Part 31

=chaise=, _n.f._, chair, seat; (carp.) timber-work, frame; curb; chaise (carriage). _— à dos_; high-backed chair. _— de paille_; straw-bottomed chair. _— percée_; close-stool. _— brisée_; folding chair. _— à deux chevaux_; chaise and pair. _— à bascule_; rocking-chair. _— à porteurs_; sedan-chair. _— longue_; lounging-chair; couch.

=chaisier=, _n.m._, chair-maker; =chaisière=, _n.f._, chair-letter.

=chako=, _n.m._ _V._ =shako=.

=chaland=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, customer, purchaser.

=chaland=, _n.m._, (nav.) lighter, barge.

=chalandeau=, _n.m._, lighterman, bargeman.

☉=chalandise=, _n.f._, custom.

=chalastique= (ka-), _adj._, (med.) chalastic.

=chalcédoine=. _V._ =calcédoine=.

=chalcite= (kalsit), _n.m._, (chem.) chalcite.

=chalcographe= (kal-), _n.m._, chalcographer, engraver on brass.

=chalcographie= (kal-), _n.f._, chalcography, engraving on brass; engraving establishment; printing-office (of the pope).

=chaldaïque= (kal-), _adj._, Chaldaic.

=chaldéen=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._ _V._ =chaldaïque=.

=chaldéen=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Chaldean.

=chaldéen=, _n.m._, Chaldaic, Chaldean.

=châle=, _n.m._, shawl.

=châlet=, _n.m._, cheese-house, Swiss cottage.

=chaleur=, _n.f._, heat, glow; fervency, zeal, ardor; warmth; (phys.) calorie. _Son style manque de —_; his style lacks warmth. _Les grandes —s_; the hot season; the height of summer. _Sentir de la —_; to feel warm.

=chaleureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, warm, ardent; glowing; spirited, vehement.

☉=châlit=, _n.m._, bedstead.

☉=chaloir=, _v.imp._, to care for, to matter. _Il ne m’en chaut_; I don’t care, it matters not to me. _Peu m’en chaut_; it signifies little to me.

=chalon=, _n.m._, drag, drag-net.

=chaloupe=, _n.f._, (nav.) ship’s boat, long boat, launch. _— canonnière_; gun-boat.

=chalumeau=, _n.m._, stalk of corn; straw; pipe, reed; blow-pipe; shawm.

=chalumet=, _n.m._, top (of a pipe).

=chalut=, _n.m._, drag-net, trawl.

=chalybé=, =-e= (ka-), _adj._, chalybeate.

=chamade=, _n.f._, (milit.) parley, chamade. _Battre la —_; to sound a parley; to surrender, to yield.

*=chamailler=, _v.n._, to bicker, to squabble, to wrangle.

*_se_ =chamailler=, _v.r._, to squabble, to wrangle. _— des dents_; to feed, to stuff.

*=chamaillis=, _n.m._, fray, squabble, uproar, wrangle.

=charmarre=, _n.f._, smock-frock; lace, embroidery.

=chamarrer=, _v.a._, to lace, to trim with lace, to bedizen; to load with ridicule.

=chamarrure=, _n.f._, trimming, lacing, bedizening.

=chambellan= (-bel-lān), _n.m._, chamberlain.

=chambourin=, _n.m._, strass.

=chambranle=, _n.m._, (carp.) chambranle; casing of a chimney, door-case, window-frame. _— de cheminée_; mantel-shelf.

=chambre=, _n.f._, chamber, room; lodging, apartment; House (of parliament); (metal.) bead, chaplet; (opt.) camera, chamber; (artil.) chamber; (nav.) cabin; honey-comb (of cannon). _— ardente_; ardent chamber (history of France). _— claire_; light room; (opt.) camera lucida. _— haute_; House of Lords. _— à coucher_; bed-chamber. _— garnie_; furnished lodging. _Femme de —_; chambermaid. _Robe de —_; dressing-gown. _Garder la —_; to keep one’s room. _Convoquer les —s_; to convoke parliament. _Avoir des —s à louer dans la tête_; to be rather empty-headed, to be a visionary. _Arrêter_, _louer_, _une —_; to hire, to secure a room. _Faire une —_; to do (clean) a room.

