Part 25

*=bouteille=, _n.f._, bottle; bottleful; bubble; bottle case. _Boucher une —_; to cork a bottle. _Déboucher une —_; to uncork a bottle. _Mise en —_; bottling. _Faire sauter le bouchon d’une —_; to crack a bottle (instead of uncorking it). _N’avoir rien vu que par le trou d’une —_; to know nothing of the world.

☉*=bouteiller=. _V._ =boutillier=.

*=bouteilles=, _n.f.pl._, (nav.) round house.

☉=bouter=, _v.a._, to pare, to flesh, to put.

=bouter=, _v.n._, (of wine) to become ropy.

=bouterolle= (boo-trol), _n.f._, chape (of a scabbard).

=boute-selle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) signal to saddle.

☉=boute-tout-cuire=, _n.m._, (_—_) (fam.) a spend-all, glutton.

=bouteuse=, _n.f._, pin-sticker.

=bouteux=, _n.m._, putting-net, shrimp-net.

☉*=boutillier=, _n.m._, cup-bearer.

=boutique=, _n.f._, shop; merchandise of a shop; tools; implements; well for fish. _Garçon de —_; shop-boy. _Demoiselle de —_; shop-girl. _Cela vient de votre —_; that is your doing. _— bien fournie_; a well-stocked shop. _Il a vendu toute sa —_; he has left off business, or disposed of his business.

=boutiqu-ier= (boo-), _n.m._, =-ière=, _n.f._, tradesman; shopkeeper; vulgar fellow. _adj._, shoppy.

=boutis=, _n.m._, (hunt.) rooting-place.

=boutisse= (boo-), _n.f._, (mas.) header, bondstone.

=boutoir=, _n.m._, snout of a wild boar; buttress; parer; currier’s knife. _Coup de —_; rough answer; disagreeable proposal; stunner.

=bouton=, _n.m._, button; stud; bud; nipple; pimple; gem; knob; sight (of a gun); (chem.) button. _— à queue_; shank button. _— d’or_; buttercup. _Le — d’une serrure_; the knob, button of a lock. _Serrer le — à quelqu’un_; to keep a tight hand over; to press hard upon.

=boutonné=, =-e=, _part._, buttoned, pimpled; (fig.) reserved. _Nez —_; nose full of red pimples. _C’est un homme —_; he is very reserved.

=boutonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, budding, buttoning.

=boutonner=, _v.a._, to button; (fenc.) to touch.

_se_ =boutonner=, _v.r._, to button one’s coat.

=boutonner=, _v.n._, to bud, to button.

=boutonnerie= (boo-to-n-rî), _n.f._, button-trade.

☉=boutonnet=, _n.m._, little bud, button, gem.

=boutonnier=, _n.m._, button-maker.

=boutonnière=, _n.f._, button-hole; (fig.) cut, gash.

=bout-rimé=, _n.m._, poetry made on given rhymes.

=bouts-rimeur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) person who fills up given rhymes.

*=bout-saigneux=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) scrag-end.

=bouture=, _n.f._, (hort.) slip; cutting.

=bouvart= _or_ =bouveau=, _n.m._, young bull.

=bouverie= (boo-vrî), _n.f._, ox-stall.

=bouvet=, _n.m._, joiner’s grooving-plane.

=bouvi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, cowherd, drover, ox-drover, (fig.) churl.

*=bouvillon=, _n.m._, young bullock, steer.

*=bouvreuil=, _n.m._, (boo-) bullfinch.

=bovine=, _adj._, bovine. _Peste —_; cattle plague.

=boxe=, _n.f._, boxing.

=boxer=, _v.n._, to box.

_se_ =boxer=, _v.r._, to box.

=boxeur=, _n.m._, boxer. _Combat de —s_; boxing-match.

=boyard=, _n.m._, boyard (Russian nobleman).

=boyau=, _n.m._, bowel, gut, cat-gut; (hort.) branch; hose, pipe. _Corde à —_; catgut. _— de tranchée_; branch of a trench (fort.) _Descente de —x_; rupture.

=boyauderie=, _n.f._, gut-works.

=boyaudier=, _n.m._, gutspinner.

=brabançon=, =-ne=, _adj._, Brabantine.

