Part 27

=cachet=, _n.m._, seal (of private individuals); stamp; ticket. _Lettre de —_; lettre-de-cachet, (arbitrary warrant of imprisonment). _— de chiffres_, _d’armes_; seal with a cipher, with a coat of arms. _— volant_; flying seal. _Courir le —_; to give private lessons in town, to go about teaching. _Son style a un — particulier_; his style has a certain stamp, characteristic, character all its own.

=cacheté=, =-e=, _part._, sealed. _Soumissions —es_; sealed tenders.

=cacheter= (kash-té), _v.a._, to seal, to seal up. _Cire à —_; sealing-wax. _Pain à —_; wafer.

=cachette=, _n.f._, hiding-place. _En —_; secretly, by stealth.

=cacheu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, sneak, sly-boots.

=cachexie= (-shè-ksi), _n.f._, (med.) cachexy.

=cachot=, _n.m._, dungeon; (milit.) black hole.

=cachotte=, _n.f._, tobacco-pipe without a heel.

=cachotterie= (-sho-trî), _n.f._, mysterious ways, secret practice (about trifles).

=cachotti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, mysterious, sly.

=cachou=, _n.m._, cachou.

=cacique=, _n.m._, cazique _or_ cacique (Indian chief).

=cacis=. _V._ =cassis=.

=cacochyme= (-shim), _adj._, (med.) cachochymic.

=cacochymie= (-shi-), _n.f._, (med.) cacochymy.

=cacoèthe=, _adj._, (med.) (ulcers) malignant, incurable.

=cacographie=, _n.f._, cacography.

=cacolet=, _n.m._, mule-litter, pannier. _En —_; on panniered mules.

=cacologie=, _n.f._, cacology.

=cacophonie=, _n.f._, cacophony.

=cacotrophie=, _n.f._, (med.) cacotrophy.

=cactier= _or_ =cactus=, _n.m._, (bot.) torch-thistle, cactus.

=cadastral=, =-e=, _adj._, referring to the register of lands; pertaining to real estate.

=cadastre=, _n.m._, register of the survey of lands.

=cadastrer=, _v.a._, to survey.

=cadavéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cadaverous, wan, ghastly.

=cadavérique=, _adj._, (anat.) of a dead body.

=cadavre=, _n.m._, corpse, dead body. _C’est un — ambulant_; he is a walking ghost.

=cadeau=, _n.m._, present, gift. _Faire — de_; to make a present of.

=cadédis= (-diss), _int._, zounds, faith!

=cadenas= (-nâ), _n.m._, padlock; clasp, snap. _— à secret_; secret padlock. _Enfermer sous —_; to padlock.

=cadenasser=, _v.a._, to padlock; to clasp.

=cadence=, _n.f._, time (in dancing); (mus.) quivering, shake; (man., harmony) cadence. _Aller en —_; to keep time.

=cadencé=, =-e=, _part._, cadenced, numbered, harmonious.

=cadencer=, _v.a._, to cadence, to harmonize; (mus.) to time, to shake, to trill.

=cadène=, _n.f._, (l.u.) chain; chain-gang (of convicts).

=cadenette= (-nett), _n.f._, hair-cue, tress (of hair).

=cadet=, =-te=, _adj._, younger, junior (of two). _Branche —te_; younger branch.

=cadet=, _n.m._, (milit.) cadet; younger brother; younger son; junior (of two), (fam.) young fellow. _C’est un jeune — de haut appétit_; he is an extravagant young gentleman.

=cadette=, _n.f._, younger sister, younger daughter; paving stone; long billiard cue.

=cadi=, _n.m._, cadi (Turkish judge).

=cadis=, _n.m._, sort of woolen serge.

=cadisé=, _n.m._, kind of drugget.

=cadmie=, _n.f._, (chem., metal.) oxide of zinc.

=cadmium=, _n.m._, cadmium.

=cadogan=, _n.m._ _V._ =catogan=.

=cadole=, _n.f._, latch, little bolt.

=cadran=, _n.m._, dial-plate, dial.

=cadrat=, _n.m._, (print.) quadrat. _— creux_; quotation.

=cadratin=, _n.m._, (print.) M quadrat. _Demi —_; N quadrat.