=chambré=, =-e=, _adj._, (of fire-arms) chambered, provided with a powder-chamber; honeycombed (of cannon).

=chambrée=, _n.f._, persons sleeping in one room; (thea.) house; mess, barrack-room (of soldiers).

=chambrelan=, _n.m._, (pop., l.u.) workman who works in his own room; single-room lodger.

☉=chambrer=, _v.n._, to chum together.

_se_ =chambrer=, _v.r._, to become honeycombed.

=chambrer=, _v.a._, to keep anyone confined either by force or art; to take one aside in a company; to chamber (of guns).

=chambrette=, _n.f._, little room.

☉=chambrier=, _n.m._, chamberlain.

=chambrière=, _n.f._, chamber-maid; (man.) horse-whip.

=chame= _or_ =came=, _n.f._, (conch.) chama; muscle, heart-cockle.

=chameau=, _n.m._, camel; (fig.) heavy fellow. _Rejeter le moucheron et avaler le —_; to strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

=chamelier=, _n.m._, camel-driver.

=chamelle=, _n.f._, female camel.

=chamelon= (sham-lon), _n.m._, young camel.

=chamois=, _n.m._, chamois, shamoy, wild goat; shammy; shammy-leather; chamois leather.

=chamois=, _adj._, buff, drab.

=chamoiser=, _v.a._, to shamoy.

_se_ =chamoiser=, _v.r._, to be shamoyed.

=chamoiserie=, _n.f._, chamois factory; chamois leather.

=chamoiseur=, _n.m._, shamoy-dresser.

=champ= (shān), _n.m._, field, piece of ground; career; opportunity, scope; matter, theme, subject; compass, space; (her.) field. _À tout bout de —_; every moment. _À travers —s_; over hedge and ditch, across country. _— de bataille_; field of battle. _— de courses_; race-course. _— de repos_; the churchyard, God’s acre. _— clos_; lists (for combat). _Sur-le-—_; at once, immediately. _Battre aux —s_; (milit.) to beat a salute. _Donner la clef des —s_; to give anyone his liberty. _Être aux —s_; to be in the country; (fig.) to be in a passion. _Courir les —s_; to run about the country. _Prendre la clef des —s_; to take to one’s heels; to bolt. _Le — est libre_; the coast is clear. _Il est fou à courir les —s_; he is as mad as a march hare. _Être aux —s_; not to know where one is.

*=champagne=, _n.m._, champagne. _— frappé_; iced champagne. _— mousseux_; sparkling champagne. _— non mousseux_; still champagne. _Fine —_; liqueur brandy.

*=champagniser=, _v.a._, to turn into champagne.

=champart=, _n.m._, (feudality) field-rent paid in kind to the lord.

=champarter=, _v.a._, to exercise the right of levying field-rent in kind.

=champarteur=, _n.m._, bailiff charged to collect field-rent in kind.

☉=champeaux=, _n.m.pl._, grass fields.

=champenois=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, native of Champagne.

=champenois=, =-e=, _adj._, of Champagne.

=champêtre=, _adj._, rural, rustic, country-like, sylvan. _Garde —_; keeper.

=champignon=, _n.m._, mushroom, toadstool; waster, thief (in a candle); bonnet-stand, peg; (arch.) cap.

*=champignonnière=, _n.f._, mushroom-bed.

=champion=, _n.m._, champion, chieftain; combatant.

=championnat=, _n.m._, championship.

=champlure=, _n.f._, frost-bite (of a vine); tap-hole (of a cask).

=chance=, _n.f._, hazard (at dice); chance, luck, good luck, good fortune; risk. _Courir la —_; to run the risk. _Être en —_; to be lucky, _or_ in luck’s way. _Souhaiter bonne — à quelqu’un_; to wish any one good luck. _Il n’est — qui ne retourne_; luck will change.

=chancelant=, =-e=, _adj._, staggering, tottering, unsettled; unsteady, irresolute, wavering.