=brabant=, _n.m._, Belgian plow.

=bracelet= (bra-slè), _n.m._, armlet, bracelet, bangle.

=brachial=, =-e= (-ki-), _adj._, (anat.) brachial.

=brachygraphie= (-ki-), _n.f._, brachygraphy.

=brachylogie= (-ki-) _n.f._, (rhet.) brachylogy.

=braconnage=, _n.m._, poaching.

=braconner=, _v.n._, to poach, to steal game.

=braconnier=, _n.m._, poacher.

=bractée=, _n.f._, (bot.) bract, bractea.

=bractéifère=, _adj._, (bot.) bracteate.

=bractélé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =bractéifère=.

=brague= (brag), _n.f._, (nav.) breeching. _pl._, breeches.

=braguette=, _n.f._ _V._ =brayette=.

=brahmane=, =brahme=, _n.m._, Brahmin.

=brahmanique=, _adj._, Braminical.

=brahmanisme=, _n.m._, Braminism.

=brai=, _n.m._, resin, rosin, pitch.

=braie=, _n.f._, napkin, clout; (nav.) coat. _pl._, breeches, trousers. _S’en tirer les —s nettes_; to get off unharmed, to get clear off.

*=braillard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, bawler, brawler, squaller.

*=braillard=, =-e=, _adj._, brawling, squalling; obstreperous.

=braillement=, _n.m._, squalling.

*=brailler=, _v.n._, to bawl, to be noisy.

=brailleu-r=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._ _V._ =braillard=.

=braiment=, _n.m._, braying of an ass.

=braire=, _v.n._, to bray; (fig.) to cry, to whine.

=braise=, _n.f._, live coals; embers, burning coal. _Il l’a donné chaud comme —_; he blurted it all out. _Tomber de la poêle dans la —_; from the frying-pan into the fire. _Passer sur une chose comme un chat sur la —_; to pass lightly over a subject; to skip over.

=braiser=, _v.a._, (cook.) to bake, to braise.

=braisier=, _n.m._, brazier.

=braisière=, _n.f._, oven.

=brame=. _V._ =brahmane=.

=bramement=, _n.m._, (hunt.) belling.

=bramer=, _v.n._, (of deer) to bell.

=bramin= _or_ =bramine=, _n.m._ _V._ =brahmane=.

☉=bran=, _n.m._, bran; (pop.) excrement. _— de son_; coarse bran; sawdust. _— de judas_; freckles.

=bran!= _int._ (l.ex.) _— de lui!_ a fig for him!

=brancard=, _n.m._, stretcher, litter, hand-barrow; shaft (of a cart).

=brancardier=, _n.m._, (milit.) ambulance-man, litter-bearer.

=branchage=, _n.m._, branches, boughs; horns.

=branche=, _n.f._, branch, bough, stick, arm; pin-wire; part, division; (arch.) branch; side (of a ladder); branch (of a family); (bot.) grain. _A —s_; branched. _Sauter de — en —_; to go from one thing to another. _Jeune —_; twig. _—s gourmandes_; proud wood. _S’accrocher à toutes les —s_; to try every possible means, whether fair or foul. _Être comme l’oiseau sur la —_; to be unsettled.

☉=brancher=, _v.a._, to hang on a tree.

=brancher=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to perch, to roost; to branch off.

=branche-ursine=, _or_ =branc-ursine=, _n.f._, (_—_) (bot.) brank-ursine.

=branchial=, =-e=, _adj._, (ich.) branchial. _Opercule —_; gill-cover.

=branchier=, _adj.m._, brancher, percher.

=branchies= (-shi), _n.f.pl._, fish-gills.

=branchu=, =-e=, _adj._, ramous, forked, bifurcated; two-horned.

=brandade=, _n.f._, ragout (of cod).

=brande=, _n.f._, heath, heather.

=brandebourg=, _n.m._, gimp, braid; facing.

☉=brandevin=, _n.m._, wine-brandy.

*=brandillement=, _n.m._, tossing, swinging.

*=brandiller=, _v.a._, to swing, to shake to and fro.

*_se_ =brandiller=, _v.r._, to swing.

*=brandilloire=, _n.f._, swing, see-saw; (agri.) swing-plough.

