Part 32

=charrette=, _n.f._, cart. _— à bras_; hand-cart. _— à ressorts_; spring-cart. _Train de —_; skeleton-cart. _Mettre la — devant les bœufs_; to put the cart before the horse. _Mieux vaut être cheval que —_; better lead than be led. _C’est un avaleur de —s ferrées_; he is a great brag.

=charriage=, _n.m._, cartage.

=charrier=, _v.a._, to cart, to bring in a cart; to drift; (med.) to be loaded with.

=charrier=, _v.n._, to drift (of ice), scud (of clouds). _La rivière charrie_; the river is filled with drift-ice. _— droit_; to behave properly; to do what is right.

=charrier=, _n.m._, bucking-cloth.

=charroi=, _n.m._, carting, wagonage.

=charron=, _n.m._, wheelwright.

=charronnage=, _n.m._, wheelwright’s work.

=charroyer=, _v.a._, to cart (heavy things).

=charrue=, _n.f._, plow. _Mettre la — devant les bœufs_; to put the cart before the horse. _Passer la — sur_; to plow. _Tirer la —_; to drudge, work hard.

=charte=, _n.f._, charter; policy; title-deeds. _La grande —_; Magna Charta.

=charte-partie=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (com.) charter-party.

=chartographe=, _n.m._, chartographer.

=chartographique=, _adj._, chartographic.

=chartographie=, _n.f._, chartography; mapping.

☉=charton= _or_ =charreton=, _n.m._, carter, coachman.

☉=chartre=, _n.f._, charter (old document).

☉=chartre=, _n.f._, prison; consumption. _Tenir quelqu’un en — privée_; to detain anyone illegally.

=chartreuse=, _n.f._, Carthusian convent; Carthusian nun; isolated country-house; (cook.) mixed vegetables. _Liqueur —_; (cordial).

=chartreux=, _n.m._, Carthusian friar, cat of a bluish gray.

=chartrier=, _n.m._, charter-house; charter-room, muniment-room; keeper of charters.

=chartron=, _n.m._ _Faire_ or _former le —_; to stand in a row near the footlights.

=charybde=, _n.m._, Charybdis. _Tomber de — en Scylla_; to fall from the frying-pan into the fire.

=chas=, _n.m._, eye (of a needle); weaver’s starch; (tech.) plumb rule.

=châsse=, _n.f._, reliquary; shrine; frame; handle (of lancets); cheek (of a balance).

=chassé=, _n.m._, chasse, a step in dancing.

=chasse=, _n.f._, chase, hunt, hunting, chasing, pursuit; game; (mus.) chasse; play (of machinery). _— à courre_; coursing, hunting. _— au tir_; shooting. _— au vol_, _— aux oiseaux_; fowling. _— aux flambeaux_; bat fowling. _Un garde-—_; a game-keeper. _Prendre —_ (nav.); to sheer off. _Donner —_; to pursue. _Soutenir —_; to maintain a running fight.

=chasse-avant=, _n.m._, (_—_) overseer, foreman.

=chasse-chien=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) beadle; keeper employed to drive away dogs.

=chasse-coquins=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) beggar-driver, beadle.

=chasse-cousins=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) paltry dinner, bad wine; cold shoulder, poor reception.

=chasse-croisé=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (dancing) chasse-croisé; (fig.) a change of office or situation.

=chasse-ennui=, _n.m._, (_—_) an exhilarant, stimulant.

=chasselas= (shas-la), _n.m._, grapes, chasselas.

=chasse-marée=, _n.m._, (_—_) fish-cart; driver of a fish-cart; lugger.

=chasse-mouches=, _n.m._, (_—_) fly-flap; fly-net.

=chasse-mulet=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) miller’s man.

=chasse-neige=, _n.m._, snow-plow.

=chasse-pierres=, _n.m._, (_—_) (railways) guard-iron, cow-catcher; catapult.

*=chasse-poignée=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) cutler’s tool, driver.

=chassepot=, _n.m._, name of the rifle in use in the French army until 1871.