=chanceler=, _v.n._, to stagger, to totter, to reel, to falter, to waver, to be unsteady.

=chancelier=, _n.m._, chancellor. _Grand —_; high chancellor.

=chancelière=, _n.f._, chancellor’s wife; foot-muff.

=chancellement= (-mān), _n.m._, reeling, tottering, staggering, unsteadiness.

=chancellerie= (-sèl-rî), _n.f._, chancellor’s house, office, chancellery. _Grande —_; office of the great seal. _Petite —_; office of the privy seal.

=chanceu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lucky, fortunate; uncertain, doubtful (of things).

=chancir=, _v.n._, to grow musty, moldy.

=chancissure=, _n.f._, mustiness, moldiness.

=chancre=, _n.m._, (agri., bot., vet.) canker; (med.) chancre.

=chancreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cancerous, cankered; (med.) chancrous.

=chandeleur= (shand-lēur), _n.f._, Candlemas.

=chandelier=, _n.m._, candlestick; chandler, tallowchandler; (nav.) crotch. _— à manche_; flat candlestick. _— de mineur_; miner’s crowbar. _Être placé sur le —_; to occupy a conspicuous position.

=chandelière=, _n.f._, tallow-chandler (woman).

=chandelle=, _n.f._, candle, tallow-candle; light. _— plongée_; dip-candle. _— de glace_; icicle. _— de veille_; rush-light. _Moucher la —_; to snuff the candle. _Eteindre la —_; to put out the candle. _Souffler la —_; to blow out the candle. _Travailler à la —_; to work by candle-light. _Brûler la — par les deux bouts_; to burn the candle at both ends. _Le jeu n’en vaut pas la —_; it is not worth one’s while. _S’en aller comme une —_; to go off like the snuff of a candle. _Voir trente-six —s_; to be stunned; to see the stars by daylight. _C’est une économie de bouts de —_; that is penny wise and pound foolish. _Il vous doit une belle —_; he ought to be very grateful to you.

=chandellerie=, _n.f._, candle-factory.

=chanfrein=, _n.m._, forehead (of a horse); chanfrin (armor for a horse’s head); (arch.) chamfer, chamfret; (zoöl.) chaffron.

=chanfreiner=, _v.a._, (arch.) to chamfer, to rabbet; (carp.) to cant, to edge.

=change=, _n.m._, exchange (barter); (com.) exchange; money-change; agio; (fig.) wrong scent. _Lettres de —_; letters of exchange. _Agent de —_; stock-broker. _— commun_; average exchange. _— direct_; direct exchange. _— extérieur_; foreign exchange. _— du jour_; current exchange. _Commerce de —_; exchange business. _Cote de —_; current rate of exchange. _Fausse lettre de —_; forged bill. _Lettre de — sur l’étranger_; foreign bill of exchange. _Le — est au pair_; the exchange is at par. _Première de —_; first of exchange. _Seconde de —_; second of exchange. _Seule de —_; sole of exchange. _Au — de_; at the rate of exchange of. _Bureau de — de monnaie_; exchange office. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to put any one on the wrong scent. _Rendre le — à quelqu’un_; to give a Roland for an Oliver, _or_ tit for tat; to pay back in one’s own coin. _Tirer une lettre de — sur quelqu’un_; to draw a bill on anyone.

=changeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, changeable, fickle, unsteady, variable, inconstant, unstable, unsettled (of the weather).

=changement= (shanj-mān), _n.m._, change, alteration, changing, variation, mutation; (jur.) amendment. _Amener un —_; to bring about a change. _— à vue_; scene-shifting. _— de voie_; shunting.

=changeoter= (-jo-té), _v.n._, (fam., l.u.) to change often.

=changer=, _v.a._, to change, to exchange; to alter, to turn, to commute, to convert, to transform.

_se_ =changer=, _v.r._, to be changed, converted; to alter, to change.

=changer=, _v.n._, to change, to alter. _— de logis_, _de demeure_; to shift one’s quarters, to remove. _— d’avis_; to alter one’s mind. _— de chemise_; to change one’s shirt. _— d’habits_; to change clothes. _— de voie_ (rail.); to shunt.

