Part 21

=bateau=, _n.m._, boat, barge, bark; body of a coach. _— à vapeur_; steamer, steamboat. _— d’agrément_; pleasure-boat. _— non ponté_; open boat. _— pêcheur_; fishing-boat. _— délesteur_; ballast-boat, lighter. _Porter —_; (of rivers) to to be navigable. _— lavoir_, _à lessive_; washerwoman’s boat. _— de passage_; ferry-boat. _— feu_; light-ship. _Arriver en trois —x_; to come with great fuss; in great state.

=batelage= (-laj), _n.m._, juggling, juggler’s trick, legerdemain; boating.

=batelée= (-lée), _n.f._, boat-load, boatful of people; crowd, flock.

=batelet= (-lè), _n.m._, a little boat.

=bateleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, juggler, buffoon, mountebank, merry-andrew, vaulter, rope-dancer.

=bateli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, waterman, ferryman, boatman.

=bâter=, _v.a._, to load with a pack-saddle.

=bâti=, _n.m._, basting, tacking (of garments).

=bâti=, =-e=, _part._, built. _Un homme bien —_; a well-built man.

=bâtier= (-tié), _n.m._, pack-saddle maker.

=batifolage=, _n.m._, romping.

=batifoler=, _v.n._, to play, to romp.

=batifoleur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) romp.

=bâtiment=, _n.m._, building, pile, structure, edifice, ship, vessel. _— marchand_; merchant vessel. _— balise_; beacon-ship, light-ship. _— parlementaire_; (nav.) flag of truce. _Emplacement d’un —_; site of a building. _— qui menace ruine_; building ready to fall.

=bâtir=, _v.a._, to build, to raise, to erect, to rear up; to found; to trump up, to tack, to baste (linen, cloth). _C’est — en l’air_; it is building castles in the air. _— sur le devant_ (triv.); to grow bulky.

=bâtisse=, _n.f._, building, construction (in masonry).

=bâtisseur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) builder; wretched builder.

=batiste=, _n.f._, cambric. _— de coton_; imitation muslin. _— de France_; French muslin.

=bâton=, _n.m._, stick, staff, cudgel, cane, walking-staff, perch, truncheon; straight stroke (writing). _— de cannelle_; roll of cinnamon. _— de commandement_; staff of command. _— de pavillon_; flag-staff. _Donner des coups de — à quelqu’un_; to cudgel any one. _Il l’a menacé du —_; he threatened to cane him. _— à deux bouts_; quarter-staff. _Tour du —_; by-profit. _Faire une chose à —s rompus_; to do a thing by fits and starts. _Aller à cheval sur un —_; to ride on a stick. _Faire mourir sous le —_; to beat to death. _Jeter des —s dans les roues_; (fig.) to put spokes in anybody’s wheels, to raise obstacles. _Sauter le —_; to do anything in spite of one’s self. _Tour du —_; perquisites, pickings.

=bâtonnat=, _n.m._, the presidentship of the order of French advocates.

=bâtonner=, _v.a._, to cudgel, to cane, to bastinade; to cross out.

=bâtonnet=, _n.m._, cat, tip-cat (boys’ game).

=bâtonnier=, _n.m._, staff-bearer; president of the order of French advocates.

=bâtonniste=, _n.m._, cudgel-player.

=battage=, _n.m._, threshing (grain); striking (metal).

=battant=, _n.m._, clapper (of bells); leaf (of a table or door); fly (of a flag).

=battant=, _adj._, at work; beating, pelting; (nav.) ready for battle (of a ship). _Porte —e_; swing-door. _Tout — neuf_; brand-new. _Mener quelqu’un tambour —_; to carry it with a high hand over any one. _Par une pluie —e_; in pelting rain.

=battant-l’œil=, _n.m._, (_—_), morning-cap.

=batte=, _n.f._, wooden sabre; beater; washing-board; (gard.) turf-beetle. _— à beurre_; churn-staff.

=battellement= (-mān), _n.m._, house-eaves.

=battement= (-mān), _n.m._, clapping (of hands); stamping (of feet); flapping (of wings); beating (of the heart); shuffling (of cards); (horl.) beat.

=batte-queue=, _n.m._, wag-tail.

