Part 40

=contre-épreuve=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-proof; spiritless copy, feeble imitation; counter-verification.

=contre-épreuver=, _v.a._, (engr.) to take a counter-proof. _Se —_; to be counter-proved.

=contre-espalier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) espalier facing another (with a walk between).

=contre-expertise=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-valuation _or_ survey.

=contre-étais=, _n.m.pl._, (nav.) back-stay.

=contre-étambot=, _n.m._, (nav.) false stern-post.

=contre-étrave=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) apron.

=contrefaçon=, _n.f._, counterfeiting, counterfeit, pirating, forgery, infringement; spurious copy or edition.

=contrefacteur=, _n.m._, counterfeiter (of coin); forger (of bills); infringer (of patents).

=contrefaction=, _n.f._, act of forging, counterfeiting, forgery.

=contrefaire=, _v.a._, to counterfeit, to imitate, to copy; to mimic, to ape; to pirate; to disguise, to disfigure; to deform.

_se_ =contrefaire=, _v.r._, to dissemble, to sham.

=contrefaiseur=, _n.m._, mimicker, imitator.

=contrefait=, =-e=, _part._, counterfeit, deformed. _Un homme tout —_; a deformed man.

=contre-fanon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) vertical lines.

=contre-fenêtre=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) inside-sash, shutter.

=contre-fente=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) contra-fissure, counter-cleft.

=contre-feu=, _n.m._, back of a fire-place.

=contre-fiche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (carp.) brace, strut.

=contre-fil=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) the opposite direction. _Le — de l’eau_; up river, up stream. _À —_; backwards; against the stream; against the grain; the wrong way.

=contre-finesse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-trick; counter-cunning; trick for trick.

=contre-foc=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) fore-top stay-sail.

=contrefort=, _n.m._, counterfort, buttress, pillar, pier; (geol.) lesser chain; stiffener (of boots).

=contre-fossé=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-drain; (fort.) advance-fosse.

=contre-fracture=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) contra-fissure.

=contre-fruit=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) overspan.

=contre-fugue=, _n.f._, (mus.) counterfugue.

=contre-gage=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) double security, pledge.

=contre-gager=, _v.a._, to take security, to take a pledge.

=contre-garde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counterguard.

☉=contre-garde=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) deputy warden of the mint.

=contre-hacher=, _v.a._, (engr.) to counter- _or_ cross-hatch.

=contre-hachure=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter- _or_ cross-hatching.

=contre-hâtier= (-tié), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) kitchen fire-dog, spit-rack.

_en_ =contre-haut=, _adv._, (arch.) upwards.

=contre-indication=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (med.) contra-indication.

=contre-indiquer=, _v.a._, (med.) to contra-indicate.

=contre-issant=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counter-salient.

=contre-jauger=, _v.a._, (carp.) to fit a mortise to a tenon, to countergauge.

=contre-jour=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-light, false-light. _À —_; in a false light.

=contre-jumelles=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) channel stones.

=contre-lames=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (gauze-making) counter-lams.

=contre-latte=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-lath.

=contre-latter=, _v.a._, to counter-lath.

=contre-lattoir=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) lath-holder, clincher.

=contre-lettre=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) defeasance, counter-deed.

*=contre-maille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) double-mesh net.

*=contre-mailler=, _v.a._, to double-mesh.

=contremaître=, _n.m._, first mate, boatswain’s mate; overseer; foreman.

=contremandement=, _n.m._, counter-order, countermand.

=contremander=, _v.a._, to countermand.

=contremarche=, _n.f._, counter-march; (carp.) rise.

=contremarcher=, _v.n._, to counter-march.

=contre-marée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) under back-water _or_ counter-tide.

=contremarque=, _n.f._, countermark; check (thea.)

=contremarquer=, _n.f._, to countermark; to bishop.

=contre-mine=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) countermine.

=contre-miner=, _v.a._, to countermine.

=contre-mineur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counterminer.

☉=contre-mont=, _adv._, upwards; up-hill; up-stream.

=contre-mot=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) countersign.

=contre-mouvement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-movement.

=contre-mur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-mure, outer wall.

=contre-murer=, _v.a._, (fort.) to countermure, to double-wall.

=contre-opposition=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-opposition.

=contre-ordre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-order.

=contre-ouverture=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-opening.