=chasser=, _v.a._, to hunt, to chase, to pursue; to beat (gold); to turn out, to expel; to drive, to drive forward. _— un clou_; to drive in a nail. _— un domestique_; to turn away, to discharge, a servant. _Qui deux choses chasse, ni l’une ni l’autre ne prend_; (prov.) between two stools one falls to the ground. _— le mauvais air_; to ventilate. _Ne pas — deux lièvres à la fois_; not to have too many irons in the fire. _Un clou chasse l’autre_; one idea drives away another. _— la terre_; (nav.) to approach, to reconnoiter, the coast.

=chasser=, _v.n._, to shoot; to hunt; to roll along easily; to drive (of clouds); (print.) to drive out. _— au fusil_; to shoot. _— aux perdrix_; to shoot partridges. _— aux lions_; to hunt lions. _— sur son ancre_; (nav.) to drag the anchor. _— à courre_; to hunt, to course. _— au faucon_; to hawk. _— de race_; (prov.) to be a chip of the old block. _— aux blancs moineaux_; to lose one’s time in running after impossibilities.

=chasseresse= (shas-rès), _n.f._, huntress.

=chasse-roue=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) spur-post; guard-iron.

=chasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hunter, sportsman; huntsman, gamekeeper; chasseur (footman); light infantry soldier; ship that chases another. _—s à cheval_; (milit.) light cavalry.

=chassie=, _n.f._, gum of the eye.

=chassieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, blear-eyed.

=châssis=, _n.m._, (print.) chase; window-sash frame. _Fenêtre à —_; sash-window. _— dormant_; the fixed part of a window-frame. _— de jardin_, _de couche_; garden-frame; glass-frame. (motor) chassis. _— presse_; (phot.) printing-frame.

=chassoir=, _n.m._, cooper’s tool, driver; (tech.) drift.

=chaste=, _adj._, chaste, continent, honest, modest, pure, virtuous; (style) neat, correct, terse.

=chastement=, _adv._, chastely, honestly, purely, virtuously.

=chasteté=, _n.f._, chastity, chasteness, continence, purity.

=chasuble=, _n.f._, chasuble.

=chasublier=, _n.m._, maker of chasubles.

=chat=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, cat; darling, dear; searcher (to examine cannons); plumb-rule; (nav.) cat. _Petit —_; kitten. _Herbe aux —s_; cat’s-mint. _— musqué_; civet, musk-cat. _— cervier_; lynx. _— bon aux souris_; good mouser. _— à neuf queues_; cat-o’-nine-tails. _Votre chatte est pleine_; your cat is with kitten. _À bon — bon rat_; set a thief to catch a thief; tit for tat; diamond cut diamond. _— échaudé craint l’eau froide_; a burnt child dreads the fire. _La nuit tous les —s sont gris_; when candles are away all cats are grey. _Il n’y a pas là de quoi fouetter un —_; it is a mere trifle. _N’éveillez pas le — qui dort_; let sleeping dogs lie. _Acheter — en poche_; to buy a pig in a poke. _Se servir de la patte du — pour tirer les marrons du feu_; to make a cat’s-paw of anyone. _Il n’y a pas un —_; there is not a living soul there. _Le — parti, les souris dansent_; when the cat’s away the mice will play. _Comme — sur braise_; like a cat on hot bricks. _Œil-de-—_; calf’s snout, snapdragon. _Patte-de-—_; ground-ivy. _Pied-de-—_; cat’s-foot, ale-hoof, tune-hoof. _Sabbat de —_, _musique de —_; caterwauling. _Mon petit —_; (term of endearment) my dear, my darling. _Appeler un — un —_; to call a spade a spade, not to mince matters. _Avoir un — dans la gorge_; to have a phlegm in one’s throat (of singers). _Nous avons d’autres —s à fouetter_; we have other fish to fry. _— en poche_; a pig in a poke. _Bailler le — par les pattes_; to bell the cat. _Ces gens vivent comme chien et —_; these people live like cat and dog. _Emporter le —_; to go away without paying one’s reckoning, to take French leave.

