work.

=vermiforme=, _adj._, worm-shaped; (anat.) vermiform.

=vermifuge=, _n.m._, (med.) vermifuge.

*=vermiller=, _v.n._, (hunt.) (of boars) to scratch for worms, etc.

*=vermillon=, _n.m._, vermilion.

*=vermillonner=, _v.a._, to vermilion; to paint in red.

=vermine=, _n.f._, vermin, (fig.) rabble.

=vermineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) caused by worms.

=vermisseau=, _n.m._, vermicule, grub, earthworm, little worm.

_se_ =vermouler=, _v.r._, to be worm-eaten.

=vermoulu=, =-e=, _adj._, worm-eaten, decayed, crumbling to pieces.

=vermoulure=, _n.f._, worm-hole, rottenness in wood, dry-rot.

=vermout= _or_ =vermouth=, _n.m._, bitters.

=vernaille=, _n.f._, (min.) telesia.

=vernal=, =-e=, _adj._, vernal, spring-like.

=vernation=, _n.f._, (bot.) vernation, foliation.

=verne=, _n.m._, (bot.). _V._ =vergne=.

=vernier=, _n.m._, vernier, sliding-rule.

=vernir=, _v.a._, to varnish; to glaze; to japan, to lacquer, to polish.

=vernis=, _n.m._, varnish, polish, glaze, glazing. _— gras_; oil-varnish. _Donner un — à_; to polish, to set off.

=vernissage=, _n.m._, varnishing; glazing.

=vernisser=, _v.a._, to varnish, to glaze, to japan.

=vernisseur=, _n.m._, varnisher.

=vernissure=, _n.f._, the application of varnish, _or_ glazing, on anything.

=vérole=, _n.f._, pox. _La petite —_; the small-pox. _Grain de petite —_; pock-mark. _Petite — volante_; chicken pox.

=vérolé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (l.ex.) (med.) poxed, syphilitic.

=vérolique=, _adj._, (med.) syphilitic.

=véron=, _n.m._ _V._ =vairon=.

=véronique=, _n.f._, (bot.) veronica, speedwell.

*=verraille=, _n.f._, small glass wares; old glass.

=verrat=, _n.m._, boar.

=verre=, _n.m._, glass. _— à boire_; drinking glass. _Choquer les —s_; to touch glasses. _— grossissant_; magnifying-glass. _— ardent_; burning-glass. _Grand —_; tumbler. _— à pied_; rummer. _— à vin_; wine-glass. _— de vin_; glass of wine. _— de couleur_; stained glass, colored glass.

=verrée=, _n.f._, glassful.

=verrerie= (vér-rî), _n.f._, glass-works; glass-making; glass-wares.

=verrier=, _n.m._, glass-maker, glassman, glass-blower; dealer in glassware; glass-basket.

=verrière=, _n.f._, glass-stand, monteith; (in churches) stained window.

=verrine= _or_ =verrière=, _n.f._, glazed box; glass picture frame.

=verroterie= (vè-ro-trî), _n.f._, glass-ware; glass trinket; glass beads.

=verrou=, _n.m._, bolt. _Fermer une porte au —_; to bolt a door. _S’enfermer au —_; to bolt one’s self in. _Au —_; under lock and key, locked up.

*=verrouiller=, _v.a._, to bolt, to bar.

*_se_ =verrouiller=, _v.r._, to bolt one’s self in.

=verrucaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) wartwort.

=verrue=, _n.f._, wart.

=verruqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, warty; wart-like; verrucose; (med.) tubercled.

=vers= (vèr), _n.m._, verse, line (of poetry). _Faire des —_; to write verses. _Grand —_; Alexandrine (twelve-syllabled verse).

=vers=, _prep._, towards, about, to. _Tournez-vous — moi_; turn towards me. _— les quatre heures_; about four o’clock.

=versable=, _adj._, apt to overturn, liable to upset.

=versade=, _n.f._, upsetting, overturning.

=versage=, _n.m._, (agri.) first dressing (of land).

=versant=, =-e=, _adj._, liable to be overturned.

=versant=, _n.m._, declivity, side, slope (of mountains); watershed.

=versatile=, _adj._, versatile, variable, changeable.

=versatilité=, _n.f._, versatility, variableness.

=verse=, _adj._, (geom.) versed. _Sinus —_; versed sine.

_à_ =verse=, _adv._, (of rain) very fast, in torrents. _Il pleut à —_; it is raining in torrents, or cats and dogs.

=versé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, poured, overturned; (fig.) versed, skilled, conversant.

=verseau=, _n.m._, (astron.) Aquarius.

=versement=, _n.m._, payment; deposit. _— partiel_; installment.

=verser=, _v.a._, to pour, to pour out; to shoot, to discharge, to empty; to shed, to spill; to lodge, to deposit (money); to overturn, to upset, to cast, to throw.

=verser=, _v.n._, to overturn, to upset, to be overturned, to overset (of vehicles); to be laid, to be beaten down (of standing corn).

=verset=, _n.m._, (Bibl.) verse.

=versicules= _or_ =versiculets=, _n.m.pl._, (fam., jest.) little verses, versicles.

=versificateur=, _n.m._, versifier, poetaster.

=versification=, _n.f._, versification.

=versifier=, _v.n._, to versify, to make verses.

=versifier=, _v.a._, to turn into verses.