=contre-partie=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counterpart; opposite; contrary; (mus.) counterpart.

=contrepédaler=, _v.n._, to back-pedal (bicycles).

=contre-peser=, _v.a._, to counter-balance.

=contre-pied=, _n.m._, (n.p.) (hunt.) back-scent; the reverse. _Les chiens avaient pris le —_; the dogs had taken the wrong back-scent. _Il prend toujours le — de ce qu’on dit_; he always misconstrues what is said. _À — de_; contrary to, against.

=contre-planche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-plate.

=contre-platine=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) screw-piece.

=contre-poids=, _n.m._, (_—_) counterpoise, counter-balance; balancing-pole; equilibrium.

=contre-poil=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) wrong way of the hair _or_ of the nap. _À —_; against the grain. _Prendre une affaire à —_; to take a thing in a wrong sense. _Prendre quelqu’un à —_; to shock, to offend, any one.

=contre-poinçon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) clincher, die (instrument).

=contre-poinçonner=, _v.a._, to stamp with a die.

=contrepoint=, _n.m._ (mus.), counterpoint; (nav.) double-rope attached to the clew of a sail.

=contre-pointer=, _v.a._, to quilt on both sides; to contradict, to run counter to; (artil.) to point cannon against cannon. _— du canon_; to direct a battery against another battery.

=contrepoison=, _n.m._, antidote, counter-poison.

=contre-porte=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) double-door, baize-door.

=contre-poser=, _v.a._, (com.) to set down wrong, to misplace.

=contre-position=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) contra-position.

=contre-projet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-plan.

=contre-promesse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) counter-bond.

=contre-proposition=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-proposal; reply, retort.

=contre-queue d’aronde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-swallowtail.

*=contre-quille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) keelson.

=contre-rail=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) guard- _or_ check-rail.

=contre-retable=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) back of the altar-piece.

=contre-révolution=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolution.

=contre-révolutionnaire=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolutionary.

=contre-révolutionnaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolutionist.

=contre-révolutionner=, _v.a._, to effect a counter-revolution.

=contre-ronde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) counter round.

=contre-ruse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-trick, counter-plot.

=contre-sabord=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) port-lid.

_à_ =contre-saison=, _adv._, out of season; unseasonable; ill-timed.

=contre-salut=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) answer to a salute.

=contre-sanglon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) girth-leather, strap.

=contrescarpe=, _n.f._, (fort.) counterscarp.

=contrescarper=, _v.a._, to counterscarp.

=contre-scel=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-seal.

=contre-sceller=, _v.a._, to counter-seal.

=contreseing=, _n.m._, counter-signature, counter-sign.

=contresens=, _n.m._, contrary sense, contrary meaning; wrong construction; mistranslation; wrong meaning; false reading; wrong side (of stuffs). _Faire un —_; to mistranslate, to misinterpret, to misconceive. _À —_; in a wrong way, on the wrong side. _Employer une étoffe à —_; to make up a stuff on the wrong side.

*=contre-signal=, _n.m._, (_—-signaux_) counter-signal.

*=contresignataire=, _n.m._, countersigner.

*=contresigner=, _v.a._, to countersign.

*=contre-taille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (com.) counter-tally. _pl._, (engr.) cross-lines, cross-cut.

=contretemps=, _n.m._, untoward accident, disappointment; mischance, mishap; (man.) counter-time; (mus.) syncopation, _À —_; unseasonably, at the wrong time; (mus.) out of time; with syncopation.

=contre-terrasse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (her.) lower terrace.

=contre-tirer=, _v.a._, to counterdraw, to trace; to counterprove.

=contre-torpilleur=, _n.m._, torpedo boat destroyer.

=contre-tranchée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-trench.

=contrevairé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) countervairy.

_à_ =contre-val=, _adv._, downhill, downward, down-stream.

=contrevallation=, _n.f._, (fort.) contravallation.

_à_ =contre-vapeur=, _adv._, backward; back.

=contrevenant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contravener, infringer, offender, transgressor.

=contrevenir=, _v.n._, to infringe, to act contrary to; to disobey; to violate; to transgress.

=contrevent=, _n.m._, window-shutter, outside shutter.

=contre-vérité=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) irony; mock praise, antiphrasis.

=contre-visite=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) second search.

=contre-voile d’étai=, _n.f._, (nav.) middle stay-sail.