=changeur=, _n.m._, money-changer.

=chanoine=, _n.m._, canon.

=chanoinesse=, _n.f._, canoness.

☉=chanoinie=, _n.f._, canonry, canonship.

=chanson=, _n.f._, song, ballad; ditty; (fig.) idle story, stuff, trash. _Refrain d’une —_; chorus of a song. _C’est toujours la même —_; it is the same thing over and over again; it is always harping on the same string. _Voilà bien une autre —_; that is another story altogether. _—s que tout cela!_ all idle stories! _—s!_ humbug, stuff!

=chansonner=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to lampoon.

=chansonnette=, _n.f._, little song, ditty.

=chansonneur=, _n.m._, lampooner.

=chansonnier=, _n.m._, ballad-writer; song-book.

=chansonnière=, _n.f._, song-writer (woman).

=chant=, _n.m._, singing, strain, song; air; lay, ditty, melody; chant, hymn, book. _Plain —_; plain chant, canto fermo. _Le — du coq_; the crowing of the cock. _— funèbre_; dirge.

=chantable=, _adj._, fit to be sung, worth singing.

=chantage=, _n.m._, extortion of hush money; blackmailing.

=chantant=, =-e=, _adj._, tunable, easily sung, easily set to music; musical, harmonious.

=chanteau=, _n.m._, hunch of bread; bit of stuff.

=chantepleure= (shant-pleur), _n.f._, funnel with a rose; gully-hole.

=chantepleurer=, _v.a._, to tread (grapes).

=chanter=, _v.n._, to sing, to chant; to chirp, to warble, to crow; (fam.) to say too much. _Ce criminel a chanté à la question_; (fam.) that prisoner let the cat out of the bag. _— juste_, _agréablement_, _passablement_; to sing true, agreeably, tolerably. _— faux_; to sing out of tune. _— à livre ouvert_; to sing at sight. _C’est comme si vous chantiez_; it is as if you were talking to the wind. _L’alouette chante_; the lark carols. _Le coq chante_; the cock crows. _La cigale chante_; the grasshopper chirps. _— sur tous les tons_; to ring the changes on. _Tel chante qui ne rit pas_; the heart may be sad though the face be gay. _Je lui ai chanté sa gamme_; I lectured him finely. _— à faire pitié_; to sing wretchedly.

=chanter=, _v.a._, to sing, to chant; to extol, to praise; to celebrate; to warble; to talk, to tell, stuff. _— victoire_; to cry victory, to crow over a victory. _Que me chantez-vous là?_ what stuff are you telling me now? _Se —_; to be sung.

=chanterelle= (shān-trél), _n.f._, first string of a violin, &c.; decoy-bird; musical-bottle.

=chanteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, singing (of birds).

=chanteur=, _n.m._, singer, vocalist; songster (of birds). _— des rues_; ballad-singer; extortioner.

=chanteuse=, _n.f._, singer, street-singer, vocalist.

=chantier= (-tié), _n.m._, timber-yard, wood-yard; stone-yard; dock-yard; stand, block, stocks; shop, shed. _L’ouvrage est sur le —_; the work is begun or in hand.

*=chantignole=, _n.f._, (carp.) wooden block; bracket.

=chantonner=, _a.n._, to hum, to hum a tune.

☉=chantonnerie= (to-n-rî), _n.f._, humming, drawling.

=chantournage=, _n.m._, cutting in profile.

=chantourné=, _n.m._, head-piece of a bedstead.

=chantourner=, _v.a._, to cut in profile.

=chantre=, _n.m._, singer, chorister, chanter; precentor, lay-clerk; songster, songstress (of birds). _Les —s des bois_; the feathered songsters.

=chantrerie=, _n.f._, precentorship.

=chanvre=, _n.m._, hemp.

=chanvrier=, _n.m._, hemp-dresser, dealer in hemp.

=chanvrière=, _n.f._, hemp-field.

=chaos= (kaô), _n.m._, chaos, confusion, disorder.

=chaotique=, _adj._, chaotic.