*=châtaigne=, _n.f._, chestnut. _— amère_; horse-chestnut. _— d’eau_; water-caltrops.

*=châtaigneraie=, _n.f._, chestnut grove.

*=châtaignier=, _n.m._, chestnut-tree or wood.

=châtain=, _adj._, chestnut, nut-brown, auburn. _— clair_; light auburn.

=chataire=, _n.f._ _V._ =cataire=.

=château=, _n.m._, castle, fort, citadel; country-seat, mansion, palace. _— fort_; fortress. _— seigneurial_; baronial-hall. _Faire des —x en Espagne_; to build castles in the air. _— de carte_; house of cards. _— d’eau_; water-works, artificial fountain.

=châteaubriand=, _n.m._, fillet-steak.

=châtelain= (shâ-tlin), _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._ and _adj._, lord, lady, of a manor, squire.

=châtelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) turreted.

☉=châtelet= (sha-tlè), _n.m._, small castle; a former prison or law-courts at Paris.

☉=châtellenie=, _n.f._, castellany, castle-ward.

☉=chatepeleuse=, _n.f._, curculio, weevil.

=chat-huant= (sha-uān), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) owl, screech-owl, horn-owl.

=châtiable=, _adj._, chastisable, punishable.

=châtier= (-tié), _v.a._, to chastise, to correct, to punish, to scourge, to flog; (c.rel.) to chasten. _Qui aime bien, châtie bien_; spare the rod and spoil the child. _— une pièce de vers_; to polish a piece of poetry.

=chatière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, cat’s hole; cat-trap.

=châtiment=, _n.m._, chastisement, correction, punishment, castigation; (c.rel.) chastening.

=chatoiement= _or_ =chatoîment=, _n.m._, chatoyment, sparkling, glistening, play of colors.

=chaton=, _n.m._, kitten; bezel (of a ring); outward husk or cup of the nut; (bot.) catkin; case of a watch.

*=chatouillement=, _n.m._, tickling; titillation.

*=chatouiller=, _v.a._, to tickle, to titillate; to please, to gratify; to flatter; to touch a horse lightly with the spur.

_se_ =chatouiller=, _v.r._, to tickle oneself; to excite oneself (to gayety, good humor).

*=chatouilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ticklish, delicate, nice; touchy.

=chatoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, chatoyant, shot, glistening (of colors).

=chatoyer=, _v.n._, to be chatoyant, to glisten; to play (of colors); (of style) to be florid.

=chat-pard=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) mountain-cat.

=châtré=, _n.m._, eunuch. _Voix de —_; shrill voice.

=châtré=, =-e=, _adj._, emasculate, castrated.

=châtrer=, _v.a._, to castrate; to expurgate; to take away the honey and wax from a bee-hive; to lop, prune; (fig.) to mutilate, to curtail, to retrench; (vet.) to geld. _— une truie_; to spay a sow. _— des cotrets_; to take sticks from fagots of wood. _— les tiges de tabac_; to top tobacco-plants.

_se_ =châtrer=, _v.r._, to castrate oneself; to be mutilated (of books, plays, &c.).

=châtreur=, _n.m._, gelder.

=châtrure=, _n.f._, castrating; gelding.

=chatte=, _n.f._, she-cat. _V._ =chat=.

=chattée=, _n.f._, litter of kittens.

=chattemite=, _n.f._, demure-looking person; hypocrite, dissembler.

=chatter=, _v.n._, to kitten.

=chatterie=, _n.f._, playfulness; hypocritical caress; daintiness; pretty or coaxing way.

