Part 166

=visage=, _n.m._, face, visage; countenance, aspect, look, air. _— pâle_; pale face. _À deux —s_; double-faced. _À — découvert_; openly, bare-facedly. _Avoir bon —_; to look well. _Faire bon_, or _mauvais_, _— à quelqu’un_; to look pleasantly, _or_ unpleasantly, at any one; to give any one a good, _or_ bad, reception. _Se composer le —_; to compose one’s countenance. _Changer de —_; to change countenance; to turn pale; to have one’s face at command. _Trouver — de bois_; to find the door shut, to find nobody there.

=vis-à-vis=, _adv._, opposite, in juxtaposition.

=vis-à-vis= (vi-za-vî), _n.m._, (_—_) vis-a-vis (in dancing); vis-a-vis (carriage); opposite neighbor (at table).

=vis-à-vis=, _prep._, opposite, over against, over the way; towards, relatively. _— de l’église_; opposite the church.

=viscéral=, =-e= (vis-sé-), _adj._, visceral.

=viscère= (vis-sèr), _n.f._, (anat.) viscus. _pl._, viscera, vital organs.

=viscosité=, _n.f._, viscosity, viscidity, viscousness; clamminess.

=visée=, _n.f._, aim; end; design, plan, scheme.

=viser=, _v.n._, to aim, to take aim; to aspire (to), to endeavor. _Il visait à ce but_; that was his goal.

=viser=, _v.a._, to aim, to aim (at), to take aim (at); to drive (at); to countersign, to indorse (passports). _Faire — un passeport_; to get a passport countersigned, _or_ indorsed.

=viseur=, _n.m._, aimer.

=vishnou= (vis-noo), _n.m._, Vishnu (name of one of the Hindoo deities).

=visibilité=, _n.f._, visibility, visibleness, obviousness.

=visible=, _adj._, visible, evident, manifest, obvious.

=visiblement=, _adv._, visibly, evidently, manifestly, obviously.

=visière=, _n.f._, visor (of a helmet); foresight (of fire-arms); shade (for the eyes); peak (of caps, etc.); (fam.) eyesight. _Rompre en — à quelqu’un_; to break one’s lance in the visor of one’s adversary; (fig.) to attack any one to his face; to break off with, to fall out with. _Elle lui a donné dans la —_; he was smitten with her.

=visigoth= (-gô), _n.m._, Visigoth; barbarian, Goth.

=vision=, _n.f._, vision, sight, phantom, chimera, fancy.

=visionnaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, a visionary, a dreamer; visionary, fanciful.

=visir=, _n.m._ _V._ =vizir=.

=visirat=, _n.m._ _V._ =vizirat=.

=visitandine=, _n.f._, Visitandine (nun).

=visitation=, _n.f._, visitation. _L’ordre de la —_; the Order of the Visitation.

=visite=, _n.f._, visit; call; visiting; visitation; examination, inspection, search. _Aller en —_; to go visiting. _En —_; visiting, on a visit; as a visitor. _Faire —_, _rendre —_, _à quelqu’un_; to make a call upon any one, to pay any one a visit. _Rendre sa — à quelqu’un_; to return any one his, _or_ her, call. _Faire la — des caves_; to search the cellars. _Droit de —_; right of search. _Faire la — des bagages_; to examine baggage.

=visiter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to visit; to make a visit, a visitation; to search, to examine, to inspect, to look. _— un vaisseau_; to search a ship.

=visiteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, visitor; searcher.

=vison=, _n.m._, American marten.

=vison-visu=, _adv._, opposite one another.

=visorium= (-om), _n.m._, (print.) copy-holder, catch, jigger.

=visqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, viscous, slimy, clammy, sticky.

=vissage=, _n.m._, screwing.

=visser=, _v.a._, to screw; to screw on; to screw up; to screw down.

_se_ =visser=, _v.r._, to screw; to screw on; to screw up; to screw down; to be screwed.

