Part 33

=chèrement=, _adv._, dearly, tenderly; dear, at a high price.

=chéri=, =-e=, _part._, beloved, cherished.

=chérif=, _n.m._, (_—s_) cherif (Arabian prince).

=chérir=, _v.a._, to love dearly, to cherish; to hug.

=chérissable=, _adj._, deserving, worthy of love.

=cherté=, _n.f._, dearness, high price, dearth.

=chérubin=, _n.m._, cherub.

=chervis=, _n.m._, (bot.) skirret.

=chéti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, lean, thin, pitiful, piteous, puny; sorry, bad, mean, wretched.

=chétivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, meanly, pitifully, sorrily, poorly, penuriously; feebly.

=cheulard=, _n.m._, lout, gaby.

=cheval=, _n.m._, horse, nag; horse-flesh; (astron.) horse. _— de frise_; cheval de frise. _— fondu_; saddle my nag (game). _— marin_; sea-horse. _— de rivière_; river-horse. _Fer à —_; horse-shoe. _— gris pommelé_, _truité_, _aubère_, _rouan_, _poil de souris_, _isabelle_, _soupe au lait_; dapple-gray, trout-colored, fleabitten-gray, roan, mouse-colored, light dun, cream-colored, horse. _Petit —_; nag, pony. _— de parade_, _de bataille_; prancer, charger. _— de selle_, _de chasse_, _de trait_; saddle-horse, hunter, draught-horse. _— de brancard_, _de main_, _à deux mains_; shaft-horse, led-horse, saddle and shaft-horse. _— de bât_; pack-horse; lout, booby. _— de course_, _d’amble_; race-horse, nag. _— de Barbarie_ or _Barbe_; barb. _— entier_; _— hongre_; entire horse, stone-horse; gelding. _— à bascule_; rocking-horse. _— simulé_; (fowling) stalking-horse. _— de bois_; (milit.) horse (for punishment). _— de charrue_, _de labour_; plow-horse. _— de conduite_; led horse. _— de gauche_; near-side horse. _— sous la main_; off-side horse. _— de louage_; horse for hire, livery horse. _— à une main_; horse for riding or driving only. _— à deux mains_, _à deux fins_, _à toutes mains_; horse for riding and driving. _— de race_, _de pur sang_; blood-horse. _— au vert_; grass-horse. _— qui a beaucoup d’action_; high stepper. _Chevaux de frise_; (milit.) chevaux de frise. _Case_, _wagon_, _pour les chevaux_; horse-box. _Chair de —_; horse-flesh. _L’art de monter à —_; horsemanship. _Aller à —_; to ride. _À —!_ to horse! _Être à —_; to be on horseback. _Être à — sur un bâton_; to ride a stick. _Il est le — de bât_; he is the drudge. _Travail de —_; hard work. _Brider son — par la queue_; to begin at the wrong end. _Parler à —_; to speak magisterially, severely. _Être mal à —_; to be in a quandary. _Monter sur ses grands chevaux_; to ride the high horse. _À — donné il ne faut point regarder à la bride_; one must not look a gift horse in the mouth. _Il n’est si bon — qui ne bronche_; ’tis a good horse that never stumbles. _Huile de —_; horse-grease. _Être à — sur l’étiquette_; to be a stickler for etiquette. _Changer son — borgne contre un aveugle_; to make a bad bargain; to change for the worse. _L’œil du maître engraisse le —_; matters prosper under the master’s eye.

=chevalement=, _n.m._, (arch.) prop, stay, shore.

=chevaler=, _v.a._, to prop, to shore up.

=chevaler=, _v.n._, to run about, to run up and down.

=chevaleresque=, _adj._, chivalrous, knightly.

=chevalerie=, _n.f._, knighthood, chivalry. _— errante_; knight-errantry.

=chevalet=, _n.m._, wooden horse (instrument of torture); bridge (of a stringed instrument); easel; the gallows of a printing-press; horse for scraping hides on; sawing-trestle or horse; buttress, prop, shore; clothes-horse; cross-beam (of a dormer window); pyrotechnist’s horse or rack; (nav.) roller (to pass the cables from one place to another). _Tableau de —_; (paint.) easel-piece.