=chaud=, =-e=, _adj._, hot, warm, burning, glowing; ardent; fervent, fervid, fierce; zealous, eager; coaxing, hasty, hot-headed, passionate; proud (of animals). _Fièvre —e_; violent fever. _Pleurer à —es larmes_; to cry bitterly. _Tomber de fièvre en — mal_; to fall out of the frying-pan into the fire. _Faire —_; to be warm (of weather). _Avoir la tête —e_; to be passionate. _Tout —_; quite hot. _Il faut battre le fer pendant qu’il est —_; (prov.) strike while the iron is hot; make hay while the sun shines. _Cet ouvrage est tout —_; this work is quite new. _Ne trouver rien de trop — ni de trop froid_; to wish to have everything. _La donner bien —e_; to excite unnecessarily great alarm. _Être — de vin_; (fam.) to be a little sprung. _L’action fut —e_; (milit.) the engagement was a warm one. _Manger —_, _boire —_; to eat, drink, warm things.

=chaud=, _n.m._, heat, warmth. _Il fait —_; it is hot. _Il fait grand —_; it is very hot. _Avoir —_; to be hot. _Souffrir le — et le froid_; to endure heat and cold. _Cela ne fait ni — ni froid_; that is immaterial, of no importance; that is neither here nor there. _Souffler le — et le froid_; to blow hot and cold in the same breath. _Cela ne lui fait ni — ni froid_; that is quite indifferent to him.

=chaud=, _adv._, hot, warm.

=chaude=, _n.f._, (metal.) heating. _Battre la —_; to beat whilst the metal is hot. _À la —_; in the first heat of passion, on the spur of the moment.

☉=chaudeau=, _n.m._, caudle; egg-flip.

=chaudelait=, _n.m._, batter-pudding.

=chaudement= (shôd-mān), _adv._, warmly, briskly, quickly, eagerly, fiercely, hotly.

=chaud-froid=, _n.m._, fancy dish (eaten cold).

=chaudier=, _v.n._, (hunt.) (of bitches) to be proud; to couple.

=chaudière=, _n.f._, copper, large kettle; boiler (of a steam-engine).

=chaudret= _or_ =chauderet=, _n.m._, (gold-beating) mould of about one thousand leaves.

=chaudron=, _n.m._, large kettle, boiler, caldron.

=chaudronnée=, _n.f._, caldronful, kettleful.

=chaudronnerie=, _n.f._, coppersmith’s trade, copper wares, brazier’s wares.

=chaudronni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, brazier, coppersmith. _— de campagne_; tinker.

=chauffage=, _n.m._, fuel, firewood, firing; right of cutting firewood; (nav.) breaming.

=chauffe=, _n.f._, (metal.) furnace.

=chauffe-assiettes=, _n.m._, (_—_) plate-warmer.

=chauffe-chemise=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) _or_ =chauffe-linge=, _n.m._, (_—_) clothes-horse, linen-warmer.

=chauffe-cire=, _n.m._, (_—_) (pers.) chafe-wax.

=chauffe-lit=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) bed-warmer.

=chauffe-pieds=, _n.m._, (_—_) foot-warmer.

=chauffer=, _v.a._, to heat, to warm; to excite. _— un vaisseau_; (nav.) to bream a ship. _— un poste_; (milit.) to keep up a sharp fire on a post. _— quelqu’un_; to pay any one off.

_se_ =chauffer=, _v.r._, to warm one’s self. _Ne pas se — du même bois_; not to be of the same way of thinking. _Savoir de quel bois on se chauffe_; to know what stuff anyone is made of.

=chauffer=, _v.n._, to be heating, to grow hot; to be brewing; to be urgent, pressing; (of a steam engine) to get up steam. _Ce n’est pas pour vous que le four chauffe_; there is nothing for you.

=chaufferette= (shô-frèt), _n.f._, foot-warmer (in the house); chafing-dish.

=chaufferie=, _n.f._, chafery, stoke-hole.

=chauffeur=, _n.m._, fireman, stoker, chauffeur; bellows-blower; (fig.) braggart, humbug.

=chauffoir=, _n.m._, warming-place; warm cloth; heater.

=chauffure=, _n.f._, flaw (in iron or steel).

=chaufour=, _n.m._, lime-kiln.

=chaufournier=, _n.m._, lime-burner.

=chaulage=, _n.m._, (agri.) liming.

=chauler=, _v.a._, to lime; to steep wheat in lime-water previous to sowing it.