=visserie=, _n.f._, screws.

=visu= (=de=), _adv._, with one’s own eyes.

=visuel=, =-le=, _adj._, visual.

=vital=, =-e=, _adj._, vital, essential.

=vitalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, vitally; essentially.

=vitalisme=, _n.m._, doctrine of the _vitalists_.

=vitaliste=, _n.m._, vitalist.

=vitalité=, _n.f._, vitality.

=vitchoura=, _n.m._, (_—s_) fur greatcoat.

=vite=, _adj._, swift, quick, fleet, speedy, rapid. _Pouls —_; quick pulse. _— comme le vent_; as fleet as the wind.

=vite=, _adv._, quick, quickly, fast, speedily; rapidly; expeditiously. _Allez —_; go quickly. _Aller — en besogne_; to be quick at work; (fig.) not to mince matters. _—!_ quick! _—! —!_ quick! make haste! look sharp. _Au plus —_; as fast as possible; that instant, that very moment. _Faire —_; to be quick, to make haste, to expedite matters. _Allons! plus — que ça_; come! hurry up! look sharp about it!

=vitelotte= (vi-tlot), _n.f._, kidney potato.

=vitement= (vil-mān), _adv._, quickly, speedily.

=vitesse=, _n.f._, swiftness, speed, celerity, quickness, rapidity. _À la — de_; at a speed of, at the rate of. _Gagner quelqu’un de —_; to outstrip, to outrun, any one. _À grande —_; at full speed. _À toute —_; at full speed. _Train de grande —_; (railways) express, express train. _Train de petite —_; goods train, slow train.

=vitex=, _n.m._, (bot.) vitex, chaste-tree.

=viticole=, _adj._, relating, pertaining to vine culture, wine-growing.

=viticulture=, _n.f._, vine-culture; viticulture.

=vitonnière=, _n.f._, (nav.) timber-hole.

=vitrage=, _n.m._, glazing; glass windows; glass partition.

=vitrail=, _n.m._, stained glass window, church-window.

=vitre=, _n.f._, window-glass _or_ pane; pane of glass; window. _Carreau de —_; pane of glass. _Casser les —s_; to break the windows; (fig.) to speak boldly, to speak out one’s mind, not to mince matters.

=vitré=, =-e=, _adj._, glazed; (of doors) glass; (anat.) vitreous. _Porte —e_; glass door.

=vitrer=, _v.a._, to furnish with glass windows, to glaze.

=vitrerie=, _n.f._, glaziery, glazier’s work.

=vitrescibilité=, _n.f._, vitrescence.

=vitrescible=, _adj._, vitrescible.

=vitreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vitreous, glassy.

=vitri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, glazier; glazier’s wife.

=vitrifiable=, _adj._, vitrifiable.

=vitrification=, _n.f._, vitrification.

=vitrifier=, _v.a._, to vitrify.

_se_ =vitrifier=, _v.r._, to vitrify.

=vitrine=, _n.f._, shop-window; show-case; glass case (in museums, etc.).

=vitriol=, _n.m._, vitriol.

=vitriolé=, =-e=, _adj._, vitriolated.

=vitriolique=, _adj._, vitriolic.

=vitriolisation=, _n.f._, vitriolation.

=vitupérer=, _v.a._, to vituperate, to reprimand.

=vivable=, _adj._, (fam.) sociable, pleasant to live with.

=vivace=, _adj._, long-lived, perennial; inveterate, deep-rooted. _Plantes —s_; perennial plants, perennials.

=vivacité=, _n.f._, vivacity, vivaciousness, liveliness, sprightliness, briskness; spirit, life, animation; ardor, vividness, brightness.

=vivandi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, sutler, canteen-man _or_ woman.

=vivant=, =-e=, _adj._, living, alive; quick, animate, animated. _Langue —e_; living language. _Rue —e_; lively street.