=chape=, _n.f._, cope (church garment); (arch.) cope. _Disputer de la — à l’évêque_; to dispute about what does not concern one.

=chapeau=, _n.m._, hat; bonnet; wreath of flowers (for a bride); (carp.) hand-piece; (bot.) cap; pileus (of a mushroom). _— à grand bord_; broad-brimmed hat. _— à petit bord_; narrow-brimmed hat. _— à haute forme_; tall-hat, top-hat. _— d’évêque_; (bot.) barrenwort. _— chinois_; (milit. mus.) Chinese bells. _— de paille d’Italie_; Leghorn hat. _La carre d’un —_; the crown of a hat. _— à cornes_; three-cornered hat. _Ôter son —_; to take off one’s hat. _— bas_; hat in hand. _—x bas!_ hats off. _— de paille_; straw hat. _— de velours_; velvet bonnet. _Le bord_, _la passe_, _la forme d’un —_; the border, the front, the shape of a hat. _— de fleurs_; garland of flowers. _Frère —_; assistant-brother (monk). _Enfoncer son —_; to pull one’s hat over one’s eyes; to screw up one’s courage. _Il y a eu bien des —x de reste_; there were many men killed. _Il n’y avait pas un seul —_; there wasn’t a single man there.

☉=chape-chute=, _n.f._, windfall, lucky hit.

☉=chape-chuter=, _v.n._, to make a slight noise.

=chapelain= (shap-lin), _n.m._, chaplain.

=chapeler= (sha-plé), _v.a._, to rasp (bread).

=chapelet= (cha-plè), _n.m._, chaplet, rosary, beads, bead-roll; (man., arch.) chaplet; beads (in brandy). _Dire son —_; to tell one’s beads. _Défiler son —_; to say all one has to say; to empty one’s budget. _Il n’a pas gagné cela en disant son —_; he did not get that for nothing.

=chapeli-er=, =-ère=, _n.m.f._, hatter, hat manufacturer.

=chapelle=, _n.f._, chapel; church plate, living; vault of an oven. _Faire —_; (nav.) to broach to, to chapel the ship. _Maître de —_; precentor. _— ardente_; lights round a coffin. _Pour la petite — s’il vous plaît_; please remember the grotto. _Tenir —_; to attend divine service in state.

=chapellenie= (sha-pèl-nî), _n.f._, chaplainship, chaplaincy.

=chapellerie= (sha-pèl-rî), _n.f._, hat-making; hat-trade.

=chapelure= (sha-plur), _n.f._, bread; raspings; grated bread.

=chaperon= (sha-pron), _n.m._, chaperon, hood; shoulder-knot; chaperon; coping of a wall; holster-cap.

=chaperonner=, _v.a._, to cope a wall; to chaperon (a young girl); to hood (a hawk).

=chapier=, _n.m._, priest with a cope, cope-maker.

=chapiteau=, _n.m._, (arch.) capital; crest; top; (of a press, mirror, &c.); head of a still; cap (of a fusee).

=chapitre=, _n.m._, chapter (of a book, of knights, of a cathedral); chapter; chapter-house; subject, matter of discourse, head. _En voilà assez sur ce —_; that is quite enough on that score. _Avoir voix au —_; to have interest at the board. _Passons sur ce —_; let us waive the subject.

=chapitrer=, _v.a._, to reprimand, to rebuke, to lecture any one.

=chapon=, _n.m._, capon; sop in broth; crust of bread rubbed with garlic. _Le vol du —_; certain extent of ground about a country-seat. _Avoir les mains faites en — rôti_; to have crooked fingers; to be light-fingered. _Qui — mange — lui vient_; money begets money.

=chaponneau=, _n.m._, (l.u.) young capon.

=chaponner=, _v.a._, to capon.

=chaponnière=, _n.f._, stew-pan (for capons).

=chaque=, _adj._, each, every. _— pays a ses coutumes_; every country has its customs. _À — jour suffit sa peine_; sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

=char=, _n.m._, car, chariot. _— funèbre_; hearse. _— à bancs_; wagonette, jaunting car. _— de triomphe_; triumphal car.