=chevalier=, _n.m._, knight; cavalier; knight (at chess); (orni.) sandpiper. _Armer quelqu’un —_; to dub any one a knight. _— d’honneur_; the first gentleman-usher to the queen. _Le — du guet_; formerly the captain of the night watch at Paris. _— de l’arquebuse_; one of the artillery-company. _— errant_; knight-errant. _— d’industrie_; one that lives by his wits, sharper, swindler. _— de la coupe_; tavern-knight. _Se faire le — de quelqu’un_; to stand up for any one. _— de Saint-Louis_; knight of St. Louis. _— de la légion d’honneur_; knight of the legion of honor. _— rouge_; (orni.) red-shank.

=chevalière=, _n.f._, knight’s lady; signet-ring.

=chevaline=, _adj._, equine, of horses.

=chevalis=, _n.m._, passage, canal (cut in the bed of a river).

☉=chevance=, _n.f._, goods and chattels, substance.

=chevane=, _n.f._, (pisc.) chub, cheven.

=chevauchage=, _n.m._, (print.) riding.

=chevauchant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) equitant.

=chevauchée=, _n.f._, circuit, progress; riding.

=chevauchement= (-vôsh-mān), _n.m._, (of bones) overlapping.

=chevaucher=, _v.n._, to ride, to be astride; (nav.) to ride, to cross; (carp.) to overlap; (print. and surg.) to ride.

=chevaucher=, _v.a._ _— le vent_; to beat up against the wind.

=chevaucheur=, _n.m._, rider, horseman.

☉_à_ =chevauchons=, _adv._, astraddle.

=chevau-léger=, _n.m._, light-horseman. _—-—s_; light cavalry.

=chevêche=, _n.f._, white owl, owlet, church owl.

=chevecier=, _n.m._, dean (of certain chapters).

=chevelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) (of the hair) crined.

=cheveline= (shĕv-), _n.f._, coral club-top.

=chevelu=, =-e=, (shĕve-), _adj._, long-haired, hairy; (bot.) fibrous; (of literature) romantic. _Comète —e_; haired comet. _Cuir —_; scalp.

=chevelu=, _n.m._, (bot.) chevelure; beard of the root.

=chevelure= (shĕv-), _n.f._, hair, head of hair; scalp. _La — de Bérénice_; (constellation) Berenice’s hair (Coma Berenices).

=chever=, _v.a._, (gold.) to hollow out.

=chevet=, _n.m._, pillow; bolster; the head (of a bed); bedside; (nav.) cushion, bag. _Droit de —_; sort of fee or present. _Le — d’une église_; apsis of a church. _Trouver quelque chose sous son —_; to dream of anything. _C’est son épée de —_; he is his trusty councilor.

=chevêtre=, _n.m._, halter; (carp.) binding-joist; (surg.) bandage to support the lower jaw.

=cheveu=, _n.m._, hair. _Les —x_; the hair of the head. _—x de Vénus_; (bot.) maiden-hair. _Tresse de —x_; plait of hair. _—x roux_; sandy hair. _—x d’ébène_; raven locks. _—x épars_; disheveled locks. _—x postiches_; false hair. _Je désire me faire couper les —x_; I want to have my hair cut. _Raser les —x_; to shave the head. _Se prendre aux —x_; to take one another by the hair. _Cela fait dresser les —x sur la tête_; that makes one’s hair stand on end. _Prendre l’occasion aux —x_; to take time by the forelock. _En —x_; bare-headed (wearing nothing on one’s head). _Tiré par les —x_; far-fetched.

*=chevillage=, _n.m._, pegging, bolting.

=chevillard=, _n.m._, carcass-butcher, meat-salesman.

*=cheville=, _n.f._, peg, pin; bolt; plug; botch, stop-gap; (poet.) line or word of necessity; (nav.) iron bolt; branch (of a deer’s head). _Trouver à chaque trou une —_; to find a peg for every hole. _— ouvrière_; pole-bolt of a coach; principal agent, mainspring of a party, of an affair. _La — du pied_; the ankle-bone. _— à goujon_; common bolt. _— à goupille_; forelock bolt. _— à bouche et à croc_; bolt with ring and hook. _— à tête de diamant_; square-headed bolt. _— à pointe perdue_; short drove-bolt. _— d’affût_; gun-carriage bolt. _— à cosse_; fender-bolt. _Vous ne lui allez pas à la —_; you are a pigmy compared with him; no match for him. _À la —_; by the carcass, or half carcass.

