Part 22

=besant=, _n.m._, (her.) bezant; (antiq.) byzant.

=besas=, =beset=, _n.m._, (trictrac) ambs-ace.

=besi=, _n.m._, a species of pear.

☉=besicles=, _n.f.pl._, spectacles; barnacles.

=bésigue=, _n.m._, besique or bézique (a card game).

*=besogne=, _n.f._, work, business, labor, job, piece of work. _Mettre la main à la —_; to set to work. _Mettre quelqu’un à la —_; to set any one to work. _Vous avez fait là une belle —_; you have made a pretty mess of it. _Aimer — faite_; to hate work. _S’endormir sur la —_; to be slack about one’s work. _Tailler de la — à quelqu’un_; to cut out work for, to give trouble to, any one. _Être accablé de —_; to be over head and ears in work. _Abattre de la —_; to get through a lot of work. _Aller vite en —_; to act quickly; not to mince matters.

☉*=besogner=, _v.n._, to work, to labor.

*=besogneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, necessitous, needy.

=besoin=, _n.m._, need, want, occasion, emergency; distress, necessity, requirement. _Avoir — de quelque chose_; to want something. _Je n’en ai pas —_; I have no occasion for it. _J’en ai plus — que vous_; I want it more than you do. _Il est dans le —_; he is in distress. _N’avoir — de rien_; to want nothing. _Au —_; at a pinch, in case of need. _Il l’a assisté dans le —_; he was a friend to him in his distress. _Autant qu’il est —_; as much as is needful. _Il n’est pas — de_, _il n’est pas — que_; it is not necessary to, there is no occasion for. _Pour subvenir à ses —s_; to supply one’s wants. _On connaît les amis au —_; a friend in need is a friend indeed.

=besson=, =-ne=, _adj._, _n._, twin.

=bestiaire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) gladiator, bestiarius; fable-book.

=bestial=, =-e=, _adj._, beastly, bestial, brutish.

=bestialement= (-mān), _adj._, bestially, brutally, like a beast.

=bestialité= (-tia-), _n.f._, bestiality.

=bestiasse= (-tias), _n.f._, dolt, simpleton, ass.

=bestiaux= (-tiô), _n.m._ (plural of =bétail=), cattle.

=bestiole= (-tiol), _n.f._, (l.u.) little animal; poor fool.

=bêta=, _n.m._, =bêtasse=, _n.f._, blockhead, simpleton, fool. _C’est un gros —_; he is a stupid fellow.

*=bétail=, _n.m._, (_bestiaux_) cattle. _Gros —_; horned cattle. _Menu —_; small cattle.

=bête=, _n.f._, beast, brute, dumb creature, beast; fool, blockhead, stupid creature, fool; beast (game at cards). _— à laine_; sheep. _— à cornes_; horned beast. _— de somme_; beast of burden. _— brute_; brute beast. _— de la Vierge_; ladybird. _Une bonne —_; a good-natured fool. _C’est une maligne —_; he is a spiteful animal. _C’est ma — noire_; he, she, it, is my pet aversion. _Faire la —_; to play the fool, to stand in one’s own light. _Remonter sur sa —_; to get on one’s legs again. _Morte la —, mort le venin_; dead men tell no tales.

=bête=, _adj._, silly, stupid, foolish, nonsensical. _Il est — à manger du foin_; he is a perfect idiot. _Pas si —_; not such a fool, not so green?

=bétel=, _n.m._, (bot.) betel.

=bêtement= (-mān), _adv._, like a fool, foolishly, stupidly.

=bêtise=, _n.f._, silliness, stupidity, tomfoolery, silly thing, absurdity. _C’est sa — qui l’a perdu_; his stupidity was the ruin of him. _Il a fait une —_; he did a stupid thing. _Quelle —!_ what an absurdity! _Il a dit une —_; he said a silly thing. _Il ne dit que des —s_; he talks nothing but nonsense. _C’est de la —_; it’s all nonsense. _Faire des —s_; to play pranks.

=bétoine=, _n.f._, (bot.) betony.

=bétoire=, _n.m._, drain-pit, drain-hole.

=béton=, _n.m._, beton, concrete.