=chaulier=, _n.m._, lime-burner.

=chaumage=, _n.m._, stubble-cutting; time at which stubble is cut.

=chaume=, _n.m._, stubble; stubble-field; thatch; (bot.) culm, haulm. _Être né sous le —_; to be born in a cottage. _Couvreur en —_; thatcher. _Couvrir de —_; to thatch. _Plein de —_; stubbly.

=chaumer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to cut stubble.

=chaumière=, _n.f._, thatched house, cottage, cot.

=chaumine=, _n.f._, small cottage, hut.

=chaussant=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) easy to put on, fitting (leg or foot).

=chausse=, _n.f._, stocking, hose; shoulder-knot; straining-bag, filter. _— d’aisances_; waste-pipe of a water-closet.

=chaussé=, =-e=, _part._, shod. _Bien —_; well-shod, nicely booted. _Ils sont chaussés au même point_; they get on capitally.

=chaussée=, _n.f._, causeway; bank, highway. _Au rez de —_; level with the ground. _J’habite le rez-de-chaussée_; I live on the ground-floor.

=chausse-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) shoe-horn; (fig.) help, assistance.

=chausser=, _v.a._, to put on (shoes, boots, stockings); to make shoes; to get firmly fixed into one’s head; to suit; (man.) to put one’s feet too far forward in the stirrups. _— le cothurne_; to put on the buskin, go on the tragic stage; to write in an inflated style. _— le brodequin_; to put on the sock, go on the comic stage; to compose, to act comedy. _Les cordonniers sont les plus mal chaussés_; nobody is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife. _— des arbres_; to earth up trees. _— une opinion_; to be wedded to an opinion. _Cet homme n’est pas aisé à chausser_; (fam. and fig.) that man is not easily persuaded.

_se_ =chausser=, _v.r._, to put on one’s shoes, boots, stockings; to become strongly wedded to an opinion.

=chausser=, _v.n._, to make boots or shoes, to wear shoes. _Ils chaussent au même point_; they wear shoes of the same size; (fig.) they are of the same stamp.

=chausses=, _n.f.pl._, breeches, small-clothes, trowsers. _— à tuyaux d’orgue_; trunk hose. _Ne pas avoir de —_; to be very poor. _Avoir la clef de ses —_; to be one’s own master. _Laisser ses — quelque part_; to leave one’s bones somewhere, to die. _Tirer ses —_; to scamper away. _Elle porte les —_; she wears the breeches.

=chaussetier= (shôs-tié), _n.m._, hosier.

=chausse-trape=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) caltrop; snare, trap; (bot.) star-thistle.

=chaussette=, _n.f._, sock; under-stocking; anklet.

=chausson=, _n.m._, sock; under-stocking; pump; light shoe (worn when playing rackets, or when fencing); list-shoe; puff-paste; fruit-tart.

=chaussure=, _n.f._, foot-gear, shoes, slippers, boots, pumps. _Il a trouvé — à son pied_; he has found what he wanted; he has met with his match.

=chauve=, _adj._, bald, baldpated.

=chauve-souris=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) bat, flitter-mouse.

☉=chauveté= (shôv-té), _n.f._, baldness, calvity.

=chauvinisme=, _n.m._, Chauvinism.

=chauvir=, _v.n._, to prick up the ears (of horses, asses, mules).

=chaux=, _n.f._, lime; limestone; (chem.) calx, lime. _— éteinte_; slaked lime. _— vive_; quicklime. _Pierre à —_; limestone. _Donner un blanc de —_; (mas.) to give a coat of whitewash. _Être fait à — et à ciment_, or _à — et à mortier_; to be well and solidly done.

=chavirement=, _n.m._, capsizing, upsetting.

=chavirer=, _v.n._, to capsize, to upset.

=chavirer=, _v.a._, to turn upside down; to turn inside out.

=chebec=, _n.m._, (nav.) xebec.