=batterie= (-rî), _n.f._, fight; battery; scuffle; lock (of fire-arms); beating (of the drum); broadside (of a ship). _Dresser une —_; to erect a battery. _— de cuisine_; kitchen utensils. _— électrique_; electric battery.

=batteur=, _n.m._, beater. _— d’or_; goldbeater. _— en grange_; (agri.) thrasher. _— de pavé_; idler, lounger, loafer.

=batteuse=, _n.f._, (agri.) thrashing-machine.

=battoir=, _n.m._, beetle (of washerwomen); battledoor, racket.

=battologie=, _n.f._, tautology.

=battologique=, _adj._, tautological.

=battre=, _v.a._, to beat, to strike, to bang, to thrash, to whip (a horse); to shuffle (cards); to gammon; to flag (of a sail against a mast). (agri.) _— en grange_; to thrash. _— un noyer_; to thrash a walnut-tree. _— du beurre_; to churn milk. _— monnaie_; to coin money; (fig.) to raise money. _— le fusil_; to strike a light. _— en retraite_; to beat a retreat. _— quelqu’un de ses propres armes_; to foil a man with his own weapons. _— la mesure_; to beat time. _— les cartes_; to shuffle the cards. _— le pavé_; to loaf about. _— la semelle_; to beat the hoof, to be upon the tramp. _— le bois_; to beat the wood for game. _— la campagne_; to rave, to talk, nonsense; to beat about the bush.

_se_ =battre=, _v.r._, to fight, to combat, to scuffle. _Se — à qui aura quelque chose_; to scramble for something.

=battre=, _v.n._, to beat, to pant, to throb; to be loose (of a horse-shoe). _Le pouls lui bat fort_; his pulse beats fast. _Le cœur me bat_; my heart beats. _Le fer de ce cheval bat_; the shoe of that horse is loose. _— des mains_; to applaud. _— de l’aile_; to flutter. _— froid à quelqu’un_; to give any one the cold shoulder.

=battu=, =-e=, _part._, beaten, fought.

=battue=, _n.f._, (hunt.) battue, beat.

=batture=, _n.f._, gold-lacquering; (nav.) flat, shallow.

=bau=, _n.m._, (nav.) beam. _Demi-—_; half-beam. _Maître —_; midship-beam. _Faux —_; orlop beam.

=baud=, _n.m._, stag-hound.

=baudet=, _n.m._, ass; sawyer’s trestle; donkey.

=baudir=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to cheer the pack.

=baudrier=, _n.m._, baldrick, shoulder-belt, belt.

=baudroie=, _n.f._, (ich.) sea-devil, frog-fish.

=baudruche=, _n.f._, gold-beater’s skin.

=bauge=, _n.f._, lair of a wild boar; dirty hovel; (mas.) pugging-mortar.

=baume=, _n.m._, balm; balsam; balm-mint. _Je n’ai pas de foi dans son —_; I have no faith in his plan, promises.

=baumier=, _n.m._, balm-tree.

=bauque=, _or_ =baugue=, _n.f._, grass-wrack.

=bauquière=, _n.f._, (nav.) clamp.

=bavard=, =-e=, _adj._, prating, talkative, loquacious, babbling.

=bavard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, prater, babbler, chatterer.

=bavardage=, _n.m._, babbling, prattling, garrulity.

=bavarder=, _v.n._, to babble, to prattle, to blab, to jabber.

=bavarderie=, _n.f._, babbling, prating, garrulity, loquacity.

=bavardin=, =-e= (l.u.). _V._ =bavard=.

=bavardiner=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to talk; to prate, to prattle.

=bavardise=, _n.f._, (l.u.) babbling, prating.

=bavaroise=, _n.f._, bavaroise (an infusion of tea or milk and some syrup).

=bave=, _n.f._, drivel, slaver, dribble; foam; slime.

=baver=, _v.n._, to drivel, to slabber, to slaver, to dribble.

=bavette=, _n.f._, bib, slabbering-bib. _Tailler des —s_; to gossip.

=baveu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, driveling, slabbering.

=baveu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, driveler, dribbler.

=baveuse=, _n.f._, (ich.) blenny.

=bavoché=, =-e=, _part._, (engr.) uneven, smeary.