=contribuable=, _n.m.f._, tax-payer; rate-payer. _adj._, taxable; rateable.

=contribuer=, _v.n._, to contribute, to conduce, to help on, to tend. _— au succès de_; to contribute to the success of. _Il y a contribué_; he has contributed to it. _On a fait — tout le pays_; the whole country was laid under contribution.

=contributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, contributive.

=contribution=, _n.f._, contribution; tax; share, part, portion; (com.) average. _—s directes_; direct or assessed taxes. _—s indirectes_; indirect taxes. _Mettre à —_; to lay under contribution, to put in requisition.

=contributoire=, _adj._, what has to be paid. _Portion —_; amount to be paid, assessment.

=contributoirement=, _adv._, contributorily.

=contrister=, _v.a._, to grieve, to vex, to sadden, to pain.

=contrit=, =-e=, _adj._, contrite, penitent; afflicted, grieved.

=contrition=, _n.f._, contrition.

=contrôlage=, _n.m._, controlling, control; hall-marking, stamping.

=contrôle=, _n.m._, control, controller’s office; (thea.) check-taker’s office; roll, list; stamp, plate-mark, assay-mark, hall-mark (on gold and silver); stamp-office; (milit.) muster-roll; control, censure; register, registry-duty. _Porter quelqu’un sur le —_; to place any one’s name on the rolls. _Rayer quelqu’un des —s_; to strike any one off the rolls.

=contrôler=, _v.a._, to register, to put upon the rolls; to check, to verify, to examine; to control; to censure, to criticise upon; to stamp, to hall-mark. _— de la vaisselle_; to mark plate.

=contrôleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, controller, superintendent, surveyor (of taxes); censurer, critic, fault-finder; (thea.) check-taker, ticket-collector.

=controuver=, _v.a._, to forge, to fabricate; to invent, to counterfeit, to feign.

=controversable=, _adj._, that may be disputed; controvertible, controversial.

=controverse=, _n.f._, controversy, discussion, disputation, dispute. _Ouvrage de —_; polemics.

=controversé=, =-e=, _adj._, controverted; debated, argued pro and con, disputed.

=controverser=, _v.a._, to controvert, to dispute, to discuss.

=controversiste=, _n.m._, controvertist, disputant, controversialist.

=contumace=, _n.f._, contumacy, non-appearance, default, contempt of court; contumaciousness, obstinacy, perverseness. _Condamner par —_; to sentence by default. _Purger la —_; to plead against a judgment given in default.

=contumace=, _n.m._ and _f._, (jur.) defaulter, one in contumacy.

=contumace=, _adj._, contumacious; (fig.) rebellious.

=contumacer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) (criminal law) to judge or try by default. _Se laisser —_; to let judgment go by default.

=contumax=, _adj._, (l.u.) contumacious.

=contumax=, _n.m._, one guilty of contumacy (canon law).

=contus=, =-e=, _adj._ bruised, contused.

=contusion=, _n.f._, contusion, bruise.

=contusionné=, =-e=, _adj._, (surg.) bruised.

=contusionner=, _v.a._, to contuse, to bruise.

=convaincant=, =-e=, _adj._, convincing.

=convaincre=, _v.a._, to convince; to persuade, to satisfy; to convict.

_se_ =convaincre=, _v.r._, to convince one’s self, to be convinced; to satisfy, or to persuade one’s self.

=convaincu=, =-e=, _part._, convinced, convicted; sincere, earnest, of conviction.

=convalescence=, _n.f._, convalescence. _En pleine —_; quite convalescent.

=convalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, convalescent.

=convalescent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, convalescent person.

=convallaire=, _n.f._, convallary, lily of the valley. _V._ =muguet=.

=convenable= (conv-nabl), _adj._, suitable, fit, proper, convenient, apposite, consonant; seasonable; adequate, conformable, accordant, agreeable; meet, seemly, becoming, beseeming; befitting, expedient; fitting. _Peu —_; indecorous, unfit. _Juger —_; to deem proper.

=convenablement=, _adv._, suitably, fitly, becomingly, decently, worthily, duly, expediently, advisably.

=convenance=, _n.f._, fitness, proportion, harmony; seasonableness (of time), decency, propriety, expediency; seemliness, convenience. _pl._, propriety, decorum, good manners. _Mariage de —_; marriage for money and position. _Blesser les —s_; to offend against propriety. _Braver les —s_; to set all decorum at defiance. _Manquer de — envers quelqu’un_; to be guilty of a breach of good manners towards any one.