*=chevillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) branched.

*=cheviller=, _v.a._, to peg or pin, to fasten with a peg; (dy.) to wring. _Des vers chevillés_; botched verses. _Il a l’âme chevillée dans le corps_; he has nine lives.

*=chevillette=, _n.f._, key or peg (of a book-binder’s sewing press).

*=chevillon=, _n.m._, turner’s peg.

*=chevillot=, _n.m._, (nav.) toggle, belaying-pin.

*=chevillure=, _n.f._, branches of a deer’s head.

=chèvre=, _n.f._, she-goat, nanny-goat; (mec.) crab, gin; crane; (astron.) capella. _Enter en pied de —_; to graft slopeways. _Barbe-de-—_; (bot.) jew’s beard. _— à musc_; musk goat, Thibet musk. _Avoir la —_, _prendre la —_; to take offense. _Ménager la — et le chou_; to run with the hare and hold with the hounds. _Où la — est attachée il faut qu’elle broute_; one must bow to circumstances.

=chevreau=, _n.m._, kid; kid (skin).

*=chèvrefouille=, _n.m._, honeysuckle. _— des bois_; woodbine.

=chèvre-pied= _or_ =chèvre-pieds=, _adj._, (of satyrs) goat-footed.

=chevrette=, _n.f._, roe, doe; shrimp, prawn; syrup-pot; little andiron or fire dog.

*=chevreuil=, _n.m._, roebuck, roe-deer; venison.

=chevri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, goat-herd.

*=chevrillard=, _n.m._, young roebuck.

=chevron=, _n.m._, rafter; stripe (on a soldier’s sleeve); (nav.) scantling, long wedge; (her.) chevron. _— de long pan_; long rafter. _—s de croupe_; hips. _—s cintrés_; arched rafters. _—s de remplage_; joists. _Mettre les —s à la batterie_; to apply the wedges to the trucks.

=chevronné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) chevroned.

☉=chevrotage=, _n.m._, goat-fee.

=chevrotain=, _n.m._, chevrotain.

=chevrotant=, =-e=, _adj._, quivering, tremulous.

=chevrotement= (-mān), _n.m._, tremulous motion, trembling, quivering of the voice.

=chevroter=, _v.n._, to kid; to sing or speak in a tremulous voice.

=chevrotin=, _n.m._, kid leather.

=chevrotine=, _n.f._, buck-shot.

=chez= (shé), _prep._, at, to, in, one’s house; at the house of; at, to, the native place of; in, with; among. _J’ai été — vous_; I have been at your house. _Chacun est maître — soi_; every man is master in his own house. _Je viens de — vous_; I come from your house. _J’ai pas se par — vous_; I called at your house in passing. _Je viens de — ma mère_; I come from my mother’s. _C’est — lui une habitude_; it a habit with him. _Avoir un — soi_; to have a home of one’s own. _Il n’y a pas de petit — soi_; home is home, be it ever so homely.

=chiaoux=, _n.m._, Turkish officer, messenger.

=chiasse=, _n.f._, dross, scum; dung (of flies).

=chibouque=, _n.f._, chibouk (Turkish pipe).

=chic=, _n.m._, tact, effect, knack, style (paint.). _Il a du —_; there is something stylish about him.

=chicambaut=, _n.m._, (nav.) bumkin, luff-block.

=chicane=, _n.f._, cavil, evasion, quibble; chicanery, pettifogging, caviling, quibbling; the quirks of the law; wrangling. _Gens de —_; pettifoggers. _Chercher — a quelqu’un_; to pick a trumpery quarrel with any one.

=chicaner=, _v.n._, to chicane, to cavil, to quibble, to use tricks, to quarrel with; to use quirks, shifts; to wrangle, to perplex. _— le vent_; (nav.) to hug the wind.

=chicanerie= (shi-), _n.f._, chicanery; quibbling, caviling.

=chicaneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, =chicani-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, and _adj._, chicaner, caviler, pettifogger, wrangler; litigious, caviling, wrangling.

=chicard=, =-e=, _adj._, (pop.) swellish.

=chiche=, _adj._, niggardly, penurious, stingy, scurvy, shabby, scanty, sordid, sparing, parsimonious, niggard. _Pois —s_; chick-peas, dwarf-peas.

=chichement= (shish-mān), _adv._, niggardly, penuriously, stingily, parsimoniously.

☉=chicheté=, _n.f._, niggardliness, covetousness, penuriousness.

=chicon=, _n.m._, cos-lettuce; heart (of).

=chicoracé=, =-e=, _adj._, endive-like, chicoraceous.

=chicoracée=, _n.f._, (bot.) chicoraceous plant.

=chicorée=, _n.f._, succory, endive, chicory.

=chicot=, _n.m._, small broken piece of wood; stump (of teeth); stub, stump (of trees). _— du Canada_; bonduc.

=chicoter=, _v.n._, (pop.) to wrangle, to trifle, to split hairs.

=chicotin=, _n.m._, orpine, rosewort, rose-root, livelong; juice of bitter apple. _Amer comme —_; as bitter as gall.

=chie-en-lit=, _n.m._, (_—_) merry-andrew, masker, jack-pudding.

=chien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-in, -è-n), dog, bitch; cock (of a gun or pistol). _— babillard_; (hunt.) liar. _— caniche_; poodle-dog; poodle; water-dog. _— volant_; tailless bat. _Grand —_; dog-star. _— de pure race_; true-bred dog. _— métis_; half-bred dog; mongrel. _Cette chienne est pleine_; that bitch is with pup. _— d’arrêt_; pointer. _— couchant_; setter; toad-eater; lick-spittle. _— courant_; beagle. _— turc_; Barbary, Turkish dog. _— d’attache_; ban-dog. _— de basse-cour_; house-dog. _— de berger_; shepherd’s dog. _— de boucher_; mastiff. _— de ferme_; house-dog. _— marin_, _— de mer_; (ich.) dog-fish, hound-fish. _— de race_; thorough-bred dog. _— pour le renard_; fox-hound. _— pour le sanglier_; boar-hound. _— du grand Saint-Bernard_; Alpine mastiff. _— de Terre-neuve_; Newfoundland dog. _— terrier_; terrier. _Une meute de —s_; a pack of hounds. _Un petit —_, _un jeune —_; a puppy, a whelp. _— de salon_; lap-dog. _Chasser au — d’arrêt_; to shoot over dogs. _Donner lâcher les —s_; to let loose, cast off, the dogs. _Jeter sa langue aux —s_; to give it up (of a riddle). _C’est Saint Roch et son —_; they are like Darby and Joan; they are inseparable. _Hâler les —s_; to set on the dogs. _Rompre les —s_; to call off the dogs. _Être comme un — à l’attache_; to be like a galley-slave. _Faire le — couchant_; to creep and crouch and truckle. _Mener une vie de —_; to lead a dog’s life. _Bons —s chassent de race_; like father, like son; cat after kind. _Entre — et loup_; in the dusk of the evening. _Ils s’accordent comme — et chat_; they agree like cat and dog. _Leurs —s ne chassent pas ensemble_; they don’t agree together. _Qui m’aime, aime mon —_; love me, love my dog. _— qui aboie ne mord pas_; his bark is worse than his bite. _— hargneux a toujours l’oreille déchirée_; quarrelsome curs have dirty coats. _Qui veut noyer son — l’accuse de la rage_; give your dog a bad name, and hang him. _Un — regarde bien un évêque_; a cat may look at a king. _C’est le — du jardinier_; it is the dog in the manger. _Autant vaut être mordu d’un — que d’une chienne_; as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. _Être reçu comme un — dans un jeu de quilles_; to be as welcome as a dog at a wedding.

=chien de mer= _or_ =chien marin=, _n.m._, (ich.) dog-fish, hound-fish.

=chiendent=, _n.m._, dog-grass, quitch-grass, couch-grass. _— fossile_; amianthus.

=chiennée=, _n.f._, a litter of pups.