=bavocher=, _v.a._, (engr.) to render uneven, to smear.

=bavochure=, _n.f._, unevenness, smearing.

=bavolet=, _n.m._, rustic head-gear.

=bavure=, _n.f._, seam (in molding); blister (on pipes).

=bayadère=, _n.f._, Bayadere (dancing-girl).

=bayart=, _n.m._, hand-barrow.

=baye=. _V._ =baie=.

☉=bayer=, _v.n._, to gape, to hanker after. _— après les richesses_; to hanker after riches. _— aux corneilles_; to stand gaping in the air.

=bayette=, _n.f._, baize.

☉=bayeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gaper, starer.

=bayonnette=. _V._ =baïonnette=.

=bazar=, _n.m._, bazaar, hovel, concern.

=bazat=, _n.m._, Jerusalem cotton, bazat.

=bdellium= (-om), _n.m._, gum resin.

=béant=, =-e=, _adj._, gaping, yawning, wide open. _Gouffre —_; open pit, yawning chasm. _Bouche —e_; gaping mouth, all agape.

=béat=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, devout person; (b.s.) sanctimonious individual.

=béat=, =-e=, _adj._, (b.s.) sanctimonious.

=béatement=, _adv._, sanctimoniously.

=béatification=, _n.f._, beatification.

=béatifier=, _v.n._, to beatify.

=béatifique=, _adj._, beatifical, blissful.

*=béatilles=, _n.f.pl._, tit-bits, dainties.

=béatitude=, _n.f._, beatitude, blessedness.

=beau= _or_ =bel=, =belle=, _adj._, [_bel_ before nouns singular beginning with a vowel or _h_ mute], beautiful, fine, lovely, handsome; fair; smart, spruce; glorious; lofty, noble; seemly, becoming. _Une belle journée_; a fine day. _C’est un beau parleur_; he is a fine-spoken man. _Se faire beau_; to make one’s self smart. _Comme vous voilà beau aujourd’hui!_ how spruce you are to-day! _Une belle femme_; a handsome woman. _De beaux traits_; handsome features. _Un beau teint_; a fair complexion. _Le beau sexe_; the fair sex. _Le temps se met au beau_; the weather is clearing up. _À beau jeu, beau retour_; one good turn deserves another. _Donner beau jeu à quelqu’un_; to give any one good cards, to give any one fair play. _Avoir beau jeu_; to have good cards, to have fair play. _Prendre sa belle_; to seize the opportunity. _Faire un beau coup_; to make a lucky hit. _Une belle âme_; a lofty soul. _Il fait beau se promener aujourd’hui_; it is fine weather for walking to-day. _Il en fait de belles_; he is going on at a fine rate, playing fine tricks. _Il m’en a compté de belles_; he told me a lot of lies. _Il m’en a compté de belles sur votre compte_; he abused you right and left to me. _Belle demande!_ a fine request to make! _Il l’a échappé belle_; he has had a narrow escape of it. _Charles le Bel_; (of France) Charles the Fair. _Philippe le Bel_; (of France) Philip the Fair. _Philippe le Beau_; (of Spain) Philip the Handsome. _Le beau monde_; the fashionable world. _Mourir de sa belle mort_; to die a natural death. _Au beau milieu_; in the very middle. _La belle plume fait le bel oiseau_; fine feathers make fine birds. _Déchirer à belles dents_; to criticize mercilessly, to rend any one. _Il fera beau quand j’y retournera_; it will be a long day before I go there again. _Être dans de beaux draps_; to be in a pretty pickle.

=beau=, =bel=, =belle=, _adv._ _De plus belle_; with renewed ardor, worse than ever. _Tout beau_; gently, not so fast. _Avoir beau faire_; to try in vain. _J’ai beau faire_; it is in vain that I try. _Avoir beau dire_; to speak in vain. _J’ai beau dire_; it is useless for me to speak. _Bel et bien_; entirely, quite, altogether. _Bel et bon_; all very fine. _Voir tout en beau_; to see everything through rose-colored spectacles. _Faire le beau_; (of dogs) to beg. _Jouer la belle_; to play the rubber.

=beau=, _n.m._, =belle=, _n.f._, beauty; beau, belle; charmer.