=cadrature=, _n.f._, (horl.) movement; dial-work.

=cadre=, _n.m._, frame (for a picture); (nav. milit.); list of officers; framework; skeleton; limits. _Être sur les —_; (nav.) to be on the sick list.

=cadrer=, _v.n._, to agree, to square with, to tally; to suit, to fit in with.

=cadrille=, _n.f._, check, square.

=cadriller=, _v.a._, to rule (in squares), to checker.

=cadu-c=, =-que=, _adj._, decrepit; broken-down; decayed, crazy; lapsed, null, void (of legacies); (bot.) deciduous. _Age —_; decrepit old age. _Devenir —_; to decay. _Legs —_; lapsed legacy (barred by limitation). _Le mal —_; the falling sickness, epilepsy.

=caducée=, _n.m._, caduceus, Mercury’s wand; tipstaff.

=caducité=, _n.f._, caducity; decay, decline.

=cæcum= (sékom), _n.m._, (anat.) cæcum.

=cafard=, =-e=, _adj._, hypocritical, sanctimonious.

=cafard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, canter, hypocrite; tell-tale; humbug, sneak.

=cafard=, _n.m._, (ent.) cockroach. _V._ =blatte=.

=cafarderie=, _n.f._, cant, hypocrisy, false devotion.

=cafardise=, _n.f._, (l.u.) piece of hypocrisy; cant.

=café=, _n.m._, coffee; coffee-house; coffee (berry). _Tasse de —_; cup of coffee. _Rôtir_, _moudre_, _prendre_, _du —_; to roast, to grind, to drink, coffee. _— au lait_; coffee with milk. _— à la crème_; coffee with cream. _— chantant_; music-hall.

=caféier=, _n.m._ _V._ =cafier=.

=caféière=, _n.f._, coffee-plantation.

=cafetan=, _or_ =caftan=, _n.m._, caftan (Turkish garment).

=cafetier=, _n.m._, coffee-house keeper.

=cafetière=, _n.f._, coffee-pot.

=cafier=, _or_ =caféier=, _n.m._, coffee-tree.

=cafre=, _n.m.f._, Caffre.

=cage=, _n.f._, cage; coop (for fowls); (tech.) frame; casing, housing. _Mettre un homme en —_; to put a man in prison, or under lock and key. _La belle — ne nourrit pas l’oiseau_; all is not gold that glitters.

=cagée=, _n.f._, cage-full.

*=cagnard=, =-e=, _adj._, lazy, skulking, slothful.

*=cagnard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, lazy-bones, skulker. _C’est un —_; he is a skulker, loafer.

*=cagnarder=, _v.n._, to loaf.

*=cagnardise=, _n.f._, laziness, slothfulness, skulking.

*=cagne=, _n.f._, (l.u.) slut.

*=cagneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knock-kneed, splay-footed.

=cagot=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) bigoted, hypocritical.

=cagot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (fam.) bigot.

=cagoterie=, _n.f._, (fam.) affected devotion, hypocrisy, bigotry.

=cagotisme=, _n.m._, (fam.) bigotry, false devotion.

=cagoule=, _n.f._, a monk’s cloak.

=cague=, _n.f._, Dutch sloop.

=cahier=, _n.m._, paper-book; copy-book; quarter of a quire of paper; book (manuscript); sheet. _— des charges_; specifications. _— des frais_; bill of costs.

=cahin-caha=, _adv._, (fam.) so-so, lamely, poorly, slowly, reluctantly.

=cahot=, _n.m._, jerk; jolt of a coach.

=cahotage=, =cahotement=, _n.m._, jolting, jerking.

=cahotant=, =-e=, _adj._, rough, jolting.

=cahoter=, _v.n._, to jolt, to toss about.

=cahoter=, _v.a._, to jolt, to jog, to jerk.

=cahute=, _n.f._, hut, crib, hovel; (nav.) small cabin.

=caïc= _or_ =caïque=, _n.m._, yawl, long-boat, levantine-boat.

=caiche=, _n.f._, (nav.) ketch.

=caïd=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Arab military chief or judge.

=caïeu=, _n.m._, (hort.) sucker, off-shoot.