=brandir=, _v.a._, to brandish, to swing; to flourish; (carp.) to pin.

=brandon=, _n.m._, torch, wisp of lighted straw; fire-brand, flake of fire. _— de discorde_; cause of discord.

=brandonner=, _v.a._, to place brands in to mark the seizure of a field.

=branlant=, =-e=, _adj._, shaking, loose; wagging, tottering.

=branle=, _n.m._, jogging, push, shake, swing, tossing, motion, shaking; peal; sort of dance, brawl; hammock; (nav.) hammock. _Être en —_; to be in motion. _Donner le —_; to set going. _Mener le —_; to lead the dance.

=branle-bas=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) clearing, for action. _Faire le —_; to clear the decks. _—!_ up all hammocks!

=branlement= (branl-mān), _n.m._, jogging; shaking, swinging; tottering.

=branle-queue=, _n.m._, (_—_) (orni.) wag-tail; dish-washer.

=branler=, _v.a._, to jog, to wag, to move, to shake, to brandish.

_se_ =branler=, _v.r._, to move.

=branler=, _v.n._, to shake, to jog, to totter, to rock; to stir, to move, to wag; to give way, to waver. _— dans le manche_; to shake in the handle, to be unsteady, irresolute, to be shaky. _Tout ce qui branle ne tombe pas_; a creaking gate hangs long, _or_ threatened men live long.

=branloire=, _n.f._, see-saw; swing.

=braque=, _n.m._, brach-hound; a hare-brained fellow; mad-cap.

☉=braquemart=, _n.m._, cutlass; broadsword.

=braquement= (brak-mān), _n.m._, pointing (of ordnance).

=braquer=, _v.a._, to set, to turn, to level, to point. _— un canon_; to level a cannon. _— une lunette_; to point a telescope.

=bras=, _n.m._, arm; power; sconce (candelabrum); arm (of anchors, capstans, levers, seats); brace (of yards); handle; shaft (of litters); (mec.) side rod; arm (of a horse); claw (of a crawfish). _Être blessé au —_; to be wounded in the arm. _Il a le — en écharpe_; he has his arm in a sling. _Recevoir quelqu’un à — ouverts_; to receive any one with open arms. _Demeurer les — croisés_; to stand with folded arms. _À pleins —_; by armfuls. _Un — de mer_; an arm of the sea. _À force de —_; by strength of arms. _Ne vivre que de ses —_; to live by the labor of one’s hands. _Avoir quelqu’un sur les —_; to have any one to maintain. _Avoir de grandes affaires sur les —_; to have great concerns in hand. _J’ai sur les — un puissant ennemi_; I have to do with a powerful enemy. _Les — m’en sont tombés_; I was struck dumb with surprise. _Se jeter entre les — de quelqu’un_; to fly to any one for protection. _Tendre les — à quelqu’un_; to offer one’s aid to any one. _Moulin à —_; handmill. _Les — de la mort_; the jaws of death. _À tour de —_; with all one’s might. _A —-le-corps_; in one’s arms. _Saisir quelqu’un à —-le-corps_; to seize any one round the body. _— dessus — dessous_; arm in arm. _Avoir les — longs_; to have great influence. _En prendre long comme le —_; to take an ell; to impose upon.

=braser=, _v.a._, to braze, to solder.

=brasier=, _n.m._, quick clear fire; red-hot fire; brazier, furnace.

*=brasillement= (-mān), _n.m._, (nav.) glittering, glancing, sparkling of the sea.

*=brasiller=, _v.a._, to sparkle (of the sea).

=brasque=, _n.f._, brasque (cement made of clay and charcoal dust).

=brasquer=, _v.a._, to cover with brasque.

=brassage=, _n.m._, stirring up; mashing, brewing; (coin.) mixing.

=brassard=, _n.m._, brace (armor), armlet, arm-guard.

=brasse=, _n.f._, (nav.) fathom, six feet, stroke. _Pain de —_; a twenty or twenty-five pound loaf.

=brassée=, _n.f._, armful; stroke (swimming).

=brasser=, _v.a._, to brew, to mash; to stir; to hatch, to work, to plot.

=brasserie=, _n.f._, brewery, brewhouse.

=brasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, brewer.

=brasseyage=, _n.m._, (nav.) bracing.