=vivant=, _n.m._, person living, person alive; determined character; life, lifetime. _De son —_; in his lifetime. _Du — de son frère_; when his brother was alive. _Un bon —_; a jolly, _or_ boon, companion; a high liver.

=vivat= (-vat), _int._, hurrah! huzza! _Pousser des —_; to cheer to the echo.

=vivat= (-vat), _n.m._, (_—s_) hurra, huzza. _Crier —_; to cheer, to hurra.

=vive=, _n.f._, (ich.) viver, weever.

☉=vive-la-joie=, _n.m._, (_—_) jolly, boon companion.

=vivelle=, _n.f._, darn, darning; gusset.

=vivement= (viv-mān), _adv._, quickly, briskly, sharply, smartly, vigorously, eagerly, keenly, deeply; angrily; poignantly; acutely; spiritedly; with animation.

=viveur=, _n.m._, high liver, free liver, fast man, man about town.

=vivier=, _n.m._, fish-pond.

=vivifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, vivifying, quickening, strengthening, recuperating, refreshing; invigorating, life-giving.

=vivification=, _n.f._, vivification, vivifying; revival.

=vivifier=, _v.a._, to vivify, to quicken; to give life to, to enliven, to animate, to refresh, to revive.

=vivifique=, _adj._, (l.u.) vivifying, life-giving. _V._ =vivifiant=.

=vivipare=, _adj._, viviparous.

=vivisecter=, _v.a._, to vivisect.

=vivisecteur=, _n.m._, vivisector.

=vivisection=, _n.f._, vivisection.

=vivoter=, _v.n._, to live poorly; to live from hand to mouth, to make shift to live, to rub along; to keep body and soul together.

=vivre= (vivant, vécu), _v.n._, to live, to be living, to be alive; to exist, to subsist, to be maintained, to board, to take one’s meals at; to behave. _Il vit mal_; he lives badly. _Il vit mal avec son frère_; he is on bad terms with his brother. _Il vit aux dépens d’autrui_; he lives at other people’s expense. _Bien —_; to live a good life. _— bien_; to live well (to have abundance of everything). _Il fait cher — à Londres_; living is dear in London. _Faire —_; to feed, to keep alive, to maintain. _— de son travail_; to live by one’s labor. _— d’industrie_, _— d’invention_; (b.s.) to live by one’s wits. _— d’espérance_; to live in hopes. _Il faut que tout le monde vive_; everybody must live. _— dans les sapes_; (Saint-Simon) to be mixed up in underhand intrigues. _— en prince_; to live like a prince. _Savoir —_; to be a person of good manners, of good breeding. _Il ne sait pas —_; he has no manners. _Apprendre à —_; to learn, _or_ to teach, manners. _Vive le roi!_ long live the king! _Vive!_ hurrah for! _Ne pas trouver âme qui vive_; not to find a soul at home. _Qui vivra verra_; he who lives longest will see most. _Il fait bon — ici_; this is a good place to live in. _Vivent les ministres!_ long live the ministers!

=vivre=, _n.m._, living, board, food. _pl._, provisions, victuals. _Couper les —s à quelqu’un_; to cut off any one’s supplies. _Agents des —s_; (nav.) agent-victualer. _Bureau des —s_; victualing-office.

=vivres-pain=, _n.m.pl._, (n.s.) (milit., nav.) bread-store.

=vivres-viande=, _n.m.pl._, (n.s.) (milit., nav.) meat-store.

=vivrier=, _n.m._, victualer.

=vizir=, _n.m._, vizier.

=vizirat= _or_ =viziriat=, _n.m._, vizierate, viziership.

=vocable=, _n.m._, vocable, word, term, name.

=vocabulaire=, _n.m._, vocabulary.

=vocabuliste=, _n.m._, (l.u.) author of a vocabulary.

=vocal=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (ecc.) vocal (voter).

=vocal=, =-e=, _adj._, vocal.

=vocalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) vocally, orally.

=vocalisation=, _n.f._, vocalization.

=vocalise=, _n.f._, piece of music for exercising the voice.