*=caille=, _n.f._, (orni.) quail.

=caillé=, _adj._, curdled, clotted.

*=caillé=, _n.m._, curdled milk, curds.

*=caillebot=, _n.m._, guelder-rose.

*=caillebotis=, _n.m._, (nav.) grating of the hatches.

*=caillebotté=, =-e=, _part._, curdled.

*=caillebotte=, _n.f._, mass of curds.

*=caillebotter=, _v.n._, to curdle.

*=caille-lait=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) cheese-rennet.

*=caillement=, _n.m._, curdling, coagulating.

*=cailler=, _v.a._, to curdle, to clot, to curd.

*_se_ =cailler=, _v.r._, to coagulate, to turn to curds.

*=cailletage=, _n.m._, gossiping, idle talk, tittle-tattle.

*=cailleteau=, _n.m._, young quail.

=cailleter=, _v.n._, to gossip, to chatter.

*=cailletot=, _n.m._, young turbot.

*=caillette=, _n.f._, rennet; gossip; chatterer.

*=caillot=, _n.m._, clot of blood; coagulum.

*=caillotis=, _n.m._, kelp (ashes of seaweed).

*=caillot-rosat=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a kind of pear.

*=caillou=, _n.m._, flint, flint-stone, pebble.

*=cailloutage=, _n.m._, stoning, graveling, ballasting; flint-ware, pebble-work.

*=caillouter=, _v.a._, to macadamize, to gravel, to ballast.

*=caillouteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pebbly, flinty.

*=cailloutis=, _n.m._, broken stones, gravel; broken flint.

=caïmacan=, _n.m._, caimacan (a Turkish officer).

=caïman=, _n.m._, American crocodile, caiman.

=caimand=. _V._ =quémand=.

=caimander=. _V._ =quémander=.

=caimandeu-r=, =-se=. _V._ =quémandeur=.

=caïque=, _n.m._ _V._ =caïc=.

=caisse=, _n.f._, case, box, chest, trunk; coffer, till; cash-room, counting-house; cylinder (of a drum); (anat.) drum (of the ear); body (of a coach); pay-office. _— de médicaments_; medicine chest. _— militaire_; military chest. _La — du régiment_; the regimental chest. _Avoir tant d’argent en —_; to have so much money in hand. _Les —s de l’Etat_; the coffers of the state. _Livre de —_; cash-book. _Tenir la —_; to keep the cash. _— de secours mutuels_; sick-fund. _— des pensions_; pension fund. _Faire la —_; to make up the cash account. _— d’amortissement_; sinking fund. _— d’épargne_; savings-bank. _— d’escompte_; discounting bank. _Grosse —_; big drum. _Battre la —_; to beat the drum. _Bander la —_; to brace the drum. _Tenir la —_; to act as cashier. (jest.) _Sauver la —_; to run off with the till.

=caissier=, _n.m._, treasurer, cashier.

=caisson=, _n.m._, (milit.), ammunition wagon, caisson, chest; (nav.) locker; (arch.) coffer; compartment ceiling; sunk-panel; (artil.) limber. _Les —s des vivres_; the provision wagons. _— à poudre_; powder-chest.

=cajoler=, _v.a._, to cajole, to coax, to wheedle.

=cajolerie=, _n.f._, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling.

=cajoleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, cajoler, coaxer, wheedler.

=cal=, _n.m._, callosity; (med.) callus.

=calade=, _n.f._, (man.) calade; descent, slope.

=calage=, _n.m._, wedging, lowering, sinking.

=calaison=, _n.f._, load water line; sea-gauge.

=calambour=, _n.m._, calambac (wood).

=calamendrier=, _n.m._, (bot.) common wall-germander.

=calament=, _n.m._, (min. bot.) calamint.

=calaminaire=, _adj._, (l.u.) belonging to calamine.

=calamine=, _n.f._, (min.) calamine.

=calamite=, _n.f._, (min.) calamite.

=calamité=, _n.f._, calamity, distress.

=calamiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, distressful, calamitous.

=calandrage=, _n.m._, calendering, hot-pressing, mangling.

=calandre=, _n.f._, (ent.) weevil; mangle, calender; (orni.) calandra.