☉=convenant=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =convenable=.

=convenir=, _v.n._, to agree; to admit, to own, to acknowledge; to suit, to fit, to match, to serve one’s turn; to be proper for; to become; to be suitable; to be fit, expedient, convenient, meet, proper. _Je suis convenu d’y aller_; I have agreed to go there. _Cette maison m’a convenu_; the house suited me. _Il convient que vous y alliez_; it is proper you should go there.

_se_ =convenir=, _v.r._, to suit each other, to agree.

=conventicule=, _n.m._, conventicle.

=convention=, _n.f._, convention, agreement, covenant, treaty. _pl._, conditions, articles, agreement. _Je m’en tiens à la —_; I stand by the agreement. _Membre de la — nationale_; member of the National Convention (French hist.). _De —_; conventional.

=conventionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, conventional.

=conventionnel=, _n.m._, member of the National Convention (French hist.).

=conventionnellement=, _adv._, by agreement.

=conventualité=, _n.f._, monastic life.

=conventuel=, =-le=, _adj._, conventual.

=conventuel=, _n.m._, conventual.

=conventuellement=, _adv._, conventually.

=convergence=, _n.f._, convergence.

=convergent=, =-e=, _adj._, convergent, converging.

=converger=, _v.n._, to tend to one point, to converge.

=convers=, =-e=, _adj._, lay. _Frère —_, _sœur —e_; convert; lay brother or sister.

=convers=, _n.m._, (ich.) young shad.

=conversation=, _n.f._, conversation, converse, talk, discourse. _Par où entamer la —?_ how shall we begin the conversation? _S’emparer de la —_; to monopolize the conversation. _Être à la —_; to be attending to the conversation. _Laisser tomber la —_; to drop the conversation.

=converse=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, (log.) converse; (math.) inverted. _Proposition —_; (log.) converse proposition. _Proposition —_; (math.) inverted proposition.

=converser=, _v.n._, to converse, to talk; to discourse, to commune; (milit.) to wheel about.

=conversible=, _adj._, convertible.

=conversion=, _n.f._, conversion; transformation; change; converting, changing; (milit.) wheeling. _Quart de —_; (milit.) wheel of the quarter circle. _Faire une —_; to wheel.

=converso=, _n.m._, (nav.) main deck, poop.

=converti=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, convert. _— au lit de la mort_; clinical convert.

=convertible=, _adj._, (theol., fin.) convertible.

=convertir=, _v.a._, to convert; to change, to turn; to make a convert; to bring over, to turn, to transform.

_se_ =convertir=, _v.r._, to be converted, to turn, to be made a convert.

=convertissable=, _adj._, (fin., theol.) convertible.

=convertissement= (-mān), _n.m._, conversion.

=convertisseur=, _n.m._, converter.

=convexe=, _adj._, convex.

=convexité=, _n.f._, convexity.

=convexo-concave=, _adj._, convexo-concave.

=convexo-convexe=, _adj._, convexo-convex.

=conviction=, _n.f._, conviction, convincing proof. _Agir par —_; to act from conviction. _Avoir la — intime_; to be thoroughly convinced; to be quite sure.

=convictionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, convictive.

=convictionnellement=, _adv._, (l.u.) convictively.

=convié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, guest, one invited.

_il_ =convient=, _v.imp._, it is fit, expedient, convenient, becoming, meet. _V._ =convenir=.

=convier=, _v.a._, to invite, to bid; to request the company of any one; to incite, to urge. _— à un dîner_; to invite to dinner.

=convive=, _n.m.f._, guest. _C’est un bon —_; he is a good table companion.

=convivialité=, _n.f._, conviviality.

=convocable=, _adj._, (very l.u.) convocable.

=convocation=, _n.f._, convocation, requisition, summons.

=convoi=, _n.m._, funeral procession; funeral; (milit., nav.) convoy; (railways) train. _V._ =train=. _— de grande vitesse_; fast train. _— de petite vitesse_, _— de marchandises_; freight train. _— direct_; express train. _— omnibus_; slow train. _— de voyageurs_; passenger train. _— parcourant toute la ligne_; through train. _— funèbre_; funeral procession. _Être du —_; to be at the funeral. _En —_; (nav.) with convoy.