=beaucoup=, _adv._, many much; a great many, a great deal; deeply; considerably; far. _Avoir — d’argent_; to have much money. _Avoir — d’enfants_; to have many children. _Il a — de patience_; he has a great deal of patience. _À — près_; by a great deal; near. _Il n’est pas à — près aussi riche qu’un tel_; he is not nearly so rich as so-and-so. _Il s’intéresse — à votre affaire_; he is deeply interested in your case. _De —_; by far. _Vous l’emportez de — sur lui_; you are far superior to him. _Vous le surpassez de —_; you are far beyond him. _Il s’en faut de — que son ouvrage soit achevé_; his work is very far from being finished. _À — moins_; for much less. _— de bruit pour rien_; much ado about nothing.

=beau-fils=, _n.m._, (_—x-—_) son-in-law.

=beau-frère=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) brother-in-law.

=beau-père=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) father-in-law.

=beaupré=, _n.m._, (nav.) bowsprit.

=beau-semblant=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) pretense, feint.

=beauté=, _n.f._, beauty; fineness, comeliness, prettiness, loveliness, elegance, agreeableness, neatness. _Tache de —_; beauty-spot. _Être dans toute sa —_; to be in one’s prime, at the height of one’s beauty. _Conserver sa —_; to preserve, to keep up, one’s beauty. _Avoir un — pour_; to be sweet upon.

=bébé=, _n.m._, baby, baby-doll.

=bec=, _n.m._, beak; bill, nib, rostrum; burner; lamp; snout; spout; socket; mouth-piece. _Le — de certains poissons_; the snout of some fishes. _Le — d’une aiguière_; the spout of an ewer. _Le — d’une plume_; the nib of a pen. _— de lampe_; socket of a lamp. _— de gaz_; gas-burner. _— d’une ancre_; bill of an anchor. _—-de-lièvre_, (_—s-—_) harelip. _Blanc-—_, (_—s-—s_) greenhorn; youngster. _—-en-ciseaux_, (_—s-—_) (orni.) cutwater. _Coups de —_; pecking. _Donner des coups de —_; to peck. _Percer à coups de —_; to peck through. _Coup de —_; wipe, taunt. _Tour de —_; kiss, buss. _Causer — à —_; to have a private talk with. _Avoir le — bien effilé_; to have one’s tongue well hung. _Elle n’a que le —_; she is all tongue. _Avoir le — gelé_; to be tongue-tied. _Avoir — et ongles_; to have teeth and nails. _Faire le — à quelqu’un_; to give one his cue. _Faire le petit —_; to mince. _Tenir quelqu’un le — dans l’eau_; to keep in suspense. _S’humecter le —_; to wet one’s whistle. _Se prendre de — avec quelqu’un_; to have a quarrel with any one. _Mener quelqu’un par le —_; to lead any one by the nose. _Passer la plume par le —_; to frustrate, to balk. _Se laisser passer la plume par le —_; to let one’s self be taken in.

=bécabunga=, _or_ =beccabunga=, _n.m._, (bot.) beccabunga, brook-lime.

*=bec-à-cuiller=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (orni.) spoonbill.

=bécard= _or_ =beccard=, _n.m._, female salmon.

=bécane=, _n.f._, bike, bicycle.

=bécarre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (mus.) natural.

=becasse=, _n.f._, woodcock; idiot. _Brider la —_; to cozen any one. _C’est une —_; she is a goose.

=bécasseau=, _n.m._, young woodcock; dunlin, sand-piper.

=bécassine=, _n.f._, (orni.) snipe.

=bec-courdé=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =avocette=.

=bec-croisé=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) crossbill.

=bec-d’âne= (bé-da-n), _n.m._, (_—s-—_) mortise-chisel.

=bec-de-corbin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) bill-head; (nav.) ripping-iron.

=bec-de-grue=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) crane’s bill, stork’s bill (bot.).

=bec-de-lièvre=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) harelip; harelipped person.

=becfigue=, _n.m._, (orni.) fig-pecker.

=bec-fin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) warbler.

=béchamel=, _n.f._, (cook.) cream-sauce.

=bécharu=, _n.m._, (orni.) flamingo.

=bêche=, _n.f._, grafting-tool; spade.

=bêcher=, _v.a._, to dig.