=vocaliser=, _v.n._, (mus.) to vocalize.

=vocatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) vocative, vocative case.

=vocation=, _n.f._, vocation, calling, call; inclination; destination, talent. _Suivre sa —_; to follow one’s vocation, one’s bent.

=vociférat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, clamorer, brawler, _adj._, clamoring, brawling, roaring.

=vociférations=, _n.f.pl._, vociferations.

=vociférer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to vociferate, to cry out, to roar.

=vœu=, _n.m._, vow; votive offering; vote, suffrage; prayer, wish, will, desire, _pl._, vows (religious ceremony). _Faire — de jeûner_; to make a vow of abstinence. _Faire des —x pour quelqu’un_; to offer up prayers for any one, to wish any one success. _Être au comble de ses —x_; to have reached the summit of one’s happiness.

=vogue= (vog), _n.f._, (nav.) rowing, sailing, going; (fig.) vogue, fashion, credit, repute, reputation. _Avoir de la —_; to be in vogue, in fashion. _Mettre en —_; to bring into vogue, into fashion. _Succès de —_; temporary success.

=vogue-avant=, _n.m._, bow-oarsman, bow.

=voguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to impel a boat (by rowing); to ride, to sail; to row (l.u.). _V._ =ramer=, =nager=. _Vogue la galère!_ come what may!

☉=vogueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, rower; cork-bladder.

=voici=, _prep._, see here, behold, here is, here are, here come, this is, these are. _— mon livre, voilà le vôtre_; here is my book, there is yours. _En — bien d’une autre_; this is still more singular. _Me —, le voilà_; here I am, there he is, here he comes. _Monsieur que —_; this gentleman. _Le — qui vient_; here he comes. _Nous y —_; here we are. _— venir votre frère_; here comes your brother. _— venir le printemps_; spring is coming, is at hand, is near.

=voie=, _n.f._, way, road, track; path, organ, medium, channel; course, breadth (between the wheels of carriages); (hunt.) track (of deer, boars); conveyance, means of conveyance; load (of wood, stone, sand); means; (nav.) leak; (railways) gauge, permanent way, four-foot way; (chem.) process. _Il est toujours par — et par chemin_; he is always rambling about, always on the move. _La — lactée_; the Milky Way. _— d’eau_; two pailfuls of water; (nav.) leak. _Faire une — d’eau_; (nav.) to spring a leak. _Boucher une — d’eau_; to stop a leak. _—s de fait_; (jur.) assault, blows. _En venir aux —s de fait_; to come to blows. _— ferrée_; railway, railroad. _Les affaires sont en — de hausse_; things are looking up. _Être sur la —_; to be on the track, on the scent. _Être en — de_; to be in a fair way (of). _— de garage_, _— d’évitement_; (railways) siding, shunting-line.

=voilà=, _prep._, see there, behold, that is, those are, there is, there are. _— l’homme_; that is the man. _Le —_; there he is. _Ah! vous —_; oh! there you are. _— qui va bien_; that is getting on well now, that’s all right now, that’s capital. _Le — qui arrive_; there he comes. _— qu’on m’appelle_; I am called, some one is calling me. _Comme la — triste!_ how sad she is! _Comme vous — fait!_ what a strange figure you cut! what a plight you are in! _— ce que c’est_; that is what it is. _— tout_; that is all. _En — assez_; that is enough. _En —-t-il!_ what a lot there is! _En — pour!_ that will do for. _— comme vous êtes_; that is just like you. _— comme je suis_; you must take me as I am, I’m that sort of man. _Ne —-t-il pas que ..._; why, I declare it is ... _or_ lo! and behold! it is ... _Comme le — sale!_ see how dirty he is. _— près d’un an_; it is now nearly a year. _— une heure qu’il parle_; he has been speaking for an hour. _Ne —-t-il pas qu’il pleut_; well! I declare, it is raining.