=chef=, _n.m._, chief, head, commander, conductor, master, principal, ringleader, foreman (of a jury); fag-end (of a piece of linen); (nav.) end of a cable; (med.) tail of a bandage. _En —_; in chief. _— de bureau_; senior clerk. _— de cabinet_; head of a department. _— d’état-major_; chief of the staff. _— d’état major-général_; quarter-master-general. _— de musique_; band-master. _— d’orchestre_; musical-director. _— de parti_; party-leader. _— de pièce_; captain of a gun. _— de rayon_; (com.) head of a department. _— de train_; railway guard. _— de famille_; head of a house. _— de cuisine_; master-cook. _— d’accusation_; count of indictment, charge. _Faire quelque chose de son —_; to do a thing on one’s own responsibility. _De son —_; in one’s own right.

=chef-d’œuvre= (shè-deuvr), _n.m._, (_—s-—_) trial piece; master-piece; master-stroke.

☉=chefecier=. _V._ =chevecier=.

=chef-lieu=, _n.m._, (_—s-—x_) chief residence; head-quarters, chief town; county-town.

=chégros=, _n.m._, shoemaker’s thread or end, cobbler’s-ends, wax end.

=cheik= _or_ =scheik=, _n.m._, sheik.

=chéiroptère= (ké-). _V._ =chiroptère=.

=chélidoine= (ké-), _n.f._, (bot.) celandine, swallow-wort.

=chélone= (ké-), _n.f._, (bot.) chelone, snake-head, shell-flower.

=chélonée= (ké-), _n.f._, sea-tortoise.

=chélonite= (ké-), _n.f._, chelonite.

☉_se_ =chêmer=, _v.r._, to fall away, to waste, to pine.

=chemin=, _n.m._, way, road, path, track; means; course; (nav.) way; (railways) line, road. _Grand —_; highway, high-road. _Voleur de grands —s_; highwayman. _— passant_; much frequented thoroughfare. _—s vicinaux_, _communaux_; village, parochial roads. _— de traverse_; cross-road. _— détourné_; out of the way road. _— de fer_; railway, railroad. _— de fer à rail plat_; tramroad. _— de service_; (railways) attendant path. _Embranchement de — de fer_; branch railway. _Le — de l’hôpital_; the way to the work-house. _— couvert_; (fort.) covered way, corridor. _— de halage_; towing-path. _À mi-—_; half-way. _— faisant_; on the way. _— de velours_; the primrose path. _Le — des écoliers_; the longest way. _Se mettre en —_; to begin a journey. _Rebrousser —_; to go back. _Être toujours par voie et par —_; to be always gadding about. _Aller toujours son —_; to pursue one’s point. _Aller son petit bonhomme de —_; to jog along quietly. _Passez votre —_; go your way. _Tout — mène à Rome_; there are more ways to heaven than one. _Ce jeune homme fera son —_; this young man will make his way. _N’y pas aller par quatre —s_; not to beat about the bush. _Qui trop se hâte, reste en —_; slow and sure wins the race. _— de Saint-Jacques_; (astron.) milky-way. _Faire voir du —_; to give trouble.

=chemineau=, _n.m._, portable stove; tramp.

=cheminée=, _n.f._, chimney; fire-place; mantel-shelf; nipple (of a percussion gun). _Tuyau de —_; chimney-flue. _Ramoneur de —_; chimney-sweep. _Corps de —_; chimney-stack. _Sous le manteau de la —_; secretly (sub rosâ). _Il faut faire une croix à la —_; we must chalk that up. _Se chauffer à la — du roi René_; to warm one’s self in the sun.

=cheminement=, _n.m._, (milit.) approach, progress (of siege operations).

=cheminer=, _v.n._, to walk, to go; to proceed leisurely; to be well connected (of things). _Ce poème chemine bien_; the various parts of this poem are well connected.

=chemise=, _n.f._, shirt, shift, chemise; (fort., mas.) chemise; coat (of a mold); wrapper, cover, envelope; case. _— blanche_; clean shirt. _— de nuit_; night-gown; night-shirt. _— de mailles_; coat of mail. _Vendre jusqu’à sa —_; to sell the shirt off one’s back. _Passer une —_; to put on a shirt. _La peau est plus proche que la —_; near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin. _En manches de —_; in shirt-sleeves. _Le temps de mettre une —_; just time to dress.