=béchique=, _adj._, (med.) bechic, cough-relieving.

=bec-jaune=, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =béjaune=.

=becqué=, _adj._, (her.) beaked.

=becquée= _or_ =béquée=, _n.f._, a billful. _Donner la — à un oiseau_; to feed a bird.

=becqueter= _or_ =béqueter=, _v.a._, to peck.

_se_ =becqueter= _or_ =béqueter=, _v.r._, to peck one another; to beak; to bill.

=bécune=, _n.f._, (ich.) trumpet-fish, sea-snipe.

=bedaine=, _n.f._, (jest.) paunch. _Remplir_, _farcir sa —_; to stuff one’s belly.

=bédane=, _n.m._, mortise-chisel, paring-chisel.

=bedeau=, _n.m._, beadle.

=bédégar=, _n.m._, (phar.) bedeguar.

=bedon=, _n.m._, ☉tabret, drum. _adj._, barrel-bellied.

=bédouin=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Bédouin.

=bée=, _adj._, open at one end (of casks).

=bée=, _n.f._, mill-dam. _V._ =abée=.

=béer=. _V._ =bayer=.

=beffroi=, _n.m._, belfry; watch-tower; steeple; alarm-bell.

=bégaiement= _or_ =bégayement= (-ghê-mān), _n.m._, stammering, faltering.

=bégayer=, _v.n._, to stammer; to lisp; to falter.

=bégayer=, _v.a._, to stammer out, to stutter, to lisp.

=bégu=, =-ë=, _adj._, (of a horse) that does not mark age, counter-marked.

=bègue= (bèg), _adj._, stammering, stuttering.

=bègue=, _n.m.f._, stammerer, stutterer.

=bégueule= (-gheul), _n.f._, prude, proud minx.

=bégueule=, _adj._, prudish, squeamish, strait-laced.

=bégueulerie= (-gheul-rî), _n.f._, prudery, affected austerity, squeamishness.

=béguin= (-ghin), _n.m._, hood, child’s cap; beguin, monk, beghard. _Avoir un — pour_; to be sweet upon.

=béguine=, _n.f._, béguine; (b.s.) affectedly devout person; nun.

=béguinage= (-ghi-), _n.m._, convent of beguins; affected devotion.

=bégum= (-gom), _n.f._, begum.

=béhémoth=, _n.m._, behemoth, hippopotamus.

=béhen= (-hène), _n.m._, (bot.) behen.

=beige=, _adj._, (of wool); natural, undyed.

=beige=, _n.f._, unbleached serge.

*=beignet=, _n.m._, fritter.

=beïram=. _V._ =bairam=.

=béjaune=, _n.m._, (falconry) eyas, nias; ninny; blunder, silliness, mistake. _Montrer à quelqu’un son —_; to show any one his ignorance. _Payer son —_; to pay one’s footing.

=bel=, _adj.m._ _V._ =beau=.

=bélandre=, _n.f._, (nav.) bilander.

=bêlant=, =-e=, _adj._, bleating.

=belée=, _n.f._, (nav.) white hawser.

=bêlement= (-mān), _n.m._, bleating of sheep.

=bélemnite=, _n.f._, (foss.) belemnite.

=bêler=, _v.n._, to bleat. _Brebis qui bêle perd sa goulée_; (prov.) too much talk, no dinner.

=belette=, _n.f._, weasel, fitchet.

=belge=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Belgian.

=belgique=, _adj._, Belgic.

=belle=, =belif=, _or_ =bellif=, _n.m._, (her.) gules.

=bélier=, _n.m._, ram; battering-ram; Aries (one of the signs of the zodiac).

=bélière=, _n.f._, sheep-bell, clapper-bell.

=bélître=, _n.m._, rascal, scoundrel, ragamuffin.

=belladone=, _n.f._, belladonna, deadly nightshade.

=bellâtre=, _n.m._, insipid beauty; fop, coxcomb. _adj._, beauish, foppish.

=belle=, _n.f._ _V._ =beau=.

=belle=, _adj._ _V._ =beau=.

=belle-dame=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =arroche=.

=belle-de-jour=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) convolvulus, yellow day-lily.

=belle-de-nuit=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) marvel of Peru.