=voile=, _n.m._, vail; cover, mask, disguise; cloak, color, show, pretense. _Avoir un — devant les yeux_; to have a mist before one’s eyes.

=voile=, _n.f._, (nav.) sail; (fig.) sail, ship. _La — de misaine_; the foresail. _La — d’artimon_; the mizzen. _— de fortune_; lug sail. _Faire force de —s_; to crowd all sail. _Aller à —s et à rames_; to go with sails and oars. _Déployer les —s_; to unfurl the sails. _À pleines —s_ or _à toutes —s_; (nav.) with full sail, all sails set; at full speed; (fig.) willingly, heartily. _Faire —_; to sail. _Caler la —_; to strike sail. _Mettre à la —_; to set sail. _À la —_; under sail, sailing.

=voilé=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) provided with sails, rigged; (fig.) veiled, dull, dim, soft, gentle. _Peu —_; broad (of hints or language).

=voiler=, _v.a._, to veil, to cover; to cloak, to color, to blind, to disguise, to conceal, to muffle.

_se_ =voiler=, _v.r._, to wear a veil; to be veiled, concealed, covered, muffled.

=voilerie= (voal-rî), _n.f._, (nav.) sail-loft; sail-making.

=voilier=, _n.m._, sail-maker; sailer (ship). _Un bon —_; a fast sailer (ship).

=voilure=, _n.f._, set of sails; trim of the sails.

=voir= (voyant, vu), _v.a._, to see; to look at, to behold, to observe, to view; to witness; to inspect, to superintend; to overlook; to keep company with; to be on visiting terms with, to frequent the society of. _Je l’ai vu de mes propres yeux_; I have seen it with my own eyes. _Il veut tout — par lui-même_; he insists on seeing everything with his own eyes, _or_ for himself. _Que vois-je?_ what do I see? _— quelque chose en songe_; to see anything in a dream. _— le jour_; to be born, to see the light of day. _Faire —_; to show, to let see. _On n’a jamais rien vu de pareil_; the like was never seen before. _Vit-on jamais rien d’égal?_ was anything like it ever seen? _Voyez ce tableau_; look at that picture. _Faire — du pays à quelqu’un_; to lead any one a dance. _— tout en beau_; to see the bright side of anything. _Il ne voit personne_; he sees no company. _Se faire —_; to appear, to show one’s self. _Je vous vois venir_; I see what you are driving at.

_se_ =voir=, _v.r._, to see one’s self; to see one another; to visit one another; to be, _or_ to find, one’s self. _Ils ne se voient point_; they do not visit one another, they are not on visiting terms.

=voir=, _v.n._, to see; to have one’s sight; to superintend; to inspect, to look, to look out. _Je vois bien quelle est son intention_; I see plainly what he is driving at. _Je ne vois point à quoi cela peut servir_; I don’t see what purpose that can serve. _Je lui ferai bien — à qui il s’adresse_; I’ll show him what sort of a person he has to deal with. _— clair_; to see clearly. _Y — trouble_; to see dimly. _Au vu et au su de tout le monde_; openly, before every one. _Ceci est à —_; it remains to be seen. _— de loin_; to be far-sighted. _N’y — goutte_; not to see a bit, not to see a wink, not to see in the least. _Voyons!_ let us see! come! now then! _Ma maison voit sur un jardin_; my house looks out into a garden.

=voire=, _adv._, even; ☉indeed, truly. _— même_; nay even.

=voirie=, _n.f._, commission of public ways or highways; common sewer, carrion, offal.

=voisin=, =-e=, _adj._, neighboring, bordering, adjacent, next; next door. _La maison —e_; the next house. _Être — de sa ruine_; (fig.) to be on the verge of ruin.

=voisin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, neighbor. _Être —s_; to be next-door neighbors.

=voisinage=, _n.m._, neighborhood; vicinity; proximity, nearness; neighbors; (jur.) venue, visne.

=voisiner=, _v.n._, to visit one’s neighbors; to go a neighboring.