=chienner= (shiè-), _v.n._, to whelp, to pup.

=chiffe=, _n.f._, poor stuff; rags.

=chiffon=, _n.m._, rag, scrap; trinket, frippery. _Mon petit —_; you little darling.

=chiffonnage=, _n.m._, (paint.) rumpled drapery; rumpling, crumpling, tumbling.

=chiffonne=, _adj.f._, (gard.) puny, useless. _Branche —_; puny, stunted, branch.

=chiffonner=, _v.a._, to rumple, to wrinkle, to crumple, to tumble, to ruffle, to tease, to vex.

=chiffonni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, rag-picker.

=chiffonni-er=, _n.m._, _or_ =-ère=, _n.f._, chiffonier.

=chiffre=, _n.m._, figure, number; total amount; cipher; flourish of letters, monogram; digit. _— périodique_; (arith.) figure of the recurring period. _Ecrire en —_; to write in cipher.

=chiffrer=, _v.n._, to cipher, to mark, to write in cipher.

=chiffrer=, _v.a._, to cipher, to foot up; to figure, to number (of music).

=chiffreur=, _n.m._, reckoner.

*=chignon=, _n.m._, nape (of the neck); hair twisted behind, chignon.

=chimère=, _n.f._, (myth.) chimera; myth, idle fancy, vain imagination; (conch., ich.) chimera.

=chimérique=, _adj._, chimerical, visionary, fantastical.

=chimériquement=, _adv._, chimerically.

=chimie=, _n.f._, chemistry.

=chimique=, _adj._ chemical.

=chimiste=, _n.m._, chemist.

=chimpanzé=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) chimpanzee.

=china=, _n.m._, (bot.) China-root. _V._ =squine=.

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

=chiner=, _v.a._, (manu.) to color, to dye.

=chinois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Chinese.

=chinoiserie=, _n.f._, Chinese ornament; knick-knack; folly, farce, joke.

=chiourme=, _n.f._, convict-gang.

=chiper=, _v.a._, to pilfer, to crib, to prig, to bag.

=chipie=, _n.f._, affected, mincing, peevish woman; prude.

=chipoter=, _v.n._, to dally, to trifle, to dispute about trifles; to higgle; to haggle.

=chipoti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, trifler, dallier, shuffler; higgler, haggler.

=chique=, _n.f._, quid of tobacco; (ent.) chegre, chegoe, chigre; marble (to play with).

=chiquenaude= (shik-nôd), _n.f._, fillip.

=chiquenauder=, _v.a._, to fillip.

=chiquer=, _v.n._, to chew tobacco; to eat heartily; (paint.) to dash off.

=chiquet=, _n.m._, driblet, bit; shred. _Un — de vin_; a drop of wine. _— à —_; bit by bit.

=chiragre= (ki-), _n.f._, chiragra.

☉=chirimoya=, _n.f._, custard-apple.

=chirographaire= (ki-), _adj._, on note of hand.

=chirologie= (ki-), _n.f._, chirology.

=chiromancie= (ki-), _n.f._, chiromancy, palmistry.

=chiromancien= (ki-), _n.m._, chiromancer.

=chirone=, _n.f._, (bot.) centaury.

=chiroptère= (ki-), _n.m._, (mam.) cheiropter, bat.

=chirurgical=, =-e=, _adj._, surgical.

=chirurgie=, _n.f._, surgery.

=chirurgien= (-in), _n.m._, surgeon. _Aide-—_, (_—s-—s_) assistant surgeon.

=chirurgique=, _adj._, surgical.

=chiste= (kist), _n.m._, (surg.) cyst.

=chiure=, _n.f._, fly-blow. _Marqué de —s de mouches_; fly-bitten. _Faire des —s de mouches sur_; to fly-blow.

=chlamyde= (kla-), _n.f._, chlamys.

=chlorate= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) chlorate.

=chlore= (klor), _n.m._, (chem.) chlorine; (bot.) yellow-wort.

=chloré=, =-e= (klo-), _adj._, chloruretted.

=chlorhydrate= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) hydrochlorate.

=chlorhydrique= (klo-), _adj._, (chem.) hydrochloric, muriatic.