=chemiser=, _v.a._, to coat.

=chemiserie=, _n.f._, shirt-warehouse; shirt-making; shirts.

=chemisette=, _n.f._, light under-waistcoat; shirt-front; dicky; chemisette. _Corps de —_; habit-shirt.

=chemisi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, shirt-maker.

=chênaie=, _n.f._, oak-plantation.

=chenal=, _n.m._, channel, watercourse (of harbors, &c.); (geog.) track; gutter (of roofs).

=chenaler=, _v.n._, (nav.) to sail through a channel.

=chenapan=, _n.m._, (pop.) vagabond, good for nothing wretch, scamp, blackguard.

=chêne=, _n.m._, (bot.) oak. _De —_; oaken. _— vert_; evergreen-oak. _— liège_; cork-tree.

=chêneau=, _n.m._, young oak.

=chéneau=, _n.m._, gutter (of roofs).

=chenet=, _n.m._, andiron, fire-dog.

=chênette=, _n.f._, (bot.) germander. _— amère_; wall germander.

=chènevière=, _n.f._, hemp-field.

=chènevis= (shèn-vi), _n.m._, hemp-seed.

=chènevotte=, _n.f._, boon, stalk (of hemp).

=chènevotter=, _v.n._, (agri.) to shoot weak wood.

=chenil= (-ni), _n.m._, dog-kennel; dirty hovel; kennel of hounds.

*=chenille=, _n.f._, caterpillar, worm; kind of silk cord; kind of dressing-gown; evil doer; bore (troublesome person). _— velue_; hairy caterpillar. _— rase_; naked caterpillar. _Laid comme une —_; as ugly as a toad.

*=chenillette=, _n.f._, (bot.) caterpillar.

=chénopode= (ké-), _n.m._, (bot.) all-good.

=chenu=, =-e=, _adj._, hoary, hoar-back; gray-headed.

=cheptel= (shĕ-tèl), _n.m._, (jur.) lease of cattle; cattle leased out.

=chèque=, _n.m._, check; cheque. _— barré_; crossed cheque.

=ch-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, dear, beloved; dear, costly, expensive. _Rendre —_; to endear. _Il fait — vivre à Paris_; living is dear in Paris.

=cher=, _adv._, dear, dearly. _Acheté_, _payé —_; dear bought. _Je le lui ferai payer plus — qu’au marché_; I will make him pay dearly for it. _Faire payer trop —_; to ask too much for.

=chᵉʳ.=, ab. for Chevalier.

=chercher=, _v.a._, to seek, to look for, to search, to be in quest of; to endeavor, to cast about for, to attempt, to try to find. _Que cherchez-vous?_ what are you looking for? _Aller —_; to go and bring, to go and fetch, to go for. _Je viendrai vous —_; I will come for you. _Envoyer —_; to send for. _Il est allé — son cheval_; he has gone to fetch his horse. _Allez me — la lettre_; go and bring me the letter. _— noise_, _— querelle à_; to pick a quarrel with. _— quelqu’un par mer et par terre_; to look for any one high and low. _— des yeux_; to look for. _— midi à quatorze heures_; to seek for difficulties where there are none; (prov.) to look for a knot in a bulrush. _Le bien cherche le bien_; money begets money; money flies to money; deep calls to deep.

=chercheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, seeker, searcher, inquirer. _— de franches lippées_; spunger.

=chère=, _n.f._, cheer, entertainment, fare; reception. _Bonne —_; junketing. _Homme de bonne —_; a man who likes good living. _Faire bonne —_; to live well. _Faire maigre —_; to live poorly. _Ne savoir quelle — faire à quelqu’un_; not to know how to welcome any one enough. _Il n’est — que d’appétit_; hunger is the best sauce. _Il n’est — que de vilain_; there is nothing like a miser’s feast. _Faire — de prince à quelqu’un_; treat any one sumptuously.