=calandrer=, _v.a._, to calender, to press, to smooth, to mangle.

=calandreur=, _n.m._, mangler, calenderer.

=calangue=, _n.f._, (nav.) creek, cove.

=calao=, _n.m._, (orni.) horn-bill.

=calatrava=, _n.m._, a Spanish military order.

=calcaire=, _adj._, calcareous.

=calcaire=, _n.m._, limestone.

=calcanéum= (-om), _n.m._, (anat.) calcaneum, os calcis, heel-bone.

=calcédoine=, _n.f._, (min.) chalcedony.

=calcédonieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chalcedonic.

=calcin=, _n.m._, calcined glass.

=calcinable=, _adj._, calcinable.

=calcination=, _n.f._, calcination.

=calciner=, _v.a._, to calcine, to burn.

_se_ =calciner=, _v.r._, to calcine.

=calcis=, _n.m._, (orni.) night-hawk.

=calcite=. _V._ =chalcite=.

=calcium= (-om), _n.m._, calcium.

=calcographie=, _n.f._, calcography.

=calcul=, _n.m._, calculation, ciphering, arithmetic, computation, reckoning, counting, estimate, forecast; design, selfish motive; (med.) calculus; stone in the bladder. _— différentiel_; differential calculus. _— approximatif_; rough calculation. _Il apprend le —_; he learns arithmetic. _De — fait_; everything included.

=calculable=, _adj._, computable, calculable.

=calculant=, =-e=, _adj._, calculating, reckoning; designing.

=calculateur=, _adj._, calculating.

=calculateur=, _n.m._, calculator, reckoner, accountant; schemer.

=calculatoire=, _adj._, calculatory.

=calculer=, _v.a._, to calculate, to compute, to reckon, to estimate; to forecast, to contrive, to devise; to determine.

=calculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) calculous.

=calculeu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, person affected with calculus.

=cale=, _n.f._, (nav.) hold (of a ship); wedge, prop; ducking, keel-hauling (punishment); (tech.) block, quay. _— de construction_; stocks. _— de magasin_, _d’un quai_; slip. _À fond de —_; at the bottom of the hold. _Eau de —_; bilge water. _Donner la — à un matelot_; to give a sailor a ducking. _— sèche_; dry ducking. _Être à fond de —_; (fam.) to be hard up, to be at the end of one’s resources.

=calebasse=, _n.f._, (bot.) calabash; gourd; (fig. & fam.) pate, nob, noddle.

=calebassier=, _n.m._, calabash tree.

=calèche=, _n.f._, calash; barouche, open carriage.

=caleçon=, _n.m._, drawers, pair of drawers.

=caleçonnier=, _n.m._, one who makes drawers.

=calédonien=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Caledonian.

=caléfacteur=, _n.m._, cooking apparatus, kitchener, cooking-stove.

=caléfaction=, _n.f._, calefaction, heating.

=calembour=, _n.m._, pun.

=calembouriste=, _n.m._, a punster.

=calembredaine=, _n.f._, fib, fetch, quibble, subterfuge.

=calencar=, _n.m._, a kind of Indian chintz.

=calence=, _n.f._, want of work. _En —_; out of work.

=calender= (-dèr), _n.m._, kind of dervis.

=calendes=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) calends; convocation of the country clergy. _Renvoyer aux — grecques_; to put off till doomsday.

=calendrier=, _n.m._, calendar, almanac. _Vieux —_; the old calendar (old style). _Nouveau —_, _— grégorien_; the new, the Gregorian, calendar.

=calenture=, _n.f._, (med.) calenture.

=calepied=, _n.m._, toe-clip (bicycle).

=calepin=, _n.m._, note-book, memorandum-book.

=caler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to lower, to strike; to support, to wedge up. _— les voiles_; to strike sail. _Cale tout!_ let go amain! _— la voile_; to yield, to sing small.

=caler=, _v.n._, to have more or less draught, to sink. _Ce navire cale trop_; that ship draws too much water. _—_; (at marbles) to knuckle down. _—_; (school) to keep away from.

=calfait=, _n.m._, (nav.) calking iron.

=calfat=, _n.m._, (nav.) calker.