=chloride= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) a combination of chlorine with a simple substance, chloride.

=chlorique= (klo-), _adj._, (chem.) chloric.

=chloroforme= (klo-), _n.m._, chloroform.

=chloroformer=, _v.a._, to administer chloroform.

=chloromètre= (klo-), _n.m._, chlorometer.

=chlorométrie= (klo-), _n.f._, chlorometry.

=chlorose= (klo-rôz), _n.f._, (med.) chlorosis, green sickness; (bot.) etiolation.

=chlorotique= (klo-), _adj._, chlorotic.

=chlorure= (klo-), _n.m._, chloride.

=choc=, _n.m._, shock, clashing, encounter; brunt; collision, disaster, blow. _Soutenir le —_; to stand the shock.

=chocolat=, _n.m._, chocolate. _Bâton de —_; stick of chocolate.

=chocolati-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, chocolate-maker; chocolate-dealer.

=chocolatière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, chocolate-pot.

=chœur= (keur), _n.m._, choir, chorus. _Enfant de —_; choir boy, chorister. _Chanter en —_; to sing in chorus.

=choir= (chu), _v.n._, to fall.

=choisir=, _v.a._, to choose, to make choice of; to pitch upon, to pick out; to nominate; to single out, to select. _Il n’y a point à —_; there is no choice left. _Se —_; to choose for one’s self.

=choix= (shoâ), _n.m._, choice, choosing, option, selection, distinction, discernment. _Par —_; from choice. _Sans —_; indifferently. _Au —_; all at one price. _Avoir le — forcé_; to have Hobson’s choice.

=cholagogue= (ko-la-gog), _n.m._, (med.) cholagogue.

=cholédoque=, _adj._, (anat.) biliary, hepatic. _Canal —_; hepatic duct.

=choléra-morbus= (ko-), _n.m._, (_n.p._) cholera-morbus. _Faux —_; cholerine.

=cholérine= (ko-), _n.f._ cholerine.

=cholérique=, _n.m.f._, (med.) person affected with cholera; cholera patient. _adj._, choleric, bilious.

=choliambe= (ko-), _n.m._, choliambic verse.

=chômable=, _adj._, to be kept as a holiday.

=chômage=, _n.m._, stoppage; want of work; cessation from work; enforced idleness; respite. _Le — d’un moulin_; the standing still of a mill.

=chômer=, _v.a._, to abstain, to cease, from work on a particular day, to rest. _C’est un saint qu’on ne chôme pas_; he is in no great repute.

=chômer=, _v.n._, to want work, to be at a stand-still; (agri.) to lie fallow. _Il chôme de besogne_; he is out of work. _— de quelque chose_; to stand in need of a thing.

*=chondrille= (kon-), _n.f._, (bot.) gum-succory; wall-lettuce.

=chondrologie=, _n.f._, chondrology.

=chope=, _n.f._, large beer-glass; mug of beer.

☉=chopine=, _n.f._, pint (a measure nearly equal to an English pint).

=chopiner=, _v.n._, to tipple.

=chopper=, _v.n._, to stumble, to trip up; to blunder.

=choquant=, =-e=, _adj._, rude, offensive; shocking; unpleasant, disagreeable, improper.

=choquer=, _v.a._, to shock, to strike, to dash against, to clash with; to offend, to give offense, to shock, to disgust, to displease, to grate upon; (nav.) to surge.

_se_ =choquer=, _v.r._, to take offense; to come into collision with.

=choquer=, _v.n._, to strike glasses; to be offensive; to hurt any one’s feelings; to be shocking.

=choral= (ko-), _adj._, choral, _n.m._, chant.

=chorée= (ko-), _n.m._, (poet.) choreus.

=chorée= (ko-), _n.f._, chorea, St. Vitus’ dance.

=chorège= (ko-), _n.m._, (antiq.) chorægus.

=chorégraphe= (ko-) _n.m._, chorographer.

=chorégraphie= (ko-), _n.f._, choregraphy.

=chorégraphique= (ko-), _adj._, choregraphical.

=chorévêque= (ko-), _n.m._, chorepiscopus.

=choriambe= (ko-ri-ānb), _n.m._, (poet.) choriamb.