=charabia=, _n.m._, gibberish, gabble.

=charade=, _n.f._, charade.

=charançon=, _n.m._, snout, beetle, weevil.

=charançonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (of corn) weeviled.

=charbon=, _n.m._, coal; embers; charcoal; carbuncle; (agri.) black rust; (med.) anthrax. _— de bois_; charcoal. _— de terre_; coal. _Être sur les —s_; to be on thorns. _Mine à —_; coal-mine.

=charbonnage=, _n.m._, (l.u.) coal-mining.

=charbonnée=, _n.f._, short rib of beef.

=charbonner=, _v.a._, to char; to black with coal; to besmut.

_se_ =charbonner=, _v.r._, to be charred, to burn black, to smolder.

=charbonnerie= (-bo-n-rî), _n.f._, coal-store.

=charbonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) carbuncled.

=charbonnier=, _n.m._, charcoal-burner, coal-seller, coal-man; coal-shed, coal-hole; (ich.) coal-fish; (nav.) collier. _Le — est maître chez lui_ or _chez soi_; a man’s house is his castle.

=charbonnière=, _n.f._, charcoal-kiln; coal-seller; coal-man’s wife; (orni.) titmouse.

*=charbouiller=, _v.a._, (agri.) to blight.

=charbucle=, _n.f._, (agri.) blight (in corn).

=charcuter=, _v.a._, to chop up (meat); to hack, to mangle.

=charcuterie= (-ku-trî), _n.f._, pork-butcher’s meat; pork-butcher’s business; dressed pork.

=charcuti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (-tié, -ti-èr), pork-butcher.

=chardon=, _n.m._, thistle; spike (on a wall). _— aux ânes_; cotton-thistle. _— à foulon_; teasel. _— étoilé_; star-thistle.

=chardonner=, _v.a._, to teasel (cloth).

=chardonneret= (-do-n-rè), _n.m._, (orni.) gold-finch; painted-lady, butterfly.

=chardonnette= _or_ =cardonnette=, _n.f._, prickly artichoke.

=chardonnière=, _n.f._, thistle-waste.

=charge=, _n.f._, load, lading, freight, pack; tax, expense; burden, clog; charge; accusation, imputation, indictment; post; place; office, employment; order, command, commission; custody, care; charge, onset; charge (of a gun); (vet., paint., jur.) charge; exaggeration, caricature. _Femme de —_; housekeeper. _Être à — à quelqu’un_; to be a burden upon any one. _Cela est à ma —_; I have to pay for that. _Il faut prendre le bénéfice avec les —s_; we must take the good with the bad. _Faire une —_; (milit.) to charge. _Se démettre de sa —_; to resign one’s place or office. _On a donné trop de — à ce mur_; this wall has been overloaded. _Sonner la —_; to sound the charge. _Revenir à la —_; to make a new attempt. _À la — de_, _à la — que_; upon condition that, provided that. _Prendre —_; to take in cargo. _Rompre —_; to break bulk.

=chargé=, =-e=, _part._, loaded, burdened; (print.) foul (of proofs). _Dés —s_; loaded dice; registered (of a letter). _Le temps est —_; the weather is overcast. _— d’affaires_; chargé d’affaires, envoy. _— de cours_; assistant-lecturer; professor; substitute.

=chargeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, clogging, heavy.

=chargement=, _n.m._, cargo, lading, freight, shipment; bill of lading; shipment.

=charger=, _v.a._, to load, to saddle, to lade, to freight, to charge; to burden, to clog, to overburthen, to encumber; to impute, to lay a thing to any one’s charge; to charge with, to command, to give a thing in charge, to trust with; to charge, to fall upon, to make an onset on; to load (a gun); to fill (pipe); to set down; to lay on; (paint.) to overcharge, to exaggerate. _— un fusil_; to load a gun. _— toutes les voiles_; to clap on all sails. _— une lettre_; to register a letter.

_se_ =charger=, _v.r._, to take charge, to charge one’s self; to become overcast (of the weather); to burden one’s self, to saddle one’s self with.