=brassiage=, _n.m._, (nav.) sounding.

=brassière=, _n.f._, shoulder-strap, brace, bodice with shoulder straps; restraint. _Être en —s_; to be under restraint.

=brassin=, _n.m._, brewing tub; mash-tub; boiling (quantity boiled or brewed).

=brassoir=, _n.m._, (metal.) stirring-stick.

=brasure=, _n.f._, brazing, soldering.

=bravache=, _n.m._, bully, swaggerer, blusterer.

=bravade=, _n.f._, bravado, boast, bluster.

=brave=, _adj._, brave, gallant, true; smart, fine, spruce; honest; good, kind. _— capitaine_; gallant captain. _Il est — comme l’épée qu’il porte_; he is as true as steel. _Il n’est — qu’en paroles_; he is only brave as far as words go. _Un homme —_; an honest man. _Vous voilà bien — aujourd’hui_; how smart you are to-day. _C’est un — homme_; he is an honest, worthy fellow. _C’est un — garçon_; he is a capital fellow; a brick.

=brave=, _n.m._, brave _or_ courageous man; (b.s.) ruffian, bully. _Faux —_; blustering bully. _Faire le —_; to play the bully. _— à trois poils_; hard-fighter; man of real courage, right down plucky, regular game. _En —_; bravely, gallantly.

=bravement= (-mān), _adv._, bravely, stoutly, valiantly, manfully; skillfully, finely.

=braver=, _v.a._, to defy, to set at defiance, to bid defiance, to dare, to beard, to face, to brave. _— les autorités_; to set the authorities at defiance. _— la mort_; to face death.

=braverie= (-vrî), _n.f._, boasting; finery, fine clothes.

=bravo=, _n.m._, (bravi _or_ bravos) bravo, hurrah; hired assassin; applause.

=bravo!= _adv._, bravo! well done! capital!

=bravoure=, _n.f._, bravery, courage, manhood, gallantry; (mus.) bravura. _Il a fait preuve de —_; he has given proofs of courage.

=brayer= (bra-ié), _n.m._, (surg.) truss, bandage.

=brayer= (brè-ié), _v.a._, (nav.) to pay over.

=brayette= (bra-iète), _n.f._, flap (of trousers); (bot.) cowslip.

=brayon= (bra-ion), _n.m._, trap (for vermin).

=break= (brèke), _n.m._, (_—s_) break (carriage).

=bréant= _or_ =bruant=, _n.m._, (orni.) bunting, yellow-hammer.

=brebis=, _n.f._, ewe; sheep. _pl._, flock. _— égarée_; stray sheep. _Troupeau de —_; flock of sheep. _Une — galeuse_; a scabby sheep. _Mener paître les —_; to lead the sheep to pasture. _Il ne faut qu’une — galeuse pour gâter tout un troupeau_; one scabby sheep will taint a whole flock. _Qui se fait —, le loup le mange_; daub yourself with honey, and you’ll never want for flies. _À — tondue, Dieu mesure le vent_; God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. _Faire un repas de —_; to eat a dry meal. _La — galeuse_; the black sheep. _— comptées, le loup les mange_; we must watch as well as count.

=brèche=, _n.f._, breach, flaw, rupture, hiatus; notch, gap. _Battre en —_; to batter in, to breach. _Monter à la —_; to mount the breach. _La — d’un couteau_; the notch of a knife. _Faire — à un pâté_; to make a gap in a pie. _C’est une — à l’honneur_; it is a breach of honor.

=brèche=, _n.f._, (min.) breccia.

=brèche-dent=, _adj._, (_—_) that has lost a front tooth or two; broken-mouthed.

=brèche-dent=, _n.m.f._, (_—_) person who has lost a front tooth.

=brechet=, _n.m._, breastbone, brisket.

=bredi-breda=, _adv._, (fam.) hastily.

=bredindin=, _n.m._, (nav.) garnet.

=brédissure=, _n.f._, (med.) locked jaw.

*=bredouillage=, _n.m._, jabbering, sputtering.

*=bredouille=, _n.f._, (trictrac) lurch. _Jouer —_; to play lurches. _Sortir —_; to go away as one came. _Revenir —_; to return with an empty bag (of sportsmen). _Se coucher —_; to go to bed supperless.