=bette=, _n.f._, (bot.) beet.

=betterave= (-rav), _n.f._, beet, beet-root, mangold-wurzel.

=bétyle=, _n.f._, (myth.) idol-stone.

=beuglement=, _n.m._, bellowing, lowing.

=beugler=, _v.n._, to bellow, to low. _Il se mit à —_; he began to roar like a bull.

=beurre=, _n.m._, butter. _— fondu_; butter melted. _Pot de —_; jar of butter. _Pot à —_; butter-jar. _— noir_; brown butter. _Faire son —_; to make nice pickings. _Promettre plus de — que de pain_; to promise more than one can perform. _On ne peut manier le — qu’on ne se graisse les doigts_; you cannot touch pitch without soiling your fingers.

=beurré=, _n.m._, butter-pear.

=beurrée=, _n.f._, slice of bread and butter.

=beurrer=, _v.a._, to butter.

=beurrerie= (beur-rî), _n.f._, butter-dairy.

=beurrier=, _n.m._, butter-dish.

=beurri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, butter-man, butter-woman. _Il n’est bon que pour la beurrière_; (of a book) it is only fit for the cheesemonger’s shop.

=bévue=, _n.f._, blunder, oversight, mistake. _Une — grossière_; an egregious mistake. _Faiseur de —s_; blunderer.

=bey=, _n.m._, bey.

=bezet=, _n.m._ _V._ =besas=.

=bézoard=, _n.m._, (phar.) bezoar.

=bezole=, _n.m._, (ich.) bezola.

=b-fa-si=, (mus.) B; (vocal mus.) si.

=biais=, _n.m._, bias, slope; slant, sloping, askew; way, manner, shift, subterfuge. _Couper une étoffe de —_; to cut on the bias, cross. _Prendre une affaire du bon —_, _du mauvais —_; to go the right, the wrong, way to work. _User de —_; use subterfuges.

=biaisement= (-mān), _n.m._, sloping, slanting, (b.s.) to shift, evasion.

=biaiser=, _v.n._, to slope, to slant, to lean; to use shifts, evasions. _C’est un homme qui biaise_; he is a shuffler.

=biaiseur=, _n.m._, shuffler, shifter.

=biangulaire=, _adj._, biangulated.

=bibelot=, _n.m._, bauble, trinket, nicknack, gewgaw.

=biberon=, _n.m._, the lip of a cruet; feeding-bottle. _Elever un enfant au —_; to bring up a child by hand.

=biberon=, =-ne=, _n.m._ and _n.f._, tippler, toper.

=bible=, _n.f._, Bible.

=bibliographe=, _n.m._, bibliographer.

=bibliographie=, _n.f._, bibliography.

=bibliographique=, _adj._, bibliographical.

=bibliolithe=, _n.f._, bibliolite.

=bibliomane=, _n.m._, bibliomaniac.

=bibliomanie=, _n.f._, bibliomania.

=bibliophile=, _n.m._, lover of books.

=bibliopole=, _n.m._, bibliopole, bibliopolist.

=bibliothécaire=, _n.m._, librarian, library-keeper.

=bibliothèque=, _n.f._, library; book-case, book-shelves. _C’est une — vivante_; he is a walking library.

=biblique=, _adj._, biblical.

=bibliste=, _n.m._, biblist.

=bibus=, _n.m._, trifle. _Des raisons de —_; paltry reasons.

=bicarbonate=, _n.m._, (chem.) bicarbonate.

=biceps= (-sèps), _n.m._, (anat.) biceps.

☉=bicêtre=, _n.m._, mad-house. (The French Bedlam.)

=biche=, _n.f._, hind; roe. _À pied de —_; claw-footed.

=bichette=, _n.f._, little dear, love (child).

=bichon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, lap-dog; little dear, love.

=bichonner=, _v.a._, to curl.

_se_ =bichonner=, _v.r._, to curl one’s hair.

=biconcave=, _adj._, bi-concave.

=bicoque=, _n.f._, little paltry town; hut, hovel.

=bicorne=, _adj._, bicornered, two-horned.

=bicornu=, =-e=, _adj._, bicornous.

=bicuspidé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) having two points, bicuspid.