=calfatage=, _n.m._, (nav.) calking.

=calfater=, _v.a._, (nav.) to calk.

=calfatin=, _n.m._, (nav.) calker’s boy.

=calfeutrage=, _n.m._, stopping of chinks.

=calfeutrer=, _v.a._, to stop up the chinks, to make air tight.

_se_ =calfeutrer=, _v.r._, to be stopped up (of chinks); to be made air tight.

=calibre=, _n.m._, caliber, bore (of a gun); caliber, size (of a bullet); diameter of a body; kind, sort, stamp; caliber.

=calibrer=, _v.a._, to give the caliber to, to take the caliber of; to proportion.

=calice=, _n.m._, chalice, communion-cup; (bot.) calyx, flower-cup; grief, sacrifice. _Boire le — jusqu’à la lie_; to drink the cup to the dregs. _Boire_, _avaler_, _le —_; to swallow the pill.

=calicinal=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) calycinal, calycine.

=calicot=, _n.m._, calico; counter-jumper.

=califat=, _n.m._, califate, caliphate, kalifate.

=calife=, _n.m._, calif, caliph, kalif.

_à_ =califourchon=, _adv._, astride, astraddle.

=califourchon=, _n.m._, hobby. _C’est son —_; it is his hobby.

=câlin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, wheedler, cajoler. _C’est une petite —e_; she is a little wheedler.

=câlin=, =-e=, _adj._, wheedling, cajoling, caressing, coaxing, fondling. _Cet homme a l’air —_; that man has a wheedling look about him.

=câliner=, _v.a._, to fondle, to cajole, to wheedle.

_se_ =câliner=, _v.r._, to coddle one’s self, to take one’s ease, to give one’s self up to indolence, to nurse one’s self.

=câlinerie=, _n.f._, wheedling, cajolery, fondling, caressing.

=caliorne=, _n.f._, (nav.) winding-tackle.

=calleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, callous, hard, horny.

=calligraphe=, _n.m._, caligraphist, good penman.

=calligraphie=, _n.f._, caligraphy, calligraphy, penmanship.

=calligraphique=, _adj._, caligraphic.

=callisthénie=, _n.f._, calisthenics.

=callosité= (kal-lo-), _n.f._, callousness; callosity.

=calmande=, _n.f._, calamanco; woolen stuff; (ich.) whiff.

=calmant=, _n.m._, (med.) composing draught; anodyne, sedative.

=calmant=, =-e=, _adj._, anodyne, calming, soothing.

=calmar=, _n.m._, ☉pen-case; (ich.) calamary.

=calme=, _adj._, still, quiet, serene, calm; dispassionate, unruffled, composed, collected; (com.) dull.

=calme=, _n.m._, stillness, calmness, tranquillity, quiet, calm, composure. _— plat_; (nav.) dead calm.

_se_ =calmer=, _v.r._, to become calm, to calm one’s self; to compose one’s self; to get appeased, to blow over, to subside, to abate.

=calmer=, _v.a._, to still, to quiet, to appease, to allay, to pacify, to calm, to soothe.

=calmer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to lull, to fall to a calm. _Le vent calme_; the wind is dropping.

=calmie=, _n.f._, (nav.) lull.

=calomel= _or_ =calomélas=, _n.m._, calomel.

=calomniat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, calumniator, slanderer.

=calomnie=, _n.f._, calumny, slander.

=calomnier=, _v.a._, to calumniate, to slander.

=calomnieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, calumniously, slanderously.

=calomnieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, calumnious, slanderous.

=calonière=, _n.f._, (pop.) pop-gun. _V._ =canonnière=.

=calorifère=, _n.m._, hot-air stove or pipe.

=calorimètre=, _n.m._, calorimeter.

=calorifique=, _adj._, calorific.

=calorique=, _n.m._, caloric, heat.

=calotte=, _n.f._, calotte, smoking-cap; skull-cap (of priests); (surg.) head-piece; (anat.) pan (of the brain); (arch.) calotte; box on the ears; cap of valve (mech.). _La — rouge d’un cardinal_; the red calotte of a cardinal. _Donner des —s à_; to box any one’s ears.

=calotter=, _v.a._, to box the ears of.