=voiturage=, _n.m._, conveying, transporting, carriage of goods (in cars, carts, vans, etc.).

=voiture=, _n.f._, carriage; coach; conveyance, vehicle; fare; load. _— publique_; stage-coach. _— à deux chevaux_; coach, or carriage, and pair. _— de maître_; private carriage. _— d’arrosement_; watering cart. _— à bagages_; luggage van. _Station de —_; cab-rank. _— de louage_; hired carriage. _— de place_; cab, hackney-carriage. _— de remise_; fly, hired carriage. _Bureau de la —_; coach-office. _Place de —s_; cab-stand. _Descendre de —_; to alight from a carriage. _Se promener en —_, _aller en —_; to ride in a carriage, to drive.

=voiturer=, _v.a._, to carry, to convey, to transport, to cart.

=voiturier=, _n.m._, carrier; wagoner; driver. _V._ =roulier=.

=voiturin=, _n.m._, driver (owner of a carriage usually lent on hire); the carriage so hired.

=voix=, _n.f._, voice, tone, sound; vote, suffrage; opinion, judgment; singer. _— grêle_; faint voice. _— de tête_; falsetto, head-note. _Faire la petite —_; to speak small. _— aiguë_; shrill voice. _De vive —_; by word of mouth, orally. _À — basse_; in a low voice, in an undertone, in a whisper. _À haute —_; in a loud voice, loudly, audibly. _Aller aux —_; to put to the vote, to divide. _Donner sa —_; to give one’s vote. _Mettre aux —_; to put to the vote. _Aux —!_ vote! divide! _À l’unanimité des —_; without a dissentient voice. _D’une seule_, or _d’une commune_, _—_; with one voice, unanimously.

=vol=, _n.m._, robbery, theft, robbing, extortion, fleecing; larceny; stolen goods. _— de nuit avec effraction_; burglary. _— de grand chemin_; highway robbery. _On l’a trouvé saisi du —_; they found the stolen goods upon him.

=vol=, _n.m._, flying; flight, soaring; flock; cast (of hawks). _Prendre un — trop haut_; to soar too high. _Prendre son —_; to soar, to take one’s flight, _or_ its flight. _À — d’oiseau_; as the crow flies. _Au —_; flying, on the wing.

=volable=, _adj._, liable to be stolen.

=volage=, _adj._, fickle, volatile, inconstant, unsteady, flighty. _La jeunesse est —_; youth is inconstant, flighty.

*=volaille=, _n.f._, poultry, fowl. _Marchand de —_; poulterer.

*=volailler=, _n.m._, poulterer; poultry-yard.

=volant=, =-e=, _adj._, flying, loose, floating, volatile; movable, portable (of paper), loose; (nav.) traveling; (paint.) floating (of drapery). _Assiettes —es_; extras, extra dishes.

=volant=, _n.m._, shuttle-cock; flounce (of a dress); fly-wheel (of machinery); sail (of a windmill). _Jouer au —_; to play at battle-door and shuttle-cock.

=volatil=, =-e=, _adj._, volatile; airy, light.

=volatile=, _n.m.f._, and _adj._, winged animal; winged.

=volatilisation=, _n.f._, volatilization.

=volatiliser=, _v.a._, to volatilize.

_se_ =volatiliser=, _v.r._, to volatilize, to become volatilized.

=volatilité=, _n.f._, volatility, volatileness.

*=volatille=, _n.f._, (fam.) small birds for the table.

=vol-au-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_) (cook.) vol-au-vent, puff-paste.

=volcan=, _n.m._, volcano.

=volcanique=, _adj._, volcanic.

=volcanisé=, =-e=, _adj._, vulcanized.

=volcanite=, _n.m._, vulcanite.

=vole=, _n.f._, vole (at cards).