_se_ =versifier=, _v.r._, to be versified, to be put into verse.

=version=, _n.f._, version, translation.

=verso=, _n.m._, (_—s_) back (of a leaf); (print.) reverse, even, left-hand page.

=versoir=, _n.m._, mold-board (of a plow).

=verste=, _n.f._, verst (Russian measure of length, about 1166 yards).

=vert=, =-e=, _adj._, green; sharp, harsh (of things); tart (of wine); raw (of hides); vigorous, robust (of old age); resolute. _Bois —_; green wood. _Morue —e_; salt fish (that has not been yet dried). _Cuir —_; raw leather. _Fruit —_; green fruit. _Du vin —_; tart wine. _Pomme —e_; unripe apple. _Pierres —es_; stones just cut out of the quarry. _Une —e vieillesse_; a vigorous, _or_ hale, old age. _Une —e réponse_; a sharp answer. _Ils sont trop —s_; the grapes are sour. _Il a la tête —e_; he is a hare-brained fellow, _or_ a greenhorn.

=vert=, _n.m._, green, green color; grass; green meat; green food; tartness (of wine). _— de mer_; sea-green. _Employer le — et le sec_; to leave no stone unturned. _Mettre des chevaux au —_; to turn horses out to grass. _Vous ne le prendrez pas sans —_; you will not catch him napping. _Manger son blé en —_; (prov.) to anticipate one’s income.

=vert d’eau= _or_ =vert de mer=, _n.m._, sea-green.

=vert-de-gris=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) verdigris.

=vert de vessie=, _n.m._, sap-green.

=vert-pomme=, _n.m._, apple-green.

=vertébral=, =-e=, _adj._, vertebral.

=vertèbre=, _n.f._, vertebra.

=vertébré=, =-e=, _adj._, vertebral, vertebrate.

=vertébré=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) vertebral, vertebrate. _Les —s_; the vertebrates.

=vertement=, _adv._, vigorously, briskly, sharply; harshly, severely. _Je l’ai tancé —_; I reprimanded him most severely, I gave him a good talking to.

=vertical=, =-e=, _adj._, vertical.

=verticalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, vertically.

=verticalité=, _n.f._, verticalness.

*=verticille=, _n.m._, (bot.) verticil; whorl.

*=verticillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) verticillate.

=verticité=, _n.f._, verticity (of the sea compass).

=vertige=, _n.m._, dizziness, giddiness, vertigo, swimming in the head; (vet.) staggers; (fig.) folly, madness, intoxication.

=vertigineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, giddy, dizzy (of heights, etc.), subject to giddiness.

=vertigo=, _n.m._, (_—s_) vertigo; whim, crotchet; (vet.) staggers.

=vertu=, _n.f._, virtue, chastity; property, faculty, quality; power, force. _Faire de nécessité —_; to make a virtue of necessity. _En — de_; by virtue of, in pursuance of. _— de ma vie!_ why, bless my heart!

☉=vertubleu!= =vertuchou!= _int._, bless my heart! zounds!

=vertueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, virtuously.

=vertueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, virtuous.

☉=vertugadin=, _n.m._, farthingale.

=verve=, _n.f._, warmth, fancy, inspiration; animation, liveliness; spirit; fervor; rapture; raciness, humor; (l.u.) fancy, whim, crotchet. _Avoir de la —_; to be sprightly, spirited.

=verveine=, _n.f._, (bot.) vervain, verbena.

=vervelle=, _n.f._, (falconry) varvel.

=verveux= _or_ =vervier=, _n.m._ and _adj._, hoop-net (for fishing).

=vésanie=, _n.f._, (med.) madness, insanity.

=vesce=, _n.f._, (bot.) vetch, tare.

=vésical=, =-e=, _adj._, vesical.

=vésicant=, =-e=, _adj._, causing blisters, vesicatory.

=vésication=, _n.f._, (med.) vesication.

=vésicatoire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, blister; vesicatory; blistering. _Un emplâtre —_; a blistering plaster. _Un —_; a blister. _Mouche à —_; blister-fly.

=vésiculaire=, _adj._, vesicular.

=vésicule=, _n.f._, vesicle, bladder.

=vésiculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vesiculate, bladdery.

=vesou=, _n.m._, sugar-cane juice.

=vespasienne= (-zi-èn), _n.f._, urinal (public).

=vesper= (vès-pèr), _n.m._, (astron.) Vesper, Venus.

☉=vespériser=, _v.a._, to scold, to reprimand.

=vespétro=, _n.m._, ratafia (a cordial).

=vesse=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) fizzling (school-slang). _Vesse!_ cave! _Avoir la —_; (fig.) to be in a funk.

=vesse-de-loup=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) puff-ball.

=vesser=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to fizzle; (fig.) to funk.

=vesseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) one who fizzles; coward, funk.

=vessie=, _n.f._, bladder; blister; (ich.) bladder; (fig.) trifle, nonsense. _— natatoire_; swimming bladder. _Faire croire que des —s sont des lanternes_; (prov.) to make any one believe that the moon is made of green cheese. _Il vaut nous faire prendre des —s pour des lanternes_; he would make us believe ..., etc. _Faire venir des —s_; to blister.

=vessigon=, _n.m._, (vet.) vessicnon, wind-gall.

=vesta=, _n.f._, (astron.) Vesta.