=belle-d’un-jour=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) yellow day-lily.

=belle-fille=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) daughter-in-law; step-daughter.

=bellement= (-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) softly.

=belle-mère=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) mother-in-law; step-mother.

=belles-lettres=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) polite literature, belles-lettres.

=belle-sœur=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) sister-in-law; step-sister.

=belligérant=, =-e= (bel-li-), _n._ and _adj._, belligerent, engaged in war.

=belligérer=, _v.n._, to make war.

=belliqueu-x=, =-se= (bel-li-), _adj._, warlike, martial, valiant; bellicose, quarrelsome.

=bellissime=, _adj._, (l.u.) extremely fine.

=bellot=, =-te=, _adj._, pretty, neat, natty.

=beluge=, _n.m._, (ich.) beluga.

=belvéder= (-dère), _or_ =belvédère=, _n.m._, turret, terrace, belvidere.

=belzébuth=, _n.m._, Beelzebub.

=bémol=, _n.m._, (mus.) flat, bemol.

=bémol=, _adj._, flat.

=bémoliser=, _v.a._, (mus.) to mark with a flat.

=ben= (bène), _n.m._, (bot., pharm.) ben; ben-nut. _Noix de —_; ben-nut, oil-nut.

=bénarde=, _n.f._, mortise dead-lock. _Serrure —_; opening and shutting on both sides. _Clé —_; solid-key, pin-key.

=bénédicité=, _n.m._, grace (before meals).

=bénédictin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, _adj._, Benedictine.

=bénédiction=, _n.f._, consecration, benediction, blessing, benison. _La — d’une église_; the consecration of a church. _Pays de —_; country of plenty. _Maison de —_; house of piety. _Combler de —s_; to load with blessings. _Donner la —_; to bless. _Quelle —!_ what a blessing! _En —_; blessed, held sacred.

=bénéfice=, _n.m._, benefice, living; benefit, advantage, profit; privilege. _À —_; (com.) at a premium. _— brut_; gross profit. _— net_; net profit. _— à charge d’âmes_; a living with care of souls. _Il faut prendre le — avec les charges_; we must take it for better or worse. _Avoir une représentation à —_; (thea.) to take a benefit.

☉=bénéficence=, _n.f._, beneficence, favor.

=bénéficiaire=, _adj._ _Héritier —_; heir liable to no debts above the value of the assets.

=bénéficiaire=, _n.m.f._, beneficiary, recipient; (thea.) person who takes a benefit.

=bénéficial=, =-e=, _adj._, beneficiary (of livings).

=bénéficier=, _n.m._, beneficed clergyman, incumbent.

=bénéficier=, _v.a._, to extract metal from its ore.

=bénéficier=, _v.n._, (com.) to get, to gain, to profit by.

=benêt=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, booby, fool, simpleton; silly.

☉=bénévole=, _adj._, gentle, kind, kindly. _Lecteur —_; kind, gentle, reader.

=bénévolement= (-mān), _adv._, out of good will.

=bengali= (bin-), _n.m._, Bengalee; (orni.) bengalee.

=béni=, =-e=, _part._, blessed, praised. _V._ =bénit=.

*=bénignement=, _adv._, benignly, kindly, graciously.

*=bénignité=, _n.f._, benignity, graciousness, kindness.

*=béni-n=, =-gne=, _adj._, benign, kind, gentle, good-natured, placid; (med.) mild.

=bénir=, _v.a._, to bless, to praise; to wish well; to hallow; to consecrate. _Dieu vous bénisse_; God bless you.

=bénit=, =-e=, _part._, hallowed, consecrated. _Du pain —_; consecrated bread. _De l’eau —e_; holy-water. _Eau de cour_; empty promises.

=bénitier= (-tié), _n.m._, holy-water basin; fount.

=benjamin= (bin-) _n.m._, favorite, youngest child.

=benjoin= (bin-), _n.m._, benjamin, benzoin, asadulcis.

=benoîte=, _n.f._, (bot.) herb-bennet, avens.

=benzine=, _n.f._, benzine.

=benzoate= (bin-), _n.m._, (chem.) benzoate.

=benzoïque= (bin-), _adj._, (chem.) benzoic.

*=béquillard=, _n.m._, (pop.) old cripple.