=volée=, _n.f._, flight (of birds); flock; covey, bevy, brood; rank; discharge (of one gun); volley (of guns); shower (of blows); peal (of bells); swing-tree, splinter-bar _or_ bar (of a coach); drubbing, thrashing. _Il a pris sa —_; he has taken wings. _Tirer à toute —_; to fire a random shot. _Sonner à toute —_; to ring a full peal. _À toute —_; (of bells) in full and furious swing. _Une — de coups de bâton_; a shower of blows. _Être de la première —_; to be of the first water, of high rank; tip-top, crack, swell. _Haute —_; high rank, high class, society, aristocracy. _Donner une — à quelqu’un_; to give any one a drubbing. _À la —_; flying, in the air; (fig.) at random, rashly, unthinkingly. _Entre bond et —_; at a lucky moment.

=voler=, _v.n._, to fly, to fly about, to take wings, to soar, to be upon the wing. _Le temps vole_; time flies. _— en éclats_; to fly into pieces. _Entendre — une mouche_; to hear a pin drop.

=voler=, _v.a._, (hawking) to chase; to fly at, to fly.

=voler=, _v.a._, to steal, to rob, to fleece; to plunder; to take away, to usurp. _— la bourse de quelqu’un_; to steal any one’s purse. _— de l’argent_; to steal money. _Ne l’avoir pas volé_; to have richly deserved it, to have well earned it; to have got one’s deserts.

=voler=, _v.n._, to steal, to rob. _— sur le grand chemin_; to rob on the highway.

☉=volereau= (vol-rô), _n.m._, petty thief, pilferer.

=volerie= (vol-rî), _n.f._, robbery; robbing, pilfering; (falconry) flying.

=volet=, _n.m._, shutter, window-shutter; pigeon-house; dove-cot; ledge (of a pigeon-house), sorting-board (for seeds); (bot.) water-lily; (nav.) boat-compass.

=voleter= (vol-té), _v.n._, to flutter, to hover, to flicker.

=volette=, _n.f._, small hurdle, fly-net (for a horse).

=voleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, thief, robber, stealer, extortioner, fleecer. _— de grand chemin_; highwayman, foot-pad. _Au —!_ stop thief! _Crier au —_; to cry out, stop thief! _Quand les —s se battent, les larcins se découvrent_; when thieves fall out, honest men get their own. _Être fait comme un —_; to be in tatters.

=volière=, _n.f._, aviary, pigeon-house, large bird-cage.

=volige=, _n.f._, (carp.) scantling, batten.

=volition=, _n.f._, volition.

=volontaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, obstinate, headstrong person; voluntary; intended, intentional; spontaneous; obstinate, willful, heady, headstrong.

=volontaire=, _n.m._, volunteer.

=volontairement= (-tèr-mān), _adv._, voluntarily, willingly, willfully, intentionally, spontaneously.

=volontariat=, _n.m._, (milit.) condition of the volunteer; volunteering.

=volonté=, _n.f._, will, mind, pleasure, intention, way. _pl._, whims, fancies, caprices. _La bonne — est réputée pour le fait_; the will is as good as the deed. _Tout plie sous sa —_; everything yields to his will. _Il aime à faire ses —s_; he likes to have his own way. _Dernières —s_; last will and testament. _Bonne —_; good-will, readiness, willingness. _Avoir de la bonne —_; to be willing. _Mauvaise —_; ill-will, unwillingness. _À —_; at pleasure, at will.

=volontiers= (-tié), _adv._, willingly, readily, gladly, with pleasure.

=volsque=, _n.m.f._, and _adj._, Volscian.

=voltaïque=, _adj._, voltaic. _Pile —_; voltaic pile.

=voltairien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, voltairian (a follower of Voltaire).

=voltaïsme=, _n.m._, voltaism.

=volte=, _n.f._, (fenc., man.) volt.

=volte-face=, _n.f._, (_—_) turning of the head, turning round. _—!_ face about! _Faire —_; (milit.) to face about; (fig.) to turn completely round, to rat.

=volter=, _v.n._, (fenc.) to make a volt.