=bidenté=, =-e=, _adj._, bidental.

=bidet=, _n.m._, pony, nag; bidet (bath).

=bidon=, _n.m._, can; camp-kettle; canteen.

=bief= (bié), _or_ =biez= (bié), _n.m._, mill-course, mill-race; reach (canals).

=bielle=, _n.f._, crank, connecting-rod.

=bien= (bi-in), _n.m._, good, benefit, welfare, wellbeing, blessing; gift; boon, mercy; endowment; estate; property; gains; _pl._, good things; goods; chattels. _Le souverain —_; the sovereign good. _Les —s de la terre_; the good things of the earth. _Rendre le — pour le mal_; to render good for evil. _Cela ne fait ni — ni mal_; that does neither good nor harm. _Cela fait du —_; that does one good. _Dire du — de quelqu’un_; to speak well of any one. _Grand — vous fasse_; much good may it do you. _Un homme de —_; an honest, virtuous man. _Les gens de —_; good men. _En tout — et tout honneur_; with honorable intentions. _— clair et liquide_; unencumbered estate. _— embarrassé_; encumbered estate. _— engagé_, _hypothéqué_; mortgaged estate. _Avoir du — au soleil_; to have landed property. _Avoir du — mal acquis_; to have ill-gotten gains. _Dépenser_, _manger son —_; to spend one’s fortune. _Le — public_; public weal. _Abondance de —s ne nuit pas_; store is no sore. _Mener à —_; to bring to a successful issue. _Le mieux est l’ennemi du —_; leave well alone. _Périr corps et —s_; (of ships) to go down with all hands. _Séparation de corps et de —s_; judicial separation (_a mensâ et thoro_).

=bien= (bi-in), _adv._, well; right; proper, properly; finely; in a fine plight, pickle, mess; comfortable; well off; on good terms; in favor; good-looking; much; certainly; truly; indeed; quite; full; completely; formally; clearly; expressly; very; far; very much; very well; many; great many; a great deal. _Il se conduit —_; he behaves well. _Il se porte —_; he is well. _Il parle — français_; he speaks French well. _Assez —_; pretty well. _Fort —_; very well. _Passablement —_; tolerably well. _Ils sont fort — ensemble_; they are on very good terms. _On est fort — ici_; this is a very comfortable place. _Je suis très — ici_; I am quite comfortable here. _Cette femme est —_; that woman is good-looking. _Cette jeune personne se tient —_; that young lady has a good carriage. _— trouvé_; cleverly thought of. _C’est —_; that’s right. _Tout va —_; all’s right. _Je me trouve — de ce nouveau régime_; I am all the better for this new diet. _Il est — dans ses affaires_; he is well to do. _Nous voilà —_; we are in a fine pickle. _Voilà — du bruit pour un rien_; here is a mighty deal of stir about nothing. _Il y avait — du monde_; there were many people. _Il est déjà — loin_; he is very far off by this time. _Vous êtes — bon_; you are very kind. _— mieux_; far better. _Il a été — attrapé_; he has been finely caught. _Il a été — battu_; he has been soundly beaten. _J’en ai — assez de tout ce monde_; I am heartily sick of all these people. _Il y a — dix lieues d’ici_; it is fully ten leagues away. _Je l’ai — pensé_; I thought so. _Je vous l’avais — dit_; I told you so. _Il y a — là de quoi plaisanter!_ a fine matter truly for joking! _Auriez-vous — l’assurance de le nier?_ would you really be bold enough to deny it? _C’est être — prompt_; this is being rather hasty. _Je le savais —_, _je m’en doutais —_; I knew as much, I suspected as much. _— lui a pris de_; it was well for him he did so. _Je le veux —_; I have no objection. _Voulez-vous — me donner son adresse?_ would you be so good as to give me his address? _Regardez-moi —_; look at me steadfastly.

=bien-aimé=, =-e=, _adj._ & _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) beloved, well-beloved, darling, dear, lief.

=bien-dire=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (fam.) fine speaking. _Le bien faire vaut mieux que le —_; to act well is better than to talk well. _Être sur son —_; to be on one’s best behavior.

=bien-disant=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) well-spoken.