*=bredouillement=, _n.m._, stuttering, stammering, faltering.

*=bredouiller=, _v.n._, to stammer, to stutter, to falter.

*=bredouilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, stammerer, stutterer.

=br-ef=, =-ève=, _adj._, brief, short, concise, succinct. _Une réponse brève_; a brief reply. _Avoir le parler —_; to be a man of few words.

=bref=, _adv._, in a few words; in short, in fine, to be short.

=bref=, _n.m._, brief (pope’s pastoral letter); church calendar.

=brège=, _n.f._, salmon-net, close-net.

=bregin=, _n.m._, close-net.

*=bréhaigne=, _adj._, barren, sterile.

*=bréhaigne=, _n.f._, (pop.) barren, sterile woman.

=brelan=, _n.m._, brelan (game at cards); pair-royal; gaming-house. _Tenir —_; to keep a gaming-house.

=brelander=, _v.n._, to gamble, to be a gamester.

=brelandi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, gamester, gambler.

=brelique-breloque=, _adv._, at random; higgledy-piggledy; slap-dash.

=brelle=, _n.f._, raft, float of wood.

=breloque=, _n.f._, charm, gewgaw, toy, trinket. _V._ =berloque=.

☉=breluche=, _n.f._, drugget, linsey-woolsey.

=brème=, _n.f._, (ich.) bream.

=breneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.ex.) dirty, soiled.

=brequin=, _n.m._, wimble, bit of a wimble.

=brésil=, _n.m._, Brazil-wood.

*=brésiller=, _v.a._, to break small, to cut small; to dye with Brazil-wood.

*=brésillet=, _n.m._, Brazil or Jamaica-wood.

=breste=, _n.f._, catching birds with lime.

*=brétailler=, _v.n._, (b.s.) to tilt, to fight.

*=brétailleur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) bruiser, bully.

=bretaudé=, =-e=, _adj._, crop-eared.

=bretauder=, _v.a._, to crop badly (animals).

=bretelle=, _n.f._, strap; brace. _En avoir jusqu’aux —s_; to be over head and ears in trouble.

=breton=, =-ne=, _adj._ and _n.m.f._, of Brittany.

=brette=, _n.f._, (jest.) long sword, rapier.

=bretté=, =-e=, _adj._, matched, indented, jagged.

=bretteler=, _v.a._, (arch.) to indent.

=bretter=, _v.a._, (arch.) to indent.

=bretteur=, _n.m._, bully, fighter.

=bretture=, _n.f._, teeth, notches (in tools).

*=breuil=, _n.m._, inclosed copse, thicket.

=breuvage=, _n.m._, beverage, potion, draught, liquor, drink; (vet.) drench.

=brève=, _n.f._, short syllable; (mus.) short note.

=brevet=, _n.m._, warrant, brevet; (milit.) commission; patent; license (of printers). _— d’apprentissage_; indentures.

=breveté=, =-e= (brèv-), _part._, patented.

=breveté=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, patentee.

=breveter= (brèv-), _v.a._, to patent, to license.

=bréviaire=, _n.m._, breviary.

=brévité=, _n.f._, (gram.) shortness (of syllables).

=bribe=, _n.f._, hunch. _pl._, scraps, bits; odd ends.

=bric-à-brac=, _n.m._, (_—_) odds and ends; old stores; curios. _Marchand de —_; dealer in old iron, old pictures, old stores, curios.

=brick=, _n.m._, (nav.) brig.

=bricole=, _n.f._, breast-collar of a horse; rebound of a ball (at tennis); back stroke (at billiards); strap; (nav.) pitching, rolling. _De_ or _par —_; indirectly, unfairly, by a fluke.

=bricoler=, _v.n._, (billiards, tennis) to hit a back stroke; (fig.) to cadge, to dodge, to shuffle.

=bride=, _n.f._, bridle, reins, check, curb; string (of a woman’s cap, bonnet); loop (for a button); (surg.) frenum. _Mettre la — à un cheval_; to put a bridle upon a horse. _Tenir la — haute à un cheval_; to keep a tight rein. _Lui tenir la — courte_; to shorten the rein. _Lâcher la —_; to give rein, to give head. _Courir à toute —_, _à — abattue_; to run at full speed. _Tourner —_; to turn back. _Tenir quelqu’un en —_; to keep any one within bounds, to curb. _À cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la —_; one does not look a gift-horse in the mouth. _Laisser_ or _mettre la — sur le cou_; to give head entirely; (fig.) to let any one have his own way.