=chorion=, _n.m._, (anat.) chorion.

=choriste= (ko-), _n.m._, chorister; chorus singer (thea.).

=chorographie= (ko-), _n.f._, chorography.

=chorographique= (ko-), _adj._, chorographical.

=choroïde= (ko-), _n.f._, _adj._, (anat.) choroid.

=chorus= (ko-rûss) _n.m._, chorus. _Faire —_; to sing the chorus, to join in; to chime in; to applaud, to approve, to agree.

=chose=, _n.f._, thing; matter, business, affair, deed; reality, action; (jur.) chattels. _Ce n’est pas grand —_; ’tis no great matter. _Quelque — de beau_; something fine. _Peu de —_; a mere trifle, nothing. _La — publique_; the commonwealth, common weal. _Être tout —_; (pop.) to be out of sorts. _Rester tout —_; to remain confused. _C’est tout autre —_; that is quite another thing. _Dites bien des —s de ma part à votre frère_; remember me to your brother. _Bien des — chez vous_; kind regards at home. _Monsieur —_; Mr. “what’s his name.” _—s de la mer_ (nav.); wreckage; flotage, flotsam (jur.)

=chou=, _n.m._, cabbage; colewort; puff-paste; kale; darling, dear; bow, rosette. _— cabus_; headed-cabbage. _— marin_; sea-kale, wort, sea-cabbage. _— pommé_; white-headed cabbage. _— non pommé_; bore-kale, brown-kale. _Filet à —_; cabbage-net. _Rejet de —_; cabbage-sprout. _Pomme de —_; cabbage-head. _Tige_, _trognon_, _de —_; cabbage-stalk. _— crépu_; Scotch kale. _— de Milan_; savoy. _—x verts_, _jeunes —x_; sprouts. _—x blancs_; white-heart cabbages. _—x brocolis_; broccoli. _— oléifère_; colza. _— de chien_; dog’s cabbage. _—-palmiste_, (_—x-—s_); palm-cabbage. _—-navet_, (_—x-—s_); rape-colewort. _—-rave_, (_—x-—s_); turnip-cabbage. _—!_ _—-là!_ _—-pille!_; (hunt.) at it! go it! _Des —x et des raves_; ducks and drakes. _— pour —_; taking one thing and another. _Il en fait ses —x gras_; he feathers his nest with it. _Il s’entend à cela comme à ramer des —x_; he knows nothing at all about it. _Aller planter ses —x_; to retire into private life. _Mon petit —_; my little darling. _Bête comme un —_; as stupid as an owl.

=chouan=, _n.m._, brown owl, royalist insurgent (French Revolution).

=chouanner=, _v.n._, to carry on a guérilla warfare (after the manner of the Chouans).

=chouannerie=, _n.f._, the party of the Chouans; Vendean royalists.

=chouant=, _n.m._, a sort of owl.

=choucas=, _n.m._, _or_ =chouchette=, _n.f._, jackdaw.

=choucroute=, _n.f._, sour-krout, sauer-kraut.

=chouette=, _n.f._, screech-owl. _adj._, capital, excellent, stunning. _Faire la —_; (piquet) to play alone against two.

=chouettement=, _adv._, (pop.) capitally, famously.

=chou-fleur=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) cauliflower.

*=chou-pille=, _n.m._, (_—_) shooting-dog.

=chouquet=, _n.m._, (nav.) block, moor’s-head, cap of the mast-head.

=chou-rave=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) turnip-cabbage.

=choyer=, _v.a._, to take great care of, to be fond of, to pamper, to fondle, to pet, to make much of, to cocker-up.

_se_ =choyer=, _v.r._, to pamper one’s self.

=chrématologie= (kré-), _n.f._, (l.u.) chrematology.

=chrématologique= (kré-), _adj._, chrematological.

=chrême= (krem), _n.m._, chrism, holy oil.

=chrémeau= (kré-), _n.m._, chrism-cloth.

=chrestomathie= (kres-to-ma-ci), _n.f._, chrestomathy, select extracts.

=chrétien=, =-ne= (kre-ti-in, -ti-è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Christian.

=chrétiennement= (kré-tien-mān), _adv._, Christianly, Christian-like.