=bien-être=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) well-being, welfare, comfort, comforts. _Tout le monde cherche son —_; every one looks after his own comforts.

=bienfaisance=, _n.f._, beneficence, bounty, munificence. _Société de —_; benevolent society. _Œuvre de —_; charity.

=bienfaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, beneficent, kind, gracious, bountiful, munificent.

=bienfait=, _n.m._, good term, good office, kindness, benefit, favor, pleasure, courtesy. _Combler de —s_; to load with favors. _On oublie plus tôt les —s que les injures_; services are sooner forgotten than injuries. _Un — n’est jamais perdu_; a kindness is never thrown away.

=bienfait-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, benefactor, benefactress, patron.

=bien-fonds=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) landed property.

=bienheureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, happy, fortunate, blest, blissful; blessed.

=biennal=, =-e= (bi-èn-nal), _adj._, biennial.

=bien que=, _conj._, though, although. _Bien qu’il le sache, il n’en parle pas_; although he knows it, he says nothing about it. _Si —_; so that.

=bienséance=, _n.f._, decency, decorum, propriety, seemliness; conveniency; manners. _Garder la —_, _les —s_; to observe decorum.

=bienséant=, =-e=, _adj._, decent, becoming, fitting, seemly, beseeming, decorous, fit.

☉=bien-tenant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) person in possession.

=bientôt=, _adv._, soon, ere long, shortly. _À —!_ good-bye for the present.

*=bienveillance=, _n.f._, benevolence, good-will, protection, favor, friendliness, kindness. _Gagner la — de quelqu’un_; to win any one’s good will.

*=bienveillant=, =-e=, _adj._, benevolent, kind, friendly, well-wishing.

=bienvenir=, _v.n._ Only used in the expression: _Se faire — de_; to ingratiate one’s self into any one’s favor.

=bienvenu=, =-e= (bi-in-vnu), _adj._, welcome. _C’est un homme qui est — partout_; he is welcome everywhere. _Soyez le —_; be welcome.

=bienvenue=, _n.f._, welcome; footing. _Payer sa —_; to pay one’s footing. _Souhaiter la — à_ (_quelqu’un_); to greet (any one).

☉=bienvoulu=, =-e=, _adj._, beloved, loved.

=bière=, _n.f._, beer. _Petite —_; small beer. _Débit de —_; ale-house. _Ce n’est pas de la petite —_; it is no joke.

=bière=, _n.f._, coffin, bier.

=bièvre=, _n.m._, beaver, castor.

=biez=, _n.m._ _V._ =bief=.

=biffer=, _v.a._, to cancel, to strike off; to run the pen through; to blot out.

=bifide=, _adj._, (bot.) bifid.

=biflore=, _adj._, (bot.) biflorous.

=bifolié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) two-leaved.

=bifteck=, _n.m._, beefsteak (_Châteaubriand_); rump-steak. _— d’ours_; bear-steak (_A. Dumas_).

=bifurcation=, _n.f._, bifurcation.

=bifurqué=, =-e=, _adj._, bifurcated, forked.

_se_ =bifurquer=, _v.r._, to be forked, bifurcated.

=bigame=, _adj._, guilty of bigamy.

=bigame=, _n.m.f._, bigamist.

=bigamie=, _n.f._, bigamy.

=bigarade=, _n.f._, Seville orange.

=bigaradier=, _n.m._, Seville orange-tree.

=bigarré=, =-e=, _adj._, (b.s.) party-colored, motley, streaked.

=bigarreau=, _n.m._, bigaroon (cherry).

=bigarreautier=, _n.m._, bigarreautier, bigaroon-tree.

=bigarrer=, _v.a._, to checker, to streak, to make motley, party color.

=bigarrure=, _n.f._, medley, mixture.

=bigéminé=, =-e=, _adj._, bigeminate.

=bigle=, _adj._, (l.u.) squint-eyed.

=bigler=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to squint.

*=bignonie=, _n.f._, trumpet-flower.

=bigorne=, _n.f._, beaked anvil, bickern.

=bigorneau=, _n.m._, periwinkle.

=bigot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bigot; devotee; hypocrite.