=bridé=, =-e=, _part._, bridled. _Oison —_; silly creature.

=brider=, _v.a._, to bridle; to tie fast, to fasten; to restrain, to curb, to keep under; to check. _— l’ancre_; (nav.) to shoe the anchor. _— ses désirs_; to curb one’s desires. _— son cheval par la queue_; to begin at the wrong end. _Mon habit me bride sous les bras_; my coat is too tight under the arms.

=bridon=, _n.m._, snaffle-bridle.

=brie=, _n.f._, rolling-pin. _Fromage de Brie_; Brie cheese.

=bri-ef=, =-ève=, _adj._, short, brief, curt.

=brièvement= (-èv-mān), _adv._, briefly, succinctly, in short.

=brièveté= (-èv-té), _n.f._, brevity, shortness, briefness, conciseness, succinctness.

=brigade=, _n.f._, (milit.) brigade; gang, troop, body.

=brigadier=, _n.m._, corporal (of cavalry); sergeant (of police); (nav.) bowman.

=brigand=, _n.m._, brigand, highwayman, robber; ruffian, thief.

=brigandage=, _n.m._, robbery, brigandage, plunder.

=brigandeau=, _n.m._, cheat, rogue, knave.

=brigander=, _v.n._, to rob, to plunder.

=brigandine=, _n.f._, coat of mail, brigandine.

=brigantin=, _n.m._, brigantine, brig.

=brigantine=, _n.f._, small brigantine.

*=brignole=, _n.f._, French plum.

=brigue= (brig), _n.f._, intrigue, bribery; canvassing; cabal, faction.

=briguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to canvass for, to solicit, to seek, to court, to stand for, to seek, to aspire to.

=brigueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, canvasser, solicitor.

*=brillamment= (-mān). _adv._, brilliantly, in a brilliant manner; in brilliant fashion.

*=brillant=, =-e=, _adj._, brilliant, shining, sparkling, glittering, bright, showy, effulgent, beaming, radiant; robust, blooming (of health). _Esprit —_; sparkling wit. _—s appas_, _charmes —s_; dazzling charms. _Affaire —e_; (milit.) famous action.

*=brillant=, _n.m._, brilliancy, brightness, splendor, radiancy, refulgence, resplendency, luster; brilliant (diamond).

*=brillanté=, =-e=, _adj._, cut into a brilliant. _n.m._, diaper, damask.

*=brillanter=, _v.a._, to cut into a brilliant. _— son style_; (fig.) to load it with false ornaments.

*=briller=, _v.n._, to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to glisten, to be bright, sparkling; to play, to blaze, to dawn, to lighten, to flourish, to gleam, to glare. _Tout ce qui — n’est pas or_; all that glitters is not gold.

=brimbale=, _n.f._, brake, handle of a pump.

=brimbaler=, _v.n._, (fam., l.u.) to ring, to swing, to toss.

=brimborion=, _n.m._, nicknack, bauble, gewgaw.

=brin=, _n.m._, blade, slip, slender stalk; sprig, shoot; bit, jot. _Un — de romarin_; a sprig of rosemary. _Un beau — de bois_; a fine straight piece of timber. _Un beau — d’homme_; a tall well-set youth. _Beau — de fille_; fine slip of a girl. _Un — de paille_; a straw. _Un — de fil_; a bit of thread. _Il n’y en a —_; there is none at all. _Un — de feu_; a bit of fire. _De_, or _en_, _—_; (of wood) unhewn.

=brinde=, _n.f._, health, toast. _Porter des —s_; to drink toasts. _Être dans les —s_; to be drunk, tipsy.

*=brindille=, _n.f._, sprig, twig.

=bringuebale=, _n.f._ _V._ =brimbale=.

=brio=, _n.m._, dash, spirit, pluck, go; raciness, vivacity.

=brioche=, _n.f._, bun, cake; mistake, blunder.