=convoiement=, _n.m._, (milit., nav.) convoying, convoy.

☉=convoitable=, _adj._, covetable, desirable.

=convoiter=, _v.a._, to covet, to hanker after, to conceive a violent passion for, to lust after.

=convoiteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, coveter.

☉=convoiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, covetous, lusting after.

=convoitise=, _n.f._, covetousness, eager desire; lust.

=convol=, _n.m._, (jur.) second or re-marriage.

=convoler=, _v.n._, to marry again. _— en secondes_, _troisièmes_, _noces_; to marry a second, a third, time.

=convoluté=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) convoluted.

=convoluti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, curling (of leaves).

=convolve=, _n.m._, (bot.) convolvulus.

=convoquer=, _v.a._, to convoke, to convene, to summon, to assemble, to call together.

=convoyer=, _v.a._, (milit., nav.) to convoy.

=convoyeur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (nav.) convoy (ship).

=convulsé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) convulsed.

=convulser=, _v.a._, to convulse. _Se —_; to be or become convulsed.

=convulsibilité=, _n.f._, (med.) liability to convulsion.

=convulsi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, convulsive.

=convulsion=, _n.f._, convulsion. _Donner des —s_; to throw into convulsions. _Tomber en —s_; to be seized with convulsions.

=convulsionnaire=, _adj._, subject to convulsions.

=convulsionnaire=, _n.m.f._, convulsionary.

=convulsionner=, _v.a._, (med.) to convulse, to produce convulsions.

=convulsivement=, _adv._, convulsively.

=conyze=, _n.f._, (bot.) conyza, flea-bane.

=coobligation=, _n.f._, joint obligation.

=coobligé=, _n.m._, joint bondsman.

=coopérant=, =-e=, _adj._, co-operating, concurring.

=coopérat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, co-operator, fellow-laborer, fellow-workman.

=coopérat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (l.u.) co-operating.

=coopérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, co-operative.

=coopération=, _n.f._, concurrence, co-operation.

=coopérer=, _v.n._, to co-operate, to concur.

=cooptation=, _n.f._, co-optation.

=coopter=, _v.a._, to co-optate.

=coordination=, _n.f._, arrangement, disposition, co-ordination.

=coordonnée=, _n.f._, (geom.) co-ordinate.

=coordonner=, _v.a._, to co-ordinate; to arrange, to dispose.

=copahu=, _n.m._, copaiba, copaiva.

=copaïer= _or_ =copayer=, _n.m._, copaiba tree.

=copal=, _n.m._, copal.

=copartageant=, =-e= (-jān, -te), _n._ and _adj._, joint-sharer; having a joint share.

=copeau=, _n.m._, chip, shaving (of wood). _Des —x_; shavings. _Vin de —x_; rape-wine.

=copeck=, _n.m._, (_—s_). _V._ =kopeck=.

=copermutant=, _n.m._, one who exchanges with another, permuter.

=copermutation=, _n.f._, the act of exchanging, permutation.

=copermuter=, _v.a._, to permute, to exchange.

=copernicien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Copernician.

=cophte= _or_ =copte=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Copt; Coptic. _Un moine —_; a Coptic monk. _La langue —_; the Coptic language.

=copie=, _n.f._, copy, image, transcript; exercise; imitation; task; (print.) copy. _— figurée_; facsimile. _— au net_; fair copy. _Pour — conforme_; a true copy.

=copier=, _v.a._, to copy; to imitate; to mimic, to take off, to ape.

_se_ =copier=, _v.r._, to be always the same; to copy or repeat one’s self.

=copieusement= (ko-pieûz-mān), _adv._, copiously, abundantly, heartily (of eating).

=copieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, copious, plentiful, hearty. _Un homme — en paroles_; a man of many words.

=copiste=, _n.m._, copier, transcriber, copyist, imitator; music copier.

=copreneur=, _n.m._, co-lessee, joint-tenant.

=coprévenu=, _n.m._ _V._ =coaccusé=.

=copropriétaire=, _n.m.f._, joint-proprietor.

=copropriété=, _n.f._, joint property.

=copte=, _n.m._ _V._ =cophte=.

=copter=, _v.a._, to toll.

=coptique=, _adj._, Coptic.

=copulati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, copulative.