=bigot=, =-e=, _adj._, bigoted.

=bigoterie= (-trî), _n.f._, bigotry. _Donner dans la —_; to turn bigot.

=bigotisme=, _n.m._, bigotry.

=bigoudis=, _n.m._, curling pin, roller.

=bigourneau=. _V._ =bigorneau=.

=bigue= (big-) _n.f._, (nav.) sheers.

=bihoreau=, _n.m._, night heron.

=bijon=, _n.m._, (l.u.). _V._ =térébenthine=.

=bijou=, _n.m._, jewel, trinket. _Cet enfant est son —_; that child is his darling. _Venez, mon —_; come, darling.

=bijouterie= (-trî), _n.f._, jewelry.

=bijouti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, jeweler.

=bijugué=, =-e=, (-ghé), _adj._, bijugous.

=bilabié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) bilabiate.

=bilan=, _n.m._, (com.) balance-sheet; schedule. _Déposer son —_; to stop payment; to become bankrupt.

=bilatéral=, =-e=, _adj._, bilateral; (jur.) reciprocal.

=bilboquet=, _n.m._, cup and ball; curling-pipe. _C’est un véritable —_; he is a giddy-headed fellow.

=bile=, _n.f._, bile; gall, anger, spleen. _Echauffer la — à quelqu’un_; to provoke any one’s anger. _Décharger sa —_; to vent one’s anger. _Ne pas se faire de —_; to take things easily.

=biliaire=, _adj._, (med.) biliary.

=bilieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bilious; choleric, passionate, angry. _Au teint —_; bilious looking.

=bilingue=, _adj._, double-tongued, bilingual.

=bill=, _n.m._, (_—s_) bill (projet de loi).

*=billard=, _n.m._, billiards; billiard-table; billiard-room.

*=billarder=, _v.n._, to strike a ball twice; to strike the two balls together.

*=bille=, _n.f._, billiard-ball; marble taw (to play with); a log, balk (of timber). _Faire une —_; to hole a ball.

*=billebaude=, _n.f._, hurly-burly, confusion. _À la —_; in confusion, in disorder.

*=billet=, _n.m._, note, letter; bill, hand-bill; ticket, label; promissory note; billet (for quartering soldiers); note of hand; circular letter. _— à vue_, _à ordre_; bill payable at sight, to order. _— payable à présentation_; bill payable on demand. _— de complaisance_; accommodation bill. _— véreux_; unsafe bill. _— échu_; bill due. _Faire les fonds d’un —_; to provide for a bill. _J’en ai fait mon —_; I gave my promissory note for it. _— de banque_; bank-note. _— à porteur_; to bearer. _— à ordre_; to order. _— doux_; love-letter. _— d’entrée_; entrance-ticket. _— blanc_; a blank. _— de logement_; billet. _— d’aller_; single ticket. _— d’aller et retour_; return ticket.

*=billeté=, =-e=, _adj._, ticketed; labeled; (her.) billeted.

=billeter=, _v.a._, to ticket, to label; to billet.

*=billette=, _n.f._, notice to pay toll; (her.) billet.

*=billevesée=, _n.f._, idle story, foolish trash, crochet, stuff, nonsense.

=billion=, _n.m._, one thousand millions.

*=billon=, _n.m._, base coin; place where base coin is received (to be melted); (agri.) ridge. _Monnaie de —_; copper money.

*=billonnage=, _n.m._, dealing in base coin; (of land) ridging.

☉*=billonnement= (bi-io-n-mān), _n.m._, debasing coin.

☉*=billonner=, _v.a._, to debase coin, to circulate debased coin; (agri.) to ridge.

☉*=billonneur=, _n.m._, debaser, utterer of debased coin.

*=billot=, _n.m._, block, log; clog (for animals).

=bilobé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) bilobate.

=biloculaire=, _adj._, (bot.) bilocular.

=bimane=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (zoöl.) bimanous.

=bimbelot= (bim-blo), _n.m._, plaything, toy.

=bimbeloterie= (bim-blo-trî), _n.f._, playthings, toy trade.

=bimbelotier= (bim-blo-), _n.m._, toyman.