=brion=, _n.m._, (bot.) tree-moss.

*=briquaillon=, _n.m._, brickbat.

=brique=, _n.f._, brick. _— anglaise_; Bath brick.

=briquet=, _n.m._, steel, flint, tinder-box; short saber, dirk; (dog) beagle, harrier. _Battre le —_; to strike a light. _— pneumatique_; fire syringe. _Pierre à —_; flint.

=briquetage= (brik-taj), _n.m._, brick-work; imitation brick-work.

=briqueté= (brik-), _part._, bricked; brick-like.

=briqueter= (brik-), _v.a._, to brick; to imitate brick-work.

=briqueterie= (brik-trî), _n.f._, brick-field, brick-making.

=briqueteur= (brik-teur), _n.m._, bricklayer.

=briquetier= (brik-tié), _n.m._, brick-maker.

=briquette=, _n.f._, compressed, patent fuel.

=bris=, _n.m._, (jur.) breaking open (of doors, prisons); wreckage, fragment; rigging (the market).

=brisant=, _n.m._, breaker, breakwater.

*=briscambille=, _n.f._ _V._ =brusquembille=.

=brise=, _n.f._, breeze. _— carabinée_; stiff gale.

=brisé=, =-e=, _part._, broken to pieces; harassed, fatigued; folding; (her.) rompu. _Lit —_; folding-bed. _Chaise —e_; folding-chair. _Porte —e_; folding-door.

☉=brise-cou=, _n.m._, (_—_) break-neck pace; (man.) rough-rider. _V._ =casse-cou=.

=brise-eau=, _n.m._, (_—_) breakwater.

=brisée=, _n.f._, fan-joint (of umbrellas).

=brisées=, _n.f.pl._, boughs cut off; footsteps, wake, shoes, heels, ground. _Marcher sur les — de quelqu’un_; to follow in any one’s footsteps. _Aller sur les — de quelqu’un_; to walk in any one’s shoes, to poach on any one’s preserves. _Reprendre ses —_; to retrace one’s steps.

=brise-glace=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) ice-breaker; starling (of a bridge).

=brise-lames=, _n.m._, (_—_) breakwater.

=brisement= (briz-mān), _n.m._, breaking, dashing (of waves); heartrending; contrition.

=brise-pierre=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) stone-crusher.

=briser=, _v.a._, to break to pieces, to dash to pieces; to flaw, to burst, to crack, to knock off, to shatter, to shiver, to snap, to crush, to crash; to bruise. _Être brisé_; to feel sore all over.

=briser=, _v.n._, (nav.) to break, to dash. _Brisons-là_; let us say no more on the subject; enough!

_se_ =briser=, _v.r._, to break, to be dashed to pieces; to fold up.

=brise-raison=, _n.m._, (_—_) wrong-headed person.

=brise-scellé=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (l.u.) seal-breaker.

=brise-tout=, _n.m._, (_—_) person that breaks everything; rough, clumsy fellow.

=briseur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) one who breaks anything. _— d’images_; image-breaker, iconoclast.

=briseuse=, _n.f._, breaker, breaker-engine.

=brise-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (gard.) screen.

=brisoir=, _n.m._, brake (for flax).

=brisque=, _n.f._, a card game; trump.

=brisure=, _n.f._, break, folding-point; catch, fastening; (her.) rebatement.

=britannique=, _adj._, British, Britannic.

=broc= (brô), _n.m._, large jug; pot, spit. _De bric et de —_; anyhow; by hook or by crook. _Manger de la viande de — en bouche_; to have one’s meat hot from the spit.

=brocantage=, _n.m._, dealing in second-hand goods, broker’s business; bartering.

=brocanter=, _v.n._, to deal in second-hand goods; to exchange, to barter.

=brocanteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, a dealer in second-hand goods; broker.

=brocard=, _n.m._, taunt, jeer; joke, scoff; lampoon.

=brocarder=, _v.a._, to taunt, to jest, to jeer.

=brocardeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scoffer, jeerer.

=brocart=, _n.m._, brocade.

=brocatelle=, _n.f._, brocatel; (min.) brocate.

=brochage=, _n.m._, stitching (books).

=brochant=, _part._, (her.) _— sur le tout_; over all.