=calottier=, _n.m._, calotte-maker; cap-maker.

=caloyer=, _n.m._, caloyer (Greek monk).

=calque=, _n.m._, tracing, calquing; imitation, copy.

=calquer=, _v.a._, to counter-draw, to trace; to copy, to imitate closely. _— à la pointe_; to trace with a point. _— à la vitre_; to counter-draw on glass.

=calquoir=, _n.m._, tracing-point.

=calumet=, _n.m._, pipe, calumet.

=calus= (-luss), _n.m._, callus; callousness; callosity; (med.) callus.

=calvaire=, _n.m._, mount Calvary; a calvary.

=calvanier=, _n.m._, (agri.) day-laborer, stacker.

=calville=, _n.m._, calville (apple).

=calvinien=, =-ne= (-i-in, -i-è-n), _adj._, Calvinistic.

=calvinisme=, _n.m._, Calvinism.

=calviniste=, _n.m._, Calvinist.

=calviniste=, _adj._, Calvinistic.

=calvitie= (-sî), _n.f._, baldness. _— des paupières_; loss of the eye-lashes.

=camaïeu=, _n.f._, cameo; (paint.) camaieu; cameo brooch; monotonous play.

*=camail=, _n.m._, (_—s_) hood, capuchin, cardinal (garment); bishop’s purple ornament worn over the rochet.

=camaldule=, _n.m._, monk of the Order of St. Benedict.

=camarade=, _n.m.f._, comrade, fellow, mate, chum; female companion; playmate, play-fellow; fellow-laborer; fellow-servant. _— de collège_; college companion. _— de classe_; school-fellow. _— de lit_; bed-fellow. _— de voyage_; fellow-traveler. _— de malheur_; fellow-sufferer. _— de chambre_; chum.

=camaraderie=, _n.f._, companionship, intimacy, close friendship; coterie, clique; party spirit.

=camard=, =-e=, _adj._, flat-nosed, snub; flat.

=camard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, flat-nosed person. _La —e_; (pop.) death.

*=camarilla=, _n.f._, camarilla (a coterie).

=camarine=, _n.f._, (bot.) crow-berry.

=cambiste=, _n.m._, cambist.

=cambouis=, _n.m._, coom, cart-grease.

=cambre=, _n.f._, cambering, curving, arching.

=cambré=, =-e=, _part._, bent, cambering, having a fall (in the back); arched, well-set. _Pont de navire —_; cambering deck.

=cambrer=, _v.a._, to bend, to curve, to arch. _— la forme d’un soulier_; to give the bend to a last, to block (boots).

_se_ =cambrer=, _v.r._, to camber; to take a sweep; to warp; to draw one’s self up (by throwing the chest forward).

*=cambrillon=, _n.m._, stiffener (of a shoe).

=cambrioleu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, house-thief; house-breaker; burglar.

=cambriolage=, _n.m._, house-entering, house-breaking; burglary.

=cambrure=, _n.f._, bend, flexure, incurvation, arch, curve.

=cambuse=, _n.f._, (nav.) store-room.

=cambusier=, _n.m._, (nav.) steward’s mate, store-keeper.

=came=, _n.f._, (conch.) chama; heart-cockle; (tech.) peg-cam; cog. _V._ =chame=.

=camée=, _n.m._, a cameo.

=camélée=, _n.f._, (bot.) widow-wail.

=caméléon=, _n.m._, chameleon.

=caméléopard=, _n.m._, camelopard.

=camélia= _or_ =camellia=, _n.m._, (bot.) camelia.

=cameline=, _n.f._, (bot.) camelina, gold of pleasure.

=camelot= (-lô), _n.m._, (stuff) camlet; cheap Jack, peddler, hawker; (of newspapers) news-boy, paper-boy.

=camelote= (-lott), _n.f._, worthless merchandise, trash, stuff; bosh.

=camelotine=, _n.f._, a sort of camlet.

=camérier=, _n.m._, chamberlain (of the pope).

=camériste=, _n.f._, maid of honor; waiting-woman, lady’s maid; chambermaid.

=camerlingat=, _n.m._, camerlingate (at Rome).

=camerlingue=, _n.m._, camerlingo (papal officer).