=charger=, _v.n._, to load; to exaggerate, to lay it on.

=chargeur=, _n.m._, loader, ship-porter; (nav.) gunner.

☉=charier=. _V._ =charrier=.

=chariot=, _n.m._, wagon, cart, truck, trolley, wain. (astron.) _Le grand —_; Charles’ wain; Ursa Major. _Le petit —_; Ursa Minor.

=charitable=, _adj._, charitable.

=charitablement=, _adv._, charitably.

=charité=, _n.f._, charity, love, benevolence; alms, almsgiving. _Faire la —_; to give alms. _Demander la —_; to beg. _— bien ordonnée commence par soi-même_; charity begins at home. _Sœur de —_; sister of mercy. _La —, s’il vous plaît!_ a penny, kind gentleman, if you please.

=charivari=, _n.m._, rough music, hubbub, clatter, noise, shindy.

=charivariser=, _v.a._, to give rough music; to kick up a row.

=charivariseur=, =charivarieur=, _or_ =charivariste=, _n.m._, mock-musician; rioter, roysterer.

=charlatan=, _n.m._, mountebank, quack, charlatan, empiric, wheedler.

=charlatane=, _n.f._, wheedler.

=charlataner=, _v.a._, to gull, to wheedle, to cajole.

=charlatanerie=, _n.f._, quackery, charlatanery, juggling.

=charlatanesque=, _adj._, quackish.

=charlatanisme=, _n.m._, quackery, charlatanism, charlatanry.

=charlemagne=, _n.m._, (fig.) short broadsword. _Faire —_; to leave off a winner.

=charlot=, _n.m._, curlew. _— de plage_; sea-lark.

=charlotte=, _n.f._, (cook.) charlotte.

=charmant=, =-e=, _adj._, charming, delightful, pleasing, lovely.

=charme=, _n.m._, charm, spell, enchantment; attraction, delight; (bot.) horn-beam, yoke-elm. _Cela vous va comme un —_; that fits you perfectly, splendidly, to a tee. _Se porter comme un —_; to be in perfect health. _Sous le —_; under the spell.

=charmer=, _v.a._, to charm, to enchant, to bewitch, to fascinate; to captivate, to please, to delight, to beguile, to while away. _Je suis charmé de vous voir_; I am delighted to see you.

=charmeur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) charmer, enchanter.

=charmeuse=, _n.f._, (l.u.) bewitching woman, enchantress.

*=charmille=, _n.f._, horn-beam, yoke-elm; hedge of yoke-elm trees; bower, arbor.

=charmoie=, _n.f._, grove of hornbeam or yoke-elm trees.

=charnel=, =-le=, _adj._, carnal, sensual.

=charnellement= (-mān), _adv._, carnally.

=charnier=, _n.m._, charnel-house; ☉larder.

=charnière=, _n.f._, hinge, joint.

=charnu=, =-e=, _adj._, fleshy, plump; brawny, carneous.

=charnure=, _n.f._, flesh, skin.

*=charogne=, _n.f._, carrion; (fig.) blackguard.

=charpente=, _n.f._, timber-work, carpenter’s work; frame, frame-work. _Bois de —_; timber.

=charpenter=, _v.a._, to square timber; to hack, to mangle.

=charpenterie= (-pān-trî), _n.f._, carpentry; carpenter’s work, carpenter’s trade; timberwork; timber-yard (of dock-yards).

=charpentier= (-tié), _n.m._, carpenter; (whale-fishery), whale-cutter.

=charpi=, _n.m._, cooper’s block.

=charpie=, _n.f._, lint. _En —_; (of meat) boiled to rags.

=charrée=, _n.f._, buck-ashes; lye.

=charretée= (shar-tée), _n.f._, cart-load.

=charretier= (shar-tié), _n.m._, carman, carter, wagoner; plow-boy, plowman. _Il n’y a si bon — qui ne verse_; it’s a good horse that never stumbles. _Jurer comme un — embourbé_; to swear like a trooper.

=charreti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, passable for carts, &c. _Chemin —_; cart-road. _Voie —ère_; track (space between the two wheels of a cart).