=binage=, _n.m._, plowing, second dressing; saying mass twice in a day.

=binaire=, _adj._, binary.

=binard=, _n.m._, wagon, trolley, truck.

=biné=, =-e=, _adj._, binated.

=biner=, _v.a._ and _v.n._, (agri.) to dig again, to dress a second time; to say two masses in a day.

=binet=, _n.m._, save-all. _Faire —_; to be miserly.

=binette=, _n.f._, hoe; face, phiz. _Quelle —!_ what a face, to be sure!

=binocle=, _n.m._, double eye-glass; binocle.

=binoculaire=, _adj._, binocular.

=binôme=, _n.m._, (alg.) binomial.

=biographe=, _n.m._, biographer.

=biographie=, _n.f._, biography.

=biographique=, _adj._, biographical.

=biologie=, _n.f._, biology.

=biologique=, _adj._, biological.

=bipédal=, =-e=, _adj._, bipedal.

=bipède=, _n.m._, biped. _— antérieur_; (man.) fore limbs of a horse. _— postérieur_; hind limbs.

=bipède=, _adj._, two-legged, bipedal.

=bipenne=, _n.f._, two-edged ax.

=biquadratique= (-koua-), _adj._, (alg.) biquadratic.

=bique=, _n.f._, she-goat; pony, nag; jade.

=biquet=, _n.m._, kid; assay scales.

=birème=, _n.f._, bireme.

=biribi=, _n.m._, biribi (a game of chance); back lining (of a shoe); punishment regiment in Algeria.

=birloir=, _n.m._, window-catch holder.

=bis= (bi), =-e=, _adj._, brown; tawny, swarthy. _Du pain —_; brown bread. _À — à blanc_; anyhow.

=bis= (bîss), _int._, twice; encore. _Crier —_; to encore.

=bisaïeul=, _n.m._, great-grandfather.

=bisaïeule=, _n.f._, great-grandmother.

=bisaille=, _n.f._, whole meal; field pea.

=bisannuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (bot.) biennial.

*=bisbille=, _n.f._, quarrel, bickering, jangling.

=biscaïen=, (i-in), _n.m._, ☉long-barreled musket; grapeshot ball.

=biscaïen=, =-ne=, _adj._, ☉long-barreled (of guns).

=bischof= _or_ =bishof=, _n.m._, bishop (liquor).

=biscornu=, =-e=, _adj._, outlandish, odd, queer.

=biscotin=, _n.m._, sweet biscuit.

=biscuit=, _n.m._, biscuit, sea-bread; hard kind of brick; semi-vitrified porcelain. _S’embarquer sans —_; to embark on an enterprise unprepared. _— à la cuiller_; Savoy biscuit.

=bise=, _n.f._, north wind, cold wind; blast.

=biseau=, _n.m._, (cook.) kissing-crust; beveling; basil; (carp.) feather edge; (print.) side-stick.

=biseauter=, _v.a._, to bevel; to cheat in gambling. _Cartes biseautées_; corner-bent cards.

=biser=, _v.n._, to blacken, to get brown (of seeds).

=biser=, _v.a._, (dye.) to dye a stuff over again.

=biset=, _n.m._, rock-dove or pigeon; coarse gray cloth; national guard on duty in private clothes.

=bisette=, _n.f._, footing lace; (orni.) sea-duck.

=bismuth=, _n.m._, bismuth, tin-glass.

=bison=, _n.m._, (mam.) bison.

=bisonne=, _n.f._, gray cloth used for lining.

=bisquain=, _n.m._, sheep’s skin with the wool on.

=bisque=, _n.f._, (cook.) bisk soup, cullis; odds (at tennis). _Avoir quinze et — sur la partie_; to have the odds in one’s favor.

=bisquer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to be vexed, to be riled. _Faire —_; to vex, plague, rile.

=bissac=, _n.m._, wallet; (fig.) beggary.

=bissection=, _n.f._, (geom.) bisection.

=bisser=, _v.a._, to encore.

=bissexe=, _adj._, bisexous, bisexual.

=bissexte=, _n.m._, bissextile.

=bissextil=, =-e=, _adj._, bissextile. _Année —e_; leap-year.

=bissexuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (bot.) bisexous, bisexual.

=bissus= (-sus), _n.m._ _V._ =byssus=.

☉=bistoquet=, _n.m._, billiard-mace.

=bistorte=, _n.f._, (bot.) bistort, snake-weed.

=bistouri=, _n.m._, (surg.) bistoury, knife.

=bistourné=, =-e=, _adj._, twisted, crooked.

=bistourner=, _v.a._, to twist.

=bistre=, _n.m._, (paint.) bister.

=bistré=, =-e=, _adj._, color of bister; swarthy, dusky, tawny. _Teint —_; swarthy complexion.

=bistreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, of bister.

=biterné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) biternate.

=bitord=, =bitors=, _n.m._, (nav.) twine, spun-yarn.

=bitte=, _n.f._, (nav.) bitt.

=bitter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to bitt (a cable).

=bitton=, _n.m._, (nav.) timber-head.

=bitume=, _n.m._, bitumen.

=bituminer=, _v.a._, to bituminate.

=bitumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bituminous.

=bivalve=, _adj._, bivalvular.

=bivalve=, _n.m._, bivalve.

=bivouac= _or_ =bivac=, _n.m._, bivouac.

=bivouaquer= _or_ =bivaquer=, _v.n._, to bivouac.

=bizarre=, _adj._, odd, fantastical, singular, strange, whimsical, extravagant, out of the way.

=bizarre=, _n.m._ _V._ =bizarrerie=.

=bizarrement=, _adv._, oddly, fantastically, whimsically, queerly, strangely.

=bizarrerie= (-rar-rî), _n.f._, caprice, extravagance, whim, singularity, oddness.

=blafard=, =-e=, _adj._, dim, dull, wan, lurid. _Lumière —e_; dim, lurid light.

=blague= (blag), _n.f._, tobacco-pouch; (pop.) fudge, humbug; hoax. _La bonne —!_ what a joke!

=blaguer= (-ghé), _v.a._ and _n._, (pop.) to hoax, to humbug; to draw the long bow.

=blagueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, (pop.) hoaxer, humbug.

=blaireau=, _n.m._, badger, shaving-brush.

=blâmable=, _adj._, blamable, faulty, culpable.

=blâme=, _n.m._, blame, reproach, obloquy, disapprobation, reprehension. _Action digne de —_; blameable action. _Déverser le — sur_; to cast the blame on. _Eviter le —_; to avoid being blamed. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to blame any one. _Rejeter le — sur_; to throw the blame on. _Tout le — en tombe sur lui_; all the blame falls upon him.

=blâmer=, _v.a._, to blame, to censure, to disapprove, to find fault with. _On ne saurait le —_; he cannot be blamed.

=blanc=, =-he= (blan, blansh), _adj._, white; clean; hoar, hoary; (print.) open (of type); blank (of verses). _— comme neige_; as white as snow. _Gelée —he_; hoar frost. _Vers —s_; blank verse. _C’est bonnet —, et — bonnet_; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. _Rouge soir et — matin, c’est la journée du pèlerin_; evening red and morning gray sets the traveler on his way. _Du linge —_; clean linen. _Passer une nuit —che_; to have a sleepless night.

=blanc=, _n.m._, white, blank. _—-seing_; blank signature. _Le — de l’œil_; the white of the eye. _— d’Espagne_; whiting. _— de baleine_; spermaceti. _— de céruse_; ceruse. _— de plomb_; white lead. _— de chaux_; whitewash. _— de volaille_; breast of a fowl. _De but en —_; bluntly. _Dire tantôt —, tantôt noir_; to say first one thing, then another. _Se manger le — des yeux_; to look daggers at one another. _Ligne de —_; (print.) white line. _Tirage en —_; (print.) working the white paper. _Tirer en —_; (print.) to work the white paper. _En —_; left blank. _Le —_; the target.

=blanc-bec=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) beardless youth, youngster; (b.s.) greenhorn.

*=blanchaille=, _n.f._, fry, small fish, white-bait.

=blanchâtre=, _adj._, whitish, somewhat white.

=blanche=, _n.f._, minim (in music).

=blanchement= (blansh-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) cleanly, neatly.