=copulation=, _n.f._, copulation.

=copule=, _n.f._, (log.) copula.

=coq=, _n.m._, cock, rooster; weathercock; (horl.) cock. _— d’Inde_; turkey-cock. _— de bruyère_; grouse. _— à queue fourchue_; black cock. _— de combat_; game-cock. _— des bois_; wood-cock. _— de montre_; cock of a watch. _— des jardins_; costmary. _— du village_, _— de la paroisse_; cock of the walk. _Joute de —s_; cock-fight. _Faire jouter des —s_; to make cocks fight. _Au chant du —_; at cock-crow. _Être comme un — en pâte_; to live in clover. _Être rouge comme un —_; to have a face like a biffin apple; to be as red as a turkey-cock.

=coq=, _n.m._, (nav.) cook.

=coq-à-l’âne=, _n.m._, (_—_) idle discourse, nonsense, cock-and-bull story. _Il fait toujours des —_; he is always talking nonsense.

=coqualin=, _n.m._, striped squirrel.

=coquard=, _n.m._, mongrel pheasant; (fam.) old cock, old beau.

=coquâtre=, _n.m._, (orni.) half-gelded cock.

=coque=, _n.f._, shell (of eggs, walnuts, snails); pearl-shell; (nav.) hull; (conch.) cockle. _Des œufs à la —_; boiled eggs. _— du Levant_; Indian berry. _Je ne donnerai pas une — de noix de toutes ses promesses_; I would not give a straw for all his promises.

=coquecigrue=, _n.f._, sea-stork, sea-locust; idle story, stuff; fiddle-faddle. _À la venue des —s_; never, _or_ once in a blue moon.

=coquelicot=, _n.m._, wild-poppy, corn-poppy.

=coquelourde=, _n.f._, Pasque-flower, Flora’s-bell.

=coqueluche= (ko-klush), _n.f._, ☉hood; favorite, reigning fancy; rage, whooping-cough. _Il est est la — des femmes_; he is a great favorite with women.

☉=coquelucher=, _v.n._, to have the whooping-cough.

☉=coqueluchon=, _n.m._, (jest.) hood of a monk’s cloak, cowl.

=coquemar= (kok-mār), _n.m._, pipkin, boiler, kettle, skillet.

=coquereau=, _n.m._, (nav.) hoy, lighter.

=coqueret=, _n.m._, _or_ =coquerelle=, _n.f._, winter-cherry.

=coquerico=, _n.m._, cock-a-doodle-doo.

=coquerie=, _n.f._, (nav.) caboose.

=coqueriquer=, _v.n._, (l.u.) (pers.) to crow.

=coqueron=, _n.m._, (nav.) cook-room.

=coquet=, =-te=, _adj._, coquettish, pretty, stylish; smart, natty.

=coquet=, _n.m._, jilt, flirt; cock-boat.

=coqueter= (kok-té), _v.n._, (l.u.) to coquet, to flirt; to play the lady-killer; to paddle a boat, to scull.

=coquetier= (kok-tié), _n.m._, poulterer; egg-merchant; egg-cup.

=coquette=, _n.f._, coquette, flirt, jilt. _Faire la —_; to coquet.

=coquetterie= (ko-kè-trî), _n.f._, coquetry; affectation (in dress); love of dress; flirtation; finicalness. _Une — d’expressions_; far-fetched expressions.

*=coquillage=, _n.m._, shell-fish; shells; shell-work.

*=coquillart=, _n.m._, bed of shells and stones.

*=coquille=, _n.f._, shell (of fruit, of animals); (print.) wrong letter; thumb (of a latch); foot-board (of coach-box); post demy, small post (paper); under-part of a staircase; (anat.) concha. _pl._, wares of little value. _— de Sainte Jacques_; scallop. _— de beurre_; pat of butter. _Rentrer dans sa —_; to draw in one’s horns. _À qui vendez-vous vos —s_; it is of no use trying to do me. _Il fait bien valoir ses —s_; he praises his goods, and no mistake.

=coquiller=, _v.n._, (of bread) to swell; to crumple, to curl up.

*=coquilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, shelly.

*=coquillier=, _n.m._, collection of shells; cabinet of shells.

*=coquilli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, conchiferous.

=coquin=, =-e=, _adj._, idle, debauched; free and easy; roguish, rascally.