=camion=, _n.m._, minikin-pin; little cart; truck; dray, wagon; (paint.) kettle.

=camionnage=, _n.m._, carting, carriage (in a dray).

=camionneur=, _n.m._, drayman.

☉=camisade=, _n.f._, (milit.) night attack, camisade.

=camisard=, _n.m._, Camisard (French Calvinist).

=camisole=, _n.f._, petticoat bodice. _— de force_; strait waistcoat _or_ jacket.

*=camomille=, _n.f._, camomile.

=camouflet=, _n.m._, whiff of smoke (in the face); affront, snub; rap over the knuckles.

=camp= (kān), _n.m._, camp; (fig.) army, party. _Lever le —_; to break up the camp. _Prendre le —_; to pack off.

*=campagnard=, =-e=, _adj._, rustic, countrified, rural.

*=campagnard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, countryman, peasant; clodhopper, clown. _C’est une —e_; she is a hoyden.

*=campagne=, _n.f._, country, fields, plain; seat, estate, country-house; field, campaign; (nav.) voyage, cruise. _Gens de la —_; peasantry. _Comédiens de —_; strolling players. _En pleine_ or _rase —_; in the open country, plain. _Battre la —_; to scour the country; to wander about; to be delirious; to blunder, to bungle. _Les armées sont en —_; the armies have taken the field. _Pièces de —_; field pieces. _Faire une —_; to make a campaign. _Ouvrir la —_; to open the campaign. _Tenir la —_; to keep the field. _Mettre ses amis en —_; to set one’s friends to work. _— de croisière_; cruising voyage. _Être à la —_; to be in the country. _Être en —_; to be in the field; to be at work; to be out (not at home). _La — de Rome_; the campagna. _Parties de —_; picnics.

*=campagnol=, _n.m._, field-mouse.

=campane=, _n.f._, (arch.) bell; (sculp.) ornament with fringe and tassels.

=campanelle= _or_ =campanette=, _n.f._, bell-flower, Canterbury-bell.

=campanile=, _n.m._, (arch.) campanile, bell-tower.

=campanule=, _n.f._, campanula, bell-flower. _— gantelée_; throat-wort. _— raiponce_; rampion bell-flower. _— à feuilles rondes_; hare-bell.

=campanulé=, =-e=, _adj._, campanulate, bell-shaped.

=campé=, =-e=, _part._, encamped; (fig.) well set up. _Bien — sur ses jambes_; firmly planted on his legs.

=campêche=, _n.m._, (bot.) campeachy wood, logwood, blood-wood.

=campement= (kānp-mān), _n.m._, (milit.) encampment, encamping; camp detachment. _Matériel de —_; camping apparatus. _Effets de —_; camping baggage.

=camper=, _v.n._, to encamp, to pitch tents. _Faire — son armée_; to encamp one’s army.

=camper=, _v.a._, to camp, to seat, to fix, to stand before, to clap down. _— là quelqu’un_; to leave any one in the lurch.

_se_ =camper=, _v.r._, to stand before, to sit down, to clap one’s self down. _Il se campa dans un fauteuil_; he sat himself down in an arm-chair. _— devant une glace_; to stand bravely before a mirror.

☉=camphorata=, _n.f._ _V._ =camphrée=.

=camphre=, _n.m._, camphor.

=camphré=, =-e=, _adj._, camphorate, camphorated.

=camphrée=, _n.f._, camphorosma.

=camphrier=, _n.m._, (bot.) camphor-tree.

=campine=, _n.m._, fine fat pullet.

=campos=, _n.m._, play-day, holiday, relaxation. _Les écoliers demandent —_; the boys ask for a holiday. _Prendre —_; to take a holiday.

=camus=, =-e=, _adj._, flat-nosed; disappointed, baulked; dumbfounded. _Un vilain —_; an ugly flat-nosed fellow. _La —e_; (pop.) death, grim death.

*=canaille=, _n.f._, rabble, riff-raff, mob; scum; scoundrel; noisy children, brats. _Hors d’ici, —!_ begone, you scoundrel! _Vile —_; miserable scum. _Ces —s de domestiques_; these rascally servants!

=canaillerie=, _n.f._, blackguardism.