*=béquille=, _n.f._, crutch, crutch-stick; (agri.) spud; (nav.) shore.

*=béquiller=, _v.n._, to walk on crutches.

*=béquiller=, _v.a._, (gard.) to dig weeds up with a spud; (nav.) to shore up.

=ber= (bère), _n.m._, (nav.) cradle.

=berbère=, _n.m._ and _f._, Berber.

=berbéris=, _n.m._, (bot.) barberry.

*=bercail=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) sheepfold, fold.

=berce=, _n.f._, (bot.) cow-parsnip.

=berceau=, _n.m._, cradle; place of one’s infancy; arbor, bower; (arch.) vault; (nav.) cradle; (fig.) source, origin, infancy.

=bercelle=, _n.f._, pincers (used by enamelers).

=bercelonnette=, _n.f._ _V._ =barcelonnette=.

=bercement=, _n.m._, rocking, lulling; deception, delusion.

=bercer=, _v.a._, to rock, to lull asleep; to lull, to amuse, to feed with hope; to delude, to flatter.

_se_ =bercer=, _v.r._, to delude one’s self, to feed on, to cradle. _Il se berce de vaines espérances_; he deludes himself with vain hopes. _Le diable le berce_; he is always on the rack. _J’ai été bercé de cela_; I have heard that from my cradle.

=berceuse=, _n.f._, rocker; rocking-chair.

=béret=, _n.m._, cap; Tam o’ Shanter.

=bergame=, _n.f._, bergamot.

=bergamote=, _n.f._, odoriferous citron; bergamot (pear); comfit box.

=berge=, _n.f._, steep bank of a river; bluff.

=berger=, _n.m._, shepherd; swain, lover. _L’heure du —_; the happy, favorable, moment.

=bergère=, _n.f._, shepherdess; nymph, lass; (fig.) easy-chair.

=bergerette=, _n.f._, little shepherdess, country lass; (ornith.) wagtail.

=bergerie=, _n.f._, sheepfold, pen; _pl._, pastorals.

=bergeronnette=, _n.f._, young shepherdess, lass; (orni.) dish-washer, wagtail.

=béril=, _n.m._ _V._ =béryl=.

=berle=, _n.f._, smallage, water-parsnip.

=berline=, _n.f._, traveling-coach, berlin.

=berlingot=, _n.m._, chariot resembling a berlin, sort of gig.

=berloque= _or_ =breloque=, _n.f._, (milit.) dinner-drum, breakfast-drum. (fig.) _Battre la —_; to talk at random.

=berlue=, _n.f._, dimness of sight, dazzling. _Avoir la —_; to be dim-sighted; (fig.) to be blind, not to see further than one’s nose.

=berme=, _n.f._, (fort.) berme.

=bermudienne= (-di-è-n), _n.f._, (bot.) bermudiana.

=bernable=, _adj._, deserving to be laughed at, ridiculous.

=bernacle=, _n.f._ _V._ =barnacle=.

=bernardin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bernardine (monk, nun).

=berne=, _n.f._, tossing in a blanket; banter. _En —_; (nav.) awaft. _Mettre le pavillon en —_; to set up the flag at half-mast.

=bernement=, _n.m._ _V._ =berne=.

=berner=, _v.a._, to toss in a blanket; to ridicule, to make a fool of, to deride, to laugh at.

=berneur=, _n.m._, chaffer, banterer, sneerer.

=bernique=, _int._, (pop.) no use; not a bit of it, no go. _Je croyais le trouver chez lui, mais —_; I thought I should find him in the house, but the bird had flown!

=berniquet=, _n.m._, (pop.) bran-basket. Only used in the expressions: _Être au —_; to be reduced to beggary. _Mettre quelqu’un au —_; to reduce any one to beggary.

=bernous=, _n.m._, bernous, hooded cloak.

=berret=, _n.m._ _V._ =béret=.

=béryl=, _n.m._, beryl.

=besace=, _n.f._, wallet. _Être à la —_; to be reduced to beggary. _Mettre à la —_; to bring one to beggary.

=besacier=, _n.m._, one who carries a wallet, a beggar.

=besaigre=, _adj._, (of wine) sourish, tartish. _Tourner au —_; to turn sour.